AfriClassical: Dr. Polli Chambers-Salazar Records Waltz-Suite 'Three-Fours' of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor on CD 'First Flight'

Monday, March 4, 2013

Dr. Polli Chambers-Salazar Records Waltz-Suite 'Three-Fours' of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor on CD 'First Flight'

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Dr. Polli Chambers-Salazar

First Flight; Polli Chambers-Salazar, Piano;
Three-Fours; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at

AfriClassical.com

,
which features a comprehensive Works List  by Prof.
Dominique-René de Lerma,

www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com. Here is the entry on the composer's work Three-Fours, a waltz-suite for piano:


    
    Three-fours, op. 71,
    
    
    valse-suite for piano (1909). London: Augener, 1909. 25p. (Augener's edition,
    
    
    6073; #13895).
    
    
    1. Allegro molto; 
    
    A minor; 
    2, Andante,A-flat; 
    3, Allegro moderato, 
    
    G minor; 
    4. Vivace, 
    D; 
    
    5. Andante molto; 6. Allegro assai. 
    
    Duration: 18m.
    Dedication: Myrtle Meggy. Library: Peabody, Schomburg, Spingarn.

John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com writes:

After attending a convincing performance of Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op.25 by pianist Polli Chambers-Salazar and the El Camino College Symphony Orchestra on Sunday March 3, 2013, I went backstage and invited Dr. Chambers-Salazar to perform the Coleridge-Taylor piece from her solo piano CD titled ‘FIRST FLIGHT’ during the 50^th Anniversary Concert of the MARCH on Washington/Dr. King’s ‘I HAVE A DREAM’ speech, 3:00PM, August 18, 2013 at the AT&T Center Theater/Auditorium. KUSC Classical radio 91.5FM, www.KUSC.org is media sponsor.

Dr. Chambers-Salazar was the piano accompanist for Grammy winning Baritone Donnie Ray Albert during last year’s 150^th Anniversary Emancipation Proclamation Concert and she demonstrated admirable team spirit. When piano accompanist Althea Waites was unable to attend a sound check for Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama and Tenor George Shirley, Dr. Chambers-Salazar volunteered to arrive at the AT&T Center Theater/Auditorium prior to her scheduled sound check with Donnie to accompany Nokuthula and Shirley for their sound checks.

Dr. Chambers-Salazar received her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from University of Southern California and joined the keyboard faculty of El Camino College in 2008, serving as Director of Piano Studies. Previously she served on the keyboard faculty of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. Dr. Chambers-Salazar CD is available for purchase in the Norton Simon Museum and via her website http://webpages.charter.net/polli/mymusic.htm