Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs

Four-time GRAMMY® Award-winner and multiple Stellar and GMA Dove Award winner Karen Clark Sheard is a vocalist, songwriter, entrepreneur, wife and mother. She is also a gospel music legend and a part of a musical dynasty. Admired by a wide range of vocalists from various genres, Clark Sheard is renowned throughout the music industry for her signature, one-of-a-kind multi-octave vocal range and ability. Her musical style with the legendary Clark Sisters and as a solo artist has inspired a host of today’s brightest pop divas including Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Missy Elliott, and Faith Evans, among countless others. Clark Sheard also is a partner in ministry with her husband, Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Pastor of Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God and Christ in Detroit, MI, where she serves as first lady.

Clark Sheard’s current Grammy nominated hit single, “Sunday AM” (pronounced as “Sunday Morning”) is produced by multiple award-winning producer Donald Lawrence. The new album “Destined To Win” will be released 2015 through the label’s partnership with Entertainment One Music (eOne Music).

Clark Sheard is using her ministry to both feed the faithful and connect with new audiences outside of the gospel music and church community. She travels the country as both a singer and an evangelist, and she plans and leads both church-based and national women’s conferences. By adding her new TV series and international KCS Ladies Empowerment Summit to the mix, Karen Clark Sheard is doing her part to extend the reach of the family’s work and uphold her family’s legendary musical legacy.