Paul Cardall By Kelcee Josephson Biography Background Award

Paul Cardall By: Kelcee Josephson

Biography

Background � Award winning • Pianist • Author • Lecturer � Born with heart disease � Painful experiences started his music career

Early life � Born April 24 th 1973 � Fifth child of eight � Started playing at young age but eventually quit � Started playing again after a friend tragically passed

Education � Attended SLCC � Has endowment with college � Paul Cardall Family Foundation

Heart Disease � Born with CHD • Congenital Heart disease � Leading birth defects � Most children die within days of birth � Lived longer than was told

Living with CHD � Regularly visited the hospital � Had oxygen tank most of his life � 2008 was told he needed a heart transplant � 2009 received a new heart

Personal Life � 1995 privately pressed an album � 1997 married Lynette Stewart � Two Children • Eden, 2005 • Eliza, 2012 � 2013 separated from Lynette and remarried

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

Composition History

Gracie’s Theme � 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

Life and Death � 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

Sweet Escape � Brother and Father both visited Peru for service � Their experiences inspired this song � Album; Faithful

Listening Guide

Gracie’s Theme � Slow and Peaceful � Piano and strings playing together � Lullaby rhythm � Texture in piano

Life and Death � Chords progress while strings stay the same � Melody is slow and has a dark feeling to it � Slow to fast to slow

Sweet Escape � Slow and calm � Broken chords � Strings are added � Higher notes used a lot

Bibliography �http: //www. slcc. edu/financialaid/docs/14 - 15_Scholarships/2014 -15 -Paul-Cardall. CHD. pdf �Gordon Murray; Billboard Magazine �http: //mormonsoprano. com/2009/08/04/gra cies-theme-cardall/ �http: //www. youtube. com/channel/UC 2 yyy. Q Rz. AAVci. QHi. Pm. Hj. Yog �http: //www. paulcardall. com/