December 17, 2020

James Bommarito '88:
Q&A with restaurateur James Bommarito (St. Louis)

Sasha Cooke '04:
HGO Presents LIVE FROM THE CULLEN With Sasha Cooke (Broadway World)

Camilla Wicks (1928-2020):
Camilla Wicks, a child prodigy who became a pioneering and world-renowned concert violin soloist in the 1940s-50s and later taught at 10 universities and music conservatories, died November 25.  She was a professor of violin at the Shepherd School from 1988-91.  Click here for the New York Times obituary and here for a violinist.com memorial article and comments.

Recordings of her first and final recitals at Rice can be heard here and here.

Rice HIstory Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean's latest blog entry entilted "Is This Rice's First Black Coach?"

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