Bay Area Artists

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The Bay Area is home to some of Gospel Music greatest talent. Songwriters - Directors - Musicians Singers - Directors - Producers, we have some of the best. I wish I could list them all, but there's not enough cyberspace. Here's just a few.
                   
Terri Simmons

Teri Simmons, Director of Music at McGee Avenue Baptist Church in Berkeley, California, is a proud native of Oakland, California.
Prior to her working at McGee, a little over three years ago, she served as Minister of Music at the Church of All Faiths for over 15 years and Music Director at the Elmhurst Seventh Day Adventist Church for over 7 years.
In addition to being a piano instructor, music transcriber and editor, she is a prolific music writer and arranger. She has a professional singing ensemble, Teri Simmons With Renewed Faith.

     

Steven Roberts is a multi talented young man who resides in Hayward, California with his wife and two sons. He is a member of the All Nations Pentecostal Church, Oakland, CA, Minister of Music at the Peniel Baptist Church, El Sobrante, CA , Minister of Music for the NorCal Mass Choir of GMWA . In 1987 Steven was placed in the Leadership Identification Program which provided training and background into the administrative areas of the GMWA. In 1992 he was officially named to the Supervisory Staff of the National Mass Choir of the GMWA. He is also the Director of the National James Cleveland Gospel Chorus.

Dr. Steven Roberts
    
Dr. Patrick Bradley

     
Dr. Patrick Dion Bradley
resides with his wife
Tracie and son Josiah in Corinth, Texas where he is the Minister of Music at Westside Baptist Church of Lewisville, Texas.

Before his move to Texas Patrick resided in Pittsburg, California where he was the Minister of Music at the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church of Vallejo, CA. Prior to that position, Patrick was the Minister of Music at Concord Nazarene in  Concord, California for 5 years.

He was an active member of the NorCal Chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America for the past 4 years where he serves as pianist/director.

Upon his move to Texas he is became a member of the DFW Chapter  - Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc. and an Associate Member of the NorCal Chapter - GMWA.

     

Gill & Steele
Patrisha Gill & Janice Steele are two of the most talented artists in the Bay Area. Check them out on my Artist Spotlight page. 

Gill & Steele
Tachina Danielle Tachina Danielle
Tachina has performed in a most exemplary and memorable fashion in several entertainment mediums that included church choirs, radio, musical theater, and television. She has been the featured vocalist for the 100 Voice Sanctuary Choir at the True Hope Church of God in Christ, the local, national, and international television program "God's Word of Ministry," the Mardi Gras Festival in Nice, France with the "Touch of Class Choir" at the Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School, the local recording choir "Singspiration", the San Francisco Workshop Choir under recording artist O'Landa Draper, and the Mattie Moss Clark (Church of God in Christ International Minister of Music) Workshop Choir to name a few. Tachina is currently in the studio completing her soon to be released LP. She has a diverse selection of songs with the production team of Walter "Jamie" Hawkins, Jr. (former musical director of Lauryn Hill) and Michael J. Witwer, as well as Raymond McKinley (former member of Patti Labelle Band).

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