Calling it a Valentine gift to the community, the Marion Lecture Recital Music Club’s (MLRMC) Romance Strings program will be presented on Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. at Central Christian Church, 421 Mt. Vernon Avenue. River Valley High School String Music Director Inda Lama and retired Marion City Schools music teacher Louise Vance will be presenters of a program that includes both high school and adult string players.
Sandra Becker, retired Marion City Schools music teacher, coordinated arrangements for the string-themed presentation, which is open to the public free of charge, but with donations gratefully accepted.
River Valley’s Primo Strings II players Kevin Smith, Olivia Meddles, Wyatt Lawrence, Evy Runyon and Gabby Cunningham will perform folk songs Go Tell Aunt Rhody and Song of the Wind. String bass player Hayden Kanagy will provide a River Valley Vikings Variations on a Theme for Twinkle, Twinkle by Suzuki/Lama.
RV’a Primo String III players Lane Kanagy and Logan Runyon will present Thomas Haynes Bayly’s Long, Long Ago and Shinichi Suzuki’s Andantino and Allegro.
Japan’s Suzuki (1898-1998) was the inventor of the famed international method of music education, much of which is used in the Marion City and County Schools music programs. He often spoke of the ability of all children to learn things well, music and other subjects, and to build character, especially in the right environment: “Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth, and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.”
RV 6th Grade Violin Students Delaney and Luke Goins will play a traditional fiddle tune, The Orange Blossom Special.
Musical selections by the RVHS Fab 4 String Quartet Aaron Suarez, violin; Cierra Ward, violin; Megan Barrett, viola; and Callie Turner, cello will include the George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) Entrance of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon and Salute to Queen, arr.Larry Moore.
RV violin soloist Aaron Suarez, accompanied by pianist Sandra Becker, will perform Violin Concerto No II in G Major, Movement 1, Allegro Moderato by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).
The String Connection, a local professional string quartet that includes Amy Eckert, violin; Louise Vance, violin; Dennis Witsberger, viola; and Maxine Hunter, cello, will perform three selections: Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Beth Whitson and Leo Friedman, arr. Turner; Wedding Prayer by Fern Glasgow Dunlap, arr. Maxine Hunter; and All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. Naughtu.
The Marion Lecture Recital Music Club, an affiliate of both the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs and the National Federation of Music Clubs is in its 94th year. Started in 1920, it has the distinction as one of the oldest and most active music clubs in the state. Its 47 members are dedicated to the preservation and enrichment of music in the community and the schools. The club’s monthly programs open and free to the community September to May, feature performances from its members and guest artists.
MLRMC is actively seeking new members, both those who would like to perform, as well as those who enjoy listening to music and want to help support the mission of MLRMC. For membership, contact MLRMC President Lee Ann Derugen 740-361-4092.
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