BALLANDS, Etta
(*1899)> PIANIST · ACCOMPANIST · TEACHER · COMPOSER
BALLANDS, Etta American pianist, accompanist, teacher and composer. London, March 29, 1899. She was a L.R.A.M. and an A.T.C. and received a D.Mus. She studied the piano and voice under Signor Boraldi amongst others. She followed a distinguished career as a pianist and accompanist to Kreisler, Kubelik, Casals and Melba in Europe, before going to Canada and the United States after the war. She ran a music school in England for 25 years and in Canada for 11 years. She composed more than 500 works…