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 About Rev. Donna Cox

 
     Dr. Donna Cox,  Professor of Music and chair of the Department of Music for seven years,  is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis,  Missouri where she received both the Ph.D. and M.M. degrees in Performance Practices:  Choral Conducting and the University of Dayton where she received the M.A. in Theological Studies. Dr. Cox, an active soloist, has performed with the Los Angeles Master Chorale,  Dayton Bach Society and gospel music artists Daryl Coley,  Patrick Henderson, and Deneice Williams. 

Her scholarly research includes publications in The African American Online Lectionary, The Journal of Black Sacred Music, Triad,  Griot,  a chapter in the book,  Black Women In The Academy: Promises and Perils, and several articles published in the Encyclopedia On Gospel Music.   She has authored three books, Music In The Core Curriculum: An Integrative Approach, Gospel Songs Your Choir Will Love To Sing and her latest, Angels Encamped About Me:Provision In The Wilderness, a biographical sketch released in September 2007.  Cox has received several grants to enable her to continue her studies of African American sacred music. 

A much-sought lecturer and choral adjudicator,  her sessions have been presented at professional conferences across the United States and in several parts of the world including the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, The International Alliance for Women in Music, several state and national music conferences and the National Theatre of Ghana, West Africa.  Dr. Cox's experience and interest are broad.  She is a member of Omega Baptist Church where she and her husband have led the Marriage Builders Ministry for over ten years. 

Rev. Cox has a passion for ministry to couples and college-aged students.

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