G. G. Gilchrist (Deceased): A Brooklyn, NY native, he was published in Armadillo/Candleligh t, Timelapse, Iliad, Black Creek Review, Aurorean, and Smile, among others. His poem inexpressible is music won an Honorable Mention in the Spring 2000 Iliad Literary Awards Program.
Howard Gold (Las Vegas, NV): He writes on the humorous side of life, on a variety of subjects, sings, and plays the piano. He has been published in the Las Vegas Chapter of the Menza Newsletter.
Samuel E. Goldfarb (Deceased): To learn more about the composer of the Jewish Hanukkah classic "I Have a Little Dreydl" visit http://www.wsjhs.org/cart/product.php?productid=17519
Scott Gregory (Mooresville, NC): He has been playing the guitar and songwriting since high school. After establishing a career in engineering, he returned to songwriting as a hobby. Most of his material is of the country/folk genre mixed with children's music and bluegrass. He has traveled to Nashville to further his ambitions as a songwriter, and seeks to have his material published for commercial use. He is affiliated with ASCAP as a writer and producer and is active in the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Charlotte, NC chapter.
Peter Grimaldi (Broomall, PA): His poetry has appeared in the following publications: Trains, Philadelphia Poets, The Plastic Tower, Poetry Motel, The White Crow, The Advocate, The Oak, and is forthcoming in Hidden Oak, Red Owl Magazine, and Cleaning Magazine. “Piano Moving,” “Piano Dust,” and “Music Child” are previously published, having appeared in Fearless and The Oak. He is a lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area, and he teaches language arts in the city of Chester.
Anita Metz Grossman (Deceased): She was a pianist and a composer. She performed both classical and jazz on piano. Writing about music was her chief joy. Her poem Cadences was published in bluemilk. She published with her colleague, Gelia Dolcimascolo, two chapbooks, Adagio and Encore.
Samuel S. Grossman (Deceased): To learn more about the lyricist of the Jewish Hanukkah classic "I Have a Little Dreydl" visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Little_Dreidel
Franz Gruber (Deceased): For more information on the composer of "Silent Night" visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Gruber
Michelle Gunning (Battle Creek, MI): She writes poetry and songs, and is the mother of three children, Sarah, Alissa, and Trey. Her poem “Reminded” won an Editor's Choice Award at www.poetry.com
Kathleen Gunton (Orange, CA): She received her degree from CSULB. She has been publishing poetry for twenty years. Her poems have been published by Hellas, NCR, Free Lunch, The Aurorean, The Christian Science Monitor, Sing!, Heavenly Muse, and Fox Cry Review, among others. She was nominated for a Pushcart in 1999. Her first collection, Something Untamed, was published in 2000. She is a professional photographer and lives with her husband.
J. M. Hall (Birmingham, AL): He is an undergraduate at Samford University, majoring in philosophy and psychology, and a manager at a small local restaurant. He won awards for poetry in high school, and has had several poems published in the university's annual literary journal Sojourn. The Penwood Review will also be publishing To Immanual Kant in the fall 2002 issue. He loves reading classic literature, listening to a wide variety of music, and writing. He volunteers at the Crisis Center, a suicide/crisis hotline, that serves Birmingham and the greater metropolitan area.
Mark Hall (Nashville, TN): He graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1987 with a BS in Communications. As a singer/songwriter, his goal is to reveal the hope, humor, and meaning to be discovered in even the “commonest” of life experiences. He tries to write from life, applying his imagination and his own point of view. The result is a unique combination of entertainment, artistic endeavor, and affordable therapy. He has performed since 1983 in a variety of settings, including coffeehouses, church group retreats, the Riverbend Festival, the Fall Color Cruise Festival, and the KUDZU Festival. Chattanooga Independent Artists nominated him “Acoustic Songwriter of the Year” in 2000. His travels have put him in front of a wide range of audiences in the Northwest, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, San Francisco, Harlem, Las Vegas, and Minsk, Belarus, in the former Soviet Union. He was co-coordinator of the Chattanooga NSAI chapter, dedicated to developing the craft and business of songwriting.
Peggy C. Hall (S. Miami, FL): Her avocation has always been music-related (piano, organ, tenor sax). Whether playing the score in a local production of The Fantasticks or writing a free-verse “review” of a Graham Steed organ recital in Salisbury Cathedral, she has been intimately involved with the notes and the rhythms. Most recently, she received an Honorable Mention in the Soul-Making Literary Competition 2000 for “Keats Writes to His Brother Tom.” Her diminishing-verse poem “Gus n' Us” and a sonnet were included in Sandra Riley's 2000 children's book, The Greenbear Chronicles.
John Hammond (San Diego, CA): John Hammond teaches elementary school in San Diego, CA. He has taught every grade, kindergarten through sixth. He has written dozens of songs for children on such topics as helping mother earth, having fun, being positive, and treating everybody with respect. John enjoys getting others to sing along and participate using easy chorus, simple sign language, and rhyming and story songs. John as performed 100s of times at churches, schools, libraries, and community events. “Enjoy your voice. You were born to sing your own song.”
Benjamin R. Hanby (Deceased): For more information on the writer of the Christmas classic "Up on the Housetop" visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_on_the_House_Top
George Frideric Handel (Deceased): For more information on the Baroque era composer of "Joy to the World" and much more, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel
Brent Hardesty (Parkville, MD): He is the face behind the jingles. He has worked with Baltimore's advertising community since 1980 when he created his first jingle for the Wockenfuss Candy Company. Since then, he has created and produced some of Baltimore's most memorable radio and TV jingles and a host of national campaigns too! In addition to operating the studio, Brent is also a full-time music teacher at Calvert School in Baltimore, Maryland where he shares his love and knowledge of music and audio production with the middle school students there. http://www.bojinglesaudio.com/
Marilyn Harris (Vail, AZ): She is a professional songwriter, singer, pianist, and recording artist. She is the co-writer with Sandy Sherman of "That's What Moms Are For" in My Mother's Day and Father's Day Fun Book. http://www.marilynharris.com/
Joyce V. Harrison (Nashville, TN): Joyce is a Nashville transplant from Chicago and before that, Northern Canada. With a background in broadcasting and advertising, she has been a professional writer and voice over for her entire career. She began singing at age three and later in school choirs, which led to songwriting. She began serious pursuit of music in Chicago, initially composing on guitar and currently on keyboard. Her first break came with a Chicago band who recorded an album for a California label distributed by Capitol Records. One of her songs became a single as well for a New Zealand artist on Epic Records. Joyce initially focused on country in Nashville and landed two songs on albums by a new artist then named LeAnn Rimes. Her catalog includes pop, rock, reggae, dance, Latin, blues, chorale and jazz vocals and is now up to over 450 songs. Joyce is a voting member of the Recording Academy and a songwriter/publisher member of ASCAP.
Joseph Hart (Visalia, CA): Before he met his dearest friend, his poems were very impersonal, but have since become more feeling. His heroes in poetry are Keats and Millay. His favorite composers are Bach, Mozart, and Donizetti. He has been published in Fauquier, Riverrun, Parnassus, Raintown Review, Ship of Fools, Adept Press (Small Brushes), Catamount Press (Cotyledon), Lucidity, Homestead Review, Dana Literary Society, Northwoods, Beggar's Press (Raskolnikov's Cellar), Red Owl, Muse's Kiss, Kaleidoscope Review, Offerings, Nanny Fanny, Alura, Old Hickory Review, Mind In Motion, Straight Ahead, and various other magazines.
Peter Hartman (Denmark): For more information, visit http://www.discogs.com/artist/Hartmann+%26+Langhoff
John R. Haws (Olympia, WA): He was born and raised in California. He is sixty-six years old and busy raising his second family of two sons, John-John and Joshua. The Olympia Copy and Printing Center first printed Poetry Book-1 in March of 1991. He has been writing poetry since his college days at San Jose State College back in 1961. His poetry can be read online at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/John-R-Haws
Darin Hazen (Ladera Ranch, CA): The aggressive blend of honest lyrics, catchy melodies, and funky grooves can mean only one thing-Darin Hazen. Hazen (ex-Sofa vocalist) takes a minimalist approach to his music; creating a raw, stripped down, Lo-Fi sound that's enjoyable for the whole family.
Victor August Herbert (Deceased): To learn more about the composer of the Christmas classic "Toyland" and many more, visit http://www.pdmusic.org/herbert.html
Derryl R. Herring (Deceased): He was born in Mesa, AZ, and left immediately for Toadlena, NM, where his parents, Charles and Grace Herring, owned a trading post. He spent his childhood on the Navajo Indian reservation, where he attended the first eight grades in a one-room school. He was often the only anglo child in his school. His music education began at an early age. His mother drove Derryl and his Navajo sister, Jill, to the Waterflow Academy sixty miles from Toadlena. There they took lessons from the Urseline nuns, with Derryl studying voice and piano. His high school years were spent in Farmington, NM, where he graduated in 1953. Before receiving his BA and MA in music education from Brigham Young University, he spent two and a half years in France and Switzerland, where he served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. During that time he met his wife, Michèle Dunoyer, in Grenoble, France. They have three children, André, Ariane, and Pierre, and three grandchildren. He spent forty years teaching elementary school music, with the last ten spent on the Navajo Indian reservation. He has now retired from the classroom and spends his time taking care of church responsibilities, writing, and composing new music. He has choral works published with Shawnee Press and Alfred Publishing.
Linda Oatman High (Narvon, PA): She is an award-winning author of many books for children and teens, including Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Road Trip, Maizie, Hound Heaven, The Summer of the Great Divide, A Stone's Throw from Paradise, A Christmas Star, Beekeepers, Under New York, Barn Savers, The Horse Carvers, Winter Shoes for Shadow Horse, The Last Chimney Of Christmas Eve, The Girl on the High-Diving Horse, Abe Lincoln's Log, and A Humble Life: Plain Poems. Linda's writing workshops include “Writing to the Beat of a Different Drummer,” and “Writing by the Seaside.” She is an instructor with the Pennsylvania Young Writers Literature Project and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Highlights Foundation. For more information, please visit www.lindaoatmanhigh.com
Happy Ron Hill (San Diego, CA): The Happy Man has lived in San Diego all his life and his hope is to die in San Diego. He never sang a note until he was thirty and didn't get seriously into music until he was forty. He has played more then 1900 shows since 1997, and to celebrate his 44th birthday, he released his first real album, backed by no less then twenty-two people, including some of the best musicians and singers in San Diego. Also featured is Paul Litteral on Trumpet, who played on the B-52s “Love Shack” and James Brown’s “Living In America.” The first two reviews called it a masterpiece produced by local music guru Sven-Erik Seaholm. The Happy Mans music has been described by Songsalive.com as a cross between Frank Sinatra and South Park and that quote perfectly captures the soulful combination of fun and depth that many find in his music. Steve Poltz says its “Punk Rock meets Punk Folk.” Others describe it as Punk-Blues Comedy Music. The San Diego Union Tribune has described the Happy Mans music and act as intentional unintentional comedy. Jessie Johnson says its “The only real music to come out in the last 10 years, this is some real shit man!” One of his major goals is to appear as himself as a cartoon character on South Park and sing some of his songs. Produced by local music guru Sven-Erik Seaholm the music includes many great musicians including “The Pacific Coast Horns.” The songs are all original with a comedic bend with a few exceptions. The goal is always to write and perform good songs not just funny words with little thought to the music. http://www.happyron.com
Gregory D.V. Holmes (Parlin, NJ): He is a trial lawyer practicing in New York City. He earned a Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition Degree from the University of Miami. For several years, he was a Staff Composer and Recording Engineer for Maryland Public Television. His opening theme music for Public Television's “Terra: Our World” won a George Foster Peabody Radio and Television Award. He has composed and arranged TV show themes, film scores, and commercials including Project Basic...is a lot more than ABCs, Consumer Connection, and You Can't Go Wrong by Eating Right. He won First Prize in the ASCAP-sponsored Nathan Burkan Memorial Writing Competition on Copyright Law at the University of Maryland for Copyright Infringement and Commercial Popular Songs: Beyond Melody and Lyric. He has given lectures on scoring music for television at the University of Miami School of Music and before the Black Media Association in Baltimore, MD.
Cynthia Honeycutt (Hickory, NC): She lives by a lake with her two small children, one great husband, and a very hairy dog. Days are spent writing, teaching art to children, and opening a new business that tutors children in grades k-12. She is a native of North Carolina and enjoys traveling to nearby beaches with her family to search for seashells, ride the waves, and gain new inspiration for art and work from God's beautiful world. Her short story “The Music” appears in The Music Box and Other Delights.
John H. Hopkins, Jr. (Deceased): For more information on the writer of the Christmas classic "We Three Kings of Orient Are" visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Hopkins,_Jr.
Tim Hopkins (Luton, UK): He has had a song on BBC, and four songs released in the U.S. His songs have been performed in churches, and one of his lyrics won second place in the Gibraltar Song Contest. He is a published poet and children's author.
Kathryn B. Hull (La Quinta, CA): She is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Piano and Theory, maintaining an active studio in the California desert community of La Quinta. She is a poet and author of children's stories. The National Library of Poetry has published several of her writings. She has been published in children's magazines including First Opportunity and Young Generation. She served on the Music Teachers National Association Board of Directors for a number of years, as well as holding significant offices in her residence state. As an advocate for the arts, music and the arts are often the central theme in her writings.
Paul Humphrey (Spencerport, NY): With thirty years of commercial writing experience, he has published verse poetry in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. He learned to love opera after a stint as a scenery mover's helper at the old Met in NYC. A member of the Author's League and Poets & Writers, he is listed in Gale Contemporary American Authors, Coda Directory, and The International Biographical Center.
Kevin Hurst (Salt Lake City, Utah): He has gradually evolved into Utah's “Mr. Halloween.” A favorite holiday since his childhood, he started writing Halloween songs for his own children when they were very young. Relying on the inspiration of his six-year old son, his first song was about a ghost that eats people. From that macabre beginning, his Halloween “career” was off to a boo-tiful start. In the fall of 2002 he released a CD of original Halloween songs titled “What's in the Haunted Old House?” The CD opens with “A Magical Halloween Night,” his first published song. Passionate about writing music and stories for children, Kevin is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (S.C.B.W.I.). He has been playing guitar, composing songs, and performing since he was fifteen. He now enjoys entertaining families in school and library settings, especially in October when he's booked all month long. He and his wife Nancy are the proud parents of five children. They live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ric Hussman (Visalia, CA): For more information visit http://www.myspace.com/richussman
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