Bill Text: TX HR47 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Shirley Baines of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR47 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR47-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 47 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the | ||
passing of admired vocalist Shirley Baines of Houston on January | ||
15, 2021, at the age of 69; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Houston on March 9, 1951, Shirley Baines | ||
grew up in the historic Fifth Ward and graduated from Phillis | ||
Wheatley High School; she went on to earn her bachelor's degree in | ||
music education at Texas Southern University and studied vocal | ||
techniques under noted private instructors, at the University of | ||
Arizona, and through the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, | ||
the Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera Company, and the | ||
American Institute of Musical Studies in Austria; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Baines toured the country with Broadway | ||
companies and performed in Europe and Asia as well; her soprano | ||
repertoire ranged from classical music to art songs and spirituals, | ||
and she loved to promote the works of African American composers; | ||
among numerous accolades, she received the national Dealy Award in | ||
the vocal category, as well as the top National Soloist Bureau Award | ||
of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dedicated to her profession, Ms. Baines maintained | ||
a number of affiliations, among them the Houston Metropolitan | ||
Chorale, the American Guild of Musical Artists, and the National | ||
Association for the Study and Performance of African American | ||
Music; she was also a lifelong member of Pleasant Hill Baptist | ||
Church in the Fifth Ward; and | ||
WHEREAS, Shirley Baines brought joy to countless people | ||
through her musical gifts, and although she will be greatly missed | ||
by those she left behind, she will forever hold a special place in | ||
their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Shirley Baines and | ||
extend sincere condolences to all who mourn her passing; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for her loved ones and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Shirley | ||
Baines. | ||
Dutton | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 47 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
vote of the House on March 10, 2021. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||