Sunday 2:15pm 18 May 2025 Cate Grimball Piano &Soprano; POTLUCK dinner buffet; top award finalist WIPAC. 91/42

Sunday 2:15pm 18 May 2025 Cate Grimball a top award finalist Washington International Piano Arts Competition, & Soprano 2nd set; POTLUCK dinner buffet. 91/42

Cate Grimball began her musical journey in her hometown Pensacola, Florida then continued Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, where she earned her diploma in piano performance. She obtained her bachelor’s (cum laude) and master’s degrees in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati Colege-Conservatory of Music. An avid colaborator, Cate worked as music director for the Pensacola Opera Artists in Residencebprogram. Cate atended the 2022 Cliburn Amateur Competition as a Festival Participant. Cate is an active performerband chamber musician.

Repertoire:
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 851
Olivier Messiaen “La colombe” from Preludes
Karol Szymanowski Mazurka Op. 50, No. 1
Nurit Tille Raw Silk (a rag)
Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in A Major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2
Phillip Glass Etude No. 6
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 21 in C Major, “Waldstein”
1. Allegro con brio
Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in G Major, Op. 87
Fryderyk Chopin Waltz C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
Gražyna Bacewicz Sonata No. 2

PotLuck Dinner Buffet. Host will provide two hot hors d'oeuvres & punch for potluck reception during intermission & beginning, when doors open. Guests are encouraged to bring food/wine to share/potluck; if considering a sweet, think about fruit instead of processed sugar. Music begins at 45 minutes after doors open at 2:15pm, please be on time, 2 sets with 1 short intermission, rarely one longer set. Guests most welcome and encouraged to bring dish/drink to share/potluck, please consider bringing wine if you use it. Stemware/Ice Buckets/Filtered Water Provided.

Advance payment REQUESTED (pay thru GroupMuse or the PayPal Link) NO CASH at EVENT--illegal in MD; $21 including PP/GM fee, advance only, artist receives $20. All guests will be seated in Music Room. Accessibility note: 3 steps walkway to entry hall, 30 inch doors inside.

Arrival notes:
-potluck dishes dining room
-wine, beverages: bar in galley
-important: coats and bags upstairs please
-arrivals: 2:15pm for social hour and potluck buffet (doors open 2:15pm)
-concert seating opens: 3pm, music begins

Your safety is paramount: covid vaccinated/booster guests preferred, or PCR tested (honor system). Please consider the newly released Flu and current covid vaccines.

  2025-2026 SOLOX Concert Schedule:

15mar25 Liana Harron, Georgian Pianist wLecture 89
11apr25 Francesca Hurst, Piano Professor, Rome School Catholic University
90
18may25 Cate Grimball, Piano w/Soprano 2nd set 91
22jun25 Anders Lundegard, Baritone-Tenor-Alto Sax wAcoustic Upright
Bass & Jazz Guitar 92
07sep25 Teodora Adzarova, Bulgarian Pianist (Peabody Professor) 93
12oct25 Liana Harron, Georgian Pianist wLecture 94
09nov25 Illya Bunyakin, Ukranian Pianist, probable 4 hands 2nd set w/Professor Svetlana Kaplanskaya 95
14dec25 Emma Hayes Johnson, Cellist, wPiano accompianist -or- String Trio 96
11jan26 Cate Grimball, Piano 97
08feb26 ...next... 98 (feb-mar ski tahoe 3wks)
25apr-03may26 David Rogers, Classical Guitar 99
TBDjun-jul26 Spyros Koliavasilis Music -possibly- jul-aug 2025
*WIPAC (Washington International Piano Arts Competition) Top 3 Finalists
* WIPAC Judge (preliminaries, semi finals, finals)

What's the music?

Catherine Grimball