Shepherd School of MusicRecords 1950-2001
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Shepherd family (Houston, Tex.)
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Shepherd School of Music
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The Shepherd School of Music was formally opened at Rice University in 1975. It was funded by an endowment of approximately $8 million from Sallie Shepherd Perkins in honor of her grandfather, Benjamin A. Shepherd. She wanted to establish a music school of the highest excellence. The first Dean of the School was Samuel Jones, a distinguished American conductor and composer. School began in the fall with a gifted freshman class of 23 students, a faculty of 16 both full an...
Rice University - Alice Pratt Brown Hall.
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Rice University - Shepherd School of Music - history.
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