In March 2020 Cybèle received a request from her father who lives in London. He asked her if she could record a song in the outdoors of Australia and send it to him to share with his friends. London had just gone into lockdown and he wanted to spread a bit of sunshine and blue sky to a dark, gloomy, locked-down London. With the help of her husband Bevan who works in digital media in audio, video and production, Cybèle recorded a song and had it filmed in the outdoors. The rest is now history. Recently Cybèle recorded her 250th song with 33 of those original compositions. For four years now, Cybèle has released a new recording every week—sometimes two, sharing it with people all over the world.
Cybèle says she thought it would be just one song for her dad as a favour and that would be it, but a vision developed and has continued into a ministry she now calls “Songs of Faith” and shares with her husband. Her recordings are mostly filmed in the Australian outdoors and have been played and sung in churches all over the world.
Cybèle grew up in a vibrant UK church where music played a major part in her spiritual life. Cybèle loves to sing, conduct and is an accomplished pianist, obtaining a degree in music from the London College of Music and later an education degree.
Cybèle has taught music from kindy right through to tertiary level for more than 30 years. “Music is inbuilt in me,” she says. “I have a song for every occasion and I just want to plant the words of Jesus through song in people’s hearts.
”Whether I have one talent or two, God has entrusted me to use them for his glory. Yes it takes up a large part of my week in Bible study, composing, arranging, practising, recording and filming, but I believe time is short and we have so much of Jesus to share to a world spiralling out of control. Music often reaches the heart when nothing else can. That’s what God has called me to do.”
To hear Cybèle’s music visit her YouTube channel “Cybèle Coutet Craig” or her website cybele.au.
Bevan Craig helps film and edit his wife Cybèle’s content.
