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Promote your business, do your holiday shopping, AND support the Capital City Symphony!
Beginning on November 7, 2011, the Capital City Symphony will be holding an online Holiday Auction as a year-end fundraiser.
We need your support! How You Can Help:
Donate.
We need Auction items to add to our auction. If you have valuable merchandise, rare collectibles, business or personal services or access to unique events, we need your contribution today. Click here to Donate.
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Contact us at capitalcitysymphony@biddingforgood.org or 202-399-7993 x120 to take advantage of promotional opportunities for your business or to pledge your individual support.
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Do you know someone who would be interested in supporting our cause? Please share the news of the online auction with your friends so they can be part of the excitement. Refer a Friend to our auction so they can get involved.
Thank you in advance for your continued support! We look forward to your item donation and online bids!
AYUN FEDORCHA – Obituary
10/15/1957 – 9/28/2011
Lighting Designer Ayun Fedorcha passed away on September 28, 2011 after an extended illness. Ayun was born Mary Ann Fedorcha in Lakeland, Florida. She grew up in Lakeland, and attended Sante Fe Catholic High School. She went on to Mercer University in Macon, Georgia where she got her BA. After college, Ayun worked as a stage manager and/or lighting designer for Theatre Winter Haven, Lakeland Little Theatre, Lakeland Senior High School, and several dinner theatres. In 1986, she entered the MFA program in lighting design at UVA in Charlottesville, where she stayed for two years. She then took a job with a retail craft company and moved to Westminster, Maryland. She left the company in 1991, and moved to DC to try to freelance in the theatre.
In the Washington, DC area, Ayun's resume reads like an overview of the DC theatre scene. She was a Resident Artist - Lighting Designer at Adventure Theatre (since 1994) and Resident Lighting Designer at Teatro de la Luna (since 1992). She also designed lights for American Century Theatre, the Capital City Symphony, George Mason University – Opera Department, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Georgetown Prep, HEXAGON, Round House Theatre, School of Theatrical Dance, Summer Theatre Experience, The Other Opera Company, VLOC - Victorian Lyric Opera Company, and Washington Shakespeare Company (now WSC Avant Bard). In addition, she was a Guest Lighting Designer for Actor's Theatre of Washington, D.C., Ballet Theatre of Ashburn, Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, Spooky Action Theatre, The Alden Theatre, and The Catholic University of America.
Ayun said about herself: “I am a very warm and fuzzy lighting designer. My goals include making beautifully lit productions, playing well with my co-designers, and making my directors happy. Paying the rent is also a nice thing.” She consistently received rave reviews for her lighting designs. Ayun was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award in 1997 for her Lighting Design for GALA Hispanic Theatre's La Chunga.
A memorial event is being planned. Details will be posted on the “In Memory of Ayun Fedorcha” Facebook page or email dgrossman@capitalcitysymphony.org for more information.
The Capital City Symphony
presents
Mahler and More!
Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 5pm
Pre-concert lecture for ticket-holders at 4:35pm (in the Concert Hall) by Jason McCool.
* Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement ~ with Arec Jamgochian, Violin ~ Levine Cogen Concerto Winner
* Mahler, Two Songs from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ~ with Andrew McLaughlin, Baritone; John Devlin, Conductor
* Mahler, Symphony No. 1
More information on the CCS Website.
Tickets $16-$25, discounts for seniors/students. Kids 16 and under FREE!
Available online or at 202-399-7993.
Jason McCool (yes, it's his real last name) is a DC-based actor, musicologist, professor, and social media advocate who is passionate about helping both new and traditional audiences get inside great music. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the University of Maryland, he recently spoke on Mahler at Ignite Baltimore and at the Baltimore Symphony, and will be presenting on Mahler at Ignite DC on October 20. Jason is so pleased to work with both Knowledge Commons DC and the Capital City Symphony on this great symphony, and he hopes to gain company in this dreadfully pleasurable condition of "Mahleria!"
