Bernie Herms
| Bernie Herms | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Bernhard Herms |
| Also known as | Bernie |
| Born |
March 26, 1972 Canada |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Genres | CCM |
| Occupation(s) | music producer,composer,songwriter |
| Instruments | Multi-instrumentalist |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Benson |
| Associated acts | Natalie Grant, Casting Crowns |
| Notable instruments | |
| Hammond organ,Rhodes piano,Wurlitzer electric piano | |
Bernhard "Bernie" Herms (born March 26, 1972) is a Canadian Christian musician, who is mainly a music producer, songwriter and composer. He has received GMA Dove Awards and been nominated for Grammy Awards and GMA Canada Covenant Awards, due to his music production work.
Herms was born, Bernhard Herms, on March 26, 1972, in Canada, the son of a pastor. He graduated from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he presently resides, with his baccalaureate degree in Classical Composition, during their 1995 commencement. He was honored by the university in 2009, with their Curtain Call Award. Herms married American Natalie Grant in a ceremony on August 27, 1999, with whom he has three daughters, the first two being twins.
His music recording career began in 1997, with the studio album, Nocturne, that was released by Benson Records. The subsequent studio album, Softly & Tenderly, was released by Brentwood Records, in 1998. He has gone on to a successful music production and songwriting career in the Christian music industry, where he has won a GMA Dove Award, for Producer of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards, in 2009. Herms co-wrote the GMA Dove Award Song of the Year, "East to West", with Casting Crowns vocalist, Mark Hall, at the 39th GMA Dove Awards, in 2008. The song was even nominated for the Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, and the following year at the 51st Annual in the same category.
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