BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Acme Widgets\, Inc.//NONSGML ExportToCalendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Groupmuses near X-WR-NAME:Groupmuses near BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261101T183702Z UID:f36007eb-7002-4f7f-8752-e98e22c213ca DTSTART:20261108T190000Z DTEND:20261108T213000Z DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Richard W.\nMusicians: Viscount Thurston\n\n08 Nov 20 26 Sunday 2pm virtuoso pianist Viscount Thurston\, WIPAC WINNER\; POTLUCK dinner buffet 106\n\nProgram: Two 35-45 minute sets\, each with 10-15 min intermission\; arrivals 2-3pm buffet open 2pm\, music room seating opens 3 pm & music begins. Doors open 2pm.\n\n --PROGRAM--\nShostako vich - 24 Preludes and Fugues\, Op. 87\n No. 13 in F# major\nBeethoven - Piano Sonata in C major\, Op. 2\, No. 3\n1. Allegro con brio\n2. Adagio\n3 . Scherzo: Allegro\n4. Allegro assai\n --intermission--\nSchub ert - Impromptus\, Op. 90\n No. 3 in G-flat major\n No. 4 in A-flat majo r\nRachmaninoff - Prelude in D major\, Op. 23\, No. 4 \nChopin - Barcaroll e. Op. 60 \n\nAdvance payment PLEASE (pay thru GroupMuse $25+cc Fee\, arti sts receive $20) or use Zelle ID: rix.rox.SOLOX@verizon.net $25noFee (arti sts receive full $25 with Zelle or PayPal)\nhttps://www.paypal.me/SOLOXthe ArtSalon\nPlease include attendee names in Zelle or PayPal. NO CASH/No Che cks at EVENT--illegal in MD.\n\nPotluck dinner: attendees please prepare s ide dish\, entree\, or dessert\, cooked items ready to serve preferred\, m inimize flimsy plastic (ends up in my ocean\, breeds microplastics)\, host prepares 2 hot dishes & provides silver serving pieces\, cutlery and plat es.\n\n*** Viscount Thurston\nViscount Thurston began piano studies at age 7. At his first public performance at age 17\, he played Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in Denver\, Colorado with the orchestra led by his te acher\, Antonia Brico. He gave his debut solo recital at Denver’s Phipp s Auditorium in 1973. As a graduate student at the Ohio State University\, Viscount won the music school’s concerto competition and performed Tcha ikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the university orchestra. He complet ed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1984. In 2003\, he enjoyed the opp ortunity to reprise his performance of the Rachmaninov third concerto in C olorado\, this time with the Littleton Symphony Orchestra. Viscount perfor med for several years in the DC area’sFriday Morning Music Club. He has been a regular with the Piano Society since 2007. He won First Prize in th e 2010 Washington (DC) International Piano Arts Competition and Third Priz e in the 2015 Boston Piano Amateurs Competition. He manages leadership dev elopment programs for the Federal Aviation Administration\, and lives with his wife\, Vickie\, in Sykesville\, Maryland.\n\nPotLuck Dinner Buffet. H ost will provide two hot hors d'oeuvres & punch for potluck reception duri ng intermission & beginning\, when doors open. Guests are encouraged to br ing food/wine to share/potluck\; if considering a sweet\, think about frui t instead of processed sugar. Music begins at 3pm\, please be on time\, 2 sets with 1 short intermission\, rarely one longer set. Guests most welcom e and encouraged to bring dish/drink to share/potluck\, please consider br inging wine if you use it. Stemware/Ice Buckets/Filtered Water Provided.\n \nAll guests will be seated in Music Room (opens at 3pm). Accessibility no te: 3 steps walkway to entry hall\, 30 inch doors inside.\n\nArrivals 2-2: 30pm ...\n-potluck dishes dining room\n-wine\, beverages: bar in galley\n- important: coats and bags upstairs please\n-arrivals: 2pm for social hour and POTLUCK DINNER buffet\n-concert seating opens: 3pm\, music begins 3pm\ n-OK To take food/ wine into Music Studio\n-outdoor cats live here\n-2 ups tairs galleries open\, 2 upstairs lavatories\, open in addiction to DOWNST AIRS\, LAVATORY IN\nREAR OF MUSIC STUDIO.\n-GRATUITIES: most welcome for t he artists\, but may NOT be offered at the event but can be sent via group muse.com or by ZELLE to rix.rox.SOLOX@verizon.net IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EV ENT-- ALL forms of cash or check transactions are strictly illegal at this event.\n- limited PHOTOGRAPHS strictly for personal use may be taken: NO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS\, NO CLOUD UPLOADS\, NO TRANSMISSION VIA EMAIL OR TEXT these are only for your personal use\, please.And thank you.\n\nYour safet y is paramount: current flu & covid booster respectfully suggested (22oct2 026 host innoculated WalterReed)\n\nRefunds: paypal or zelle in full\, Gro upMuse less cc Fee (SOLOX suggests refusing a credit to your account as yo u may not use a resulting replacement free ticket to attend another event at SOLOX\, since GroupMuse does not pay musicians in this circumstance ... request a refund instead please). SOLOX requires that musician's always b e paid for every attendee sea--music is not only an art form\, but also a business. Zelle/PayPal refunds available upon request. LOCATION:Woodacres\, Bethesda\, Bethesda SUMMARY:08 Nov 2026 Sunday 2pm virtuoso pianist Viscount Thurston\, WIPAC W INNER\, POTLUCK dinner buffet 106 URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/15952-08-nov-2026-sunday-2pm-virtuoso- pianist-viscount-thurston-wipac-winner-potluck-dinner-buffet-106 IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://bunny.groupmuse.com/f5c4f276-ac62-4945-8bb6-8bc39a5 92327/1000030121.jpg?aspect_ratio=1%3A1&width=1200 X-PRICE:$25 tickets ($20 for Supermusers) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR