ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BIO

Cliff Hulling is a professor at Biola University in La Mirada California where he has taught for over thirty years.  As an avid writer, composer, and musician, he has lived in Southern California for most of his life. He and his wife Kim (his high school sweetheart) have adopted and raised three children and are advocates for adoption as a means of rescuing children from abusive home lives. 

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His literary works include a new and exciting piece of fiction entitled The Descent.  This novel tells the story of an epic journey into a mysterious mountain where things are not at all what they seem and where a young man must struggle against mystical forces beyond his comprehension. The trail that winds deep into the mountain leads to multiple dangerous encounters, all of which force him to confront his past and overcome the treacherous obstacles that hinder his redemption.” This novel is currently available on Amazon.

Mr. Hulling has also written two devotional books that are great for home bible studies or personal spiritual growth. The Chosen path of the Beatitudes reveals the Divinely inspired journey towards spiritual maturity and the personal fulfillment found in an authentic relationship with God.  Behind the Veil contrasts the wisdom of man and the wisdom of God and ultimately challenges many of the accepted norms in an American culture that has placed God on the sidelines. Both these books are also available on Amazon.

In his music career, he has performed with many well known musicians: Paul Anka, Chet Atkins, Kathy Bates, Joshua Bell, John Browning, The Canadian Brass, Vikki Carr, David Cassidy, Ray Charles, Glen Close, Natalie Cole, Glen Dicterow, Placido Domingo, Sandy Duncan, Danny Elfman, Donald Erb, Jose Feliciano, Roberta Flack, Lucas Foss, Kenny G, Davis Gaines, The Gatlin Brothers, Morton Gould, Marvin Hamlisch, Jerry Herman, Karel Husa, Eugene Istomin, Shirley Jones, Ernst Krenek, Michel Legrand, The Letterman, Cecil Licad, Kenny Loggins, Melissa Manchester, Henry Mancini, Maureen McGovern, Michael McDonald, Don Menza, The Oak Ridge Boys, Mandy Patinkin, Sandy Patti, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzac Pearlman, Bernadette Peters, David Raksin, Linda Ronstadt, Leonard Rose, Lalo Schiffrin, Diane Schuur, Doc Severinsen, Frank Sinatra Jr., Maxim Shostakovich, Janos Starker, Richard Stolzman, Toni Tennile, John Tesh, Mel Torme, Manhattan Transfer, Tommy Tune, Sarah Vaughan, Dionne Warwick, Vanessa Williams, Andy Williams, Roger Williams, John Williams, and Yo-Yo Ma.

He has also been heavily involved in the world of musical theater, performing as the Drummer/Percussionist for the Los Angeles Premiere of the musicals Chicago, Titanic,Fosse, Cinderella, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Les Miserables, 3hree, Into the Woods, Caroline or Change, Little Shop of Horrors, Car Man, Play Without Words, Curtains, Drowsy Chaperone, The Light in the Piazza, Edward Scissorhands, A Chorus Line, Minsky's, Martin Guerre, The Light in the Piazza, Mary Poppins, South Pacific, Dream Girls, Follies, Little Shop of Horrors, A Gentleman's Guide to Love And Murder, The Sound of Music, Grey Gardens, and Anything Goes at the Ahmanson Theaters.

At other theaters, he has performed Beauty and the Beast, Ragtime, Chorus Line, Crazy for You, Little Shop of Horrors, Pippin, Light in the Piazza, The Producers, Young Frankenstein, 9 to 5, Mary Poppins, White Christmas, South Pacific, and Wicked.