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James E. Moore

b. 1951 Person Name: James E. Moore, Jr., b. 1951 Topics: Challenge of Gospel Author of "Taste and See" in Gather (3rd ed.)

1866 - 1949 Person Name: Harry T. Burleigh, 1866-1949 Topics: Challenge of Gospel Adapter of "McKEE" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Harry T. Burleigh (b. Erie, PA, 1866; d. Stamford, CT, 1949) began his musical career as a choirboy in St. Paul's Cathedral, Erie, Pennsylvania. He also studied at the National Conservatory of Music, New York City, where he was befriended by Antonín Dvořák and, according to tradition, provided Dvořák with some African American musical themes that became part of Dvořák's New World Symphony. Burleigh composed at least two hundred works but is most remembered for his vocal solo arrangements of African American spirituals. In 1944 Burleigh was honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Bert Polman

Catherine Cameron

1927 - 2019 Person Name: Catherine Cameron, b. 1927 Topics: Challenge of Gospel Author of "God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens" in Worship (3rd ed.)

Paul A. Tate

Person Name: Paul A. Tate, b. 1968 Topics: Challenge of Gospel Author of "Remember You Are Dust" in Gather (3rd ed.)

Ronald A. Nelson

b. 1927 Person Name: Ronald A. Nelson, b. 1927 Topics: Challenge of Gospel Harmonizer of "BEACH SPRING" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song Ronald A. Nelson With degrees from St. Olaf College and the University of Wisconsin Madison, Ronald A. Nelson served for 37 years as Director of Music at Westwood Lutheran Church in suburban Minneapolis, where he has been named Cantor Emeritus and now serves as choir member. Since his retirement he devotes his time to composing, guest conducting, and serving as organist for Chapel Services at Becketwood, the Senior Cooperative where he and his wife Betty Lou reside. In 1999, he was one of 50 composers chosen to write music for the "Continental Harmony" project of the American Composers Forum and National Endowment for the Arts to celebrate the new millennium. That composition, "Building Bridges," received Honorable Mention in the Waging Peace Through Singing competition of the University of Oregon. For a 2001 Composers Forum "Faith Partners" Commission he wrote music for three Wisconsin parishes of different denominations, and is now doing a second "Faith Partners" for two parishes in Hutchinson, Minnesota. He is the recipient of a Distinguished Alumnus Award from St. Olaf College, the F. Melius Christiansen Award from Minnesota ACDA, and the Faithful Servant Award from the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, which last year made available a CD of his compositions. In 2007 the book "With A Voice of Singing - Essays on Children, Choirs and Music in the Church" was published in his honor. --www.giamusic.com

John Wilson

1905 - 1992 Person Name: John W. Wilson, b. 1905 Topics: Challenge of Gospel Composer of "LAUDS" in RitualSong Born January 21, 1905, in Bournville, Birmingham, England; died July 16, 1992, in Guildford, Surrey, England. He served as Vice President of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and was a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Leland Bryant Ross from a biographical article in the journal of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland: https://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/1992/10/treasure-no-58-john-wilson-1905-92