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Yazmine C. Fleming, a native of Southern California, received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in keyboard studies at the California Institute of the Arts where she was a student of Dr. Vicki Ray.  During her time at CalArts she participated in performances at the Japan-American Theater, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the New Getty Center.  She was awarded substantial scholarship from the Dumont Foundation two years in a row.  She completed her Masters of Music in piano at Kent State University in Ohio, where she was granted an assistantship in teaching and choral accompaniment.  She taught college classes ranging from private piano instruction to class piano for music majors and non-music majors.  She also accompanied for all three of the Kent State choirs.  During her time at Kent State she studied with Dr. Thomas Otten. 

While competing in the mid-west, she won first place in the OFMC (Ohio Federation of Music Clubs) young artist awards.  She was also awarded second place in the national competition, The Richardson Awards-Piano Division, held in Michigan in 2002. Her academic training includes master class performances for Nelita True and Antonio Pompabaldi.  She has also studied independently with Deon Price and Henrietta Pelta.  She has been a member of the honorary music society Pi Cappa Lambda since 2002, for academic excellence in music and is a current member of the Los Angeles chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon.  She is also a member of the Dominant club, a prestigious honorary society (based in Los Angeles for over one hundred years) that is devoted to professional women in music. 

Miss Fleming returned to Los Angeles in 2004 to continue a career in teaching and performance, demonstrating versatility in her musical skills.  She is on faculty for the vocal production studio at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in West Hollywood, working as an accompanist.  She also accompanies for the vocal studio of Naomi Farr.  She has performed with such artists as Jeanine Wagner, Arlene Thomas, Allison England, Gene Brundage and Kimball Wheeler.  She has performed ensemble works with artists Janice Foy, Delcina Stevenson and Guido Lamell.  She has premiered solo works by Jan Sandborn.  She has given solo recitals throughout the Los Angeles area, including the Braille Institute.  Her current projects include collaborations with singer Elizabeth Ackerman performing the cabaret music of Kurt Weil in multi-media presentation.  The Kurt Weil project is produced by Rona Par and is scheduled to premier in March of 2007 at the Armory Northwest in Pasadena.

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