Cherie Call

Official Website: www.cheriecall.com/index.php

Albums He Gives Flowers  Beneath These Stars  The Ocean in Me  Gifts  Heart Made of Wind  Taken

About Alex
Singer/songwriter Cherie Call was born and raised in Mesa, Arizona, and has been performing in front of appreciative audiences since she was three. By the time she turned 13, Cherie was writing and performing many of her own songs.

Following her high school graduation, she moved to Utah to attend Brigham Young University, where she graduated in music in 1997. She began recording several self-released albums, including One Star, Taken, and Heart Made of Wind, the latter released in November 2000. She has also been featured on seven other albums, including the best-selling album Women of Destiny, A Season for Courage, Remember the Promise, Look and Live, Whatever It Takes, and the soundtracks from the theatrical releases God’s Army, Brigham City, and Charly. Cherie was a songwriter and music coordinator for the 2000 Banff Award winning film, True Fans.

In October 2001, her first album for Deseret Book, He Gives Flowers to Everyone, was released. The Faith Centered Music Association honored this collection of songs and Cherie Call with four 2002 Pearl Awards including Contemporary Album, Inspirational Song for the title track and Songwriter of the Year. Her sophomore release, The Ocean in Me made its debut in September of 2002. She received two Pearl Awards for this collection of songs. Cherie’s third Deseret Book album, Beneath These Stars, was released on March 22, 2005.

Of her performing and composing abilities, fellow singer/songwriter Brett Raymond has said, “Because I appreciate great songwriting, my CD player is filled with music from songwriters like Billy Joel, Carole King, Cherie Call…”

Cherie has been a regularly invited performer at Nashville’s famous Blue Bird Café, and in the summer of 2004 she was also a finalist in the prestigious Kerrville New Folk songwriting competition. She regularly travels around the United States speaking and performing. Cherie resides in Utah with her husband, Joe.

Alex Boye

Official Website: www.alexboye.com/

Albums Spirit  Testimony

About Alex
As a recording artist, Alex has sold over 500,000 copies of his hit singles in over 15 European countries. His voice has also supported such megastars as the Backstreet Boys, N’SYNCH, Mary J. Blige, Chrissy Hind, George Michael to name a few. Alexander has performed at the Hale Center Theatre as Jim in the much talked about production “Big river”, and as also playing the role of Frederick Douglass in “The Civil War”. Among all of alex’s notable accomplishments, he says the highlight of his career thus far has been placing a copy of the book of Mormon to Prince Charles at one of his concerts. Alex also enjoys his time as a motivational speaker, and doing firesides and musical devotionals across the Wasatch Front and Nationwide.

Alex currently sings with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Jordan Bluth

Official Website: www.jordanbluth.com/

Albums Jordan Bluth

About Jordan
Jordan is classically trained with a Bachelors Degree in Vocal Performance from Indiana University’s prestigious Jacobs School of Music. While an undergraduate at IU, he performed many leading operatic and musical theater roles. Professionally he has performed with Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, NY, Utah Festival Opera Company in Logan, UT, North Shore Musical Theatre in Beverly, MA, as a featured soloist with both the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in upstate New York and the Tempe Symphonic Wind Ensemble in Arizona. In 2007 and 2008, he toured the southwest as a featured soloist in Michael McLean’s The Forgotten Carols. He also played Frankie in the Arizona Hale Centre Theater’s six week, record-breaking run of Forever Plaid, and introduced the role of Lt. Robert Maynard in the debut of Blackbeard, an original musical by composer Rob Gardner. He can be seen and heard in Spire Music’s DVD production of Joseph Smith The Prophet. In addition to live performance, Jordan is a recording artist, having released a self-titled, debut CD. The CD received three 2007 Pearl Award Nominations from the Faith Centered Music Association including Best New Recording Artist. Jordan grew up in Gilbert, Arizona and comes from a family of seven children.

Kurt Bestor

Official Website: www.kurtbestor.com/

Albums Innovators  Innovators II  Sketches  Seasons  The Dance  The Ten Virgins  Music for a Sunday  Music for a Sunday 2

About Kurt
For more than a three decades, Kurt Bestor’s film scores, television themes, compositions and carols have provided an indelible soundtrack of American life. Indeed, much of Bestor’s own life has been dedicated to creating musical parallels to visual images.

Perhaps best known for his innovative interpretation of seasonal carols found in his popular 5-CD boxed set “The Complete Kurt Bestor Christmas,” the Utah based composer and performer launched his career writing music for television and movies. His credits include more than 40 film scores and more than 40 themes for national TV programs and commercials. It is Bestor’s music that has introduced NFL Monday Night Football, and National Geographic Explorer; he scored TBS’s Wild! Life Adventures and the IMAX film “The Great American West.” He also was given the Outstanding Film Score Award at the New York Film and Television Festival for his music for PBS’s “A More Perfect Union.” Bestor was warded an Emmy® for his collaboration with Sam Cardon on the original music for ABC’s coverage of the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Jenny Oaks Baker

Official Website: www.jennyoaksbaker.com/

Albums The Light Divine  American Tapestry  Where Love Is  Songs Mother Taught  Best Jenny Oaks Baker  O Holy Night  Silver Screen Serenade

About Jenny
Jenny Oaks Baker is one of America’s most accomplished classical violinists. She began playing the violin at age four, and made her solo debut in 1983 when she was only eight years old. She received a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School in New York City. In 2005, Jenny soloed with the National Symphony Orchestra, with whom she was first violinist for seven years, at the Kennedy Center under the direction of Marvin Hamlisch. In 2007, she resigned from the National Symphony Orchestra to devote more time to her young family. Jenny and her husband, Matthew, reside outside of Washington, D.C, with their four children. Her albums include The Best of Jenny Oaks Baker, O Holy Night, and Silver Screen Serenade.

Thurl Bailey

Official Website: www.thurlbailey.com/

Albums Faith in Your Heart

About Thurl
In addition to professional speaking, Thurl is a broadcast analyst for the Utah Jazz and the University of Utah, an actor, and an award winning singer/song writer. His first album, Faith In Your Heart, is a compilation of uplifting songs that won several top awards. His latest CD, ‘I’m Not The Same’ is released October 2002 with great reviews and is a fusion of original style R&B and nu soul. He is a devoted family man and the father of five children. He and his wife Sindi live in Salt Lake City, Utah with the two youngest children.

Michael McLean

Official Website: www.michaelmcleanmusic.com/

Albums You’re Not Alone Stay With Me  Celebrating the Light New Kind of Love Song  One Heart in the Right  Forgotten Carols  You’ve Always Been There The Collection Vol 1  Soundtracks  The Garden  Father and Son The Ark Safe Harbors  Michael Sings McLean  Arise and Shine Forth Connie Lou’s Christmas Somethings Changed Best Two Years

About Michael
For 25 years Michael McLean has been changing lives with his tender songs and candid messages. He has shared the “hard stories” — those from his own life and those of others — and has sung us all the way to light at the end of the tunnel. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that for every person, twist, or turn along life’s path, Michael McLean has the perfect song.

McLean released his debut album, You’re Not Alone, in 1983 and with every song that followed, his lyrics filled voids, encouraged love, and offered hope. Now, more than 25 albums later, his musical legacy has not only resonated in the hearts of thousands, but continues to be a standard for those seeking meaning and peace.

To celebrate this exciting anniversary, McLean released a boxed set of six albums in 2008. The definitive collection, 25, is filled with his most beloved songs from the last 25 years, many of which were out-of-print, as well as a handful of brand-new songs on each album.

With a background in film, McLean began early in his career making commercials for radio and television, receiving numerous national and international awards for advertising. Such awards included the prestigious Clio Award, National Addy Award, New York Ad Club’s Andy Award, two National Emmy Finalists Awards, and the Bronze Lion at the Cannes Film Festival. He later used his film experience to produce and direct several films including, Together Forever, The Prodigal Son, and Mr. Krueger’s Christmas starring film legend Jimmy Stewart.

Ever the engaging performer and master storyteller, McLean has shared his beloved Christmas musical, The Forgotten Carols, with more than a half-million people across the country since 2001. With humor and heart, “The Carols” has become a beloved tradition for thousands of families who mark the beginning of their holiday season with this magical musical.

Celebrating the Light, another of McLean’s musicals, ran for five seasons at the Promised Valley Playhouse in Salt Lake City and The Garden, an allegorical oratorio written with Merrill Jenson and Bryce Neubert, opened in Jerusalem and has been performed across the country as well as in France, South America, and Russia. His popular sea-faring musical The Ark enjoyed a New York City debut in 2005.

In addition to his music and films, McLean has also authored four books with accompanying CDs – Distant Serenade, Hold on the Light Will Come: And Other Lessons My Songs Have Taught Me, The Forgotten Carols, and most recently, From God’s Arms to My Arms to Yours.

McLean and his wife Lynne have three children and live in California.

Mindy Gledhill

Official Website: www.mindygledhill.com/

Albums Sum of All Grace  Feather in the Wind

About Mindy
Breaking out into pop-culture, Mindy’s music evokes a wide-range of emotions and allows listeners to establish a complete connection with an upbeat, energetic and almost nostalgic montage.

Mostly inspired by her experiences as an artist, mother and student, Feather in the Wind bridges the gap between inspirational and rock. Mindy feels that this album truly reaches the hopes of people who are struggling with life’s charades. Mindy’s unique voice and upbeat tempos with drums, guitar, piano and a variety of other instruments generates music that is meaningful; whether the music is feel-good fun, or more sensitive and genuine.

Julie de Azevedo

Official Website: juliedeazevedo.blogspot.com/

Albums Dive Deep  Come Unto Christ  Window to His Love  Pray for Rain  Hello Sky  Home

About Julie
Coming from a long family legacy of musical excellence, Julie began her solo career in 1988 with her self-titled debut album. Since then she has become an icon in the world of faith-centered music. Her lyrical finesse has placed her among the upper echelon of inspirational singers, evident in the number of Pearl Awards she has received from the Faith Centered Music Association. Her projects have been featured in film, television and radio, and her much loved song, “Mercy’s Arms” was recorded by Grammy-award winning Gladys Knight. Each of Julie’s albums raises the bar and expands the boundaries of how far inspirational music can reach.

Julie, her husband Jeff, and their three children are currently settling into their new home in Salt Lake City, Utah where Julie continues to perform, establish her private psychotherapy practice, and meet the needs of family, and friends.

Kenneth Cope

Official Website: www.kennethcope.com

Albums Voices  Greater Than Us All  My Servant Joseph  Women at the Well  Eden’s Garden  A Prayer unto Thee  Hear My Praise  Face to Face  All About You

About KennethKenneth began his singing/songwriting career by recording the 1986 Especially For Youth (EFY) theme song and went on to compose numerous songs for seven albums produced for the EFY Program.

His first solo album, Heaven—Don’t Miss It For The World (1987), was followed by the best-selling and critically acclaimed thematic album: Greater Than Us All (1989). Songs like “His Hands” and “Never a Better Hero” have become classics. In 1991, Kenneth released another solo album titled Voices, which was followed by two additional thematic albums: My Servant Joseph (1993) and Women at the Well (1995). Then came three more solo albums: Stories from Eden’s Garden (1998), A Prayer unto Thee (1999) and Hear My Praise (2002).

Kenneth took a break from releasing solo albums to mentor and produce new artist, Mindy Gledhill and her debut album, The Sum of All Grace. He also ventured into the world of film scoring by writing and producing an original score for Joseph Smith, The Seer, an interactive CD-ROM that explores and examines the life of the prophet. In 2005 he released Face to Face, the Kenneth Cope Collection.
Currently, he is creating a musical for the stage about the life of Christ, titled Son of Man.

Recognizing Kenneth’s achievements, the Faith Centered Music Association (FCMA) has awarded him numerous PEARL Awards over the years including Male Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Album of the Year. As well, Stories from Eden’s Garden earned Kenneth an Indie nomination for Contemporary Christian Album of the Year from the Association for Independent Music.