The Muldoon Concert Series
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St. Alban’s Muldoon Memorial Concert Series will continue its tradition of offering an outstanding schedule of free Sunday evening concerts during the 2008-2009 season. Our upcoming schedule includes vocal and instrumental performances, as well as a few surprises, in an effort to appeal to a wide range of musical tastes.
You, your friends and your neighbors are warmly invited to attend these free concerts and to enjoy the fellowship of a reception afterward when you can talk informally with the performers.
The Muldoon Memorial Concert Series was established in 1990 by the Muldoon family in memory of wife and mother Hulda, who was a long-time participant in the music ministries of St. Alban’s. After the death of Hulda’s husband Ken, the name of the concert series was changed from the Hulda Muldoon Memorial Concert Series to the Muldoon Memorial Concert Series to honor both Hulda and Ken.
The Muldoon Memorial Concert Fund was established as an endowment with the expectation that at some point the series would become self-sustaining. To promote that goal, each year the St. Alban’s Concert Guild solicits donations to fund the series and enlarge the endowment.
All money given by an individual, family or company up to $125 goes to fund the concerts. Monies given above $125 go to the endowment fund. For example, if your gift is $150, $125 of that donation goes to fund the current series and the remaining $25 goes into the endowment fund.
The categories for supporting the 2008-2009 concert series are:
Endowment Partners......... $125 and above
Patrons............................... $75-$124
Sponsors............................ $50-$74
Friends............................... $10-$49
If you wish to support the concert series with a fully tax deductible donation, please make your check payable to St. Alban’s Episcopal Church and mark “Concert Fund 2008-2009” on the memo line. Also, please include a note with your name as you wish it to be listed in the programs. Contribution forms are also available upon request.
Sunday October 5 at 7:00 PM
Elena Ulyanova, pianist
At the age of 5, Elena Ulyanova began to study piano with her mother, Larisa Ulyanova, in Saki, Crimea. After winning several first prizes in Ukrainian and Russian competitions, she was awarded full scholarships for study in Moscow at Gnessin College of Music, Gnessin Academy of Music, and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. While at Gnessin Academy, she won the Momontov competition, which also resulted in tours of Russia, Bulgaria, and Romania. She was also awarded a tour of Austria, along with the best students representing Gnessin Academy. Shortly after entering Moscow Conservatory, she became a prizewinner in the second Rachmaninov International Piano Competition. After receiving the Master of Music degree from Moscow Conservatory, she pursued postgraduate study with Victor Merzhanov, while performing many concerts for the Moscow Philharmonic Concert Association (Mosconcert). Elena has also taken master classes with Emanual Krasovsky, Victor Derevianko, John O’Connor, Howard Shelley, and Leslie Howard.
Elena recorded her first solo CD in 2004, with music of Franz Liszt, and it is available from Classical Records. Shortly afterwards, she immigrated to Washington, DC. In 2005, she studied with Howard Shelley, who has recorded all of Rachmaninoff’s works, to prepare for recording of the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The Rhapsody and Piano Concerto no. 2 are featured on her CD with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and released in July, 2006 by Bel Air Music . Elena's music has been heard on radio stations WFMT in Chicago and WQED in Pittsburgh.
Elena performed orchestra, chamber, and solo concerts throughout Russia, Ukraine, Great Britain, Ukraine, Austria, Korea, Netherlands, China, Poland, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, and Romania. Her performances with orchestras include the Vienna Musikverein Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, the Crimea State Symphony Orchestra in Yalta, State Russian Orchestra "Boyan", and the Omsk Philharmonic. With the Rachmaninoff White Lilacs Festival orchestra in 2001, Elena masterfully performed the Rachmaninoff second concerto on only four hours notice! Among her appearances since immigrating to the United States, she has performed with the Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra in Arizona, City of Fairfax Band, American Balalaika Symphony, the Chamber Music Society of Greater Johnstown Pennsylvania, the Dame Myra Hess Series and Fazioli Salon Series in Chicago, the Las Vegas Philharmonic's Connoisseur Series, concerts in Washington DC, Orlando Florida, and New York - Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Yamaha Pianos Concert Series, and Bargemusic.
The Muldoon Concert Series receives its financial support solely from individual donations.
Click HERE to download a signup sheet for donating to the Muldoon Concert Series.
There is no charge for admission to these
programs, which are offered to the community by St. Alban's
Episcopal Church, the Muldoon Memorial Endowment and the support
of music patrons. However, a free will offering will be taken.
Childcare is available with advance reservation by
calling the office (703-256-2966)