Morning Music Club Newsletter

Celebrating 90 years! February 2014

MUSIC MAKES THE HEART SING

Happy New Year to all our MMC members. A new year is always the time to set new goals, even more so in 2014 as we celebrate our 90th anniversary. Let us aim to make MMC more visible. TELL your friends, neighbors, people you meet in ShopRite. TELL everyone you know about the oldest music organization in Rockland County, serving the community through concerts and scholarship awards. Also, we must increase our Treasury!! ANY time is a good time to make a donation, and MMC has two very important projects--Outreach, which includes our concert series, and of course our Scholarship Program. In 2013, we held our Annual Tea at the home of member Naomi Park on a Sunday (instead of Tuesday) afternoon. The response was so successful that the Tea will be scheduled again on a Sunday afternoon in 2014. Likewise, the Holiday concert was very well attended. MMC was delighted to have two students from the Rockland Conservatory of Music perform during the Interlude. The Conservatory's Director, Marigene Kettler, surprised us by making the introductions. Our flyers on their bulletin board brought out parents and friends who didn't already know about us.

Barbara Allen, Deirdre Fallon and Jean Rohrs joined our terrific Board of Directors. All BOD meetings are open to members, so come join us sometime. Barbara Pease, President

Our Stars Light the Way The Concert Calendar We wish to honor and express our gratitude to The Opening Concert on Nov. 12, 2013 with the following members who have generously Pavel Gintov, pianist and Youngchul Park, tenor contributed $50.00 or more to the administrative was amazing. Attendance was the best to my costs of MMC. memory, almost filled the church, outstanding performance. Ann Baer Anita Kopf Future concerts: Elsie Barg Constance J Lubeck March 11th -- Winter concert Matthew Harrison, Doris Codispoti Elizabeth H Lynch pianist and Vlada Yaneva Jean M Fantini Felice Evans Morris April 9th --Spring - City Winds Trio- Dr Sally M Gall Naomi S Park Crispian Fordham, flutist, Meredyth Coleman, Mary Ann Garland Dolores S Schultz oboist, Jack Bender, pianist Sidney J Gerstein Bernard Toomin May 13th -- The annual Scholarship Recital Geraldine Goumas Fredrica Wyman will begin at 7:30 PM.

Bernice Rice Gerstein Concerts are at 10:30 AM (except as Gloria Wiedmiller noted above) at the Nauraushaun Presbyterian Connie Kohler Zoltan Church, 51 Sickletown Road, Pearl River ______Lana Tonkoschkur,Program Chair Luncheon Save The Date -Be part of the MMC 90th MMC's Membership Tea Anniversary celebrations. Join us at the The tea held on Sunday afternoon, Oct 6th at Rockland Country Club on Tuesday, June 3, the beautiful home of Jason and Naomi Park 2014 for our gala luncheon which will feature a was a huge success with approximately 60 wonderful musicale and special awards. If you people in attendance. Jan Deats and two think you have been a member of MMC for 25+ colleagues, a cellist and violinist from NYC years, please contact Ruth or Rosemary. To performed. I want to thank my committee --- help defray expenses, additional donations for Doris Codispoti, Elsie Barg, Barbara Pease,and the luncheon would be greatly appreciated. Ellie Ancin for their loyal support . Let's take this opportunity to make the Martha Attebury, Tea Chair 90th anniversary luncheon a smashing success. Ruth Hamer & Rosemary Deering ____Luncheon Committee Co-Chairpersons Outreach Programs – 2013 M MC Holiday Chorus News MMC sponsors professional musicians who “How Could You Stop Singing” after hearing perform music programs for children at Head the MMC Chorus on Dec. 3, 2013. The concert Start, and adults in Rockland County care under the direction of Melissa Manning with facilities. These programs are greatly Oleg Arzoumanov as accompanist was held at appreciated and enjoyed. the Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church in Pearl July 3-– Sue Rentz, Haverstraw Head Start River. July 17-- Mary Stella, ARC, Congers The opening part of the concert was about July 18-- Mary Stella, Assoc. Visually Impaired, singing, including popular songs such as Chestnut Ridge “Whistle a Happy Tune”. The second part of the Sept. 24--Sue Rentz, Nyack Head Start chorus program featured beautiful Christmas Oct. 9 – Mary Stella, Camp Venture, Nanuet and Hanukah songs. The music was fun to sing Oct. 21 – Sue Rentz, Haverstraw Head Start Nov. 14 --John McDowell, piano, Bobbi and enjoyable to listen to. Lewis Care Center, Nanuet Two student musicians from Rockland Dec. 4 -- MMC Chorus, Dowling Gardens, Sparkill Conservatory of Music performed during the Dec. 13 – Mary Stella, ARC, Congers interlude. Heather Hamann, pianist, played Jean M. Fantini beautifully, music of Debussy, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Ansel Bobrow, guitarist played Publicity lovely melodies from Bach, Vinas and H. Villa Lobos. Both musicians were excellent and My thanks to Jean Rohrs who created MMC's greatly appreciated by all. new website, and the flyers and printed Following the concert, there was a Christmas program for our Opening Concert. She now Carol sing along and a reception hosted by assumes the post of Publicity co-chair for which Barbara Pease, Elsie Barg and Doris Codispodi. I am extremely grateful. Also, thanks to Diane Gerry Goumas, Chair Serratore for printing our publications. Thanks to Harriet Cornell, Lyn Aaron and Stephanie Philip from Rockland Community College for In Memoriam another updated website for the community at Special thanks to June Mazzucca and her large. Thank you to Deirdre Fallon, new daughter for the holiday concert program. The committee member, for printing labels for my beautiful seasonal art work on the cover was mailings. And lastly, my thanks to Diane done by June’s husband Lou, who sadly passed Attebury who again created the graphics for away earlier this year. this season's brochure plus a lovely Holiday concert flyer. Scholarship Application Deadline Martha Attebury, Publicity Co-chair Deadline to receive applications (available from all Rockland County guidance counselors), is Hospitality Feb 21st. Auditions are on March 27th at Happy to report that a total of 559 members and Rockland Conservatory of Music in Pearl River. guests attended all our concerts in 2013. We Barbara Pease received a total of $1794 in donations. A special thanks to everyone who contributed. Welcome New Members Bonny Radwin, Chair We would like to welcome our new members: Jacquelyn Drechsler, Steven Silverstein, and Websites Carol Boyatsis. www.morningmusicofrockland.com Elsie Barg, Chair www.planet-rockland.org/Musiclub/

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