Clarice Laverne Thompson
Visiting Professor of Africana Studies
Musical Director of Rites & Reason Theatre
Clarice Laverne Thompson earned a Doctor of Arts Degree in Music History and Music Theory, (University of Mississippi). Her doctoral thesis is titled: Experiential Musicology and Pedagogy: The Application of Musical Creation in the Research To Performance Method of Play Production. She earned a Master of Music in Composition, (University Of Mississippi 1997) and a B.A. in Music, (Lane College). A long time musical theatre collaborator with Elmo Terry-Morgan, as a team they have created "Ophelia's Cotillion", AUDELCO Award winning "Song Of Sheba", "Hot Comb", an adaptation of "Crescent Tales", "Profiles and Shadows", "Heart To Heart", and a new project "Return Me To Love" (a Dorothy Dandridge story). Clarice is serving as music director for Rites and Reason Theatre and visiting lecturer for Africana Studies, Brown University.
