Musical Art Society Concert Provides $50K For Alice Collins Memorial Scholarship

From The Musical Art Society Of Branford: The Musical Art Society of Branford will be hosting a concert at The First Congregational Church featuring Jim and Liz Beloff. The concert is a fundraiser for the annual Alice Collins Memorial Scholarship, which has provided over $50,000 in scholarships to local students advancing their careers in music.

This unique winter concert will feature Jim & Liz Beloff, a talented husband and wife duo who have traveled the world with their beloved ukuleles. They were originally inspired after finding a ukulele at the Pasadena Rose Bowl Flea Market in 1992 and from that came a best-selling music publishing company, Flea Market Music, Inc.

Jim Beloff is the author of The Ukulele—A Visual History, producer of Legends of Ukulele, and has made three how-to-play DVDs. Jim is also an active songwriter. His 2014 two-CD set, Dreams I Left In Pockets, features 33 original songs. In 1999, Jim composed and premiered “Uke Can’t Be Serious,” a concerto for solo ukulele and symphony orchestra. Since then the piece has been performed many times, most recently in 2016 with the Choate School orchestra in Germany and Austria and also with the Michigan Philharmonic.

Liz Maihock Beloff, with a background in film and television graphics, designs the covers for all of their songbooks, CDs and DVDs. She is also a talented singer who, before teaming up with Jim, sang with a cappella groups in college and New York City.

As performers, Liz and Jim have become known for their breezy, close harmonies on standards and Jim’s original songs. They perform together regularly throughout the USA, playing their family-made Fluke, Flea and Firefly ukuleles. They have also toured Japan, Australia and Canada and believe in their company’s motto, “Uke Can Change the World.”

Tickets prices are $15 for adults and $6 for students. There will be a snow date of March 3rd.

For more information on obtaining tickets or making a donation towards this year’s scholarship please contact:

Christine Cohen Carol Titcomb

(203) 453-0287 (203) 488-3088

ChristineCohen@comcast.net NeilCarolT@sbcglobal.net

Photo courtesy of The Musical Art Society of Branford