PLEASE JOIN US FOR the FOLLOWING MUSIC PROGRAMS

DON'T MISS UNIQUE EVENTS: October ~ December 2024, and Beyond

EVERY ORNAMENT ON THIS TREE HAS
great sounds from around the world
Below, I suggest a few orchestras on the west side for all of us to explore 

WISHING YOU A HAPPY, HEALTHY, peaceful, & MUSIC-INSPIRED HOLIDAY SEASON

HAPPY NEW YEAR

December 18, 2024 we go to SICILY, ANDIAMO! (via zoom)

January 15m in person with ALMA MAHLER

February 19, 2025: our guest presenter is Andrea Hoff, UCLA University Hoff 

March 19, 2025: we travel to ANDALUSIA with Dorota Dabrowska

Please do visit the following music ensembles, all on the West side

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

CAMERATA, BroadStage, Salastina, Walt Disney Concert Hall

John Williams Spotlight + Dudamel 

PST ART Art & Science Collide at Getty

Did you know that MUSIC was a part of FWC Programs as early as 1922?

WORTH NOTING: The FWC Program (1922) included music -- before Sections had been introduced

From: Personal Reminiscences of the First Twenty Five Presidents of the
Faculty Women's Club, University of California, Los Angeles 1918-1946

                      100 years later, we are still opening our 2024-2025 Season with Music

Ginger Rose & Jennifer Jo, October 16, 2024 at 12 noon

Our October 16th live music recital was wonderful, magical, healing, as Melissa Ward, one among our member attendees, described. The talented harp-flute duo Ginger Rose & Jennifer Jo presented a well balanced program. We were delighted to have them present their collaborative art.

Ginger Rose, harp, a recipient of the FWC Scholarship 2024, + Jennifer, flute
with Zorana (Chair of the Music Section) -- after the Music Recital
October 16th 2024 at the Faculty Club Library

Ginger Rose Brucker, harp and Jennifer Jo, flute

October 16th 2024 at 12 noon, Faculty Club LIBRARY 

                                                             On the PROGRAM

                                                Bernard Andres (1941 -), Algues

                                                P. I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), The Swan Lake

                                                J. Massenet (1842-1912), Thais Meditation

                                                J. S. Bach--C. Gounod, Ave Maria

                                                G. Faure (1845-1924), Pavane

                                                L. Tedeschi (1867-1944), Serenade  

                                     & encore pieces:  Colors of the Wind,   Send in the Clowns

A subset of attendees from FWC and ERRC with performers Ginger Rose and Jennifer
Photo credit: Zorana

Please calendar the following music events, tributes, concerts, and more for the following months:

LACO Nov 3, 2024 at 4 PM "ARTISANS " on the stage with the composer Jeff Beal, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin, with Jaime Martin, Music Director of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

November 3, 2024: LACO with Beal, Martin and Hall-Tompkins

Just BEFORE THE ELECTION 2024, on November 5, once again we are reminded by Beethoven's EGMONT Overture, composed 214 years ago (1809-10), about the triumph of freedom and democracy.

                                  We enjoyed LACO's guest bassbaritone DASHON BURTON

Dashon Burton in Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer (Lieder eines Fahrenden)
Photo credit: Zorana Ercegovac

November 20th 12:00 PM Luncheon at The VIOLET, in Westwood.

IDEAS: Please bring your fresh practical ideas for our Music in Cultural Contexts sessions.

Just back from La Jolla where Le SALON de MUSIQUES has relocated (from DTLA, after 12 yrs). If we do not visit them in La Jolla, we can learn a few things from them. All their chamber concerts are at 4 PM, and include: ACT 1: concert ACT 2: conversation, champagne, cuisine, all very French, perfect, informal.

Our good friend and Music Section member Melissa Ward has suggested a wonderful CAMERATA PACIFICA, a classical music chamber ensemble with their office & venue in Thousand Oaks: 805.884.8410. Check out their calendar for the 2024-2025 season. 

SECRETLA Secret Los Angeles: Sip on craft cocktails and get lost in a hauntingly beautiful world.

                                                   ~~         HAPPY THANKSGIVING      ~~

December 18, 2024 -- 12:30 PM. We travel to SICILY with Marianne Afifi and Zorana Ercegovac.

                                               RSVP to reserve your seat for this presentation

From the Roman Villa of Casale: A mosaic of female athletes in bikinis
Villa dated between the 4th and 5th century AD
Photo credits: Zorana Ercegovac

                                             CALENDAR FOR January and February 2025

                                                      January 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM (via zoom) 

                     We will be reading and discussing a book by Cate Haste: "Passionate Spirit."

The title page on the hard cover of the book, which may also be
read and discussed by the Reading group Section

Special collection resources are available to you at UCLA's Special Collections Library. It is part of a larger umbrella set of collections known as ONLINE ARCHIVE of CALIFORNIA. Our FWC archival materials are organized in UCLA's Special Collections Library located in the Young Research Library. 

Of SPECIAL INTEREST: One-hour workshop will be given on February 19th 2025 (part of the Music Section programming). The purpose is to learn about our own personal and family primary sources and archival materials. In addition, the presenter, Andrea Hoff, will show us how to preserve, organize, and curate our own family archival documents (e.g., photos, letters, correspondence, and other documents).

                          Andrea Hoff, UCLA's University Archivist, will be our special GUEST.

From early technologies of a printing press and card catalogs
to digital media
(In the reception area of the Special Collection Library, UCLA)

Special Collection Library -- archival collections

The Los Angeles Normal School was to be converted into a four-year degree-giving university, and one of our iconic buildings, The Royce Hall was finished in 1928 (Latin numerals MCMXXVIII are inscribed above the main portal to the building):

ROYCE HALL, 1928

Recently we have seen some historical texts inscribed on plaques
related to the UCLA Centennial celebration 1919-2019
Detailed sources are also found in the UCLA's Special Collection Library

Finding a space was always on the agenda of FWC board meetings. It took another 30 years that the UCLA Faculty Center opened its doors in 1954, as a separate entity from the UCLA Faculty Men's Club, UCLA Faculty Women's Club, and Association of Academic Women.

A PERFECT DAY: Starting off with a morning gym; meeting with a dear colleague for an extended coffee break at our beloved Faculty Club (earlier Faculty Center; the photo of the Playa lounge below):

Wonderful space at the Faculty Club where one reads, discusses, meets
with colleagues, sips coffee/tea, reads, and meditates

Moving on to HAMMER Museum for the exhibition and the preview of tonight's jazzPOP 2024 concert https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2024/jazzpop-2024 Details are here for the tonight's show.

Just around the corner from the HAMMER'S is one the favorite most charming French bistro Violet.

And here we are (Daniele, Melissa, Dorota, Zorana) enjoying delicious Salad Nicoise, and suggesting to revive "let's do lunch" as part of our MUSIC IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS Section. 

MUSIC was on FWC Programs from the very beginning. See Program notes earlier on this page.

Zorana, Dorota, Melissa, Daniele

At the same time, you can be viewing a retrospective of the late artists DAVID MEDALLA. A few of his works are captured here for you as a temptation to personally visit the exhibit. The Gallery closes at 6 pm.

David Medalla, 1938-2020, Self Portrait

Cloud Canyons at Signals London 1964
"bubble machines" consisting of soft columns of soap foam oozing
from clear tubes and wooden bases 

FWC MUSIC SECTION 2024 Celebrates LIFE with great MUSIC, FELLOWSHIP, KINDNESS, and LOVE

 

The last in the Series of

THE H. J. BRUMAN Summer Chamber Music Festival (August 8th 2024)

ensemble132 brought us wonderful music offerings in terms of the program and performance

Violinist Maria Ioudenitch, Zachary Mowitz, cello, and Zhanbo Zheng, violinist

The Program included works by Hungarian composers E. Dohnanyi (1877-1960), and Z. Kodaly (1882-1967). The second part included a rarely heard piece by a French composer Jean Cras (1879-1932). Here are the snippets from the performance. Such a treat to listen to all four recitals, BRAVO!!

Serenade for Strings by Erno Dohnanyi

String Trio by Jean Cras

Special THANK YOU note goes to our FWC Music Section Members 

who attended many of the BRUMAN concerts

CELLO and PIANO RECITAL was the third recital in 

The Henry J. BRUMAN Summer Chamber Music Festival

The Program included well known composers and often performed pieces on various Los Angeles concert stages. However, like always in the BRUMAN series of chamber music, some of the pieces by Haydn (1732-1809) or Beethoven (1770-18270 are not well known to the general music audiences. 

Today's concert, August 6th, featured two outstanding chamber music artists, cellist Jennifer Kloetzel and pianist Robert Koenig. Here are several snippets of their performance: 

 Joseph Haydn Divertimento in D (arranged by Piatigorsky for Cello & Piano).

Ms. Kloetzel, a graduate of the Juilliard School and Fulbright Scholar, is known for her elegant playing and vibrant tone. She gave informative introductions to each of the composers on the Program.

Who has not heard various renditions of Hungarian rhapsodies, based on well known Hungarian folk tunes and polyrhythmic structures? Yes, we remember some of Liszt's and pieces by Brahms. Another Hungarian composer, David Popper (1843-1913) did his own renditions. 

See you at the upcoming concert

Thursday, August 8, 2024, with the ENSEMBLE132

August 1st has a wonderful program for us with great artists:

August 1st, at 12 noon to 1:00 p.m., Lani Hall UCLA

The program includes two sonatas without intermission. 

Do spend some time with the artists who will be available for QA after the Program:

A QUESTION FOR THE SUMMER 2024: 

Who is the composer, a musician, as illustrated below?

The correct answer will bring you nice present

WELCOME TO OUR SECOND DECADE, since 2013: Celebration of LIFE with MUSIC, FELLOWSHIP, KINDNESS, and HOPE

Here is what we have for you starting as I write this BLOG post, all FREE OF CHARGE, one of the perks this Music Section gives to FWC member. 

WISHING A HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all of your
Summer Special Days

We will start off with The Henry J. BRUMAN SUMMER Chamber Music Festival at Lani Hall, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, this coming Tuesday, July 30th, at Noon - 1:00 p.m. 

We plan to socialize, optional, right after each of the concerts with delicious light and healthy lunch meals at the Faculty Club (just across the street from the Herb Alpert School of Music).

                                                        The PROGRAM for July 30th

Andrew McIntosh, violinist, violist, composer and
Steven Vanhauwaert, pianist, at this time introducing
Paul Hindemith, 1895-1963,
prolific music productivity

Note: Extensive program notes are published at each of the recitals (July 30, August 1, 6, 8), each starting at the same place and time, Noon to 1:00 p.m. There is an easy access to the Lani Hall !

At the July 30th concert, you will find program notes for the rest of The BRUMAN Summer Festival. 

SPECIAL BONUS: Each of the performers is outstanding artist, devoted teacher, lecturer, and leader in the art of chamber performance and (music) education. We can learn a lot from these outstanding artists, and I encourage you to greet them and chat with them after their programs.

And here is a subset of our Music Section:

So great to spend the time together at the concert:
PRE-Concert, at the performance, and especially at the POST-Concert with a delicious lunch

CDs published by the artists
I borrowed from Daniele who purchased the CDs 
and kindly lent me to listen

Here is a brief program for the AUGUST 1st, again with the same setting for the venue, time, and an optional lunch at the Faculty Club.

Some of the same artists are active in the Mammoth Lakes area. I had a privilege of attending some of their concerts under the name CHAMBER MUSIC UNBOUND all held at Cerro Coso College in Mammoth Lake. 

COFFEE TIME, or any substitutes for "coffee" is always welcome: a cup of tea, a glass of wine, my favorite is the coffee at the sunrise at the elevation of about 8,000 ft in the high Sierras. Here it is !

Hope to see you all July 30th and at the subsequent recitals throughout the BRUMAN Music Festival.

Let us connect, actively participate, hear one another, and listen to good music: you can find all that right here, at our events and programs.