Message from the Honorary Chairperson Welcome to the Attrus C. Fleming Music Scholarship Fund website! This scholarship fund was established as an honorary memorial to my husband, Attrus C. Fleming, who was one of Washington, DC’s most beloved musicians, teachers, and performers.  His unexpected death in June 2003 was a shock to the music community.  As a result, our family and friends decided that a tribute to him would best be

memorialized by starting a scholarship fund to bring to fruition one of his most cherished ideals—furthering the education of young people who wish to pursue music study at an institution of higher learning.

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that within one year, the Attrus C. Fleming Music Scholarship Fund became endowed, and the first scholarship was awarded in May 2005!

Attrus was an unusual talent:  He performed as a jazz musician, church musician, music teacher, choral director, composer, accompanist, and music arranger.  He loved young people, and he devoted his life to giving them guidance, instruction, love, and encouragement to attain their goals.

It is only fitting that this fund has been established to keep alive his dreams of helping young people who wish to “keep music alive.”

You are invited to participate in this worthwhile effort to support worthy music students and to honor one of our greatest – Attrus C. Fleming, Jr.

Bernice R. Fleming
Honorary Chairperson

Music endures forever …