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Infobox musical artist | name = Carolyn Arends| image =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Carolyn Bernice Jonat| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1968|2|26| birth_place = Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada| origin =| death_date = | death_place =| instrument = vocals , guitar | genre = Contemporary Christian music|Contemporary Christian | occupation = singer , songwriter , record producer|producer | years_active = 1995–present| label = Reunion Records
2B Records
Signpost Music| associated_acts =| website = URL| http://www.carolynarends.com/| notable_instruments = Carolyn Arends is a Contemporary Christian music ian, songwriter, and author based in Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey , British Columbia , Canada.

Musical career


Arends began her career as a songwriter at Benson Records|Benson Music Publishing .cite web|last=Parkin|first=Sarah|url= http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003843/Carolyn-Arends.html|title=Carolyn Arends Bio|work=Musicianguide In 1995, Carolyn began touring and releasing albums as a singer and guitarist. Her debut release that year ( I Can Hear You ) was released through Reunion Records . I Can Hear You reached No. 37 on Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Magazine 's Contemporary Christian Chart in 1996. Feel Free peaked at No. 10 on the chart in 1997.cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p165567/charts-awards|pure_url=yes|work=Allmusic|title=Carolyn Arends - Charts & Awards More recently her albums have been distributed by Signpost Music ( Steve Bell (musician)|Steve Bell 's label). She is the winner of two Gospel Music Association GMA Dove Awards|Dove Awards and six GMA Canada Covenant Awards . Carolyn co-hosted the 29th Annual Covenant Awards in 2007 (with Leland Klassen) and the 31st Annual Covenant Awards in 2009 (with Arlen Salte). http://www.gmacanada.ca/go/site/awards/C93/ GMAC 2007 Covenant Awards. Retrieved 2008-10-11. Wayback | url= http://www.gmacanada.ca/go/site/awards/C93/ | date=20080504035614

Discography


Albums


Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = I Can Hear You
| Other info = reviewcite journal | url= http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Carolyn_Arends/I_Can_Hear_You/3750/ | journal= Cross Rhythms |issue=30 | accessdate=2008-10-12 | date=1995-12-01 | first=Mike | last=Rimmer | title=(Review) I Can Hear You
| Released = Start date|1995|08|15| Format = CD
| Label = Reunion Records
| Producer = Brown Bannister
| Chart position= No. 37 US Top Contemporary Christian Albums
| Tracks = "This Is The Stuff", "I Can Hear You", "Seize The Day", "Altar Of Ego", "Love Is Always There", "Reaching", "The Power Of Love", "You Take My Soul By Storm", "What I Wouldn't Give", "Home Fires Burning", "All Is Well"
Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = Feel Free
| Other info = reviewcite journal | url= http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Carolyn_Arends/Feel_Free/3761/ | journal= Cross Rhythms |issue=39 | accessdate=2008-10-12 | date=1997-06-01 | first=Mike | last=Rimmer | title=(Review) Feel Free
| Released = Start date|1997|03|11| Format = CD
| Label = Reunion Records
| Producer = Brown Bannister
| Chart position= No. 10 US Top Contemporary Christian Albums
| Tracks = "Do What You Do", "New Year's Day", "Feel Free", "There You Are", "This I Know", "Big Deal", "Last Thursday (Call Me Crazy)", "Do We Dare", "Good Thing Going", "Father, Thy Will Be Done"
Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = This Much I Understand
| Other info = reviewcite journal | url= http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Carolyn_Arends/This_Much_I_Understand/210/ | journal= Cross Rhythms |issue=55 | accessdate=2008-10-12 | date=2000-02-01 | first=Mike | last=Rimmer | title=(Review) This Much I Understand
| Released = Start date|1999|03|22| Format = CD
| Label = Reunion Records
| Producer = Dan Marnien and Carolyn Arends
| Tracks = "Happy", "Life Is Long", "Go With God", "Life And Death", "The Day Will Never Come", "Surprised By Joy", "One-Syllable Words", "Even The Wallflowers", "In Between", "Love You Out Loud", "In Good Hands", "We've Been Waiting For You"
Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = Seize the Day and Other Stories
| Other info = reviewcite journal | url= http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Carolyn_Arends/Seize_The_Day_And_Other_Stories/2359/ | journal= Cross Rhythms | accessdate=2008-10-12 | date=2000-10-01 |issue=59 | first=Alan | last=Chesters | title=(Review) Seize The Day And Other Stories
| Released = Start date|2000|04|18| Format = CD
| Label = Reunion Records
| Producer = Brown Bannister, Dan Marnien, Carolyn Arends, Brad Crisler, Russ Long
| Tracks = "They'll Know We Are Christians", "What Love Looks Like", "Seize The Day", "New Year's Day", "The Power Of Love", "Reaching", "Do What You Do", "This Is The Stuff", "Happy", "Father, Thy Will Be Done", "We've Been Waiting For You", "Seize The Day", "This I Know", "There You Are", "I Can Hear You", "Go With God"
Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = Travelers
| Other info = reviewcite web | url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2001/travelers.html | publisher=Christianity Today | accessdate=2008-10-11 | date= | first=Mark | last=Moring | title=(Review) Travelers
| Released = Start date|2001|10|15| Format = CD
| Label = Signpost Music
| Producer = Carolyn Arends
| Tracks = "Eternity In Our Hearts", "Travelers (The Airport Song)", "Dance Like No One's Watching", "What We Hope For", "It's Out Of My Hands", "Only Love", "River Of Love", "Loving You", "I Believe", "It Has To Be You", "(I Wanna) Go Somewhere With You", "Do Not Be Afraid"
Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = We've Been Waiting For You
| Other info = reviewcite web | url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2002/wevebeenwaitingforyou.html | publisher=Christianity Today | accessdate=2008-10-11 | date= | first=Mark | last=Moring | title=(Review) ''We've Been Waiting for You
| Released = Start date|2002|04|04| Format = CD
| Label = 2B Records / Signpost
| Producer = Carolyn Arends
| Tracks = "Moving", "Come Anyway", "The Thought Of You", "Don't Forget Where You Came From", "Your Father In Heaven", "We've Been Waiting For You", "(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman", "Even The Wallflowers", "Be God's", "Forever Young"
Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = Under the Gaze
| Other info = reviewcite web | url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2004/underthegaze.html | publisher=Christianity Today | accessdate=2008-10-11 | date= | first=Russ | last=Breimeier | title=(Review) Under the Gaze
| Released = Start date|2004|10|04| Format = CD
| Label = 2B Records / Signpost
| Producer = Carolyn Arends
| Tracks = "This Is The Moment", "Great Cloud Of Witnesses", "Not A Tame Lion", "Any Given Sunday", "Getting Ready For Glory", "Under The Gaze", "Your Laugh", "Half A Million Reasons", "Fragile", "Who You Are", "Only Time Will Tell", "May You Live"
Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = Christmas: An Irrational Season
| Other info = reviewcite web | url= http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Carolyn_Arends/Christmas_An_Irrational_Season/18932/ | publisher=Cross Rhythms | accessdate=2008-10-12 | date=2006-09-06 | first=Rick | last=Gregory | title=(Review) Christmas: An Irrational Season
| Released = Start date|2004|11|02| Format = CD
| Label = 2B Records / Signpost
| Producer = Carolyn Arends
| Tracks = "The Irrational Season (Prelude)", "Come And See", "Do Not Be Afraid", "Angels We Have Heard On High", "Christmas Must Be Tonight", "Is Bethlehem Too Far Away", "Now In Flesh Appearing", "My First Christmas", "Go Tell It On The Mountain", "The Lord's Servant", "Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus", "A Christmas Blessing", "The Irrational Season (Postlude)"
Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = Simply Carolyn Arends
| Released = Start date|2005|06|| Format = CD
| Label = Provident Label Group|Provident-Integrity
| Tracks = "Power Of Love", "Go With God", "Seize That Day", "I Can Hear You", "Feel Free", "Reaching", "In Good Hands", "Surprised By Joy"
Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = Pollyanna's Attic
| Other info = reviewscite web | url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2006/pollyannasattic.html | publisher=Christianity Today | accessdate=2008-10-11 | date= | first=Christa | last=Banister | title=(Review) ''Pollyanna's Attic cite web | url= http://www.soulshine.ca/reviews/albumReview.php? arid=588 | publisher=Soul Shine Publishing | accessdate=2008-10-12 | date= | first=Michael | last=Hart | title=(Review) Pollyannah's Attic ,
| Released = Start date|2006|05|16| Format = CD
| Label = 2B Records / Signpost
| Producer = Carolyn Arends
| Tracks = "Just Pretending", "Something to Give", "What in the World", "The Wasteland", "Land of the Living", "To See Your Face", "Everybody Wants Everything", "More is Less", "Free", "No Trespassing", "Not Alone", "I've Got a Hope"
Discography list| Type = studio
| Name = Love Was Here First
| Other info = reviewcite journal | url= http://www.christianweek.org/arts.php? id=101& cat=musical | journal=Christian Week | accessdate=2010-04-25 | date=15 February 2010 | first=D.S. | last=Martin | title=(Review) ''A sweet voice that won't lull you to sleep |issue=vol. 23, no. 23
| Released = Start date|2009||| Format = CD
| Label = 2B Records / Signpost
| Writer = Carolyn Arends
| Producer = Roy Salmond, Carolyn Arends
| Tracks = "Be Still", "Standing in the Need of Prayer", "My Favourite Lie", "Something out of Us", "I am a Soul", "Willing", "Roll it", "The Last Word", "According to Plan", "Nothing Can Separate", Never Say Goodbye"

Singles


Year Single Chart Positions Album
CAN AC CAN
1996 "This Is the Stuff" 3 23 I Can Hear You
"I Can Hear You" 7 18
1997 "Seize the Day" 29
"Do What You Do" 20 59 Feel Free


Books


  • Feel Free (1997)

  • Living the Questions: Making Sense of the Mess and Mystery of Life ( Harvest House , 2000)

  • Ragamuffin Prayers (2000, by Jimmy Abegg , contributions by Carolyn Arends and others)

  • ''We've Been Waiting for You (2002)

  • Wrestling With Angels: Adventures in Faith and Doubt (Harvest House, 2008)


    • Collaborations


  • co-wrote lyrics for "Diamonds from the Other Side" with Steve Bell (musician)|Steve Bell on his album: Waiting for Aidan (Signpost, 2001)

  • co-wrote lyrics for "Not So Hip" with Bec Abbot on her album: Not So Hip (Signpost, 2005)


    • Notable appearances


  • Parachute Music Festival (January 1997)

  • Cornerstone Festival (July 1997)

  • Kingdom Bound (August 1997)

  • Cornerstone Festival (July 2002)

  • harmony vocals on "He Will Listen To You", "Rest", and "The Peace Of Christ" on Glen Soderholm 's album Rest (Signpost, 2003)

  • duet on "One Heart" on Greg Magirescu 's album Sweet Surrender (Angel Cake Café, 2003)

  • harmony vocals on "Approach My Soul The Mercy Seat" and "Come Ye Disconsolate" on Glen Soderholm's World Without End (Signpost, 2006)

  • vocals on Jacob Moon 's "Winter Song", "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear" and "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel", This Christmas (Signpost, 2007)


    • Songs in other projects


  • Vancouver Seeds VI , "No Trespassing" (1991)

  • Music You Can Believe In , "Seize the Day" (Reunion, 1995)

  • Noel , "What Child Is This", with Brent Bourgeois and Derri Daugherty (Via, 1995)

  • Noel , "Angels We Have Heard on High", with Jenny Gullen and Stephen Murray (Via, 1995)

  • Orphans of God : A Tribute to Mark Heard , "Love Is So Blind" (Fingerprint, 1996)

  • Within the Sound of Your Voice by Amy Morriss , "Has to Be You" (Myrrh, 1997)

  • Songs 4 Life: Renew Your Heart , "Seize the Day" (Madacy, 1998)

  • Keep the Faith 2000 , "Love Is Always There" (Chordant, 1998)

  • Awesome God: A Tribute to Rich Mullins , "Jacob and Two Women" (Reunion, 10 November 1998)

  • Prince of Peace , "Seize the Day" (Brentwood, 1999)

  • Sing Me to Sleep, Mommy , "You Bring Me Joy" (Brentwood, 27 April 1999)

  • Yes I Believe In God , "Happy" (Reunion, 1999)

  • Songs for the Soul: Grace , "Seize the Day" (Madacy, 2000)

  • Songs for the Soul: Joy , "Happy" (Madacy, 2000)

  • Rock on Christian , "This I Know" (Madacy, 2001)

  • Rock on Worship , "Father Thy Will Be Done" (Madacy, 2002)

  • Signpost Collections, Vol. 1 , "Dance Like No One's Watching" and "We've Been Waiting For You" (Signpost, 2003)

  • Sons & Daughters by Steve Bell (musician)|Steve Bell and Sarah Bell, "Getting Ready For Glory" (Signpost, 2004)

  • 28th Annual Covenant Hits , "Something To Give" (CMC, 2007)

  • Sea to Sea: The Voice of Creation , "Land of the Living" (CMC, 2007)

  • GMA Canada presents 30th Anniversary Collection , "Seize the Day" (CMC, 2008)

  • Sea to Sea: Christmas , "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Lakeside, 2009)


    • Awards and recognition


    ; GMA Canada Covenant Awards
  • 2002 Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year, "Dance Like No One's Watching"

  • 2003 Inspirational Album of the Year, ''We've Been Waiting for You

  • 2005 Inspirational Song of the Year, "Getting Ready For Glory , from Under the Gaze

  • 2005 Seasonal Album of the Year, Christmas: An Irrational Season

  • 2006 Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year, "Not So Hip" (co-written with Bec Abbot )

  • 2007 Folk/Roots Song of the Year, "Everybody Wants Everything" (co-written with her brother Chris Jonat)

  • 2009 nominee, Female Vocalist of the Year

  • 2010 Folk-Roots Song of the Year: "Be Still"

  • 2010 CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year: Love Was Here First


    • ; GMA Music Awards|GMA Dove Awards
  • 1995 Country Recorded Song of the Year: "Love Will" (co-written with Connie Harrington and Michael James)

  • 1996 nominee, New Artist of the Year

  • 1997 International Artist of the Year


    • ; Juno Award s
  • Juno Awards of 1998|1998 nominee , Best Gospel Album, Feel Free

  • Juno Awards of 2002|2002 nominee , Best Gospel Album, Travelers

  • Juno Awards of 2007|2007 nominee , Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year, ''Pollyanna's Attic


    • ;Shai Awards (formerly The Vibe Awards)
  • 2003 Female Vocalist of the Year

  • 2003 Inspirational Album of the Year: We’ve Been Waiting For You

  • 2005 Female Soloist Artist of the Year

  • 2005 Folk Album of the Year, Under the Gaze

  • 2005 Inspirational Album of the Year, Under the Gaze

  • 2005 Seasonal Album of the Year, Christmas: An Irrational Season

  • 2007 Folk Album of the Year, ''Pollyanna's Attic


    • ; Western Canadian Music Awards
  • 2010 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Recording of the Year: Love Was Here First


    • Personal life


    Arends has two children (Benjamin and Bethany) with her husband Mark.

    See also


    Portal|Music of Canada
  • Music of Canada

  • Contemporary Christian Music

  • List of Canadian musicians


    • References


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    For the 2010 Covenant Awards of October 29, 2010 Arends also received nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year, Folk/Roots Album of the Year: Love Was Here First, Inspirational Song of the Year: "Never Say Goodbye", and Jazz/Blues Song of the Year: "Roll It".
    Citation needed|date=January 2012


    She was the first Canadian to win this honour from the United States|US -based Gospel Music Association .
    Citation needed|date=January 2012


    Vancouver Seeds is an annual talent contest run by the Vancouver, BC , FM radio station 99.3 The Fox|99.3 http://www.cfox.com/ The Fox.





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    External links


  • Official website| http://www.carolynarends.com/


    • Persondata| NAME = Arends, Carolyn
    | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Jonat, Carolyn Bernice (birth name)
    | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian performers of Christian music
    | DATE OF BIRTH = February 26, 1968
    | PLACE OF BIRTH = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    | DATE OF DEATH =
    | PLACE OF DEATH =
    DEFAULTSORT:Arends, Carolyn Category:1968 births
    Category:Living people
    Category:People from Surrey, British Columbia
    Category:Canadian performers of Christian music
    Category:Canadian pop singers
    Category:Canadian female singers
    Category:Canadian singer-songwriters
    Category:Musicians from Vancouver
    Category:Christian religion-related songwriters
    Category:Christian writers

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