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American singer and composer

Musical artist

Ysaye M. Barnwell is an American singer and composer. Barnwell was a member of the African American a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock from 1979 to 2013.^[1]

In addition to writing many of the group's songs,^[2] A female bass, she conducts music workshops around the United States, UK, Canada and Australia, including a workshop she created called "Building a Vocal Community: Singing in the African American Tradition".

In 1977, she founded the Jubilee Singers, a choir at All Souls Church, Unitarian in Washington, DC.^[3]

Early life and education

Barnwell was raised in New York City in Harlem and later in Jamaica, Queens.

The daughter of a violinist, Barnwell began her 15 year study of the violin with her father at the age of 2 ½.^[4]

Barnwell earned bachelor's and master's degrees (1967 and 1968) in speech pathology from State University of New York at Geneseo, and a