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Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, n. 1946 Translator of "Cantemos al Señor (To You, O God, We Sing)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

b. 1940 Person Name: Racquel Mora Martinez Arranger of "ROSAS" in Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship Raquel Martinez (b. January 17, 1940) is a well-known composer and arranger of Hispanic songs and hymns. She has degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso and Perkins School of Theology and the School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. She served as editor of the official United Methodist hymnal, Mil Voces Para Celebrar (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996). --www.gbod.org/lead-your-church/hymn-studies/

Carlos Rosas

1939 - 2020 Person Name: Carlos Rosas, b. 1939 Author of "O Sing unto the Lord" in Sing! A New Creation

George Lockwood

b. 1946 Translator of "Cantemos al Señor" in Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship Rev. George Lockwood was born in 1946 and has been a missionary to Costa Rica. He has pastored Spanish-speaking congregations in both Arizona and California and served on the editorial committee for the Methodist hymnal supplement Celebremos II. In addition, Lockwood has traveled throughout Central and South America interviewing church musicians and gathering new hymns from both Spanish and Portuguese cultures which he then presents at conferences and workshops. The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Arturo Gonzalez

Person Name: Arturo González Arranger of "[Cantemos al Señor un himno de alegría]" in Halle Halle J. Arturo Gonzalez Rivera (BA orchestral conducting, Conservatorio Nacional de Msica; MA choral conducting/Sacred Music, Southern Methodist University) was selected in November, 2009, to be the artistic director of Jubilate! Sacred Singers. He is currently a doctoral candidate in choral conducting at the University of Colorado in Boulder and has also studied at Westminster Choir School and the University of New Mexico under several prominent choral conductors. He was a semi-finalist in the 2009 American Choral Director Association conducting competition. Rivera has been a faculty member of El Paso Community College, the University of Texas in El Paso, East Central College in Saint Louis, Mo., and the University of Chihuahua in Mexico. He has directed choirs and orchestras since age 17 in Mexico, Central America, the U.S., and Spain. He has been guest conductor of the symphony orchestra of the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City and the State Chamber Orchestra and Choir of the state of Queretaro, Mexico and music director of El Paso Association for the Performing Arts, Ballet/Theatre of the Border, East Central Summer Productions, Midwest Lyric Opera, and the Colorado Light Opera. His choral arrangements have been published by Choristers Guild and Asbury Press. Arturo Rivera and his wife Priscilla reside in Boulder with their sons Emmanuel and Benjamin. --www.eptrail.com/

Diana Kodner

Person Name: Diana Kodner, b. 1957 Arranger (acc.) of "ROSAS" in Gather Comprehensive Diana Kodner Gokce holds a double M.M. in Music from Northwestern University specializing in voice/opera and conducting. As an undergraduate, Diana was a flute major at Northwestern University. She has been a flutist in the Minnesota Orchestra, performing under Leonard Slatkin, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Jean-Pierre Rampal, to name but a few conductors. At the age of 17 Diana conducted the Minnesota Orchestra in a young people's concert as winner of the Urban Arts conducting competition. For six years Diana was conductor and musical director of the Mozart Sinfonia. She has been a conductor of choirs at Loyola University, National-Louis University, and Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. Diana has authored several books including Handbook for Cantors (Liturgy Training Publications) and Sing God a Simple Song Volumes I and II (Treehaus Communications). She was the editor of A Sourcebook about Music and the Gather Comprehensive Hymnal, first edition (G.I.A. Publications). She was also the conductor for the choral recordings: Catholic Classics, V.I and II (G.I.A. Publications) and both flute and vocal soloist on the Taize recording "Wait for the Lord," from the same publisher. Diana was senior editor of Clavier Magazine and the editor of both Flute Talk and Flute Explorer magazines (The Instrumentalist Company). As editor of Flute Talk Diana interviewed the great flutist Sir James Galway and Jazz flutist Steve Kujala. Most recently Diana was music director for the DVD and CD series from Egghead Learning Systems: As I Grow, for children from birth to 18 months. For 11 years she was the music specialist at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, Illinois, and performed as a flutist in the chamber ensemble "Diletto Musicale." Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, she is the middle school music teacher at The Frances Xavier Warde School, Holy Name Cathedral Campus in Chicago. Diana Kodner

C. Michael Hawn

b. 1948 Person Name: C. Michael Hawn, b. 1948 Translator of "O Sing unto the Lord" in Sing! A New Creation C. Michael Hawn University Distinguished Professor of Church Music Director, Master of Sacred Music Program Education D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1975; M.C.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1972; B.M.E., Wheaton College, 1970 Teaching Specialties Worship and music, worship and culture, Seminary Singers, hymnology Research Interests Global music and worship, cross-cultural worship, enlivening congregational song Selected Publications :: C. Michael Hawn, ed., New Songs of Celebration Render: Congregational Singing in the Twenty-First Century (Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2013) :: C. Michael Hawn, contributor, Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology (Norwich, UK: Canterbury Press, 2013), http://hymnology.imprezadev.co.uk/; 25 articles on global hymnody with a focus on sub-Saharan African hymns :: Gather into One: Praying and Singing Globally (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2003). :: One Bread, One Body: Exploring Cultural Diversity in Worship (Bethesda, MD: The Alban Institute, 2003). :: C. Michael Hawn, author and compiler, Halle, Halle: We Sing the World Round (Garland, TX: Choristers Guild, 1999). Professional Distinctions Regional winner and national finalist, National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards contest, 1974; Citation for Excellence in Teaching, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988; grant from Association of Theological Schools for sabbatical study in Nigeria and Kenya, 1989; Chair, Board of Directors, Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas, 1996-1998; Louisville Institute Sabbatical Research Grant, Lilly Foundation, 1998-1999; Worship Renewal Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, MI, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment, Inc., 2000; Choristers Guild, President of the Board of Directors, 1990-92, 2001-03; Elected Fellow of the Hymn Society (2008); ordained Baptist minister (1980) --www.smu.edu/