Mozart might be a little envious…
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Great music 24 hours a day? Available at home or when you travel? Live performances and historic recordings, all introduced by informed, engaging hosts? Yes, Mozart would be envious.
WBJC helps make classical music more widely available than at any time in history. Without depending on the wealth of royal patrons.
Midnight, June 30, is the end of our budget year, known as our fiscal year at WBJC, when our community support has to hit an all-important goal. It’s the day we know we have met the financial commitments that allow us to broadcast programs from throughout the world. We are the official station of the Metropolitan Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. And we bring you programming that can only be heard on WBJC:
Face the Music
,
Toccata
,
Music in Maryland
,
Music from Movies
, and others, including
WBJC Listener’s Choice
, the show that you program.
Balancing our budget is a more than a goal, it’s a commitment at WBJC. Being member-supported, we are committed to bringing you classical music 24-hours a day, seven days a week, even while other stations are dropping or reducing their Classical formats.
You’ll help us do something even more important than finish our budget year successfully. You’ll also help WBJC begin our new “music year” on July 1 with solid footing.
Please don’t delay. We depend on member support on June 30, and every day beyond.
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MyWBJC
is the NEW online Membership Portal that allows WBJC members secure access to their own membership account. Members can view several years of giving history, update contact info, edit/adjust Sustainer pledges, add/delete/update credit cards, and print on-demand tax receipts
If you have already signed up, click this link to log-in:
If you have
not
already signed up for
MyWBJC:
- Click this link: https://wbjc.secureallegiance.com/wbjc/OnlineDonor/AccountSignup.aspx?AFF=1
- Fill in your information to request access to MyWBJC.
- Affiliation: 01
- Account ID:
- Create a password that is AT LEAST 8 characters long, containing 1 number, 1 uppercase letter, and 1 special character
- choose a security question for future password resets
- Boom! You now have access to your membership
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TOCCATA
SUNDAYS @ 6PM
Keyboard music comes in many forms, and whether it’s piano, harpsichord, organ, or even accordion, it will find its way on the program.
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Royal Opera House
June15 - Simon Boccanegra - 1pm
June 22 - The Queen of Spades - 1pm
June 29 - La Forza del Destino - 1pm
July 06 - Billy Budd - 1pm
July 13 - Andrea Chenier - 1pm
Operas from RAI Italy
July 20 - Adina - 1pm
Your continued support for opera keeps the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts and other live performances on the
WBJC Operafest
coming to you on Saturdays throughout the year.
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Join Judith Krummeck for an interview series on WBJC devoted to the world of books — from different genres, to book awards, to local and national authors — everything to do with books. Booknotes is made possible by YOU, our members.
This month:
D. WATKINS SPEAKS FOR BLACK AMERICA ON BOOKNOTES
Award winner author, D. Watkins, is out with a new book,
We Speak for Ourselves: A Word from Forgotten Black America
. He speaks to Booknotes.
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Listener's Choice
What's your favorite piece?
John Scherch plays your requests every Friday evening during our long-running request show, Listener's Choice. You can request your favorite music anytime by emailing
listenerschoice@wbjc.com or by visiting us on
Facebook. You can even call in during the week (410-580-5800) and we'll make sure John gets your request!
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Ever wondered about the provenance of the famous Earl of Oxford’s March by the Elizabethan composer, William Byrd? He wrote it for the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, about whom I got some inside information when I visited my ailing sister in England last month.
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Read the rest here!
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The In Series has had an excellent season in artistic director Tim Nelson’s first year, and he closes the season by stage and music directing his own interpretation of Handel’s Serse, which ends its DC run this weekend (June 8-9) at the
Atlas Performing Arts Center
, and comes to
Baltimore Theater Project
June 14-16. I had a chat with Tim about The Tale of Serse, reinterpreting standards, sensitivity where there was once exoticism, and their upcoming season titled Lean In.
Click here to listen!
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Getting a new car? Don’t trade-in, donate!
Before you head to the dealer, plan to donate your older vehicle to WBJC. Usually the value you'll receive for your donation will meet or exceed what the dealer will offer you as a trade-in and is fully tax-deductible. We also take boats and RVs!
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John Scherch will appear as Sarastro in Bethesda Summer Music Festival’s performance of
Die Zauberflöte; there are two performances, both on
Saturday, June 29th at Bethesda Presbyterian Church.
He will also be a featured performer in the Young Victorian Theatre Company’s
From London to Baltimore this
July.
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Judith Krummeck's biographical memoir,
Old New Worlds, will be published by Green Writers Press in mid September. The official launch is 5pm Sunday September 15th at The Ivy Bookshop.
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For summer celebrations,
Wine World Beer and Spirits, in Abingdon, has it all, including party planning ideas. Talk with a Wine World Party Consultant for advice, from pairings to what quantities you may need. Wine World Beer and Spirits features beer and wine on tap from a 30-tap Growler Station. Wine tastings on Fridays at 4 and Saturdays at 1.
Wine World Beer and Spirits, 406A Constant Friendship Boulevard, Abingdon, MD
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