Lois Smith Jones, President

The Friday Morning Music Club, Inc.

Washington, D.C.

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

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MEMBER NEWS PUBLISHED ON THIS WEB SITE IN NOVEMBER 2002

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:

• The Concertante Ensemble, comprised of Nancy Genovese,clarinet, Amy Rothstein, piano, Peggy McNulty, soprano, and Steven Tung, flute, will perform at Collington in a 7:00 PM concert on Nov. 3rd. The concert consists of pieces by Brahms, Liszt, Cooke, Copland, and Danzi. The ensemble is also performing some of this program on Oct. 27th at 4:00 PM at the Unitarian church of Fairfax for a Northern VA Music Teachers Association benefit concert.
   
• November 8, 7:30 pm: Elizabeth Miller will present an Organ Recital on the new Casavant Organ at Aldergate United Methodist Church, Fort Hunt and Collingwood Roads in Alexandria. The program will include works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Vierne, Dupré and Mozart.
   
• Winifred Hyson will premiere a work commissioned by the Maryland State Music Teachers Association at the MSMTA Convention at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland on Saturday, November 8 at 4:00. The work, Somewhere in the Wild features six poems set to music by Winifred and will be performed by Deborah Thurlow, soprano, Amy Thomas, flute, Michael Stepniak, viola, and Li-Ly Chang, piano. The MSMTA Convention is open to the public and will also feature presentations by FMMC members Immanuela Gruenberg, Frank Conlon, and Barbara Wing among others. World-renonwed pianist Martin Jones is the featured Convention artist. His concert will take place on Saturday, November 9 at 8:30 pm. For information regarding registration, call the MSMTA Convention Chair, Jo Makowski or visit www.msmta.org and read the convention section under "What's New."
   
• Elizabeth Lane and Barbara Wing will present a Young People's Concert for Two Pianos on Saturday November 16th, 2002 at 2 pm. at the Levine School of Music, 2801 Upton St. NW, Washington DC. Admission is free. Among the music to be performed are selections from "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky and Barbara Wing's arrangement of three songs from Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story."
   
• Gabrieli and the Glories of Venice. The Washington Symphonic Brass will perform music by Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Praetorius, Viadana, and Monteverdi.ÝÝThe ensemble will take advantage of the entire acoustical space inside each church to bring the audience spine-tingling antiphonal sounds. With William Neil, organ.
  • Saturday, Novermber 16, 2002 at 8:00 pm; Saint Luke Catholic Church, Mclean, Virginia
  • Sunday, November 17, 2002 at 7:30 pm; National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
  • Sunday, November 24, 2002 at 7:30pm; St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Annapolis Maryland
  Tickets are $20Ýfor adults and $10 for students (bring ID).Ý A for the all three programs may be purchased at a cost of $50 for adults and $25 for students.Ý Cash, checks, and MC/Visa accepted. Click HERE for a printable flyer for the entire season.
   
• The early vocal ensemble Carmina, directed by Vera Kochanowsky, will be participating in The Nordic Early Music Festivale. The first concert will take place on Sunday, November 17 at 7 pm at St. George's Episcopal Church, 915 N. Oakland St., in Arlington, Virginia and will consists of music from the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway. The second program, on Sunday, November 24 at 4 pm, will feature 17th century music from Sweden and Finland and will take place at St. Luke's Catholic Church, 7001 Georgetown Pike, in McLean, Virginia. Both programs will be preceded by a pre-concert discussion one hour before the programs begin. Tickets and information can be obtained by calling 703-897-8990.
   
• On Friday, December 6 at 8 pm, Carmina will present a staged, costumed production of the 12th century miracle play, The Son of Getron, from the famed Fleury Playbook. Instrumentalists from the Medieval ensemble, Armonia Nova, directed by harpist Constance Whiteside, will be joining Carmina in this production. The performance will take place at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 118 3rd Street, SE, Washington, DC. For tickets please call St. Mark's at 202-543-1397.
   

PAST PERFORMANCES AND OTHER NEWS:

• Several members of the FMMC attended The Great Romantics Festival in Hamilton, Ontario, on October 10-12. Harold Ash, Mary Brantley, Liz Santucci, Jo Makowski, and Bill Ellis were among those who enjoyed a memorable performance by Ann Schein and her husband, Earl Carlyss, in works for violin and piano by Respighi, Saint-Saens, and Kreisler. Ann also filled in at the last minute for an ailing performer and enthralled the large audience with her interpretation of Beethovenís Sonata Op. 109 and her touching performance of a sonata by Chopin. On the last day, Ann and Thomas Mastroianni took part in a Piano Gala featuring Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt. Tom performed Rhapsody No.3, in B flat major, while Annís choice was the Rhapsody No.15 in A minor.

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