Valerie Capers lectures at the University of Connecticut

Valerie Capers was born in 1935 in New York City and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Julliard School of Music, the first blind person to do so. She has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Susquehanna University, Lehman College of the City University of New York, Doane University, and Bloomfield College. Capers has been on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music, and the Department of Music and Arts at the Bronx Community College of the City University of New York.

As a jazz pianist, Capers has performed with trios and ensembles in festivals throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. She is also an accomplished composer and is best known for Sing About Love, Sojourner, and Songs of the Season. Capers’s works have been performed at Carnegie Hall, the Smithsonian Institute, and many other major venues.

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