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JANUARY 2026

Feature of Note

 Giving Tuesday Campaign Ends Soon

There is still time to make a real difference for the Percy Grainger Society before our Giving Tuesday 2025 campaign ends on January 31. We are well on our way toward our goal, but we have not reached it yet, and every gift in these final days truly counts.

This is our only annual fundraiser, and its success is essential to preserving Percy Grainger’s beloved home and keeping it open as a living, welcoming space for members, students, and music lovers. Your support helps maintain the house, care for the archives, and ensure that every tour, program, and member visit is engaging, informative, and worthy of Grainger’s legacy.

If you have already given, thank you. If you have not yet made your contribution—or if you are able to add a little more—please consider a gift today to help close the gap and push us over the top. Together, we can secure a vibrant future for the Percy Grainger Home & Studio and continue sharing this remarkable place with all who visit.

Giving Tuesday is an exciting day harnessing the power of generosity worldwide, but it is not the only day to show your support for the Percy Grainger Society and its mission. 

At the Home & Studio

Repair of Percy's Bedroom

The Percy Grainger Home and Studio is a beloved but demanding 125 plus‑year‑old treasure, and this recent ceiling leak in Percy’s bedroom is a vivid reminder of the constant care it requires. Peeling paint and water damage above the stained-glass window show how even small leaks can threaten the beauty and integrity of this historic house. Early use of our recent $88,000 capital grant funds will allow us to repair the damaged ceiling, address the source of the leak, and protect adjacent features like the woodwork and stained glass so that visitors can continue to experience the home much as Percy knew it.

This work is only possible because of you. Giving Tuesday’s unrestricted gifts strengthened our position to secure this important capital grant and will also help pay for essential preservation needs that the grant does not fully cover. From monitoring the aging structure to tackling unforeseen repairs, your support ensures that the Grainger House remains safe, welcoming, and historically authentic.

Thank you for helping us meet the ongoing challenges of caring for a century‑old landmark and for standing with us as these crucial improvements begin.

Membership Happenings

BYU Symposium Keynote Speaker: Teresa Balough

The first full day of the Grainger Symposium begins on Friday, March 27, with Grainger scholar Teresa Balough delivering the keynote address at 9:30 am MST. Teresa will additionally be presenting an illustrated paper, Letting in the Jungle: Percy Grainger’s Kipling “Jungle Book” Cycle on Saturday, March 28, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MST.

A longtime friend and neighbor, Teresa led a Third Sunday Tour of the Percy Grainger Home & Studio in March 2024. Her tour presentation, The Wider Implications of Percy Grainger's "Free Music", highlighted the working relationship and friendship between the Graingers and physics teacher Burnett Cross, sharing details of the intricate processes involved in constructing the Free Music machines. View a photo and recap of her tour through this link to the March 2024 Grainger e-newsletter.

About Teresa Balough

Teresa Balough has been studying the music of Percy Grainger for many years since her publication of A Complete Catalogue of the Works of Percy Grainger in 1975. She is the author of numerous articles and six books on Grainger, including A Musical Genius from Australia; Distant Dreams: The Correspondence of Percy Grainger and Burnett Cross 1946-60; and The Life and Work of Percy Aldridge Grainger: Till Life Become Fire. Her study of Grainger’s Kipling Settings, The Essential Grainger: Percy Grainger's Kipling Settings, has recently been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. She is an adjunct professor of music history at Eastern Connecticut State University.

Save the Date

March 17: Grainger Symposium Registration Deadline

Planning on attending the Percy Grainger Symposium at BYU this March? The March 17 registration deadline is quickly approaching! Mark your calendar and follow this link to the registration form. If you haven't had a chance to view the full schedule for the Symposium, you can access it here! In addition to the schedule, you can view session abstracts and presenter biographies. We look forward to seeing you at BYU!

Event Key

The Percy Grainger Society is pleased to offer both live and virtual events. You can easily determine if the events listed in this newsletter are live or virtual by the color of the registration button:

  green for live events  

  blue for virtual events  

The Percy Grainger Society

7 Cromwell Place | White Plains, New York 10601

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Our mission is to promote the work and legacy of Percy Grainger with a membership community that preserves his historic house, encourages appreciation performance of his music, and promotes a deeper understanding of the cultural, social, and economic context of his life and work.

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