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Sir Ernest MacMillan

1893 - 1973 Person Name: Ernest Campbell MacMillan Arranger of "[Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!]" in Voices United Ernest MacMillan (Conductor) Born: August 18, 1893 - Mimico, Canada Died: May 6, 1973 - Toronto, Canada The eminent Canadian conductor and composer, Sir Ernest (Alexander Campbell) MacMillan, began his organ studies with Arthur Blakeley in Toronto at age 8, making his public debut at 10. He continued his organ studies with A. Hollins in Edinburgh from 1905 to 1908, where he was also admitted to the classes of F. Niecks and W.B. Ross at the University. Ernest MacMillan was made an associate (1907) and a fellow (1911) of London’s Royal College of Organists, and in 1911 received the extramural Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Oxford. He studied modern history at the University of Toronto from 1911 to 1914, before receiving piano instruction from Therese Chaigneau in Paris in 1914. In 1914 he attended the Bayreuth Festival, only to be interned as an enemy alien at the outbreak of World War I. While being held at the Ruhleben camp near Berlin, he gained experience as a conductor. He was awarded the B.A. degree in absentia by the University of Toronto in 1915. His ode, England, submitted through the Prisoners of War Education Committee to the University of Oxford, won him his Doctor of Music degree in 1918. After his release, Ernest MacMillan returned to Toronto as organist and choirmaster of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church from 1919 to 1925. In 1920 he joined the staff of the Canadian Academy of Music, and remained with it when it became the Toronto Conservatory of Music, serving from 1926 to 1942 as its principal. He was also dean of music faculty at the University of Toronto from 1927 to 1952. Ernest MacMillan was conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1931 to 1956, and of the Mendelssohn Choir there from 1942 to 1957. He also appeared as guest conductor in North and South America, Europe, and Australia. He served as president of the Canadian Music Council from 1947 to 1966, and of the Canadian Music Centre from 1959 to 1970. In 1935 he was the first Canadian musician to be knighted, an honour conferred upon him by King George V. He also received honorary doctorates from Canadian and USA institutions. He conducted many works new to his homeland, both traditional and contemporary. --www.bach-cantatas.com/

Alberto Taulé

1932 - 2007 Composer of "[Aleluya, aleluya]" in Flor y Canto Alberto Taulé (b. Barcelona, Spain, 1932; d. March 24, 2007), a Roman Catholic priest and musician from the culturally distinctive and semi-autonomous Catalunya region of northeastern Spain. Sing! A New Creation

David Clark Isele

Composer of "[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia]" in Catholic Book of Worship III

Ed Bolduc

b. 1969 Composer of "[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia]" in We Celebrate Ed Bolduc is a contemporary Catholic artist.

Pietro A. Yon

1886 - 1943 Person Name: Pietro Yon, 1886-1943 Composer of "[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia]" in We Celebrate Yon, Pietro Alessandro; b. Aug. 8, 1886, Settimo Vittone, near Turin, Italy, d. Nov. 22, 1943, Huntington, NY; organist and composer LOC Name Authority File

William Boyce

1711 - 1779 Composer of "[Alleluia, Alleluia]" in Worship Songs William Boyce (baptised 1711 – d. 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. See also in: Wikipedia

Robert J. Batastini

b. 1942 Composer (verses) of "[Alleluia, alleluia] (Duncan / Batastini)" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Robert J. Batastini is the retired vice president and senior editor of GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago. Bob has over fifty-five years of service in pastoral music ministry, having served several parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago and one in the Diocese of Joliet. He served as executive editor and project director for the Worship hymnals (three editions), Gather hymnals (three editions), Catholic Community Hymnal, and as executive editor of RitualSong. In 1993 he became the first recipient of the Father Lawrence Heimann Citation for lifetime contribution to church music and liturgy in the U.S., awarded by St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana, and was named "Pastoral Musician of the Year-2000" by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM). At its 2006 conference, he was named a Fellow of the Hymn society in the United States and Canada. In his retirement he is active in the music ministry of St. Francis de Sales Parish, Holland, MI. Nancy Naber, from www.giamusic.com/bios/

John L. Hooker

Person Name: John L. Hooker (b. 1944) Composer of "[Alleluia, Alleluia] (Tone 5)" in Wonder, Love, and Praise

Paul M. French

Composer of "[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia]" in We Celebrate

Gary Daigle

b. 1957 Composer of "[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia]" in Catholic Book of Worship III Gary Daigle is director of music at St. Edna Catholic Church in Arlington Heights, IL. His first compositions for musical liturgy were collaborations with the Dameans on the collection Remember Your Love (1978). Gary continues to work with the Dameans as a composer, arranger, and producer. In 1993, he released Praise the Maker’s Love, his first collection under his own name. More recent collaborations have been with Rory Cooney. Gary has produced all of Rory's most recent collections and he has set a number of Rory's texts to music. He has also produced recordings by Donna Peña, John Foley, S.J., Jaime Cortez, Liam Lawton, and the GIA Choral Subscription Service recordings. Gary received his Bachelor of Music from Southeastern Louisiana University and has worked as a campus minister at the Catholic University of America. From 1985-1991, he was Director of Music Ministry at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Gary has given workshops and shaped ritual for national and regional conferences throughout the United States such as The East Coast Conference for Religious Education, the Hofinger Conference, the Gathering, and The National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Gary is married to Maria and the father of three children, Erin, Paige, and Grant. --www.giamusic.com/bios