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Houston,Texas 77005-1827
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We are an institution made up of a renowned group of artist-teachers, an extraordinary student body and a well-rounded curriculum. All these things have positioned The Shepherd School as one of the top conservatories and schools of music, both in the United States and abroad. As part of Rice University, ranked among the top 20 national universities in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges 2015," Shepherd School students receive an unparalleled education at one of America's premier universities.

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Paul Kantor Cho-Liang Lin Kathleen Winkler Stephen King Robin Rice Nova Thomas James Dunham Ivo-Jan van der Werff Debra Dickinson Susan Lorette Dunn Miah Im Ana María Martínez Norman Fischer Desmond Hoebig Brinton Averil Smith Bethany Self Karen Roethlisberger Verm Paul Ellison Timothy Pitts Thomas Jaber Larry Rachleff Leone Buyse Karim Al-Zand Damian Blättler Anthony Brandt Shih-Hui Chen Arthur Gottschalk Pierre Jalbert Richard Lavenda Kurt Stallmann Richie Hawley Benjamin Kamins Gregory Barnett David Ferris Alexandra Kieffer Peter Loewen Danielle Ward-Griffin Joan DerHovsepian Christopher French Eric Halen Thomas LeGrand Janet Rarick Michael Webster Matthew Strauss Paula Page Brian Connelly Jeanne Kierman Fischer Sohyoung Park Jon Kimura Parker Robert Roux Virginia Weckstrom Mario Aschauer Karol Bennett Rachel Buchman Rick Erickson Terry Gaschen Mary Greitzer Jerry Hou Peter Shaw Robert Simpson Christopher Turbessi Chapman Welch Ken Cowan



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Short Play Collection: The Philadelphia; Sure Thing; The Universal Language; Words, Words, Words
(2/28/20 - 3/7/20)
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