Andrew Marcus
{{short description|Canadian worship musician (born 1985)}}
{{about||the American physical chemist|Andrew H. Marcus}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Andrew Mark Marcus
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|3|29|mf=y}} or {{Birth date and age|1986|3|29|mf=y}}{{cite web |author=Andrew Marcus (@andrewmarcus_) |title=On a morning date with my mom for my birthday :) |url=https://twitter.com/andrewmarcus_/status/52766665179545600 |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=August 18, 2016|date=March 29, 2011}}{{cite web |author=Andrew Marcus |title=Salvation and Glory description |url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/andrewmarcus |publisher=CD Baby |accessdate=August 18, 2016}}
| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| origin = Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
| instrument = Vocals
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| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| years_active = 2007–present
| label = BEC
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| website = {{URL|andrewmarcusmusic.com}}
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Andrew Mark Marcus (born March 29, 1985, or 1986) is a Canadian worship musician. He has released five studio albums, Salvation and Glory (2007), Emptiness Speaks Volumes (2009), Our Conversation Behind the Veil (2011), When Winter Falls Summer Springs (2013) and Constant (2016).
Background and early life
Marcus was born, Andrew Mark Marcus,{{cite web|title=Songwriter/Composer: Marcus Andrew Mark|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=SOCAN&cae=578139707&keyID=1209309&keyname=MARCUS+ANDREW+MARK&querytype=WriterID|publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc.|author=Broadcast Music, Inc.|author-link=Broadcast Music, Inc.|accessdate=August 18, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on March 29, 1986, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, as Andrew Mark Marcus, the son of Egyptian Christian immigrants, who has an older sister. He graduated from North Surrey Secondary School in 2003 or 2004 before beginning his career as a traveling worship leader at the age of 19, in 2004 or 2005. He attended college at Trinity Western University, studying business, eventually getting a youth pastors job at a new church plant in Okanagan, P.C Church, a church of the Pentecostal tradition, when he was 21-years-old in 2007. He learned pastoral theology, while he was enrolled at Christ for the Nations Bible College. He went on from Okanagan to Langley, British Columbia, where he was involved in worship at Christian Life Assembly. Marcus currently is the worship and creative arts pastor at Coquitlam Alliance Church, in Coquitlam, British Columbia.{{cite web|first=Tony |last=Cummings |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Andrew_Marcus_The_man_behind_the_turntable_hit_Darkness_In_Disguise/42339/p1/ |title=Andrew Marcus: The man behind the turntable hit "Darkness In Disguise" |publisher=Cross Rhythms |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |date=December 3, 2010}}{{cite journal|first=Kevin |last=Sparkman |url=http://www.ccmmagazine.com/features/andrew-marcus-shooting-for-seven/ |title=Andrew Marcus – Shooting For Seven |journal=CCM Magazine |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |date=July 31, 2016}}{{cite web|first=Jessie |last=Clarks |url=http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/exclusives/2400-tcb-exclusive-andrew-marcus-shares-about-constant |title=TCB Exclusive: Andrew Marcus Previews "Constant" |publisher=The Christian Beat |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |date=July 22, 2016}}
Music history
Marcus has released four independent studio albums, the first being, Salvation and Glory in 2007.{{cite web|first=Kelly |last=Hargie |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Andrew_Marcus_/Salvation_And_Glory/29952/ |title=Review: Salvation And Glory - Andrew Marcus |publisher=Cross Rhythms |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |date=September 6, 2007}} His next three releases were Emptiness Speaks Volumes, in 2009,{{cite web|first=Tony |last=Cummings |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Andrew_Marcus/Emptiness_Speaks_Volumes/93185/ |title=Review: Emptiness Speaks Volumes - Andrew Marcus |publisher=Cross Rhythms |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |date=June 10, 2010}} Our Conversation Behind the Veil, in 2011,{{cite web|first=Elliot |last=Rose |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Andrew_Marcus/OurConversationBehindTheVeil/127017/ |title=Review: Our.Conversation.Behind.The.Veil. - Andrew Marcus |publisher=Cross Rhythms |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |date=November 12, 2012}} and When Winter Falls Summer Springs, in 2013. His first released with a major label, Constant, was released on July 29, 2016, from BEC Recordings.{{cite journal|first=Kevin |last=Sparkman |url=http://www.ccmmagazine.com/reviews/andrew-marcus-constant-album-review/ |title=Andrew Marcus – 'Constant' album review |journal=CCM Magazine |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |date=August 15, 2016}}{{cite magazine |first=Randy |last=Cross |title=Andrew Marcus: Constant |url=http://media.worshipleader.com/lib/2016mar/html5/index.html?page=74 |magazine=Worship Leader |publisher=Chuck Fromm, PhD (Worship Leader Partnership) |editor1-first=Jeremy |editor1-last=Armstrong |location=San Juan Capistrano, California |issn=1066-1247 |access-date=March 1, 2016 |volume=March/April 2016 |page=74}}{{cite web|first=Jonathan J. |last=Francesco |url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/userprofile_reviewssinglepost.php?review_id=23572&user_id=7472 |title=Keeping Constant Focus |publisher=New Release Today |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |date=August 12, 2016}}{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Major |url=http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/exclusives/2267-constant-by-andrew-marcus-powerful-impactful-inspiring |title="Constant" By Andrew Marcus - Powerful, Impactful & Inspiring |publisher=The Christian Beat |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |date=June 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916181028/http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/exclusives/2267-constant-by-andrew-marcus-powerful-impactful-inspiring |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|first=Vanessa |last=Cohn |url=https://jesuswired.com/review-andrew-marcus-constant/ |title=Review: Andrew Marcus – Constant |publisher=Jesus Wired |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |date=July 28, 2016}}
Personal life
Discography
- Salvation and Glory (2007)
- Emptiness Speaks Volumes (2009)
- Our Conversation Behind the Veil (2011)
- When Winter Falls Summer Springs (2013)
- Constant (2016)
References
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External links
{{Official website|http://www.andrewmarcusmusic.com}}
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