Alice Carter Simmons | |
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Born | March 1883 Hollandale, Mississippi, US |
Died | March 30, 1943 (aged 60) New York, New York, US |
Occupation(s) | Musician, music educator |
Relatives | Booker T. Washington (uncle) Margaret Murray Washington (aunt) Roscoe Simmons (brother) |
Alice Carter Simmons (March 1883 – March 30, 1943) was an American pianist, organist, and music educator. She was the founding secretary of the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), and was head of the instrumental music program at Tuskegee Institute beginning in 1916; she also taught at Fisk University.