D. Antoinette Handy | |
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 from a 1992 book | |
| Born | Dorothy Antoinette Handy 1930 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | 2002 |
| Education | New England Conservatory of Music Northwestern University Conservatoire de Paris |
| Occupation(s) | flautist, academic, writer |
| Spouse | Calvin Miller |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | William Talbot Handy Dorothy Pauline Pleasant |
| Relatives | Geneva Handy Southall (sister) W. T. Handy, Jr. (brother) Tisch Jones (niece) Patrice E. Jones (grandniece) |
Dorothy Antoinette Handy-Miller (1930 – 2002) was an American flautist, music scholar, arts administrator, and writer. She was one of the first black members of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, where she was a flautist from 1966 to 1976, and also performed with the Paris Orchestre International, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, and the Symphony of the New World. Handy was the Director of Music at the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D.C., establishing the National Jazz Service Organization and the National Jazz Network. She served on the faculty, as a professor of music, at the New York College of Music, Florida A&M University, Virginia State College, Virginia Union University, the Tuskegee Institute, and Jackson State University.