SUMMER and early FALL WITH GREAT UCLA'S RESOURCES

Before FWC had Sections, starting in 1925, 

we had General Programs featuring different  music genres

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:

 

The Centennial Celebration Festschrift 1918-2018 -- Honoring FWC:

One Hundred Photos, Stories, and Voices

Part II of that celebratory Meeting was a piano recital performed by Victor Shlyaktenko.

NEW: I have arranged to have a special workshop (January 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 1st General Meeting was on October 15, 2024 at 1:30 pm

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.

Ginger Rose Brucker & Jennifer Jo are featured artists
October 16, 2024, UCLA Faculty Club
Program to be announced soon: Music in Cultural Contexts

 

The display table for MUSIC in CULTURAL CONTEXTS, FRENCH Section, and Galleries & Sights

                                   Above: Zorana and Lorraine in the Music Section 

                                         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. 

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