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Adolphus Hailstork... is an American composer and educator. He grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano, organ, and voice. Alton Adams... Alton Adams is remembered primarily as the first black bandmaster in the United States Navy (beginning 1917). Alvin Singleton... Alvin Singleton is a composer from the United States. Born and raised in New York, he received his music education from New York University (B.A.) and the Yale School of Music (M.M.). Anthony Davis... Anthony Davis, better known as Tony Davis born February 20, 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey, is an American composer, jazz pianist, and student of gamelan music. Arthur Cunningham... African American composer & pianist. A lifetime of classical music & jazz. Arthur Marshall... Arthur Marshall was an African-American composer and performer of ragtime music. Clarence Cameron White... Clarence Cameron White was an African American neoromantic composer and concert violinist. Dramatic works by the composer were his best-known, such as the incidental music for the play Tambour and the opera Ouanga. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson... Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was an innovative American composer whose interests spanned the worlds of jazz, dance, pop, film, television, and classical music. Cynthia Cozette Lee... Cynthia Cozette Lee is a contemporary African American classical music composer and librettist. Cozette was the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with a Masters of Arts Degree in music composition. David N. Baker ... The official website of David N. Baker - World-renowned composer, performer, & pedagogue. Diedre Murray... Diedre Murray is an American cellist and composer specializing in jazz, improvised music, opera, and contemporary classical music. She is also active as a producer, and curator. Doris Akers... Doris Akers was an American composer and received many awards including back-to-back "Gospel Music Composer of the Year" in both 1960 and 1961. George Walker... George Walker is an African-American composer, the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He received the Pulitzer for his work Lilacs in 1996. Hale Smith... Hale Smith was an American composer, pianist, educator, arranger, and editor. He was one of the most notable African American composers of the 20th century. Henry Threadgill... Henry Threadgill is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. One of the leading composers and arrangers in avant garde jazz, Threadgill came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating a range of non-jazz genres. Jeffrey Mumford... is a U.S. composer. He holds degrees from the University of California, Irvine and the University of California, San Diego. He was a student of Elliott Carter and Lawrence Moss. Julia Perry... March 1924 - 29 April 1979 was an African-American composer of classical music. Julius Eastman... Eastman was an African-American composer, pianist, vocalist, and dancer of minimalist tendencies. He was among the first musicians to combine minimalist processes with elements of pop music. Kenneth Amis... Amis is the tuba player with the Empire Brass. He is also the assistant conductor of the MIT Wind Ensemble, a group he has been involved with since its creation in 1999. In addition, as of 2005, Amis is an Affiliated Artist of MIT. Leonard De Paur... Leonard De Paur was an African American composer, choral director, and arts administrator. Leslie B. Dunner... Leslie B. Dunner is an American conductor and composer. Marvin Peterson... Marvin Peterson was born in Smithville, Texas, United States, November 11, 1948. He is an American jazz trumpeter and composer. Maurice Arnold Strothotte... Maurice Arnold Strothotte was an African American composer and performer. Michael Abels... Michael Abels is an American composer. Abels was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and studied at the University of Southern California. His best known work is Global Warming. Other works include the opera Homies and Popz commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera and premiered in 2000. Muhsinah... Muhsinah is an independent singer/songwriter and producer. A graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and of Howard University. Nerdkween... Nerdkween is the stage name for the singer/songwriter and composer Monica Arrington who is known for lo-fi recordings and minimalist style of electric guitar playing with added electronic noises. Newport Gardner... Newport Gardner was an African American singing school master and composer. Olly Wilson... Olly Wilson is a prominent American composer of contemporary classical music, pianist, double bassist, and musicologist. He is one of the preeminent living composers of African American descent. Pamela Z... Pamela Z is an American composer, performer, and audio artist who works primarily with her voice and live electronic processing. Regina Carter... Regina Carter invites us to a world of hypnotically beautiful African folk melodies. Lauded as one of the finest violinists of her generation. Scott Hayden... Scott Hayden was an African-American composer of ragtime music. Scott Joplin... Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist. He achieved fame for his unique ragtime compositions, and was dubbed the "King of Ragtime." Ulysses Kay... Ulysses Kay was an African-American composer. His music is mostly neoclassical in style. Undine Smith Moore... Undine Smith Moore was a notable and prolific female African-American composers of the 20th century. She began studying piano at age seven, and at the age of 20 became the first graduate of Fisk University to receive a scholarship to Juilliard. William Grant Still... William Grant Still was an African-American classical composer who wrote more than 150 compositions, and was the first African-American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra. Will Marion Cook... Will Marion Cook was a composer and violinist from the United States. Cook was a student of Antonín Dvorák and performed for King George V among others. Zenobia Powell Perry... Zenobia Powell Perry was an American Composer born in Boley, Oklahoma who spent much of her life in Dayton, Ohio. She attended and taught in a number of historically black colleges and universities.		Composers - Musicians Opera Black Singers Rap / Hip-Hop Funk Gospel Music Reggae Music Resources Jazz Blues Rhythm & Blues Black Radio Stations DJ's Groups Country Music Singers Articles Disclaimer EVENTS CALENDAR Images Videos News Blogs Discussions Classical Music

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