Yvette Devereaux is an American violinist, conductor and Director at the South Pasadena Music Center and Conservatory in Pasadena, California.[1] She was the first African-American woman to attain a conductor's degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. She was honored by the city of Los Angeles in February 2007 Living Legends.[2] She was also the first African-American woman to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic, as a guest conductor in 1996.[1]
As a violinist, Devereaux has performed with Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Whitney Houston, and K².[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Faculty Biographies Archived November 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, South Pasadena Music Center, Retrieved November 16, 2010.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070609171335/http://www.colapublib.org/bhm/selected_images00.html
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