Based in Washington DC, Kurtis Parks is an award winning songwriter and worship leader originally hailing from Roanoke, VA. After appearing in the top 40 on American Idol's fourth season, Parks founded the band, The Season, with fellow Virginia Tech...
Based in Washington DC, Kurtis Parks is an award winning songwriter and worship leader originally hailing from Roanoke, VA. After appearing in the top 40 on American Idol's fourth season, Parks founded the band, The Season, with fellow Virginia Tech alumnus Josh Kim. The Season set up shop in Nashville, toured the nation nonstop for 3 years, and had several songs featured on national radio.
In June of 2009, Parks branched out on a solo journey, taking him all over the US leading worship at churches, conferences and festivals- sometimes with a full band. He founded 3 Leaves Music, where he writes and produces for other artists. In March of 2010, he joined National Community Church, under Pastor/Author Mark Batterson in our nation's capital. Kurtis just released his latest project, "Light will Shine", produced by Akil Thompson, whose worked with India Arie, Israel Houghton and Jonny Lang. Check out Kurtis' dates, music, and full biography at
www.kurtisparks.com"Kurtis Parks is an incredibly talented singer songwriter. But what impresses me most is his passion for worship. It’s contagious. It took two seconds for Kurtis to connect with our congregation! He’s a blessing wherever he goes."
-Mark Batterson (Pastor @ National Community Church, author of best selling book "In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day")
"Kurtis Parks is a fresh and distinctive new voice of worship emerging in the church today. His passion for God's presence is unmistakable and his ability to ignite that hunger in others is a gift thousands of churches are crying out for."
-Danny Chambers (Lead Pastor~Oasis Church Nashville, and Integrity Worship artist)