[O ruler of the universe, Lord God]

Composer: Carl Haywood (b. 1949)

CARL W. HAYWOOD Conductor, Organist, Composer, Clinician, Educator Carl W. Haywood, a native of Portsmouth, Virginia, is a cum laude graduate of Norfolk State University (NSU) and a recipient of the Master of Sacred Music (organ) and Master of Music (choral conducting) degrees from Southern Methodist University (SMU). His undergraduate organ teachers were Larry Palmer and Allen Shaffer. Moreover, his matriculation at SMU afforded him further opportunities to study composition, arranging, and conducting with Lloyd Pfautsch while also serving as associate conductor-organist for the SMU Chapel under Dr. Pfautsch, Carlton Young, and Dr. Robert Anderson, his graduate organ teacher. It was during this tenure that he composed, arranged, condu… Go to person page >