How I came to Christ
Just over a year ago I was chasing a long-time dream: Making it to Hollywood. Music had always been my passion and I just desperately wanted to achieve the "ultimate success" of landing a record deal and being featured on billboards. I came across many opportunities, made many connections and worked on songs I was convinced were hit-material... and although I seemed closer and closer to a breakthrough, I still felt empty inside.
That is simply because I was very far away from our Maker. I had completely forgotten about God although growing up hearing about Him on Sundays. I actually rebelled against Him after years of being forced into Christianity.
One night in June 2020, I found myself broken. Life was just not what I wanted it to be; maybe my music career looked promising but my relationships were wrecked, and I had no idea what to do about them. In that moment, I turned to God, why? I guess because all along I knew deep down that if my emotional life wasn't healthy, it was because I kept God out of it. I turned to Him in despair and quick He was to act.
The next day, someone I had only met once and exchanged Instagrams with messaged me and invited me to her church. I was hesitant at first and didn't make up my mind until midnight of the night before.
That Sunday, it felt like the pastor was speaking directly to me. I remember him saying "if Jesus had quality relationships, you can have quality relationships with people too". That was exactly what was going on in my life, every relation with people around me were on the brink of collapse. When the man of God finished preaching the Word, he made a salvation call. "Give my life to Christ? I've already done that" I thought. Then the pastor said "or maybe you have before and want to do it again", and there I raised my hand and repeated the prayer. Truth is, I had never given my life to Christ before, I know that because from that day, my life changed. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says that we are made new creations in Christ, and that is exactly what happened to me. I thank God for realigning me and showing me exactly who I am. Today, my mission is to bring His word to all those who can relate to my story, through my music.
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BIO
Montreal-born Prisca Bieni Pange, 24, known as "Prisicila" and stage name "Priscila Bieni" is a former R&B singer, now Christian singer and producer.
She became interested in music when she was only 3 years old, when she received a piano as a birthday present. Writing her first song at the age of 8, she has never stopped since and today her songwriting skills reflect years of experience: a perfect union of stricky messages, catchy and melodious sounds. it was not however until the age of19 that Priscila recorded her first songs which she then released on Soundcloud.
Today, Priscila has performed on numerous stages, including "Toronto R&B Sounds", being the first artist from another province to perform there.
Priscila's music is inspired by her multicultural life experience; having lived in different countries, she speaks English, French, Portuguese and Spanish, which she uses in writing her songs, as well as different musical genres including African rhythms and R&B.
In January 2020, Priscila was selected along with 19 other Canadian artists of the 1,000 applicants to be part of SOCAN's Creative Entrepreneurship Incubator. There she developed various music industry skills under the mentorship of notable names such as Vivian Barclay of Warner Chappell.
In August 2020, following her decision to follow Christ and after her baptism, Priscila made the decision to align her music with her Christian journey, which involved a complete overhaul of her brand. She is now determined to share the Good News with the world through her personal story.
In January 2021, Priscila was selected along with 3 other Francophone Albertan artists to participate in the 2021 edition of Polyfonik, a training project and competition for emerging artists. She won the first prize and became the representative of Alberta at Chant'Ouest, which will take place in March 2022. In the latter, which also includes training, she will tour Western Canada.
Priscila Bieni released in May 2021 her first Christian song “To God Be The Glory” which she co-produced.