What's New

Congratulations to Lindsay Garritson, daughter of our Immediate Past-President Bill Beamish. She has won a $15,000 prize at the Montreal International Piano Competition! Earlier in the year she placed first in the Yale School of Music's Concerto Competition. View her at the piano here Recital Video.

June, 2010 Membership Musicale

AFCM treated its members to an exciting concert by piano-competition winners Joyce Lee and Oksana Germain.

               Joyce Lee with emcee Richard Morgan                 Richard and Oksana Germain

Here are some of the classical music fans who enjoyed the music and food.

News from Past-President Bill Beamish:

Daughter, Lindsay Garritson won this year's Salzburg Chopin- Competition in August of last year.

Youth Symphony Competition Winners Receive AFCM Awards

Long-time AFCM supporter Marjorie Barnes again was pleased to underwrite awards to the 2009 winners of the Concerto and Sinfonia Competitions shown in the following photos.

Conductor Jeff Edmonds, Marjorie Barnes and Concerto Winner Andy Leu

Andy Leu in a Sparkling Performance

Sinfonia Winner Annelle Gregory with Jeff Edmonds

Hot Shots Receive AFCM Awards

AFCM provides financial prizes of up to $1000 for the winners of the San Diego Symphony's Young Artists Competition ("Hot Shots"), and the San Diego Youth Symphony's concerto and sinfonia competitions.  We also provide opportunities for them to perform at social and fundraising events. The 2008 Hot Shots winners Valerie Kim and  Stephen Ai are shown here with the San Diego Symphony's executive director Ward Gill (far left) and conductor Philip Mann.
 

First Prize Winner Valerie Kim Leaves Her Dressing Room

Pianist Stephen Ai won second prize.

Other Events

June, 2009 Musicale

Evening in Italia

Vivaldi Musicale

  Docent Appreciation 

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The Union Tribune in a February 8, 2007 article about the San Diego Symphony had this to say: "The San Marcos school received a $3,000 grant from Advocates for Classical Music, a non-profit group in San Diego, to buy tickets for yesterday's Young People's Concert. The school serves a large number of children from low-income families and many English-language learners."

Here are some of the children enjoying the concert.