Stellar Award Winner Phillip Carter has rapidly risen to national and international
acclaim status as a gifted and anointed gospel recording artist, prolific songwriter,
accomplished musician, talented producer, and noted workshop facilitator. Phillip
Carter and his group, Sounds of Victory (SOV), are the 2010 Stellar Award Winner
for Fan Favorite Choir of the Year. Phillip also produced the 2010 Stellar Award
Winner for Children’s Performance of the Year, “Amazing” by Dr. Emory Andrews
and the Oxon Hill High School Gospel Choir. A native of Fort Washington,
Maryland, Phillip began playing the piano at 18 months of age, and began
directing choirs when he was nine. He served as the Director of the Bowie State
University Gospel Choir, the Assistant Director of the Howard University Gospel
Choir, and is the current Director of the Georgetown University Choir. Phillip has
touched the lives of many young people as a music and choral teacher as well as a
mentor at public schools in Washington, D.C., Prince George’s County, Maryland,
and Fairfax County, Virginia where he currently teaches Music and Computer
Technology. Regarding his Gospel Music career, Phillip has shared the stage with
some of the world’s most celebrated gospel artists, including Dorinda Clark‐Cole,
Edwin Hawkins, Lady Tramaine Hawkins, Walter Hawkins, and Albertina Walker.
In 1997, Phillip organized The Sounds of Victory. Now in their 16th year, Phillip
Carter and SOV has traveled the U.S. and the world spreading the good news of
Jesus Christ through song. During that year, he released their debut album,
“Bridging The Gap”, under his independent label, Sounds of Victory Ministries.
Their second release, 1999’s “Bridging The Gap, Part II”, was followed by
“Confession” in 2002, and “The Journey Continues” in 2004. “Songs From The
Storm”, released in 2009, is Phillip Carter and SOV’s fifth album overall, and first
national release. They established a firm standing on Billboard’s Gospel Chart with
the down home rendition of “I Love The Lord”, and with the album’s second single,
“He’s God”. In May 2012, Phillip Carter & SOV recorded their sixth live album,
which is scheduled for release in late 2013. Sounds of Victory Ministries are 2010
Stellar Award Winners of the “Fan Favorite Choir Of The Year” honors and the
recipients of six Stellar nominations. SOV Ministries was organized in 1997 by
Phillip Carter and features several of the most gifted and anoint