Maria Thompson CorleyThree Heart Riddles (song cycle texts)I’m publishing this because my song cycle has made it into a music history class, and I was asked where one can find the poetry. It isn’t…3 min read·Apr 23, 2023----
Maria Thompson CorleyThe Beauty in my BlacknessNote: this poem was written for mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, as the text to an art song for which I also wrote the music. I’m posting…1 min read·Sep 23, 2022----
Maria Thompson Corley“Whatever Kind of Music You Enjoy”: A Conversation with Maria Thompson CorleyBY PETER J. RABINOWITZ18 min read·Aug 30, 2022----
Maria Thompson CorleyMy very last GOAT post for the forseeable futureHow about this — I have no idea. At the very least, no more pontificating until Nadal and Djokovic have retired!1 min read·Jun 1, 2022----
Maria Thompson CorleyThe hardest part of loveMy daughter started talking about moving out shortly after she graduated from college. Actually, she started talking about it in her senior…7 min read·Apr 23, 2022----
Maria Thompson CorleyLiving Things Grow and Change; Classical Music is no Exception (originally published on…I recently read a blog post* that attempted to put a wall around classical music by defining what it “should” be. Attempts to stem the tide…5 min read·Sep 17, 2021----
Maria Thompson CorleyMaybe Heaven is Integrated?I am the organist for a predominantly white church. My congregation has treated me and my children like family since the beginning, about…4 min read·Jun 5, 2021----
Maria Thompson CorleyIs Lover’s Rock Oversexualized?During a recent ZOOM chat with friends, I mentioned how much I’d enjoyed Lover’s Rock, episode two of Small Axe, Steve McQueen’s…4 min read·Dec 26, 2020----
Maria Thompson CorleyBig Yellow TaxiI wrote the poem on which the song at the end of this post is based when Notre Dame was actually burning. The song was written in May…1 min read·Jul 1, 2020----
