Dan Schutte: "Here I Am, Lord"

Описание: The Strathroy United Church choir performs Dan Schutte's popular anthem "Here I Am, Lord" during the Trinity Sunday service on May 18, 2008 accompanied by music director Edith Hanselman on the Boston grand piano.

Daniel L. Schutte (b. 1947, Neenah, Wisconsin) is an American composer of Catholic liturgical music and a contemporary Christian songwriter best known for composing the hymn Here I Am, Lord (1981).

Grew up in Elm Grove, Wisconsin and graduated from Marquette University High School before entering the Jesuits.

Was one of the founding members of the St. Louis Jesuits who popularized a contemporary style of church music set to biblical and other religious texts sung in English as a result of the liturgical reforms initiated by Vatican II.

He released nine CDs with the St. Louis Jesuits and a 30 year anniversary collection in 2005. Other members of the St. Louis Jesuits were Bob Dufford, Roc O'Connor, John Foley and Tim Manion. He left the Jesuit order in 1986.

His compositions are primarily written for liturgical use, particularly in Catholic worship. Some of the more notable include "City of God" (1981), "Only This I Want" (1981), "Blest Be the Lord" (1976), "You Are Near" (1971), "Though the Mountains May Fall" (1975), "Sing a New Song" (1972), "Glory and Praise to Our God" (1976) and "Table of Plenty" (1992).

Many Christian artists such as John Michael Talbot and Amy Grant have recorded his compositions.

He has also released five solo CDs through his publisher OCP.

In 2006, he wrote the component of a major catechetical program for teachers on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola and the use of music in prayer. He continues to compose new music, write about spirituality and travels extensively giving concerts and workshops on music and spirituality.

In addition to his Jesuit formation, he hold two masters degrees from The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. He later studied music with the other members of the St. Louis Jesuits under the direction of Kevin Waters at Seattle University.

Schutte presently is Composer-in-Residence at the University of San Francisco.