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Feature of Note
Second Meeting in Grainger the Educator Series Highlights New GLOSS Program Developments
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The Percy Grainger Society’s 2025–26 members’ meeting series, Grainger the Educator, continues on March 19 at 4:00 PM EST with an exciting discussion of new developments in the GLOSS (Grainger Library of Sampled Sounds) project. You won't want to miss this virtual meeting (via Zoom) introducing the GLOSS project's new name and website, GlossGlide!
GlossGlide is an exploratory sound project inspired by the ideas, materials, and creative ethos of Percy Grainger. It is the work of an autistic practitioner, developed through sustained individual practice and reflection. The project brings together sound, interaction, and accessibility to explore what it might mean to engage with musical materials through continuous change, attention, and play.
Join host Paul Jackson, with GlossGlide
developer Andrew Hugill, as they explore the new site, its design
philosophy, and the ways in which it it is informed by Grainger's
radical approach to music making and music composition. Follow this link for the full March 19 GLOSS update event details on the PGS website. |
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At the Home & StudioNew Exhibit Opening at PGH&S:
Paper, Line, Color: Percy Grainger as a Visual Artist
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Above: an example of Percy Grainger's original graphic design from Four Irish Dances arranged for piano. |
Artistic, creative, and innovative, Percy Grainger was very much a multifaceted artist. In addition to his work as a musician and composer, Grainger drew and painted from an early age and was a talented visual artist. This year's Annual Spring Open House on Sunday, April 19, features the new exhibit Paper, Line, Color: Percy Grainger as a Visual Artist. The exhibition seeks to showcase the range of Grainger’s work as an artist while sharing his interests, inspiration, and working process. On display, objects from the PGS collection will include childhood drawings, paintings, sheet music, and prototypes for many of his graphics, alongside samples of beadwork and embroidery that reveal Grainger’s creative range and his appreciation of folk art from cultures around the world. |
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Member Happenings
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Latest Issue of The Grainger Journal Now Available
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The January 2026 issue of The Grainger Journal opens with a tribute to noted Grainger biographer John Bird, including excerpts from one of his final interviews (by University of Melbourne Grainger Fellow Dr. Sarah Kirby) and a remembrance from the Percy Grainger Society. This edition also features Brian A. Silvey's fascinating article, "Recording the Band and Orchestra Music of Percy Grainger on Mercury Records: Insights from Correspondence between Frederick Fennell and Percy Grainger (1955–1960). Additionally, this issue contains Grainger’s 1929 essays Impressions of Art in Europe, reprinted here for the first time since their original publication in The Musical Courier in 1929. Members will also find society and museum news, updates on the Grainger as Educator meeting series, and information about the upcoming symposium, Approaches to Performing Grainger, at Brigham Young University. Additional resources and links to issues of The Grainger Journal are easily accessible through the links below: |
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Rediscovering Grainger's Organ Music
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In our most recent blog post, emeritus board member Dana Paul Perna highlights the beautifully produced Schott edition of organ music by Percy Grainger. Commenting on the edition, Perna shares:
While Grainger only wrote one work for the medium, which is included within this tome, his compositions as carefully arranged for the instrument on his behalf, showcase his characteristic blend of imagination, vigor, and sensitivity to color in a manner that would certainly have pleased him.
Follow this link to the full blog post to learn more about the collection of works in the edition.
Dana Paul Perna, is a distinguished American composer‑musicologist and leading advocate for Percy Grainger, championing his music worldwide through compositions, performances, writings, and his weekly podcast The Dana Paul Perna Power Hour
Interested in contributing to the blog? Guidelines are here. |
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Save the Date
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April 19: Spring Open House
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Our 2026 Spring Open House will be Sunday, April 19, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at the Percy Grainger Home and Studio, 7 Cromwell Place, White Plains, New York, with tour of the historic house at 2:30 PM. This is our annual open house to the local community and will feature Paper, Line, Color: Percy Grainger as a Visual Artist, an exhibition of Grainger's own artworks.
Visitors are invited to join the tour of the historic Percy Grainger Home and Studio, where the composer lived and worked from 1921 until his death in 1961, and which today remains furnished much as it was during his lifetime. The 2:30 PM tour will offer guests an in-depth look at Grainger’s living and working spaces, highlighting connections between his musical innovations and his visual creativity. Throughout the afternoon, PGS docents will be on hand to answer questions about Grainger’s life, his music, and the newly featured visual art materials. |
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Event KeyThe 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
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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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