Althea Waites. Pianist, Scholar, Advocate
Althea Waites is a pianist extraordinaire. In her 85 years, she has performed all over the world and will occasionally accept invitations to teach master classes at music schools across the country. She has produced several albums, including her 2023 grammy nominated album, Reflections in Time. Her main goal is to perform new music and the music of composers of color. She has recorded the works of Margaret Bonds, Jeremy Siskind and Curt Cacioppo along with three of the “Three-Fours” of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Waites is scheduled to perform this month at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
Events and Opportunities:
THE APOLLO – CELEBRATING 90 YEARS AS THE SOUL OF AMERICAN CULTURE
Clayton Stephenson @ New York Philharmonic
The California African American Museum in Los Angeles