Ruth Morris Gray is a composer, arranger, choral conductor and pianist from Southern California. She chairs the Performing Arts Department at Rosemead High School, where she directs four choirs and teaches music theory and piano, and she has led church choirs for adults and children for more than 25 years. She studied piano and composition at Biola University and composition at UC Santa Barbara.
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Morten Lauridsen (born 1943) is one of the most performed American choral composers. A native of the Pacific Northwest, he taught composition at the University of Southern California for more than four decades and was composer in residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale. He received the National Medal of Arts in 2007, and recordings of his music have earned five Grammy nominations.
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Norwegian composer and pianist Ola Gjeilo was born near Oslo in 1978 and moved to New York City in 2001 to study composition at the Juilliard School. He is an exclusive Decca Classics artist; his choral albums feature ensembles such as Tenebrae and Voces8, and his music has been streamed more than 330 million times. He lives in Laguna Niguel, California.
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Elaine Hagenberg’s music “soars with eloquence and ingenuity” (ACDA Choral Journal). Known for captivating melodies and lush harmonies, her works are performed worldwide, from Carnegie Hall to the Vatican. Winner of the ACDA Brock Prize for Professional Composers, she composes full-time and appears as guest composer, conductor and clinician at festivals in the U.S. and abroad.
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Dan Forrest (born 1978) is one of today’s most widely performed American choral composers. His works range from short anthems to large choral-orchestral pieces such as Requiem for the Living, Jubilate Deo and CREATION. He holds a doctorate in composition from the University of Kansas, mentors young composers through the Forrest Fellows program, and is Composer in Residence at Furman University.
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