March was Women's History Month. As a tribute to the many talented women who compose religious music, we featured many of them during worship in the month of March.
Here is a list of these women composers:
Marilyn Biery (Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing; Baptized and Set Free – organ music)
Hedwige Chrétien (Andante Espressivo – piano music)
Sylvia Dunstan (2126 All Who Hunger – words)
Nicole Elsey (O God, Our Help – Chancel Choir anthem)
Eleanor Farjeon (145 Morning Has Broken – words)
Manie Payne Ferguson (2142 Blessed Quietness – words)
Gloria Gaither (364 Because He Lives – words)
Mary Nelson Keithahn (2202 Come Away with Me – words)
Hélène Riese Liebmann (Andante Espressivo – piano music)
Marjorie McCarty (Sing Little Bird – Cherub Choir anthem)
Shirley Erena Murray (2128 Come and find the Quiet Center – words)
Vergola Nix (2142 Blessed Quietness – music arranger)
Caroline M. Noel (168 At the Name of Jesus – words)
Sylvia Oines (Easter Medley – piano music)
Alice Parker (Be Thou My Vision – Voices In Praise anthem)
Lisa Shoemaker-Lohmeyer (The Strife Is O’er – organ music)
Kathleen Thomerson (206 I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light – words and music)