Armenta Adams

Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani (born 1936) is an American concert pianist and music educator who since 1960 has performed in the United States and, thanks to an international relations award from the U.S. State Department, in 27 other countries.

In 1993, she founded the Gateways Music Festival which promotes the achievements of young African-American classical musicians.

[4] From the age of four, she took piano lessons at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts, while Elwyn (c.1933–1995) was taught the violin, later becoming an accomplished violinist.

[1][5] From 1954, she studied piano at the Juilliard School in New York under Sascha Gorodnitzki, earning both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees.

[6] Now divorced, Adams has four sons, the violist Amadi Azikiwe (born 1969), the naval officer Gus Jr., and Martin (an educator) and Marcus (a psychologist) who are identical twins.

A smiling African-American woman, wearing a sleeveless floral dress and a necklace, holding a book or a box in both hands
Armenta Adams, from a 1961 publication of the U.S. State Department