May and June 2023 on the stage

 As we come to the end of our Music in Cultural Contexts year, we wrap-up our successful music programming with several events as well as with a few announcements for the Fall of 2023.

           THANK YOU ALL FOR THE MEMORABLE MUSIC SEASON 2022-2023

Our May 2023 concerts highlighted the season with NIKKA GERSHMAN and VIVIAN FAN at the Faculty Club. The event was sold out in the first week of our published announcements. Here are a few moments from that outstanding program with brilliant artists, NIKKA and VIVIAN at the piano.

NIKKA GERSHMAN, flute, with VIVIAN FAN, piano

The program was advertised to the Faculty Club, The EMERITI & RETIREES, and the UCLA's Faculty Women's Club memberships; the interest has exceeded our expectations, so that every chair was used. The program followed a lively QA interaction. 

The audience was super engaged as active listeners, admirers, and
supporters to the artists and the selection of their music pieces 

The program included DOPPLER, GLUCK, TAFFANEL, MENDELSSOHN, WETZGER, and a surprise piece composed by NIKKA for this special event, May 17th 2023 at the Sherie Bar & Lounge. The Morrisons, who have been big supporters of the Faculty Club, were grateful to be in the audience, and enjoyed the concert as well as the interaction with the artists.

Vivian, NIKKA, and Zorana who invited Nikka and Vivian
to be our special guests -- before Nikka leaves for the Juilliard in Fall 2023

Robert Shlyakhtenko will be the pianist on June 11th 2023 in a recital at the Palisades Lutheran Church. He will be playing a movement of Edvard Grieg's piano concerto in A minor. Grieg composed this piece in 1868 in Denmark during one of his visits there. We will hear some of his interest in Norwegian folk music, his native country. 

We remember Victor Shlyakhtenko who performed for us as early as 2016-2017 when  he was 15 years old, and in May of 2018 during our Centennial General Meeting. On June 11th, we will hear Victor's younger brother Robert Shlyakhtenko with the Pacific Symphony. Details are below. The place is the Palisades Lutheran Church, 15905 Sunset Blvd, at the corner of El Medio and Sunset Blvd.

            Let's keep in touch, wishing you a healthy, cool, safe, and adventurous summer months. 

Here are a few beats from June 8, 2023 UCLA Afro Latin Jazz music by The Benjamin Dabiri's Afro Latin Ensemble.  The place, as always, at the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse Patio. Wonderful time to listen and interact with our undergraduates, all working with Prof. Arturo O'Farrill Valero. Joe (JOE'S OASIS) is drumming (in the photo above) and organizing Thursday lunchtime events.

   Please let me know your ideas for the next season 2023-2024: 

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Giovanni Segantini, 1858-1899 THE ITALIAN ALPS
Getty Museum (Brentwood)