Est. In His Honor
The Richard Smallwood Foundation

Preserving Legacy.
Empowering the
Next Generation.

The Richard Smallwood Foundation exists to honor the life, music, excellence, and global impact of Richard Smallwood by investing in future generations of artists, musicians, worship leaders, and creatives.

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Mission Statement

The Richard Smallwood Memorial Legacy Scholarship exists to preserve, honor, and extend the extraordinary legacy of Maestro Richard Smallwood by investing in the next generation of musicians, scholars, and cultural leaders through scholarship, mentorship, and strategic partnerships.

Richard Smallwood — Composer, Pianist, Worship Architect
Purpose & Vision

Built on a Foundation
of Excellence

Richard Smallwood at his Kawai grand piano

Purpose

The purpose of the Richard Smallwood Memorial Legacy Scholarship is to honor, preserve, and extend the extraordinary legacy of Maestro Richard Smallwood by investing in the next generation of musicians, composers, and scholars.

This scholarship provides meaningful access, financial support, and developmental opportunities for individuals who demonstrate excellence in music, a commitment to artistic integrity, and a dedication to advancing the rich tradition of gospel and sacred music.

Rooted in the values that defined Maestro Smallwood's life and work — discipline, innovation, spiritual depth, and global impact — this initiative seeks to:

  • Empower emerging talent through education and mentorship
  • Preserve the cultural and musical heritage of gospel music
  • Inspire future leaders to carry forward a legacy of excellence and purpose
  • Ensure that his sound, spirit, and standard of excellence live on for generations to come
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Preserve

Archiving recordings, original scores, and interviews for scholarship and performance — ensuring the music endures for generations.

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Educate

Scholarships and mentorship programs for emerging sacred music artists who carry the tradition forward with Maestro Smallwood's standard of excellence.

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Mobilize

Concerts, residencies, international experiences, and programming that keep sacred music alive, globally relevant, and continually growing.

Richard Smallwood — conducting in worship

"Music is a vehicle for the presence of God."

— Maestro Richard Smallwood

The Legacy

Who Was Richard Smallwood?

Richard Lee Smallwood was not simply a gospel musician. He was a musical architect of sacred sound — a classically trained pianist who became one of the most transformative composers in the history of American worship music. Born November 30, 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Washington, D.C., Smallwood began playing piano by ear at age five in his stepfather's church. By eleven, he had formed his first gospel choir.

A 1971 cum laude graduate of Howard University with a dual degree in classical vocal performance and piano, he co-founded the Howard University Gospel Choir alongside classmates Donny Hathaway, Debbie Allen, and Phylicia Rashad. He performed with The Celestials — the first gospel group to appear at the Montreux Jazz Festival. He founded the Richard Smallwood Singers in 1977, and later Vision, crafting a sound that wove spirituals, classical piano, lined-hymns, R&B, and contemporary gospel into something wholly original.

His 1996 composition "Total Praise" became one of the most sung worship songs in modern Christian history — performed at Carnegie Hall, sung when President Obama welcomed Pope Francis to the White House, covered by Destiny's Child, and translated into over 30 languages. Whitney Houston recorded his "I Love the Lord" for The Preacher's Wife. His reach was, simply, global.

He was also a teacher, a mentor, and a door-opener. He understood that the obligation of excellence was to reproduce itself. He mentored generations of musicians at Howard, at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., and in workshops across the country. He returned to Howard in 2004 to earn his Master of Divinity. His music healed — and his life set a standard this foundation exists to honor and continue.

8
Grammy NominationsAlongside Stellar Awards, Dove Awards, and Howard University's Lifetime Achievement Award — a career of recognized, enduring excellence.
8× Grammy NominatedStellar Award WinnerDove Award WinnerGospel Music Hall of FameHoward Lifetime AchievementKennedy Center Honoree 2024Yale Sacred Music HonoreeQuincy Jones Collaborator
Richard Smallwood — a warm, radiant smile
Richard Smallwood — in the studio where "Total Praise" came to life
1948Born November 30 in Atlanta, Georgia. Raised in Washington, D.C. Begins playing piano by ear at age five.
1960sStudies under Roberta Flack. Forms his first gospel choir at age eleven.
1971Graduates cum laude from Howard University. Co-founds the Howard University Gospel Choir alongside Donny Hathaway, Debbie Allen, and Phylicia Rashad.
1972Performs at Montreux Jazz Festival with The Celestials — the first gospel group on that stage.
1977Founds the Richard Smallwood Singers, pioneering a new sophistication in contemporary gospel music.
1982Debut album released. Spends 87 weeks on Billboard's gospel chart.
1992Performs in Quincy Jones's "Handel's Messiah — A Soulful Celebration," earning a Grammy for his contribution.
1996Composes "Total Praise" with Vision. Whitney Houston records "I Love the Lord" for The Preacher's Wife.
2004Returns to Howard University to earn his Master of Divinity.
2013Autobiography Total Praise published — foreword by Phylicia Rashad.
2023Presented with the President's Lifetime Achievement Award.
2024Honored at Yale University's "Anthem of Praise" tribute concert. Receives Howard University's Lifetime Achievement Award. Honored at the Kennedy Center.
2025Richard Smallwood passed December 30, 2025, age 77. His music continues to be sung in worship houses on every continent, every day.

Musical Influence

Merged classical piano with gospel tradition to create a compositional voice that transcended genre and redefined modern worship music.

Global Reach

"Total Praise" in 30+ languages, sung on every continent — one of the most globally distributed bodies of sacred music of the 20th century.

Mentorship Legacy

Taught and mentored generations through Howard University, his ensembles, and workshops — a tradition this foundation carries forward.

Cultural Bridges

His music crossed every denominational, racial, and national line — embraced in Black Baptist churches, Catholic cathedrals, and concert halls worldwide.

Honorary Doctorate
Howard University · May 9, 2026

Doctor of Music

Conferred Posthumously — 158th Commencement Convocation

Before Richard Smallwood became a gospel great, he was a 2-year-old humming hymns in his crib. A toddler offering melodies from a tiny piano, a child staging his toys into a make-believe choir, a born impresario already blessing the world with his gifts.

At home, his stepfather — the Rev. Chester Lee "C.L." Smallwood, pastor of Union Temple Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. — brought discipline and structure, while the church became his first training ground at the piano. The foundation laid by his family was then sharpened at Howard, where teachers in the late 1960s held him accountable, refusing to let him coast on talent.

"He had a lot of support — Roberta Flack was his teacher, and he worked with Donny Hathaway at Howard. They stayed on him. They didn't let up. He said it really pushed him."

— Robert Clements Sr., Richard Smallwood's brother

As a Howard student in the late 1960s, Smallwood and his peers — shaped by rising Black consciousness and a spirit of rebellion — pushed back against academic leaders who had not yet embraced gospel music. "They weren't allowed to sing gospel back then," recalled nephew Robert Clements Jr. "They would go from playing classical music, and then when the dean or someone would walk away, they would actually transition to gospel music."

Smallwood would go on to become a founding figure in that tradition, helping shape what is now the Howard Gospel Choir. His signature compositions — "Total Praise," "Center of My Joy," and "I Love the Lord" — became enduring staples in churches and concert halls worldwide, blending classical structure with the soulfulness of gospel expression.

"He grew his afro out, had his fists in the air. They weren't allowed to sing gospel back then — but they did it anyway."

— Robert Clements Jr., nephew
Richard Smallwood — Howard University, 1960s

Richard Smallwood · Howard University · circa 1969

Howard University Official Seal
Official Recognition
Doctor of Music
Conferred Posthumously
Institution Howard University
Ceremony 158th Commencement
Date May 9, 2026
Prior Degrees B.A. '71 · M.Div. '04
Accepted By Family — The Yard

On May 9, 2026, Howard University awarded Smallwood a posthumous Doctor of Music degree at its 158th Commencement ceremony on The Yard. His family — including niece Robyn Clements and her father Robert Sr. — stood on that hallowed ground to accept the degree on his behalf. It was, in every sense, a full circle: the institution that shaped him, honoring the man he became.

Washington, D.C. · Est. 1864

Metropolitan Baptist Church

His Spiritual Home for Over Three Decades

Metropolitan Baptist Church — 1225 R Street NW, Washington D.C.

A Church Born from Freedom

Metropolitan Baptist Church is one of Washington's most historically significant African American congregations. Founded in 1864 by Rev. Henry Bailey and just ten original members — freed slaves ministered to in the Quaker-run "contraband" barracks of the Shaw neighborhood, then known as "Hell's Bottom" — the church was organized in the immediate wake of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. It stands as a living testament to faith born in the furnace of America's most turbulent era.

Originally called the Fourth Baptist Church of Washington D.C., the congregation grew for more than a century at 1225 R Street NW in the Shaw neighborhood. At its height under the leadership of Rev. H. Beecher Hicks Jr. — the church's fifth pastor, who served from 1977 to 2014 — Metropolitan drew a congregation of more than 7,000 members and became one of the most socially and politically influential churches in the District. Ebony magazine named Hicks one of America's greatest Black preachers in 1993.

"His music had a depth to it that spoke to our souls and to our hearts. His music was high enough to make the erudite sit up and listen, but it was low enough to inspire and give hope to the common person."

— Rev. Maurice Watson, former Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church

Richard Smallwood's Ministry at Metropolitan

Richard Smallwood joined Metropolitan Baptist Church in 1987 and served as its Minister of Music for over three decades. He directed choirs, oversaw the musical life of worship services, and led ensembles including the Young Adult Fellowship Choir. His contributions extended to producing annual adaptations of classical works — including Handel's Messiah — fusing their grandeur with gospel soul in a way only Smallwood could.

In 2004, after earning his Master of Divinity from Howard University, Smallwood was ordained as a minister at Metropolitan — his home church. He subsequently became the church's Artist-in-Residence, a role he carried for the remainder of his life, slipping in on the piano during communion services, leading the choir through original arrangements, and ministering through music in the way that only he could.

Richard Smallwood sings "Holy Spirit" live at Metropolitan Baptist Church with YAFE.

"He blessed us in so many distinct ways by just sliding in on the piano, playing for our historic communion services, and also with our choir."

— Pastor George L. Parks Jr., Metropolitan Baptist Church

"At Metropolitan, Reverend Smallwood did more than compose music. He shaped a ministry. He cultivated a sound that demanded discipline and devotion, intellect, and inspiration. He believed that the choir loft was holy ground, and that preparation itself was an act of reverence. Through him, we learned that excellence is not elitism."

— Rev. H. Beecher Hicks Jr., Pastor Emeritus
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Norway 2027

Send 15 Emerging Artists
to an International Stage

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Featured Initiative — 2027

Send 15 Emerging Artists to Norway

Music & Arts Conference 2027

A Once-in-a-Generation
International Stage

Richard Smallwood believed that exposure to excellence produces excellence. Investing in the next generation of sacred music artists is the most direct way to honor that conviction.

Conference Dates
April 29 – May 1, 2027
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Oslo, Norway
Students
15 Emerging Artists from Howard and Yale
Campaign Goal
$150,000
Raised So Far
$18,450
12.3%
funded
$131,550 remaining

Why this conference. Why now. Why in his name.

Donald Lawrence Presents Edwin Hawkins Music + Arts Global

The Donald Lawrence Presents Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Global — Oh Happy Day conference in Norway is one of the most significant international gatherings of sacred music artists in the world. For a young gospel musician, being in that room — learning from masters, performing on that stage, building relationships across cultures — is an experience no classroom can replicate.

Richard Smallwood understood this. His own formation was shaped by mentors who brought him into rooms he hadn't yet earned his way into. He became who he was because people invested in him. This campaign is our way of doing the same.

The Richard Smallwood Foundation will select 15 emerging artists from Howard University and Yale University — two institutions that shaped Maestro Smallwood's musical and spiritual formation — and fund their full participation in the 2027 conference: travel, accommodations, and access.

This is legacy in action. This is what he would have wanted.

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Richard Smallwood at the Stellar Awards in gold blazer
Music · Tribute · Teaching

Hear Him. See Him. Know Him.

The most powerful testimony to Richard Smallwood's legacy is Richard Smallwood himself — and those whose lives he shaped.

Anthem of Praise: A Salute to Richard Smallwood
Yale University — Woolsey Hall, April 2024
Richard Smallwood Talks Howard University
Roland Martin Unfiltered
Phylicia Rashad: Tribute to Richard Smallwood
Celebration of Life
Exclusive Interview: The Iconic Richard Smallwood
Faith & Culture
In-Depth Interview with Rev. A.R. Bernard
Christian Cultural Center, Brooklyn — on faith, struggle, and the source of the music
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$50
Seed
Covers one artist's ground transport
$150
Root
Covers one artist's conference registration
$500
Branch
Covers one artist's hotel for the conference
$1,500
Tree
Sponsors one full artist trip to Norway
$10,000
Forest
Lead sponsor — naming rights for artist cohort
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A Complete Legacy on Record

A Complete Discography

Richard Smallwood Complete Discography
Richard Smallwood Complete Discography · 1974–2015 · Including notable guest appearances on Kirk Franklin, Quincy Jones, Donald Lawrence, and Kelly Price recordings
Literature & Legacy

The Written Word

Total Praise: The Autobiography of Richard Smallwood
Total Praise
The Autobiography of Richard Smallwood

In his own words — the full story of a life shaped by music, faith, struggle, and the relentless pursuit of excellence.

Healing for the Soul by Braxton D. Shelley
Healing for the Soul
by Braxton D. Shelley — Oxford University Press

Academic analysis of Richard Smallwood's musical theology and the transformative power of his gospel compositions.

Richard Smallwood at the piano — deep in worship
Maestro · Composer · Educator

"Music has the tendency
to heal hurt — and it
certainly healed mine."

Richard Smallwood spoke these words in a 2024 interview, reflecting on a life that moved from personal struggle to global impact. His music never left him — and it will never leave those he touched.

— Richard Smallwood, Religion News Service, 2024