Buryl Red, described by The Washington Post as
“uncommonly creative”, the musical work of Buryl Red as composer, conductor, producer, and arranger, may be experienced in such diverse venues as Carnegie Hall, Saturday Night Live, and
thousands of schools, churches, and theaters around the world. His output includes more than sixteen hundred published compositions and arrangements, production of over 2500 recordings,< and the musical supervision, composition, and arranging for several hundred shows, documentaries, and musical specials for network and cable television. Several of his choral works including Celebrate Life and the first performing edition of Pergolesi’s Magnificat are considered landmarks in their fields. He is the executive record producer for some of the most widely used music textbooks in the United States including the new Silver Burdett Making Music series. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Buryl Red is a graduate of the music schools of Baylor University and Yale
University and now lives in New York City. He has been honored with many civic and professional awards and degrees. He is particularly honored with the inclusion of his well-known song, “In Remembrance”, in The African-American Heritage Hymnal published in 2001.

Accompanists

Dr. Max Lyall, a concert pianist and Minister of Music, serves as the pianist for The CenturyMen. He is also a charter member and has arranged several songs for the chorus. He has written and arranged a number of works appearing in Southern Baptist publications and his publications also appear in the Triune and Lorenz catalogs. Dr. Lyall has appeared as accompanist for concerts and recordings with Robert Hale, Dean Wilder, Cynthia Clawson, and Henrietta Davis.

Mr. Joseph Joubert, based in New York City, has appeared throughout the United States and Europe in concert as a solo pianist and with major orchestras. He has collaborated with renowned concert artists such as Kathleen Battle and Florence Quivar, and has worked as producer/arranger/keyboardist for popular artists such as Whitney Houston, Patti Labelle, Diana Ross, Judy Collins, Jennifer Holliday, and Ashford and Simpson. He is arranger/composer/co-producer for two music textbook series, The Music Connection and Making Music. Mr. Joubert is conductor/pianist/arranger for “Three Mo’ Tenors”, which was recently featured in a PBS special on “Great Performances”. Buryl Red and Joseph Joubert together received a Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Orchestration of the musical Violet, winner of the New York Drama Critics award for Best Musical of 1997.

Dr. John Campbell, organist for The CenturyMen, is the retired head of the Department of Performance Studies of the School of Music at Hardin-Simmons University and Professor of Organ and Church Music. Dr. Campbell is also the organist at First Baptist Church, Abilene, Texas. He was formerly on the faculty of Berea College, Berea, Kentucky. John has studied with Mildred Andrews, Arthur Poister, Russell Saunders, and Michael Schneider. He has been heard in solo organ recitals in the United States and Germany, and has extensive experience accompanying choral organizations in the United States, South America, and Western Europe.