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August 6, 2016

Celeste Bembry

Celeste Lea's career has taken her to concert halls, cathedrals and opera houses throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, the Caribbean and Asia. Ms. Bembry appeared as a featured soloist with the...

June 28, 2020

Susheel Bibbs

Singer, actress, filmmaker, scholar, and author: and former faculty member of the University of California at Berkeley faculty, has toured in opera and concert presentations for over 25 years in the US, Canada, and...

August 6, 2016

Edward Boatner

Edward Boatner received his musical education at Western University (Kansas), Boston Conservatory, and graduated from Chicago Coll

August 6, 2016

Margaret Bonds

b. 1913-1972 As a composer, pianist, and teacher, Margaret Bonds was fortunate to receive wide acclaim in her own lifetime. Her talents as a composer were lavished on such varied genres as choral works,...

January 11, 2017

B.E. Boykin

Brittney Boykin (B.E. Boykin) is a native of Alexandria, Virginia and comes from a musical family. At the age of seven, she began piano lessons and continued her studies through high school under the...

January 3, 2017

Uzee Brown, Jr.

Uzee Brown, Jr. is a published composer and arranger, having written the musical prologue for Spike Lee's SCHOOL DAZE. In 1992 he was nominated for the Audelco award in Black theater as outstanding musical...

August 6, 2016

Rae Linda Brown

Rae Linda Brown's research has focused on American music. She has completed a biography of composer Florence B. Price, The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price (forthcoming University...