Donna In Music ...

Donna is an accomplished musician and plays piano and keyboards exceptionally well. She writes and performs her own music and has been published several times on the CD’s of other Christian artists.

Previous to the Living Water project, some of her most popular songs of faith have been It Was Me, It Will Be Jesus and Edge of Eternity.

Donna has also written and produced five musicals - as part of the “We Celebrate Jesus” series - detailing the life of Christ from His Birth to His Resurrection to His eminent return. Two of Donna's musicals, "We Celebrate Jesus: His Return" and IIW's "On The Edge of Eternity", which Donna co-wrote with IIW host Mark Finley, have been produced and performed through 'It Is Written' Global Television's partnership events.

Donna In The Studio ...

Donna spends most of her working hours in the studio late at night after the family has gone to bed. Having her studio in their home affords her a lot of flexibility. Her core creative time is usually in the wee hours of the morning between one and four AM.

Donna At Home ...

Donna, her husband Beau and their two children, Tiana-Belle (aka. Taco-Belle) and Broderick (aka. Brody or Beau-Beau) make their home in Orlando, FL.

In addition to music, Donna's interests include raising her children whom she and Beau adopted from Kazakhstan in 2001. Here's a link to their Adoption Trip.

This picture as taken at the orphanage in Aqtobe, Kazakhstan, when Donna and her husband were first getting acquainted with the new members of their family. Using her toy cel phone, Tiana's first English word was "Allo!"

Donna In The Word ...

Donna has a natural addiction to information and she reads profusely. She's a self-described "information junkie". These talents have allowed her to become a kind of lay-scholar in her own right in Biblical studies. She enjoys Biblical history and studying the Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek.

This in-depth knowledge of the scriptures naturally finds its way into Donna's music. One of the inspiring aspects of her music is that every lyric within her songs can be fully supported by Scripture. In Donna's own words:

"I actually like to footnote song lyrics with Scripture references. Musicians can get away with quite a bit of watering down or even contradicting the Word within music. I've always felt that if the Holy Spirit is going to be present within a song, the message has to be more than just 'kind of be Biblical', it has to be 'totally Biblical'. How can the Holy Spirit use a song to move the hearts of people if the message is contrary to His will and His Word? I would encourage every Christian musician to really seek the Holy Spirit within their music. Just because Jesus' Name is in the song, doesn't automatically mean, Jesus is in the song ... "