Yvette Devereaux

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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. 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

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Faculty Biographies, South Pasadena Music Center, Retrieved November 16, 2010.

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