Canaan Christian Music Ministry ( CCMM ) was a legacy of “Heavenly Song 2012” held on the 8th December 2011 at the Sydney Opera House. It was a major Church Music Evangelic Gathering and Revival Meeting known at the time, which assembled over three hundred Christians from more than 60 different Chinese churches in Sydney were gathered together to form the Canaan Choir and eighty musicians were assembled to form the Canaan Philharmonic Orchestra.
The music advisor of CCMM is the popular contemporary composer, Mr. An-lun Huang. Additionally, Mr. Karl Yang, a well known Chinese conductor in Australia, was appointed by the organising committee which was a joint venture between China Soul For Christ Foundation from the United State and the Sydney Chinese Christian Churches Association, to be the artistic director and chief conductor. Under their professional guidance and training since 2012, the group held four consecutive years hosted a total of eight major music evangelistic and revival meetings.
In 2015, members of this group saw the vision to make CCMM a long-term organisation that is able to effectively bring praises to God’s glorious Kingdom. As such, an application to register CCMM as a non-profit organisation with the government, and some members from the original assembly continued the legacy and diligently practicing ever since.
The goal of the CCMM members is to offer their talents to the Lord with to create an impact in Gospel mission through music ministry and in nurturing the ministry of sacred music.
On the 3rd September 2016, CCMM hosted their first event called “Hallelujah Praise” at St Stephen’s Uniting Church. The programme included traditional hymns and creative contemporary music, which were delivered through solo, vocal trio, leading voice with choir, along with piano, cello solo, organ solo, string ensemble and other vocal and instrument. Rev. Peter Wongso was invited to preach an evangelical message. Three months later we recorded our first CD “Voices Of Heavenly Songs” by Karl Yang Vol 1 and 2. On the 21st February 2017 we sang at The 4th International Marriage and Family Festival at ICC Darling Harbour Sydney. On the 18th March 2017 we presented hymns on the premiere screening of the movie “The Missionaries”, production by China Soul Foundation from The US.
CCMM has organised many more events since 2017 in various churches. On 21st September 2018, CCMM visited Taiwan and Japan for a duration of 16 days of short mission. They had the opportunity to sing with 5 other choirs in Japan for a fund raising charity event for the earthquake victims in remote part of Taiwan. CCMM also sang in Japan on two evangelical occasions. This was a memorable trip as the members were able to travel together to many destinations and shared the sweet fellowship in Christ together.
On October 26, 2019, CCMM will host the “Anointed One” praise concert at the Verbrugghen Hall in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. A 60-member choir accompanied by an orchestra of 40, with three invited soloists will perform this work composed by the late Prof. Geshun Ma. We praise and thank God for the full house on that day.
While we have the passion to serve our Lord through music, we desperately need your constant support through prayer. We trust the Lord will provide when we serve him with a genuine heart for His kingdom and glory.
