Mrs. Beulah Howard, Baiocchi’s maternal great-grandmother with daughter, Annie. A legendary figure in Regina’s family, Mrs. Howard – known as “Mama Beulah”-- shared vivid recollections of her slavery experience with her family.
Mr. Howard, also known as “Papa” was believed to be of mixed Native American, Italian and African heritage. He gazes out from the front porch at the family’s home in Rutherford, Tennessee.
Regina and Greg Baiocchi in High School, 1972 Regina, a high school sophomore, poses with Greg Baiocchi--then a junior at Quigley North High School--whom she met when she was 13. They are standing in front of her family’s home at 4035 South Wabash Avenue in Chicago.
Regina Harris Baiocchi Regina Baiocchi in 1975 shortly after her marriage to Greg Baiocchi. Photograph courtesy of Regina Baiocchi. Photographed by John Tweedle.
Baiocchi rehearsing Baiocchi rehearses at Sinai Temple in Chicago for a Catholic Theological Seminary commencement. She worked at the Seminary as its Public Relations Director from 1989-1994.
Publicity photograph of Regina Baiocchi by Reggie Payton, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1997-1998. This photograph was taken in preparation for the premiere of her piece "African Hands: Concerto for 4 Drums and Orchestra," funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Baiocchi sits with Katherine Dunham protégé and ethnomusicologist, Craig Miller. Mr. Miller commissioned African Hands, which Baiocchi composed with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and performed in Seattle, Washington and Detroit, Michigan.
Family gathers at the repast for Greg’s deceased uncle. Left to right, front row: Regina’s eldest sister, Marilyn Diann Allen; their father, Elgie Harris, Sr.; and their mother, Lanzie. Back row: Baiocchi’s brother-in-law, Manuel Allen; her oldest brother, Elgie, Jr.; middle brother, James Phillip Harris; and husband, Gregory Baiocchi.
The Dells posing for their CD cover for 'Reminiscing,' 2000; (Bottom row, L. to R.): Michael McGill, Marvin Junior, Johnny Carter; (Standing, L. to R.): Chuck Barksdale and Verne Allison.
The Dells posing for their album cover for 'I Salute You: 40th Anniversary'; (Seated): Marvin Junior, (L. to R.): Michael McGill, Verne Allison, Johnny Carter, and Chuck Barksdale, New York, New York, 1994.
The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College band leading the “line of march” to Lee Hall during commencement under the direction of Dr. William P. Foster, Tallahassee, Florida, 1946.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College Marching “100” Band performing in the Orange Blossom Parade under the direction of Dr. William P. Foster in Miami, Florida.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College Marching “100” Band director Dr. William P. Foster (right) gives assistance to tuba player, Albert Henderson, 1957.
Dr. William P. Foster (standing, center) poses with five Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College Marching “100” Band members in their new band uniforms, 1968.
Dr. William P. Foster (far left) and Samuel Floyd (far right) with the percussion section of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College Marching “100” Band, 1962.
Members of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Marching “100” Band sightseeing in Paris, France, 1989; They were invited to perform there by the president of France.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Marching “100” Band directors Dr. William P. Foster, Dr. White, and Mr. Bing watching a football game in 1981.
(l to r): Robert Thomas, Leonard Bowden, Dr. William P. Foster, Lenard Bowie, Charles Cox, and James Latimer receive achievement awards from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College, Tallahassee, Florida, 1959
