Michael R. Hicks has uplifted audiences all over the world – from the Middle East to the Hawaiian Islands, from Calgary, Canada to Kenya, Africa. His music has won awards and many have performed his arrangements, from church choirs to famed country stars.

Michael graduated from BYU in Marketing Communication with a minor in music. He is from Salt Lake City, Utah and served a full-time LDS mission in the California Santa Rosa Mission. Michael enjoyed teaching seminary for a semester at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah. He loved working as a counselor for the Especially For Youth program for five summers.

Michael is perhaps best known as the composer of the FSY Medley/EFY Medley: As Sisters In Zion & We’ll Bring the World His Truth, sung by millions since 1999 at Especially for Youth, FSY conferences, seminary graduations, mission farewells, temple dedication celebrations, and youth conferences all around the world.

Michael has contributed other arrangements of hymns for EFY CDs, including I Know That My Redeemer Lives, I Believe In Christ, Lord, I Would Follow Thee, and Let Us All Press On.

Michael has produced 8 of his own albums, his latest being called Believe.

When he is not writing music, Michael enjoys spending as much time as he can with his family. He currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wonderful wife Natalie, daughter, and son.

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