Sunday, May 2, 2010

Collaborative Piano Blog: “Darryl Taylor and Maria Corley Perform H. Leslie Adams' 'For You There Is No Song'”



[ABOVE: Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson; Edward B. Marks Music. BELOW: Darryl Taylor, countertenor, and Brent McMunn, piano, in iSing, University of California Irvine, May 8, 2010]

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Saturday, May 01, 2010
I've really been enjoying this 2007 video of countertenor Darryl Taylor and pianist Maria Corley performing H. Leslie Adams’ For You There Is No Song at the East Cleveland Public Library. It’s worth noting that Darryl Taylor is also the founder of the African American Art Song Alliance, an organization dedicated to the promotion of the art song written by African American composers. If you find this repertoire as fascinating as I do, a good place to start exploring would be Willis C. Patterson’s Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, in addition to the resources that can be found on Darryl’s AAASA site, AfriClassical.com and the AfriClassical blog.” HOMEPAGE: http://www.hleslieadams.com and http://www.hleslieadams.net

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