Gretchen R. Iben Arts Series Presents:

Dear Robert… My Dearest Clara… “A Love Story”

featuring Pianist SOLEE LEE-CLARK

Watch the Live Recording

We are pleased to have pianist SOLEE LEE-CLARK on September 15.  No other musical couple exemplifies the excitement and drama of the romantic era like Clara and husband Robert Schumann.  No other couple did as much to influence and shape the music of the time.  The Schumanns’ music speaks to us in a timeless universal language.  Their romance is a love story for the ages, while Robert’s ongoing battle with depression, and eventual descent into insantiy, makes their noble, life-affirming creations all the more remarkable.  Join us for a deep exploration into the trials and the triumphs, the love and the madness, the Schumanns and their music.

“Why am I a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church?  Two words keep  floating up in a rather persistent way  –  “home” and  “family” – and I realized that it is an inescapable fact that is what this church means to me. During my 40 years here, so many life events have happened and Westminster has been there for me through all those times – good and bad.    It has been my home and family.  They say “home is where the heart is” and I’ve found the heart of Westminster to be as open and warm as a family’s!”