Background
Thompson, Jewel Taylor was born on October 27, 1935 in Kinsale, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Waverly Edward and Ella Joyce (Holman) Taylor.
Thompson, Jewel Taylor was born on October 27, 1935 in Kinsale, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Waverly Edward and Ella Joyce (Holman) Taylor.
Bachelor of Science, Virginia State University, 1956; Master of Arts, Eastman School of Music, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Eastman School of Music, 1982.
Assistant professor Virginia State University, Petersburg, 1960-1962, West Virginia State College, Institute, 1967-1968, West Virginia Institute of Technology, Montgomery, 1968-1972. Adjunct assistant professor Hunter College, City University of New York, 1972-1985, assistant professor, 1985-1990, associate professor, 1990-1996, professor, since 1997. Organist Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York City, 1978-1983, minister of music, choirmaster, 1983-2007.
Eastern area music director Links, Inc., 1995-2003, national music director, 2004-2006.
Scholarship selection committee United Negro College Fund. Chair art program Links, Inc., 1989-1993. Music director at area and national levels.
Member American Music Center, Inc. Member American Society of Composers, American Women Composers, Inc., Music Theory Society New York State.
Married Leon Everette Thompson, June 10, 1961 (deceased June 1983). Children: Sonca Patrice, Miya Kateri.