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PAUL CARDALL 3rd Annual CELEBRATE LIFE CONCERT

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Jeanne' Wagner Theatre, 8pm, Salt Lake City, UT
"For the past two years my musicians and I had a lot of fun performing for more than 2500 people in large venues. Thanks to those of you who came. This year I'm moving the show to the very beautiful Jeanne' Wagner Theatre (a 480 seat replica of Abravanel Hall). Yes, seating is a 1/4 of what we've had in the past, but I love this venue and I am excited to do a more intimate show with their amazing acoustics." -Paul

TICKETS: http://www.arttix.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

PAUL CARDALL 3rd Annual CELEBRATE LIFE CONCERT
HOUSTON, TEXAS

The Clarion Concert Hall at Brazosport College 45 -50 mins (South of Houston).
Tickets $20.00 For groups 15 or more a 15% discount or $17.00 a ticket.
For those coming from far distances a discounted hotel room near the venue will be available.

TICKETS: Box Office 979-230-3156

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TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES

EXPLORE CHINA with Paul Cardall
May 14, 2012 Starting at $1099

This tour is full of highlights including: the Olympic sites of Beijing, hiking the Great Wall of China, exploring the Forbidden City, helping at an orphanage, and shopping at designer clothing markets. *Experience a special concert today at the orphanage with Paul Cardall. Call Dick Jensen Travel to make a Reservation 801-917-1131 or visit online for more details: http://alanmckaytours.com/asia/may-2012-china

AND / OR

CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN with Paul Cardall.
October 18, 2012 This tour is full of highlights including: Jerusalem, Egypt, Turkey, Cyrus, Rome, and more. Starting at $1799 + Taxes - Call Dick Jensen Travel to make a Reservation 801-917-1131 or visit online for more details: http://alanmckaytours.com

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Monday, December 5, 2011

A Sacred Christmas | Piano Collection by Paul Cardall

NOW AVAILABLE Exclusively through the holiday season. Featuring the very best of Paul's Christmas arrangements and originals from his Christmas Hymns (2004) and Christmas Box (1996) recording sessions.

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Recent Interviews with Paul Cardall

March 6, 2011 - Everyday Lives, Everyday Values with Doug Wright (KSL Newsradio 102.7FM) Listen to the Interview

Feb. 28, 2011 - People of Faith with Carole Mikita (KSL Newsradio 102.7FM) Listen to the Interview

Feb. 22, 2011 - New Music with Cherie Call (YLDSR.COM) Listen to the Interview

Feb. 21, 2011 - Personal Touch with Rebecca Cressman (KSFI FM100) Read the transcript or Listen to the Interview

May 4, 2011 - Discussed Organ Donation on X96 FM's Radio from Hell Show with Bill, Kerry, and Gina Listen to the interview

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New Life reflects a new beginning for Paul Cardall and he does it in grand style, recording his most significant album to date.  

Michael Debbage, Music Critic
Mainlypiano.com
Published May 31, 2011

Paul’s prior album Sacred Piano released back in 2009 was an effort to reflect on Paul’s recording portfolio as he waited for a much needed new heart as his own defective heart that he was born with was failing him. Life was very uncertain and this was a good time to reflect on his recording portfolio.

What a difference a miracle and the wonders of medicine can make as Paul faced an almost insurmountable complicated heart transplant to see his health restored and his creative energies re-harnessed.

Needless to say New Life reflects a new beginning for Paul Cardall and he does it in grand style, recording his most significant album to date.  Continue Reading

Paul Cardall plays his heart out on No. 1 album

By david burger
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published: March 31, 2011

The researcher who compiles the Billboard New Age chart expressed surprise that Salt Lake City pianist and composer Paul Cardall’s new album “New Life” ranked No. 1 for three weeks earlier this year.

“I’m not sure how they did that,” said Gordon Murray, chart and research manager of Billboard magazine, about Cardall and his Salt Lake City-based label, Shadow Mountain Records, a division of Deseret Book.

The album’s popularity seems even more surprising when you consider that Yanni, the undisputed king of New Age music, released his new album just six days before Cardall released “New Life.” For three weeks, Cardall, a little-known pianist and composer from the Beehive State, sold more copies nationwide of his new album than Yanni did.

But Cardall considers his biggest, and happiest surprise is that he’s alive.

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Benefit celebrates musician's 'New Life'
By Carma Wadley /Deseret News
Published: Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011

It's not just about the heart — the one he was never sure he would get in time — although, that, certainly, is part of it.

But it's also about knowing that someone else had to die so that he could live.

It's about learning to live in a world without a beloved brother, who was killed in a tragic incident. It's about learning more of the depth of character and faith of his wife and family.

It's about being able to go hiking and camping and to Disneyland. It's about developing a deeper relationship with a kind and loving Father in Heaven.

It's about burdens of grief and guilt, but also about the lift of unspeakable hope and joy. In short, it's about finding a new life.

"There have been so many emotions," Paul Cardall says of the 16-month journey since he received a heart transplant. As a musician and composer, it is natural that he expresses those emotions through music, which he has done in a new CD, "New Life" (Shadow Mountain Music).

But he also found that it didn't come easy. In all the time he spent in the hospital, Cardall only wrote one song. He would go out to the piano in the lobby in Primary Children's Medical Center every night, but he would find himself playing the same song over and over, a song he called "New Life."

"For me" he says, "music, opens a conduit to heaven and provides my soul with strength and peace. That's what 'New Life' did for me."

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BEFORE MY HEART STOPS TELLS CARDALL'S STORY

September 19, 2010

A story of living: Paul Cardall's 'Before My Heart Stops'
Book is a powerful message of faith,
love and enduring through life's challenges

By Hikari Loftus
Deseret News
Published: Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010 4:00 p.m. MDT

SALT LAKE CITY — "I buy my drugs on the corner," Paul Cardall jokes as he steps into a corner pharmacy in downtown Salt Lake City.
The pharmacist greets him by name, meaning this is probably a regular occurrence.

What happens next is not so regular. Or rather, a year ago it was not possible for Cardall.

He runs across the street.

"I can run now," Cardall says as he holds anti-rejection medicine for his heart in his hand.

An award-winning musician and producer, Cardall was born with congenital heart disease, a problem with the heart's structure and function due to abnormal heart development before birth. Because of that, life has not been exactly easy for Cardall. In fact, before his heart transplant one year ago, life could be downright exhausting.

However, through the trials that came with his condition and his journey to get a new heart, Cardall has come out with an amazing perspective and message of faith, living and love. Though he speaks just above a whisper, his story, which he shares in his new book, "Before My Heart Stops," available at retailers like Amazon.com is powerful.

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Laura Seitz - Deseret News

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE:

Paul Cardall releasing book about transplant, faith and music
By David Burger
The Salt Lake Tribune
August 30, 2010 05:10PM

Chart-topping and award-winning pianist Paul Cardall’s one-year anniversary of his heart transplant will be on Sept. 9.
In addition to his well-loved music, he recently authored a memoir of the experiences he had before and after his heart transplant, titled Before My Heart Stops.

Below is part of a press release about the book:

Doctors told four-time Billboard charting pianist Paul Cardall without a heart transplant he would die. And if he was fortunate to live long enough to receive one, he would most likely not survive the surgery.

Days later, Cardall started a blog to update his family and friends on his condition and shared his thoughts, feelings, and observations of what was expected to be the final days of his life. But his blog, “Living For Eden,” wasn’t about dying. It was about the importance of family, the need for faith, overcoming despair, and seizing every moment because “with each day death is ever closer.” The blog itself was named after his daughter Eden. As he struggled to survive, Cardall drew closer to God. In his daily blog entries he offered principles universal to those who value spiritual things, and celebrates what it means to truly love one’s family.

The blog’s readership grew quickly beyond those closest to him. Hundreds of families in similar situations, who were looking for hope amid the despair, began corresponding with Cardall. Tens of thousands of fans offered support, but it was the love of his three-year-old daughter that motivated him to endure countless painful procedures which gave him a second chance at life.

Cardall now shares his story in a new book, Before My Heart Stops (Shadow Mountain, $21.99, September 2010, ISBN: 9781606418185), offering insights and wisdom into matters of love, gratitude, overcoming trials, and fulfilling your destiny. After reading his story, you may ask yourself, “what do I need to do before my heart stops?”

Shadow Montain Publishing is an imprint of Deseret Books.

Before My Heart Stops (Hard Cover / Audio / Kindle)
Now available where-ever fine music is sold.

The Audio Version of Before My Hearts Stops read by the author, his wife Lynnette, father Duane Cardall, and a special forward by Angela T. Yetman, M.D. (Director of the Adult Congenital Clinic for the Intermountain Region) Same price as the Hard Cover Version

KINDLE VERSION available for tech savy folks only $9.99 Click Here

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