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Joyce Placzek

Person Name: Joyce Placzek, (Jan Struther) (1901-1953) Hymnal Title: Ancient and Modern Author of "Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy" in Ancient and Modern Used pseudonym Jan Struther; See also Struther, Jah, 1901-1953

David Schwoebel

b. 1957 Person Name: David Schwoebel Hymnal Title: Celebrating Grace Hymnal Composer of "COURTNEY" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal David Schwoebel is Minister of Music/Composer in Residence at Derbyshire Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. He is a graduate of McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Voice and Organ Performance, and a Master of Church Music with an emphasis in Composition. Prior to beginning his ministry at Derbyshire in January 1997, David served churches in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois, Montgomery, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia. As an ordained minister, David administrates and oversees a comprehensive music ministry of six choral organizations, four handbell choirs, and a 32-piece orchestra. His energetic, hands-on approach to ministry finds him working each week with people of all ages, encouraging and equipping them to discover and develop their varied musical talents and skills. The MICHELLE hymn tune included in the 1991 Baptist Hymnal is named for David's wife, Michelle. The BRITTANY, ASHLEY, AND COURTNEY hymn tunes, named for their three daughters, and the ROSE MARY, HENDRICKS AVENUE, as well as an arrangement of IRBY hymn tunes, are included in the Celebrating Grace hymnal. The tunes COURTNEY and ROSE MARY are also included in Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal. --www.lorenz.com/Composers/

Kermit Moldenhauer

b. 1949 Person Name: Kermit Moldenhauer, b. 1949 Hymnal Title: Christian Worship (2008) Composer of "SLANE" in Christian Worship (2008)

Cyril Taylor

1907 - 1991 Person Name: Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907-1991) Hymnal Title: Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Composer of "MINIVER" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Cyril V. Taylor (b. Wigan, Lancashire, England, 1907; d. Petersfield, England, 1992) was a chorister at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and Westcott House, Cambridge. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1932, he served the church as both pastor and musician. His positions included being a producer in the religious broadcasting department of the BBC (19391953), chaplain of the Royal School of Church Music (1953-1958), vicar of Cerne Abbas in Dorsetshire (1958-1969), and precentor of Salisbury Cathedral (1969-1975). He contributed twenty hymn tunes to the BBC Hymn Book (1951), which he edited, and other tunes to the Methodist Hymns and Psalms (1983). He also edited 100 Hymns for Today (1969) and More Hymns for Today (1980). Writer of the booklet Hymns for Today Discussed (1984), Taylor was chairman of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland from 1975 to 1980. Bert Polman