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Rebecca Walker Steele
Rebecca Walker Steele (October 18, 1925 - January 12, 2019) was an American musician and educator. She was known for her singing and for her choral direction. Steele directed choirs at Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman College. Biography Steele was born on October 18, 1925, in Lakeland, Florida. She showed early musical talent, performing in her grandfather's church at age 4. Her parents encouraged her in pursuing music and made she had the "best possible training." She attended the Rochelle High School and earned an associate degree from Florida Memorial College. Steele graduated with a bachelor's degree from Alabama State University (ASU), where she studied piano under Hazel Harrison. She earned master's degrees in voice, piano, choral conducting and also in music education from Columbia University. Steele earned her Ph.D. in 1973 from Florida State University, where she specialized in multicultural music education. While she was in New York City, she "was in great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |