Volume II — Number 85
February 2016
Monthly Newsletter
John Miller Newsletter
 No concerts.
M. A. Carretero.
On January 19 I made a phone call to the Department of Culture of our City to gather information on the application for authorization of the concert we had planned for the day 29 in the auditorium of our museum, within our "concert program in the MAVA "and sent them through the General Register of the City on 10 December last year, as usual. The answer to this call was that we had not authorized this concert and also, we would never again allow any more that said Auditorium was only scheduled to perform civil weddings. Also, they said they would send us a notifying in writing the decision, writing that until the date of issue of this Newsletter we have not received yet and I doubt very much that we are going to receive, given the procedures followed by the Department on these issues.
Nuestra sede: Castillo Grande de S.J. de Valderas Avda. Los Castillos, s/n Why not let us further 28925 ALCORCĂ“N. develop our program (MADRID) "Concerts in the MAVA? info@amigosmava.org
So far we have made 25 regular concerts, piano cycle consists of six concerts and a series of
guitar consists of five concerts. Is not that proof enough that our program has a solid track record behind us and for this the support we have been receiving from the Miguel Angel Colmenero Foundation with its management through various conservatories? What difficulties involved for the Department of Shows (because of Culture has nothing) of our City carrying out our program? How they allege such as the pilgrim reason that the Auditorium is only expected to perform civil weddings? If that space is totally underused, weddings are held on alternate Saturdays and our concerts are on Fridays. Why resent us to make an outreach culture of classical music? Because we supply a task that should make them and exposes their lack of interest in classical music and the dissemination of culture among our fellow citizens?
an overview of the different eras of music classic, and we concluded each concert with an open dialogue with the audience the performers to know different aspects of his artistic life. If these concerts also serve as an element of public attraction to our museum and, while they enjoy music, have the opportunity to enjoy fine works in glass that make up its permanent collection and, where appropriate, the temporary exhibitions on display. Sometimes we have suffered slander accusing the Directorate of Museum of deterioration in the Auditorium by performing concerts, but we have removed one to one to the Department with relevant arguments. Why this refusal, based on a so strange reasoning, we continue to develop our program?
You might think of an alternative to the Auditorium of the Museum to develop our program, but our Association, while I am its If it is a totally free program, president, will never admit so the altruistic work of the out of MAVA this program, interpreters and the absence except in exceptional cases, of expenditure involved for since the raison d'etre of our the spectators. Association is the Museum of Art Glass Alcorcon and If it is a platform for young their diffusion through our performers, and not so activities. young, they can show the excellent training they Therefore, we hope that the receive from various Department reconsider this conservatories in Madrid and refusal that makes no sense, the Superior of Music in our because it does not cause state capital. any economic harm, not hinder those null activities If, in addition to listening to the interpretation of musical Auditorium and re-enable the realization of our program so works, we introduce an that citizens can continue to educational component about the authors of works, enjoy a totally free form of culture through classical an explanation of these, music. information on the instruments that will be used,