Artist Bios

March 1 & 2 Events

Tanya Riches

Singer & Songwriter, Hillsong Church, Australia

Tanya is a speaker, worship leader and consultant to worship pastors. Having earned a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary, she is one of Australia's few Pentecostal worship leaders and speakers with academic research backing up her craft. She wrote her first published song "Jesus What a Beautiful Name" at age 15, and it quickly became popular around the world. Tanya's newly released album Grace features songs that champion a deeper, more Biblical and more honest relationship with God.

David M. Edwards

Creative Director, Regent University International Center for Worship, Virginia Beach, Va.

David is a singer and songwriter with a wealth of experience as a teacher, writer, musician and pastor. In 2009, Edwards produced and sang on Margaret Becker's Christmas album Gift of Love. In 2007 and 2005, he received awards from nationally published Worship Leader Magazine for his singles "Holy Rain" and "Create in Me." He recently released Top 10 Gospel, a solo album on the Maranatha! Music/EMI record label. His next album for Maranatha! Music will release in the Spring of 2013.