Editing Ysaye M. Barnwell (section)

== Career ==
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Barnwell spent over a decade as a professor at Howard University's College of Dentistry. Afterwards, she turned to community-based projects in computer technology and the arts. She also directed health programs in Washington, D.C. at Children's Hospital National Medical Center and Gallaudet University.

While attending All Souls Church, Unitarian, Dr. Barnwell noticed that the racial makeup of the choir did not reflect that of the congregation. This led her to found the Jubilee Singers in 1977, which she directed for three years. Her work with the Jubilee singers led her to begin arranging and composing music for vocal ensembles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritchie |first=Susan |title=Barnwell, Ysaye Maria (1946-) {{!}} Harvard Square Library |url=https://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/uu-composers-ysaye-barnwell/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> She produced [[Sweet Honey in the Rock]]'s 1998 25th anniversary album, ''[[...Twenty-Five...]]'', and edited ''[[Continuum: The First Songbook of Sweet Honey in the Rock]]''.

Barnwell's acting credits include a principal role on a television series called ''[[A Man Called Hawk]]''; she also appeared in the 1998 film ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]''. She released a solo recording of stories and song, ''[[Um Humm]]'', in 2000.

She wrote a children's book with CD, ''[[No Mirrors in My Nana's House]]''.<ref>''No Mirrors in My Nana's House'', Harcourt Children's Books, 1998; {{ISBN|0-15-201825-5}} (hardcover); {{ISBN|0-15-205243-7}} (paperback)</ref> A second children's book and CD set was released in March 2008: ''We Are One''.<ref>''We Are One'' book and musical CD based on the song "We Are" by Barnwell, Harcourt Children's Books; {{ISBN|0-15-205735-8}}</ref>

Barnwell was named after the great Belgian violinist, [[Eugène Ysaÿe]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Debra |last=Bruno |title=A serendipitous life: Ysaye Barnwell and the healing power of music |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2015-05-01 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-serendipitous-life-ysaye-barnwell-and-the-healing-power-of-music/2015/05/01/718db920-e52e-11e4-905f-cc896d379a32_story.html |access-date=2020-12-26}}</ref>