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Skinner Chávez-Melo
1944 - 1992 Harmonizer of "PESCADOR DE HOMBRES" in Voices United Skinner Chavez-Melo, an organist, conductor and composer who was music director at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan, died on Saturday at New York Downtown Hospital. He was 47 years old and lived in Manhattan.
He died of spinal cancer, said his brother, Juan Francisco.
Mr. Chavez-Melo was born in Mexico City, but completed his musical studies in the United States, receiving degrees at Eastern Nazarene College and the Union Theological Seminary, and pursuing further studies at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School.
He toured internationally as an organist and conducted orchestras in Mexico, Brazil and the United States. As a composer, he wrote works for organ, choir and orchestra, and contributed hymn settings to several published hymnals, including those of the United Church of Christ and Yale University. He also lectured and presented workshops on Hispanic church music.
Besides directing music at St. Rose, Mr. Chavez-Melo conducted the annual Singing Christmas Tree concerts at the South Street Seaport.
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/28
Skinner Chávez-Melo
George Lockwood
b. 1946 Translator of "Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore" in Voices United Rev. George Lockwood was born in 1946 and has been a missionary to Costa Rica. He has pastored Spanish-speaking congregations in both Arizona and California and served on the editorial committee for the Methodist hymnal supplement Celebremos II. In addition, Lockwood has traveled throughout Central and South America interviewing church musicians and gathering new hymns from both Spanish and Portuguese cultures which he then presents at conferences and workshops.
The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993
George Lockwood
Cesáreo Gabarain
1936 - 1991 Person Name: Cesáreo Gabaráin Author of "Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore" in Voices United Cesáreo Gabaráin, a Spanish priest involved in liturgical renewal following Vatican II.
Bert Polman
Cesáreo Gabarain
Raquel Gutiérrez-Achon
1927 - 2013 Person Name: Raquel Gutiérrez-Achón Translator of "Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore" in Voices United
Raquel Gutiérrez-Achon
Gertrude C. Suppe
1911 - 2007 Translator of "Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore" in Voices United Gertrude Suppe (b. 1911) is well known not only for her translations, but also for her pioneer work in compiling all known Hispanic church music in a database that has been an invaluable resource.
Sing! A New Creation!
Gertrude C. Suppe
