July 13th, 2024
CHQ School of Music
Fletcher Hall @ 3:00 - 4:30 PM
The National Federation of Music Clubs presents their awards and scholarships to numerous students from the Instrumental, Opera Conservatory, and Piano Programs at the Chautauqua School of Music.
Since its founding in 1898, the NFMC has grown into one of the world’s largest music organizations with club and individual members of all ages. The NFMC is chartered by the Congress of the United States, and is the only music organization member of the United Nations.
NFMC provides opportunities for musical study, performance and appreciation to more than 90,000 senior, student and junior members in 5,200 music-related clubs and organizations nationwide. Members are professional and amateur musicians, vocalists, composers, dancers, performing artists, arts and music educators, music students, generous music patrons and benefactors, and music lovers of all ages.
Dedicated to finding and fostering young musical talent, the NFMC conducts annual Junior Festivals with approximately 100,000 participants. NFMC offers more than three quarters of a million dollars in state and national competitions (see competitions), including four $20,000 biennial Young Artist awards, and the $20,000 Ellis Award for Duo-Pianists. The Young Artist and Ellis Duo Piano awards include two years of performance bookings.
Federation members work to create a dynamic musical and cultural environment in their communities through education and sponsorship of musical events. The Federation champions American music with awards and commissions. Federated States proclaim November American Music Month, in which the annual Parade of American Music focuses on programs of music by American composers. Awards are given annually to recognize educational institutions for their promotion and presentation of American music
NFMC - Eleanor Pascoe/Hatz Award: Claire Coven
NFMC - New York Federation Award: Derek Schraustetter
NFMC - Ohio Federation Award: Anna Mears
NFMC - Pennsylvania Federation Award: Alexei Aceto
The Martha Marcks Mack Award: Jennifer Robinson and Anthony Voiers
The Dorothy Dann Bullock Award: Benjamin Richard and Eric Yu
The Indiana - Leslie Bryan , Jr. and Peggy Hoover Bryan Voice Award*: Natalie Corrigan
*Courtesy of the Indiana Arts Festival
Interferences I for Bassoon and Piano, 1972
-Roger Boutry (1932 – 2019)
Derek Schraufstetter, bassoon
Shannon Hesse, piano
Apparition (Quatre chansons de jeunesse), 1884
-Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Jennifer Robinson, soprano
Julius Abrahams, piano
Non so più (Le nozze di Figaro), 1786
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Claire Coven, mezzo
Julius Abrahams, piano
Arabesque in C major, Op. 18.
-Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Eric Yu, piano
Romance, Op. 23
-Amy Beach (1867 – 1944)
Anna Mears, double bass
Shannon Hesse, piano
Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Faust), 1859
-Charles Gounod (1818 – 1893)
Anthony Voiers, tenor
Julius Abrahams, piano
Die junge Nonne, 1825
-Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Natalie Corrigan, mezzo
Julius Abrahams, piano
Deux Morceaux, Op. 35: Humoresque (#8) and Impromptu (#9) for Bassoon and Piano
-Reinhold Glière (1875 – 1956)
Benjamin Richard, bassoon
Shannon Hesse, piano
Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 32 no. 13
-Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)
Alexei Aceto, piano