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Perry Nelson

Short Name: Perry Nelson
Full Name: Nelson, Perry, 1955-
Birth Year: 1955

Perry Nelson was born in Virginia. He studied organ with Anton Heiller at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria, and voice with Marcia Baldwin at Indiana University. He sang opera, professionally, as a baritone for a number of years. Organist/Choirmaster at Epiphany Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia, for seventeen years, he now lives in St. Louis, where since 1998 he has been music director at St. Thomas/Holy Spirit Lutheran Church. There he also helps produce "Crossover" contemporary worship. World Library Publications has published several of his sacred choral works as well as a hymn collection.


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Perry Nelson (4)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
GLYNNPerry Nelson (Composer)135251 21767 15714
HOMMERDINGPerry Nelson (Composer)151175 67764 56567
MANKINPerry Nelson (Composer)112321 54212 32171
PACE MIO DIOPerry Nelson, b. 1955 (Composer)4
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