(Section C)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conducted by Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Music by Coleridge-Taylor
Intermezzo in C
Nos. 2 and 6 from Suite, Three Fours Ballade in A minor Suite, Othello
1 Dance. 2 Willow Song. 3 Funeral March. 4 Military March
Avril Coleridge-Taylor , daughter of the famous composer, is a versatile musician. When only a child she began her career as a ballet dancer at Drury Lane. She entered upon a comprehensive study of music, first at the Guildhall and later at Trinity College, taking piano, violin, elocution, and composition ; finally, winning a scholarship for piano and composition, and at the same time having her first song published. She has since written a considerable number of songs and orchestral works.
Of late years, however,
Avril Coleridge-Taylor has devoted her activities chiefly to conducting. For a period she studied under Albert Coates. Among many important engagements as a conductor, she conducted the Hiaicatha pageant at Sheffield and she has been to America and conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It is interesting to note that she was the first woman to be invited to conduct the Band of H.M. Royal Marines at Chatham.