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MARIA THOMPSON CORLEY Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 8 pm
Pianist, composer, educator, writer, Jamaican-born Canadian Maria Thompson Corley holds a doctorate from Juilliard and enjoys an active career in all its facets. Her concert career as soloist and as collaborator, especially with vocal artists, has taken her around the world. She currently serves on the piano faculty at Millersville University in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
ClevelandClassical.com commended Corley’s “fine and nuanced performances, …committed."
| Beethoven | Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13, “Pathetique” (1798) |
| H. Leslie Adams | Etude in G Minor (1997) Etude in G Major (1998) Etude in A Minor (1998) |
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| Eleanor Alberga | Jamaican Medley (1983) |
| Emahoy Tsegue | Mother’s Love (1963) |
| Ravel | Jeux d'eau |
| Maryam Guebrou Nkeiru Okoye | African Sketches (2003) 2. Dusk |
| Errollyn Wallen | I Wouldn’t Normally Say (2004) |
| Maria Thompson Corley | Sanctuary (1999, rev. 2019; 2003, tr. 2021) Naughtycal Glimpses: Tales of a Kindergarten Class (1980) |
| Chopin | Scherzo in B Minor, Op. 20 (ca. 1833) |
