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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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* [[Dorothy Rudd Moore]] (born 1940), composer and educator
* [[Undine Smith Moore]] (1904–1989), composer, pianist and educator
* [[Nkeiru Okoye]] (born 1972), composer
* [[Julia Perry]] (1924–1979), composer and educator
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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
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== Instrumentalists ==
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*[[Nokuthula Ngwenyama]] (born 1976), violinist and composer
*[[Ann Hobson Pilot]] (born 1943), harpist
*[[Sonya Robinson]] (born 1959), violinist
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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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*[[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 composer and pianist
*[[Valerie Capers]] (born 1935), classical and jazz pianist, and composer
*[[Helen Eugenia Hagan]] (1891–1964), pianist, educator and composer
*[[Hazel Harrison]] (
* [[Anne Gamble Kennedy]] (1920–2001), pianist, accompanist and educator
*[[Nina Gamble Kennedy]] (born 1960), pianist, conductor, filmmaker and writer
*[[Cornelia Lampton]] (1896-1928), pianist and educator
*[[Margaret Patrick]] (1913–1994), member of the [[Ebony and Ivory (piano duo)|Ebony and Ivory]] duo
▲*[[Awadagin Pratt]] (born 1966), concert pianist and educator
*[[Philippa Schuyler]] (1931–1967), child prodigy, concert pianist and journalist
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* [[List of classic female blues singers]]
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[[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]]
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