Appraiser of musical instruments since 1989. Dr. Rice has been a consultant and appraiser for numerous organizations, including: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles; Music Center Operating Co., Los Angeles; Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion; La Sierra University, Riverside, California; University of Wyoming, Laramie; Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; University of Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, British Columbia; Chinook Keyboard Collection, Calgary, Alberta

Curator, Kenneth G. Fiske Museum of Musical Instruments of The Claremont Colleges. With over 1200 instruments European, American and non-Western instruments this Museum is one of the largest in the Western United States. Dr. Rice oversees the display, use, and storage of the collection and maintains a database of the Museum’s instruments. The national meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society was held at the Museum in 1988 and 1998.

Education
Appraisal courses given by the American Society of Appraisers.
M.L.S. in library science - San Jose State University (California State University, Fullerton campus), 1994.
Ph.D. in musicology - Claremont Graduate School, 1987.
M.A. in music performance and music history - Claremont Graduate School, 1978.
B.A. in music - California State University at Fullerton, 1974.