Notable Alumni
- Dave Chappelle, comedian
- Chappelle has been known to support the school in multiple ways, including a benefit performance held at the Kennedy Center in 2006.
- Michaela Angela Davis, Essence (magazine) Executive Fashion & Beauty Editor, writer, author, commentator, and speaker
- Johnny Gill, R&B singer and member of New Edition (b. 1963)
- Denyce Graves, opera singer
- Meshell Ndegeocello, bassist, singer (b. 1968)
- Wallace Roney, jazz trumpeter
- Lamman Rucker, actor
- Matthew Dickens, actor/singer/dancer and writer/producer/director
- Tony Terry, R&B singer
- Mary Timony, indie rock musician (b. 1970)
- Ruth Chew, author
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