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DON'T MISS UNIQUE EVENTS: October ~ December 2024
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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
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| From: Personal Reminiscences of the First Twenty Five Presidents of the Faculty Women's Club, University of California, Los Angeles 1918-1946 |
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.
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| 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 |
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| Ginger Rose Brucker, harp and Jennifer Jo, flute |
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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
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 in January 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 will show us how to preserve, organize, and curate our own family archival documents (e.g., photos, letters, correspondence, and other personal documents).
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| From early technologies of a printing press and card catalogs to digital media (In the reception area of the Special Collection Library, UCLA) |
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| 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):
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| ROYCE HALL, 1928 |
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| 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):
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Cloud Canyons at Signals London 1964 "bubble machines" consisting of soft columns of soap foam oozing from clear tubes and wooden bases |
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