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    Francine Di oral history interview and transcript

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    Author
    Di, Francine
    Date
    2019-07-24
    Abstract
    Francine Di’s parents left China in 1980 following the Cultural Revolution, and moved to Houston, Texas where she was born in 1981. Di started playing piano at the age of 11 and quickly fell in love with the instrument. This led her to enroll in the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) in Houston where she received a diploma in piano studies. During her time at HSPVA, Di also discovered her passion for singing and developed this skill alongside her study of piano. Following her time at HSPVA, Di went on to complete her undergraduate education at Rice University in 2003 with degrees in English and Piano Performance from the Shepherd School of Music. During her time at Rice, Di engaged in activities such as the Rice Jazz Band, which allowed her to expand her musical education beyond classical piano and later inspired her to take influence from a variety of musical genres. In 2005, Di received her masters in Piano Performance from the University of Florida and subsequently held positions as a Presidential Stewardship Writer and a Technical Writer at institutions such as Rice University and the National Oilwell Varco respectively. Furthermore, Di has published works such as the essay “A Jazzian Singer” in the anthology Asian American X (2004) as well as poem “Daddy” in Imprint Magazine (2005). Currently, Di engages the Houston community through performance groups such as the Houston Chinese Orchestra and Eastern Echo Contemporary Eastern Folk Music Collective where she incorporates Chinese musical influence into covers of American popular music.
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    This recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to or living in Houston.
    Citation
    Di, Francine, interview by Wen, Chelsey and Sloan, Tiffany. July 24, 2019. Houston Asian American Archives oral history interviews, MS 573, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/108308.
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    Rice University
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    The copyright holder for this material has granted Rice University permission to share this material online. It is being made available for non-profit educational use. Permission to examine physical and digital collection items does not imply permission for publication. Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center / Special Collections has made these materials available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any uses beyond the spirit of Fair Use require permission from owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See http://library.rice.edu/guides/publishing-wrc-materials
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