Janice Kapp Perry Collection
Janice Kapp Perry was born in Ogden, Utah, raised in Vale, Oregon, and currently lives in Provo, Utah. She and her husband Douglas have five children, 13 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. Through the years they have also welcomed many foster children into their home.
Janice received her musical training at Brigham Young University in Provo and has been writing and recording gospel music for over 40 years. Her hymn As Sisters in Zion is in the LDS hymnal and she has ten songs in the Children’s Songbook. She has produced 108 albums of recorded music (including some in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin), two full-length musicals, and many sacred cantatas and musical firesides. During the last 20 years, she has dedicated herself to hymn writing with a variety of text writers and has written close to 400 hymns.
Janice served as Relief Society President in her Provo ward and retired from singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in 1999. The Perrys served a full-time mission to Santiago Chile from 2002-03 and traveled the world giving musical firesides until Doug passed away in 2018. In 2008 BYU Broadcasting filmed a 60-minute documentary of her life entitled Janice Kapp Perry: A Life of Service and Song.
Janice has received the following awards:• 1994 - Exemplary Woman award - Ricks College1997 - BYU Alumni Distinguished • Service award2001 - Lifetime Achievement award - Faith Centered Music • Association2019 - Utah Honorary Mother of Achievement award - American • Mothers2019 - Lifetime Achievement award - LDS Film Festival2019 - Lifetime • Achievement award - LDS Publisher’s Media Association2020 - Conferred a Doctor of Christian Service in Music from Brigham Young UniversityIn 2019 Janice started the process of donating all her papers (journals, original manuscripts, etc.) to the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at the BYU Harold B. Lee Library.
Sing a Song of Christmas - Cantata
19810Christmas cantata for mixed chorus (SATB), with some division in sopranos and altos, narration, and piano accompaniment. Songs included in this can...
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19800Easter cantata for mixed chorus (SATB) with some soprano division, all voicing written within the medium range. Includes original narration by Jani...
View full detailsYo Tengo Fe - songbook (I Walk By Faith)
71200Musical collection for solos and duets for medium voice, from I Walk By Faith for Spanish speakers. Songs included in this collection:Yo tengo feLa...
View full detailsWhen I Saw Mary's Little Child - SATB
00612Original Christmas carol arranged for mixed chorus (SATB) and piano, from the cantata "Christmas Light, Christmas Joy" by Perry and Turner. Highes...
View full detailsJust One Little Light - Vocal Songbook
70210Vocal songbook collection for medium voice, arranged for solos, duets, SSA and piano accompaniment. Both vocal and piano parts range in difficulty ...
View full detailsA Song of the Heart - Vocal Collection
10090Vocal collection by Janice Kapp Perry for medium voice, arranged for solos, duets, and 5-part harmony. Arrangements portray her personal love for f...
View full detailsHolding Hands Around the World - Collection/Vocal
10180Vocal songbook by Janice Kapp Perry, written especially for primary children—a collection of 18 beautiful original pieces, containing the following...
View full detailsThe Broken Bread - Cantata
19830A sacred Easter cantata for mixed chorus (SATB), soloists, and narrators. Composer: Janice Kapp Perry Lyrics & Narration: John V. Pearson Diffi...
View full detailsOne Nation Under God - SATB
01694Sacred patriotic anthem arranged for mixed chorus (SATB) and piano, written in the style of a hymn, firmly reminding listeners that we are a natio...
View full detailsHeal Our Land - Vocal Collection
40080Patriotic vocal songbook for medium voice, with words by Janice Kapp Perry and text by Senator Orrin Hatch, sung as a prayer for our country. "Heal...
View full detailsLet's Sing About Latter-Day Prophets - Songbook
10240Piano/Vocal songbook. "Kids learn about our modern prophets with sixteen fun new songs." Songs are for prophets Joseph Smith, Jr. through Gordon B....
View full detailsGod Prepared This Land of Promise - SATB
00607Arranged for mixed chorus (SATB) and piano. Using a classical tune of Gustav Holst, this sacred hymn declares that this land of promise is for tho...
View full detailsGod Did Provide Himself a Lamb – SATB
01244Extremely moving Easter anthem for mixed chorus (SATB) and piano, featuring time changes from 2/2 to 3/2 to add import to certain measures, with s...
View full detailsNew Light - Vocal Collection
20200Vocal song collection arranged for solos, SSA, SA and SSAB, ranging in difficulty from medium easy to medium difficult for both piano and voice. Rh...
View full detailsMy Star Is Rising - Vocal Solo
19076Vocal solo or duet for medium voices: as a young girl approaches womanhood she sees her opportunities to grow and rise. Composer: Janice Kapp Perry...
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19026Vocal solo for medium voice with piano accompaniment, reminding us to care for one another. Composer: Janice Kapp Perry Lyricist: Ruth S. Kapp Diff...
View full detailsCanta Mi Corazón (A Song of the Heart - Vocal Collection)
11150Spanish songbook of A SONG OF THE HEART. Song TitlesCanta mi corazónOración de un niñoComo un río(Popurrí) Sirvamos unidas / Llevaremos Su verdad...
View full detailsI Wonder - Vocal Solo
19046Original vocal solo for medium voice and piano accompaniment, arranged in A flat to D flat major, with easy-to-play notes. This piece is sung throu...
View full detailsFar Different Places - songbook
70010Vocal songbook with arrangements offering hope for those with mental or physical disabilities, ranging in difficulty from medium-easy to medium for...
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