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Pianist Joanne Polk has been catapulted into the public eye with her transversal of the complete piano
works of American composer Amy Beach (1867-1944). In March 2000, Ms. Polk celebrated the centennial
of Beach’s Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor by giving the work its London premiere with the English
Chamber Orchestra at the Barbican Center under the baton of Paul Goodwin. Days later, she performed
the Piano Concerto with the Women’s Philharmonic in San Francisco under conductor Apo Hsu.
Empress of Night, released on Arabesque Recordings, is the fifth volume of Ms. Polk’s ongoing survey of
Beach’s piano works, and includes the Piano Concerto with the English Chamber Orchestra, Paul
Goodwin conducting.The first recording in the Beach series, by the still waters, received the 1998 INDIE
award for best solo recording. The fifth volume of the series, Morning Glories, joins Ms. Polk with the
Lark Quartet in three outstanding chamber music works by Amy Beach.
Prior to recording the complete piano music of Amy Beach, Ms. Polk recorded lieder and chamber music for Arabesque Recordings. Completely Clara: Lieder by Clara Wieck Schumann, her debut CD for Arabesque Recording featuring Metropolitan Opera soprano Korliss Uecker, was selected as a "Best of the Year" recording by The Seattle Times and was featured on Performance Today on New York Public Radio. Ms. Polk’s most recent CD for Albany Records, Callisto, was released in January 2004 and features the solo piano music of Judith Lang Zaimont.With Baritone Patrick Mason, she recorded a CD of Amy Beach songs for Bridge Records, due for release in 2005. Ms. Polk has performed in solo recitals, with chamber ensembles, and as a soloist with orchestras in Europe, the United States and Australia. She co-founded American Accent with composer Judith Lang Zaimont, a New York-based contemporary music group specializing in coveted, repeat performances of new works. Ms. Polk received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Degrees from The Juilliard School, and her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from Manhattan School of Music. She has recently given master classes at the Summit Music Festival and at the University of Minnesota and joined the piano faculty of the Castelnuovo di Garfagnna Music Festival in Italy in summer of 2004. She is presently the Director of the Precollege Division at Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Polk is an exclusive Steinway artist. |
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