Brenda Geneau

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Born and raised in North Western N.B., Brenda is the fourth of nine children born to the late Mr. Lawrence Geneau and his wife Rita. She is fluent in both official languages. She started singing at the young age of ten and was lead singer for their family band for several years.

In 1985 Brenda moved to Ontario to pursue her musical dream. On January 26th, 1989 God used a song to reveal His love to Brenda where she had a life changing experience which led her to devote all her time and energies to writing and singing Gospel music.

In 1995 Brenda released her first CD entitled "His Love Never Dies". In September of 1997, it was released in eleven European Countries where it reached # 2 on the European Country Music charts for most played artist the third week of December. Brenda was quite excited to see her Christian album being played among artists such as Brooks and Dunn, Trisha Yearwood, Lorrie Morgan, Alan Jackson and many more. Three songs from this album, "Let Your Light Shine", "Sometimes He Uses Pain...", and "Read John 3:16" were also released in the U.S.A. and received much air play.

Brenda's second project is a song entitled "Igniting Canada's Flame" a song she feels will be used in bringing Canadians together in UNITY. She performed the song on Parliament Hill, July 1st, 1997.

Her third project was released in January, 2000, a CD entitled "A Father's Love". It consists of thirteen original songs. Five songs from this CD were released throughout the USA where she scored a #1 HIT with her song, "Sacrifice Of Praise" the "A Father's Love" climbed the charts to #4, "Lord Change Me" reached #3, "The One Who Created You" climbed to #6, and "Breathe Your Breath of Life On Me", made it into the 30s on the Power Source Christian Country Music charts.

Brenda was nominated "CCMA's TOP FIVE FEMALE VOCALIST" FOR 2001, "TOP TEN ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR FOR 2001", and TOP TEN FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR FOR 2002 & 2003, she also took part as a presenter at the "ANNUAL AWARD SHOW" at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN, in 2001. In 2002, this exceptional woman, received the award for "FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR" for the N.B. GOSPEL MUSIC HALL OF FAME, and took part in the WORLD PREMIER CHRISTIAN COUNTRY MUSIC CONCERT held at the GMTN (Gospel Music Television Network) in Pigeon Forge, TN, in 2003.

2003 her Christmas CD entitled “The True Meaning of Christmas” was released and it was nominated album of the year in the Country and Bluegrass category at the Canadian Christian Music (VIBE) awards in 2004.

2006 her “Here Is Love” CD which is filled with some of her favorite hymns of the past set to her own style, and a number of her own compositions, was released. One of her own songs on this CD is performed by Nathalie LaForge of Grand-Falls, NB, a young woman Brenda has mentored for the past few years.
In spring 2007 Brenda released a Spanish version of her CD “His Love Never Dies” which gives her the opportunity to give them away free to people in developing countries in Latin American where she often ministers. Because of so many requests by French speaking people across our land in 2009 Brenda finally released her complete French CD with thirteen of her most requested songs.

She has shared platforms with speakers and authors such as Dr. Erwin Lutzer, Henry Blackaby, Dr. Neil Anderson, Dr. John MacArthur, Eleanor Henderson, Anne Graham Lotz, Nell Maxwell, Bill McLeod, and Christian recording artists such as John Starns, and Russ Taff to name a few. She has had several appearances on the National TV program 100 Huntley Street, It's A New Day and ATV's Breakfast Television.

She has ministered in many different countries such as Canada, U.S.A., Barbados, Guatemala, Cuba, Ecuador, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Belgium, France, Philippines and South Africa.

Brenda and her husband Wayne Jamieson reside just outside of Grand-Falls, New-Brunswick; they are members of the Christian Motorcyclists Association, the Gideons, Canadian Revival Fellowship and Missionary Ventures Canada.

Should anyone feel led to share in the vision of Polished Arrow Music Ministry by “Piercing the Heart with the WORD through music” and would like to receive a tax receipt for their financial support they can contact Brenda by emailing brendagjamieson@gmail.com , calling 1-506-473-2482 or by contacting Kathi Williams at 1-519-826-9156 by email at kathrynw@sentex.net .