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Yvette Devereaux

Born in Los Angeles, California, Yvette Devereaux is a professional conductor, violinist, composer, arranger and music educator. Ms. Devereaux earned a Doctorate of Philosophy at the Felton University, and a Masters degree in music from the Peabody Conservatory of Music (John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD) after completing her Bachelors degree from Chapman University.  She was the first African-American woman to be accepted into the conducting programs at both Chapman University and the Peabody Conservatory.She was a participant in the Carnegie Hall Corporation program for conductors with Pierre Boulez and spent two summers at the Conductors Guild Institute, held on the campus of the University of South Carolina.  She has had the opportunity to work with such prominent conductors/composers as Jacob Druckman, Harold Farberman, Daniel Lewis, Dennis De Coteau, Lukas Foss, Samuel Adler and William Kraft.  Her principal Conducting Instructors were Fredrik Prausnitz and John Koshak, & she received her violin training from Earl Carlyss (Juilliard String Quartet), Anne Thatcher, and John Sambuco, among others.

Dreams Realized

By Rose Mallett

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ain't Nobody; Feelin' Good; My Funny Valentine; Creepin' In; Send in the Clowns; The Snake; The Way He Makes Me Feel; Building Dreams; It's Impossible; Rock Me Baby; If I Never Sing Another Song.