Patricia Saunders Nixon is an alumnus of Norfolk State University Cum Laude graduate in 1978 with a B.S. Degree in Music Education. Her major instruments were voice and organ. In 1988 she obtained a Masters of Music Degree in Vocal Performance. She also received her DMA in Vocal Performance at Shenandoah University Conservatory While attending Norfolk State University, Dr.. Nixon was a member of the College Sextet under the direction of Dr. Georgia A. Ryder and a member of the NSU Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Carl Harris. . Dr. Nixon taught at the Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled at Hampton as Music Instructor for 22 years. She was also Choral Director for Norfolk Public Schools in Norfolk, VA and Portsmouth Public Schools Portsmouth VA. She was an Adjunct Professor in the Music Department at NSU before becoming a full time Instructor as a Vocal Instructor in 2002. This is her nineteenth year teaching voice and piano in the Junior Music Program/ Music Clinic at Norfolk State University under the direction of Dr. Marjorie Johnson. She been an instructor in the Junior Music Program/ Summer Clinic since 1987 under the direction of Dr. Majorie Johnson. She served as the Music Advisor for the NSU Gospel Choir for one year. She was the Director of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble at NSU from 2003- 2010.
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