Dale Wood was a renowned

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, and choral director best known for his church music compositions. He was born on February 13, 1934, in

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, and died April 13, 2003. Wood began writing compositions at a young age. When he was 13 years old, he won a national hymn-writing contest for the

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Achievements

* Contributing editor to the ''Journal of Church Music'' * Headed the publication committee of the Choristers Guild from 1970 to 1974 * Music director at the Grace Cathedral School for Boys in

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from 1973–1974 * Editor for The Sacred Music Press from 1975–1996 * Editor emeritus of The Sacred Music Press from 1996–2001 * Exemplar Medallion from

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in 1993

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External links

Dale Wood website
1934 births 2003 deaths 20th-century American composers 20th-century hymnwriters Musicians from Glendale, California Writers from Glendale, California {{US-composer-20thC-stub