From 6:30PM to 8:00PM

Ladies Night Out Thursday Oct 26 First Christian Church, Clinton Bring a salad to share Speaker:. Carol Griffith. "God winks"

Pianist Douglas Ashcroft has performed to acclaim in recitals and concerts throughout the United States and in Europe. A winner of prizes in many competitions, he began his formal training as a student of Aldo Mancinelli. Masters and doctoral degrees followed at the University of Southern California where he worked with pianist John Perry. During those summers he participated in classes at the Aspen Music Festival and the Holland Music Sessions in Alkmaar, Netherlands as a student of pianists John O'Conor, Marie Francoise Bucquet, and Gyorgy Sandor. As a result of his participation in the Holland Music Sessions he was invited to perform in a recital at Amsterdam's famed Concertgebouw. In addition to his solo work Douglas Ashcraft is an active chamber musician and has performed in recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, London's Wigmore Hall, and Jacqueline Du Pre Hall at Oxford University in England. Dr. Ashcraft's performing career has included radio broadcasts on New York's WQXR and live chamber music recitals on KKGO, KMZT, and KUSC in Los Angeles, and BBC Radio 3 in London. Sunday, October 15 at 4:30pm Sanctuary of central Christian Church 650 West William Street, Decatur, IL Free admission and open to the public