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:20261024T164021Z UID:0cba4319-8ce2-4c69-95cf-1a2c4a6eb573 DTSTART:20261108T190000Z DTEND:20261108T213000Z DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Richard W.\nMusicians: Viscount Thurston\n\n08 Nov 20 26 Sunday virtuoso pianist Viscount Thurston\, WIPAC WINNER\; performance includes two 10min pre concert talks (1 at the beginning of each set)\, PO TLUCK dinner buffet 106\n\nProgram: Two 35-45 minute sets\, each including ten minute preconcert talk\; with 10-15 min intermission\; arrivals 2-3pm buffet open 2pm\, music room seating opens 3pm & music begins. Doors ope n 2pm.\n\n --PROGRAM--\n1st set: pre concert talk\, part 1 (~ 10 min)\nBeethoven - Piano Sonata in C major\, Op. 2\, No. 3 (~25min)\n1. Allegro con brio\n2. Adagio\n3. Scherzo: Allegro\n4. Allegro assai\n --intermission--\n2nd set: pre concert talk part 2 (~10 min)\nRachm aninoff - Prelude in D major\, Op. 23\, No. 4 (~5min)\nChopin - Barcarolle . Op. 60 (~8min)\n\n\nAdvance payment PLEASE (pay thru GroupMuse $25+cc Fe e\, artists receive $20) or use Zelle ID: rix.rox.SOLOX@verizon.net $25noF ee (artists receive full $25 with Zelle or PayPal)\nhttps://www.paypal.me/ SOLOXtheArtSalon\nPlease include attendee names in Zelle or PayPal. NO CAS H/No Checks at EVENT--illegal in MD.\n\nPotluck dinner: attendees please p repare side dish\, entree\, or dessert\, cooked items ready to serve prefe rred\, minimize flimsy plastic (ends up in my ocean\, breeds microplastics )\, host prepares 2 hot dishes & provides silver serving pieces\, cutlery and plates.\n\n*** Viscount Thurston\nViscount Thurston began piano studie s at age 7. At his first public performance at age 17\, he played Rachmani nov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in Denver\, Colorado with the orchestra led b y his teacher\, Antonia Brico. He gave his debut solo recital at Denver ’s Phipps Auditorium in 1973. As a graduate student at the Ohio State Un iversity\, Viscount won the music school’s concerto competition and perf ormed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the university orchestra. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1984. In 2003\, he enjoy ed the opportunity to reprise his performance of the Rachmaninov third con certo in Colorado\, this time with the Littleton Symphony Orchestra. Visco unt performed for several years in the DC area’sFriday Morning Music Clu b. He has been a regular with the Piano Society since 2007. He won First P rize in the 2010 Washington (DC) International Piano Arts Competition and Third Prize in the 2015 Boston Piano Amateurs Competition. He manages lead ership development programs for the Federal Aviation Administration\, and lives with his wife\, Vickie\, in Sykesville\, Maryland.\n\nPotLuck Dinner Buffet. Host will provide two hot hors d'oeuvres & punch for potluck rece ption during intermission & beginning\, when doors open. Guests are encour aged to bring food/wine to share/potluck\; if considering a sweet\, think about fruit instead of processed sugar. Music begins at 3pm\, please be on time\, 2 sets with 1 short intermission\, rarely one longer set. Guests m ost welcome and encouraged to bring dish/drink to share/potluck\, please c onsider bringing wine if you use it. Stemware/Ice Buckets/Filtered Water P rovided.\n\nAll guests will be seated in Music Room (opens at 3pm). Access ibility note: 3 steps walkway to entry hall\, 30 inch doors inside.\n\nArr ivals 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 so cial hour and POTLUCK DINNER buffet\n-concert seating opens: 3pm\, music b egins 3pm\n-OK To take food/ wine into Music Studio\n-outdoor cats live he re\n-2 upstairs galleries open\, 2 upstairs lavatories\, open in addiction to DOWNSTAIRS\, LAVATORY IN\nREAR OF MUSIC STUDIO.\n-GRATUITIES: most wel come for the artists\, but may NOT be offered at the event but can be sent via groupmuse.com or by ZELLE to rix.rox.SOLOX@verizon.net IMMEDIATELY AF TER THE EVENT-- ALL forms of cash or check transactions are strictly illeg al at this event.\n- limited PHOTOGRAPHS strictly for personal use may be taken: NO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS\, NO CLOUD UPLOADS\, NO TRANSMISSION VIA EMAI L OR TEXT these are only for your personal use\, please.And thank you.\n\n Your safety is paramount: current flu & ovid w/booster respectfully sugges ted (host got both 22oct2026 WalterReed)\n\nRefunds: paypal or zelle in fu ll\, GroupMuse less cc Fee (SOLOX suggests refusing a credit to your accou nt as you may not use a resulting replacement free ticket to attend anothe r event at SOLOX\, since GroupMuse does not pay musicians in this circumst ance ... request a refund instead please). SOLOX requires that musician's always be paid for every attendee sea--music is not only an art form\, but also a business. LOCATION:Woodacres\, Bethesda\, Bethesda SUMMARY:08 Nov 2026 Sunday virtuoso pianist Viscount Thurston\, WIPAC WINNE R\, including concert talk\, POTLUCK dinner buffet 106/57 URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/15952-08-nov-2026-sunday-virtuoso-pian ist-viscount-thurston-wipac-winner-including-concert-talk-potluck-dinner-b uffet-106-57 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