Jim Minchin
Composer, Anglican Priest was active in bringing Christian worship up to date in the late 1960s. He composed new music settings for well-known hymns under the title "Jazz in the Church". He also wrote music for contemporary poets, including Sydney Carter.
MINCHIN, James Blundell. b. Hartwell, Victoria, Australia, 29 November 1942. James (Jim) Minchin was educated at Camberwell Grammar School (1948-59), where he studied the piano and organ. He attended Trinity College, University of Melbourne, from 1960-66, completing a BA in Classics and a ThL. There, too, he began a long and close involvement with the Student Christian movement. In 1967 he was ordained an Anglican priest in the diocese of Melbourne, and served at St George’s, Malvern (1966-68), St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore (1968-71), Trinity College, Melbourne (1971-73) and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, England (1974-75). He became Associate Director of the Asia Bureau Australia and
Jim Minchin is featured on the following titles
Bards of Faith and Passion
Jim Minchin has set music to a collection of poems by various writers, at play or at odds with eternity: lyrics by soul poets over the centuries.
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Songwriter
Seven Whole Days - music for the contemporary church
Seven whole days is a mixed collection of religious songs with music composed by Jim Minchin. Originally released in the late 1960s this wonderful LP has been re-released on CD.
Performer: Piano
Composer
Move Two Mix - music for the contemporary church
Move Two Mix is a collection of religious songs with music composed by Jim Minchin. Originally released in the late 1960s this pioneering recording is now available again. 'I moved for the spirit of it and I mixed the two, old words and new settings, jazz/folk and traditional music,' says Jim Minchin.
Performer: Piano
Composer
Jim Minchin also appears on
Words, Love, Music: Sydney Carter
A selection of songs and poems by Sydney Carter performed by a variety of singers including Sheila Hancock, Franciscus Henri and Nadia Cattouse, and featuring Sydney Carter himself.
