EDUCATION
B.A. in Journalism: University of South Carolina
Vocal Training: The New England Conservatory, Berklee School of Music and Howard University
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING
Levine School of Music, Vocal Instructor
Imagination Stage, World Music Instructor
National Child Research Center (NCRC), World Music Instructor
Hyde Elementary, DC Public School, World Music Instructor
Imagination Quest, Education Associate
Montgomery Primary Achievement Center (MPAC), Music Therapist
ARTIST RESIDENT
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Maryland State Arts Council
Montgomery County Arts Council
Prince George's Arts Council
ROSTER ARTIST
Louisiana Division of the Arts
South Carolina Arts Commission
Maryland State Arts Council
The Kennedy Center Partners-In-Education National Touring Program
SOUND TRACKS
The National Geographic Television's Explorer Series
TELEVISION & RADIO
BET Jazz Central
Voice of America
BET & BET Jazz Documentary
"Journey with Jazz at the Lincoln Center" (2 Episodes)
Sundance Iconoclasts "Wynton Marsalis & John Besh"
DVD
"Congo Square" at the Montreal International Jazz Fest
DISCOGRAPHY
| Celebration |
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1993 World Music Ensemble |
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Mapleshade Productions |
| Of Ancient Wisdom |
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1994 Jeff Order |
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Order Records |
| Goree |
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1996 Djimo Kouyate |
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Kouyate Productions |
| Collage |
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1997 Imani & First Prayer |
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IFP Records |
| Children of the Ancients |
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1998 ODADAA |
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Aku Records |
| Between Here & There |
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2000 Imani |
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IFP Records |
| The Exchange |
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2001 Antonio Parker |
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Interchange Records |
| Unity Y2K |
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2003 Byron Morris |
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By-Mor Music |
| A Jazz Mass |
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2005 W.E.S. Group |
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2 Productions 2 Jazz |
| Congo Square |
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2007 Wynton Marsalis |
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Jazz at Lincoln Center |
| Calling You |
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2007 Imani |
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IFP Records |
GRANTS & AWARDS
Grant recipient of the Maryland State Touring Program
Recipient of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship Grant
Grant recipient and featured artist in the Price George's
Arts Council Arts-In-Education Program
Grant recipient of the Artist-In-Education program for the Maryland
State Arts Council
Prince George's Arts Council Award for "Outstanding Artist"
for the Arts-In-Education Program
SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND VENUES
SCHOOLS
Washington, DC Public Schools
South Carolina Public Schools
New York Public Schools
National Child Research Center
Levine School of Music
Louisiana Public Schools
Maryland Public Schools
FESTIVALS
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
York Museum, SC, Africa Alive Festival
The Rock Hall Fallfest
Bethesda Row Festival
St. Louis African Arts Festival
Imagination Bethesda Festival
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Columbia International Music Festival
New Haven International Arts Festival
Houston International Music Festival
Kennedy Center’s “American JAM” Music Festival
Cincinnati Arts Festival “WorldJam”
ART CENTERS, GALLERIES & MUSEUMS & THEATERS
The World Music Institute of New York
National Geographic
Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Art Museum
Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
Saint Louis Art Museum
The Corcoran Gallery of Art
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Smithsonian’s Anacostia Museum
Strathmore Arts Center
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
New Orleans Children’s Castle
California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Performing Arts Theater
Maryland Museum of African Art
The Art Institute of Chicago
McCelvey Center for the Performing Arts
John Addison Concert Hall
CONFERENCES
International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE)
Long Beach, CA
