Dale Roger [Dale] Jergenson (28/09/1935 - 30/11/2021), an American composer. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and after service in the U.S. Navy, attended San Diego State College, where he received both the B.A. and M.A. in music. He holds a California Community College Instructor Credential, has 5 years post-graduate study in composition at UCLA, has won many awards for both music composition and film production, including the National AGEHR composition contest winner A Flight of Angels in 1990. Received a NEA grant for Walking Slow, a work for chorus and orchestra. He currently serves as composer-in-residence for Cantori Domino and at St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church in Encino, California, and is active in writing scores for television, commericials, documentaries and feature films. His publishing company, Laurendale Associates, publishes a wide range of music including Handbells, Chorus, Keyboard and Orchestra. His performance activities include singing and conducting for major choral and orchestral ensembles in live performance and recording.

A very accomplished and prolific composer, Dale’s compositions have had their world premier performances at the Kennedy Center, Dorothy Candler Pavilion, the Ojai Music Festival, the Adirondack Festival of American Music, San Diego State University, and UCLA. Dale also served as composer-in-residence for the professional choral ensembles The Gregg Smith Singers and Cantori Domino and was the composer-in-residence for the St. Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church in Encino, California. And if that wasn’t enough, throughout his life, Dale wrote music scores for television, radio, commercials, documentaries, and feature films.
Dale also was a very accomplished singer. He sang as a tenor for the Gregg Smith Singers, Roger Wagner Chorale, Cantori Domino, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. However, one of his most prestigious singing engagements was singing for the Pope at the Vatican.