Lois Jones, President

The Friday Morning Music Club, Inc.

Washington, D.C.

For classical musicians and music lovers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

CONCERT SCHEDULE FOR MARCH AND EARLY APRIL 2004

NOTE:
(1) For archived information on past FMMC-sponsored concerts, beginning in October 2002, please click here
(2) For a printable concert schedule at the Sumner Museum for March 2004, please click here.

Thursday, March 4, 11:00 a.m. at Strathmore Hall.

• Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004 for violin, transcribed by Ferrucio Busoni. YOSHINORI HOSAKA, piano.
• Selected songs by Brahms and Poulenc. CHRISTIANNE KING, soprano; MARGARET PATTERSON, piano
• Weber: Trio in G Minor. Op. 63. CYNTHIA JOHNSON-GEORGE, flute; URSULA LOHMEYER, cello; PHOEBE MILES, piano.

Friday, March 5, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.

• Beethoven: Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 ("Waldstein"). BARBARA PETERSON CACKLER, piano.
• Shostakovich: Trio No. 2, Op. 67. CECILIE JONES, violin; JAN TIMBERS, cello; MARY KATHRYN TRAVER, piano.
• Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11. MYUNG-AE CHUNG, piano.

Friday, March 12, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.

• Martinu: Sonata. NAYIRI POOCHIKIAN, violin; HOORIG POOCHIKIAN, violin (guest artist); VIRGINIA LUM, piano.
• Marx: Four Songs. SHIRLEY TAYLOR-MOORE, soprano; WILLIAM YANNUZZI,piano (guest artist).
• Brahms: String quartet in C minor, Op. 51, no. 1. CECILIE JONES and JOYCE RIZZOLO, violins; ROBERT HUESMANN, viola; JAN TIMBERS, cello.

Saturday, March 13, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sumner School Museum.
Washington International Competition for Voice: semifinals.

Sunday, March 14, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Corcoran Gallery.
Washington International Competition for Voice: finals.

Tuesday, March 16, 12 noon at Dumbarton House.

• Leclair: Two trio sonatas, Op. 13, nos. 1 & 2; BARBARA GHOLZ and CONSTANCE MILNER, violins; JONATHAN VELSEY, cello; and SHARON OLLISON, harpsichord.
• J.S. Bach: Suite No. 5, JOHN KABOFF, cello.
• Haydn: Flute quartet Op. 5, No. 6 in C major; TOBY ROTMAN, flute, BARBARA GHOLZ, violin, BILLIE ANDERTON, viola, BRIGITTA CZERNIK GRUENTHER, cello.

Thursday, March 18, 11 a.m. in the Fairfax Old Town Hall

• Gabriel Pierné: Solo de concert. Dunhill: Lyric Suite, Op. 96. MARK NOBLE, bassoon, BILL TAYLOR, piano.
• Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54. VICTORIA WYATT, piano.
• Schubert: Selected songs. PEGGY McNULTY, soprano, GILLIAN COOKSON, piano.

Friday, March 19, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.
Concert in memory of Sue Goetz Ross (reception to follow).

• Respighi: The Pines of Rome. SOPHIA PALLS and JULIAN TRAIL, duo pianists.
• Selections by African-American women composers in honor of Women's History Month. REGINA McCONNELL, soprano; THOMAS E. REILLY, piano.
• Brahms: Trio in C major, Op. 87. RAMONA MATTHEWS, violin; JAN TIMBERS, cello; ENOCH GORDIS, piano.

Thursday, March 25, 12 noon at the Ellipse Arts Center.

• Cynthia Folio: One for Four.
• Paule Maurice: Suite.
• Donna Kelly Eastman: Selections from Signs of the Zodiac; Arctic Suite.
• Kuhlau: First movement from Grand Quartet in E Minor, Op. 103.

Friday, March 26, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.

• Lili Boulanger: D'un Soir Triste; D'un Matin de Printemps. RUTH ALBIGHT, violin; BRIGITTA CZERNIK GRUENTHER, cello; ALMA RHODES, piano.
• Selections by Purcell, Mozart, Delibes and Puccini, ELIZABETH KIRKPATRICK VRENIOS, soprano; ARIANNE LOWELL, mezzo-soprano; LINDA ELLINWOOD, piano.
• Brahms: Trio in A minor, Op. 114. WENDI HATTON, clarinet; EARL WILLIAMS, cello; RAY WERTHEIM, piano.

Saturday, March 27, 11 a.m. at Strathmore Hall. Composers Concert

• Jo Lombard: The Great Bell of Shwedagon. Performers TBA: piano, gong, folk drum, brass bell, woodblock.
• Ron Dicus: String Quartet. RAMONA MATTHEWS and CECILIE JONES, violins; MIRIAM GOLDBERG, viola, EMILY TOLL, cello.
• Lo I Yin: String Quartet No. 2. VIRGINIA HARPHAM and SUSAN BOWER, violins: LO I YIN, viola: HELEN COFFMAN, cello.
• Bill Holroyd: Sonata Allegro. DONALD MACLEAN, solo viola.

Thursday, April 1, 11 a.m. at Strathmore Hall.

• Rachmaninoff: Nine Etudes Tableaux Op. 38. DEBORAH BROWN, piano.
• Fauré: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 13. GRACE BOERINGER, violin; BARBARA WING, piano.
• Chopin: Three Mazurkas, Op. 50; Ravel: Jeux d'eau. MARGARET PATTERSON, piano.

Friday, April 2, 12 noon at the Levine School. Duo-piano recital.

• Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven. HSIEN-ANN MENG and WEI-DER HUANG.
• Lecuona: Ante El Escorial. Milhaud: Scaramouche. TERESITA COCQUIA SISON and DAVID SEAGER.
• Debussy: Petite Suite. BARBARA WING and ELIZABETH LANE.
• Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. ROBERT ROSEN and NANCY HALLSTED.