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:20261103T115234Z UID:b8a6d683-4327-4e51-86d3-483837ce13ec 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 (no cat s inside)\n-2 upstairs galleries open\, 2 upstairs lavatories\, open in ad diction to DOWNSTAIRS\, LAVATORY IN\nREAR OF MUSIC STUDIO.\n-GRATUITIES: m ost welcome 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 IMMEDIA TELY AFTER THE EVENT-- ALL forms of cash or check transactions are strictl y illegal at this event.\n- limited PHOTOGRAPHS strictly for personal use may be taken: NO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS\, NO CLOUD UPLOADS\, NO TRANSMISSION V IA EMAIL OR TEXT these are only for your personal use\, please.And thank y ou.\n\nYour safety is paramount: current flu & covid booster respectfully suggested (22oct2026 host innoculated WalterReed)\n\nRefunds: paypal or ze lle in full\, GroupMuse less cc Fee (SOLOX suggests refusing a credit to y our account as you may not use a resulting replacement free ticket to atte nd another event at SOLOX\, since GroupMuse does not pay musicians in this circumstance ... request a refund instead please). SOLOX requires that mu sician's always be paid for every attendee sea--music is not only an art f orm\, 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