Alice Carter Simmons
American musician
Alice Carter Simmons (March 1883 – March 30, 1943) was an American pianist, organist, and music educator. She was the founding secretary of the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), and was head of the instrumental music program at Tuskegee Institute beginning in 1916; she also taught at Fisk University.
Early life and education
Simmons was born in Hollandale, Mississippi, the daughter of Emory Peter Simmons and Willie Murray Simmons. Her father, born under slavery, was a school principal. Her aunt Margaret Murray Washington was the third wife of Booker T. Washington. Her brother was journalist and lecturer Roscoe Simmons.
Simmons completed teacher training at Tuskegee Institute in 1903, graduated from Fisk University in 1908, and pursued further training as a pianist at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1908 and 1909, completing a Bachelor of Music degree in 1930. In the late 1930s, she was working on a master's degree at Columbia University.
Career
In 1910, Simmons played the first-night concert to open the Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia. From 1910 to 1911, she was on the faculty of the Elizabeth City State Teachers College in North Carolina.
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