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Piano Master Class with
Simone Dinnerstein
Presented in cooperation with Washington Performing Arts Society.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
at 2:00PM
Washington Conservatory of Music One Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816
Free and Open to the Public
Master Class Performers(Adult Students) Dagmar Fisher
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in A Minor, K.54/ L.241
Robert Synder
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Elegie, Op. 3 No. 1
Donna Baldwin
Alberto Ginestera - Sonata No. 1, Op. 2
(Additional performer TBA)
American pianist Simone Dinnerstein is a searching and inventive artist who is motivated by a desire to find the musical core of every work she approaches. NPR reports, "She compels the listener to follow her in a journey of discovery filled with unscheduled detours . . . She's actively listening to every note she plays, and the result is a wonderfully expressive interpretation." The New York-based pianist gained an international following because of the remarkable success of her recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, which she raised the funds to record. Released in 2007 on Telarc, it ranked No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Classical Chart in its first week of sales and was named to many "Best of 2007" lists including those of The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The New Yorker.
The four solo albums Dinnerstein has released since then - The Berlin Concert (Telarc), Bach: A Strange Beauty (Sony), Something Almost Being Said (Sony), and J.S. Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias - have also topped the classical charts. Dinnerstein was the bestselling instrumentalist of 2011 on the U.S. Billboard Classical Chart and was included in NPR's 2011 100 Favorite Songs from all genres.
In Spring 2013, Simone Dinnerstein and singer-sonwriter Tift Merritt released an album together on Sony called Night, a unique collaboration uniting classical, folk, and rock worlds. Other upcoming and recent highlights include Dinnerstein's debuts in Sydney and Melbourne; her debuts in Leipzig at the Gewandhaus and in Toulouse; the world premiere of Nico Muhly's You Can't Get There From Here at Symphony Hall in Boston; her third return engagement at the Berlin Philharmonie; and world premiere performances of Philip Lasser's The Circle and The Child with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Dinnerstein's performances have taken her around the world since her triumphant New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall in 2005 to venues including the Kennedy Center, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, Metropolitan Museum, and Wigmore Hall; festivals including the Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival, the Aspen, Verbier, and Ravinia festivals, and the Stuttgart Bach Festival; and performances with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Kristjan Järvi's Absolute Ensemble, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and the Tokyo Symphony.
Dinnerstein has played concerts throughout the U.S. for the Piatigorsky Foundation, an organization dedicated to bringing classical music to non-traditional venues. She gave the first classical music performance in the Louisiana state prison system when she played at the Avoyelles Correctional Center, and performed at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in a concert organized by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Dedicated to her community, in 2009 Dinnerstein founded Neighborhood Classics, a concert series open to the public hosted by New York public schools which raises funds for the schools.
Dinnerstein is a graduate of the Juilliard School where she was a student of Peter Serkin. She also studied with Solomon Mikowsky at the Manhattan School of Music and in London with Maria Curcio. Simone Dinnerstein lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and son. She is managed by IMG Artists and is a Sony Classical artist.
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Friday Focus on Faculty
On occasional Fridays throughout the year, Washington Conservatory will present a new series "Friday Focus on Faculty" - one hour presentations, to spotlight our outstanding WCM faculty and feature one instrument or musical topic in an informal musical setting.
Friday, February 28 at 7 pm
No tickets:
donations gratefully accepted
THE MARIMBA
Featuring
DAVID MCDONALD
Westmoreland UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816
David McDonald is the drummer with the legendary Airmen of Note, The United States Air Force Band, Washington, DC. McDonald received his Bachelor of Music degree in percussion performance from DePaul University and attended New England Conservatory of Music. While attending DePaul, he participated in the jazz ensemble, symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, and various chamber ensembles. As drummer with the DePaul Jazz Ensemble, he played on live recordings with Phil Woods and Bobby Shew and performed aboard the 2nd Annual Jazz Times Jazz Party at Sea, accompanying several guest artists including Jon Faddis, Steve Turre, James Moody and Fathead Newman. As a freelance musician, McDonald has performed with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Concertante di Chicago, Kenosha Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, Rob Parton's Jazz Tech Big Band, Capitol Bones and the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra. Additionally, he toured Japan as a member of the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra. He is an active performer in the Washington DC area and a faculty member at the Washington Conservatory of Music.
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Michael Adcock, piano

Saturday,
March 1, 2014
8:00 PM
Free
(donations welcome)
Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Cir.
Bethesda, MD 20816
Directions
Program
Italienisches Konzert, BWV 971...JS Bach
Sonata in c minor, op.13 (Pathetique)...Beethoven
Clair de lune...Debussy
Etude in A flat Major, op.25,no.1...Chopin
Ballade, no.1 in g minor,op.23...Chopin
Nocturne in D flat Major, op.27,no.2...Chopin
Scherzo,no.3 in c sharp minor,op.39...Chopin
Post-concert Wine & Words:
A friendly Q&A time with Dr. Adcock
More information:
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Upcoming Washington Conservatory 2013-14 Concerts & Master Classes
Piano, Plus!
FREE (donations welcome)
Westmoreland Congregational Church
1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD 20816
Vocal Master Class with Kathy MatteaSunday, March 2 at 1 pm
In cooperation with WPAS
WCM Faculty Showcase
Saturday, March 29 at 8 pm
Celebration of Music
Audrey Andrist, piano
Saturday, May 3 at 8 pm
Beethoven, Chopin, Mobberley, Poulenc
With Meghan O'Connell, narrator
All programs subject to change.
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Irish Music Concert at Glen Echo Park
Saturday, March 22 at 7 pm
Featuring
TINA ECK, flute MITCH FANNING, fiddle
KEITH CARR, bouzouki JESSE WINCH, bodhran
Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Boulevard
Glen Echo, MD
Esteemed members of the WCM Irish Music faculty and frequent performers in the Greater Washington DC area, Eck, Fanning, Carr and Winch will perform by creating an Irish music session and speak about the various Irish instruments. Be prepared for a great time with these outstanding musicians.
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Special Benefit Concert & Celebration

Westmoreland UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD
$25 General Admission
Elisabeth Adkins, violin
Edward Newman, piano
Please join us for a Benefit Concert to support special programs of the Washington Conservatory and to celebrate Adkins' long career as Associate Concertmaster and frequent soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, the 20th Anniversary of the Adkins-Newman Duo and her new affiliation with TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Adkins and Mr. Newman are past Artists-In-Residence at the Washington Conservatory and Mr. Newman is currently a WCM piano faculty member.
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Upcoming Events
Feb 28 - David McDonald, Marimba
March 22 -
April 6 - Adkins-Newman Duo
The Washington Conservatory is a nationally accredited community music school serving the greater Bethesda, MD and Washington, DC area since 1984.
NOW ENROLLING
Serving students of all ages - kids, teens, and adults - beginners to advanced. No audition.
301-320-2770
Two locations:
Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda
&
Glen Echo Park
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