Real name: Donald S. Marsh

Effective period / Period of releases: 1977 - 1995

For more than 40 years, Marsh served as choirmaster and director of arts for First Presbyterian Church in Port Jervis, NY. During that time he collaborated with Richard Avery, the church’s pastor, in the composition of more than 150 published hymns, carols and anthems. Founded the publishing company Proclamation Productions with Avery in 1967.

Born in 1923 in Akron, Ohio Died April 10 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He earned degrees in art, drama and music from the University of Houston. Then he spent 17 years in New York City acting and dancing on TV and playing the piano, before moving to Port Jervis. He grew up in Singapore. Began in show business in New York, composing, teaching, and performing as an actor, singer, and dancer.