Dale Wood (composer)
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Template:Short description Dale Wood was a composer, organist, and choral director best known for his church music compositions. He was born on February 13, 1934, in Glendale, California, 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 American Lutheran Church.<ref name="Dale Wood Article">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 San Francisco 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 California Lutheran University in 1993
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