ANNUAL JAMES MONROE DINNER

Saturday,  April 9, 2022   at 6:00 pm

OPEN TO MEMBERS & GUESTS ONLY

$ 75 per person (dinner $60 & program $15)

Program

Village Festival Jig – Stephen Foster

Maggie By My Side

Ashokan Farewell – Jay Ungar

Prelude in E minor – Chopin/Jobim

All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern

In a Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington

Sambossa – Celso Machado

Beatle Medley

Eleanor Rigby - John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Imagine – John Lennon

Carrinhoso -Pixinguinha

Libertango – Astor Piazzolla

What a Wonderful World – Bob Thiele and George David Weiss

Joseph Cunliffe is a woodwind specialist, composer, distinguished recording artist, and music educator. From concert stages at the Kennedy Center to an amphitheater at a remote Mayan archeological site, his music transcends all cultural boundaries and blends classical, ethnic, folk and jazz styles. As co-founder of the world music duo, Flutar, he has performed original music as well as their own arrangements of traditional Latin, Celtic, and classical music to international acclaim. Flutar performed in cities around the world and were awarded the prestigious title of “Artistic Ambassador to the United States” by USIS (United States Information Service) for their invaluable music contributions in El Salvador, Central America. Joseph Cunliffe has performed for numerous US and Foreign Presidents, Oprah Winfrey, Leonard Slatkin, Lorin Maazel at Castleton, world-renowned flutist, Sir James Galway, and Vice President and Mrs. Al Gore to name but a few distinguished audience members.

The annual James Monroe Dinner will celebrate the fifth president of the United States during his birthday month. Monroe lived  In the Club’s house from 1811 to 1817, including the first few months of his presidency.

John Albertson, Professor Emeritus of Music at George Washington University, is an applied music instructor in Classical and Jazz Guitar.  John has worked in nearly all musical genres, sharing his talent and musical insight on studio recordings and in performances on concerts stages worldwide. He is director of the GW Jazz Combo ‘Midnight Blue’ and is a member of the Faculty Jazz Quintet and Jazz Workshop. 

6:00 p.m. Cocktail

7:00 p.m. Program

8:00 p.m. Dinner

Black Tie

RSVP online or call (202) 331-7282 by 8 pm the previous day