Editing Condoleezza Rice (section)

==Family and personal life==
Rice has never married and has no children.<ref name="nochildren"/> In the 1970s, she dated and was briefly engaged to professional American football player [[Rick Upchurch]] but left him because, according to biographer Marcus Mabry, she "knew the relationship wasn't going to work."<ref name="Twice as good" />

Rice's mother, Angelena Rice, died of breast cancer in 1985, aged 61, when Rice was 30.<ref>{{cite web |last=Reitwiesner |first=William Addams |url=http://www.wargs.com/political/rice.html |title=The Ancestors of Condoleezza Rice |work=WARGS |author-link=William Addams Reitwiesner |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916043910/http://www.wargs.com/political/rice.html |archive-date=September 16, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1989, Rice's father, John Wesley Rice, wed Clara Bailey,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/29/us/john-wesley-rice-jr-77-father-of-bush-adviser.html |title=John Wesley Rice Jr., 77, Father of Bush Adviser |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 29, 2000 |access-date=January 20, 2009 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023040/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/29/us/john-wesley-rice-jr-77-father-of-bush-adviser.html |url-status=live }}</ref> to whom he remained married until his death in  2000, aged 77.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 December 2000 |title=John Wesley Rice Jr., 77, Father of Bush Adviser |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/29/us/john-wesley-rice-jr-77-father-of-bush-adviser.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906224103/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/29/us/john-wesley-rice-jr-77-father-of-bush-adviser.html |archive-date=6 September 2009 |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>

From 2003 to 2017, Rice co-owned a house in [[Palo Alto, California]] with a woman, Randy Bean. According to public records, the two initially bought the house with a third investor, Stanford University professor [[Coit D. Blacker]], who later sold his [[line of credit]] to the two women. The property arrangement was first revealed in [[Glenn Kessler (journalist)|Glenn Kessler]]'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."<ref name="realtor.com">{{cite news |first=Claudine |last=Zap |url=https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/condoleezza-rice-selling-palo-alto-home/ |title=Ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Selling Palo Alto Home for $2.35M |work=[[Realtor.com]] |date=January 25, 2017 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023042/https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/condoleezza-rice-selling-palo-alto-home/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="huffpobean">{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rogers/yes-condi-it-is-relevant_b_64491.html |title=Yes, Condi, it is Relevant |work=[[HuffPost]] |first=Michael |last=Rogers |author-link=Michael Rogers (publisher) |date=September 14, 2007 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202151548/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rogers/yes-condi-it-is-relevant_b_64491.html |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Kessler">{{cite book |last=Kessler |first=Glenn |year=2007 |title=The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=978-0312363802}}</ref><ref name="thegist">{{cite news |url=https://signorile2003.blogspot.com/2007/09/condis-best-friends-yesterday-on-show-i.html |title=Condi's 'Closest Female Friend' |work=The Gist |date=September 14, 2007 |first=Michelangelo |last=Signorile |author-link=Michelangelo Signorile |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912114217/http://signorile2003.blogspot.com/2007/09/condis-best-friends-yesterday-on-show-i.html |archive-date=September 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On August 20, 2012, Rice was one of the first two women to be admitted as members to [[Augusta National Golf Club]]; the other was [[South Carolina]] financier [[Darla Moore]].<ref name="augusta">{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/8284599/augusta-national-adds-first-two-female-members |title=Augusta adds first woman members |work=ESPN.com |date=August 20, 2012 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817125018/http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/8284599/augusta-national-adds-first-two-female-members |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, Rice was named to the [[ESPNW]] Impact 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/impact25/slideshow/12020053/19/condoleezza-rice-60-former-secretary-state-college-football-playoff-selection-committee-member |title=2014 espnW Impact 25|work=espnW|access-date=August 27, 2015}}</ref> Rice has described her faith as [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]], being a noted member of [[Menlo Church|Menlo Park Presbyterian Church]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Not Where You're From; Where You're Going - Y Magazine |url=https://magazine.byu.edu/article/not-where-youre-from-where-youre-going/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=magazine.byu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brinkley |first=Joel |date=2005-03-21 |title=Rice Sounds a Theme in Visit to Beijing Protestant Church |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/world/asia/rice-sounds-a-theme-in-visit-to-beijing-protestant-church.html |access-date=2024-07-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Interview by Sarah Pulliam |date=2010-12-20 |title=Interview: Condoleezza Rice |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/january/1.71.html |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=ChristianityToday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="menlo">{{cite web |title=John Ortberg's Menlo Park Presbyterian votes to leave PCUSA despite $8 million fee |url=https://www.pcusa.org/news/2014/3/7/john-ortbergs-menlo-park-presbyterian-votes-leave-/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=pcusa.org|date=March 7, 2014 }}</ref> She has also been a member at Westminster [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian Church USA]] in Alabama.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moseley |first=Brandon |date=2019-12-20 |title=Condoleezza Rice visited the state |url=https://www.alreporter.com/2019/12/20/condoleezza-rice-visited-the-state/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Alabama Political Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garrison |first=Greg |date=2010-06-05 |title=Condoleezza Rice recalls Birmingham childhood roots at Titusville church |url=https://www.al.com/living-news/2010/06/condoleezza_rice_recalls_birmi.html |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=al |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=By Wil Haygood, Globe Staff |title='Honored to have the chance,'  - Failure was never an option for 'Condi' Rice |url=https://news.nd.edu/news/honored-to-have-the-chance-failure-was-never-an-option-for-condi-rice/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241108080328/https://news.nd.edu/news/honored-to-have-the-chance-failure-was-never-an-option-for-condi-rice/ |archive-date=2024-11-08 |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Notre Dame News |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Music===
[[File:yoyoma rice.jpg|thumb|[[Yo-Yo Ma]] and Rice after performing together at the 2001 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Awards, April 22, 2002]]
At the age of 15, Rice played a Mozart Piano Concerto with the [[Denver Symphony Orchestra]], her prize for winning a student music competition.<ref name=tommasini/> Until college, she planned to become a professional pianist and still plays with an amateur [[chamber music]] group in Washington. She accompanied cellist [[Yo-Yo Ma]] in playing [[Johannes Brahms]]' [[Violin Sonata No. 3 (Brahms)|Violin Sonata in D minor]] at [[Constitution Hall]] in April 2002 for the [[National Medal of Arts]] Awards.<ref name=tommasini>{{cite news |first=Anthony |last=Tommasini |author-link=Anthony Tommasini |title=Condoleezza Rice on Piano |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/arts/music/09tomm.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 9, 2006 |access-date=November 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408234002/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/arts/music/09tomm.html |archive-date=April 8, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4339319/yo-yo-ma-condoleezza-rice |title=Yo-Yo Ma and Condoleezza Rice perform a duet |website=C-SPAN |date=April 22, 2002 |access-date=May 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326230236/https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4339319%2Fyo-yo-ma-condoleezza-rice |archive-date=March 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

She has performed at diplomatic events at embassies, including a performance for [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/3540634/Condoleezza-Rice-plays-piano-for-the-Queen.html |title=Condoleezza Rice plays piano for the Queen |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=December 1, 2008 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823022946/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/3540634/Condoleezza-Rice-plays-piano-for-the-Queen.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7759872.stm |title=Rice performs recital for the Queen |work=[[BBC News]] |date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730140234/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7759872.stm |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and she has performed in public with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and singer [[Aretha Franklin]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072800122.html |title=Condoleezza Rice, Aretha Franklin: A Philadelphia show of a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T |date=July 29, 2010 |first=Anne |last=Midgette |access-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113063011/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072800122.html |archive-date=November 13, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2005, Rice accompanied [[Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick#cite note-0|Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick]], a 21-year-old soprano, for a benefit concert for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association at the Kennedy Center in Washington.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Lantos-the-master-storyteller-communicator-2626195.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |first=Edward |last=Epstein |date=January 1, 2007 |title=Lantos the master storyteller, communicator |access-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823022947/https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Lantos-the-master-storyteller-communicator-2626195.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/condoleezza-rice-plays-it-again-for-charity-2sz855bkkd7 |location=London |work=[[The Times]] |first=Roland |last=Watson |title=Condoleezza Rice plays it again for Charity |date=June 13, 2005 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823022947/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/condoleezza-rice-plays-it-again-for-charity-2sz855bkkd7 |url-status=live }}</ref> She performed briefly during her cameo appearance in the "[[Everything Sunny All the Time Always]]" episode of ''[[30 Rock]]''. She has stated that her favorite composer is [[Johannes Brahms]], because she thinks Brahms's music is "passionate but not sentimental."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |date=2006-04-09 |title=Condoleezza Rice on Piano |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/arts/music/condoleezza-rice-on-piano.html |access-date=2024-05-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On a complementary note, Rice has revealed on multiple occasions that she enjoys the band [[Led Zeppelin]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2007 |title=Interview on the Sean Hannity Show with Sean Hannity |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/rm/2007/09/92063.htm |website=state.gov}}</ref> and in a 2009 appearance on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno|The Tonight Show]]'' with [[Jay Leno]], she stated that it was her favorite band.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-03-25 |title=Condi Rice, Too Cool |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2009/03/25/condi-rice-too-cool-1 |access-date=2024-05-30 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2009-03-25 |title=CONDOLEEZZA RICE Loves LED ZEPPELIN |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/condoleezza-rice-loves-led-zeppelin/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>

As Secretary of State, Rice was ''ex officio'' a member of the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts#Board of trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the [[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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Falcone |first=Michael |title=LAST-MINUTE GIFTS; Bush Names Aides to Boards |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E4DA1E3BF936A15751C1A96E9C8B63 |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=query.nytimes.com |language=en}}</ref>