She’s the most awarded female vocalist in contemporary Christian music history, and she’s coming to Franklin, North Carolina, later this month.
Sandi Patty, widely-known simply as “The Voice”, is scheduled to perform at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 31.
Patty shot to national fame in 1986 when ABC News played her rendition of The Star Spangled Banner during its televised coverage of Liberty Weekend (see video below). Her soaring vocals and four-octave range won her widespread accalaim and catapulted her into the national spotlight.
Over the span of her forty-year career, Patty has earned five Grammy Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, and 40 Dove Awards. She’s released over 30 albums and has scored three platinum records and five gold records.
Though deeply rooted in the gospel music industry, Patty also performs outside the genre. She has performed in sold out concerts with symphonies around the country including the New York Pops, Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Atlanta Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Houston Symphony, and Oklahoma City Philharmonic.
In 2004, Sandi Patty was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. In 2015, she announced her retirement.
Now she’s back, embarking on a limited national tour that will bring her to Franklin, North Carolina, before taking her to the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. on September 29. Later this year the tour will head to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, where Sandi Patty will appear in concert with famed Broadway actress/singer Kristin Chenoweth.
In addition to her prolific musical career, Sandi is also an accomplished author, penning more than a half-dozen books.
“I am grateful for the many opportunities God has given in my life and for how He has allowed me to spread my wings,” says Patty in her online biography. “Singing is my way to tell my story of hope, life, and love.”
Sandi and her husband, Don Peslis, have a blended family of eight children. They live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where Don is a pastor and Sandi serves as Artist in Residence at Crossings Community Church.
Tickets are still available for the concert at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts and may be purchsed here.
