The Sing! Conference that launched in August 2017, began as a celebration of 500 years since Martin Luther brought the church back to congregational singing. Getty Music Worship Conference: Sing! Global Keith and Kristyn Getty have created the Getty Music record label (which holds 6 Dove award nominations and 1 Dove Award Win and is distributed by Capitol Christian Distribution), built various print publishing partnerships and imprints, and produced unique merchandise containing their hymn lyrics. The Getty hymns are used increasingly both in contemporary and traditional circles, being included in most modern hymnbooks (with a number of these now listing “Getty” as the most-featured composers), while in the more contemporary church, more than 60 of their songs are featured on top 2,000 CCLI charts between the UK and USA. Getty and his wife live between Portstewart, Northern Ireland and Nashville, Tennessee with their four daughters.Ĭareer Keith and Kristyn Getty After dating for two years, the couple married on 16 June 2004. Kristyn was attending a nearby university and asked Getty for some musical advice. Kristyn met Keith Getty in 2002 after being introduced by Kristyn’s uncle, John Lennox. Getty participated in a summer master class under Irish flautist Sir James Galway. As a student, Getty completed special conducting opportunities at the Canford Summer School of Music and the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts. As a young adult, he studied Music at St Chad's College, Durham University, graduating with his Bachelor of Arts in 1995. During school, Getty was influenced by classical music, Irish music, and church music of all kinds. Getty began making music at age 11, learning to play the classical guitar at 12 years old he began playing the flute. Getty was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, to Helen Getty (née Irwin) and John Getty. 3.2 Getty Music Worship Conference: Sing! Global.Keith and I are overwhelmed with the response this song has had, and we are just grateful to God that He should use it to build up His church in this way. I wanted to write a fourth verse that was about us – but not just as an emotional response, but as a undeniable statement of the power of Christ to sustain us in this life. The verses came in a fairly linear way, but as the third verse developed, I was getting pretty excited as I thought about the amazing implications of Christ’s finished work on the cross. The only thing I could think was to base it on the eternal theme of the life, death and resurrection of Christ. And I began to feel the pressure to write lyrics that were of a comparable standard! And the first melody on it really hit me – it was tuneful and memorable, and yet had gravitas and real emotion.
Keith promised he would send me a CD with a bunch of melodies he’d been working on, and to be honest I thought no more about it. We had been introduced by a mutual friend at a worship conference, where we had a coffee together and talked about our backgrounds, musical influences, and motivations to write. by Integrity Music, part of the David C Cook family, Christ alone was actually the first song Keith Getty and I wrote together. Stuart Townend & Keith Getty Copyright © 2001 Thankyou Music (Adm.
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!īought with the precious blood of Christ.
What heights of love, what depths of peace, Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.