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Carlton R. Young

b. 1926 Hymnal Number: 13 Arranger of "[The right hand of God is writing in our land]" in Caribbean Praise

1938 - 2019 Hymnal Number: 13 Composer of "[The right hand of God is writing in our land]" in Caribbean Praise Noel Dexter was born on December 21, 1938 and grew up in Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica. He studied ethnomusicology and church music at the University of West Indies, in the United Kingdom and in the United States. He founded and led the Kingston Singers as well as other theatrical productions. For 25 years he was director of music at the University of West Indies, Mona, While there he lead the University Singers, until 2012, when he retired. He composed many hymns, anthems, and arrangements. Dianne Shapiro, from "Music Great, Noel Dexter, Remembered" in "The Gleaner," August 19, 2019 (accessed online 8/6/2020)

Patrick Prescod

1932 - 2013 Hymnal Number: 13 Author of "The right hand of God" in Caribbean Praise Patrick Prescod was born in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He was a virtuosic pianist. He studied at Trinity College of Music in London, then returned to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, taught music, led The Kingston Chorale and Cantemus, and worked as the Music Director for the Education Ministry from 1979-1982. He edited the Caribbean hymnal Sing A New Song No. 3. Prescod tried to integrate the familiar cultural features, rhythms, and musical forms into the unfamiliar context of worship. Dianne Shapiro

William Loperena

1935 - 1996 Person Name: William Loperena, O. P. Hymnal Number: 10 Composer of "[Santo, santo, santo Dios de gloria y poder]" in Caribbean Praise William Loperena, O.P. Father William Loperena was born in Moca, Puerto Rico on December 14, 1935. He was the middle son of Evaristo Loperena Ortega and America Soto Hernández. Raised in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico where he studied at the Colegio San Carlos. He attended the diocesan seminar San Ildefonso in Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Eventually joined the Order of Preachers known as Dominicans on August 16, 1955. Studied philosophy in Dover, Massachusetts, Washington and theology in Nijmegen, Holland. He became an ordained priest in the Netherlands on September 25, 1961. In 1968, he composed a complete Catholic mass infused with cultural elements of Puerto Rico including folk music and deeply rooted traditions which he called Misa Jíbara that was recorded in the studio of the Dominican seminar in Bayamon, PR, and in the Church del Santo Cristo de la Salud in Comerío, PR. Father William Loperena had vast knowledge of music and was a music composer of several genres including classical, folkloric and popular. His contribution to the music is recognized and appreciated throughout Puerto Rico, USA and Latin America, not only in Catholic Churches but also in the Protestant churches. He was also a pianist, poet, playwright, writer, sociologist, and university professor. Helga Rosado Loperena (niece)

Richard Ho Lung

Hymnal Number: 1 Author of "Enter into Jerusalem" in Caribbean Praise Jamaica, Roman Catholic Priest Sing a New Song No. 3 by Patrick Prescod (Bridgetown, Barbados: Cedar Press, 1981)

Hugh Sherlock

1905 - 1998 Hymnal Number: 15 Author of "Lord, your church on earth is seeking" in Caribbean Praise Jamaica, Methodist Minister, former President of teh Conference of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and Americas Sing a New Song No. 3 by Patrick Prescod (Bridgetown, Barbados: Cedar Press, 1981)