BIRD, Sister Mary Rafael

BIRD, Sister Mary Rafael American pianist, teacher and composer. Marcus, IA, 1887. She studied at the Mary Wood Chase School of Musical Arts in Chicago until 1914 and graduated with a B.M. from the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago in 1925. At the same Conservatory she obtained an M.Mus. in 1929. She also studied at the University of Iowa in 1941. She studied the piano with Mary Wood Chase (q.v.) and Silvio Scionti and voice with David Clippinger. She taught at schools in Wichita, Sioux…