National Music Week
The theme for this year’s National Music Week: “Music is…yours, mine, and ours”
2023 NFMC Convention
Virginia is hosting. Liana Valente is the Convention Chair. Please plan to attend!
VFMC Annual Convention
Join us for the 100th Anniversary Celebration at the Holiday Inn Tanglewood, Roanoke, VA! Click HERE for detailed information about the event.
A wonderful “High Tea” event will take place on Thursday, April 27 from 2:30-4:00 p.m. at the Hotel Roanoke to celebrate the beginning of VFMC in 1920. Jazz music will be highlighted during the convention, and the NFMC Young Artist Winner in voice - Shaina Martinez, soprano - will perform Friday evening followed by a reception.
District II Meeting
The meeting will take place in the sanctuary. There will be no food involved - those who wish can go out for lunch after the meeting.
CANCELLED!! (In Person VFMC Annual Convention...stay tuned for online option)
The annual 2022 VFMC Spring Convention has been canceled. The decision was based on feedback from the entire Board of Directors (Officers, District Directors, Club Presidents, and Chairs). In order to make the convention cost effective, we needed to have about 35 members stay at the hotel and partake in the meal plans, and we had just a little over half who planned to meet this requirement. Although we all would like to get together for this event, the uncertainty of the current pandemic continues to influence our decisions to meet safely and without concerns. We are looking at the possibility of holding a virtual meeting in its place, so that we can conduct the current business of the VFMC and plan for next year. Information on the Mary Smart Finals will be forthcoming once decisions are made by the chair, Lisa Thomas.
I hope to hold a fall board meeting and look forward to attending each of your district meetings in the fall.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Davis
Doctor of Education,
President
Virginia Federation of Music Clubs
District III Meeting
St. Luke Evangelical Church
Registration 9:30 AM
Meeting 10:00 AM
Luncheon 12:00 PM
CANCELED: 2021 Spring Convention
Due to the continued COVID 19 public health emergency the 2021 VFMC Convention has been canceled for this year.
VFMC 99th Annual Convention CELEBRATING 100 YEARS!
Jointly hosted by all 3 Districts of the VFMC
Theme: “VFMC - 100 Years…and the Beat Goes On”
CANCELLED - VFMC 99th Annual Convention - Hosted by District II
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED.
Click here for more information.
Click here for more information from the Music Clubs magazine on the anniversary celebrations!
District I Meeting
Hosted by the Thursday Morning Music Club, this year’s District I meeting will take place at:
Grandin Court Baptist Church
2660 Brambleton Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24015.
Registration at 10:30 with the meeting to follow at 10:45.
District III Meeting
The District III Meeting will take place Saturday, 9/28/19 at The Chesapeake, 955 Harpersville Rd., Newport News, 23601, phone: 757-913-0564, hosted by Cadenza Music Club.
District II Meeting
The District II meeting is hosted by the Springfield Music Club and will be held at:
Faith Church Kingstowne
5725 Castlewellan Drive
Alexandria, VA
The meeting begins at 10:00 a.m.
Official Call for the VFMC Fall Board Meeting
Photo of Monticello attributed to Moofpocket.
Mary Smart Competition Finals
Times:
Registration, 8:00 am
Final Auditions, 9:00 am
Competition Program, 11:30
Additional Information: Contact Lisa Thomas
Kevin Ahfat will perform at the 98th VFMC Annual Convention
As an artist that “leaves no question about his riveting presentation and technical finesse” (Seattle Times), Canadian-born pianist Kevin Ahfat is acclaimed to be “poised to become one of the young heirs of the classical piano realm, with a bold, boundary-pushing, millennial style matched by refined execution” (Vanguard Seattle). He has appeared as a multi-faceted artist at venues and festivals nationally and internationally, most notably at Boettcher Hall in Denver, Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Fumin Hall in Kyoto, Japan, and Troldhaugen in Bergen, Norway. He has performed with a wide range of artists and orchestras including Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Joshua Roman, Paul Katz, and Ani Kavafian, and the Colorado, Seattle, Juilliard, and Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestras. In addition to being a two-time winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition, he has won top prizes at numerous competitions worldwide, including the Schimmel International Piano Competition, Steinway & Sons Concerto Competition, and the inaugural Seattle Symphony International Piano Competition. Currently, Mr. Ahfat continues his studies with Joseph Kalichstein and Stephen Hough at the Juilliard School. He also works as part of the Juilliard Global Ventures team, helping to develop new digital learning environments to reach musicians across the globe.
VFMC 98th Annual Convention - Hosted by District III
District III will host the upcoming Spring Convention in South Hill, Virginia this coming May, 2019. The event will begin in the early morning on May 16 with the Finance meeting followed by the Official Opening of the Convention and will culminate with the Mary Smart Competition on Saturday, May 18. We hope you all will plan to attend.
District III invites you to the town of South Hill for the 2019 state convention May 16-18. The meetings will be held at South Hill Presbyterian Church and rooms will be available at the Holiday Inn Express (hotel address 1840 N Mecklenburg Ave, South Hill, VA 23970). This will be a change as we will not be having the meetings at the hotel. South Hill is a small town, and the church and hotel are 1.4 miles apart. There is little traffic and no stoplights. The town is at the crossroads of I-85 and Route 58.