I love to come and listen. Music clubs have existed in Cincinnati for more than a century. Today, despite MTV, e-mail and working mothers, they remain, a vestige of a bygone era. On virtually every day of the week, a music club is meeting somewhere around the Tristate. At the end of the West Hills Music Club program, pianist Farhad Minwalla of White Oak gives an impromptu performance of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
Some clubs are casual and invite anyone to join or listen.
Others have stringent rules about performing ability and require letters of recommendation to join. Almost all of the members are women who want to maintain their musical skills by performing for each other. We also do good works. Those good works include performing for nursing homes and senior citizen centers. The Symphony Club, founded in 1923, raises money for the Lollipop Concerts by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.