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Norman E. Johnson

1928 - 1983 Person Name: Norman Johnson Author of "Go Out with Joy!" in Praise! Our Songs and Hymns

Stuart Dauermann

b. 1944 Author of "You shall go out with joy (The trees of the field)" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

1945 - 2013 Person Name: Bert Polman Author (st. 2) of "The Trees of the Field" in Songs for Life Bert Frederick Polman (b. Rozenburg, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands, 1945; d. Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 1, 2013) was chair of the Music Department at Calvin College and senior research fellow for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Dr. Bert studied at Dordt College (BA 1968), the University of Minnesota (MA 1969, PhD in musicology 1981), and the Institute for Christian Studies. Dr. Bert was a longtime is professor of music at Redeemer College in Ancaster, Ontario, and organist at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Waterdown, Ontario. His teaching covered a wide range of courses in music theory, music history, music literature, and worship, and Canadian Native studies. His research specialty was Christian hymnody. He was also an organist, a frequent workshop leader at music and worship conferences, and contributor to journals such as The Hymn and Reformed Worship. Dr. Bert was co-editor of the Psalter Hymnal Handbook (1989), and served on the committees that prepared Songs for Life (1994) and Sing! A New Creation (2001), both published by CRC Publications. Emily Brink

Andrew Donaldson

b. 1951 Author of "We Will Go Out with Joy" in Glory to God Andrew Donaldson, a composer and church musician, grew up in northern Ontario, Canada. He attended Glendon College, York University in Toronto, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. He went on to study classical guitar performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, receiving its ARCT (Associate of Royal Conservatory Teachers) degree in 1979. Since then he has worked as a composer and performer in many contexts, in both French and English. Andrew co-edited the Book of Praise (1997), Presbyterian Church in Canada, with Donald Anderson. Their company, Binary Editions, continues to administer copyright for the PCC. In 2007 he was made a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, by Knox College of the University of Toronto, for his body of work in congregational song in the Presbyterian Church in Canada. In 2011 Andrew and his wife, Wendy, moved to Geneva, Switzerland where Andrew works as a worship consultant to the World Council of Churches. --Submitted by Andrew and Wendy Donaldson, 13 August 2013

Steffi Karen Rubin

b. 1950 Person Name: Steffi Geiser Rubin Author of "You shall go out with joy (The trees of the field)" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

Patrick Wedd

1948 - 2019 Person Name: Patrick Wedd, 1948- Harmonizer of "THE TRESS OF THE FIELD" in Common Praise (1998) Patrick Wedd was an organist and choral conductor. He was born in Simcoe, Ontario. By the age of twelve he was organist and choir director in his church. He studied at the University of Toronto and U.B.C. He was music director at Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral. In 1986 he moved to Montreal and served at Church os Saint Andrew and Saint Paul from 1986-1992, at the Church of St. John the Evangelist from 1992-1996, and at Christ Church Cathedral from 1996 to 2018. He also directed the Tudor Singers and Musica Orbium, a semi-professional choir he founded. Dianne Shapiro, from www.cbc.ca article accessed 5/24/2019

Roland Fudge

b. 1947 Person Name: Roland T. Fudge (b. 1947) Arranger of "[You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace]" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

Anne Harrison

b. 1954 Person Name: Anne Harrison (b. 1954) Arranger of "[You shall go out with joy]" in Ancient and Modern

Paul Bateman

b. 1954 Person Name: Paul Batemen, 1954- Arranger of "TREES OF THE FIELD" in Together in Song Paul Bateman studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music. He also studied singing, organ and cello. He has worked as a free lance pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and conductor. He has composed mostly church music and hymns and has made many other arrangements. Dianne Shapiro, from Paul Bateman's website (www.paul-bateman.com accessed 7/1/2018)