PRESIDENT Donna Kay Whited
VICE PRESIDENT Sunny Wu
SECRETARY Chia-Chi (Ola) Chang
TREASURER Beth Mailand
HISTORIAN TBA

ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT: Dr. Donna Kay Whited

Education

  • University of Kansas, BM in Organ Performance/Minor in Piano
  • University of Michigan, MM in Organ Performance
  • Prix Superieur-Conservatoire de Rueil Malmaison, France
  • Eastman School of Music DMA in Organ Performance and Literature
Organizations
  • Member of VMTA, NVMTA, NFMC, American College of Musicians, American Guild of Organists
  • Chair-VMTA/NVMTA Fall Festival
  • Chairperson for the Fairfax, Virginia Piano Guild Center
  • Adjudicator for NVMTA and Piano Guild Auditions.
  • Secretary of the Executive Committee-NOVA Chapter of The American Guild of Organists
Distinguished Teachers
  • Studied organ with Jean Waites (University of Tulsa), Dr. James Moeser, past President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Robert Clark (U of M), French artist/scholar Marie Claire Alain (France) and Russell Saunders (Eastman School of Music)
  • Studied Harpsichord with Arthur Haas and Lisa Crawford (Eastman) and Performance Practice with Lutenist Paul Odette (Eastman)
  • Piano Study with Elwyn Ratliff, Bela Roza (University of Tulsa), Jane Abbott (KU), Carole Ross (KU) and Robert Hord (U of M)
Professional and Music Experience:
  • She has concertized in the US and Europe including the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris and toured in Sweden and Switzerland
  • She has taught at the college level, University of Kansas, Virginia State University
  • She has lived in Northern Virginia since 2005 where she maintains an active private studio
  • She is also a church musician and currently serves as Interim Director of Music/Organist at Dulin UMC in Falls Church, Virginia

PAST PRESIDENTS OF SPRINGFIELD MUSIC CLUB -

*Alice Leestma, 1964-1966 Linda D. Lind, 1987-1989
*Borgny Ostby, 1966-1968 Linda Thomason,1989-1991
Joy Harvey, 1968-1969 Anita Renfroe, 1991-1992
*Frances Barnes, 1969-1971 Mary Kay Plath, 1992-1994
Pat Hardison Lotane, 1971-1973 Catherine French, 1994-1996
*Norma Ramberg, 1973-1975 Susan Curtis, 1996-1997
Marjorie Gloyd, 1975-1977 Debra Gunnerson, 1997-1999
Mae Stefano Mather, 1977-1978 Dottie Turner 1999-2001
*Patricia A. Huff, 1978-1980 Mary Kay Plath, 2001-2003
JoAnne Conner, 1980-1981 Marcia B. Chaplin, 2003-2007
Toby Rotman, 1981-1983 Audrey Peterbark Ross, 2007-2009
*Hilde Greene, 1983-1985 Cindy Abernathy, 2009-2013
Patricia P. Boots, 1985-1987 Tonya Plinsky, 2013-2015
Susan Maher, 2015-2017

* deceased

Life Members of VFMC

Patricia P. Boots

Marcia Chaplin

Linda D. Lind

Mary Kay Plath

Linda Thomason