 Danny Oertli Bio
Danny is a 1990 graduate of CSCS.
Danny Oertli is an accomplished singer, songwriter, and author, encouraging audiences worldwide with enriching stories of God’s enduring faithfulness. The creator of four independent albums, his most recent is Everything In Between, featuring the stirring track “Mommy Paints the Sky.” The song also titles Danny’s current NavPress book, which recounts a love story torn apart by grief and restored in hope. Also a worship leader, Oertli’s served the Dare 2 Share conferences for seven years and works as a Compassion International spokesperson.
Oertli, a native of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, has performed for more than 13 years now, debuting while a student at Colorado State University. Since then, he’s crisscrossed the United States and parts of the world singing, playing his guitar, and sharing his stories in more than 1000 different venues.
For his material, Oertli draws from four independently-released albums containing songs written by the artist. Everything in Between, produced by Grammy Award-winner Jason Burkum (Audio Adrenaline, Tree63), is Oertli’s most honest and moving record to date. From dark valley to joyful mountaintop, Everything In Between explores what it means to trust in God’s faithfulness.
But it’s his incredible love story, thwarted by sorrow and revived by new beginnings, that’s impacting audiences today. As described in the book Mommy Paints the Sky, Danny’s life unexpectedly changed when he met Cyndi during a church ice cream-eating contest. Soon they were high school sweethearts. Together they enjoyed friends, music, the gorgeous Colorado sky and most importantly, a shared Christian faith. It was a storybook romance.
Nichole Nordeman Bio
Nichole is a 1990 graduate of CSCS.
For Nichole Nordeman—the two-time Dove Award-winning Female Vocalist of the Year and critically acclaimed songwriter who helped put the words “intelligent” and “introspective” back into the Christian music dictionary—the past 24 months as a new mom have left her both dazed and amazed, with little time for thinking, much less writing. So when her sabbatical from all things professional came to an end, the woman known for unforgettable songs like “Holy,” “Every Season” and “Legacy” began to reach deep into her songwriter’s heart. What emerged was unlike anything she’d created before.
Scheduled to release on May 24, Brave reveals a bold, progressive leap for a very different Nichole Nordeman, an artist whose eyes and heart are open wider. A woman who has found the courage to take creative risks and, most of all, to speak the truth. |
