Althea Waites was born on 1939 and is an American concert pianist.
12 Facts About Althea Waites
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Althea Waites has performed across the United States and internationally.
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Althea Waites is currently a faculty member at California State University, Long Beach.
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Althea Waites made her debut with the New Orleans Philharmonic at age 17.
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Althea Waites studied music at Xavier University in New Orleans and went on to earn a master's degree in piano from Yale University.
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Althea Waites studied with Russell Sherman at the New England Conservatory.
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Althea Waites became a full-time faculty member at Cal State in 1979.
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Althea Waites later joined the faculty at California State Polytechnic, Pomona, where she was artist-in-residence.
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Althea Waites has said that she has been on a "crusade" to perform music by Black women composers.
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Althea Waites was the first pianist to make a recording of Price's music.
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Althea Waites has performed across the United States and in Canada, Europe, and Latin America.
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In 1989, Althea Waites toured the then-Soviet Union, performing in Moscow, Kiev, and Leningrad.