and writer/producer/director Johnny Gill, R&B singer Denyce Graves, opera singer Corey Hawkins, Actor, opera singer Tracy Inman, dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and co-director of The Ailey School Simbi Khali, actress Ari Lennox, singer Meshell Ndegeocello, bassist, singer Serena Reeder, Actress Wallace Roney, jazz trumpeter Gregory Charles Royal, jazz trombonist, playwright Lamman Rucker, actor Adam Serwer, journalist and author Tony Terry, singer Mary Timony, musician Marja Vallila, sculptor Samira Wiley, Actress See also Duke Ellington References External links D.C. Public Schools Public high schools in Washington, D.C. Art schools in Washington, D.C. Schools of the performing arts in the United States District of Columbia Public Schools Duke Ellington Educational institutions established in 1974 Neoclassical architecture in Washington, D.C. School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Magnet schools in Washington, D.C.