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Alfred V. Fedak

b. 1953 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Harmonizer of "OLD 104TH" in Glory to God Alfred Fedak (b. 1953), is a well-known organist, composer, and Minister of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Capitol Hill in Albany, New York. He graduated from Hope College in 1975 with degrees in organ performance and music history. He obtained a Master’s degree in organ performance from Montclair State University, and has also studied at Westminster Choir College, Eastman School of Music, the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, and at the first Cambridge Choral Studies Seminar at Clare College, Cambridge. As a composer, he has over 200 choral and organ works in print, and has three published anthologies of his work (Selah Publishing). In 1995, he was named a Visiting Fellow in Church Music at Episcopal Seminary of the Soutwest in Austin, Texas. He is also a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, and was awarded the AGO’s prestigious S. Lewis Elmer Award. Fedak is a Life Member of the Hymn Society, and writes for The American Organist, The Hymn, Reformed Worship, and Music and Worship. He was a member of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song that prepared Glory to God, the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Laura de Jong

Edwin McNeely

Person Name: Edwin McNeely, 1891- Meter: 10.10.11.11 Author of "Thanksgiving Hymn" in Baptist Hymnal 1956 Edwin McNeely was a professor at William Cary College near Meridian, Mississippi. He directed music at many Baptist revivals until the late 1970's. Angela Ray (email to Hymnary

João Wilson Faustini

1931 - 2023 Person Name: J. Costa Meter: 10.10.11.11 Translator of "Vós, servos de Deus" in Mil Vozes para Celebrar b. 1931, Bariri, São Paulo, Brazil. Presbyterian pastor, choir director, organist, singer, composer, translator, arranger and publisher of largest collection of Sacred Music in the Portuguese language. From 1982 to 1996 - Pastor at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Newark, NJ St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Newark is the oldest Brazilian Presbyterian Church in the USA. Retired on December 31, 1996. After Rev. Faustini was a Minister of Music at Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth.

Carol Ann Doran

1936 - 2023 Person Name: Carol Doran Meter: 10.10.11.11 Composer of "LIBERATION (Doran)" Carol Doran was a musician, author, scholar, loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was also a woman of unwavering faith, integrity, kindness, curiosity, beauty, good humor, and fearlessness who inspired those she loved and who loved her so much in return. Carol’s early exposure to the study of music became a lifelong passion and professional dedication as she went on to earn a Doctor of Music Arts degree in Church Music and Organ at The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Dr. Doran taught and was a professor of Music and Liturgy at Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall in Rochester, New York; Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia; the School of Theology at Boston University; Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, and many others. Additionally, she served with distinction on the boards of many professional organizations of musicians and liturgists. Carol published numerous articles on church music and worship and collaborated with the Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Troeger in the publication of four books, including two hymnals published by Oxford University Press. Carol and Michael Doran were married for more than 59 years, the majority of which were spent in Rochester, NY where they raised their four children: Charles, Julia, Ellen, and Elizabeth. Carol cared deeply about her family, and she extended that joyful compassion to friends, associates, and every person that she encountered in her life. Carol celebrated the lives that her children and their families were living and showed her love in a million different ways throughout her life. When she saw you, whether to say hello or goodbye, she proclaimed her love with a warm, lingering handshake or hug; her loving kindness in her eyes and in the smile you could trust and take as the gift she gave you. Above all, she was devoted to her husband, Michael, and he to her. Carol is survived by her loving husband, Michael of North Andover, MA; sister Ellen Buerklin of Chester, PA; brother Norman (& Patty) Maynard, MA; son Charles (& Cara) Ipswich, MA.; daughters Julia Chambers (& Eddy) Escondido, CA; Ellen Bzomowski (& Steve) Plainfield, MA; Elizabeth Evenson (& Paul) Arlington, MA; and nine grandchildren: Zoe, Lucas, Alexander, Ava, Kyle, Theo, Valerie, Kira, and Elias. We love you and we will miss you always. Funeral service will be offered on Thursday November 9,2023 at 11:00 a.m. in The Parish of Christ Church, 35 Central Street, Andover, MA. A reception will follow at the church. Obituary

Simon Zachariah

b. 1951 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Translator of "ആരാധിക്ക നാം" in The Cyber Hymnal

George C. Martin

1844 - 1916 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Composer of "BILLINGBEAR"

Norton

Meter: 10.10.11.11 Author of "Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim"

Monsignor Pirio

Meter: 10.10.11.11 Author of "Vers Toi, Divin Père" in The Cyber Hymnal

John Barathi

Person Name: S. John Barathi Meter: 10.10.11.11 Translator of "நாம் போற்றிடுவோம்" in The Cyber Hymnal

John Beaumont

1762 - 1822 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Composer of "ST. IGNATIUS (Beaumont)" in The Cyber Hymnal John Beaumont was born in 1762, probably near Holmfirth, West Riding, England. He composed over 60 hymn tunes, including ST. IGNATUIS. He died at Macclesfield, November 8, 1822. Dianne Shapiro, from "A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland" (accessed from dmbi.online 5-27-2019)