Cynthia Haymon

Cynthia Haymon-Coleman (born September 6, 1958, in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American soprano. She is known for the beauty of her voice and seeming ease with which she uses it, and more recently as a voice teacher. She received a bachelor's degree of music in vocal performance from Northwestern University. In 2016, she retired from the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and presently teaches privately from her studio in Champaign, Illinois.