Belinda Staten Womack was a classically trained Mezzo Soprano performer and Certified Music Educator for nearly 40 years. A 1973 graduate of WSSU and a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA, Maestra Womack retired as a music teacher from the Washington, DC public schools system. As well, she was professionally certified to teach in North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland.
Her untimely death was due to complications of multiple sclerosis. Her legacy of service through professional performances and education is profound. Music is the string she used to thread her life's purpose. Biography, programs from her concert debut and professional debut, in addition to a concert relic are shared below.
"But art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows Beauty; that has Music in its being and the color of sunsets in its headkerchiefs; that can dance on a flaming world and make the world dance, too." W.E.B. DuBois, 1921