Gabriel La.

Gabriel started playing piano and singing at the age of 7 years old. Eventually his professional training started at the age of 9 years old while attending grade school learning the Drums, Keyboard, and then Saxophone. While learning music in the School system he also played drums for his father’s church at the age of 4 and then moved up to playing keyboard at age 9. In addition to playing for his father’s church Gabriel also played for his parents revivals periodically throughout the years. At the age of 16 Gabriel began directing the National Choir under the tutelage of Bishop M. C. Williams for the S.D. James Mass (& Youth) Mass Choirs for the next 6 years. Gabriel has been responsible for the start and continued success of numerous choirs in his youth which would include Banks School Choir (Middle School Choir), Pike County High Youth Mass Choir (High School Choir), as well as numerous local church choirs in the community he lived. In 2001 He relocated to Schenectady, New York where he attended NBC City of Praise COGIC and worked diligently in the music dept. writing songs for the NBC Mass Choir and NBC Chorale. While working in the music dept. he and the group were blessed to accompany and open up for many artists such as Dorinda Clark Cole, the late Rev. Timothy Wright, Monique Walker, Pastor A. J. Wright, to name a few. While in New York he continued his collegiate education by attending Schenectady County Community College where he received his Certificate in Music Education. Also, during this time he began writing many of his original songs that would encompass many of his year’s experience in writing combined with his education. Relocating again to Temple, TX Gabriel worked with many local groups, choirs, churches, and Artists, which would include his former Community Choir, Chosen Generation Chorale. Gabriel is now the Praise & Worship Leader/Music Director for New Destiny Church in Killeen, Texas under the leadership of Pastor Draper Smith.