Bifrost Arts is an
ecumenical
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religious organization closely linked to the
Presbyterian Church in America
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that produces written and recorded religious music, and frequently performs at Christian Universities and conferences.
Bifrost Arts was co-founded by Joseph Pensak and Isaac Wardell.
Bifrost Arts is unique in its approach to religious music in that it generally employs musicians whose success exists outside of the traditional
Christian music industry
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.
In 2009, Bifrost Arts' ''Come O Spirit! Anthology of Hymns & Spiritual Songs Volume 1'' (
Sounds Familyre Records
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Artists
* Sufjan Stevens
* Danielson
* Half-handed Cloud
* Soul-Jun ...
) was ranked by ''
Christianity Today
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'' as the No. 4 record of the year.
Later that same year, ''Salvation Is Created: A Christmas Record From Bifrost Arts'' was released.
Notable contributors to Bifrost Arts' recordings have included Joseph Pensak,
Sufjan Stevens
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,
David Bazan
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,
Rosie Thomas,
Leigh Nash
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,
Damien Jurado
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,
The Welcome Wagon,
Derek Webb
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,
Denison Witmer
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,
Devon Sproule
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,
Shara Worden
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,
Laura Gibson
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,
The Gregory Brothers
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, Lenny Smith,
Mason Neely,
J. Tillman
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Tillman began his career in Seattle in the early 2000s. O ...
,
Trent Dabbs
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,
Isaac Wardell,
Diane Birch
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Early life
Birch was born in Michigan. At the age of seven she began studying piano using the Suzuki method. While growing up she listened to opera, classical and church musi ...
, and
Sanders Bohlke
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.
Discography
*''Come O Spirit!'' (2009)
*''Salvation Is Created'' (2009)
*''He Will Not Cry Out'' (2013)
*''Lamentations'' (2016)
References
External links
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