Camille Nickerson
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Camille Nickerson was a pianist, composer, arranger, collector, and Howard University
professor from 1926–1962. She was influenced by Creole folksongs of Louisiana which she arranged and sung.
Educated at Oberlin College
with a B.A. and M.A., she continued her studies at the Juilliard School
and Columbia University
. A Rosenwald Fellowship was awarded to her which allowed her to pursue graduate studies. She developed interest in folksongs in this period and collected creole songs creating her own arrangements. Included were Michieu banjo and Lizette, to quitte la plaine. During the 1930s and into the 1950s she toured as "The Louisiana Lady" singing creole songs and dressed in creole clothing. Sponsored by the U.S. State Department, she toured France in 1954.
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
professor from 1926–1962. She was influenced by Creole folksongs of Louisiana which she arranged and sung.
Educated at Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
with a B.A. and M.A., she continued her studies at the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. A Rosenwald Fellowship was awarded to her which allowed her to pursue graduate studies. She developed interest in folksongs in this period and collected creole songs creating her own arrangements. Included were Michieu banjo and Lizette, to quitte la plaine. During the 1930s and into the 1950s she toured as "The Louisiana Lady" singing creole songs and dressed in creole clothing. Sponsored by the U.S. State Department, she toured France in 1954.