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WPN Meeting – 5/14/12

Posted on08 May 2012.

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Date(s) - May 14, 2012
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

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The guest speaker at our next meeting will be Laura Schmieder. And for the first time, we have a guest performer, Ecuadorian-Spanish Cellist Francisco Vila, so be sure to register right away!

Ecuadorian-Spanish cellist Francisco Vila has performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Most notable recent performances included collaboration with Grammy-Award-winning composer Osvaldo Golijov at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, recital with pianist Luiza Borac at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and with iPalpitiorchestral ensemble of international laureates in Carnegie Zankel Hall, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Israel’s Eilat International Music Festival. Upcoming projects include recording of the second Saint-Saëns concerto with the Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and a series of concert appearances, including the Schumann concerto this summer at a festival in Belgium.

Prizewinner of the 22nd FLAME International Competition in Paris (2011) and a 2nd-place winner of the Sphinx Competition 2012, Vila has studied under Janos Starker and Sharon Robinson, and chamber music with Menahem Pressler at Indiana University, where he was the first-prize winner of the ’09-’10 concerto competition. During this academic year, Francisco was a substitute teacher for Sharon Robinson at Indiana. He also took master courses of Aldo Parisot at the Banff Centre and Gary Hoffman at Mozarteum Sommerakademie and currently, is in the Artist Diploma Program at the Chapelle Queen Elisabeth in Brussels. He plays a 1790 Vincenzo Panormo cello on generous loan from the Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen Foundation.

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The Women’s Professional Network (WPN) was formed by Adrian Grant, an established Los Angeles Realtor and philanthropist, to build a network and community of successful and like-minded dynamic women. Together with co-chairs, Gloria Shulman and Lynda Levy, WPN has grown from a small gathering to a vibrant dedicated group of women from professions including medical, mental health, art, finance, and law.

The mission for WPN is to foster, enlighten, and educate women who want to expand their professional services as well as charitable services by offering their time and financial assistance to the larger community. One of the goals of WPN is to expand the support and growth of women through chapters around the country and world because we believe in being mindful of our role(s) in society and the many contributions we make. Madeleine Albright said it best - "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."

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