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Online Mondays with the Waring Webinars

Online Mondays with the Waring Webinars

Thank you to all the panelists, attendees and sponsors of the just completed first season of our virtual online Mondays with the Waring.  Thank you to concert pianists Norman Krieger, Lisa Nakamichi, and Jon Nakamatsu.  Thank you to Waring artistic director John Bayless and Assoc. artistic director Dr. Joan RuBane! Thank you to the following major sponsors of the 2021 series: Dr. Betty & Cash Baxter, Mary Ellen & Cooper Blanton, Peggy Cravens, Joe Giarrusso & Charlie Paglia, The Stephen Philibosian Foundation - Joyce & Joe Stein, Dr. Elizabeth Smalley, JoAnn Wellner, and Sandy Woodson. Additional donors to the series are Isabel Chapman, Michael Foster, Ellen Kane, John Martin, Robert L Moon, Terri Neuman, Anneruth Serman, and Karen Speros. Special thank you to CVRep and their Zoom webinar team of Tracey, Alex and Moira!

2021 is now 2022 Senior Division Competition

2021 is now 2022 Senior Division Competition

The 2021 Senior Division of the Waring International Piano Competition will be postponed one year to spring of 2022: April 10 - 18, 2022.  All contestants who qualify age wise for 2021 will be eligible for 2022! All preliminary rounds and Solo Finals will be held at the College of the Desert's Pollock Theater in Palm Desert. The Concerto Finals with the Waring Festival Orchestra will be held on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 6 PM at the McCallum Theatre.  The competition is open to pianists who are between the ages of 18 and 31 on April 10, 2022.   Application Deadline:  Oct 15, 2021 - Rules and regulations are now available.

Dr. Sabrina Xiao He - CD Now Available

Dr. Sabrina Xiao He - CD Now Available

Waring artist Dr. Sabrina Xiao He's new CD is now available through the Waring office and online. CD includes selections by Debussy and traditional Chinese melodies. $25 includes shipping and handling; otherwise, $20 if you collect from the office - by appointment only. Produced by Ivory Classics, same label that handles all of Virginia Morley Waring's CDs and DVDs. Order Today

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June 24th at 6:00pm

Victor Shlyakhtenko at CVRep


November 8th at 5:00pm

The Grand Salon


February 7th at 5:30pm

2022 Gala – Feb 7, 2022


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Mission

To excite, educate, and engage the community at large with the joy of classical piano by presenting, promoting, and nurturing classical music through live piano performance including international competitions, concerts, and local educational outreach programs for all ages.

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Classical Piano:
Alive and Well in the Contemporary World