Occupation – Education – University Professor – Music
Camilla Williams (1919-2012)
Operatic soprano Camilla Williams was born October 18, 1919, in Danville, Virginia to Fannie Carey Williams and Cornelius Booker Williams. The youngest of...
George Irving Shirley (1934- )
George Shirley is an educator, lecturer, and internationally acclaimed tenor whose leading roles in 28 operas with the Metropolitan Opera...
Simon Estes (1938- )
Simon Lamont Estes is a prominent and critically acclaimed African American opera singer. He has made singing appearances before six...
Todd Duncan (1903-1998)
Born Robert Todd Duncan in Danville, Kentucky in 1903, Todd Duncan was the first African American to perform in an...
Andre Watts (1946- )
Andre Watts is the subject of one of the more memorable stories in American music. In 1963, the 16 year...
