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Feature of NoteGiving Tuesday 2026 | | Celebrating the Legacy Through Restoration
| | With exterior renovations on the Percy Grainger Home & Studio in White Plains, New York, successfully completed over the summer, our renovation priorities now shift to the interior -- starting with Percy's bedroom! Read more here. This Giving Tuesday, December 1, 2026, we focus our attention to the long-overdue repairs necessary to restore Percy's bedroom and preserve its contents. The project will include repair and painting of the the ceiling and walls, replacing crown molding, and electrical upgrades. | | How You Can Make a Difference this Giving Tuesday | | Consider being a part of this exciting historical restoration with a gift to the Percy Grainger Society. Your generous support enables the Society to restore Percy's bedroom to the condition of the room as illustrated in the photo above taken in 1928, when Percy occupied it almost 100 years ago! If you would like to be part of this effort to restore Percy's bedroom and preserve its contents, please mark your calendars for December 1, 2026 —GivingTuesday. We hope you will consider making a gift to support the restoration project! | | | At the Home and StudioIn Memory of Keith Brion - An Appreciation
| | Some attendees at the Grainger House. Back row, left to right: Dana Perna, Barry Ould, Lucinda Hess, Eric Culver (Holy Cross College), Mark Grant, John Sowa, Philip Kent. Front row (seated): Rolf Stang, Stewart Manville.
| The following remembrance was written by Dana Paul Perna, Recording Secretary Emeritus of Percy Grainger America and the International Percy Grainger Society, forerunners of today’s Percy Grainger Society. Dana’s long service includes interviewing many important voices in the Society’s history, preserving their stories and perspectives for future generations.
It is with a great deal of sadness that I learned of the passing of Keith Brion.
There is much I have to express in terms of personal appreciation with regard to him. (Continue to full blog post.) | | Member HappeningsStaging Percy Grainger Series Opens with Percy & Rose
| | Last month, the Percy Grainger Society opened its 2026–27 Members’ Meeting Series, Staging Percy Grainger: Reimagining Life and Legacy with a virtual presentation featuring playright Rob George, creator of Percy & Rose (1982). Moderated by Dr. Sarah Kirby, the discussion highlighted George's inspiration for Percy & Rose, a drama exploring the relationship dynamic between Percy and his mother, Rose Aldridge Grainger. | Each year, PGS develops a new Members' Meeting Series by expanding on a different aspect of Grainger's life and work. Past series topics are listed below, and all virtual sessions are available in the Members Area of the PGS website!
- Grainger As Educator
- Sanctuary, Shelter, Stage: Exploring the Percy Grainger Home & Studio
- Reimagining Grainger
- Grainger and Choral Music
- Roundtable Rambles (celebrating the 85th anniversary of Lincolnshire Posy)
Share with Us! Have a topic you would like to see in a future series? Share your idea(s) with us at info@pergrainger.org. Access the Virtual Sessions If you would like to access the virtual sessions but are not a member, please consider joining today! | | From the Grainger Museum in Melbourne2026 Grainger Symposium: Percy Grainger's 'Legends'
| | On December 2 and 3, a virtual symposium exploring Percy Grainger’s “Museum Legends” will bring together scholars in music, art history, architecture, photography, and fashion to offer fresh insights into Grainger's life and work with colleagues. More information here. | | Save the DateDecember 1, 2026:
Help Us Reach the Goal!
| | Each year, the Percy Grainger Society joins in the global #GivingTuesday movement designed to keep the spirit of giving alive during the holiday season. As highlighted in the Feature of Note this month, our focus this Giving Tuesday is funding the restoration of Percy's bedroom at the Percy Grainger Home & Studio (PGH&S) at 7 Cromwell Place in White Plains, New York. Some of the personal items in Percy's bedroom include his Army trunk, concert clothing, photos, personal notes, and even Ella's saxophone reeds! You can assist in the preservation of these items and the space by helping us meet the Giving Tuesday goal!
Goal: $18,000
And we're on our way! | | In addition to the ongoing repair and restoration of the PGH&S, your contribution, no matter the size, will help the society continue to preserve the Grainger legacy through membership programming, activities, the publication and distribution of The Grainger Journal, and the Percy Grainger Society website -- one of the most critical hubs of information and resource sharing.
Every contribution received between November 1, 2026, and January 31, 2027, is counted. Thank you for being part of the Grainger story! | | Event KeyThe 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
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The Percy Grainger Society
7 Cromwell Place | White Plains, New York 10601
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