Derek Rogers

(Love and Street Corner Harmony)

Singing and entertaining came at a very early age while sneaking to listen to soul music when my mother thought I was sleep. The greatest opportunity came when singing before world renowned gospel artist Richard Smallwood, “Jesus Your The Center Of My Joy,” and having gospel icon Reverend Shirley Caesar prophesize over my life while boarding an aircraft.

MEMORABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

-Competing for the choir of year 2009 w/GMCHC Mass Choir in “How Sweet It Sounds” hosted by Donald Lawrence

-Selected Mass Choir (Metropolitan Baptist Church) to sing at Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown Funeral

-Performed w/Tremaine Hawkins on PBS Special, “The Promise Land” at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC under the direction of Richard Smallwood

This wouldn’t have been possible without My Savior-Jesus Christ, my mother who never turned her back on me, and loved ones who supported me throughout the years.