NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS
National Headquarters – Jennifer Griffin, Executive Director
1646 W Smith Valley Road, Greenwood, IN 46142
317-882-4003 www.nfmc-music.org Email: info@nfmc-music.org
NFMC President’s Theme
“Create Harmony Through Music”
NFMC President’s Song
“Come to Us, Creative Spirit”
NFMC Young Artists from Virginia
1989 – Alexander Kerr, Violin
1991 – Zuill Bailey, Cello
2007 – Rayanne Gonzales, Soprano
2011 – Nicholas Pallesen, Tenor
2017 – Natalie Conte
NFMC Special Programs & Events
Manassas NFMC Festival: February 25 & 26, 2022
2022 National Music Week: May 1-8, 2022
2022 NFMC Convention: June 13-18, 2022
NFMC Officers 2022-2023
President: Deborah Freeman
1st Vice President SE Region: Michael Edwards
Treasurer: Suzanne Carpenter
SE Region Vice President: Sandra Anderson
NE Region Vice President: Ruch Ann McChesney
NC Region Vice President: Heidi Hong
Western Region Vice President: Judy Prescott
SC Region Vice President: Jean Moffatt
Recording Secretary: Linda Lind
Virginia Representative: Cynthia Elmore
WMC Members Serving NFMC
Past National President, Board Lana M. Bailey
Member, Headquarters/Office
Committees, Bylaws & Rules
Chair, FAMA Chair,
Rose Fay Thomas Fellow
Board Member, Audio Chair Dr Zuill Bailey
Centennial Chamber Music
Chair, Investment Committee
Rose Fay Thomas Fellow
Founders Day Chair Cynthia Elmore
Rose Fay Thomas Fellow
Veterans Awards Chair Paul Brady
Chair of the Dr. Quida Keck Award, Dr. Elaine Brady
Together We Sing
(Monthly Suggested Songs)
NFMC Invocation
I will sing a song of prayer to Thee
O Lord, our God, eternally,
To invoke Thy blessings on this day
In all we do and all we say,
O Lord, hear my suppliant plea.
We will sing the song yet again to Thee
With a loving heart and fervently,
For we know all Good, all Truth and Light
Come from Thee, our source, our strength, our might.
O Lord, Our Lord, be with us through this night.
Amen.
Julia Smith
Copyright 1954 Mowbray Music Printed By Permission Of The Publisher Theodore Presser Co.
NFMC Collect
We praise and thank Thee, Father, for the gift of music. Through us, as channels of Thy grace, may this blessed legacy be shared with all mankind. Grant that we may exemplify in our own lives the harmony of Thy great purpose for us.
Give us magnitude of soul, and such understanding hearts that we who make music may be as players upon rightly tuned instruments responding to Thy leading.
Let us with renewed consecration dedicate ourselves to the purpose of our Federation, to bring the spiritualizing force of music to the inner life of our nation. Open our minds that divine knowledge and wisdom may teach us how best to execute our pledge.
Mrs. Thomas J. Cole
Excerpts from A Musical Ritual, Mrs. Frank A. Seiberling
National Federation Hymn
To Thee, our God, Creator, King
To Thee our hymn of thanks we sing.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thy boundless mercy crowns our days,
Thine be the meed of joyful praise.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thy truth and patience make us know,
Toward Thy perfection let us grow.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thy providence our path has led,
By Thy good grace our souls are fed.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
On Thy strong arm Thy people lean,
Great vision clear and purpose keen.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Our lives to Thee we dedicate,
Thy trust to keep inviolate.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Irena Foreman Williams, 1925
NFMC Benediction – “The Gift of Song”
May we ever grateful be for the beauty of this day.
For love, for friends, for the gift of song,
Lord hear us as we pray. Bless us as we leave this place to go upon our way.
May the love of music bind our hearts as we join as one and say
Thank you Lord, Gracious Lord. Thank you for this day.
Lana Bailey, 2003