Friday Music Series: Nicole Mitchell

Artist Biography

Nicole Mitchell Gantt is an award-winning creative flutist, conceptualist and composer. A former president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM), Mitchell’s work is centered in the powerful legacy of contemporary African American culture. She explores creative music as a catalyst for the expansion of human consciousness. Mitchell is a Professor of Music at the University of Virginia, where she is also affiliate faculty in American Studies and the Carter G. Woodson Institute.

Host or Publisher Georgetown University Dept. of Performing Arts