Consuela Lee

Early life

Moorehead was born in Tallahassee, Florida and was the granddaughter of the Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute founder, William James Edwards. Both her parents were musicians - her father was a cornet player and band director at Florida A&M while her mother was a classical pianist and teacher. She moved from Florida to Snowhill, Alabama at age 3 and started playing piano shortly after. She graduated from the Snow Hill Institute in 1944 and attended Fisk University for her undergraduate degree and Northwestern University for her master's degree in music theory and composition. and The Richard Davis Trio. She performed across the country at concert halls, jazz festivals, and college campuses. She also taught music theory and composition at historically black colleges and universities including Alabama State University, Hampton University, Talladega College, Huntingdon College, and Norfolk State University. In 1992, she was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.