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". . .(she) combines expert technical display with amazing musicality..."

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Polly's CD, The Parasol, contains pieces inspired by the great Spanish painter Goya, along with other Spanish and Latin American favorites from Tárrega and Barrios. Listen to excerpts in Mp3 format below :

Los Tapices de Goya
(The Tapestries of Goya)
Clare Barns Greer
1.
 El Quitasol (The Parasol)
2.
 La Merienda (The Picnic)
3.
 Las Lavenderas (The Washerwoman)
4.
 La Gallina Ciega (Blind Man's Bluff)
 
5.
 Amanecer (Dawn)—Clare Barns Greer
6.
 Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)—Barrios
7.
 Danza Guarani—Barrios
8.
 Afro-Cuban Lullaby—Traditional
9.
 Anochecer (Dusk)—Clare Barns Greer
10.
 La Alborada—Tárrega
11.
 Adelita—Tárrega
12.
 Rosita—Tárrega

 

Polly is a versatile artist, performing not only as a guitarist, a lutenist, and baroque guitarist, but also as an actress and creator of her own one-woman shows.

Some favorite acting roles have been: Regina in "The Little Foxes", Katherine in "The Taming of the Shrew", Sylvia in "Sylvia", Susie in "Wait Until Dark", Brooke in "Noises Off", Bette in "The Marriage of Bette and Boo", Doris in "Same Time, Next Year", and Alice in "Alice!".

Polly was voted "Best Local Actress" in the 1998 "Best of Denton" Readers' Poll, and "Best Acoustic Artist" in the 2000 "Best of Denton" Readers' Poll.

Critical notices following her European concert tour are from the Madgeburgische Zeitung Volksstimme (Magdeburg, Germany) and from the Suddeutsche Zeitung (Munich, Germany).

" Finest Nuances Are Communicated in the Performance"

" . . . Polly Maynard (is) a virtuoso guitarist who elicited a rich pallet of diverse tone colors from her instrument . . ."

". . .(Ms. Maynard) combines expert technical display with amazing musicality..."

The Parasol
Cover of Polly's CD, The Parasol