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Alison Krauss and Other Guests to Join Keith and Kristyn Getty for Sing!

Alison Krauss and Other Guests to Join Keith and Kristyn Getty for Sing!

An Irish Christmas at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on December 21

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (December 6, 2018) — Modern hymn-writers Keith and Kristyn Getty will bring their seventh annual Sing! An Irish Christmas tour to Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Friday, December 21, at 7:30 p.m. The duo will revisit popular hymns and Christmas carols during a performance that will include appearances by Alison Krauss, Phil Keaggy and Scott Mulvahill. 

With stops at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center and other sold-out performances at prestigious halls from Atlanta to Los Angeles, the Getty’s Sing! An Irish Christmas tour concludes 2018 in Nashville, wrapping up a year that also saw Keith Getty’s being pinned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to “music and modern hymn writing” (the first time the award had been given to an individual involved in the world of contemporary church music.) 

The Gettys are widely known for songs such as “In Christ Alone,” and their passion for reforming carol singing is at the heart of their annual tour, which includes stops at cities across America. Sing! An Irish Christmas has grown to be one of the largest annual holiday tours in the nation and has aired on U.S. public television to over 45 million households and on the BBC in the U.K. The tour is part of the Gettys’ larger Sing! initiative and learning journey, designed to help pastors, musicians and leaders build a creative vision for congregational singing in their churches.

The Getty’s unique combination of Christian thought creatively expressed in hymns and carols, along with artistic virtuosity and passionate congregational singing with the audience, is augmented by an award-winning ensemble of instrumentalists fusing Celtic, bluegrass, Americana, modern and classical music, as well as cultural dance and holiday choral sounds.  Joining the tour at various stops are special guest speakers and artists including Tim Keller, Joni Eareckson Tada, Ricky Skaggs, David Platt, Paul David Tripp, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth and many others. (More information about specific guests at each event can be found at the Gettys’ website.) 

Keith Getty has been credited with reinventing the modern hymn form. “For many, this season represents celebration and joy, yet for others it can be a painful reminder of those we’ve lost,” he says. “In any instance, we are all strengthened when we declare our faith through singing, and the great Christmas carols are some of the best expressions we have of Christian truths.”

For more information on the December 21 “Sing! An Irish Christmas” event at the Schermerhorn and to purchase tickets, click here.

Getty Music gratefully acknowledges the support and sponsorship of Christian Healthcare Ministries (CHM), the nation’s original health-cost-sharing ministry providing compassionate, faith-based healthcare cost solutions for Christians in all 50 states and around the world.

About Keith and Kristyn Getty: Keith and Kristyn Getty occupy a unique space in the world of music today as preeminent modern hymn writers. In reinventing the traditional hymn form, they cross the genres of traditional, classical, folk and contemporary composition. In 2017, Keith Getty was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to “music and modern hymn writing,” marking the first time the award had been given to an individual involved in the world of contemporary church music. Keith and Kristyn Getty are organizers of the annual Getty Music Worship Conference Sing! and are the authors ofSing! How Worship Transforms Your Life, Family, and Church, published in 2017 by B&H Publishing Group.

About CHM: Christian Healthcare Ministries (CHM) enables its hundreds of thousands of members to participate biblically, affordably and compassionately in paying each other’s medical bills. A nonprofit organization, CHM began in 1981 and is America’s original Christian health-cost-sharing ministry. CHM enables members to meet each other’s needs — spiritually and financially — through some of life’s most challenging circumstances. CHM is an eligible option under the Affordable Care Act; is a Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity; and is the only health-cost-sharing ministry heard on The Dave Ramsey Show. Its members have shared over $3 billion in each other’s medical bills. The CHM website is www.chministries.org.

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