For Good Measure

Composer, flutist, and jazz and classical vocalist DAWN NORFLEET has been commissioned by American Composers Orchestra, University of South Carolina’s SPARC Grant, and Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM). She sang with Wynton Marsalis’ 2022 epic orchestral jazz masterpiece, ALL RISE! and records and performs frequently with saxophonist Kamasi Washington. A strong arts education advocate for under-resourced communities, Norfleet led composition lecture workshops for high school arts students through E4TT’s “Uplift” pilot project. She also serves as a mentor with Luna Composition Labs, providing mentorship to female and gender-expansive teen composers, and volunteers with NAACP’s ACT-SO program for outstanding high school students. Dr. Norfleet earned a B.A. in Music at Wellesley College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Composition and Ethnomusicology, respectively, at Columbia University.