Maurette Brown-Clark, Gospel's newly crowned "Princess of Praise & Worship" has been blessing the world with her soul stirring, heart felt alto voice since 1990. The journey that lead this thirty-something year old wife, mother of three, to her third album, The Dream, began while growing up in Long Island, New York.
One of four children (one sister and two brothers), Brown-Clark was raised by two music loving parents in a household steeped in Jesus, the church, love of family, and the power of music as a ministry.
Little did her parents know that having her sing with her siblings in the family group, and making sure Brown-Clark took piano lessons would be the foundation of a recording career and life's ministry for this singer, songwriter, and producer.
Maurette Brown - Clark was musically influenced by her parents and some of New York's greatest gospel artists, including one who lived just two towns over, Pastor Donnie McClurkin. Brown-Clark says, "He would come over to our church Little Zion and I would be mesmerized.... just blown away! I was a teenager back then...didn't know it...couldn't quite put my finger on it...but it was the anointing. And I knew that's what I wanted. How Donnie was affecting me, that's how I want to affect people. Although, I was later influenced by CeCe Winans and my mentor, Richard Smallwood, Donnie affected the way that I wanted to live for Jesus, through my music."
After graduating from high school, Brown-Clark furthered her studies and graduated from the University of Maryland. At this point she began to question her life and reason for existing. She pondered, "I went to college, I did okay, I've got my degree in business, I'm working, got a piece of car, got a piece of an apartment…life is good! And then I thought, 'This can't be everything.' I just started looking at my mortality. I asked myself, 'What do I want to leave behind? Why am I here now?' Now, sixteen years later, I truly believe that it is for His glory. I've realized that I have one life to live and I'm here to try to win souls for Christ. And the best way that I know how to do that is through my music. Before it was just something to do...now it is a calling and a passion."
Recognizing the calling God had placed on her life, she remained in the Baltimore area after college singing as a solo artist. Word quickly spread about this petite gifted singer with a unique, strong alto voice, armed with a powerful conviction for Christ. During this time she didn't have a recording contract, but held that desire in her heart and began honing her craft, singing wherever she could minister, networking and producing a demo tape. She knew that all things happen in God's own time, not hers.
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