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Infobox musical artist | name = Paul Baloche| name = Paul Baloche| image = Paul Baloche.jpg| caption = Paul Baloche in concert at St. John Lutheran Church- Ellisville, Missouri|Ellisville , Missouri|MO , United States|USA | image_size = 250px| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Paul Baloche| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1962|06|04|mf=yes| origin = Camden, New Jersey|Camden , New Jersey , United States|USA | Instruments = Singing|Vocals , Piano , Guitar | genre = Worship music|Worship Contemporary Christian | occupation = Worship leader , singer-songwriter | years_active = 1992& ndash;present| label = Integrity Media|Integrity | associated_acts = Don Moen (singer)|Don Moen , Rita Baloche| website = http://www.leadworship.com leadworship.com| notable_instruments = Acoustic guitar Paul Baloche (pronounced IPA-en|b?'l??|respell|b?|LOSH|'; born on June 4, 1962) is an United States|American Christian music artist, worship leader , and singer-songwriter . A native of Maple Shade, New Jersey ,Price, Deborah Evans. "Higher Ground: 'Greater' Collaborations for Baloche", Billboard (magazine)|Billboard , May 13, 2006. Baloche is currently the worship pastor at Community Christian Fellowship in Lindale, Texas . Baloche composes on piano and Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar , favoring guitar when leading worship. His wife, Rita Baloche, is also a Christian songwriter. Baloche is one of the writers for Compassionart , a Charitable organization|charity founded by Martin Smith (songwriter)|Martin Smith from Delirious? . http://www.compassionart.tv/created/album/ Compassionart: The Album 2008.
Several Christian artists, such as Mihael W. Smith and SONICFLOOd , have recorded Baloche's songs. Many of his songs are among the most performed songs in Service of worship|services according to CCLI , a company that handles copyright licensing of Christian songs and other resource materials for use in churches. Among them are "Open the Eyes of My Heart" (ranked number 2) and "Above All" (ranked number 22), cowritten with Lenny Leblanc. "Above All" was nominated for Song of the Year in both the 2002 Dove Award Nominees|2002 and 2003 Dove Award Nominees|2003 Dove Awards , and in 2002, Michael W. Smith's recording of that song won Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year. Baloche was also nominated for Songwriter of the Year in 2002.citation |title=33rd Annual Dove Award Nominations Announced Today |date=2002-01-24 |url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-82081272.html |ref=PR Newswire In 2009, Baloche won a Dove Award for Inspiration Recorded Song of the Year as coauthor of "A New Hallelujah" with Michael W. Smith and his wife Debbie Smith. http://www.doveawards.com/doveawards/09winners.php 2009 Dove Award Winners 2009.
Baloche uses his position as a recording artist to provide resources for churches. His catalog of six albums is focused on providing worship music for the listener to worship along with, and for churches to use in their own services. His albums are released by Hosanna& #33; Music , a division of Integrity Music . Through Integrity, Baloche has also written a book, God Songs , and released instructional DVDs that cover a variety of issues central to contemporary worship, such as music styles, music theory, creating flow in worship, and guitar techniques (including his methods on open chord (music)|chord Voicing (music)|voicings ). In addition to his material output, Baloche participates in several seminars for worship leaders and musicians throughout North America and Asia .citation |title=New Paul Baloche CD And Tour Dates |year=2006 |url= http://www.verticalmusic.com/index.php? page=news& ID=72
The 2006 release A Greater Song is a live recording featuring songs by Baloche, some cowritten with worship artists including Matt Redman ("A Greater Song") and former Integrity Music president Don Moen (singer)|Don Moen ("Thank You Lord").
The 2009 release Glorious featured the single "Just To Be With You," which Baloche explained "is simply about intimacy with God." http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php? id=18064 Just To Be With You Songfacts
Discography
He is Faithful (1992)
First Love - Hosanna& #33; Music (1998)
Open the Eyes of My Heart (2000)
God of Wonders - Hosanna& #33; Music (2001)
Offering of Worship (2003)
A Greater Song (2006)
Arise: A Celebration of Worship - Integrity Music (2006)
Our God Saves (2007) – reached #39 on the top Christian albums charts in 2007. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/paul-baloche/our-god-saves/1078130
'' The Writer's Collection (2008)
Live in Asia (2009) (Recorded live in Seoul , South Korea and labeled by Integrity Asia )
Compassionart Persondata | NAME =Baloche, Paul | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =June 4, 1962 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Baloche, Paul Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Songwriters from New Jersey Category:American performers of Christian music Category:People from Camden, New Jersey Category:Contemporary worship music
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