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November 24, 2016

Minnita Daniel-Cox

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Minnita Daniel-Cox attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance. Upon completion of her baccalaureate studies, she attended The University of Michigan...

August 6, 2016

Kimberley M. Davis

Kimberley M. Davis is an nationally and internationally recognized performing artist, with performances in Bermuda, Brazil, France, Hawaii, Mexico, and Spain. Her performances include those with orchestra, chamber orchestra, as well as those on...

August 6, 2016

William Levi Dawson

William Dawson received his education at Tuskegee Institute, Horner Institute of Fine Arts in Missouri, the M.M. from the American Con

August 6, 2016

Edmond Dede

b. 1827-1901Edmond Dédé was a black creole born in New Orleans about 1829, a contemporary of McCarty and of Snaer. A violin prodigy, he first studied in New Orleans under the tutorship of skillful...

June 30, 2020

Dominique-Rene DeLerma

Dominique-Rene DeLerma (1928 - 2015) was a prominent, pioneering scholar in Black music research. After a career as a performing obosit, DeLerma received a PhD in musicology from Indiana University in 1958. Subsequesntly he...

August 6, 2016

R. Nathaniel Dett

b. 1882-1943 R. Nathaniel Dett received his musical education at the Oliver Willis Halstead Conservatory in Lockport, NY, Oberlin College (BM, 1908, composition and piano), and the Eastman School of Music (MM, 1938). During...

August 6, 2016

Roger Dickerson

Roger Dickerson (born 1934) graduated with honors with a B.A. from Dillard University (1955), and a M.M. from Indiana University where he studied with Bernhard Heiden. Fulbright Fellowships in 1959 and 1960 allowed him...

August 6, 2016

Carl Diton

Seldom does one find a musician of such versatility as possessed Carl Diton. He shared equal success as a pianist, singer, organist, composer, conductor, teacher, critic, and musicologist. He attended the University of Pennsylvania...