Condoleezza Rice
Family and personal life
Family and personal life
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Rice has never married and has no children. In the 1970s, she dated and was briefly engaged to professional American football player [Rick Upchurch](/wiki/Rick_Upchurch "Rick Upchurch") but left him because, according to biographer Marcus Mabry, she "knew the relationship wasn't going to work."

Rice's mother, Angelena Rice, died of breast cancer in 1985, aged 61, when Rice was 30\. In 1989, Rice's father, John Wesley Rice, wed Clara Bailey, to whom he remained married until his death in 2000, aged 77\.

From 2003 to 2017, Rice co\-owned a home in [Palo Alto, California](/wiki/Palo_Alto%2C_California "Palo Alto, California") with Randy Bean. According to public records, the two initially purchased the home with a third investor, Stanford University professor [Coit D. Blacker](/wiki/Coit_D._Blacker "Coit D. Blacker"), who later sold his [line of credit](/wiki/Line_of_credit "Line of credit") to the two women. The property arrangement was first revealed in [Glenn Kessler](/wiki/Glenn_Kessler_%28journalist%29 "Glenn Kessler (journalist)")'s book *The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy* (2007\), sparking rumors about the nature of Rice and Bean's relationship. Kessler has stated he "did not know if this meant there was something more to the relationship between the women beyond a friendship."

On August 20, 2012, Rice was one of the first two women to be admitted as members to [Augusta National Golf Club](/wiki/Augusta_National_Golf_Club "Augusta National Golf Club"); the other was [South Carolina](/wiki/South_Carolina "South Carolina") financier [Darla Moore](/wiki/Darla_Moore "Darla Moore"). In 2014, Rice was named to the [ESPNW](/wiki/ESPNW "ESPNW") Impact 25\. Rice has described her faith as [Presbyterian](/wiki/Presbyterianism "Presbyterianism"), being a noted member of [ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians](/wiki/ECO:A_Covenant_Order_of_Evangelical_Presbyterians "A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians").

### Music

[thumb\|[Yo\-Yo Ma](/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma "Yo-Yo Ma") and Rice after performing together at the 2001 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Awards, April 22, 2002](/wiki/File:Yoyoma_rice.jpg "Yoyoma rice.jpg")
Although Rice did not ultimately become a professional pianist, she still practices often and plays with a [chamber music](/wiki/Chamber_music "Chamber music") group. She accompanied [cellist](/wiki/Cello "Cello") [Yo\-Yo Ma](/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma "Yo-Yo Ma") in playing [Johannes Brahms](/wiki/Johannes_Brahms "Johannes Brahms")' [Violin Sonata in D minor](/wiki/Violin_Sonata_No._3_%28Brahms%29 "Violin Sonata No. 3 (Brahms)") at [Constitution Hall](/wiki/Constitution_Hall "Constitution Hall") in April 2002 for the [National Medal of Arts](/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts "National Medal of Arts") Awards.

At the age of 15, she played Mozart with the [Denver Symphony](/wiki/Denver_Symphony_Orchestra "Denver Symphony Orchestra"), and while Secretary of State she played regularly with a chamber music group in Washington. She does not play professionally, but has performed at diplomatic events at embassies, including a performance for [Queen Elizabeth II](/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom "Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom"), and she has performed in public with cellist Yo\-Yo Ma and singer [Aretha Franklin](/wiki/Aretha_Franklin "Aretha Franklin").

In 2005, Rice accompanied [Charity Sunshine Tillemann\-Dick](/wiki/Charity_Sunshine_Tillemann-Dick%23cite_note-0 "Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick#cite note-0"), a 21\-year\-old soprano, for a benefit concert for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association at the Kennedy Center in Washington. She performed briefly during her cameo appearance in the "[Everything Sunny All the Time Always](/wiki/Everything_Sunny_All_the_Time_Always "Everything Sunny All the Time Always")" episode of *[30 Rock](/wiki/30_Rock "30 Rock")*. She has stated that her favorite composer is [Johannes Brahms](/wiki/Johannes_Brahms "Johannes Brahms"), because she thinks Brahms's music is "passionate but not sentimental." On a complementary note, Rice has revealed on multiple occasions that she enjoys the band [Led Zeppelin](/wiki/Led_Zeppelin "Led Zeppelin"), and in a 2009 appearance on *[The Tonight Show](/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno")* with [Jay Leno](/wiki/Jay_Leno "Jay Leno"), she stated that it was her favorite band.

As Secretary of State, Rice was *ex officio* a member of the [Board of Trustees](/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts%23Board_of_Trustees "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts#Board of Trustees") of the [John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts](/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts"). As the end of their tenures approached in January 2009, outgoing President Bush appointed her to a six\-year term on the board of trustees.


Has Condoleezza Rice ever performed publicly for a benefit concert?