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Darlene Zschech

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Australian Darlene Zschech has achieved worldwide acclaim as a singer, songwriter and worship leader in recent years, following years of training, Gospel singing and recording at the pinnacle of the Australian session scene.

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Australian Darlene Zschech has achieved worldwide acclaim as a singer, songwriter and worship leader in recent years, following years of training, Gospel singing and recording at the pinnacle of the Australian session scene. She is lead vocalist, worship leader, and producer of Hillsong Music Australia's best selling albums. The live worship albums have all achieved gold status, and include "Stone's Been Rolled Away", "People Just Like Us", "God Is In The House", "Friends In High Places", "All Things Are Possible", "Touching Heaven, Changing Earth", "By Your Side", "For This Cause", "You Are My World", "Blessed" and "Hope". Shout to the Lord, a beautiful chorus written by Darlene, is sung by an estimated 25 to 30 million churchgoers every week. This song is the title track for the first live album co-produced with Integrity Music featuring Darlene as a prominent female worship leader. Shout To The Lord was nominated as 'Song of the Year' for the 1998 Dove Awards and was nominated as 'Album of the year' for the 1997 Dove Awards and has been recorded on over 20 different albums. In the year 2000 Darlene received a Dove Award nomination for Songwriter of the year. In addition to Shout To The Lord, Darlene has written over 60 songs that have been published by Hillsong Music Australia alone. She has also written three books on her passion, the last one is titled 'Extravagant Worship' and her latest book 'The Kiss of Heaven'. Darlene has made music an integral part of her life since she was a child. From the age of ten she performed in a weekly children's television show, singing, dancing and hosting segments. As a teenager Darlene continued in music, fronting various local gospel bands in Brisbane, Queensland. She then started on the session scene in Sydney, working on jingles for McDonalds, Special K, KFC and Diet Coke. For the past eighteen years Darlene and her husband Mark have been a vital part of the leadership team at Hillsong Church, Sydney which is possibly Australia's largest church, with a current congregation of over 15,000. Hillsong Church values contemporary praise and worship and has a reputation for excellence with its choirs and musicians. As Worship Pastor, Darlene oversees the Worship & Creative Arts Department at Hillsong Church at the Hills and City congregations. Mark is the Media Manager of Hillsong Church and Director of the Television Ministry, and Darlene leads worship most weeks for the Hillsong Television program which reaches over 125 different countries across the globe. Darlene is also the Associate Director of Hillsong Conference which is the annual music and leadership conference of the church. In 2003, over 18,000 full time delegates attended the conference at Sydney's SuperDome at Olympic Park. Darlene and Mark reside in Sydney with their three daughters, Amy, Chloe and Zoe. Her passion in life is leading people into the presence of God and seeing them realise their full potential in Him.

9/1/2011 - Darlene Zschech Set To Release You Are Love September 6

Darlene Zschech is a name synonymous with modern worship music and revolutionizing the worship genre in the US having served as worship pastor/producer for Hillsong Music for over 20 years. She has lead worship on recordings that have sold over 5 million units in the US alone. As she enters a new season serving as the co-pastor of a new church, global touring, missions and teaching ministry, the multi-faceted award-winning singer/songwriter will also step out with a brand new album titled You Are Love on September 6th on Fair Trade/ Columbia Records.

Recorded on the Central Coast of Australia at the famed studio The Grove, Zschech teamed up with multiple notable producers such as Paul Mabury(Hillsong), Pete Kipley (MercyMe), Ryan Taubert and Josh Telford. Additionally You are Love also features extraordinary collaborations with co-writer GRAMMY ® Award winning artist Israel Houghton, vocalist Barry Southgate and a special guest appearance by Zschech’s daughter Zoe Jewel.

Zschech has a history of penning mega worship anthems including “Shout to the Lord” and on You Are Love her current
single “Under Grace” is proving to be another hit to add to the list. The inspirational track reflects a personal time of realization that we don’t have to strive or struggle for our salvation.

“I wanted to put that understanding to music,” says the Australian native. “I want people to feel like the pressure is off, to let grace just wash over them.” Watch Zschech’s describe “Under Grace” in-depth here.

Her second single will be the title track of the record and for an inside scoop on the story behind the song click here.

Zschech’s songs have helped change the way the U.S. church worships and she mentored a whole new generation of worship leaders. In her new role as co-pastor with her husband Mark of Hope Unlimited Church on Australia's Central Coast, the Hillsong vocalist continues to bring her signature ability to communicate grand, sweeping themes with both power and tenderness. There are soaring choruses alongside simple, heartfelt expressions of praise. When the theme is God’s love, the message is life changing. To view the full-length EPK about You Are Love click here.

Zschech explains, “I always pray that people will be challenged to lean in a little closer to God, to hear Him speak and know His voice, to desire the presence of Jesus in their lives more than anything this world can offer, to have their hearts broken again for anyone who is suffering, and that their hope in Christ would be fuelled again, no matter what situation they are in.”

Additionally, Zschech is still an active leader of Hope Rwanda, a global mission effort that helps restore hope and justice to this nation through poverty reduction initiatives that achieve sustainable development, and bring spiritual and social strength to every segment of society.