Bio

Isaac Everett is a musician, songwriter, and audio designer, and a frequent performer on piano, keyboards, and didjeridu. He began studying music in the Yamaha method at age 3 and studied classical piano music through elementary school. Switching to jazz at the age of 12, he attended NYU as a music student where he studied with Arturo O’Farrill, Frank Kimbrough, Joel Weiskopf, Philip Johnston, and Justin DelloJoio. He also earned a second degree in mathematics.

Isaac is an artist-in-residence at the Church of the Epiphany, a company member of Storahtelling, and the co-founder of Transmission, an underground church in New York City. His two recent albums, Transmission and Rotation, weave pop, rock, acid jazz, and traditional liturgical melodies into a unique but familiar tapestry of urban spirituality. Both are available on Proost, iTunes, and Rhapsody.

quotes:

  • “Rotation synthesizes religiosity and modernity in a way that is inspiring. Isaac Everett and friends have brilliantly created new tradition in sacred music.” ~The Call
  • “[Isaac Everett] writes brilliant, extremely effective music.”
  • ~Episcopal New Yorker “exquisite and evocative” ~NewYorkTheatre.com “Isaac is… a way cool dude who is worth checking out.”
  • ~The Turning “The worship this morning was absolutely wonderful. The music, much of it written by Isaac Everett… was exceedingly powerful.” ~Bp Katharine Jefferts Schori

Publications:

  • October 2007: Rising From the Ashes: Rethinking Church. (Seabury Books, ISBN 1596270624 ). One of thirty church leaders interviewed on alternative worship, social justice, and evangelism. Other contributers include Brian McLaren, Shane Claiborne, and Phyllis Tickle.
  • September 2007: What Would Jesus Sing? Experimentation and Tradition in Church Music. (Church Publishing, ISBN 0898695635) Contributed a chapter on using electronic music in church.
  • August 2007: Transmission, to be released on Proost.
  • June 2006: Rotation, an album of worship music, available on iTunes, Rhapsody, and Napster.
  • August 2005: The Language of Music in the Episcopal New Yorker