Parnassus met at Chari Manry’ residence  for the annual dinner this year catered by Kim Randell.
Betty Erickson presented a program on two American, women composers.
Clara Edwards was born April 17, 1880, in Decoria Township, Minn. She composed over 100 works and published over 60 songs. Her songs were “quickly taken up  by publishers” and many famous singers performed them, such as Lily Pons and baritones John Charles Thomas and Ezio Pinza. They become more successful when performed on the popular radio show The Bell Telephone Hour. The songs successfully blended the styles of art song and the sentimental popular ballad”
Amy Beach was born Sept. 5, 1867, in Henniker, N.H. She was considered a child prodigy. She made her professional debut in Boston in 1883. Her writing is mainly in Romantic idiom, often compared to that of Brahms or Rachmaninoff. On July 9, 2000, her name was added to the granite wall on “The Shell”. She joins 86 other composers, such as Bach, Handel and Chopin.