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  • A native Washingtonian, voting member of the GRAMMY’s and a prolific composer, arranger, producer, performer and teacher
  • Producer & director of The Washington Post Annual Music & Dance Scholarship Awards Show ~ The Warner Theatre ~ Hosted by Tatyana Ali, Jasmine Guy, Clifton Davis, Karyn Parsons & Jim Vance
  • Co-founder & President of Urban Nation, Inc., along with Dr. Sheila Johnson Newman (co-founder of Black Entertainment Television BET) in 1997
  • Smithsonian Institute Scholar ~ Historian of Spirituals & Gospel
  • Co-Founder, composer & music director ~ City At Peace, which was a featured story on “Nightline” with Ted Koppel & released as a featured documentary on HBO with executive directors Barbra Streisand and Cis Corman of Barwood Films
  • Profiled as a HistoryMaker
     
  • Appointed as DC Commissioner of the Arts and Humanities by former DC Mayor Marion Barry
  • Composed & directed “Let’s Build A Bridge Across America” which premiered at The Second Inaugural Ceremony of President Bill Clinton in January of 1996
  • Jingles Compilations
    • DC Mayor Anthony Williams’ “Do The Write Thing” Write-In Campaign
    • Mayor Anthony Williams Inaugural “We’re The Best City In The World”
    • AMERIGROUP – DC
    • The Washington Mystics female basketball team ~ “Walking The Mystic Mile”
    • The Washington Post Music & Dance Scholarship Awards Theme Song
  • Produced & Coordinated the 2002 DC Democratic Committee – “Get Out The Vote Rally” ~ Lincoln Theatre
  • Artistic Director & Conductor for “This Is Our World” Coca-Cola Event ~ Library of Congress
  • Guest Director for the 1999 Christmas Pageant of Peace (lighting of the National Christmas Tree) with Wayne Newton, Marty Stuart and Renee Fleming
  • Produced the 25th Anniversary Gala for the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
  •       ~ The Kennedy Center; hosted by Clifton Davis

  • Artistic Director of The Urban Nation H. I. P. – H. O. P. Choir
  • Minister of Music ~ The Washington, DC Jurisdiction Church Of God In Christ
  • Minister of Music ~ New Bethel Church Of God In Christ ~ Washington, DC
  • Choral Conductor ~ Children of the Gospel ~ The Washington PerformingArts Society ~
    The Kennedy Center
  • DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Choral Masterpiece
  • Command  Performances at The White House
  • Command Performance at The Vatican for President Mitterrand of France, Queen Elizabeth and the Royal Family and Mikhail Gorbachev

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