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John E. Bowers

1923 - 2019 Person Name: John Edward Bowers, 1923- Topics: Celebration of Faith Author of "Christians, lift up your hearts" in Together in Song

b. 1953 Person Name: Evelyn Simpson-Currenton Topics: Living the Faith Celebrating Life; Commitment and Submission; Cross of the Believer; Faith; Faithfulness of the Believer; Jesus Christ His Cross; Jesus Christ His Love and Mercy; Jesus Christ Savior; Redemption; Service; Testimony, Witness, and Evangelism Arranger of "WELL DONE" in Zion still Sings Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era. --en.wikipedia.org

James Walch

1837 - 1901 Topics: Afflictions Deliverance from; Afflictions Refuge in; Aspirations For Christ; Assurance Declared; Christ Communion with; Christ Glorying in; Christ The Saviour; Christians Conscious of Safety; Christians Duties of; Covetousness; Faith Act of; Faith Confidence of; God Attributes of; God Our Guardian; God Our Refuge; God Source of All Good; Hope; Judgments On the Wicked; Mercy of God Celebrated; Perseverance; Prayer Importunity in ; Prayer Sincerity in; Preservation; The Christian's Reward; Riches; Salvation God's Gift; Steadfastness; Strength in God; Temptation; Trust in God Exhortation to; Vanity Of Men and Riches; Waiting upon God ; The Wicked Character of Composer of "SAWLEY" in The Psalter James Walch was a musician and composer, born near Bolton, Lancashire, England in 1837. He spent his early life in the town and was organist in several churches there, including the parish church of St George’s. From 1870-1877, he was conductor for the Bolton Philharmonic Society. He also composed at least four published hymn tunes, the best known of which is called “Tidings”. Written in 1875, it’s usually used as the tune to a hymn called “O Zion Haste”. James Walch was a musical instrument dealer by trade, and moved to Barrow-in-Furness in 1877. He later moved to Llandudno Junction in North Wales, where he died in August 1901 and was buried locally. His wife later donated money to pay for the organs in two local churches, St Paul's Llandudno and All Saints Deganwy, in his memory. Three decades later, an article in the London Gazette reported on a dispute arising from his will, and mentioned that he had a son, Harry West Walch, who was a pianist and lived in Hereford. St Paul's Church, Llandudno newsletter; used by permission of Christ Dearden (Walch's wife paid for the organ at St. Paul's Church)

Henry Percy Smith

1825 - 1898 Person Name: H. Percy Smith Topics: Adoration; Christ Conqueror; Christ Glorying in; Christ Power of; Christ The Saviour; Christ Worshiped; Church Covenanted; Church Saved by Grace; Covenant Keeping; Covenant Making; Covenant Of God; Covenant Promises; Décision; Divine Decrees; Divine Election; Godly Fear Described; God Attributes of; God Faithfulness of; God Kingly Character of; God Love and Mercy; God Sovereignty of ; Gospel Fulness of ; Gospel Sanctifying and Saving; Grace Growth in; Grace Redeeming; Grace Sovereign ; Joy Divinely Bestowed; Mercy of God Celebrated; Mercy of God Everlasting; Miracles; Praise For God's Justice; Praise Part of Public Worship; Royalty of Christ Mediatorial; Truth Composer of "MARYTON" in The Psalter Henry Percy Smith (b. Malta, 1825; d. Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, 1898) was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, England, and ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1850. He served five churches, including St. Michael's York Town in Farnborough (1851-1868), Great Barton in Suffolk (1868-1882), Christ Church in Cannes, France (1882-1892), and the Cathedral in Gibraltar (1892-1898). MARYTON is his only tune found in contemporary hymnals and is thought to be the only tune he published. Bert Polman

Richard K. Avery

1934 - 2020 Person Name: Richard K. Avery, 1934- Topics: Celebration of Faith Author of "I am the church! You are the church!" in Together in Song Rv Richard Kinsey Avery USA 1934-2020Born in the Central Valley of CA, he attended schools at Exeter, CA, where his family was active in the First Presbyterian Church. He decided to become a Christian minister at age 14 while at a Presbyterian youth conference. He attended Redlands U, Redlands, CA. He then attended Union Theological Seminary, NYC. He participated in the University Choir and associated with Christian friends there. He became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Port Jervis, NY, (FPCPJ) for 40 years. Musically inclined, he composed a variety of songs (both lyrics and music), mostly with his close friend, Rv Donald S Marsh. Avery was commentator, preacher, and song leader for the duo, while Marsh conducted drama events and conducted three choirs. Together, they wrote over 150 published hymns, carols, and anthems. In 1967 the two founded Proclamation Productions, with sales later handled by Hope Publishing Company. With Marsh, he led conference and church assemblies in new forms of worship in all 50 states from the late 1960s into the early 2000s. These events included 30 years of summer seminars at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM. At Port Jervis, NY, Avery founded a community center for poor people called the ‘Hope Center’. He was also a member of and chairman of the board of directors of Mercy Community Hospital. His church, FPCPJ, was a prominent center for creative forms of worship, music, and drama, providing many concerts and theatrical events for the community. He was also involved with Westminster Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe, where he served as music leader after retirement from the NY church. In 2003 he founded a small magazine, ‘Santa Fe Theologians’, serving as editor, and later, as manager of Santa Fe Theologians Institutes, which held public forums on contemporary issues. He was also a member of the World Affairs Forum, the Council on International Relations, the Santa Fe Symposium, and the Coro de Camara chorale ensemble. He died at Santa Fe, NM, never having married. John Perry

Grail

Person Name: The Grail Topics: Celebration of Faith Translator of "The Lord has done great things for us" in Together in Song

Linda Stassen

b. 1951 Person Name: Linda Stassen-Benjamin, 1951- Topics: Celebration of Faith Author of "Lift up your hearts unto the Lord" in Together in Song

Steffi Karen Rubin

b. 1950 Person Name: Steffi Geiser Rubin, 1950- Topics: Celebration of Faith Author of "You shall go out with joy" in Together in Song

Joseph Gelineau

1920 - 2008 Person Name: Joseph Gelineau, SJ, 1920-2008 Topics: Comfort; Confidence; Comfort; Confidence; Comfort; Confidence; Faith; Good Shepherd; Retreats; Trust; Lent 4 Year A; Easter 4 Year A; Sixteenth Ordinary Year B; The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Year C; Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Year A; The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) (November 2); Service Music for Mass Responsorial Psalm; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Responsorial Psalm; Rites of the Church Baptism; Rites of the Church Confirmation; Rites of the Church Holy Orders; Rites of the Church Order of Christian Funerals: Funeral Liturgy; Rites of the Church Rite of Annointing (Care of teh Sick); Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Second Scrutiny (4th Sunday of Lent); Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Mystagogia; The Liturgical Year The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; The Liturgical Year Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe; The Liturgical Year The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) (November 2) Composer of "[The Lord is my shepherd]" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) Joseph Gelineau (1920-2008) Gelineau's translation and musical settings of the psalms have achieved nearly universal usage in the Christian church of the Western world. These psalms faithfully recapture the Hebrew poetic structure and images. To accommodate this structure his psalm tones were designed to express the asymmetrical three-line/four-line design of the psalm texts. He collaborated with R. Tournay and R. Schwab and reworked the Jerusalem Bible Psalter. Their joint effort produced the Psautier de la Bible de Jerusalem and recording Psaumes, which won the Gran Prix de L' Academie Charles Cros in 1953. The musical settings followed four years later. Shortly after, the Gregorian Institute of America published Twenty-four Psalms and Canticles, which was the premier issue of his psalms in the United States. Certainly, his text and his settings have provided a feasible and beautiful solution to the singing of the psalms that the 1963 reforms envisioned. Parishes, their cantors, and choirs were well-equipped to sing the psalms when they embarked on the Gelineau psalmody. Gelineau was active in liturgical development from the very time of his ordination in 1951. He taught at the Institut Catholique de Paris and was active in several movements leading toward Vatican II. His influence in the United States as well in Europe (he was one of the founding organizers of Universa Laus, the international church music association) is as far reaching as it is broad. Proof of that is the number of times "My shepherd is the Lord" has been reprinted and reprinted in numerous funeral worship leaflets, collections, and hymnals. His prolific career includes hundreds of compositions ranging from litanies to responsories. His setting of Psalm 106/107, "The Love of the Lord," for assembly, organ, and orchestra premiéred at the 1989 National Association of Pastoral Musicians convention in Long Beach, California. --www.giamusic.com

Bernadette Farrell

b. 1957 Person Name: Bernadette Farrell, b. 1957 Topics: Discipleship; Eternal Life/Heaven; Faith; Hope; Ministry/Mission; Paschal Mystery; Resurrection; Service Music for Mass Communion Song; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Communion Song; Rites of the Church Order of Christian Funerals: Vigil for the Deceased; Rites of the Church Order of Christian Funerals: Funeral Liturgy; The Liturgical Year Lent (Sundays and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year Easter (Sundays and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) (November 2) Author of "Unless a Grain of Wheat" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)