Course work in music at University of Texas, Austin.

Jackson Myars was the founder and director of Positive Voices, a choir of HIV-positive men associated with The Cathedral of Hope, Metropolitan Community Church in Dallas, Texas. The ensemble toured in the Southwest, made two CD recordings and received a nomination for a 1997 GLAMA (Gay & Lesbian American Music Awards) in the choral music category.

Jackson Myars died of AIDS in Dallas at the age of 38 on May 28, 2002.

—Joseph Dalton

WORKS:

CHORAL

Dance In The Spirit
for: SATB and piano
date: 1999

Find A Way
for: TBB and piano
date: 1999

Gloria
for: SSAA and piano
date: 1999
published: Yelton Rhodes

God Was There
for: SATB and piano
date: unknown
published: Yelton Rhodes

(God Is) Greater Than AIDS
for: TTB and piano
date: 1996
note: AIDS-themed work
recorded: Positive Voices, Until It's Over

The Medication Minuet
for: men's chorus
date: unknown
recorded: Positive Voices, cassette

Make My Life A Song
for: SATB and piano
date: 1999

Rest and Peace, A Lullabye
for: TTBB or SSAA and piano
date: 1996
published: Yelton Rhodes

So Great A Cloud of Witnesses
for: solo voice, SATB, piano
date: unknown
published: Yelton Rhodes
note: AIDS-themed work
recorded: Positive Voices, Until It's Over

The Songs of The Soul
for: TTBB or SSA a cappella
date: 1999
published: Yelton Rhodes

Standing At The Gates
for: SATB and piano
date: 2001
published: Yelton Rhodes
note: AIDS-themed work
recorded: Positive Voices, Windows of Hope

Star of Wonder, Star of Night
for: TTBB and piano
date: 1999
published: Yelton Rhodes

Too Many Silent Nights
for: TTBB and piano
date: 1995
note: AIDS-themed work
recorded: Positive Voices, Windows of Hope

Until It's Over
for: TTBB and piano
date: 1995
published: Yelton Rhodes
note: AIDS-themed work
recorded: Positive Voices, Until It's Over

Walk Through
for: TTB and piano
date: 1995
note: AIDS-themed work

ARRANGEMENTS:

Numerous arrangements for men's chorus including almost all of the arrangements on the CD Until It's Over.

UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
None

WRITINGS:
Unknown

DISCOGRAPHY:
Windows Of Hope, Positive Voices, CD (1995).
Until It's Over: Music of Hope for Everyone Living with HIV/AIDS, Positive Voices, CD (1997). Both discs available through Positive Voices website and Cathedral of Hope bookstore.
Medication Minuet, Positive Voices (cassette). Available through Positive Voices website.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• "Leather and Grace: Choir Director Jackson Myars Knows How to Crack the Whip" by Frank Trejo, POZ Magazine, October 1996.

PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
None

RESOURCES:
Sources of Hope Bookstore
Cathedral of Hope
5910 Cedar Springs
Dallas, TX 75235
(214) 351-1901
www.cathedralofhope.com

Yelton Rhodes Music
1717 North Ogden Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90046-2129
1-888-4yrmusic
www.yrmusic.com

www.positivevoices.com

MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
Roger Stabel (companion)
5000 Cedar Springs Road #107
Dallas, TX 75235
(214) 526-7402
JacksonRog@aol.com

OTHER CONTACTS:
Unknown