Millicent Cummings is an award winning singer, songwriter and guitarist, recording and multimedia fine artist, producer, instructor and advocate of the Arts. She is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in NYC and has taught both music and art through venues such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC Police Athletic League, San Francisco Academy of Art University, Kaua’i Academy of Creative Arts, YWCA and numerous now the Hawai’i Museum of Contemporary Art.

Cummings received a Hoku Hanohano award nomination for one of her latest CD’s of original music and has just released the 4th on her own music label. She was the recipient of the Peoples Choice Award in 2003 and the Best Song Award in 2010 at the Mokihana Music Festival. She played a role and was also featured musician in the Vagina Monologues, has produced festivals like The Wahine Fest and The Hanapepe Folk Festival, now in its 8th year, as well as numerous other multimedia productions, cabarets and workshops for both children and adults.

She has produced music videos and documentaries for Ho’ike Television, hosted her own live music radio program on KKCR called ‘Kaua’i Live’, curated her own fine art gallery called ‘Gallery M’ and helped start an improv Theater called ‘The World Theater’ on Kaua’i, producing musical events, open mics, poetry slams and workshops. Cummings has narrated documentaries, commercials and other productions. She has given both one-woman and group exhibitions of her multimedia paintings and sculptures from New York City to Key West to Honolulu.

She was Vice President on the Board of the Storybook Theatre of Hawai’i for five years, and also created her own curriculum for young adults called, Multi Media Mania with Millicent. Thus dubbed, ‘The Mistress of Media’, Cummings offers valuable practical and spiritual insight from her travels into the many worlds of artistic expression. Her diverse experience, award winning talent, and performance history are unique in the music world…A rare gem.

“She is an artist of the first rank” -Darby Slick who wrote “Don’t You Want Somebody to Love” 1967