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Feature of Note Giving Tuesday 2025:
Celebrating Grainger's Legacy
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What is Giving Tuesday?
Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. Created in 2012, Giving Tuesday has grown into a world-wide movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
When is Giving Tuesday?
Giving Tuesday is always the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This year, it is Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
How Can You Make a Difference?
Each year, the Percy Grainger Society joins in the global Giving Tuesday movement designed to keep the spirit of giving alive during the holiday season. Click here to see how your contributions allow the Percy Grainger Society to provide services, take risks, and complete programs not otherwise possible.
What is the Impact of Your Support on the Percy Grainger Society's Mission?
Your contribution, no matter the size, will help the Society continue to support membership programming and activities, publish and distribute The Grainger Journal, bring history to life for visitors (virtual and in-person), create public programs in the arts and humanities, support ongoing repair and restoration of the Percy Grainger Home and Studio, and contribute to our efforts to care for and document the collection.
Once again, we have a match to multiply the impact of your gift. Every contribution received between November 1, 2025 and January 31, 2026 is matched, doubling your gift (up to $9,000). Follow this link to learn more about the programs and projects that have been successfully implemented through generous support of our mission. We thank you for being a part of the Grainger legacy and hope you will join us this Giving Tuesday! |
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At the Home & StudioHighlights from the Collection: Grainger's Visual Art
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Above: Grainger, Percy
(No title), c1922
Watercolor on paper
11 7/8” x 18 1/8 |
In addition to his work as a pianist and composer, Percy Grainger was a talented visual artist. From an early age, he drew and painted, encouraged by his father, the Australian architect John Grainger. He continued to make drawings and watercolors and later created the designs for many of his own scores. Highlights from the collection of Grainger's visual art, including sketches, watercolor paintings, graphics, and typeface illustrations can be here.
Watch this space for more examples as we celebrate Grainger's art in our April 2026 exhibition: Paper, Line, Color: Percy Grainger as a Visual Artist. |
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Membership Happenings
Second Event in
Grainger the Educator Series
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With our initial presentation behind us, we look forward to our next session in the Grainger the Educator series as a selection from the Percy Grainger Symposium at Brigham Young University, taking place March 27-28, 2026. Follow this link to learn more about the scheduled events exploring Grainger's enduring influence as a teacher and educator.
If you are unable to attend this session, a video recording will be available in the members area of our website shortly after the event. If you are not yet a member, consider joining through this link to access member resources and support the PGS mission. |
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Save the Date
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November 19, 2025:
Virtual Concert: Tuneful Percussion and Elastic Scoring
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The Percy Grainger Society reminds you that the Carthage College virtual concert Tuneful Percussion and Elastic Scoring will be livestreamed on November 19, 2025, at 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM (CST).
This event, hosted by Professor James Ripley—Life Member of the Percy Grainger Society—offers a unique and illuminating journey into Grainger’s ground-breaking work for percussion ensemble, demonstrating innovation that predates many better-known milestones in the field. Sharing the podium with Dr. Ripley will be Michael Kozakis, percussion instructor at Carthage and DePaul University.
View more on the program through this link to the event listing on the PGS website.
This event is an invaluable opportunity to experience rarely performed works, rediscover Grainger as a visionary in percussion writing, and enjoy the distinctive voices of instruments that shaped early 20th-century musical experimentation. |
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December 18, 2025:
Curt Ebersole Presents PGH&S Session at the Midwest Clinic
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Traveling to Chicago this December for the 79th annual Midwest Clinic? Don't forget to add Curt Ebersole's session to your schedule! As a PGS member and close neighbor of the Percy Grainger Home & Studio (PGH&S), Curt Ebesorle has led multiple tours of the PGH&S for composers, conductors, performing artists, and music educators visiting the White Plains area. His Midwest Clinic session, Architecture & Inspiration: Percy Grainger's Home & Studio, will be held on Thursday, December 18, 2025 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Central Standard Time at W186.
Curt notes, "Since travel to White Plains is difficult or impossible for many, this clinic will provide a tour of the house, its many artifacts, and its insights into this legendary musician." Follow this link to learn more about Curt's clinic session on the Midwest Clinic site.
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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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(914) 281-1610
www.percygrainger.org
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