Music 1010

Paul Cardall By: Kelcee Josephson

Biography

 Award

winning • Pianist • Author • Lecturer  Born with heart disease  Painful experiences started his music career

 Born April

24th 1973  Fifth child of eight  Started playing at young age but eventually quit  Started playing again after a friend tragically passed

 Attended

SLCC  Has endowment with college  Paul Cardall Family Foundation

 Born

with CHD

• Congenital Heart disease  Leading

birth defects  Most children die within days of birth  Lived longer than was told

 Regularly

visited the

hospital  Had oxygen tank most of his life  2008 was told he needed a heart transplant  2009 received a new heart

 1995

privately pressed an album  1997 married Lynette Stewart  Two Children • Eden, 2005 • Eliza, 2012  2013

separated from Lynette and remarried

 Internationally

known  13 albums as of 2011  “New Life” first album released since transplant  Started own label: Stone Angel Music Paulcardall.com

 Little

girl born with CHD  Had a heart transplant as a baby  She didn’t survive long  Sick children deeply affect Paul  From album Sacred Piano

3

months before his transplant his brother died  They couldn’t use his organs for Paul  Originally written for the show LOST  Album; New Life

 Brother

and Father both visited Peru for service  Their experiences inspired this song  Album; Faithful

 Slow

and Peaceful  Piano and strings playing together  Lullaby rhythm  Texture in piano

 Chords

progress while strings stay the same  Melody is slow and has a dark feeling to it  Slow to fast to slow

 Slow

and calm  Broken chords  Strings are added  Higher notes used a lot

 http://www.slcc.edu/financialaid/docs/1

4-15_Scholarships/2014-15-Paul-CardallCHD.pdf  Gordon Murray; Billboard Magazine  http://mormonsoprano.com/2009/08/04/ gracies-theme-cardall/  http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2yy yQRzAAVciQHiPmHjYog  http://www.paulcardall.com/