Nashville, October 17—Neil M. Alexander, President and Publisher of The United Methodist Publishing House, and Karen Greenwaldt, General Secretary of the General Board of Discipleship, The United Methodist Church, announced today that the role of editor of the new hymn and worship book authorized by the 2008 General Conference will be shared by Dean B. McIntyre and Gary Alan Smith.
Dean B. McIntyre is the Director of Music Resources at the General Board of Discipleship, where his responsibilities include development of music and worship resources, planning and leading field events related to music and worship, and continued development and expansion of GBOD’s music Web site. A native of New York City, McIntyre holds a Master of Music from Eastern New Mexico University and a Ph. D. in Fine Arts from Texas Tech University. He is a composer, author, and teacher and chaired the General Conference Music and Worship Study, 2004-2007. McIntyre chaired the national introductory event for The Faith We Sing and served on editorial committee for Zion Still Sings. He is a member of ASCAP and a Life Member of The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. He will continue as Director of Music Resources while serving as co-editor.
Gary Alan Smith is Senior Music Editor at Abingdon Press. A native of Milwaukee, Smith holds a Master of Sacred Music from Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and a Master of Theology from the Perkins School of Theology at SMU. He is an author, speaker, composer, clinician, and church music director and served as editorial manager of the Hymnal Revision Project that resulted in The United Methodist Hymnal; editorial manager of Mil Voces para Celebrar; sponsoring editor of The Faith We Sing; and consultant for Zion Still Sings. Smith will also serve as project director for the new hymn and worship resource.
The first meeting of the Hymnal Revision Committee will be held in Nashville, January 20-22, 2009.
Direct inquiries to Amy Smith, The United Methodist Publishing House, 201 8th Avenue S., Nashville, TN 37203, or e-mail umchymnal@umpublishing.org
