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This is a '''list of African-American women in classical music'''. [[African Americans|African-American]] women who are notable in various fields of [[classical music]] are listed here.
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*[[File:Margaret_Bonds.jpg|thumb|Portrait of [[Margaret Bonds]].]][[Lettie Alston]] (born 1953), composer
*[[Regina Harris Baiocchi]] (born 1956), composer, writer and educator
* [[Margaret Bonds]] (
*[[Valerie Coleman]], composer and flutist
*[[Shirley Graham Du Bois]] (
*[[Helen Eugenia Hagan]] (
*[[Nora Holt]] (
* [[Betty Jackson King]] (
*[[Cynthia Cozette Lee]] (born 1953), composer and librettist
*[[Tania León]] (born 1943), composer and educator
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*[[Jessie Montgomery]] (born 1982), composer and chamber musician
* [[Dorothy Rudd Moore]] (born 1940), composer and educator
* [[Undine Smith Moore]] (
*[[Joyce Solomon Moorman]] (born 1946), composer and educator
* [[Nkeiru Okoye]] (born 1972), composer
* [[Julia Perry]] (
* [[Zenobia Powell Perry]] (
* [[Evelyn La Rue Pittman]] (
*[[Rosephanye Powell]] (born 1962), composer, singer and academic
* [[Florence Price]] (
*[[Irene Britton Smith]] (
== Conductors ==
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*[[Eva Jessye]] (1895–1992), choral conductor, composer and educator
*[[Nina Gamble Kennedy]] (born 1960), conductor, filmmaker, pianist and writer
*[[Marsha Mabrey]] (born 1949), conductor, educator and violinist
*[[Kay George Roberts]] (born 1950), conductor and educator
== Educators ==
* [[Harriet Gibbs Marshall]] (
*[[Rebecca Walker Steele]] (1925–2019), educator, singer and choir director
== Instrumentalists ==
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*
*[[Nokuthula Ngwenyama]] (born 1976), violinist and composer
*[[Ann Hobson Pilot]] (born 1943), harpist
*[[Sonya Robinson]] (born 1959), violinist
*[[Carolyn Utz]] (1913–2005), bassist and conductor
==Opera singers==
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*[[Hazel Joan Bryant]] (1939–1983), actress, opera singer, director and playwright
*[[Grace Bumbry]] (born 1937), leading mezzo-soprano of her generation[[File:Barbara_Hendricks_at_the_Festiwalu_Dialogu_Czterech_Kultur,_Łódź,_Poland_-_20070905.jpg|thumb|[[Barbara Hendricks]] at the Festiwalu Dialogu Czterech Kultur, Łódź, Poland.]]
*[[Karla Burns]] (
*[[Alyson Cambridge]] (fl. 2000s), operatic soprano, classical and jazz concert singer and actress
*[[Cynthia Clarey]] (born 1949), operatic soprano and mezzo-soprano and classical concert performer
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*[[Barbara Hendricks]] (born 1948), operatic soprano and concert singer who has settled in Switzerland
*[[Caterina Jarboro]] (1898–1986), pioneering African-American opera singer who performed the title role in ''Aida'' in 1933
*[[Betty Jones]] (
*[[Isola Jones]] (born 1949), mezzo-soprano opera singer and educator
*[[Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones|Sissieretta Jones]] (c.1869–1933), successful classical soprano who performed for American presidents and the British royal family
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*[[Marquita Lister]] (born 1961), operatic soprano known for performing Bess in ''Porgy and Bess'' as well as Aida and Salome
*[[Marvis Martin]] (born 1956), operatic soprano best known for her concert performances and recitals
*[[Myra Merritt]] (fl. 1980s), operatic soprano and educator
*[[Abbie Mitchell]] (1884–1960), operatic soprano who performed Clara in the première of ''Porgy and Bess''
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*[[Felicia Weathers]] (born 1937), international soprano opera and concert singer
*[[Camilla Williams]] (1919–2012), operatic soprano and educator who performed nationally and internationally
*[[Ivory Winston]] (1911–1996), coloratura soprano, "Iowa's First Lady of Song"
== Pianists ==
*[[Margaret Bonds]] (1913–1972), early
*[[Valerie Capers]] (born 1935), classical and jazz pianist, and composer
*[[Helen Eugenia Hagan]] (1891–1964), pianist, educator and composer
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* [[Anne Gamble Kennedy]] (
*[[Nina Gamble Kennedy]] (born 1960),
*[[Cornelia Lampton]] (1896-1928), pianist and educator
*[[Margaret Patrick]] (1913–1994),
*[[Philippa Schuyler]] (1931–1967),
== See also ==
[[Category:African-American musicians]]▼
[[Category:Classical music]]▼
* [[
* [[List of classic female blues singers]]
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