Nylea Butler-Moore
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One will never know if the vision of the founder of GIA, Clifford Bennett, would have included a strong ecumenical division, his intent being mostly to generate and circulate material useful in the learning of Gregorian chant. With such a limited scope, it is unlikely that he was interested in publishing music by Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, or Baptist composers. Today at GIA, the ecumenical involvement is obvious with the inclusion in the catalog of the music of composers such as John Ferguson, Carl Schalk, Richard Hillert, and now, Nylea L. Butler-Moore, the nationally recognized Methodist composer and writer. She is the music director at Trinity United Methodist Church in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and the youth editor of the Church Music Workshop magazine, published by Abingdon Press in Nashville, Tennessee. She also edits Jubilate, a newsletter for Methodist musicians.
She received her bachelor of music from the University of Tennessee in 1982 and a master of church music with a choral conducting emphasis from the Scarrit-Graduate School in 1985. Her interest in music education took her to the Southeastern Massachusetts University for two graduate courses in the Kodaly music education method. With such a solid music preparation, it is no wonder to see her as a leader in the Methodist music circles and, happily for the Roman Catholic scene, for the Catholic churches in the United States.
The charm of her music promises to enhance Catholic liturgy even more now as her compositions become more available to the parish musician through GIA's contining ecumenical spectrum.