Electronic Press Kit
Master Musician · Minister · Educator · Digital Media Pioneer
"Pirates hide. Pioneers lead."
Biography
Henry L. Parker, Jr. is a master musician, minister, educator, and digital media entrepreneur whose career spans concert halls, classrooms, churches, and now the digital frontier. Formed in Detroit's rich cultural tradition, his biography reads like a tour of American gospel music at its highest levels.
In 1998, Parker served as Musical Director for Aretha Franklin at the Operation Push Convention in Chicago. In 2007, he conducted the Marvin L. Winans Academy Choir at the Cardinals' Communion Service at the Vatican in Rome, and performed alongside Marvin L. Winans with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Parker holds a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Arkansas Monticello and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theory and Composition from Eastern Kentucky University, where he won the Spring Concerto Competition in 1986 for his original orchestral composition. He chaired the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Arkansas Baptist College for 15 years and currently serves as Minister of Music at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 2026, his gospel recording "Surely (Psalm 23)" — produced using AI tools and Logic Pro — earned a dedicated two-hour radio feature in Detroit, the city that made him.
Career Highlights
Discography
Featured Single · 2026
Original composition · AI-assisted production · Logic Pro
"The song was already inside me. The tools just helped me release it the way I heard it in my spirit."
Original Video Content
Press
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Contact
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