In 2000, when she began to undergo a series of debilitating physical and emotional crises, her vocal cords — the ones that made her world famous — began bleeding. She lost the ability to speak. She underwent surgery for her throat, and four more times to improve her chances of having a baby.
Where is Denyce Graves from?
Denyce Graves is a native of Washington, D.C., where she attended the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts. She continued her education at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory.
What did Denyce Graves sing today?
Ms. Graves, her voice reverberating off the marble of Statuary Hall, performed the spiritual “Deep River” and Gene Scheer’s “American Anthem.”
Who is Denyce Graves married to?
Graves has one child, a daughter, Ella, who was born in 2004. Graves met her current husband, Robert Montgomery, a doctor at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, in 2006. The couple married on June 29, 2009 and have been together since then.