MARTY HAUGEN is a liturgical composer from Eagan, Minnesota. For the past fifteen years he has presented workshops across North America, Europe, Australia, and Central America for both Roman Catholic and Protestant liturgical ministers. His communion setting, Now the Feast and Celebration, and his vespers service, Holden Evening Prayer, are well known among Lutheran congregations, while his Mass of Creation is arguably the most widely used musical setting of the Ordinary among English-speaking Roman Catholic parishes. Together with David Haas, he began the popular GIA psalm series, Psalms for the Church Year. Marty has over 250 separate titles published through GIA on more than twenty recorded collections, including such songs as "We Remember," "Shepherd Me, O God," and "Gather Us In." His music appears in numerous GIA hymnals, as well as hymnals produced for Canadian and Australian Roman Catholics, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and numerous other Protestant denominations.

JEANNE COTTER is a very talented and active singer-songwriter and prominent liturgical composer. Jeanne has performed throughout the United States and Canada for the last thirteen years and continues to delight and amaze audiences as she performs her original piano works, sings her inspirational songs, and tells her heartwarming and often humorous stories of growing up in an Irish Catholic family in southern Minnesota. Jeanne has numerous recordings and music collections published by GIA Publications, Inc., and her own company, Mythic Rain Productions. In addition to composing and performing, Jeanne also conducts retreats for keyboardists, singers, vocalists, and composers. She is the author of Keyboard Improvisation for the Liturgical Musician (GIA).

DAVID HAAS is from Eagan, Minnesota where he is the Director of The Emmaus Center for Music, Prayer and Ministry and Campus Minister/Artist in Residence at Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, where he teaches in the theology and music departments. Highly regarded as one of the preeminent liturgical music composers in the English-speaking world, he has produced over 40 original collections and recordings of liturgical music. David’s music is sung and prayed throughout the world and appears in many hymnals of various denominations and languages. David’s most recent music and liturgical projects with GIA include a new communal version of the stations of the cross based in scripture, The Biblical Way of the Cross; a book on liturgical preparation entitled To Worship in Spirit and Truth: A Liturgical Preparation Process for Pastoral Musicians and Liturgical Leaders; A Time to Pray With the New Testament and Old Testament (a two volume set of biblical prayer services for teens); and his most recent recorded and printed collection of liturgical music, God Is Here. Other recent liturgical music projects include Table Songs II: Music for Communion (with Tony Alonso, Kate Cuddy, Rob Glover and Lori True); Reach Toward Heaven; and Do This In Memory of Me (a new setting of Holy Communion for Lutheran communities). His live recording and video Glory Day, continues to receive international acclaim and he was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1991 for the recording of I Shall See God. A native of Bridgeport, Michigan and the Diocese of Saginaw, David is a 1975 graduate of Bridgeport High School and studied vocal music performance, piano, and conducting at Central Michigan University and completed his studies in music performance, liturgy and theology at The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Presently an active member of St. Cecilia Church in St. Paul, he formerly served as Director of Music, Liturgy and Youth Ministry at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Ankeny, Iowa; as Director of Music and Liturgy at The Church of St. Thomas Aquinas in St. Paul Park, Minnesota; and as composer-in-residence at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Minneapolis. From 1985 to 1988 he was adjunct instructor and composer-in-residence at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity in St. Paul, during which time he was very active internationally in writing, composing and presenting workshops and seminars on the implementation of The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. For over 25 years, David has been active as a workshop and keynote speaker, author, retreat leader, liturgical musician, concert performer and recording artist, and has performed and presented at various conventions, workshops and conferences throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, The British Isles, Ireland, Australia, The Bahamas, Israel and Greece. He has been a regular speaker at various national and international conferences for The National Association of Pastoral Musicians, The National Catholic Education Association, The Irish Church Music Association, The National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, The National Conference for Catechetical Leadership, The North American Forum on the Catechumenate, The National Center for Pastoral Leadership/East Coast Conference for Religious Education, The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress and the annual Big Island Liturgy and Arts Conference in Hilo, Hawaii. In addition to his work at Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School, David has been an international advocate for the role of young people in the life of the church, and is the founder and executive director of “Music Ministry Alive!”, a national liturgical music formation program for high school and college age youth. He serves on the national advisory council for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and has also been a guest instructor and presenter at several colleges and universities, including The College of St. Catherine, The St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, The University of St. Thomas, St. John’s University, Boston College, Georgetown University, Loyola College in Maryland, Clarke College and Loras College in Dubuque, St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, The University of Dayton, Xavier University, The University of Scranton, The College of St. Benedict, St. Louis University, Fontbonne College, Concordia College, Mt. St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, St. Patrick’s College in Meynooth, Ireland, and The North American College in Rome. As an author, David has written over 15 books in the areas of liturgy, liturgical music, youth ministry, catechesis, prayer and spirituality, and is a Senior Advisor for Harcourt Religion Publishers. He continues to write a monthly column, “Sung Prayer” for Ministry and Liturgy magazine, and has been a consultant for various hymnal and music projects for GIA Publications. Most recently, David has been a national leader, teacher, author, and consultant for many parishes, diocesan groups and professional ministry organizations in the development and implementation of Whole Community Catechesis, and his series of prayer resources for whole community catechesis, entitled Increase Our Faith, is published by Twenty-Third Publications. His articles have appeared in Pastoral Music, Ministry and Liturgy, Catechumenate, Connect, and The GIA Quarterly. David served as the host and collaborated with Sr. Helen Prejean on a video education program on the death penalty, Death No More (Harcourt Religion Publishers), and is featured on a video program on the Psalms, Teach Us To Pray: Praying the Psalms (Saint Anthony Messenger Press). His book, The Ministry and Mission of Sung Prayer (Saint Anthony Messenger Press) received the outstanding professional book award from the Catholic Press Association in 2003, and along with Michael Joncas and Marty Haugen, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1995 from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. In 2004 David was named “Pastoral Musician of the Year” from The National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and received the 2004 Crosier Award for Outstanding Service in Ministry.