Given is a mother/daughter songwriting team dedicated to spreading their faith through song. 15 year Alyssa composes and arranges all the music while her mother collaborates on the lyrics. The group features percussionist Joshua Cooper who is a music major at Miles College in Fairfield, AL and bassist Donell Jones. They are members of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Staceyville, in Birmingham, AL and have been playing together for a year. Alyssa has been playing piano and organ at the church her father pastors for 3 years, beginning at the age of 12.