WMAS NEWS UPDATE
July 23, 2020
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Greetings, WMAS members and friends!
It was wonderful to see some of you last Sunday and also to hear those who performed. At our first, experimental Zoom meeting, on June 14, many folks had a problem with their sound. Following that meeting, we started testing various ways to fix this, and we asked you to make a few more adjustments if you’re going to play for us. Gratifyingly, the July meeting was 100 percent better than the previous one, so thank you for adjusting the settings on your computer, adding a headset or mic, or whatever it took. We’ll meet again on Sunday, August 16, at 4 pm and, as before, will open the doors at 3:30 to be sure everything works.
Besides providing an opportunity to catch up on people’s news and listen to the various performances, the July meeting featured a “name that tune” contest, courtesy of Peter DiGiovanni. No one was able to name all of the dozen tunes he played, but two people were each able to name seven, winning … their names here. Congrats, Halina Banas-Jones and Ken Kunec! We’ll do this again when we have extra time during a Zoom meeting.
Meanwhile, here’s a treat for this coming Sunday: a concert that sounds too good to miss! This notice arrived yesterday:
Since the start of the pandemic, Constellations Chamber Concerts, based in DC, has been holding virtual concerts to bring together artists from all over the world and audiences here. This Sunday’s concert will feature an amazing accordionist from Bosnia and Herzegovina named Merima Ključo.
Crosscurrents (featuring Merima Ključo and vocalist Jelena Milušić)
Sunday, July 26, 4pm EDT. A live Q&A session with the artists will follow the concert.
Sign up here: https://www.constellationsmusic.org/event-details/crosscurrents
More information: hwangbo@constellationsmusic.org or 202-734-0752
The program will feature these works:
Couperin Visiting the Balkans (after François Couperin’s Les Roseaux)
Vračenica
Mujo
Snovidenje (Apparitions)
For those who can’t tune in on Sunday, the concert will be available at www.constellationsmusic.org for 72 hours afterwards.
Check out the WMAS website: www.washingtonaccordions.org
Our mailing address is:
accordionsociety@verizon.net or peter@musicisforever.com
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It was wonderful to see some of you last Sunday and also to hear those who performed. At our first, experimental Zoom meeting, on June 14, many folks had a problem with their sound. Following that meeting, we started testing various ways to fix this, and we asked you to make a few more adjustments if you’re going to play for us. Gratifyingly, the July meeting was 100 percent better than the previous one, so thank you for adjusting the settings on your computer, adding a headset or mic, or whatever it took. We’ll meet again on Sunday, August 16, at 4 pm and, as before, will open the doors at 3:30 to be sure everything works.
Besides providing an opportunity to catch up on people’s news and listen to the various performances, the July meeting featured a “name that tune” contest, courtesy of Peter DiGiovanni. No one was able to name all of the dozen tunes he played, but two people were each able to name seven, winning … their names here. Congrats, Halina Banas-Jones and Ken Kunec! We’ll do this again when we have extra time during a Zoom meeting.
Meanwhile, here’s a treat for this coming Sunday: a concert that sounds too good to miss! This notice arrived yesterday:
Since the start of the pandemic, Constellations Chamber Concerts, based in DC, has been holding virtual concerts to bring together artists from all over the world and audiences here. This Sunday’s concert will feature an amazing accordionist from Bosnia and Herzegovina named Merima Ključo.
Crosscurrents (featuring Merima Ključo and vocalist Jelena Milušić)
Sunday, July 26, 4pm EDT. A live Q&A session with the artists will follow the concert.
Sign up here: https://www.constellationsmusic.org/event-details/crosscurrents
More information: hwangbo@constellationsmusic.org or 202-734-0752
The program will feature these works:
Couperin Visiting the Balkans (after François Couperin’s Les Roseaux)
Vračenica
Mujo
Snovidenje (Apparitions)
For those who can’t tune in on Sunday, the concert will be available at www.constellationsmusic.org for 72 hours afterwards.
Check out the WMAS website: www.washingtonaccordions.org
Our mailing address is:
accordionsociety@verizon.net or peter@musicisforever.com
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