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
- 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
- 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)
- 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