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Michael Perry

1942 - 1996 Person Name: Michael A. Perry Topics: liturgical Scripture Songs Author of "Song of Zechariah (Blest Be the God of Israel)" in Voices United Initially studying mathematics and physics at Dulwich College, Michael A. Perry (b. Beckenham, Kent, England, 1942; d. England, 1996) was headed for a career in the sciences. However, after one year of study in physics at the University of London, he transferred to Oak Hill College to study theology. He also studied at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and received a M.Phil. from the University of Southhampton in 1973. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1966, Perry served the parish of St. Helen's in Liverpool as a youth worker and evangelist. From 1972 to 1981 he was the vicar of Bitterne in Southhampton and from 1981 to 1989, rector of Eversley in Hampshire and chaplain at the Police Staff College. He then became vicar of Tonbridge in Kent, where he remained until his death from a brain tumor in 1996. Perry published widely in the areas of Bible study and worship. He edited Jubilate publications such as Hymns far Today's Church (1982), Carols for Today (1986), Come Rejoice! (1989), and Psalms for Today (1990). Composer of the musical drama Coming Home (1987), he also wrote more than two hundred hymns and Bible versifications. Bert Polman

Amy Grant

b. 1960 Topics: Scripture Songs Author of "Thy Word" in Sing Joyfully Amy Lee Grant PhD USA 1960-present Born at Augusta, GA, the youngest of four girls, her family moved to Nashville, TN, in 1967. She is the great granddaughter of Nashville philanthropist, A M Burton (founder of Life & Casualty Tower, WLAC Radio, and WLAC TV, and Lillie Burton). The Burtons attended the Nashville Ashwood Church of Christ, as did she. She wrote her first song: ‘Mountain Top’, at Harpeth School, Nashville, an all-girls school where she attended. In 1977 Grant was offered a recording contract before her 16th birthday after a recording studio owner heard her sing on a demo tape. That studio recorded her first 11 albums. She attended Furman U, Greenville, SC, and later Vanderbilt U, Nashville, TN. She held her first ticketed concert while attending Furman in 1978. In 1982 she married Gary Chapman. They had three children: Matthew Garrison, Gloria Mills (Millie), and Sarah Cannon. Chapman wrote the title track for her 2nd album, and they toured together in 1979. In 1980 she transferred to Vanderbilt U. She became a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She made a few more albums before dropping out of college to pursue her recording career. In 1989 her album released was titled: ‘Never Alone’. Another album in 1982 was titled: ‘Age to Age’. In the mid-80s, she began touring and recording with Michael W Smith, and they developed a strong friendship, sometimes writing songs or contributing vocals to each other’s albums. Grant was also a back-up singer for Bill Gaither. She released her first Christmas album in 1983. NBC noticed and asked her to star in her own Christmas special. She developed a reputation as ‘Queen of Christian Pop. In 1984 her album: ‘Straight Ahead’ was released. She also saw success in 1985 as a contemporary pop singer, and released an album titled: ‘Unguarded’. In 1986 she performed secular music with a number of other artists, including, Peter Cetera, Randy Stonehill, and Art Garfunkel. Her album: ‘The Animals Christmas’ came out, and her first book came out that year titled: Amy Grant’s Heart to Heart Bible Stories’. In 1988 her album: ‘Lead Me On’, containing both Christian and secular music was voted the ‘greatest Contemporary Christian album of all time’. In 1991 she released her album: ‘Heart in Motion’, strictly contemporary pop music. Her famous track, ‘Baby, Baby’ was dedicated to her six-week-old daughter, Millie. To date, it has sold over 5 million copies. In 1992 she released her 2nd Christmas album: ‘Home for Christmas’. Another album followed in 1994: ‘House of Love’. In 1997 she released an album: ‘Behind the Eyes’. In 1999, she released her 3rd Christmas album: ‘A Christmas to Remember’. She and Gary Chapman also divorced that year. In 2000 she remarried to Vince Gill, and they have remained married to date. They have a daughter, Corina Grant from this marriage. In 2001 she won $125,000 on the TV show: ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’. That year she also did an audio book titled: ‘The Creation’ (Bible stories for children). In 2002 Grant returned to Christian pop music and released an album of hymns: ‘Legacy.. Hymns and Faith’, a mix of bluegrass and pop music. This was her 25th anniversary in the music industry. Another album in 2003, ‘Simple Things’, was not as successful as earlier releases. In 2005 she released another album: ‘Rock of Ages.. Hymns and Faith’. That year she also hosted a NBC TV show titled ‘Three Wishes’. It featured a team of helpers making wishes come true for small-town residents. It was canceled after its first season due to high production costs. In 2006 she recorded a live CD/DVD titled: ‘Time Again’ at Fort Worth, TX, in Bass Performance Hall. In 2007 she released her book: “Pieces of My Life So Far’ (memories, song lyrics, poetry, and some pictures). In 2007, Grant left Word/Warner and contracted with EMI CMG, who released her regular studio albums as remastered versions. In 2008 she joined a writing team from Compassionart and recorded as a guest vocalist in London. That year she also re-released her 1988 album, ‘Lead Me On’. In 2009 she released an EP with two new songs and some old ones to benefit the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s (EIF) Women’s Cancer Research Fund. In 2010 she released an album titled: ‘Somewhere Down the Road’. In 2012 she received an honorary doctorate degree from Grand Canyon U, Phoenix, AZ, for music performance. That year Grant took part in a campaign called ’30 Songs / 30 Days’ to support the group ‘Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide’. It was a multi-platform media project. That year she also was a guest narrator for Disney’s Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World. She repeated as narrator in 2013 and 2015. In 2013 she released an album: ‘How Mercy Looks from Here’. In 2014 she released an album: ‘In motion: the Remixes’. That year she also had a new single in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month titled: ‘Welcome Yourself’. In 2015 she released a new compilation album: ‘Be still and Know’. In 2016 she released another album: ‘Tennessee Christmas’. It contained old and new music. She and her husband toured the U S and Canada with Christmas concerts, along with Michael W Smith and Jordan Smith. More similar concerts ensued in 2017. In 2020, Grant had an open-heart surgery to repair a congenital heart condition (PAPVR). In 2022 she sustained a concussion, cuts and bruises, requiring hospitalization, after falling from her bicycle while riding near Nashville’s Harpeth Hills Golf Course. Between 1983-2007 Grant received some 22 Dove Awards for music performance; six Grammies; and other awards, including: JCC Young Tennessean (1992); Pax Christi, St Johns U; Harmony, Nashville Symphony (1994); Sarah Cannon Humanitarian; Minnie Pearl Humanitarian; Voice of America; Golden Plate: Academy of Achievement (1996); Nashville Symphony: TN Performing Arts Center; Amy Grant Room for Music & Entertainment at Target House, St Jude’s Children Hospital (1999); Easter Seals Nashvillian of the Year (2001); Gospel Music Hall of Fame: GMA; Summit: Seminar in the Rockies (2003); Amy Grant Performance Platform: Nashville Schermerhorn Symphony Center; Hollywood Walk of fame (a star) (2006); Christian Music Hall of Fame (2007); Class of 1966 Friend of West Point (2008); Number 52 in the Top Female Artists of the Rock Era-1955-2015 (2015); Kennedy Center Honoree (2022). In 2023 she was again honored with a doctorate in Fine Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. The family continues to live in the Nashville, TN, area. John Perry

Bob Kauflin

Topics: Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs Composer of "AND SHE ROCK THE BABY"

Richard K. Avery

1934 - 2020 Person Name: Richard Avery Topics: Scripture Songs Author of "O How Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit" in Sing Joyfully 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

George Kirbye

1565 - 1634 Person Name: George Kirbye (c. 1565-1634) Topics: Scriptural Songs Harmonizer of "OLD 148TH (OLD 136TH)" in The Summit Choirbook George Kirbye (c. 1565 – buried October 6, 1634) was an English composer of the late Tudor period and early Jacobean era. He was one of the members of the English Madrigal School, but also composed sacred music. Little is known of the details of his life, though some of his contacts can be inferred. He worked at Rushbrooke Hall near Bury St Edmunds, evidently as a tutor to the daughters of Sir Robert Jermyn. In 1598 he married Anne Saxye, afterwards moving to Bury St Edmunds. Around this time he probably made the acquaintance of John Wilbye, a much more famous madrigalist, who lived and worked only a few miles away, and whose style he sometimes approaches. In 1626 his wife died, and he is known to have been a churchwarden during the next several years until his death. Kirbye's most significant musical contributions were the psalm settings he wrote for East's psalter in 1592, the madrigals he wrote for the Triumphs of Oriana (1601), the famous collection dedicated to Elizabeth I, and an independent set of madrigals published in 1597. Stylistically his madrigals have more in common with the Italian models provided by Marenzio than do many of the others by his countrymen: they tend to be serious, in a minor mode, and show a careful attention to text setting; unlike Marenzio, however, he is restrained in his specific imagery. Kirbye avoided the light style of Morley, which was hugely popular, and brought into the madrigal serious style of pre-madrigal English music. He is not as often sung as Morley, Weelkes or Wilbye, but neither was he as prolific; still, some of his madrigals appear in modern collections. --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Laurie Klein

b. 1950 Topics: Praise, Scripture an Other Short Spiritual Songs Author of "I Love You Lord" in Songs

Jack Schrader

b. 1942 Topics: Scripture Songs Arranger of "[Be still and know that I am God]" in Sing Joyfully JACK SCHRADER (b. 1942), arranger, composer, conductor, vocalist, and organist/pianist, is past editor with Hope Publishing Company, retiring in January of 2009. His association with Hope began in 1978. A 1964 graduate of Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, where he majored in Voice and Organ, he also received the Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Nebraska (1966). Further studies in theology culminated in Jack's ordination by the Evangelical Free Church of America (1975). Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he now resides in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife, Karen. They have three children, Beth, Jonathan and Joel, and currently three grandchildren. Jack is the best selling choral composer in the Hope catalog. In addition to choral music Jack has published collections for keyboardists, instrumentalists and vocal soloists. He was a member of the editorial committee for Hope's most recent hymnal, WORSHIP & REJOICE (2001), in which he has 24 hymn credits. His music is heard in hundreds of churches across the country each Sunday, and he can be seen throughout the year as a guest clinician at choral reading sessions and workshops. --www.hopepublishing.com

Peter Scholtes

1938 - 2009 Topics: Scripture Songs Author of "They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love" in Sing Joyfully Peter Scholtes (1938–2009) Peter was born in Evanston, Illinois and grew up in Oak Park, where he attended Ascension School and Fenwick High School before studying at Quigley and St. Mary of the Lake-Mundelein seminaries. He earned his Masters in Adult Education and Organization Development at Boston University. Peter wrote the hymn "They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love" while he was a parish priest at St. Brendan's on the South Side of Chicago in the 1960s. At the time, he was leading a youth choir out of the church basement and was looking for an appropriate song for a series of ecumenical, interracial events. When he couldn't find such a song, he wrote the now-famous hymn in a single day. His experiences at St. Brendan's, and in the Chicago Civil Rights movement, influenced him for the rest of his life. After working in the public sector in Lynn, Massachusetts and Madison, Wisconsin, Peter became a consultant with Joiner Associates in the 1980s, traveling the globe to help businesses engage employees' talents more fully, humanely, and effectively. He co-authored The Team Handbook, which was named one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time (in the book of that title). After starting Scholtes Seminars and Consulting, he wrote the classic The Leader's Handbook in 1998, which made the definitive case against performance appraisal—a practice he argued was demoralizing and wrong. --www.lorenz.com/composers

E. Margaret Clarkson

1915 - 2008 Topics: Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs Composer of "[They that know Thy Name will put their trust in Thee]" in Hymns of Faith Edith Margaret Clarkson was a Canadian hymn writer and author, born June 8, 1915, in Melville, Saskatchewan, and long resident in Toronto. Trained as a teacher, she served for decades in public schools while writing hymns and devotional prose marked by doctrinal clarity and poetic restraint. Early texts include “So Send I You” (1937) and “We Come, O Christ, to Thee” (1946); later she contributed widely sung hymns such as “O Father, You Are Sovereign” and “For Your Gift of God the Spirit,” and published numerous books on the Christian life and suffering. Her work—deeply shaped by Reformed conviction—was commissioned and sung in missionary and ecumenical settings worldwide. Clarkson died in 2008, having been named a Fellow of The Hymn Society (1993). J. S. McDuff (from Hymnology Archive profile “E. Margaret Clarkson,” and Wheaton College ReCollections essays and notices, retrieved 10/10/2025)

Matthias Loy

1828 - 1915 Topics: The Holy Scriptures Fall, Depravity, Guilt of Man; Hymns, Songs, Chorales Translator of "All Mankind Fell in Adam's Fall" in The Christian Hymnary Loy, M., President of the Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, contributed several original hymns, and translations from the German, to the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal. Published by Order of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States. Columbus, Ohio, 1880. The translations may be found through the Index of Authors, &c.; the original hymns are the following:— 1. An awful mystery is here. Holy Communion. 2. At Jesus' feet our infant sweet. Holy Baptism. 3. Come, humble soul, receive the food. Holy Communion. 4. Give me, 0 Lord, a spirit lowly. Humility desired. 5. God gave His word to holy men. Inspiration of Holy Scripture. 6. God of grace, Whose word is sure. Faithfulness. 7. How matchless is our Saviour's grace. Holy Baptism. 8. I thank Thee, Saviour, for the grief. Lent. 9. Jesus took the lambs and blest them. Holy Baptism. 10. Jesus, Thou art mine for ever. Jesus, All and in All. 11. Launch out into the deep. Call to Duty. 12. Listen to those happy voices. Christmas. 13. O Great High Priest, forget not me. Confirmation. 14. O Lord, Who hast my place assigned. Daily Duties. 15. Our Shepherd of His ransomed flock. Holy Communion. 16. The gospel shows the Father's grace. Holy Scripture. 17. The law of God is good and wise. Holy Scripture. 18. Though angels bright escape our eight. St. Michael and All Angels. 19. When Rome had shrouded earth in night. The Reformation. 20. When souls draw near the holy wave. Confirmation. Several of these hymns, together with some of his translations, previously appeared in the Ohio Synod's preceding Collection of Hymns (3rd ed., 1858; 4th, 1863). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ==================== Loy, Matthias, D.D., p. 700, i. Dr. Loy was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1828. He studied at the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary at Columbus, Ohio, of which he became Professor of Theology in 1365. He was appointed President of the Capital University in 1880. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================== See also in: Wikipedia