Denyce Graves [SEP] voice type
Denyce Graves
Denyce Graves (born March 7, 1964) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano.
Early life.
Graves was born on March 7, 1964, in Washington, D.C., to Charles Graves and Dorothy (Middleton) Graves-Kenner. She is the middle of three children and was raised by her mother on Galveston Street, S.W., in the Bellevue section of Washington. She graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 1981. Graves studied voice at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and
Prayer" at the Washington National Cathedral during a memorial service for the victims of 9/11 on September 14, 2001, attended by President Bush, members of Congress, other politicians and representatives of foreign governments.
In 2003, Graves performed in front of a live audience at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia for a television special, "Denyce Graves: Breaking the Rules". In 2005, she hosted the radio show "Voce di Donna" ("Voice of a Lady") on Vox!,