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Ruth Watson Henderson

b. 1932 Person Name: Ruth Watson Henderson (1932-) Scripture: Mark 6:30-34 Composer of "ISLINGTON" in Common Praise (1998) Henderson, Ruth Watson; b. Nov. 23, 1932, Toronto; Canadian organist, pianist, accompanist

George Frideric Handel

1685 - 1759 Person Name: George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759 Scripture: Mark 6:1-13 Composer of "HALIFAX" in Common Praise (1998) George Frideric Handel (b. Halle, Germany, 1685; d. London, England, 1759) became a musician and composer despite objections from his father, who wanted him to become a lawyer. Handel studied music with Zachau, organist at the Halle Cathedral, and became an accomplished violinist and keyboard performer. He traveled and studied in Italy for some time and then settled permanently in England in 1713. Although he wrote a large number of instrumental works, he is known mainly for his Italian operas, oratorios (including Messiah, 1741), various anthems for church and royal festivities, and organ concertos, which he interpolated into his oratorio performances. He composed only three hymn tunes, one of which (GOPSAL) still appears in some modern hymnals. A number of hymnal editors, including Lowell Mason, took themes from some of Handel's oratorios and turned them into hymn tunes; ANTIOCH is one example, long associated with “Joy to the World.” Bert Polman

Thomas Butts

Scripture: Mark 6:1-13 Adapter of "HALIFAX" in Common Praise (1998)

David Hurd

b. 1950 Person Name: David Hurd, 1950- Scripture: Mark 6:1-13 Harmonizer of "HALIFAX" in Common Praise (1998) David Hurd (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1950) was a boy soprano at St. Gabriel's Church in Hollis, Long Island, New York. Educated at Oberlin College and the University of North Carolina, he has been professor of church music and organist at General Theological Seminary in New York since 1976. In 1985 he also became director of music for All Saints Episcopal Church, New York. Hurd is an outstanding recitalist and improvisor and a composer of organ, choral, and instrumental music. In 1987 David Hurd was awarded the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa, by the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. The following year he received honorary doctorates from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, and from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois. His I Sing As I Arise Today, the collected hymn tunes of David Hurd, was published in 2010. Bert Polman and Emily Brink

James Wood

1921 - 2003 Person Name: James H. Wood Scripture: Mark 6:36-44 Harmonizer of "BEACH SPRING" in Glory to God James Wood was born April 14, 1921, in Rochester, Minn. He was a teacher of music and a concert singer, a choral conductor and composer In later life, he published a book of poems titled, "Songs Without Melodies." Dianne Shapiro

David Lee

b. 1956 Person Name: David Lee, b. 1956 Scripture: Mark 6:34-43 Composer of "REDHILLS" in Singing the Faith LEE, DAVID (b. 1956): B.Sc. Geology with Geophysics, University of Durham; M.Sc. Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Working life in I. T. Support in university and scientific research. He has been active in church music since his early teens. He is member of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and in 2007 was elected to serve on its executive committee.Hymn, song and anthem settings appear in (amongst others) Singing the Faith, RSCM (Royal School of Church Music) collections, Lutheran Service Book (LCMS), Psalms for All Seasons., In Melody and Songs David Lee(from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014, and previous (uncited) bio