HOPE is the song written by Winnipeg musician, singer-songwriter Jaylene Johnson and Nashville guitarist, songwriter, producer Jim Kimball that Jaylene submitted to be considered for the National Church’s Marks of Mission Song Contest.
In addition to her music career, Jaylene is the Ministry Coordinator at St. Benedict’s Table in Winnipeg, a growing faith community that meets at All Saints, Anglican Church in downtown Winnipeg.Over 70 song submissions were adjudicated by a panel of judges in December of 2011 and Hope was chosen as the outstanding entry.
The prize is a professional recording of the song to be given to the winning songwriter for their marketing and distribution benefit as well as used by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada to promote the Marks of Mission.
Lisa Barry, Senior Producer Anglican Video, Communications and Information Resources and Bev Murphy, Senior Manager, Communications & Information Resources
are in charge of the project and they asked D of NW Communications Officer Randy Murray (a music business veteran and one of the panel of judges) to produce the song in Vancouver.
The song is scheduled for recording at the end of March. Lisa Barry is producing a documentary film of the project and also a music video of the song.
Randy was quick to bring in his long-time church music project collaborator Peter Allen to work on the arrangement, production and orchestration. Peter is a multi-award winning film soundtrack composer and he is also the Organist and Director of Music at St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church in Vancouver’s Kitsilano district.
In the photo we see Peter beginning work on the “HOPE Project.”
The production team was delighted to announce that the Good Noise Gospel Choir under the direction of Gail Suderman also agreed to participate in the recording.
There will be a detailed report included in the May issue of Topic and more updates here on the D of NW website as the story progresses.