Meetings

       The St. Cecilia Society meets once a month from October through May providing an opportunity for members and guest artists to perform. Meetings are held on Fridays at 1:00 PM or 7:00 PM or Sundays at 2:00 PM. Times vary to try to make it convenient for all to attend several meetings each year. Except in May when a luncheon follows the annual membership meeting and precedes the final performance of the year, receptions follow the performances where members and guests may greet the performers and enjoy refreshments.

       The “performing members” at the regular meetings are St. Cecilia members who have auditioned before paid judges who are not St. Cecilia Society members.

       The programs are open to the public.

PROGRAM  SCHEDULE

2011-2012

Friday, October 14, 2011, 7:00 PM at *FIM

     Jazz Group: Eastern Standard Time

Sunday, November 13, 2011, 2:00 PM         

                                at FIM

     Larry Adkins, Cello

     Delaina Oberman, Percussion

Friday, December 9, 2011, 1:00 PM at FIM

     Nancy Dahle, Soprano

     Mary Procopio, Flute

Friday, January 13, 2012, 1:00 PM at FIM

     Glen Holcomb, Tenor

     Other Perfrormers TBA

Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM at

Court Street United Methodist Church

225 W. Court St.

Flint, MI 48502

     Kathleen Sheehy, Mezzo-Soprano

     Guest Organgist - TBA

Friday, March 9, 2012, 7:00 PM at FIM

     Caron Salerno Litten, Mezzo-Soprano

     Oberman-Sheehy Percussion Duo

     Jean Weamer, Mezzo-Soprano 

Friday, April 20, 2012, 7:00 PM at FIM

     Roberta Stoltz Goergen, Soprano

     Kimberlee Streby, Soprano

     Cheryl Zimmerman, Oboe

Friday, May 4, 2012, 1:00 PM at FIM

     Guest Artist-TBA

     Annual Meeting,  10:30AM                                                                    

             MacArthur Recital Hall

     Annual Luncheon, 11:45 AM

            Anderson Room, FIM

     Program, 1:00 PM

             MacArthur Recital Hall

 *FIM: Flint Institute of Music

J. Dallas Dort Music Center

1025 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, MI  48503

SPECIAL EVENTS

 Autum Aura Card Party

   Friday, November 4, 2011

   12:30 PM to 4:00 PM

   Anderson Room, FIM

       Cost: $15.00

  Luncheon, Cards, Games

  and Silent Aution

  Approximately $1900.00 was

 raised by this event in 2011.

Recital for SCS Award Winners

     Sunday, February 26, 2012

               2:00 PM at FIM

For more information and applications, contact Delaina Oberman at doberman@thefim.org.

The Wm. C. Byrd Young Artist Competition

Piano Competition

      Saturday, March 3, 2012

                     For  Strings

The 2011 winners were:

Runners-up:

       Melody Quah

       Liza Stepanova

       Chetan Tierra

Second Place:

       Rudin Lengo

        Piano Concerto No. 1 in E        

        Flat Major by Liszt  

Winner:

       Ketevan Kartvelishvili

Miss Kartvelishvili began her piano studies at the age of 7 in her native Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. She studied for her bachelors and masters degrees, and did post graduate work at the Tbilisi State Conservatory. In 1999, she was the third place winner at the Marco Polo Piano Competition in Athens, Greece. Currently, Ketevan is pusuing an Artist Diploma at the Toradze Piano Studio at Indiana University-South Bend . She performed the Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 in the Byrd Competition. Her performance with the Flint Symphony Orchestra is scheduled for January 28, 2012.

The next Byrd Competition will be held on March 3, 2012 and will feature strings.

Donation checks for the Byrd Competition and/or the Student Awards Fund should be made payable to St. Cecilia Society and mailed c/o The Flint Institute of Music, 1025 E. Kearsley St., Flint, MI 48503.

For more information, click on www.byrdartists.com.