Produced by Gary McGrath Conducted by Morris Crayton, Alan Buratto, & Deborah Buffington Recorded at 4818 Records & Crystal Clear Sound Mastered at Reeltime Audio Piano performed by Alan Buratto, Janet Pummill, Amy Pummill, Shields Bray Harp by Jaymee Haefner Cello by Javier Betancourt Violin by Bethany Hardwick & Marian Brackney Viola by Marian Brackney Flute by Bill Garretson String Arrangements by Gary McGrath At the time of this recording we are entering our third season as a non-profit fine arts organization for the City of Fort Worth. It is our honor to once again share the recording stage with the internationally known Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir and our first collaboration with the Texas Girls’ Choir. It is only appropriate that this collaboration between three of Fort Worth’s premier fine arts youth organizations is to share the music of Jack Noble White. Mr. White’s life’s work has been focused on the Fort Worth performing arts community as a producer, songwriter, and even executive director of one of Fort Worth’s finest. The Texas State Men & Boys Choir Founder/Executive Director: Gary McGrath Associate Director: Deborah Buffington Conductor: Alan Buratto The Texas Girls’ Choir Founder: Shirley Carter Executive Director: Layne Trent The Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir Founders & Patrons: Mr. & Mrs. F. Howard Walsh Producing Director: Jack Noble White Managing Director: R. Kent Schmedel Associate Director: J. Scott Meneely Assistant Director: Tyler M. Austin Jack Noble White has spent most of his career in Texas, of which he is a sixth generation native. He has divided his time between music and education and holds graduate degrees in both. Jack served as Secretary of the Episcopal Church’s National Music Commission from 1962-1977. He began writing and publishing during that time and now has many works in print. In 1977 he became the Executive Director of The Texas Boys Choir, leading them into a continuous international limelight with numerous tours. He and his wife, Johanna, founded the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, still housing the 70-year-old choir. Retiring from that position in 1995, he now devotes his attention to writing and other projects, including the world famous, Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir, and the annual Fort Worth play-pageant of the Nativity, The Littlest Wiseman. He and Johanna live in Fort Worth, minutes from their two daughters and four grandchildren.