NANM has presented numerous internationally known personalities over the years, which include clinicians William Warfield (alternate site), Sylvia Olden Lee, James Cleveland, Raoul Abdul, Sowah Mensah, and Robert Ray; concert artists Roland Hayes, George Shirley, Shirley Verrett, The Albert McNeil Singers,  Robert McFerrin, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, The Sounds of Blackness, The Uptown String Quartet, Derek Lee Ragin, Ester Hinds and Pieces of a Dream; educators Carl Diton, Warner Lawson, Frederick Hall, Kemper Harreld and Wendell Whalum; composers and arrangers John W. Work, Roland Carter, Moses Hogan (alternate site), Henry Thacker Burleigh, Betty Jackson King; and scholars Maude Cuney-Hare, Eileen Southern, Doris McGinty, John Lovell and Alain Locke. These constitute only a fraction of the many musicians, educators, scholars and lovers of music who constitute the musical fabric of the organization. Foremost among the activities of NANM are its programs and activities which involve young people. These include NANM’s national Junior and Youth Divisions, and Campus Branches comprised of collegiate young artists from colleges and universities all over the country. These young people participate in workshops and are presented in performances throughout each annual convention week.