Donald Lawrence

Donald Lawrence has had a prolific career that spans more than 25 years as a recording artist, songwriter, producer, choir master, and music director. Renowned in creating fresh sounds, inspired storytelling, and vivid live performances, Lawrence conceived the GRAMMY-nominated 2019 album Goshen, featuring the smash hit “Deliver Me (This Is My Exodus)” [featuring Le’Andria Johnson], which was named Billboard’s #1 Gospel Airplay Song of the Year for 2019. He did the choral arrangement for Hamilton’s “One Last Time” (44 Remix) that featured former President Barack Obama from its Hamildrop series. Lawrence studied musical theatre at the prestigious Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, received BMI’s Most-Performed Gospel Song of the Year Award for “The Gift” and BMI’s Christian Songwriter of the Year Award, hosted multiple years of Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound nationwide choir competition, led the McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour as music director, and worked with En Vogue, Lalah Hathaway, Faith Evans, Stephanie Mills, The Clark Sisters, Kirk Franklin, Hezekiah Walker and BeBe Winans. He is the music producer for the blockbuster Lifetime biopic on The Clark Sisters, which is produced by Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, and Queen Latifah. Lawrence produces through his company, Quiet Water Entertainment.