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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 
    
 
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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


 

 marimbFriday 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


     michaelMichael Adcock, piano  

 

Adcock

 

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:
301-320-2770 or online
       KathyVocal 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


  otherUpcoming 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 Showcaseclose-up of music

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

Audrey Andrist, piano

Saturday, May 3 at 8 pm

Beethoven, Chopin, Mobberley, Poulenc

With Meghan O'Connell, narrator 

  

   

 

  

 

 

All programs subject to change.
  
For more information:

 

 irishIrish 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.  

 
  AdkinSpecial Benefit Concert & Celebration

Sunday, April 6 at 5 PM

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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Washington Conservatory of Music
One Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, Maryland 20816