Rochella Cooper papers
This collection consists of a self-published memoir documenting the life of Rochella Cooper.
Rochella Cooper was born in South Africa in 1933. She acquired a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Capetown (Dist. Hon.) and in 1956 left South Africa for further study at the Royal Academy of Music. Soon thereafter she moved to Paris where she continued her flute studies with Renee Rateau, (Boston Symphony 1944) and attended the salon in Nadia Boulanger's studio 1956-1958. In 1959 Rochella met and married Dr. Ben Cooper and they moved to Houston TX. where he joined the Dept. of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine. In subsequent years, she served as a music teacher and principal, and pursued her other artistic interests, including presiding over the Houston Festival Foundation.
The original materials are held by the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library. Search the finding aid/inventory for the Rochella Cooper papers, MS 1032.
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