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Photo by Pam Jones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/0a0405df-6a43-48fa-a6b3-5c2b25d110de/Ginette-DePreist_Paul-Hamilton2024.jpg Events - Make it stand out Ginette DePreist with Paul Hamilton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/31004d08-3835-43f2-aa3f-e73e24f06b02/ReachUp_BookLaunch.jpg Events - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/21f3589e-36d5-48a0-9a5f-f64f3631eb58/npr.brightspotcdn.jpeg Events - Make it stand out Ginette DePreist at the rededication of Marian Anderson Hall on June 8, 2024. 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Photo by Dr. Timothy Mahoney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728417349628-A8T0TMF481B3KLAVO91H/Ginette_4-yrs.png Photographs Ginette at four years old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728417477805-S81PUL6RQEOFMTU3R37Z/Ginette_CBC_1976.png Photographs Ginette at the CBC in 1976 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728417548695-29S2NU96WDFMSYP3XGZZ/James_DePreist_baby.png Photographs Jimmy as a baby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728417861187-DQ136P8BID8CBTTWW6TV/James_DePreist_youngster.jpg Photographs Jimmy at three years old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728418112716-I2G12LV4VLDZGNWQAJDR/James_DePreist_with_father.jpg Photographs Jimmy, four years old, with his father https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728418441577-CVAVEFQ8WBXUO6TH7UIB/James_DePreist_composer_early-years.png Photographs Jimmy at the beginning of his career in the early 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728418568090-OEIXWKO5YF9F06L2WLVG/James-DePreist_King-Rama-IX-Thailand.png Photographs Jimmy with King Rama IX of Thailand after royal command performance in 1962 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728418747891-UBZY9MF1QKRB5ETI1FW6/MSColl640_box123_fldr12_002.jpg Photographs Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Jimmy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728418865886-A5RXGUCSYAKLP4SP5MJ5/James-DePreist_with_Leonard-Berstein.png Photographs Jimmy with Bernstein during a rehearsal at the New York Philharmonic in 1965 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728418919441-S4SUS3CSFB14PM17UZGV/James-DePreist_Amsterdam-Beethoven-Festival.png Photographs Jimmy at the Amsterdam Beethoven Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728419000745-DFIAJS6D561K0CUABX7V/Royal+Command-Concert-Thailand_DePreist.png Photographs Jimmy at the end of the Royal Command Concert in Thailand, just before polio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728419265528-E8Z75KDEDTNX3MU6SGKP/MsColl00640Box39Item3.jpg Photographs James with his jazz group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728423845131-LMB06PEYEB4W127HNI3D/MsColl0640_Box40_Item34.jpg Photographs Mstislav Rostropovich performing with Jimmy in 1979 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728419478892-PJMPOKINTWFPAFHB7H6V/James-DePriest_Musice-Dir_Quebec-Symphony-Orchestra_1975.png Photographs Jimmy in his new role as music director of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra in 1975 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728419749236-GSK4MBQNPJ5JPPA9X51E/J-DePreist_Quebec-billboard.jpg Photographs Jimmy on billboards around Quebec City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728420256342-63B6LC4AN7KR9M4QYYAW/J-DePreist_with_mother.png Photographs Jimmy in Philadelphia with his mother and a painting of Marian Anderson in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728420308602-8N7I5BASPZQ3CS4AKQ8I/Grandma-Ethel_with_granddaughters+.png Photographs Grandma Ethel on vacation in Toronto with her granddaughters, Tracy and Jennifer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728420961506-K47ZSTB6ELU50SWTKPBE/Wedding-day_wedding-day_+Philadelphia_1980.jpg Photographs Our wedding day in Philadelphia in 1980 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728421037158-O6ACV7VVWNK0L06032FB/James-DePriest_Nadja_Solerno-Sonnerberg_Aspen-Music-Festival.png Photographs Jimmy with Nadja Solerno-Sonnerberg during a rehearsal at the Aspen Music Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728421465363-P78KG6YAX12Y0ST4OLW8/James-Ginette-DePriest_HIllary-Clinton_WhiteHouse.jpg Photographs Private dinner at the White House on June 29, 1993. Photos taken by White House photographer Barbara Kinney. Courtesy of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728421551476-MH6OQY9C2HRGCMQXDB0W/James-DePriest_Bill-Clinton_WhiteHouse.jpg Photographs Private dinner at the White House on June 29, 1993. Photos taken by White House photographer Barbara Kinney. Courtesy of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728421586004-RYZUM6Y3LLRYO0JQCX7M/James-Ginette-DePreist_Laura-George-Bush_White-House.jpg Photographs Us with President George W. Bush and the First Lady at the White House following the Medal of Art presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728421912747-EY7XYLMPTRIDRRDCO755/James-Ginette-DePriest_Princess_Caroline.jpg Photographs Us with Princess Caroline of Monaco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728422363630-6ZHEIA99ZANU3AFPKJTU/Meeting_Pope-John-Paul-II.jpg Photographs Pope John Paul II during private visit at the Vatican https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728422409141-8BRI1ZIL0IJRGOPH5L7G/42-25-1.jpg Photographs Jimmy with his aunt, Marian Anderson, in her home in Connecticut in the early 1970s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728422720807-F7HYA4HSW0GVZJKBJLIC/Itzhak-Perlman_James-DePreist.jpg Photographs Itzhak Perlman and Jimmy during a rehearsal with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e732c24b0e683a4289e394/1728422972498-Z0XVNAQALQKVVC23Y5DX/Ginette-James-DePreist_Portland-OR.jpg Photographs The two of us at home in Portland, Oregon