Simmons, Beverly

Beverly Simmons

Beverly Simmons is a singer and graphic designer. With a doctorate in Early Music Performance Practices from Stanford University, she has enjoyed a varied career as choral conductor, university professor, radio broadcaster, concert presenter, artist representative, and arts administrator. She is a grateful beneficiary of Ellen Hargis’s vocal pedagogy. Choral singing is her most cherished form of music-making, and she is honored to have been a member of the NC Convent Ensemble from its founding. During the past decade, she also designed the printed materials for The Newberry Consort. Ms. Simmons is the recipient of Early Music America’s 2018 Howard Mayer Brown Award for Lifetime Achievement in Early Music.