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Line 1: {{Short description\|none}} 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. Line 5 ⟶ 6: [[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]] (~~1913-1972~~1913–1972), composer and pianist [[Valerie Coleman]], composer and flutist [[Shirley Graham Du Bois]] (~~1896-1977~~1896–1977), composer, author and activist [[Helen Eugenia Hagan]] (~~1891-1964~~1891–1964), composer and pianist [[Nora Holt]] (~~1884-1974~~1884–1974), composer, singer and music critic * [[Betty Jackson King]] (~~1928-1994~~1928–1994), composer, singer, pianist and educator [[Cynthia Cozette Lee]] (born 1953), composer and librettist [[Tania León]] (born 1943), composer and educator Line 16 ⟶ 17: [[Jessie Montgomery]] (born 1982), composer and chamber musician [[Dorothy Rudd Moore]] (born 1940), composer and educator * [[Undine Smith Moore]] (~~1904-1989~~1904–1989), composer, pianist and educator [[Joyce Solomon Moorman]] (born 1946), composer and educator [[Nkeiru Okoye]] (born 1972), composer * [[Julia Perry]] (~~1924-1979~~1924–1979), composer and educator * [[Zenobia Powell Perry]] (~~1908-2004~~1908–2004), composer, activist and educator * [[Evelyn La Rue Pittman]] (~~1910-1992~~1910–1992), composer [[Rosephanye Powell]] (born 1962), composer, singer and academic [[Florence Price]] (~~1887-1953~~1887–1953), composer, pianist and educator [[Irene Britton Smith]] (~~1907-1999~~1907–1999), composer and educator == Conductors == Line 30 ⟶ 32: [[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]] (~~1868-1941~~1868–1941), educator, writer and creator of the [[Washington Conservatory of Music and School of Expression]] [[Rebecca Walker Steele]] (1925–2019), educator, singer and choir director == Instrumentalists == [[Velvet Brown]], tuba player and educator * [[~~Nokuthula Ngwenyama~~Ezinma]] (born ~~1976~~1991), violinist and composer [[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== Line 57 ⟶ 63: [[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]] (~~born 1954~~1954–2021), operatic mezzo-soprano and actress [[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 Line 80 ⟶ 86: [[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]] (~~born 1930~~1930–2019), operatic spinto soprano who performed in the 1970s [[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 Line 86 ⟶ 92: [[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 [[Ana María Martínez]] (born 1971), Puerto Rican soprano who debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 2005 [[Myra Merritt]] (fl. 1980s), operatic soprano and educator [[Abbie Mitchell]] (1884–1960), operatic soprano who performed Clara in the première of ''Porgy and Bess'' Line 101 ⟶ 106: [[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 ~~African American~~ composer and pianist [[Valerie Capers]] (born 1935), classical and jazz pianist, and composer [[Helen Eugenia Hagan]] (1891–1964), pianist, educator and composer [[Capitola Dickerson]] (1913–2012), African American piano instructor [[~~Helen~~Hazel ~~Eugenia Hagan~~Harrison]] (~~1891–1964~~1883–1969), ~~African American~~concert pianist~~, educator and composer~~ [[Anne Gamble Kennedy]] (~~1920-2001~~1920–2001), pianist, accompanist and educator [[Nina Gamble Kennedy]] (born 1960), ~~African American~~ pianist, conductor, filmmaker and writer [[Cornelia Lampton]] (1896-1928), pianist and educator [[Margaret Patrick]] (1913–1994), ~~African American~~ member of the [[Ebony and Ivory (piano duo)\|Ebony and Ivory]] duo [[Awadagin Pratt]] (born 1966), African American concert pianist and educator [[Philippa Schuyler]] (1931–1967), ~~African American~~ child prodigy, concert pianist and journalist == See also == Line 118 ⟶ 124: [[List of classic female blues singers]] {{DEFAULTSORT:African-American women in classical music}} [[Category:African-American classical musicians]] [[Category:Classical music lists]] [[Category:Women in classical music]] [[Category:Lists of African-American people]] [[Category:Lists of American women\|African-American women in classical music]] [[Category:Lists of women in music]]