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.
We Belong to the Family of Man - SSATB
00771Choral arrangement for mixed chorus (SSATB) welcomes all people together as children of a loving Father in Heaven: "looking beyond, past color, ra...
View full detailsThe Things of Eternity - collection
10010Original vocal collection by Janice Kapp Perry, including several pieces that won Church music contests. Titles in this collection: The Things of ...
View full detailsSu Luz En Mi - Vocal Songbook - (The Light Within)
11000Collection of arrangements in Spanish for medium and low voices, arranged for solo voice and duet, including guitar chords in each arrangement. Son...
View full detailsInspirational New Hymns for Choir & Home - Vol 4
19940Fourth volume of inspiring hymns with music by Janice Kapp Perry and lyrics by various LDS artists—music for choir and home. Titles included in thi...
View full detailsWith All My Heart - Collection
10200This collection of favorite songs for Young Women is voiced for solo or 2-part harmony. For medium voice with medium difficulty and medium to mediu...
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 detailsLet the Morning Come - Cantata
10220IOS "A musical celebration of Joseph Smith & the Restoration." Includes the following song titles:Overture/Light from HeavenWaiting for the Lig...
View full detailsHe Gives Me Strength - vocal collection
10060Vocal collection by Janice Kapp Perry and Steven Kapp Perry, ranging in difficulty from medium to medium-difficult for both voice and piano. Arrang...
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 detailsTitle of Liberty - Cantata - SATB
00350Patriotic cantata for SATB voicing, narration, two male solos, based on scriptural text from Ether 2:10: "For behold, this is a land which is choic...
View full detailsTen Minute Anthems Vol. 2 - Violin Parts
09151Violin obligati for use with the choral Ten Minute Anthems, Vol.2 (#01748). Formerly listed as #01762. Arrangements in this volume:By Acts of Faith...
View full detailsFamily A Joyful Proclamation!
20420A cantata written to celebrate the Proclamation on the Family, for chorus, soloists, and readers. Original songs include: Children of God, In Whose...
View full detailsThy Children Shall Be Taught - Vocal Solo or Duet
59026Vocal solo arranged for medium voice with music by Janice Kapp Perry, based on Isaiah 54:13: "And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and...
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