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Andrew Donaldson

b. 1951 Topics: Biblical Names and Places Negeb; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Church Year Advent; Church Year Lent; Daily Prayer Midday Prayer; Disciples / Calling; Freedom; God's Wonders; God's People (flock, sheep); Jesus Christ Mind of; Joy; Lament Community; Lament General; Patience; Rejoicing; Return from Exile; Salvation; Sorrow; Temptation And Trial; Victory; Year B, Advent, 3rd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Thanksgiving Day, Canada, 2nd Monday in October; Year B, Thanksgiving Day, USA, 4th Thursday in November Author of "Psalm 126 (A Responsorial Setting)" in Psalms for All Seasons Andrew Donaldson, a composer and church musician, grew up in northern Ontario, Canada. He attended Glendon College, York University in Toronto, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. He went on to study classical guitar performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, receiving its ARCT (Associate of Royal Conservatory Teachers) degree in 1979. Since then he has worked as a composer and performer in many contexts, in both French and English. Andrew co-edited the Book of Praise (1997), Presbyterian Church in Canada, with Donald Anderson. Their company, Binary Editions, continues to administer copyright for the PCC. In 2007 he was made a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, by Knox College of the University of Toronto, for his body of work in congregational song in the Presbyterian Church in Canada. In 2011 Andrew and his wife, Wendy, moved to Geneva, Switzerland where Andrew works as a worship consultant to the World Council of Churches. --Submitted by Andrew and Wendy Donaldson, 13 August 2013

Arthur Henry Messiter

1834 - 1916 Topics: Christ's Return and Judgment; Jesus Christ Advent; Jesus Christ Ascension and Reign; Joy; Justice; Praise; Sovereignty of God Composer of "MARION" in Glory to God Arthur H. Messiter (b. Frome, Somersetshire, England, 1834; d. New York, NY, 1916) Educated by private tutors in England, he, immigrated to the United States in 1863 and had an active musical career in Philadelphia, which included an organist position at St. James the Less. At Trinity Church in New York City, he modeled with distinction the British cathedral tradition of music. Messiter was an editor of the Episcopal Hymnal (1893), compiled the Psalter (1889) and Choir Office Book (1891), and wrote a musical history of Trinity Episcopal Church, New York (1906). Bert Polman

Horace Clarence Boyer

1935 - 2009 Person Name: Horace Clarence Boyer, 1935-2009 Topics: Biblical Names and Places Negeb; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Church Year Advent; Church Year Lent; Daily Prayer Midday Prayer; Disciples / Calling; Freedom; God's Wonders; God's People (flock, sheep); Jesus Christ Mind of; Joy; Lament Community; Lament General; Patience; Rejoicing; Return from Exile; Salvation; Sorrow; Temptation And Trial; Victory; Year B, Advent, 3rd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Thanksgiving Day, Canada, 2nd Monday in October; Year B, Thanksgiving Day, USA, 4th Thursday in November Arranger of "WAYFARING STRANGER" in Psalms for All Seasons Horace Boyer (b. Winter Park, Flordia, July 28, 1935; d. Amherst, Massachusetts, July 21, 2009) was professor of music at the University of Massachussetts, Amhurst, editor of the African American hymnal Lift Every Voice and Sing, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, and author of How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel (Elliot & Clark, 1995). Sing! A New Creation

Lawrence Bartlett

1933 - 2002 Person Name: Lawrence Francis Bartlett, 1933 Topics: Advent; Eucharist; Fellowship in the Church; Grâce; Hope; Jesus Christ Coming today; Jesus Christ Friend and Companion; Jesus Christ Return; Mystery of God's Love; Real Presence; Salvation; The way Composer of "GRACE" in Together in Song Lawrence Bartlett was born in Sydney on the February 13, 1933. He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music between 1950 and 1957, and at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 1960. He also studied organ, piano, singing and composition. He was the Assistant Director of Music at the King's School, Parramatta, a tutor in church music at Ridley College in Melbourne and in 1965 he was acting cathedral organist and master of the choristers at St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney. Bartlett was an Anglican clergyman and wrote many compositions suitable for church performance. Bartlett was also a member of the Australian Hymn Book committee, and has been involved in the initiation of schemes for promoting the composition and performance of new liturgical music. He died in Sydney on March 17, 2002. Nancy Naber, from http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/bartlett-lawrence

Arlo D. Duba

b. 1929 Topics: Christ's Return and Judgment; Creation; Jesus Christ Advent; Praise; Sovereignty of God Author of "Lift Up the Gates Eternal (Psalm 24)" in Glory to God Arlo Duba (b. 1929) was an administrator at Princeton Seminary and is professor of worship (emeritus) and former dean at the University of Dubuque (Iowa) Theological School. Sing! A New Creation, 2002

Grail

Person Name: Ladies of the Grail Topics: Biblical Names and Places Negeb; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Church Year Advent; Church Year Lent; Daily Prayer Midday Prayer; Disciples / Calling; Freedom; God's Wonders; God's People (flock, sheep); Jesus Christ Mind of; Joy; Lament Community; Lament General; Patience; Rejoicing; Return from Exile; Salvation; Sorrow; Temptation And Trial; Victory; Year B, Advent, 3rd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Thanksgiving Day, Canada, 2nd Monday in October; Year B, Thanksgiving Day, USA, 4th Thursday in November Author of "Psalm 126 (A Responsorial Setting)" in Psalms for All Seasons

Kenneth Munson

1916 - 1986 Person Name: Kenneth Munson, 1916-1988 Topics: Biblical Names and Places Negeb; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Church Year Advent; Church Year Lent; Daily Prayer Midday Prayer; Disciples / Calling; Freedom; God's Wonders; God's People (flock, sheep); Jesus Christ Mind of; Joy; Lament Community; Lament General; Patience; Rejoicing; Return from Exile; Salvation; Sorrow; Temptation And Trial; Victory; Year B, Advent, 3rd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Thanksgiving Day, USA, 4th Thursday in November; Year B, Thanksgiving Day, USA, 4th Thursday in November Harmonizer of "SALVATION" in Psalms for All Seasons Kenneth John Munson (b. Galesburg, IL, 1916; d. Burlington, VT, 1986) and first appeared in the Unitarian Universalist Hymns for the Celebration of Life (1964) set to three different texts. Munson studied at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, and received a Ph.D. in music from Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. He served as chair of the music department at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, from 1942-1981, and was organist and choir director in several churches throughout his career. --Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

Eelco Vos

Topics: Affliction; Biblical Names and Places Aaron; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Joseph; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Despair; Doubt; Earth; Elements of Worship Confession (Individual); Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; God as Shepherd; God's Faithfulness; God's Majesty; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Power; God's Promise of Redemption; Hopelessness; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Lament Individual; Mercy; Remembering; Return from Exile; Salvation; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 26-July 2 Arranger of "[You're our creator, our life sustainer]" in Psalms for All Seasons Eelco Vos (b. 1972) is a Dutch composer and pianist. He studied at the Conservatory of Music in Utrecht and obtained degrees in music education and classical piano. He studied under master pianist Alwin Bӓr, and took master classes from Ivan Moravec and Ferenc Rados. For several years Vos played with an acoustic band, and many of his songs were aired on the radio. Growing up, Vos had sung Genevan Psalms at home, church, and school. To revitalize psalm singing among current Dutch youth who no longer knew that heritage, he founded and directs The Psalm Project (www.thepsalmproject.com), a group of professional Dutch musicians devoted to performing fresh and contemporary settings of the psalms, based on tunes from the 16th century Genevan Psalter; Elco Vos is the primary composer and arranger and plays keyboard with the group. They regularly tour the Netherlands, and for their first North American tour in 2012, they partnered with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in releasing Psalms Unplugged, their first English-language CD. Emily Brink

Heather Moen-Boyd

b. 1953 Person Name: Heather Moen-Boyd, 1953- Topics: Atonement; Christ's Sacrifice; Death; Hope; Jesus Christ Earthly life; Jesus Christ Redeemer; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Return; Lamb Of God; Name/s of Jesus; Revelation; Suffering Arranger of "BEHOLD THE LAMB" in Together in Song

Tommy Walker

Topics: Affliction; Biblical Names and Places Aaron; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Joseph; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Despair; Doubt; Earth; Elements of Worship Confession (Individual); Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; God as Shepherd; God's Faithfulness; God's Majesty; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Power; God's Promise of Redemption; Hopelessness; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Lament Individual; Mercy; Remembering; Return from Exile; Salvation; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 26-July 2 Author of "We Will Remember" in Psalms for All Seasons Tommy Walker has led worship at Christian Assembly in Los Angeles since 1990. Through his ministry of leading worship he has travelled with Promise Keepers, Greg Laurie Harvest Crusades and Franklin Graham. He’s worked with church leaders such as Rick Warren and Bill Hybels. But he is best known for his music, including the popular songs “Only a God Like You,” “Mourning into Dancing,” and “He Knows My Name.” Walker travels frequently with his band, primarily to the Philippines, but is based in Los Angeles with his wife, Robin, and their four children. Tommy Walker