Announcing! 3 great music events in 3 days!
(no tickets required)
Friday, Feb 28, 7 pm: Marimba & Vibraphone - David McDonald
Saturday, March 1, 8 pm: Solo Piano - Michael Adcock
Sunday, March 2, 1 pm: Vocal master class with Kathy Mattea
Friday, Feb. 28, 7 pm - A presentation on marimba & vibes Saturday, Mar. 1, 8 pm - An evening of favorites for piano
Sunday, Mar. 2, 1 pm - Vocal master class with Kathy Mattea
Washington Conservatory at
Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Circle Bethesda, MD 20816
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Friday Focus on Faculty
The Washington Conservatory Friday Focus, spotlights the WCM Conservatory faculty in one-hour presentations of music and commentary on occasional Friday evenings.

Friday, February 28 at 7 PM
No tickets:
donations gratefully accepted
THE MARIMBA AND VIBRAPHONE
Featuring
DAVID MCDONALD
Washington Conservatory at Westmoreland Congregational
UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816
A multi-talented musician, David McDonald, besides a marimba soloist, 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. As drummer with the DePaul Jazz Ensemble, McDonald played on live recordings with Phil Woods and Bobby Shew and performed aboard the 2nd Annual Jazz Times Jazz Party at Sea, accompanying guest artists including Jon Faddis, Steve Turre, James Moody and Fathead Newman.
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. He toured Japan as a member of the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra. An active performer in the Washington DC area, McDonald is a faculty member at the Washington Conservatory of Music.
Presentation Program
Le Tombeau de Couperin - Prelude...Maurice Ravel/ Arr. Garry Burton
Selections from Children's Songs...Chick Corea
Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone, op.278...Darius Milhaud
La Muerta del Angel...Astor Piazzolla
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Michael Adcock, piano

Saturday,
March 1, 2014
8:00 PM
Free
(donations welcome)
Washington Conservatory at
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 Michael Adcock
More information:
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Vocal Master Class with
Grammy winner, Kathy Mattea
Presented in cooperation with
Washington Performing Arts Society.

Sunday, March 2, 2014
at 1:00 PM
Washington Conservatory at Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church
One Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816
Free and Open to the Public (No tickets)
Country and bluegrass star Kathy Mattea's numerous albums, which are interwoven with bluegrass, gospel and Celtic influences, have garnered multiple Country Music Association, American Country Music Association, American Country Music and Grammy Awards. She will appear in concert, presented by WPAS, at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue on March 1 at 8 pm, tickets available at www.wpas.org.
Master Class Performers Katherine Paik - 16 year old student at Washington Conservatory of Music
Max Deem - Student at The George Washington University
Agnes Donahue - Adult student at Washington Conservatory of Music
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Upcoming Washington Conservatory 2014 Concerts & Master Classes
FREE (donations welcome)
Washington Conservatory at
Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD 20816
 Irish Music Concert Saturday, March 22 at 7 pm Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park WCM Faculty Showcase Saturday, March 29 at 8 pm Celebration of Music Elisabeth Adkins, violin Edward Newman, piano Sunday, April 6 at 5 pm Special Benefit Concert & Celebration  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

Washington Conservatory at
Westmoreland Congregational
UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816
$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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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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