Sunday Hymn Serenade — Bring Back the Hymns is an online musical series produced by local musicians and married couple Eli Bennett and Rosemary Siemens.

With over 160 million views and 645,000 YouTube subscribers, the fully independent project is one more jewel in the creative crown of these two busy local artists.

First produced in the couple’s Vancouver apartment during the pandemic as a means to bring church music into people’s homes during lockdown, it has since produced 500 episodes and counting. The series features guest choirs, children’s ensembles, and three generations of the musical family in weekly posts.

Music has been a lifelong passion for both Siemens and Bennett.

“My mother started me singing as a baby and playing violin and piano at age three playing hymns,” said Sieme

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