The Friday Evening Music Club of the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra presents the 2024-2025 season, “A Year of Collaboration!“
Season Finale, Friday June 20, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. – Campana Chapel
Join the Friday Evening Music Club for their season finale on Friday, June 20.
The concert opens with two movements of the famous Sonata Op. 57 (Appassionata) by Beethoven, presented by pianist Thomas Maroon. Changing centuries and continents, we move to Argentina. We will hear guest clarinetist David Steffensen and pianist Beverly Hritz perform Milonga sin Palabras, by Astor Piazzolla, the most well-known composer of tangos.
Piano duo Josie Merlino and Matt Klumpp take us to back to Europe and will play a delightful sonata by French composer Francis Poulenc, followed by Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor, arguably one of his most famous toe-tapping tunes. The evening will close with three pianists at one piano – Michael Rozell, Beverly Hritz and Matt Klumpp, between Flag Day and the 4th of July, will give us a rousing American finale to our year of collaboration with an arrangement of Stars and Stripes.
Admission is free to club members and voluntary donations are accepted from non-members at the door. All are invited to a reception following the recital.
Admission is free to club members, and voluntary donations are accepted from non-members at the door. All are invited to a reception following the recital.
2025-2026 Recital Dates
September 26, 2025
December 5, 2025
January 30, 2026
February 27, 2026
May 1, 2026
“There’s really no other [group] like it. It allows you to make connections, it allows you to meet people that you would not ordinarily meet.” ~ Matt Klumpp, member and pianist
Mission
To draw area performers and audiences for shared artistic programs and camaraderie, and to encourage excellence in young musicians through performance and scholarship.
About the Friday Evening Music Club
FEMC was founded in 1944 to promote the performing arts in Westmoreland County and give musicians a place to practice and socialize. It is a community of area musicians, some of whom are private music teachers, but many who work in other fields and enjoy music-making as an avocation. Some club members simply enjoy being part of the organization by attending the concerts; the concerts are open to members and non-members alike.
In 1969, FEMC’s leadership helped to found the Westmoreland Symphony. Reuniting with them fosters the musical growth of our shared community, with mutual support, stability, and strength. We have common interests and common fellowship, but also provide unique avenues into the experience and sharing of great classical music. We now celebrate our shared roots and come back home to be together again.
Venues
- First Presbyterian Church – 300 S Main St, Greensburg, PA 15601
- University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg – Campana Chapel: 150 Finoli Dr, Greensburg, PA 15601 University of Pittsburgh Greensburg Webpage | PDF Map
Admission is free to club members and voluntary donations are accepted from non-members at the door.
