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Valerie Shields | Hal Leonard Valerie Shields Valerie’s work with children’s choirs, church and synagogue musicians, and most recently an ensemble of professional musicians who played on the streets during the pandemic, provided her a rich context for her love of composition. Over one hundred of her choral compositions and arrangements have been published and are performed around the world. Each piece was tailor made for the available musicians and specific occasions. She is especially committed to mentoring young musicians. A native of Seattle, WA, Valerie had the privilege and good fortune of studying organ with Dr. Edward A. Hansen and violin with Kristine Smedvig. Robert Bune, her high school music teacher, encouraged her to compose piano parts and instrumental descants for the Ballard Chorale.  She received her  Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude in organ and violin from St. Olaf College.  She spent one semester in Esslingen, Germany where she attended a church music school.  Improvisation and figured bass realization were among her favorite classes.  While completing her Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, Valerie became increasingly interested in and skilled in the art of improvisation, largely because of the influence of Karl Paukert. She went on to serve as Director of Music at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Park Ridge, Illinois, for twelve years.  Here she developed a large music program involving over a hundred and fifty participants in choirs, handbell choirs and chamber music groups. Upon her return to Seattle, she served for twelve years as director of a division of the Northwest Girlchoir.  She became organist and developed a vibrant Youth Choir at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, where she served for thirty-two years.  She recently completed a twenty year tenure as Music Director/Composer in Residence of Temple De Hirsch Sinai. During the time of pandemic, Valerie co-founded, directed and composed music for a group of professional musicians called the "Alley Band." They played a twenty concert series in the streets of Seattle. This “Alley Band” kept musicians playing when their concert halls had closed and their enthusiastic audience of friends and neighbors was most appreciative.
Hal Hopson | Hal Leonard Hal Hopson Hal H. Hopson (b. 1933) is a full-time composer/church music clinician residing in Dallas, Texas. He has over 1,000 published works, which include almost every musical form in church music. With a special interest in congregational song, he continues to make a significant contribution to the new repertoire of hymn-tunes and responsorial psalm settings as evidenced by the proliferation of his settings that are included in hymnals and psalm collections. His cantata, God with Us, was one of the few compositions selected by a panel at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., to be placed in a capsule during the American Bicentennial in 1976. The capsule will be opened at the Tercentennial in 2076 and will be heard again as a representative piece of American choral composition of this century. Mr. Hopson is active as a conductor and clinician, having conducted choral festivals and workshops in this country, Europe, and Asia. More recently he has been recognized for his contribution to music by being included in The International Who's Who in Music, Cambridge, England, and by being awarded the esteemed title of National Patron by Delta Omicron, a national professional fraternity of musicians. He is active in several professional organizations, having served on the national boards of The Presbyterian Association of Musicians and Choristers Guild. As a member of ASCAP, Mr. Hopson has received an annual award from that agency for many consecutive years.
Marvin Gaspard | Hal Leonard Marvin Gaspard “Outstanding musical versatility” best describes the talent and artistry of Marvin Gaspard, and validates his rising national acclaim as performer, composer, arranger, and recording artist. His published works, children’s folk songs, choral octavos and organ/piano duet books, serve as a testament to his diverse talent. Marvin began studying piano at the age of five, and quickly developed a love for music. By college age, he was proficient in piano, organ, harp, trumpet, French horn, and melodic percussion and had begun writing and arranging music for area schools and churches. Now, one of Houston’s leading musicians, Marvin serves as Director of Music, Organist/Choirmaster of St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church. He directs the Chancel Choir, the youth choir, Ensemble (chamber choir), and oversees St. Luke’s Ringers (handbell choir). Marvin is the resident pianist for The Lyric Centre in the heart of Houston’s Theatre District. As a skilled jazz pianist, he leads the Marvin Gaspard Trio, a well-known ensemble in the Houston music community. Mr. Gaspard’s choral arrangements have been performed and recorded by the internationally renowned Turtle Creek Chorale of Dallas, Texas. Accompanying his own compositions, he appeared with the Chorale in Dallas’ Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, in the spring of 1996. One of his original works was recorded as the title song of the Chorale’s CD, “Lifelong Friend.” Marvin has released three of his own CD’s. For ten years Marvin composed original scene underscoring and arranged choral works for “Pageant, A Christmas Spectacular”. This Houston production was televised and broadcast nationwide featuring a 400-voice choir and full orchestra in a fully staged holiday production. Mr. Gaspard has accompanied Grammy Award winner, Cynthia Clawson, in appearances from coast to coast and he has been featured as a solo piano artist in a nationally televised tour of Ecuador and also at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. Mr. Gaspard is a member of American Guild of Organists; The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP); Choristers Guild; Houston Professional Musicians Association (Local 65-699, American Federation of Musicians); Houston Tuesday Musical Club; Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America; and serves on the board of the Greater Houston Handbell Association. Marvin is a native of Abbeville, Louisiana and holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Publications by Marvin Gaspard
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