Artists

The title song opens the project as a duet between Leandro Bassano and Cristian Centurion. It introduces the central question of the story and begins the movement from bewilderment toward witness.

The opening title song meets the guards in the panic after the empty tomb, turning a terrifying mystery into the musical’s central question. Their frantic comic fear gives the resurrection its first human shock: something impossible has happened, and no one can explain where He went.

Lead Voices

Leandro Bassano, Argentina; Cristian Centurion, Argentina

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Melina Mizrahi is a Buenos Aires–born singer, actor, and vocal coach whose work blends live performance, music education, and theatrical storytelling. She began her creative journey at 13 and has built a multifaceted career spanning stage, studio, and international performance. Since 2015 she has performed as a vocalist with The Neptunes Lounge Music for Holland America Line, while also appearing in projects such as Tango Pasión and concert productions including Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Lion King, and Les Misérables.

Mary stands at the tomb in grief, unable to breathe past what she has lost, until recognition breaks through and changes the moment she is living in. The song turns sorrow into motion: now she must leave the tomb, carry the news, and follow the voice that called her by name.

Lead Voice

Melina Mizrahi, Argentina

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Piano

Tobias Brukman

Guitar

Juan Grabina

Bass

Dante Gutaman

Strings

Catriona Price

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Dirk van der Merwe is a South African baritone based in Pretoria, with more than 20 years of experience across jazz, blues, gospel, and pop. Earlier this year Dirk served as lead vocalist on a song nominated for Best Original Song at the Sophia Awards in Portugal — a milestone that reflects both his vocal artistry and his ability to bring emotional depth to a lyric.

The priests try to turn witness into rumor, buying the guards’ silence and replacing truth with a story easier to control. The song exposes how fear, money, and power can twist what people know they have seen.

Lead Voice

Dirk van der Merwe, South Africa

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Leandro Bassano gives Herod a theatrical, commanding voice — bold, smug, and convinced that power can decide which story the world is allowed to hear.

Herod hears the rumors of the empty tomb and answers with swagger, spectacle, and the old claim that power gets to decide what is true. The song pits witness against propaganda as a ruler insists the crown can drown out resurrection.

Lead Voice

Leandro Bassano, Argentina

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Background vocals

Juan Grabina, Argentina; Melina Mizrahi, Argentina

Piano / Bass

Tobias Brukman

Brass

Juna Canosa

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Oliviya Nicole is a Bulgarian-born singer-songwriter, vocalist, and topliner now based in the United Kingdom. With more than a decade of professional experience, she has built a career around emotionally resonant vocals, memorable hooks, and versatile songwriting across pop, EDM, R&B, and acoustic styles. A finalist on The Voice in 2018, she has reached global audiences through streaming platforms and collaborations that showcase both technical precision and emotional warmth.

The song captures the Emmaus moment, when two grieving followers fail to see Christ walking beside them until bread is broken and their eyes are opened. In the larger story, it becomes an invitation to notice how Christ may still be present in our own everyday lives — not always in thunder or spectacle, but in the quiet moments that change us in the blink of an eye.

Lead Voice

Oliviya Nicole, Bulgaria

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Background vocals

Genevieve Ogu, Oluchi Odii, Nanya Ijeh, Ogechi Uwom, Ralph Okoro, Emmanuel Onubuogu, Nigeria

Piano

Tobias Brukman

Guitar / Bass

Tomi Impala

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Chris Weeks is a vocalist, actor, and musician from the United Kingdom whose career reflects a deep love of storytelling through performance. He has appeared in productions such as Cilla, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, and Strangers on a Train, and played Dean Martin in Rat Pack! in the UK. His work has included recording at Abbey Road Studios and a featured vocal on the soundtrack of the Academy Award–nominated film La Memoria Infinita.

Peter’s denial leaves behind the kind of silence that cannot simply be unsaid, and the song lets that regret sit honestly in the room. Still, it refuses to leave him trapped there: the past is written, but the next page remains open to mercy, presence, and a different choice.

Lead Voice

Chris Weeks, United Kingdom

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Piano

Tobias Brukman

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Bart Topher is a seasoned American vocalist whose work has moved between live band stages, commercial sessions, and story-driven studio projects. Known for a warm, classic-rock edge and an instinct for emotional phrasing, his voice has been heard in live settings with established classic rock artists and in broadcast work across radio and television in the United States.

Behind bolted doors, the disciples are surrounded by fear until Christ appears and peace enters before explanations do. The song carries that locked-room grace into a modern waiting room, where peace still comes like a whisper and steadies the heart before every question is answered.

Lead Voice

Bart Topher, United States

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Piano

Tobias Brukman

Bass

Tomi Impala

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Jason Rowe is a London-based singer-songwriter whose work blends melodic instinct, reflective songwriting, and a modern vocal style. His approach is rooted in strong toplines, thoughtful phrasing, and performances that favor sincerity over excess.

Thomas hears the others’ testimony but cannot cross into belief on borrowed certainty. The song gives space to honest doubt, showing faith not as denial of questions, but as the painful reach toward Christ from the other side.

Lead Voice

Jason Rowe, United Kingdom

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Piano

Tobias Brukman

Guitar / Bass

Tomi Impala

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Lionhearted gathers the disciples after peace has broken into the room, but before courage has fully become action. It is a strengthening anthem: not bravado, not certainty without scars, but the kind of courage that rises when fear is answered by presence and purpose.

After peace and recognition, the story asks what courage looks like when the doors finally open. Lionhearted is a strengthening anthem for disciples then and now: stand your ground, face what comes, and let the Spirit turn fear into action.

Lead Voice

Mauricio Mirapalheta, Brazil / Finland

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Trevor Laake is a Southern California vocalist, producer, composer, actor, and audio engineer whose career spans studio production, songwriting, and performance. He opened Echo Recording Studios and has worked with artists across the United States while also composing music for television. He is the lead voice behind the cinematic rock project Screams of Syrens.

Back on the water after a long empty night, the disciples hear a simple call to try again. The song turns exhaustion and failure into an invitation to trust one more word, take one more step, and discover grace waiting on the shore.

Lead Voice

Trevor Laake, United States

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Will Chase is an emerging vocalist from Bulgaria whose warm, expressive voice blends cinematic pop, modern worship, and soulful storytelling. Though still early in his public career, he brings a seasoned emotional clarity to every performance, pairing intimacy with quiet power.

Peter’s three denials are answered by three questions of love, but the song does more than restore one wounded disciple beside the fire. It becomes a meditation on promises that cost something — vows kept after the glow fades, love that answers the midnight call, and the steady choosing and re-choosing that turns mercy into a life.

Lead Voice

Will Chase, Bulgaria

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Guitar

Tomi Impala

Bass

Dante Gutaman

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Amin Yahyazadeh is a professional vocalist with over 15 years of experience, known for his powerful and versatile voice across rock, metal, and cinematic music. He has collaborated with artists and bands around the world, bringing strong emotional delivery and dynamic range to each performance.

The commission turns the resurrection outward, pressing the question onto the disciples and then onto the audience. With each call and response, the song asks whether belief will become action — whether we will stand, speak, love, serve, and answer when called.

Lead Voice

Amin Yahyazadeh, Türkiye

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Background vocals

Nanya Ijeh, Emmanuel Onubuogu, Samuel Osaroekiye, Ralph Okoro, Dozie Uwom, Ogechi Uwom, Salako Olubunmi, Nigeria

Bass

Dante Gutaman

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Liliia Kysil is a Ukrainian vocalist whose growing audience reflects both contemporary reach and emotional authenticity. With more than 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, she has built a presence through a vocal style that feels expressive, polished, and deeply connected to melody.

The 120 wait in the city with no map, no timeline, and only the instruction to hold fast to a promise. The song honors the in-between places of faith, where every quiet step is taken without full sight but under the comfort that He already knew.

Lead Voice

Liliia Kysil, Ukraine

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Bass

Dante Gutaman

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX

Montel Moore is a St. Louis-based musician, singer-songwriter, and worship leader whose music is driven by faith, excellence, and a desire to make a positive impact in people’s lives. He led worship at Hope Church St. Louis for 14 years, earned a BA in Vocal Music from Lindenwood University, and spent a decade with the St. Louis Symphony’s In Unison Chorus. In 2021 he signed his first publishing deal with Maverick City Music.

The finale moves from the waiting room of Pentecost into a lived declaration: belief is not only a feeling that arrives when we are ready. It is courage in the quiet, forgiveness when it costs us, small unseen acts of mercy, and the decision to step before we fully understand.

Lead Voice

Montel Moore, United States

Music and Lyrics

W.R. Witt

Music performed by El Guapo Music

Joni Strugo and Juan Grabina, Argentina

Background vocals

Nanya Ijeh, Emmanuel Onubuogu, Samuel Osaroekiye, Ralph Okoro, Salako Olubunmi, Bridget Eniola, Nigeria

Piano / Bass

Tobias Brukman

Drums

Joni Strugo

Mix / Mastering

Brendan Reza, Austin, TX