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.

“What goes through your mind as you sit in the sanctuary and look around?

As I sit in my pew and look up at the cross with the wonderful light illuminating it, I am reminded of why I am at Westminster on this particular day. The cross reminds me that Christ died for me and, in a sense, I am to do the same in my daily life. The brightness of the cross illustrates for me the brightness of living my life in the way of Christ.”