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John Karl Hirten

b. 1956 Person Name: John Karl Hirten (b. 1956) Composer of "[Amen]" in Wonder, Love, and Praise A published composer of a wide range of liturgical, sacred and secular works, John Karl Hirten’s music has been featured on Minnesota Public Radio’s Pipedreams program, at conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Anglican Musicians. His hymn tunes have won awards and his choral music is also regularly performed in churches and concert venues around the world. Recent commissions include Inscriptions, a piece for orchestra and chorus, A complete Evening Service (using the Anglican Prayer Book), and a setting of the chorale "Ein feste Burg" in minimalist style. John Karl Hirten has a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he studied with Paul-Martin Maki and Frederick Swann. Before that, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Classical Languages from Fordham University. He has performed organ recitals in venues throughout the country and in Europe. In 2006, he was a finalist in the American Guild of Organists National Competition in Organ Improvisation. A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area since 1988, he has performed at virtually all the major venues in the Bay Area. From 1989 until 2016, he played monthly recitals at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor on the historic E. M. Skinner organ there (well over 300 recitals). He has performed regularly at such series as Noontime Concerts, Music at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Grace Cathedral, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley, and elsewhere. In connection with the San Francisco Opera’s 2002 production of Messiaen’s Saint Françoise d’Assise, he performed a recital of the composer’s music at the National Shrine of St. Francis in San Francisco. He has also appeared as organist with the San Francisco Symphony, the Oakland Ballet, the Berkeley Symphony, American Bach Soloists, and others. He was previously Director of Parish Music at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Belvedere, and is currently Director of Music at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ross, California. John Karl Hirten

James Boeringer

1930 - 2014 Composer of "[Amen, amen, amen]" in Moravian Book of Worship Boeringer, James. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1930- ). He was educated at the College of Wooster (B.A., 1952), Columbia University (M.A., 1954), and Union Theological Seminary (D.S.M., 1964). He taught at the University of South Dakota (1959-1962), Oklahoma Baptist University (1962-1964), and Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. A composer of choral and instrumental music, and an author of articles and reviews in music journals. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives ========================= [Boeringer] is Minister of Music at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in New York City, and teacher of English in the Parish High School . . . He is currently studying for a Ph. D. at New York University. he is a staff writer for The Musical Courier, The Review of Recorded Music, and The American Guild of Organists Quarterly. --Lord, Help Our Unbelief: Four More New Hymns by Youth for Youth, 1958. Used by permission. ========================= [Boeringer] is Minister of Music at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vermillion, South Dakota. He was formerly Minister of Music at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in New York City. ------Ten New Stewardship Hymns, 1961. Used by permission.