The first edition of Black Women in American Bands & Orchestras (a Choice Outstanding Academic Book in 1982) was lauded for providing access to material unavail

Profiles are presented under the headings of orchestras and orchestra leaders, string players, wind and percussion players, keyboard players, and non-playing or

Although women have been teaching and performing music for centuries, their stories are often missing from traditional accounts of the history of music educatio

Arranged alphabetically from "Alice of Dunk's Ferry" to "Jean Childs Young," this volume profiles 312 Black American women who have achieved national or interna

Now in paperback! Calls attention to the many contributions African-American women have made to American and world culture. Includes pictures of artists, art wo