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Preserving
the past, enriching the present, inspiring the future.
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 Afi-Odelia
E. Scruggs
Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs began playing piano when she was six years old.
While she specializes in traditional African-American gospel, her background
also includes jazz, bluegrass and old-time.
She has played for churches since 1971, and has written and arranged
gospel songs. She has also studied jazz piano with the late Neal Creque,
as well as gospel composition with Ed Ridley.
She spent two years studying jazz theory and composition in the Jazz
Studies program at Cuyahoga Community College. In 1995, she received
a master artists grant from the Ohio Arts Council.
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