Palmetto Artist Series Features Keith and Kristyn Getty
October 27, 2009
Keith and Kristyn Getty will perform on Saturday, November 21, at 7:30 p.m. as part of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church’s Palmetto Artist Series. The event will be held at 6952 St. Andrews Rd., Irmo, SC.
The Gettys have recently begun a national tour promoting their latest recording, Awaken the Dawn, which features many of the newest Irish hymns from the pens of Keith, Kristyn and collaborator Stuart Townend. As part of the tour, the Gettys are traveling with a full Celtic-style band and will be joined by the Chancel Choir of St. Andrews Presbyterian.
The Getty hymns have given the Church a fresh, much-needed voice in worship that spans both traditional and contemporary congregations. The song most associated with the couple, “In Christ Alone,” has been recorded more than 200 times—including arrangements by such top artists as Natalie Grant and the Newsboys—and is now one of the most popular Christian songs of all time in the United Kingdom.
An acclaimed soloist in her own right, Kristyn began singing in her family’s church in Northern Ireland. Today, she is both an accomplished songwriter and artist, having penned children’s musicals and been featured with Christian music’s Margaret Becker and Celtic artist Joanne Hogg on the New Irish Hymns series, among her diverse credits.
A multi-talented instrumentalist and composer, Keith first learned to play guitar, but later became an understudy of renowned Irish flutist Sir James Galway. Ironically, it was Keith’s piano—not flute—arrangements that most intrigued Galway and helped open the world of the music industry to him. Keith has since orchestrated and arranged more than 200 projects for recordings, concerts, theater, television and film.
Kristyn said, “We want music for the Church to be able to lift us beyond our circumstances and become a plumb line for bringing all of our life experiences to the Truth.”
Tickets for the event are $15 and are available through the church office by calling (803) 732-2273, or they may be purchased online at www.sapc.net/pas. The church is anticipating a sell-out crowd of more than 600 patrons.
