Jules Riding
Elkanah Music is the
multi-faceted vision of Founder/Director Jules Riding who has travelled and
ministered extensively throughout New Zealand and many countries with music
ministry over a twenty year period.
Jules has been a fulltime
Christian musician since 1988. During this time he has travelled throughout New
Zealand as well as Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Canada, United Kingdom,
South Africa, Mexico and Indonesia.
He began his involvement with
Christian music in 1976 with the St. Pauls Singers in Auckland, a creative
itinerant church choir that wrote songs and released albums. Since that time he
has written many songs used in the Songs of the Nations, Songs of the Kingdom
and the New Harvest song books. His songs have been recorded by Scripture in
Song and Maranatha Music amongst others. He has had three songs from 'Kids Time
2' selected for the SONG DISCOVERY program (USA), released Oct 2007.
He was a Primary School Teacher
for five years, and a folk guitar teacher and photographer for two. He won a
secular songwriting competition in 1983 which resulted in a Top 40 single
‘Round The Bays’ being released on the CBS Label (see Memorabilia
cd, due for release in 2008 along with the 'Recollection' Best Of double
album..)
In 1984 he released his first
solo album ON THIS NIGHT , followed in 1987 by HEARTSTRINGS. Both albums won Gospel Album of the Year at
the New Zealand Music Awards, equivalent to a Dove Award in the USA. Both
albums were eventually released as one cd:
PILGRIM IN
PARADISE
(the early music of Jules Riding, not a new cd).
After a year and a half at the
Orama Bible College on Great Barrier Island '86/’87, Jules went fulltime in
music ministry in 1988 with a busy schedule of concerts, services and seminars.
During this time he recorded three more albums: REVELATION
(1991, recently granted Gold Album status), HOMECOMING
(1992, recorded in South Africa), and THE FISHERMAN
(1994), as well as completing a World Tour, visiting 8 countries with his wife
and 3 kids in 1992.
He is the author of two volumes
of poetry and the HIGH PRAISE Worship Manual written
for the Resound School of Worship, (formerly
Elkanah School of Music Ministry, Jules both founder and director). This school has been held at Orama on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
1995-98 and 2001. And in 2000, 2002 and 2003 at En Hakkore Christian Community
near Ranfurly. For details (brochure and application forms) for the next
school contact Elkanah Music.
Part of the vision for the
school has been to provide an opportunity for the Students and other Christian
musicians and songwriters to contribute to or have an involvement with
recording projects. Since the school began, Jules has released two kid's
albums, KIDS TIME 1 & KIDS
TIME 2 and a worship album AMAZING SACRIFICE now
out of print. Students on the Worship School contributed to all 3 projects.
Jules completed his 8th
album JERUSALEM.
in 2001 after spending 3 weeks in Israel on sabbatical in 1999.
Jules became a Christian in 1975
after an 'extensive search for truth' through alternative religions:
Hare Krishna, Scientology, Transcendental Meditation, Eastern Religions and
smoking dope.
Jules is one of 22 songwriters
from 18 nations who will have a song featured at the CONCERT FOR WORLD PEACE
in Rome, date to be announced.. Details on: www.songcollections.com/peace
Of the future Jules says: 'No one knows the future except God, but it is my heart's desire to be
involved in ministry until Jesus comes back!' Jules is currently out of
frontline ministry and studying the Bible part time, in
preparation for a future ministry.
Jules music is distributed in New Zealand and Australia by PURE PO Box 56-707, Mt Eden,
Auckland NZ.
Ph09-631-7372 david@pureentertainment.co.nz
You can purchase Jules' albums online in MP3 format, from Amplifier.co.nz.
Albums can also be ordered directly
from Elkanah Music using the Electronic
Order Form.
If you have comments or
questions about this site or Elkanah Music, we would love to hear from you.
Either contact by email or use the
online Feedback Form.
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Contact: |
Jules Riding |
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