Williametta Spencer

Williametta Spencer (born August 15, 1927)[1] is an American composer,[2] musicologist, and teacher[3] who plays harpsichord, organ, and piano.

The family moved to Paducah, Kentucky, where her father was a minister of music at several different Baptist churches during her childhood.

Her teachers included Pauline Alderman, Tony Aubin, Alfred Cortot, Ingolf Dahl, Ernst Kanitz, and Halsey Stevens.

[4] I Cantori commissioned and premiered her choral work, And the White Rose is a Dove.

She is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon and the International Alliance for Women in Music.