Education – University Professor – Music
Nicole Mitchell (1967-)
Award-winning flutist, composer, conductor, and the first woman president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Nicole Mitchell...
Walter Franklin Anderson (1915-2003)
The grandson of formerly enslaved people, Walter Franklin Anderson, classical pianist, organist, composer, jazz musician, community activist, and academician, was...
Elwyn Albert Adams (1933-1995)
As a child, concert violinist and professor Elwyn A. Adams was a musical prodigy of some notoriety in the African...
Denyce Graves (1964- )
Denyce Graves is a renowned mezzo-soprano opera singer. She has performed at opera houses around the world and is best known for her roles...
Martina Arroyo (1936- )
Image Ownership: Kim Nowacki/WQXR (Fair Use) Born to a Puerto Rican father and African American mother, Martina Arroyo was a...
Natalie Leota Hinderas (1927-1987)
Concert pianist Natalie Hinderas was born Natalie Leota Henderson on June 15, 1927, to parents Abram Henderson and Leota Palmer...
Reri Grist (1932- )
Reri Grist is an internationally acclaimed lyric and coloratura soprano noted for her “silvery tone, flawless technique and stupendous acting.”...
William Levi Dawson [Composer] (1898-1990)
William Levi Dawson was an African American composer, choir director, and professor specializing in Black religious folk music. He was...
