Amanda Husberg
Amanda Husberg (born 1940 in Chicago, Illinois - February 15, 2021) was an American composer of hymns. Education She received her B.S. in Education in 1962, from Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska, where she majored in Organ, studying with Jan Bender. She taught elementary school for two years at Redeemer Lutheran School in Westfield, New Jersey, before going to Brooklyn, New York, to do parish work. She received her M.S. in Early Childhood Education from Hunter College in New York City. Career Before her retirement, Husberg worked for thirty-six years as a Director in one of the 450 publicly funded day care centers in New York City. For 55 years she has been the Director of Music at St. John the Evangelist Lutheran Church, now a multicultural congregation in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. On June 10, 2000, she was presented with the Servant of Christ award from the Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod for her contribution to the greater church in the field of music, specifically in the area of hymns and congregational song. Composing Husberg has had 286 hymn tunes published in the United States, Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and China. Her hymns are