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About the Music The anthem, “Shepherd Me, Lord” by Gershon Kingsley is an uplifting and energetic piece. Kingsley, a contemporary German American composer (b. 1922), is a pioneer of electronic music, the Moog synthesizer, and founder of the First Moog Quartet. Kingsley partnered with Jean-Jacques Perrey in electronic music. This duo, Perrey and Kingsley, wrote rock-inspired compositions for Jewish religious ceremonies. Kingsley is known for his famous “Popcorn," an early synthpop instrumental, composed by in 1969 and first appearing on his album Music to Moog By. The same year it was released and recorded at Audio Fidelity Records label in New York City. The composition received its title during a meeting between Kingsley and Audio Fidelity; Kingsley indicated the track did not have a title and someone suggested "Popcorn", with 'Pop' standing for pop music and 'corn' for kitsch. The offertory, “The Lord is My Shepherd” is by American composer Randall Thompson, 1899-1984. Thompson’s earliest works, around 1915, were for a small organ. In 1916, Thompson entered Harvard University where he applied for membership in the Glee Club, but was rejected. Thompson spent much of his future career composing choral music, which he once stated was "an attempt to strike back" at the forces that turned him away. Later, he received a doctorate from Eastman School of Music. By the end of the 1920s, Thompson was awarded a Guggenheim Foundation grant, where he examined the state of college level music education in America. The results published College Music, helped reset the collegiate agenda in music education nationwide. Thompson’s career as an educator was very influential: He was head of Curtis and help professorships at Wellesley, University of California in Berkeley, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Princeton, and Harvard, from whence he retired from teaching in 1965. Thompson composed until a few months of his death at the age of 85.