COMMUNITY PROFILE

MUSICIAN, FOUNDER AND ADMNISTRATOR, ARIEL DAVIS

A former french horn player who performed with Lizzo at the Grammys, Ariel Davis came to DC after receiving a scholarship to Howard University. She was mentored by Hatian-American horn player, Joseph Lovinsky, who studied at The Juilliard School. After a decade, she became disenchanted that she was the only woman in the brass section or sometimes the only Black person in an orchestra. She reconnected with Quanice Floyd a former classmate from Howard and realized their separate journeys into the arts world shared similarities. Ariel became co-founder of Arts Administrators of Color and is now board co-chair. A Mount Rainier resident, Ariel also sits on the Mount Rainier Arts Commission.