FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Colleen Morith
The Society of the Cincinnati
The Anderson House
2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Chateau Gardecki
3862 Farrcroft Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-728-7766
INTERNATIONAL PIANO ARTS COUNCIL (WIPAC) and the SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI now on its fourth year of partnership bringing musical tradition back to
At The Anderson House
On Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 1:30pm
proudly presenting Frank Conlon, pianist and professor
In cooperation with The Society of Cincinnati, WIPAC is proudly presenting Frank Conlon, pianist and professor at The George Washington University Music Department. He has performed at colleges and concert halls in the Washington area and in throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, India and Japan. He has played at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, at the Gardner Museum, Boston, at the Robin Hood Dell, Philadelphia and in Washington at he Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery, the Phillips Collection, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Pan American Union, and Dumbarton Oaks.
Professor Conlon has played concertos with several orchestras, including the Montreal Chamber Orchestra, the Washington Sinfonia, Washington Pro Musica and Washington Chamber Orchestra, the Alexandria Symphony, the Georgetown Symphony, and the Amadeus Orchestra. Prof. Conlon has won the National Society of Arts and Letters and the Jordan Awards Competitions in Washington and the Brewster-Allison Competition in Austin, Texas. He served as official accompanist for the National Symphony Young Soloist Competition, the National Opera Institute Auditions, and the National Federation of Music Clubs Contest. Prof. Conlon accompanies students in departmental recitals, serves as music director for the Department's opera productions and teaches at the Levine School of Music and is director of music at the Church of the Annunciation and at the Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church. Prof. Conlon has previously taught at the Catholic University School of Music and the Ellington School of the Arts, and served as artist-in-residence for the DC Public School System.
Washington International Piano Arts Council (WIPAC) was formed in 2001 to promote international friendship and understanding through classical music, to provide a venue for outstanding pianists and to bring to Washington an International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. It has been four exciting years! WIPAC has successfully sponsored three Washington International Piano Amateur Competitions and Festivals of Music in association with George Washington University Music Department. The 2005 Festival of Music was jointly sponsored by International Finance Corporation/The World Bank Group, Classical 103.5 WGMS and The Cultural Institute of Mexico.
The Society of the Cincinnati was founded at the close of the Revolutionary War by the officers of the Continental line and their French counterparts who had served together in the struggle for American Independence. The Society’s Institution, adopted May 13, 1783, was established to preserve the rights and liberties for which its founders had fought, as well as the bonds of friendship that had been formed among the officers during the long years of war. Now in its third century, the descendants of the original members have perpetuated the Society of the Cincinnati and other eligible officers as a non-profit educational organization devoted to the principles and ideals of its founders. The Anderson House was originally home of Larz and Isabel Anderson built between 1902 and 1905. Now serves as the National Headquarters, Library, and Museum of the Society of the Cincinnati.
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