Background
Mississippi Davis was born on January 7, 1939 to Henry Ivory and Willa Mae Frazier Ivory, both musicians.
Mississippi Davis was born on January 7, 1939 to Henry Ivory and Willa Mae Frazier Ivory, both musicians.
Wayne State University. Cass Technical High School.
She has performed in the Broadway musical Porgy and Bess as Serena and in the televised performance of Treemonisha as Monisha alongside Obba Babatundé. She began her study of voice at the age of fourteen. She is a graduate of Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan.
She received her Bachelor of Surgery in Music Education from Wayne State University.
Her sister, Barbara Ivory Williams, was her accompanist until she moved to New York
She has performed major oratorios in New York as a soloist with the New York Opera - Title III Program. Was an Artist-in-Residence with the Saint Paul Opera Company and has been a soloist at Radio City Music Hall.
Singing as Serena, Clara, and Bess, she has performed in the United States, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Switzerland, France, and Spain. She has studied with Ollie McFarland, Avery Crew, Celeste Cole, Edward Boatner, Claire Gelda, Carolina Segrera Holden and David Nisstad.
She was also formerly the conductor of the Plymouth Chorale.
Ms Davis has been a member of the music staff of the Hartford Memorial Baptist Church for over twenty years.