Choristers Guild

Type

| 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

|

Genre| Sacred music, educational
Founded| Los Angeles, 1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Headquarters|

Dallas, Texas

USA

Products|

* Sheet music
* Books
* Magazines
* Music workbooks

Website| choristersguild.org

Choristers Guild is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Dallas, Texas.[1] This ecumenical organization is a boutique publisher of choral, handbell, and instrumental music for churches, schools, and community ensembles, with customers mostly in the United States, but also around the world.[2][3] It publishes, prints, and ships sacred and school choral music, workbooks, and handbell and instrumental music from hundreds of composers, and is an active guild which provides educational resources for it members comprising of choral conductors, handbell ensembles, educators, community organizations, and church musicians.[4]

Choristers Guild’s mission statement is “Enabling Leaders to Nurture the Musical and Spiritual Growth of Children, Youth, and Adults” with the goal to develop the artistic, creative, and spiritual nature of people of all ages. The organization's events are held to inspire and empower musicians via in-person and online events for education and training. The signature program of the guild is the Choristers Guild Institute, a three-year training program for leaders of children and youth choirs, which began in 2009.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Notable Members, Composers, and Officers, Past and Present
* 2 2022 Board Members
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Notable Members, Composers, and Officers, Past and Present[edit]

Jann Aldredge-Clanton, composer
Anton Armstrong, conductor[6][7][8][9]
Lynn Shaw Bailey, composer[10]
Michael Bedford, composer[11]
Roberta Bitgood, composer
Mark Burrows, composer[12]
Kris Crunk, composer[13]
Taylor Davis, composer
Sandra J. Eithun, composer[14]
Laura Farnell, composer
Dan Forrest, composer
Carolyn Gillette, composer
Michael Helman, composer[15]
Hal Hopson, composer
Bill Ingram, composer[16]
Helen Kemp, composer[17]
Robert Leaf, composer [18]
Mary Lynn Lightfoot, composer
Jody W. Lindh, composer[19]
Austin C. Lovelace, composer[20]
Trevor Manor, composer[21]
Mark A. Miller, composer[22]
Cathy Moklebust, composer[23]
Anna Laura Page, composer[24]
Sue Ellen Page, composer[25]
Mark Patterson, composer[26]
Alice Parker, composer[27][28]
Allen Pote, composer[29]
Carl Schalk, composer
K. Lee Scott, composer[30]
Natalie Sleeth, composer[31]
Terry D. Taylor, composer[32]
André J. Thomas, composer[33]
Martha Lynn Thompson, composer[34]
Margaret R. Tucker, composer[35]
H. Dean Wagner, composer
Dale Wood (composer)[36]
Brian Wren, composer
Cynthia Wright, composer[37]
Terry W. York, composer[38]
Laurie Zelman, composer[39]

## 2022 Board Members[edit]

President: John Sutton[40][41]
Director: Tim Sharp
Immediate Past President: Stephanie McIlwain Miller[42]
President-Elect: Todd Arant
Secretary-Treasurer: Andy Masetti
Officers: Sandra Rosales, Ruth Szucs, and Elizabeth Shepley[43]
Executive Director: Dawn Jantsch

Past Executive Directors  | Years Served

|

Dawn Jantsch  | 2017–present
Jim Rindelaub[42] | 2004–2017
C. Michael Hawn (interim)  | 2002–2003
James Steel  | 2000–2002
George Eison  | 1999
Patty Evans  | 1987–1998
John T. Burke[44] | 1978–1986
Cecil Lapo[45] | 1972–1978
John S. C. Kemp  | 1968–1972
F. Lee Whittlesey  | 1963–1967
A. Leslie Jacobs  | 1960–1963
Ruth Krehbiel Jacobs, founder  | 1949–1960

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=951921157&name=Choristers Guild&city=Dallas&state=TX&countryAbbr=United States&type=pub78Search
2. ↑ "New Choristers Guild Sheet Music | Sheet music at JW Pepper". www.jwpepper.com.
3. ↑ "Choristers Guild". Los Angeles Times. April 10, 1999.
4. ↑ "Choristers Guild • Music Publishers Association of the United States". www.mpa.org. October 19, 2011.
5. ↑ Powell, Timothy Michael; Bryson, Julian David; Brockes, Barthold Heinrich; Ken, Thomas (2019). "Reviewed work: Redemption Mass, BrysonJulian David, BrockesBarthold Heinrich, KenThomas". The Choral Journal. 59 (8): 88–92. JSTOR 26601987.
6. ↑ "Anton Armstrong's profile | St. Olaf College". www.stolaf.edu.
7. ↑ "Anton Armstrong – Oregon Bach Festival". oregonbachfestival.org.
8. ↑ "Anton E. Armstrong". sdgmusic.org.
9. ↑ "Anton Armstrong". Avie Records. March 18, 2013.
10. ↑ "More Than Enough (Unison ) by Lynn Shaw Bail | J.W. Pepper Sheet Music". www.jwpepper.com.
11. ↑ "Artist - Don Michael Bedford". GIA Publications.
12. ↑ "Mark Burrows Bio". Choristers Guild - Atlanta. July 14, 2020.
13. ↑ Bone, David L.; Scifres, Mary J. (February 18, 2014). Prepare! 2014-2015: An Ecumenical Music & Worship Planner. Abingdon Press. ISBN 9781426777448 - via Google Books.
14. ↑ "Handbell World | Steal Away Eithun, Sandra Spiritual | Handbell World". www.handbellworld.com.
15. ↑ "Handbell World | Handbell World - Bio of Michael Helman".
16. ↑ "Bill Ingram". Sonology Music.
17. ↑ "Helen Kemp Lifetime Achievement Award – ACDA East".
18. ↑ https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/robert-leaf/isbn/978-613-3-36380-9
19. ↑ "Jody W. Lindh". Discogs.
20. ↑ "Music in Worship-Austin C. Lovelace Interview". www.selahpub.com.
21. ↑ Bone, David L.; Scifres, Mary (May 15, 2016). The United Methodist Music & Worship Planner 2016-2017 NRSV Edition. Abingdon Press. ISBN 9781501832444 - via Google Books.
22. ↑ "Mark Miller | Institute of Sacred Music". ism.yale.edu.
23. ↑ "Handbell World | Handbell World - Bio of Cathy Moklebust". www.handbellworld.com.
24. ↑ "Anna Laura Page - Hope Publishing Company". www.hopepublishing.com.
25. ↑ "Artist - Sue Ellen Page". GIA Publications.
26. ↑ "Mark Patterson".
27. ↑ https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=28339&context=newsreleases
28. ↑ "N.Y. composer Alice Parker to conduct concert, workshop here". Rochester Post Bulletin. February 23, 1995.
29. ↑ Metzger, Andy. "Pensacola Children's Chorus co-founder enjoys international composing career". Pensacola News Journal.
30. ↑ House, Concordia Publishing. "K. Lee Scott | Composer | CPH Music". music.cph.org.
31. ↑ "Blessing". Hymnary.org.
32. ↑ "Terry Taylor". Alleluia Conference | Baylor University.
33. ↑ "André J. Thomas". music.yale.edu.
34. ↑ "Handbell World | Handbell World - Bio of Martha Lynn Thompson". www.handbellworld.com.
35. ↑ Inc, PromoNet Technologies. "Thine Is The Glory Sheet Music by G F Handel (SKU: CGA993) - Stanton's Sheet Music". www.stantons.com. `{{cite web}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)
36. ↑ Works, Organ. "Concert Hall Piece: Wondrous Love". Contrebombarde.com.
37. ↑ "Music Library - Music provided by Western District Conference and its Congregations". kipdf.com.
38. ↑ "Terry York". Center for Christian Music | Baylor University.
39. ↑ https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=theology_music_etds
40. ↑ "John Sutton". LA Phil.
41. ↑ "John Sutton, Artistic Director". Angeles Chorale | Inspiring LA with great choral music.
42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Roberts, Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Andrea Suozzo, Brandon (May 9, 2013). "Choristers Guild - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
43. ↑ Arts, Conference on Worship, Theology, and the (August 13, 2013). "2012 Conference Archive".`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
44. ↑ Unrau, Ruth (September 25, 2008). Encircled: Stories of Mennonite Women. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 9781725222946 - via Google Books.
45. ↑ Kurian, George Thomas; Lamport, Mark A. (November 10, 2016). Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442244320 - via Google Books.

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