Akua dixon biography

          Early years.

        1. Akua Dixon is an American composer, classical cellist, and lawyer .
        2. Akua conducted Riverside by Judith Jamison, music by Kimati Dinizulu for the season premiere at City Center.
        3. Cellist, composer and conductor Akua Dixon has been touring the world for the more than 40 years with her music for string quartet.
        4. Akua Dixon has been at the forefront of improvising string players since She is the first cellist to win the Downbeat Critics Poll.

          5. Akua conducted Riverside by Judith Jamison, music by Kimati Dinizulu for the season premiere at City Center..

          Akua Dixon

          American cellist and singer

          Akua Dixon is an American composer, classical cellist, and lawyer .[1]

          Early years

          Dixon was born and raised in New York City.

          Her early musical experience included singing in a Baptist church.[2] She was educated at the High School of Performing Arts[3] and the Manhattan School of Music,[4] both in New York.

          Career

          An early high point in Dixon's career was playing a concert with Duke Ellington when she was about 25 years old. She went on to play at the Copacabana nightclub, at the Apollo Theater (performing with James Brown) and the Waldorf (performing with Diana Ross and Tony Bennett).[3]

          Groups in which Dixon has played include the Neo-Bass Ensemble and Quartette Indigo (with her violinist sister, Gayle).[1] Her own group, the Akua Dixon String Ensemble, has accompanied Frank Foster, Antonio Hart, Jimmy Heath, Carmen McRae, Pharoah Sanders, Woody Shaw, and Buster Wil