Short Name: | Dan Damon |
Full Name: | Damon, Dan, 1955- |
Birth Year: | 1955 |
Daniel Charles Damon (b. 1955) is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds degrees from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (BME, 1977) and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California (MDiv, 1987). He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
Several single-author collections of Damon's hymns have been published: Faith Will Sing (Carol Stream, 1993), The Sound of Welcome (Carol Stream, 1998), To the Thirsty World (Nashville, 2002), Fields of Mercy (Carol Stream, 2007), and Garden of Joy (Carol Stream, 2011). He collaborated with text writer Gracia Grindal in A Treasury of Faith: Lectionary Hymns Series A (Colfax. 2012). Damon's hymns have been included in several major hymnals and supplements. He has also written hymn translations from Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Shona languages, and, with Patrick Matsikenyiri, edited Njalo, A Collection of 16 Hymns in the African Tradition (Nashville, 1996). He has released three recordings of hymns, carols, and traditional songs, and a solo piano recording of jazz standards (available at www.damonstuneshop.com).
Damon has presented his work at national conferences of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. He is a contributor to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology.
In 2016, Damon was made a Fellow of the hymn Society, the highest honor The Hymn Society can confer.
Dan Damon
Tunes by Dan Damon (88) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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ADORO TE DEVOTE (Plainsong) | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 2 | 13555 65432 11 |
AIN'T NO GRAVE | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 2 | 15555 55431 15433 |
ANGEL'S CAMP | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 3 | 11235 43221 23455 |
ARMSTRONG (Damon) | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 23543 42712 34275 |
ASHRAF CITY | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 13423 21271 34345 |
ASSAM | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 1 | 11355 56531 11111 |
BLACK HILLS | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 55517 54341 11134 |
BURLINGAME | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 35432 36654 51543 |
BUTCHER HILL | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 13331 71113 33455 |
CANYON LAKE | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 15432 12316 54321 |
CASTRO RANCH | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 11123 45557 65451 |
CHARTRES STREET | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 51234 32256 712 |
COLUMCILLE | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 1 | 12332 71112 3345 |
[Vengan hambrientos] | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Harmonizer) | 2 | 55561 22321 62223 |
DANIEL'S (Damon) | Daniel Charles Damon (1955-) (Composer) | 2 | 15554 56455 42321 |
DAUPHIN WAY | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
[Deus chama a gente pra'um momento novo] | Dan Damon (Arranger) | 1 | 51235 43232 11117 |
DORNAN | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 52151 25514 32123 |
EMERALD BAY | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 16561 23232 14 |
FIFTY-TWO ROSES | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
GREENWOOD RIDGE | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Composer) | 2 | 11711 17111 23217 |
HAWK SPRINGS | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Composer) | 2 | 53171 65317 16427 |
HE WILL NEVER LET GO | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 12356 32155 61216 |
HELOBUNG | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 32123 21232 16712 |
HENSLEY | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 14321 71514 34555 |
HILDEN | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 53532 12222 61113 |
HOLLY | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 14311 54227 65432 |
HUNTER | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
INNOCENTS (Damon) | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 53212 17127 45 |
JESUS IS THE ROCK (Ghanaian) | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 2 | 11161 61113 33331 |
[Jesus, you fill our hearts with your love] | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 55543 44542 3343 |
JOSEPH | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Composer) | 2 | 13454 31134 32711 |
KAKIS | Dan Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
KELLY (Damon) | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 4 | 12321 76715 12321 |
KNOWLES WALLACE | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 15345 43133 45512 |
LEE (Damon) | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Composer) | 2 | 35555 54536 11121 |
LIKE A CHILD | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 8 | 23432 23456 51234 |
LIVING CHRIST | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 56112 13321 65561 |
LOST SPRINGS | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 54327 15123 455 |
LOVE FEAST (Damon) | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 55556 11133 31232 |
MERCY, PEACE, AND LOVE | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 33231 33434 55332 |
MODESTO | Dan Damon (Composer) | 4 | 55543 21111 12342 |
MONA WEST | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 55561 11232 1255 |
NIGHT OF PEACE | Daniel Charles Damon, b. 1955 (Composer) | 2 | 33512 34361 16533 |
NO LESSER LIGHT | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 2 | 11122 34334 57655 |
NOT BROKEN | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 51752 31653 55175 |
O TANNENBAUM (German) | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 1 | 51112 33323 47211 |
OAK PARK (Damon) | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 12323 43217 65561 |
OLD MILL | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Composer) | 2 | 31123 56115 55321 |
OUR GOD IS A ROCK | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 2 | 55431 34555 34445 |
PARSONS (Damon) | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
PINE RIDGE | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 15434 53212 34565 |
PINOLE VALLEY | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 51235 56545 565 |
POST STREET | Dan Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
POTTSTOWN | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 53532 12353 53212 |
PRAYER FOR TRAVELERS | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 11234 55566 75445 |
QUARRY LAKES | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 51576 46554 36543 |
RAIN SONG | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 13171 54345 71311 |
RAUMATI BEACH | Dan Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
REMEMBER THE ROCK | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 15454 31313 45434 |
ROBINSON (Damon) | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Composer) | 2 | 44357 17133 27175 |
ROCKHURST | Daniel Charles Damon, b. 1955 (Composer) | 2 | 51231 17113 45431 |
ROCKLIN | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 51321 71511 74 |
SAFFRON STRAND | Daniel Charles Damon (Harmonizer) | 2 | 34543 21234 23134 |
SAN ANSELMO | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 4 | |
SILVER FORK | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 3 | |
SLOOP JOHN B. | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 2 | 53333 43533 3435 |
SOQUEL | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
SOUTH CANYON | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
SOUTH HILL | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
SPIRIT WIND | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 32133 22432 44333 |
STANDING ROCK | Dan Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
STANISLAUS | Daniel Charles Damon, b. 1955 (Composer) | 8 | 34556 71215 65121 |
STITELER | Dan Damon (Composer) | 3 | |
STONYFORD | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 34545 43671 51231 |
SWEETWATER | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 3 | 55454 32113 45432 |
[Three things I promise, Holy God] | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 51765 34551 76712 |
THROCKMORTON | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 3 | 51127 13455 64551 |
TWILIGHT (Damon) | Dan Damon (Composer) | 7 | 51562 51343 23333 |
TWISTED LIVES | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 34543 12366 54334 |
UNTETHERED HORSES | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 34316 23343 1 |
VOISIN | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 34531 14432 12234 |
WESTERN DRIVE | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 35457 17656 53535 |
WICKET | Dan Damon (Composer) | 2 | |
WILD MOUNTAIN THYME | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 1 | |
WINTER'S CHILD | Daniel Charles Damon (Composer) | 2 | 51121 23315 51121 |
WORK TO DO | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Arranger) | 2 | 51232 15512 32151 |
YELLOW BIRD | Daniel Charles Damon (Arranger) | 2 | 54534 43453 54534 |