2026may10 Sunday 2pm POTLUCK dinner buffet; music Catherine Doss, top award finalist WIPAC

2026may10 Sunday 2pm POTLUCK dinner buffet; music Catherine Doss, top award finalist WIPAC

Program:
Catherine Doss is a top award finalist Washington International Piano Arts Competition, seating opens and music begins at 3pm, POTLUCK Buffet and socializing begin at 2pm-doors open 2pm; POTLUCK dinner buffet

Catherine Doss began her musical journey in her hometown Pensacola, Florida then continued Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, where she earned her diploma in piano performance and 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.

Illuminated Forms
Concert Pianist and Chamber Musician

This recital explores the evolving architecture of solo piano music—from the prelude and fugue, to dance forms like the waltz and mazurka, to the sonata and minimalist etude—through the work of both well-known and historically underrepresented composers.

This is a program about structure and transformation—about the evolution of musical form and the artists who continue to redefine it.

Program Repertoire:

Olivier Messiaen – “La colombe” from Preludes

Karol Szymanowski – Mazurka Op. 50, Nos. 1 and 2
Frédéric Chopin – Mazurka in A Minor Op. 17, No. 4 and Mazurka Op. 24, No. 2 in C Major

Grażyna Bacewicz – Sonata No. 2

Intermission

Dmitri Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in G Major, Op. 87

Dmitri Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in A Major, Op. 87

Johannes Brahms – Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2

Frédéric Chopin – Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2

Philip Glass – Etude No. 6

Nurit Tilles – Raw Silk (a rag)

Historical Context:
In styles ranging from Baroque to Romantic to ragtime, this program centers on a curiosity about the forms that shape what we hear—and what happens when composers stretch, reinvent, or subvert them. It also shines a light on underrepresented voices, especially women composers like Grażyna Bacewicz and Nurit Tilles, whose works boldly reimagine traditional structures.

Catherine Doss is a pianist, educator, and creative collaborator based in the Washington, D.C. area. After early training at Interlochen Arts Academy and earning degrees in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, she served as Music Director for Pensacola Opera’s Artist in Residence program and later took time away from performing to focus on teaching, family, and community work. Recent appearances include the Cliburn Amateur Festival, PianoTexas, and the Washington International Piano Artists Competition, where she was a top prizewinner in 2024. Her programming often highlights underrepresented composers and explores the intersection of music, language, and story.

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 8pm, 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.

.All guests will be seated in Music Room. Accessibility note: 3 steps walkway to entry hall, 30 inch doors inside.

Arrivals 2-2:30pm ...
-potluck dishes dining room
-wine, beverages: bar in galley
-important: coats and bags upstairs please
-arrivals: 2pm for social hour and POTLUCK DINNER buffet
-concert seating opens: 3pm, music begins
- coats and bags upstairs, please.
-outdoor cats live here
-2 upstairs galleries open, 2 upstairs lavatories, open in addiction to main lavatory rear of studio

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

What's the music?

Catherine Grimball (she/her)