SESAC Honors Artists During Christian Music Awards

SESAC named Christian songwriter/producer Jason Ingram as SESAC’s Christian Songwriter of the Year during the SESAC Christian Music Awards, held at the Hillwood Country Club in Nashville Tuesday evening (March 4). Sony/ATV Timber Publishing was named SESAC’s Christian Music Publisher of the Year. The awards recognize activity for songwriters and publishers in 2013.

A highlight of the evening occurred when SESAC presented the band Petra with its Legacy Award, marking the first time the award has been given in the Christian music genre. Previous recipients of this prestigious award have included Neil Diamond, Paul Shaffer and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains.

Additional SESAC award winners during the evening included Cary Barlowe, Jamie Grace, Juan Otero, Ian Eskelin, Natalie Grant and Tiffany Arbuckle Lee (Plumb), among others.

For a full list of honorees, visit sesac.com.

 Pictured (left to right):L SESAC’s Trevor Gale & John Mullins, Ingram & SESAC’s Tim Fink. Photo: Ed Rode.

Pictured (L-R): SESAC’s Trevor Gale & John Mullins, Jason Ingram & SESAC’s Tim Fink. Photo: Ed Rode.

Pictured (L-R): Petra’s John Lawry, SESAC’s John Mullins, Petra’s Greg Bailey & John Schlitt, SESAC’s Tim Fink and Petra’ Bob Hartman & Cristian Borneo. Photo: Ed Rode.

Pictured (L-R): Petra’s John Lawry, SESAC’s John Mullins, Petra’s Greg Bailey & John Schlitt, SESAC’s Tim Fink and Petra’s Bob Hartman & Cristian Borneo. Photo: Ed Rode.

Pictured (L-R): SESAC’s Trevor Gale, Sony’s Holly Zbaka, Terry Hemmings & Devon DeVries and SESAC’s Tim Fink.

Pictured (L-R): SESAC’s Trevor Gale, Sony’s Holly Zbaka, SESAC’s John Mullins, Terry Hemmings & Devon DeVries and SESAC’s Tim Fink. Photo: Ed Rode.

SESAC’s Pat Collins with Billboard’s Christian Producer of the Year, Seth Mosley and SESAC’s John Mullins. Photo: Ed Rode.

SESAC’s Pat Collins with Seth Mosley and SESAC’s John Mullins. Photo: Ed Rode.

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