Composer: Michael Lonneke
Born: 1943, Wichita, Kansas.
Lonneke began piano study at age nine with Nelle Taylor. Later, he studied piano with Marie Kassouny and studied choral music and conducting with Cecil Riney at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas. His business career has been in broadcasting management in America and Europe. He was the founding president of the Loudoun, Virginia, Symphony, and served as organist for the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd and for Trinity United Methodist Church, both in Paris, Virginia, near Washington, DC. In 2006, he became organist/choirmaster for St. George’s United Methodist Church, Fairfax, Virginia.
Music:
BRING A TORCH
GUTERHIRT
MILLSPAUGH
MORRISON
PARIS
RINEY
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O Blessed Jesus! ThisO blessd Jesus! This
Thy lowly manger is
The paradise where oft my soul would feed:
Here is the place, my Lord,
Where lies theternal Word
Clothed with our flesh, made like to us indeed.
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