{"id":10740,"date":"2011-07-16T04:57:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T09:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=10740"},"modified":"2011-07-16T04:57:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-16T09:57:29","slug":"christian-singer-to-perform-at-npac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/07\/16\/christian-singer-to-perform-at-npac\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian singer to perform at NPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent\/<\/strong>NPAC information<\/em><\/p>\n

For 20 plus years, Steven Curtis Chapman has impacted contemporary Christian music with nearly 10 million records sold, 56 Dove awards, five Grammys, 16 studio projects and 45 career No. 1 radio singles.\u00a0 This seven-time \u201cArtist of the Year\u201d will be performing at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center Sunday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0 Tickets are now on sale.<\/p>\n

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Steven Curtis Chapman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The joys and challenges of daily existence reverberate throughout Steven\u2019s music and his songs have become the soundtrack of life for believers everywhere.\u00a0 For Chapman, life and music have always been inextricably intertwined.\u00a0 So in the aftermath of unspeakable tragedy — the death of his 5-year-old daughter Maria — Steven did what all songwriters do, he poured the torrent of emotion into his music.<\/p>\n

The result is \u201cBeauty Will Rise,\u201d a stunning body of work inspired by a circumstance no father should ever have to endure.\u00a0 In this album, Steven asks the questions we all ask when horrible things happen to the innocent, yet he conveys the hope and peace we find when we seek God.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last thing I wanted to do is turn any of this into a song,\u201d says Steven.\u00a0\u201cThen you realize \u2018God, this is what has happened to us and now what would you have me to do with it?\u2019 Slowly songs began to just come out as ways for me to try to process what I was thinking and feeling and what my family and I were walking through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chapman will perform songs from this newest album and some from his other 17 albums, nine of which are Recording Industry Association (RIAA) Certified Albums.\u00a0 The constant success of Chapman\u2019s songs comes from the undeniable truth and overwhelming hope he ingrains in each of them.\u00a0 The song \u201cNo Better Place\u201d encourages us to follow the will of God which leads to the best place of all, heaven and the song \u201cHis eyes\u201d reminds us of Gods constant protection.<\/p>\n

Steven Curtis Chapman spent seven consecutive years (1989-1995) as Gospel Music Association\u2019s Songwriter of the year. He not only writes and records his own music, but also produces songs for other artists.\u00a0\u201cVoice of Truth,\u201d the 2005 Dove award for \u201cInspirational Recorded Song of the Year,\u201d was produced by Chapman and recorded by Casting Crowns.<\/p>\n

His television appearances include \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d \u201cLarry King Live\u201d and \u201cThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno.\u201d<\/p>\n

He placed No. 12 on Christianity Today\u2019s Top 12 Albums of 2009 for Beauty Will Rise<\/em> and some of his well known radio chart songs include \u201cCinderella,\u201d \u201cYours,\u201d \u201cAll Things New,\u201d \u201cDive,\u201d \u201cMagnificent Obsession\u201d and \u201cI Will Be Here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for the September 25 concert range from $16-$46.\u00a0 Tickets are available online 24\/7 at www.npacvw.org<\/a> and at the NPAC box office at 10700 State Route 118 on the south edge of Van Wert, or by phone at 419.238.NPAC (6722) Tuesday through Friday from noon to 4 p.m.\u00a0 For more information about tickets and additional shows at the NPAC, visit our website or find the Niswonger on Facebook.\u00a0 This concert is sponsored in part by local family television station WTLW-TV 44.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent\/NPAC information For 20 plus years, Steven Curtis Chapman has impacted contemporary Christian music with nearly 10 million records sold, 56 Dove awards, five Grammys, 16 studio projects and 45 career No. 1 radio singles.\u00a0 This seven-time \u201cArtist of the Year\u201d will be performing at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center Sunday, September 25, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 09:47:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}