Erin O'Donnell
Encyclopedia
Erin O'Donnell is an American
Contemporary Christian music
singer. She grew up near Jacksonville, Florida
before going to the University of Miami
Frost School of Music
, where she got her degree in Jazz Performance and where she met her husband, Brad O'Donnell, with whom she began her career (he was her songwriter and bassist) and who is now a Christian music A&R executive. Erin and Brad have two daughters (Quinn and Fallon) and a son (Brennan James), and live in Nashville, Tennessee
.
O'Donnell is also one of the first recording artists to be signed through the internet.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
singer. She grew up near Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
before going to the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
Frost School of Music
Frost School of Music
The Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music or Frost School of Music of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, known from 1926 to 2003 as University of Miami School of Music, is a music school in the United States....
, where she got her degree in Jazz Performance and where she met her husband, Brad O'Donnell, with whom she began her career (he was her songwriter and bassist) and who is now a Christian music A&R executive. Erin and Brad have two daughters (Quinn and Fallon) and a son (Brennan James), and live in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
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O'Donnell is also one of the first recording artists to be signed through the internet.
Discography
- No Better Place, 2006
- Christmas Time Is Here, 2004
- Wide, Wide World, 2003
- No Place So Far, 2001
- Scratching The Surface, 1998
- A Scrapbook of Sorts, 1996
Side projects
- Sing Over Me: Worship Songs and Lullabies, 2006
- Prayer of Jabez, 2002 (winner of the 2002 GMA Dove AwardsDove Awards of 2002The 33rd Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 25, 2002 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2001. The show was held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee...
for Special Event Album of the Year with Sarah SadlerSarah SadlerSarah Sadler is an American christian contemporary singer-songwriter. She has released two full length albums. The first album is her self-titled debut which was released in 2002 on Essential Records. She released her second album called Where It Started on Audioluxe...
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, David ZaffiroDavid Zaffiro-Career:His professional career began as guitarist for the metal band Bloodgood. Though he officially left the band following their third album, he did play various parts on later albums. He then began producing records independently and for others...
; ForeFront - The Mercy Project, 2000