Before FWC had Sections, starting in 1925,
we had General Programs featuring different music genres
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| Music was always an important part of FWC General Programs (1922) from: PERSONAL REMINISCENCES of the First Twenty Four Presidents of the Faculty Women's Club, UCLA NEW: FWC's archival materials are held in UCLA Special Collections, located in the basement of the Young Research Library (Special Collections Library at UCLA). It is part The Online Archive of California, also known as OAC. NEW: FWC's archival materials contain numerous files, some of which are now available to you in this BLOG. An example is ORAL HISTORY LEGACY with our members who told their personal stories and anecdotes related to their activities and memorable events. This is an open ended Project which started during 2012-2013 as a preparation for the FWC's Centennial Celebration in 2018. Please let Zorana Ercegovac know if you wish to contribute your interview transcript to the FWC Oral History Legacy Project. NEW: Another major project was based on the FWC historical records from the UCLA's Special Collections. It was used in my presentation at the General Meeting on April 17, 2018. Part I of the General Meeting was the Album Presentation:  Part II of that celebratory Meeting was a piano recital performed by Victor Shlyaktenko. NEW: I have arranged to have a special workshop (February 19th 2025) on how to care, organize, and curate our own family archival materials. This is organized by the Music in Cultural Context section. More information will be posted later. |
| Today FWC has Special Interest Groups, FWC Sections, including Book discussions (English, French, German), Bridge, Birthday, Galleries & Sights, International Cooking, Hiking, Music in Cultural Contexts, Play-Reading, Gardening, and Genealogy. |
NEW: FWC GENERAL MEETINGS have always been important to our entire membership. Our member Phyllis Amboss prepared a list of Seventy-Five Years of FWC Programs: 1935-2011. It is of interest to anyone, especially to our members, as a survey of topics and featured speakers. I am in process of making this Project complete, by adding the General Meeting topics since 2012.
FWC's 2nd General Meeting : November 19th 2024 at 1:30 pm with Prof. Yizhou Sun
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| Professor Yizhou Sun, in the Department of Computer Science, UCLA The topic,"ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: WHAT YOU NEED to KNOW," discussed how AI is affecting our daily lives and helped us understand more about this timely and complex technology. A few of the slides from Prof. Sun's presentation show a bit of the AI history and the evolutionary tree, starting in the 1940s through ChatGPT in the 2020s. She also discussed impact of AI on science, law, healthcare, finance, education, and entertainment. Slides covered such topics as potential limits of AI technologies as well as risks and safety concerns. Prof. Sun's presentation engaged the audience of 43 attendees, many of whom had important questions and comments. It was a great and timely theme for the FWC's General Meeting.     FWC's 1st General Meeting was on October 15, 2024 at 1:30 pm |
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| FWC President Anne-Marie Spataru (right) with Helene DesRuisseaux, VP Programs, introduced Professor Hasen |
Professor Richard L. Hasen, the Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair of Law, professor of political science (by courtesy), and director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA School of Law, will present "Preserving Democracy," addressing issues of voting rights and the impact of recent Supreme Court decisions. See UPDATE, Sep-Dec 2024 for details.
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| Ginger Rose Brucker & Jennifer Jo are featured artists October 16, 2024, UCLA Faculty Club Program to be announced soon: Music in Cultural Contexts |
Here is our new GARDENING Section.
Celebrating Life with Music, Fellowship, Kindness, & Hope
Here is what we have for you starting as I write this BLOG post, all FREE OF CHARGE, one of the perks this Music Section gives to all FWC members, not to music section members alone.
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| WISHING A HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all of you who celebrate summer special days |
We will socialize right after the concerts (optional), with delicious light lunch (eg., Playa Cafe and Taco Tuesdays), at the Faculty Club, just across the street from the UCLA School of Music.
We start with The Henry J. BRUMAN SUMMER Chamber Music Festival on July 30th.
https://www.1718.ucla.edu/about/bruman/ All other three recitals are held at Lani Hall, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Noon-1:00 pm. Each of these three outstanding programs and events will be held:
August 1 (Thursday) Noon-1:00 PM.
August 6 (Tuesday) Noon-1:00 PM.
August 8 (Thursday) Noon-1:00 PM.
The Program for July 30th is posted below (their program notes are equally outstanding and will be available at each of the performances).
BONUS: The performers are excellent artists, gifted educators, and wonderful lecturers & leader. There will be plenty of time to talk to each of them after their programs.
Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Three Romances for Violin and Piano, op. 22
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Sonata in A Minor No. 1, op. 105
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
Sonata for Viola and Piano, op. 11, no. 4
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