The Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site invites you to join us for the second of four FREE Grace Coolidge Musicale concerts. The July 21 performance will feature mezzo-soprano Jennie O'Brien and pianist Abigail Charbeneau as they perform popular music of the 1920s.
Jennie shares many of the same passions as Mrs. Grace Coolidge for whom the musicale series is named. Mrs. Coolidge was an educator at the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, MA and had a strong appreciation for music. Similarly, Jennie shares her own passion for music as a teacher of voice, theatre arts, vocal ensembles, and independent living skills at Perkins School for the Blind.
The unique instrument featured in this musical performance is Grace Coolidge's White House piano. In December 1923 the Baldwin Company of Cincinnati, Ohio presented Mrs. Coolidge with a Model K concert grand piano. It resided in the Lincoln Room of the White House for the duration of the Coolidge administration. Funding for this performance is provided by the Alma Gibbs Donchian Foundation.