January 2020 - Happy New Year!

A Message from Our President The Wednesday Music Club Board will meet on January 8, 2020 to conduct much important mid-year business. WMC does not have a members meeting until February, but this newsletter is being issued to remind you of two very important events taking place this month - Musical Interlude 2020 on January 11, and the annual Club Competition on January 25 (see information elsewhere in this issue). We are looking forward to these two highlights of our season! As I'm sure you know, WMC's Board of Directors is a hard-working group of dedicated officers and committee chairs. In November the Educational Outreach Committee, chaired by Mary Vee Connell, met to review proposals submitted by teachers in sixteen schools in Central Virginia. Mary Vee's report, published in this newsletter, is the exciting and inspiring result. We are very proud to be the source of enhancing and expanding educational musical opportunities for large numbers of the young musicians in our area. I look forward to seeing you at our January events and at the monthly meeting on February 5. Happy New Year! ---Corky Sablinsky, President

Please Join us for Musical Interlude 2020 Saturday, January 11 3:00-5:00 pm Rotunda Room, Westminster Canterbury

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Tina Hashemi, jazz vocals - University of Virginia Stacey Sharpe, violin - Virginia Commonwealth University Bobby Carlson, piano - James Madison University $50 per person/$90 per couple Click HERE for tickets and complete information All proceeds to benefit WMC's Educational Outreach and Scholarships

2019-20 WMC Educational Outreach Funding Awards Once again this year, the WMC Educational Outreach Committee - Mary Vee Connell, Ruth Barolsky, Kirk Dunklee, and Corky Sablinsky - received proposals for over $50,000 to support music and band programs in Central Virginia. The Committee decided to award $12,997 from the Robert W. Smith, Jr. Fund to 14 schools in Charlottesville City as well as Albemarle, Greene, Madison, and Nelson Counties. The Committee also awarded a used Privia digital piano, graciously donated by WMC members Charles and Janet Cheeseman. WMC members will have the opportunity to meet the awardees at the January 11 WMC Musical Interlude Recital and annual fundraiser, where they and their schools will be publicly recognized. Charlottesville City Buford MS: Mike Allen (Director of Bands), xylophone stand Johnson ES: Sydney Boggs (Music Teacher), keyboards Walker Upper ES: Susan Allen (Band Director), trumpet Albemarle County Agnor Hurt ES: Marc Barron (Music Teacher), recorder packages Cale ES: Eileen Guevara (Music Teacher), equipment for new music technology class Crozet ES/Red Hill ES: Tracy Brown (ES Music Specialist), Tubano drums Meriwether Lewis ES: Cheryl Wetmore-Simpson (Diversity Resource Teacher), Tubano drums/xylophone parts Western Albemarle HS: Joel Hartshorn (Band Director), alto saxophone/clarinet Greene County Nathanael Greene PS: Abigail Smith (General Music Teacher), Boomwhackers Ruckersville ES: Rachel Peters (Music/Instrumentalist Specialist), instruments/equipment for new music program William Monroe HS: Nathan Whittaker (Music Director), concert bass drum/updated software William Monroe MS: Matt Gozzard (Band Director), equipment for music tech program William Monroe MS: Melissa Hansen (Choral Director), donated Privia used digital piano Madison County Wetsel MS: Alicia Strickler (Band Director), bells (small glockenspiels) Nelson County Tye River ES: Jamie Ryder (Music Teacher), Dalcroze Eurythmics program

WMC 2020 Competition Save the Dates Competition Date & Time January 25, 2020 (snow date: February 8) 9am - 5pm Winners Recital March 1, 2020 Click Here for complete information

Volunteers are needed for a variety of roles including reeting and registering students, escorting students to the competition room, and assisting the judges. If you are available to help for a morning or afternoon shift, please click here to email Rosalyn Preston.

WMC February Meeting Wednesday, February 5, 2019 10 - 11:30am First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Program Un Matin à Paris: Music by Vierne, Franck, Durufl é and Hakim Jonathan Schakel, organ Megan Sharp, soprano

MISSION The Wednesday Music Club promotes and expands quality musical and educational opportunities for its members, for teachers, for music lovers, and for the youth of Central Virginia through regular performances, competitions, shared group experiences, and financial support. VISION The Wednesday Music Club will foster and sustain a vibrant music climate throughout Central Virginia, especially among young people.

Visit the Wednesday Music Club Website to read more about membership, events, and programs Click here to make a donation to the WMC