The Truth About Building a Career as an Artist

Deacon is a one-of-a-kind artist, a professor at Howard University in the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts and a core member of Alliance for New-Music-Theatre which is a DC-based non profit that brings together local and international artists working across the genre and disciplinary spectrum of music-theatre.

In addition to launching a Cabaret Series for Alliance for New-Music Theatre June 2025, Deacon has performed with multiple local theaters, including Washington National Opera, soloed with Cantate and other choral groups, and has also served as a Music Director for several children’s theaters in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Also, his background is in Music Business. With a big heart and consideration for others within the music-theatre space, as an entrepreneur, Deacon is determined to get artists paid and uses his expertise in Marketing and Merchandising to help fellow artists!