Help raise awareness
for preservation
and elevate your mood as well
Sunday Socials
Calendar
All events are 1 – 3pm
July 26th Sunday Socials features
Classical & jazz guitarist David William Ross
206 Washington Street at LifeLight Center,
Keene, 1-3pm. Donations support the
Sumner Knight Chapel Restoration Project
Preservation of old buildings is hip these
days, not just ecologically a good choice to
repurpose and restore, but politically correct
as well. It also helps maintain a community’s
character by keeping the integrity and
architecture of its neighborhoods intact.
Join us for an afternoon of
JULY 26TH –Held at 206 WASHINGTON Street
in a historic 1897 Queen Anne style home
originally built by a former mayor of Keene
for his daughter as a wedding gift.
Featuring: Classical and jazz guitarist—
David William Ross
HOST-LIFELIGHT CENTER
AUGUST 30TH –137 COURT Street, a classic
second empire mansion built in 1850,
meticulously restored as condominiums.
Featuring: Renowned solo pianist of
standard classical repertoire and ragtime—
Virginia Eskin
HOST-VIRGINIA ESKIN
music, history and fun!
SEPTEMBER 27TH –303 COURT Street, built in
Preservation keeps the history of
a place and its people alive
through active use of historic
residences and public buildings.
1866 the original house was renovated in 1918
converting it into a Georgian Colonial mansion.
Featuring: Solo pianist recital of chamber
music, master teacher—Chonghyo Shin
HOST-ROBERT CUMMINGS
Creating community through music
On a summer Sunday at the turn of the last
century, you would be making afternoon
visits to your neighbors’ parlors and perhaps
taking in a little music as well.
Sunday Socials, a new music series, gives
you the opportunity to slip back in time and
do just that. We are opening the ‘parlors’ of
some of the finest private and public historic
buildings in Keene for you to enjoy. And we
entertain you as well with music and the
history of the era.
Your sponsors for the series are:
The Heritage Commission
Keene Music Festival & Keene Parks and Rec
Your donation of $10 goes to the restoration
fund for the Sumner Knight Chapel. For details
and advance tickets call 499-7435 or visit:
www.keenemusicfestival.org
Sunday Socials at 137 Court Street
August 30th
Virginia Eskin, a Boston and New Hampshire
resident, is an extremely versatile solo
pianist, chamber player and lecturer, known
for both standard classical repertoire and
ragtime, and a long-time champion of the
works of American and European women
composers and music written by composers
who perished during the Holocaust.
Virginia has also gained a reputation as a
ragtime specialist and has found and
recorded neglected works by American
women.
Great music, history and fun!
A benefit event for
the Sumner Knight Chapel Restoration
Project
Pianist Virginia Eskin has performed as a
soloist with many orchestras, in concert halls
and museums throughout the United States
and Europe. Among the highlights of her
recent seasons were: a recital tour of Croatia
(June 2014), a presentation of works by
African American women composers at
Boston University (March 2014), a recital at
the U.S. embassy in Madrid (January 2014),
performances of Mozart’s Piano Concerto
No. 20, K. 466, with the Augusta (Maine)
Symphony (April 2013). In 2009 she
premiered Vítezslava Kaprálová ‘s “Partita”
with the Chamber Orchestra of Boston at
Jordan Hall and performed Beethoven’s
Piano Concertos No. 3 and No. 5 with the
Boston Civic Symphony.
A native of San Diego, California, she studied
in London with Gina Bachauer and Dame
Myra Hess. She developed a strong interest
in Spanish music during a four-year
appointment at the International Institute in
Madrid, 1983-1987.
She is an adjunct professor of music at Keene
State College, which in 2009 awarded her an
honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in
recognition of her contributions to women's
music.