Welcome to our 131st year! Your new Yearbook will have the final

program schedules for chamber, Avanti and FMMC Chorale concerts for the year. Some early dates to put on your calendars: September 30 is the season’s first Avanti concert featuring violinist Lara Boschkor, our 2016 Johansen International Com-petition winner, playing the Tchaikovsky concerto; October 7 is the opening Friday chamber concert and President’s Recep-tion starting at noon at Calvary Baptist Church. Please join other Club members and members of both the FMMC and Foundation Boards for music and lunch.

The Club’s at-home chamber music program is now firmly launched and there are details in this newsletter. We already held a lively run-through of the Schubert Octet and Beethoven Septet, giving Club wind and string players a nice chance to play together.

Work on the all-important Club name change project was halted over much of the summer due to vacations, but we hope

130TH SEASON SEPTEMBER 2016 VOL. 51, NO. 1

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

2News from the Johansen International Competition and Avanti

2 New Chamber Music Network 

2 Chorale To Start Rehearsals In Mid-October

2 Part Time Executive Assistant Wanted

3 FMMC Concert Calendar

3 Washington International Competition for Voice

3 FMMC Audition Chair Sought

4 From the Foundation Director

4 “Masterworks of Chamber Music” Course

President’s MessageOlivia Adler

years, resigned due to family pressures. Jeffery was the force behind many inno-vations to the Club’s Audition program, including auditions via YouTube and Sat-urday auditions, and has been an insight-ful, thoughtful, and reliable member of the Board of Governors. He will be missed. We are seeking a new First Vice-Presi-dent/Auditions, and Jeffery has generous-ly agreed to help train his replacement. Again, thank you, Jeffery, for all you have done for the Club. Olivia

to have a progress report for the Club Board’s first meeting on September 16.

New Public Relations Director — I am very pleased to report that Club As-sociate Pianist Richard Sawyer has agreed to accept appointment to the FMMC Board of Governors as Public Relations Director. We are looking forward to hav-ing Richard’s input in this very important position.

A Special Thank You to Jeffery Beaudry — I am sad to report that Jeffery Beaudry, our excellent First Vice President/Auditions for the past several

Johansen International Competition Now on FacebookJudy Silverman

Welcome to the new JIC Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/johansencompetition/

We are excited about moving into the social media age and have already gotten great feedback from some of our past winners.

We will be changing pictures and updating regularly. Please check our page and  “like” us on Facebook. Send us posts and pictures. If you have suggestions or comments about the page, please send them to me, Judy Silverman, Chairman, JIC. We will be making modifications as we go. The administrators for this page are Joanna Taylor, JIC Committee Member, and Harriet Kaplan, newly appointed Administrative Director of the JIC.

FMMC Now on AmazonSmileThe Friday Morning Music Club Inc. has registered with the AmazonSmile program, where Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organizations selected by its customers. Please help support the Club when you make a purchase on Amazon.com.

See http://org.amazon.com for program details.

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News from the Johansen International Competition and AvantiJudy Silverman and Nan Cooper

Lara Boschkor, 17 year-old First Place Violin winner of the 2015 Johansen International Com-petition, will be performing the Tschaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major with the Avanti

Orchestra under the baton of maestro Pablo Saelzer on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 8 pm at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. 

Also on the program will be Tschaikovsky’s Alla tedesca - a movement from his third symphony — and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9. The concert is free and open to the public. For directions and information about the abundant free parking, go to: http://mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/cac/about-us/directions-parking/.

After winning the Johansen International Competition First Prize for Violin in March 2015, Lara was an active participant in the Kronberg Academy’s Violin Masterclasses with Donald Wei-lerstein and was awarded the Prince of Hesse Prize. Since October 2015 Lara has been studying as a Young Soloist in Kronberg Academy’s precollege program. This gifted young musician is being supported by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and the Bruno Frey Stiftung and was also award-ed the Peter Ustinov Foundation scholarship in 2015.

Announcing a New Chamber Music Network Gail MacColl, Coordinator

The experiment we called Strings at Home is now the Chamber Music Network!  The Network

provides opportunities for Club musicians in any mem-bership category to meet other players at chamber music sessions in members’ homes. String players form its core, but wind and brass players, pianists and singers are welcome to participate as well. I set up the sessions—proposed by members or at my own initiative. Net-work members receive information about each session (ensemble required, dates, times, places) via email from the easy-to-use Meeting Wizard.  Members click on either “available” or “unavailable” for each date.  When the event is fully staffed, I confirm the session and notify participants.  If a session is over-subscribed, I include newcomers and those for whom only that date will do, and seek an alternate date for players who cannot be accommodated.

Sessions held during the summer at my house have been very successful.  However, given the many cellists who participate, we need more violinists and violists—and more host homes, including homes with a piano.  To sign up, offer a home, or learn more, please contact me at gail63music@verizon.net or 202 966-3325.

Part Time Executive Assistant Wanted

We are looking for a responsible person to assist with various FMMC duties, including, but not limited to:  communication and co-ordination with Board members and Committee

Chairs; scheduling tasks; picking up and forwarding weekly mail (DC office); answering vari-ous correspondence; distributing membership and other public relations materials; responding to queries; and acting as liaison for special events.

Minimum of 40 hours per month. $25 per hour.  If interested, kindly email qualifications to:  annewzim@comcast.net

Chorale To Start Rehearsals In Mid-OctoberPeter Baum

The Chorale begins preparing for its first concert of the year on

October 16, 2016. Rehearsals will be held at the Parish Hall of the Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St. NE, Washington, DC. The first concert will feature an all-American Program and will include Stephen Burton’s I Have a Dream Cantata (commission by the Club as part of its 100th Anniversary Celebration), Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and Barber’s Agnus Dei (which was set to the score of his Adagio for Strings). The concerts will take place on January 13 and 14, 2017 at the Church of the Reformation, Washington, DC.

Soloists interested in performing in this concert program should contact Paul Leavitt at chorale@fmmc.org.

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FMMC Concert CalendarSEPTEMBER and EARLY OCTOBER 2016

Saturday, September 10, 3:00 pm at Greenspring• Brahms:  String quintet in G major, op. 111.  David Brown and Robyn Tessin, violins; Julia Moline and Nick York, violas; David Pearl, cello.• Scarlatti:  Three sonatas. Ginastera: Sonata No. 1, op. 22.  Tzu-yi Chen, piano.

Saturday, September 17, 7:30 pm at Westminster at Lake Ridge • Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Henry Vergilio, clarinet; Christine Kharazian, violin; Jason Love, cello; Jeongseon Choi, piano.

Tuesday, September 20, 7:30 pm at Dumbarton House• J.S. Bach: Little Fugue in G minor. Marjorie Greene, violin; Edwina Moldover, cello.• Quantz: Duetto II for two alto recorders. Edith Tatel and Carole Falvo, recorders.• Bustamente: Minionera. Guimaraes: The Sound of Bells. Rodrigo: En los trigales. Moore: Three Irish Melodies, arr. Garcia. O’Carolan: Shebeg & Shemore, Concerto, Fanny Power, Clergy’s Lament. Charles Mokotoff, guitar.• Luigi Gatti: Sonata V in E-flat. Eunju Kwak, violin; Tae Kwak (guest), viola.• Reicha: Flute quartet in G major, op. 98, no. 3. Susan Hayes, flute; David Brown, violin; Caroline Brethauer, viola; Sarah Hover, cello.

Friday, September 30, 8:00 pm at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center Avanti Orchestra of the FMMC, Pablo Saelzer, conductor, Lara Boschkor, violin, first prize winner of the Johansen International Competition. • Tchaikovsky: Alla tedesca from Symphony No. 3. • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major. • Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World.”

Friday, October 7, 12:00 noon at Calvary Baptist Church The opening concert of the season. President’s reception to follow the performance.• Dankworth: Suite for clarinet and piano. Phyllis Crossen-Richardson, clarinet; Janet Crossen, piano.• Brahms: Two songs. Gail Collins, mezzo-soprano; Caroline Brethauer, viola; Barbara Cackler, piano.• Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, op. 53. Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 8 in C minor “Wilde Jagd.” Richard Foo, piano.

Sunday, October 9, 7:30 pm at Riderwood• Malcolm Arnold: Suite Bourgeoise. Midge Carlton, flute; Judith Gadol (guest), oboe; Adeleide Edelson, piano.• Alex Rybeck: Serenade. Adelaide Edelson, piano.• Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Jeongseon Choi and Chen-Li Tzeng, piano four hands.• Mendelssohn: String quartet in E-flat major, op. 12. David Brown and May Ing (guest), violins; Caroline Brethauer, viola; Joanna Taylor, cello.

VENUESCalvary Baptist Church 755 Eighth Street NW Washington, DC (Metro: Gallery Place)

Dumbarton House 2715 Q Street NW Washington, DC

Greenspring 7410 Spring Village Drive Springfield, VA

Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center 7995 Georgia Ave. Silver Spring, MD

Riderwood Village Chapel 3110 Gracefield Rd. Silver Spring, MD.

Westminster at Lake Ridge Retirement Community 12191 Clipper Dr Lake Ridge, VA

Pictured below are six Washington International Competition for Voice

finalists on stage at the Terrace Theater on June 19th after the conclusion of the 2016 competition. From left to right are the three finalists, Efrain Solis, Chongh-wa Kim and Christine Lyons, third place winner Mathilda Edge, second place winner Jessica Lynn and first prize and audience prize winner Maggie Finnegan. Together they took home $22,000 in prize money and several will be featured in local performances over the coming year. Coloratura soprano Finnegan will appear with the Avanti Orchestra on Friday, November 18, 2016. She will also appear with the New Dominion Chorale on Sunday April 23, 2017 in a program of opera and operetta favorites along side fellow competition participants Mathilda Edge, Efrain Solis, Madelyn Wanner and Patrick Cook. She will also be featured in Handel’s Solomon on Sunday, May 7, 2017 with the City Choir of Washington. All these performance opportunities were features of this year’s WIC.

Washington International Competition for Voice

FMMC Audition Chair SoughtDue to the unexpected resignation of our First Vice President/Auditions, the Club is seeking a volunteer to take on this important job. Jeffery Beaudry, our prior Auditions Chair, will help educate his replacement on the responsibilities of this position. This opening offers an opportunity to manage one of the Club’s most important functions and to be a member of the FMMC’s Board of Governors. Interested persons should contact Yvonne Sabine, Nominating Committee Chair, at y.sabine@att.net or 703-356-5408.

From the Foundation DirectorLeslie Luxemburg

Welcome to a new and exciting season. One of the most stimulating aspects of working with the Foun-

dation is the opportunity to start fresh each fall planning a new competition that features a different discipline. This year, we are working towards the 2017 Washington Inter-national Competition for Piano that will occur on June 3 & 4 of 2017. Join us in welcoming a strong team, featuring Chen-Li Tzeng as competition chair, and pianists Lydia Frumkin and Grace McFarlane as Foundation Trustees. I feel especially grateful to have their dedication and skill supporting our existing Board members.

I would be remiss if I failed to mention two of our most valuable participants who will not be with us as of September. Suzanne Richard-son has chaired the WIC the past two years with devotion, extreme competence, and a steady hand at handling the application process. Alice Berman has served as executive administrator of the Johansen International Competition for the past thirteen years. Her thorough attention to every detail of the three year competition cycle combined with a sincere dedication to, and affection for, all the participating young string players, have enabled us to adhere faithfully to Mrs. Johansen’s principals and values. We are confident that Harriet Kaplan will be a worthy successor in running the JIC.

We will also miss our devoted Board members Connie Milner, Missy Goldberg and Christina Hanna, but expect to have them join us at the exciting concerts coming up over the next several months.

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“Masterworks of Chamber Music” Course to be Offered at the SmithsonianAnne Zim

The FMMC will offer a six-week course co-sponsored with Smithsonian Associates on Wednes-days at noon from October 19 through November 30, 2016.  The series, titled “Masterworks of Chamber Music,” will be led by pi-anists Frank Conlon and Jeongseon Choi and will feature live music performances by FMMC mem-bers. FMMC members can sign up for the “Masterworks of Chamber Music” course using the special discount code 224516 that will reduce the non-members cost from $150.00 to the Smithsonian Associ-ates Member price of $100.00.

Leslie