Margaret Rosezarian Harris

Margaret Rosezarian Harris
BornSeptember 15, 1943
DiedMarch 7, 2000(2000-03-07) (aged 56)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipAfrican-American
Alma materJuilliard School
Occupationmusician
Parents
  • Dewey Harris (father)
  • Clara Townsend Harris (mother)

Margaret Rosezarian Harris (September 15, 1943 – March 7, 2000) was an American musician, conductor, composer, and educator, the first African-American woman to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and 13 other cities' orchestras.[1]

  1. ^ Joan Potter, African-American Firsts: Famous Little-known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America (Dafina Books 2009): 286-287. ISBN 9780758241665