Editing Condoleezza Rice (section)

===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>