We love hearing from our OMC community. Here is what Michael Holt shared with us about our May 16th, 2021 OMC event:

May 16 was a special Open Mic Classical for me because my childhood friend Natasha Brofsky was the featured performer on solo cello.

I saw her practice for hours on end when we were kids—my first experience witnessing such devotion in anyone. We lost touch in adulthood, but I was aware that she'd become a world-class musician, part of the famous Peabody Trio and the faculty at Juilliard in NY. 

That knowledge didn't prepare me for the rush of feelings that hit me as soon as she started playing Bach's First Cello Suite from her Manhattan living room. Her years of study and practice; her deeply genuine, mature, musical, and playful creativity; the timeless genius of Bach; the memories of my own childhood when I knew her; and the OMC community I've come to love, all rushed together to overwhelm me with emotions, and I was crying on and off through the entire piece.

It was also interesting to learn that OMC was one of Natasha's only experiences doing an audience-interaction concert during the pandemic. I think the highly conversational aspect of our gatherings is something we should all be proud of. And I appreciated Natasha's spontaneous, unpretentious, realness almost as much as her musicianship. Big thanks to her and OMC for creating an atmosphere completely devoid of classical music snobbery!

Finally, I loved pianist Jim Dellamorte’s sensitive, ponderous rendering of Chopin's Ballade no.1 in g minor; getting to hear Satie's Gnossienne #1 lovingly caressed by Bob Desilets’s chromatic harmonica (transposed an octave down for extra richness); and being introduced to Tchaikovsky's achingly lovely None but the Lonely Know, also played by Bob on the harmonica.

Looking forward to seeing you all on June 20th, when the featured performer will be Provincetown based pianist Craig Combs.

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About Open Mic Classical

WHEN:

3rd Sunday of the Month, 3pm

WHERE:

ONLINE via Zoom (due to Covid)

Performers: set your original sound feature on Zoom for a good sound (see Tech Help below).

June 20, 2021 Zoom Info for Connecting:

Direct Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82666321336?pwd=Z1Q1VGJyZ0ZTZ3FFQ0pEMW92NnRJZz09

or  Meeting ID: 826 6632 1336   Password: OMC

Sign Up to Play:

In email, phone or until 2:15 pm on the day of the event.

Each performer can play a piece, or a movement up to 5-7 minutes.

Second piece depending time, and number of performers.

Rehearsal with pianist "on request" at 2:00pm on the day of the event (when not online).

Download the sign-up sheet from our website openmicclassical.org or send us an email with your name, instrument, piece, length of your piece.

Tech Help for Performers when we are Online on Zoom:

All performers are asked to set their "original sound" when we are online.

Step by step tutorials are found below. In addition sound checks are available at 2pm on the day of the event on Zoom. 

How to enhance Zoom for music playing if you are on a laptop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExVWUDLuadA

How to enhance Zoom for music playing if you are on an Ipad or Iphone: https://youtu.be/7sFZSQMNriw

Admission: 

$10 suggested for general public (but we won't turn away anyone who is not able to pay)

FREE for kids

FREE for performers

CONTACT:

Ph: 774-353-0244

email: openmicclassical@gmail.com

Thank You 

Open Mic Classical was co-founded by clarinetist Mónika Woods (winner of the Cape Symphony's 2013 New England Concerto the "Soloist" Competition) and amateur violist and sculptor Robert Marcus. Their work would not be possible without secretary Elizabeth Tipton, Community Outreach Ellen Adamson, and our great list of collaborative pianists: Lucy Banner, Elizabeth Tipton, Sylvia Karkus Furash, Ana Glig, Ben Healy, and our volunteers Barb Lambdin, Vicki Longo, Felice Coral, and our valued public, and donors.

Thank you: First Parish Brewster UU Church, Canary Burton at seabirdstudio.com, Monika Woods at klarinetista.com, Bob Marcus rmarcussculpture.com,  Ellen Adamson, Vicki Longo, Barb Lambdin, Felice Coral, Sandwich Arts Alliance www.sandwichartsalliance.org, WOMR womr.org, Cape Air, Cape Cod Five

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Brewster Cultural Council, Harwich Cultural Council, Orleans Cultural Council, local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency (massachusettsculturalcouncil.org).

This program is also supported by Massachusetts Cultural Council Cultural Investment Portfolio Projects Program. (massachusettsculturalcouncil.org)