List of African-American women in classical music: Difference between revisions

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.

 

*[[Helen Eugenia Hagan]] (1891–1964), composer and pianist

*[[Nora Holt]] (1884–1974), composer, singer and music critic

*[[Cynthia Cozette Lee]] (born 1953), composer and librettist

*[[Tania León]] (born 1943), composer and educator

* [[Dorothy Rudd Moore]] (born 1940), composer and educator

* [[Undine Smith Moore]] (1904–1989), composer, pianist and educator

* [[Nkeiru Okoye]] (born 1972), composer

* [[Zenobia Powell Perry]] (1908–2004), composer, activist and educator

* [[Evelyn La Rue Pittman]] (1910–1992), composer

*[[Eva Jessye]] (1895–1992), choral conductor, composer and educator

*[[Nina Gamble Kennedy]] (born 1960), conductor, filmmaker, pianist and writer

*[[Kay George Roberts]] (born 1950), conductor and educator

 

== Educators ==

 

 

== Instrumentalists ==

 

*[[Ann Hobson Pilot]] (born 1943), harpist

*[[Sonya Robinson]] (born 1959), violinist

 

==Opera singers==

*[[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.]]

*[[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

*[[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

*[[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

*[[Felicia Weathers]] (born 1937), international soprano opera and concert singer

*[[Camilla Williams]] (1919–2012), operatic soprano and educator who performed nationally and internationally

 

== Pianists ==

*[[Margaret Bonds]] (1913–1972), early composer and pianist

*[[Helen Eugenia Hagan]] (1891–1964), pianist, educator and composer

* [[Anne Gamble Kennedy]] (1920–2001), pianist, accompanist and educator

*[[Nina Gamble Kennedy]] (born 1960), pianist, conductor, filmmaker and writer

*[[Margaret Patrick]] (1913–1994), member of the [[Ebony and Ivory (piano duo)|Ebony and Ivory]] duo

*[[Philippa Schuyler]] (1931–1967), child prodigy, concert pianist and journalist

 

* [[List of classic female blues singers]]

 

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[[Category:Women in classical music]]

[[Category:Lists of African-American people]]