MARIA CORLEY plays Piano Music by African-American Women
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Three Selections:
1) L. Viola Kinney: "Mother's Sacrifice" (1909)
2) (@ 05:25): Dorothy Rudd Moore: "A Little Whimsy" (1982)
3) (@ 07:39): Zenobia Powell Perry: "Homage (to William Levi Dawson)" (1990)
Maria Corley, piano
from Albany TROY857 (2006)
www.albanyrecor...
Jamaican-born Canadian pianist Maria Corley gave her first public performance at age eight. Since then, she has appeared on radio, television and concert stages in Canada, the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, Bermuda and Europe. She completed her education at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, where she studied with Alexandra Munn. Maria Corley received both Masters and Doctorate degrees in piano from the Juilliard School, where she was a student of Gyorgy Sandor. Aside from being an accomplished pianist, Corley is an author, whose first novel, Choices, was published in Kensington's Arabesque line. She is also a composer and arranger of music for both solo voice and chorus. Formerly an assistant professor at Florida A&M University, she currently serves as staff accompanist at Millersville University in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Of this CD she writes, "Ethnicity and gender are not determining factors of ability, and if not for the potent combination of sexism and racism, perhaps more of the music on this recording might be better known. Included are two award-winning works: Kinney's Mother's Sacrifice and Price's Sonata in e-minor. The other composers, Valerie Capers, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Undine Smith Moore and Zenobia Powell Perry, have all achieved long and successful careers in their chosen field of endeavor. In short, these are first and foremost fine pieces of music, regardless of the race and gender of their creators."
Contents:
L. Viola Kinney, composer
Mother's Sacrifice
Maria Corley, piano
Valerie Capers, composer
Portraits in Jazz
Maria Corley, piano
Dorothy Rudd Moore, composer
A Little Whimsy
Maria Corley, piano
Undine Smith Moore, composer
Before I'd be a Slave
Maria Corley, piano
Florence Price, composer
Sonata in E Minor
Maria Corley, piano
Zenobia Powell Perry, composer
Homage
Maria Corley, piano
Margaret Bonds, composer
Troubled Water
Maria Corley, piano
Review:
"Soulscapes is a valuable contribution to the ever-growing body of recorded music of African-American composers. ...Brava!" (AfroAmericanHeritage.com)
"Corley's...choices are designed to show the talent of black women in America, and they do so in an effective and entertaining way." (American Record Guide)
Thank you, everyone! I'm just discovering this, so please forgive the two year delay. :)
You're very welcome!
This is so beautifully rendered, Dr. Corley! A nice addition to my listening pleasure as I research Florence Price and Margaret Bonds. btw, Corley is my maiden name.
@@vickicarr48 Thank you!!
i like coding to classical music. i was listening to chopin's nocturnes when i started and then realized chopin was sounding different. i pulled up the screen and i see this gem. I've smiling wide in appreciation. excellent work ma'am.
Thank you! I'm sorry--I didn't post this, and was unaware of the comments. I hope my acknowledgement of your kind words qualifies as better late than never!
Thank you ! Such a great discovery for me ! Thank you to pay Tribute to women composers ! So many great talents and masterpieces that are not played enough around the world ! As a woman composer myself from France, I thank you to participate in changing things! So thank you again for this beautiful CD and beautiful interpretation too
Thank you, Veronique!
Most Impressive Maria!!! Beautiful! Zenobia Perry was one of my Music Teachers at Central State Univ, Wilberforce OH.
Learning more about composers. What engaging and passionate work! Carries me away.
Thank you! Mother's Sacrifice is lovely. Also her only extant piece.
Woow, so good to discover new music 😊 congrats to the pianist!!
Thank you!
Just heard this lovely, heart-tugging composition for the very first time on WQXR public radio in NYC this Mother's Day morning. Written in 1909, BUT---not recorded until almost 100 years later in 2005 by Maria Corley, who was nice enough to add her own Comment here. (See below)
Thank you so much for your contributions to the music world 💐🎶💗👑
Thank you!
@@mtcpianist 💐💞👑
What a beautiful piece of music this is.
Thank you Maria Corley for sharing this.
Thank you so much! I am just now seeing this comment--please forgive my delayed acknowledgement.
Beautiful just discovered you❤✌
Thank you!
Lovely music, bravo, or rather brava1
Wow😍
Thank you!
Very nice Dr Corley. You were an awesome professor!
Aww...thanks, Darryl!
Sorry: my Comment below refers to the first track here: L. Viola Kenny's "Mother's Sacrifice."
Dear Robert: The credits list only Steinway, but not the particular model.
Is sheet music available for these wonderful pieces?
Sorry for the delay! All of the music on this CD should be available from G. Schirmer Music.
I took many of the pieces from a Hildegard collection, 100 years of P Music by Black Women, 1890 to 1990. I believe that's the title. Valerie Capers pieces published by Oxford. The Price Sonata is published by Schirmer.