Winter 2023 Recitals Update
Feb. 15, 2023
Students gathered on February 11 to
demonstrate their talent during our Winter Student
Recitals.
WMC Hosts Successful December Benefit Concert
Dec. 12, 2022Natalia and Oksana’s benefit concert yesterday (Saturday, December 10) was both fun and exciting. Everything on the program (including the world-premiere my very difficult piece, "Journey into Destiny: Homage to Ukraine in Time of War”) was performed exceptionally well. It was an outstanding concert. (We are fortunate to have these two fine Ukrainian pianists in our club.)
The generosity of those in attendance was very impressive: a total of $1,831.00 (!!!) was donated. Our sincere thanks go out to all who gave so generously. One-hundred percent of these donations will be used to aid Ukrainians suffering as a result of Vladimir Putin's illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine; food, shelter, medicine, water, heating, transportation, etc. will be provided to those in need because of the war. Parenthetically, our club has now sponsored three benefit recitals for Ukraine, in which a total of nearly $3,600.00 (!!!) have been donated. If the war continues (as we fear it will), God willing, our club will be sponsoring additional benefit concerts in the future.
June 2022 News Update
The Woodbridge Music Club's sponsored concert featuring Ukrainian pianist Liana Paniyeva on June 4, 2022, was an outstanding success. The audience was treated to a marvelous performance by this phenomenal pianist. Impressively, $1,153.00 were donated by our audience for the aid of war-torn Ukraine. Many thanks for the generosity of all who contributed! Additionally, the Woodbridge Music club arranged for Liana to repeat this same program on June 5 for Franconia United Methodist Church; an additional six hundred dollars were donated for the aid of Ukraine at that concert, bring the total for the two concerts to $1,753.00. One hundred percent of these donations are being utilized by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to assist Ukrainians with food, water, medicine, clothing, shelter, and transportation.
Our club is now on its traditional summer break. Our
next meeting, which will kick off our 2022-2023
season, will be on Thursday, September 22, at 7:30
PM (per our recent vote). In the meantime, I
would welcome your feedback, suggestions, etc.
Reminder: the postmark deadline for submitting
applications is July 15 (see the membership
application form for details).
The NFMC Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana is
underway, and will continue through June 18. For
those of you who might be interested in what goes on
at a NFMC Conference,
here is an invitation to
and summery of this year's events. The
NFMC Conference is a spectacular biennial event
which is open to all, and which takes place in a
different city every two years.
Our next WMC Zoom meeting will be on Thursday,
September 21, at 7:30 PM.
Our October Zoom meeting will be at noon, on
Thursday, October 20.
Our next WMC sponsored concert will be in November of 2022, and will feature fabulous concert pianist Marianna Prjevalskaya. Further details will soon be forthcoming.