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About Us
The Nassau Music Society has offered their Members and the Bahamian Community the opportunity to listen to good quality
classical and jazz music since the 1960’s. The Society was officially incorporated in 1961 and the first President was Clement
Bethel. Since then the fortunes of the Society have fluctuated over the years but it has always managed to persevere with
successive Committees providing the impetus to organize concerts. It has been involved in a variety of different events and for
example in recent years opera singers Grace Bumby and Isobel Buchanan, the London Philharmonic, the English Chamber
Orchestra, Interpreti Venezia, The Boy’s Choir of Harlem, Simon Estes, Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists, Natalia Gutman,
Dmitri Berlinsky and the Albek Twins have all performed for us in the Bahamas. Also under the Presidency of Jayne Myles The
Society organised for two consecutive years a Children’s day at Government House when Al Simmons and others entertained
2000 children for the day. There have been jazz evenings at the Humidor and other venues. All through this period the Society has
provided funds for Scholarship sometimes on a small scale and sometimes more generously. At this time the Society is flourishing
and we have put our Scholarship programme on a more solid footing. Applications for scholarships may be addressed to our
scholarship committee (Dr. Christine Gangelhoff and Father Ted Bita) through the contact page.
Aim of the Society
“To promote and encourage the art of music by organizing concerts and other musical activities and to provide financial and other
assistance to students of music”
The Society attempts to raise funds pay for the concerts, most of which do not make a profit and to provide scholarship resources.
Surplus funds received from sponsors, concerts and membership subscriptions go towards scholarship. We therefore urge you to
help us support the students of music in the Bahamas by attending our concerts and becoming members of the Society. The
Society must maintain sufficient funds for its permanent fund for an annual scholarship. We also offer assistance to students to
help with tuition and purchase of instruments for bands or orchestras. Please support us as there is a wealth of musical talent
among young students in the Bahamas that need help and the improvement in their performance over the years has been
remarkable.
The Nassau Music Society has offered their Members and the Bahamian Community the opportunity to listen to good quality
classical and jazz music since the 1960’s. The Society was officially incorporated in 1961 and the first President was Clement
Bethel. Since then the fortunes of the Society have fluctuated over the years but it has always managed to persevere with
successive Committees providing the impetus to organize concerts. It has been involved in a variety of different events and for
example in recent years opera singers Grace Bumby and Isobel Buchanan, the London Philharmonic, the English Chamber
Orchestra, Interpreti Venezia, The Boy’s Choir of Harlem, Simon Estes, Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists, Natalia Gutman,
Dmitri Berlinsky and the Albek Twins have all performed for us in the Bahamas. Also under the Presidency of Jayne Myles The
Society organised for two consecutive years a Children’s day at Government House when Al Simmons and others entertained
2000 children for the day. There have been jazz evenings at the Humidor and other venues. All through this period the Society has
provided funds for Scholarship sometimes on a small scale and sometimes more generously. At this time the Society is flourishing
and we have put our Scholarship programme on a more solid footing. Applications for scholarships may be addressed to our
scholarship committee (Dr. Christine Gangelhoff and Father Ted Bita) through the contact page.
Aim of the Society
“To promote and encourage the art of music by organizing concerts and other musical activities and to provide financial and other
assistance to students of music”
The Society attempts to raise funds pay for the concerts, most of which do not make a profit and to provide scholarship resources.
Surplus funds received from sponsors, concerts and membership subscriptions go towards scholarship. We therefore urge you to
help us support the students of music in the Bahamas by attending our concerts and becoming members of the Society. The
Society must maintain sufficient funds for its permanent fund for an annual scholarship. We also offer assistance to students to
help with tuition and purchase of instruments for bands or orchestras. Please support us as there is a wealth of musical talent
among young students in the Bahamas that need help and the improvement in their performance over the years has been
remarkable.
NASSAU MUSIC SOCIETY SG Private Banking Building West Bay Street PO Box SP-61476 Telephone – (242)302-5146 Website – nassaumusicsociety.org |
| President/Treasurer |
| Terry Factor, Vice-President |
| Italia Watkins-Jan, Vice-President Administrator |
| Father Ted Bita, Vice-President |
| Simone Fitzcharles, Secretary |
| Rosemarie Alexiou |
| Valda Feldman |
| Jan Hardy |
| 2007- 2008 Committee Members |
| 2006-2007 Committee Members |
| 2005-2006 Committee Members with Yuri Bashmet and past Artistic Director, Igor Raykhelson |
| 2003-2004 Committee Members |
| Linda Thomson |
2008 - 2009 Committee Members
| Christy Lee |
| NASSAU MUSIC SOCIETY COMMITTEE 2009-2010 “I wish to thank those Members of the Committee who have given so generously of their time during this and last season. There is a tremendous amount of organization required to ensure that concerts are successfully run and I thank you all. ” Patrick Thomson – President Committee Members 2009 - 2010 President & Treasurer: Patrick Thomson Vice-President Fundraising: Terry Factor Vice President Public Relations/Communications Administrator: Italia Watkins-Jan Vice-President Scholarship: Father Ted Bita Secretary: Simone Fitzcharles ********************* Rosemarie Alexiou Urszula Bereza Sara Dama Valda Feldman Jan Hardy Dr. Christy Lee Phoebe Luk Anita MacDonald Linda Thomson |
| Past Committees |
| Anita MacDonald |
| Not pictured: Phoebe Luk |
| Urszula Bereza |
| Sara Dama |