Donna McElroy
Hailing from Louisville, KY, and a 1977 alum of Fisk University, traveling with the Fisk Jubilee Singers in her matriculation, Donna McElroy has sung everywhere and in every genre. "I'm not a 'jazz' singer or a 'pop' or 'gospel' or 'classical' singer... I'm a singer!" With training as a lyric soprano, then entered the world of recording and traveling on the road as a go-to support singer for a long list of artists, including Bebe and Cece Winans, Vanessa Williams, Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntyre, and a ten-year stint with Amy Grant. The years that followed were laced with a bit of recording artistry, signing with Warner in '89(Bigger World-'90), then a near quarter century spent as a revered matriarch at Berklee College of Music in Boston. What's next for this dynamic singer? "I'm looking forward to some time to write my memoirs! There's so much to tell, I'd better get started!"