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The Annie Moses Band is an exciting chamber-pop family musical ensemble. Bill and Robin Wolaver spearhead the lyrics and arrangements and perform with their six children, daughter-in-law, and drummer. As a whole, the family has earned numerous awards and achievements that testify to the depth of each member’s artistic ability, while collectively creating a blend of captivating styles of classical music, jazz, folk music and even frisson of Celtic. Their wide spectrum of expertise includes both Americana favorites and powerful original tunes. The group consists of highly trained musical experts with most of them having graduated from the prestigious Juilliard.

The Annie Moses Band has performed in over 1000 hours of airtime on PBS, and continues a bustling tour schedule of over 80 concerts a year before 100,000+ people. The Pilgrims and Prodigals album is a top ten classical crossover album, and the band has an abundance of appearances in print and on television. In addition to its PBS specials and tour dates, the band hosts a Fine Arts Summer Academy, which is an intensive program in the summer for young musical artists that allow them to put their technique to work with on-stage performing experience. The Annie Moses Band is a respected Christian ministry, as is documented in Faith, Family, And Music.

The polished intrumental and vocal professionalism of the Annie Moses Band is superbly displayed in performance after performance, as exemplified in the recently released and first radio single Blush and in the high-energy It Takes A Savior. The Annie Moses Band maintains a YouTube channel.

Discography:

 * Legacy, 2001


 * Cloud 9, 2002


 * Message in a Baby, 2002


 * Eden, 2004
 * Lover Of My Soul
 * Eden
 * Tough As Nails
 * All The Same
 * Absolute
 * Smoky Mountain Blue
 * Dogwood’s a’Bloomin’
 * Keep The Change
 * Turkey Blossom Medley
 * When Daddy Says I’m Beautiful
 * Soli Deo Gloria
 * What Wondrous Love Is This
 * In Repentance & Rest
 * Fugue In e Minor


 * Eden Live, dvd 2005
 * Lover Of My Soul
 * Eden
 * Tough As Nails
 * All The Same
 * Absolute
 * Smoky Mountain Blue
 * Dogwood’s a’Bloomin’
 * Keep The Change
 * Turkey Blossom Medley
 * When Daddy Says I’m Beautiful
 * Soli Deo Gloria
 * What Wondrous Love Is This
 * In Repentance & Rest
 * Fugue In e Minor


 * Bethlehem House of Bread, 2005
 * God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
 * Bethlehem, House Of Bread
 * Mary Had A Baby
 * Hark!
 * Little Baby
 * Jingle Bells / Go Tell It On The Mountain
 * Christmas On Cripple Creek
 * I Dreamed Of Christmas
 * When The Christmas Baby Cries
 * Holy Christmas Day


 * Bethlehem House of Bread, dvd 2005
 * God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
 * Bethlehem, House Of Bread
 * Mary Had A Baby
 * Hark!
 * Little Baby
 * Jingle Bells / Go Tell It On The Mountain
 * Christmas On Cripple Creek
 * I Dreamed Of Christmas
 * When The Christmas Baby Cries
 * Holy Christmas Day


 * Always Morning Somewhere, 2006
 * Fiddlesticks
 * Always Morning Somewhere
 * Every Whisper, Every Sigh
 * First Light
 * Morning Has Broken
 * This Is My Father’s World
 * Halo Of The Moon
 * We Were Meant To Be
 * Heaven
 * Beyond The River
 * Were You There


 * Through the Looking Glass, 2007
 * Glory Giver
 * Where Do We Go From Here
 * Rainy Day
 * Read Between The Lies
 * Halo Of The Moon (remix)
 * It Takes A Savior
 * Golden Ratio
 * We Were Meant To Be (radio version)
 * Through The Looking Glass
 * Moffat Jig


 * Christmas Bright and Beautiful, 2007
 * Sussex Carol
 * Ding Dong Merrily On High
 * O Little Town Of Bethlehem
 * Away In A Manger
 * Go Tell It On The Mountain
 * Holy Child Interlude I
 * What Child Is This
 * It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
 * We Three Kings
 * Holy Child Interlude II
 * Adeste Fidelis
 * Silent Night


 * This Glorious Christmas, 2008
 * Sussex Carol Vox Intro
 * Sussex Carol
 * God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
 * Bethlehem, House Of Bread
 * What Child Is This
 * O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
 * Little Baby
 * When The Christmas Baby Cries
 * We Three Kings
 * Go Tell It On The Mountain
 * It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
 * BONUS TRACK:
 * Red, White, & Blue Christmas


 * Christmas with the Annie Moses Band PBS Special, 2009
 * CD (Disc 1)
 * O Come O Come Emmanuel
 * Deck The Halls
 * The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
 * Go Tell It On The Mountain
 * When The Christmas Baby Cries
 * Jingle Bells
 * Ding Dong Merrily On High
 * Hark!
 * Joy To The World
 * Bethlehem, House Of Bread
 * Sussex Carol
 * What Child Is This
 * We Three Kings
 * God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
 * DVD (Disc 2)
 * O Come O Come Emmanuel
 * Deck The Halls
 * Introductions
 * The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
 * Go Tell It On The Mountain
 * When The Christmas Baby Cries
 * I Saw Three Ships (Opera Introduction)
 * I Saw Three Ships
 * Jingle Bells
 * Ding Dong Merrily On High
 * Hark!
 * Joy To The World
 * Bethlehem, House Of Bread
 * Sussex Carol
 * What Child Is This
 * We Three Kings
 * God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
 * DVD BONUS FEATURES:
 * I’ll Be Home For Christmas (live in-studio performance)
 * The First Noel (live in-studio performance)
 * Photo Gallery


 * Pilgrims and Prodigals PBS Special, 2011

Some Statistics and Appearances:

 * Performs 80+ concerts annually.
 * Performs for over 100,000 people annually.
 * Television specials include: Pilgrims and Prodigals, Christmas with the Annie Moses Band, Faith, Family, and Music, and Eden Live!
 * Over 500 hours of airings on PBS of Christmas with the Annie Moses Band and Pilgrims and Prodigals.
 * Other TV appearances include: The 700 Club, NRB (concert special) Hour of Power w/ Robert Schuler, (WZTV Fox 17) Tennessee Mornings, Daystar Network, Cornerstone Network, At Home Live, Praise the Lord!, Dino.
 * Featured in Strings magazine (cover), WomanAlive! magazine (cover), Parade, USA Today, Dallas Morning News, Music Row magazine, Home Life magazine, Christianity Today, The Tennessean, CCM magazine, and Charisma magazine, in addition to local papers across the US.
 * Members featured in the national syndicated NPR program From the Top.

Awards and Achievements:

 * Top Ten Crossover Album: This Glorious Christmas 2008
 * Make His Praise Glorious: Inspirational Song of the Year: Nashville Songwriters Association and ASCAP
 * Song of the Year Nomination: Dove Award
 * Children's Musical of the Year Nomination: Dove Award
 * Published writers for over 25 years: with over sixteen published piano solo collections, seven seasonal musicals, and many octavos and choral collections to their credit.
 * Members have performed with the Montgomery Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Cincinnati College-Conservatory Orchestra, and the Jackson Symphony.
 * Members have performed at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fischer Hall, and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall.
 * National Winner of the Music Teachers National Association Junior High String Competition '96 and Senior High String Competition '98.
 * Juilliard School scholarship students pre-college and collegiate division.
 * Performed on Good Morning America with Charlotte Church and the Disney Young Musician's Symphony Orchestra.
 * Handpicked to participate in an ensemble coached by Itzhak Perlman.
 * Recipient of the Academic Achievement Award for his performance in the Diploma in English Programme through the University of London.