About Trisha Alicia
My name is Trisha Alicia. I’m a Nashville-based artist, songwriter, vocal producer, and worship leader — and yes, I have a Chemical Engineering degree. All of it is active in everything I make.
Music started early for me – playing tambourine at age 3 in a Pentecostal church, saxophone by age 7, and selective university choirs by 5th grade. Music runs deep in my family, with relatives who were part of the Motown scene and parents involved in studio work and performance, including my father’s work as a studio singer and performances with Kool & The Gang.
A Deeper Look
After earning my Chemical Engineering degree — and playing university volleyball — I moved to Nashville for an engineering career. The music followed. Nashville has a way of pulling you in if music is already in you, and I found myself building real roots in the community here.
My Nashville collaborators include Grammy-nominated and Grammy-winning producers, songwriters, and vocal professionals — among them Kenon “Brozart” Ewing, James Hodges, William Cersle Kenan, Antonio Neal, Q (Marqo Patton), Tristian Keith Rogers, Andriana Seay, and Joshua “Sci-Fy” Smith. As a vocal producer, I bring the same standard to every session — whether it’s my own music or helping another artist find theirs.
Songwriting and Creative Expression
My grandmother, a published poet, taught me early that words could be crafted for impact. That stayed with me. Whether writing song lyrics or performing spoken word, I bring the same attention to language across every genre and every collaboration — the tools change, but the intention behind them never does.
How do you use words to meet someone exactly where they are?
Trisha Alicia
The Work, In Practice
Professional Approach
Every song has to earn its place in someone’s life. As a songwriter, I don’t move across R&B, Gospel, Hip-Hop, and Soul just because it sounds cool — each genre serves a specific emotional function. When someone needs “You’re With Me” during a hard season, that song better meet them in their vulnerability with intimate, honest production. When “Promises Remix” comes on at a celebration, it better deliver the energy that matches their joy. This isn’t luck — it’s intentional craft.
That same precision extends to spoken word. No melody to carry the emotion, no harmony to soften the edges. Every word, every pause, every breath has to work perfectly on its own. Whether I’m writing song lyrics or performing spoken word, I’m solving the same puzzle: how do you use words to meet someone exactly where they are? The tools change, but the heart behind it stays the same.
Faith and Worship Leadership
Faith has been constant throughout my life — not a lane I moved into, but the foundation that was always there. Growing up as a preacher’s kid with ministry spanning five generations in my family, I understand both the sacred and artistic sides of music from the inside. My 5x great-grandfather served as a minister in the AME church, and my 5x great-grandmother taught Sunday School.
Worship leadership is service, not performance. Leading worship is where I get to use music for its highest purpose: creating space for people to authentically connect with God. How do you design a worship experience that honors tradition while embracing contemporary expression? How do you blend hymns with modern sounds so that both the 85-year-old who grew up in church and the 25-year-old first-time visitor feels welcomed? Every denomination I’ve worked with — Presbyterian, Baptist, Nondenominational, Seventh Day Adventist — has taught me something different about how people connect with the sacred. The goal is always the same: honor where people come from, and create space for them to encounter something bigger than themselves.
