Moriah Smallbone

Moriah Peters Smallbone is a Mexican-American recording artist, actress and academic. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she achieved a 4.1 grade point average and was offered a scholarship to Cal State Fullerton. She chose, instead, to accept a record deal from SONY/Provident Music Group in Nashville, Tennessee and released two full length albums under the label in 2012 and 2014. Her sophomore album BRAVE hit number 9 on Billboard's Christian Music Charts which included a collaboration with Grammy award-winning rapper Andy Mineo. After touring with acts such as MercyMe, Tenth Avenue North and for KING & COUNTRY, Smallbone transitioned into acting, playing the lead role in the 2017 independent film, Because of Gracia. Smallbone has since launched an alternative, all female band, called TRALA. After independently and organically charting on Apple Music's Top 40 Alternative Chart, the group garnered the support of global distributors ONErpm, investment network Wedgwood Circle and non-profit organization Convoy of Hope. 300,000 EP streams and 25,000 monthly listeners have led to features in Los Angeles based publication Darling Magazine. With a history in modeling and recent work in Paris Fashion Week, Smallbone has also accepted brand deals with Nashville apparel companies Nisolo and ABLE as well as Los Angeles couture designer, GLAUDI. Earning a degree in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Marketing from Lipscomb University on scholarship, Smallbone has been invited by university faculty to develop a program geared towards touring artists set to launch in 2020.