LAST MINUTE REMINDER
Music, Music, Music & Music!
Fri., Feb. 28, 7 pm: Marimba & Vibraphone - David McDonald
Sat., Mar. 1, 8 pm: Solo Piano - Michael Adcock
Sun., Mar. 2, 1 pm: Vocal Master Class with Kathy Mattea
Sun., Mar. 2, 4 pm - 8 pm: ACMP Chamber Music Play-in
Click for  Marimba & Vibraphone, Solo Piano,
Fri., Feb 28, 7 pm Sat., Mar 1, 8 pm Sun.,Mar 2, 1 pm
A presentation on An evening of favorites Vocal master class
marimba & vibes for piano 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
Directions
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.
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
Praised for his "unusually fresh and arresting approach to the piano" (Washington Post), Adcock has cultivated a successful career as both a soloist and frequent collaborator. He appeared as soloist with the Baltimore Symphony and in chamber music concerts with notable musicians including Denyce Graves, James Buswell, Ani Kavafian, Gervase dePeyer, David Jolley, and the St. Petersburg String Quartet.
Adcock was winner of the 1998 Lili Boulanger Memorial Award and made his Carnegie Recital Hall debut the same year. Among other awards received, he was prizewinner in the Washington International Competition and Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition, and has performed in France, Italy and Australia, as well as the US. He received a Doctorate of Musical Arts at The Peabody Conservatory, where he was also an adjunct member of the theory and chamber music faculties. During the summer, he is a faculty member at the Sarasota Music Festival in Florida. Currently, Adcock maintains an active performance schedule, in addition to being a faculty member of The Washington Conservatory of Music.
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
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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
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
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. |
Special 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 Directions 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. |
International Amateur Chamber Music Play-In
Sunday, March 2 at 4 pm - 8 pm
Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Boulevard
Glen Echo, MD DirectionsFree and Open to the Public
Washington Conservatory will host a free Chamber Music Play-in on Sunday, March 2, 4 pm - 8 pm at WCM at Glen Echo Park - as part of the ACMP World-Wide Play-In Weekend. All avid chamber musicians are welcome! If you like, bring food, drink & music, to help create a fun soiree! Tell your friends!
Please let us know if you will be attending and the instrument you play at info@washingtonconservatory.org with "Play-in" for subject line.
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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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