Open Your Hymnal

Zack Stachowski, Janet Sullivan Whitaker, and Matt Reichert on the first OYH Zoom interview!

We’ve been featuring the music of Janèt Sullivan Whitaker in our episodes for several seasons. If you’re a long-time listener of the podcast, you’ve heard her compositions in many “OYH Playlist” segments and special themed episodes. We’re excited to finally feature an interview with Janèt, and we discuss all of the usual topics: setting text, crafting melody, and more. We’ll also hear one of our favorite cringe-worthy cantor moments, and you don’t want to miss it.

So, please open your hymnals to “In Every Age.”

NOTE: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we aren’t traveling. We normally capture our interviews in-person while attending conferences or conventions. This interview was conducted and recorded via a Zoom videoconference. While it might sound different, we look forward to broadening the range of guests we are able to feature in our upcoming episodes.

Episode links

For more information about Janèt Sullivan Whitaker and her other compositions, visit her composer pages at OCP and GIA Publications.

You can purchase a copy of the score and a copy of the song recording for "In Every Age” from OCP.

You can also purchase the other song recordings you heard in this episode: Piano instrumental of “In Every Age” (arr. Teresa Tedder), “God in the Barren Spaces” (Basi), “Taste and See” (Moore), and “Day of Peace” (Whitaker).

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We’re focusing on music written by women composers, and we’re blessed to be joined by five guests: Sarah Hart, Lori True, Carol Browning, Lorraine Hess, and Kate Williams. You’ll hear our guests discuss the experience of composing, publishing, and ministry as women. You’ll also hear several additional composers featured in this episode’s OYH Playlist.

So, please open your hymnals!

Episode links

You can find out more about the work of our guests by visiting their artist pages:

Sarah Hart: OCP page, personal page
Lori True: GIA page
Carol Browning: GIA page, MorningStar page, Liturgical Press page
Lorraine Hess: WLP page, personal page
Kate Williams: GIA page

You can purchase the song recordings you heard in this episode: “Be With Me, Lord” (Sarah Hart/Curtis Stephan), “Who is the Alien?” (Lori True), “Ubi Caritas” (Carol Browning), “Glorify Him by Your Life” (Lorraine Hess), “Hymn of St. Patrick” (Diana Macalintal), “All That is Hidden” (Bernadette Farrell), “In Every Age” (Janet Sullivan Whitacre), “Enter In” (Kathleen Basi), “Dame Tu Paz” (Anna Betancourt), “Bienaventurados” (Lourdes Montgomery"), “In the Morning, In the Evening” (Bex Gaunt), “I Am the Bread of Life” (Suzanne Toolan).

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Episodes

"In Every Age"

Celebrating the Music of Women Composers

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