Integrity Music's The City Harmonic ("Manifesto," "A City On A Hill," "Holy (Wedding Day)") and Paul Baloche ("Open The Eyes of My Heart," "Your Name," "Above All") were recently honored at the 35th Annual GMA Canada Covenant Awards held in Burlington, Ontario.

During the ceremony, which will be broadcast Saturday evening, Nov. 9 by Crossroads TV, The City Harmonic took home two Covenant Awards in the categories of Group of the Year and Praise and Worship Song of the Year (for "Holy (Wedding Day)"). Previously, the band won a Covenant Award for New Artist of the Year in 2011 and a Covenant in 2012 for Praise And Worship Song. The band was also honored this year with Covenant nominations in the categories of Artist of the Year and Music Video of the Year.

Forming nearly four years ago in their hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, The City Harmonic went from anonymity to widespread acclaim, headlining tours across North America and gathering numerous awards along the way. In addition to the abovementioned honors, the band also received a Dove Award nomination in 2012 for New Artist of the Year and a JUNO Award earlier this year for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year for their full length debut project I Have A Dream (It Feels Like Home). They are currently touring in support of their new, critically acclaimed album, Heart, with special guests Shawn McDonald and The Royal Royal. The City Harmonic will share songs from Heart during a Crossroads TV special set to air immediately after the Covenant Awards broadcast on Nov. 9. (See TheCityHarmonic.com for additional information including tour details and news updates.)

Paul Baloche, a three-time Dove Award winning worship leader and songwriter, took home his first ever Covenant Award, winning International Album for his French language projectGlorieux (Glorious).  Glorieux is the second French project from Baloche whose discography includes The Same Love, A Greater Song, Our God Saves and his latest, Christmas Worship. Baloche also co-wrote this year's Covenant Award winning Modern Worship Song "More Than Enough."

In addition to writing, recording and his role as worship pastor at his home church in Lindale, Texas, Baloche has created a variety of teaching resources designed specifically for worship leaders and musicians. He has also written the books, The Same Love: A Devotion (David C Cook) and God Songs -How to Write and Select Songs for Worship and is a contributing writer for bothWorship Leader and Worship Musician magazines as well as a featured blogger for Churchleaders.com. (See LeadWorship.com for more information and free resources.)

Integrity Music's artist/songwriters Ben Cantelon and All Sons & Daughters were also honored last evening as nominees. Cantelon received a nomination in the category of Modern Worship Song of the Year for "Saviour of the World" from his album Everything In Color, which last year won a Covenant for Modern Worship Album. Cantelon, who is a Vancouver native, currently resides in London where he serves as a leader/writer for Worship Central. (Additional information can be found at http://www.worshipcentral.org.) 

Receiving their first Covenant Award nomination, All Sons & Daughters, were honored in the category of International Album for their new CD/DVD titled Live, which also received two Dove Award nominations for Praise and Worship Album and Long Form Video.  The worship duo, composed of David Leonard and Leslie Jordan, are based out of Journey Church in Franklin, Tennessee. (Additional information is available at http://allsonsanddaughters.com.)