RONALD EDWIN KAUFFMANN (b. 1949) was born in Wabash, Indiana. He attended the University of Evansville and received his MM in choral conducting from Southern Methodist University where he studied under Lloyd Pfautsch and Carlton Young. In 1975 Hope first published several of his compositions. He is well represented in the companies choral and handbell catalogs. In 1989 he was appointed Music Director at the prestigeous First United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas where he is employed to this day.
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