Hiding Place: Will There Ever Be a Choir?

I originally composed "Hiding Place" for choir a' cappella with words from my mother Donna Lawyer's poem by the same title. Being a full-time active duty Army musician has made finding and rehearsing a choir almost impossible. I haven't given up all hope though. 2012 could be the year the song finally gets sung. Being recently transfered to the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, there are church, collegiate, and community choirs nearby. Also, being on the East Coast with so many major cultural centers up and down the coast greatly increases the chances of this piece being performed and recorded. I look forward to the many musical opportunities the US East Coast has to offer.

The original poem:

Hiding Place

by Donna Lawyer (Ben's mother)

Do you long for a hiding place

To rest your weary soul?

Perhaps beside the firelight

Content within its glow.

A cottage warm with gardened walls

And flowers all about;

Where the gate opens to let you in

But keeps your troubles out.

A hiding place where you can dream

Or even sit and cry;

A place where you are safe within

From all the passers by.

Is not the Lord our hiding place,

His love our firelight?

His arms reach out like gardened walls

To keep us safe inside.

The string version:

The choir sheet music: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwDCRwLWoLxwNDZhZjc1ZmYtMzY2MC00OWFiLTg0YTItZmYzYmI0OGZiNTQ0/edit?usp=sharing