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John L. Bell

b. 1949 Arranger of "[Kyrie eleison]" in RitualSong (2nd ed.) John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink

Iona Community

Arranger of "[Kyrie eleison]" in Singing the Faith Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian group of men and women based on the small island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. The community began in 1938 when the Rev. George MacLeod of the Church of Scotland began a ministry among the unemployed poor who had been neglected by the church. He took a handful of men to the island to rebuild the ruins of a thousand-year-old abbey church. That rebuilding became a metaphor for the rebuilding of the common life, a return to the belief that daily activity is the stuff of godly service – work, and worship. The Community has since grown to include a group of members, associates, and friends all over the United Kingdom and many other countries. In addition to many conferences that attract people to Iona from around the world, the Community is known for its publishing of new songs and prayers for worship, both developed in community and gathered from around the world. For more information on the Iona Community, check their website: www.iona.org.uk. John Bell is probably the community’s most well-known member, having composed and arranged much of the community’s music. Sing! A New Creation

Christopher Walker

b. 1947 Person Name: Christopher Walker, b. 1947 Composer of "[Kyrie eleison]" in Journeysongs (2nd ed.)

Michel Guimont

b. 1950 Composer of "[Kyrie eleison]" in Worship (4th ed.)

Carlton R. Young

b. 1926 Harmonizer of "ORÉ PORIAJÚ VEREKÓ" in Glory to God

Lucien Deiss

1921 - 2007 Composer of "[Kyrie eleison]" in Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.) Born: 1921, Paris, France. Died: October 9, 2007, Île-de-France, France. Buried: Seminaire des Missions, Chevilly-Larue, Île-de-France, France. A member of the Holy Spirit Fathers, Deiss attended the Gregorian University in Rome and taught theology at the Grand Scholasticat of Cheville in Paris, France. His works include: Early Sources of the Liturgy, 1967 It’s the Lord’s Supper/, 1976 Spring Time of the Liturgy, 1979 Sources: Brink & Polman, P. 313 --www.hymntime.com/tch/ ================= Fr. Deiss was pastor, liturgist, author, international lecturer, renowned Scripture scholar, and an expert on liturgical music. He was selected by Pope Paul VI to coordinate the Lectionary psalter following the Second Vatican Council. His Biblical Hymns and Psalms was the one of the first major collections of liturgical music in the vernacular, and gave us such songs as "All the Earth," "Keep in Mind," and "Grant to Us, O Lord." A tireless advocate of the reforms of Vatican II, Fr. Deiss continually encouraged those who worked in liturgical reform to remain fervent in prayer, and he dedicated much of his life to liturgical catechesis through workshops and writings. --www.decanimusic.co.uk/

Communauté de Taizé

Person Name: Community of Taizé Composer of "TAIZÉ KYRIE" in The United Methodist Hymnal

Marty Haugen

b. 1950 Composer of "[Kyrie, eleison]" in RitualSong (2nd ed.) Marty Haugen (b. 1950), is a prolific liturgical composer with many songs included in hymnals across the liturgical spectrum of North American hymnals and beyond, with many songs translated into different languages. He was raised in the American Lutheran Church, received a BA in psychology from Luther College, yet found his first position as a church musician in a Roman Catholic parish at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was undergoing profound liturgical and musical changes after Vatican II. Finding a vocation in that parish to provide accessible songs for worship, he continued to compose and to study, receiving an MA in pastoral studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. A number of liturgical settings were prepared for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and more than 400 of his compositions are available from several publishers, especially GIA Publications, who also produced some 30 recordings of his songs. He is composer-in-residence at Mayflower Community Congregational Church in Minneapolis and continues to compose and travel to speak and teach at worship events around the world. Emily Brink

Randall K. Sensmeier

b. 1948 Person Name: Randall Sensmeier Harmonizer of "[Kyrie eleison]" in Hymnal Supplement 1991

Tony Alonso

b. 1980 Person Name: Tony E. Alonso Adapter of "[Kyrie eleison]" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song Tony Alonso has published several collections of liturgical music and his music appears in many hymnals throughout the world. He has an Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University and a M.A. degree in theology from Loyola Marymount University.