GARY ALAN SMITH (b. 1947) is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin majoring in voice and composition. He received two masters degrees in sacred music and theology from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he graduated with honors. He was just 26 years of age when Hope published his first choral work, a setting of O SACRED HEAD NOW WOUNDED. His original composition F 973 ANTIPHONAL HOSANNA is the 10th best selling choral piece in the Hope catalog. A life-long United Methodist, today G. Alan Smith is Senior Music Editor at Abingdon Press in Nashville, Tennessee. Gary has two credits in Hope's new hymnal WORSHIP & REJOICE (2001).
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Tune Title: COME, BE BAPTIZEDFirst Line: Come as a child, come to the watersComposer: Gary Alan Smith, 1947-; John (Jack) A. Schrader, 1942-Meter: Irregular with RefrainKey: C MajorDate: 2007
Tune Title: COME, BE BAPTIZEDFirst Line: Come be baptized in the name of the FatherComposer: Gary Alan SmithMeter: Irregular with refrainKey: C MajorDate: 2003
Tune Title: COME, BE BAPTIZEDFirst Line: Come as a child, come to the watersComposer: Gary Alan SmithMeter: Irregular with refrainKey: C MajorDate: 2001
Tune Title: COME, BE BAPTIZEDFirst Line: Come as a child, come to the watersComposer: Gary Alan Smith, 1947-; Jack Schrader, 1942-Meter: Irregular.Ref.Key: C MajorDate: 2003