JUNE 2024

The Percy Grainger Society

Annual Members' Meeting
Agenda Highlights 

We look forward to celebrating the Percy Grainger Society’s 2023-24 programmatic year during the Annual Members’ Meeting on July 12 at 4 pm Eastern US Time. From the installation of the Free Music Exhibition at the Percy Grainger Home & Studio in White Plains, NY, to the enriching series of Grainger Reimagined lectures, the past year has been filled with activity and growth for the Percy Grainger Society. As always, we are grateful for your ongoing support and engagement, and we hope you will join us.

Our agenda includes the announcement of new programs and initiatives for 2024-25, presentations of members’ activities, and a discussion of opportunities to participate with the Society. Additionally, we will welcome our special guest, Professor Andrew Hugill, who will give an update on the new Grainger Library of Sampled Sound project. More information about the new GLOSS project is available here.

Follow this link to read a special message from Percy Grainger Society President Paul Jackson and to register for the meeting.

Membership Happenings

Recapping Grainger Reimagined

Did you miss any of the three Grainger Reimagined sessions? Catch up in our members' area video archive and explore Grainger's influence on music beyond his time. Guests presenters Chalon Ragsdale, James Chirillo, and Michael Markowski discuss examples of the many ways in which Grainger's work and compositional style have been re-envisioned in contemporary performance, arrangement, and composition. To access the presentations, visit the links below:

• Reimagining Grainger Through Arrangement with Chalon Ragsdale
• Reimagining Grainger Through Performance with James Chirillo
• Reimagining Grainger Through Composition with Michael Markowski

Not yet a member? Join here to access these videos and much member resources. Follow this link to learn more about the complete Grainger Reimagined series. 

PGS Publications

The Grainger Journal:
60th Anniversary Edition

We celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Percy Grainger Society beginning this July with a special anniversary edition of The Grainger Journal. 

The Grainger Journal is a twice-yearly publication devoted to the study of the music, life and cultural contribution of Percy Grainger. The Grainger Journal aims to promote Grainger scholarship and welcomes submissions from established academics, new entrants to the field, and those who simply admire the work of Percy Grainger. 

Print and digital copies of the journal are distributed free of charge to members of the Percy Grainger Society. Non-members may purchase individual print copies via our distributor, Lulu.com. Additional information on the Grainger Journal, including its history, can be found here.

Save the Date

Third Sundays:
Grainger & Composer Influences

We are pleased to announce that Percy Grainger Society President, Dr. Paul Jackson, will be leading the next Third Sundays tour of the Percy Grainger Home and Studio on September 15, 2024 at 2 pm EST. The tour will focus on the rapport between Grainger and leading composers of his time, highlighting shared musical influences and the development of compositions resulting from the collegial relationships between Grainger and his contemporaries.

The event is part of the ongoing series, Third Sundays. It is free and open to the public. Due to space limitations, registration is encouraged.

The Percy Grainger Home & Studio’s (PGH&S) Third Sundays series is an outreach initiative designed to welcome diverse groups through focused, thematic tours. Led by volunteers, the tours are part education, part interpretation, and a fun, informative alternative to the traditional historic house tour. Additional information on Third Sundays is available here.

Event Key

The Percy Grainger Society is pleased to offer both live and virtual events. You can easily determine if the events listed in this newsletter are live or virtual by the color of the registration button:

  green for live events  

  blue for virtual events. 

The Percy Grainger Society

7 Cromwell Place | White Plains, New York 10601

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