RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH, Inc. (RMA)
Invites you to its meeting, November 5, 2025, 11:00 at Christ Church, Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT.
The program will also be shown on Zoom at https://bit.ly/30IBj21 and on local cable channels 24 (Verizon) and 79 (Optimum)
“The Grace Notes: Kicking off the Holiday Season”
On November 5th the RMA will host The Grace Notes, an all-female a cappella group based in Greenwich CT, that has been entertaining and serving the community through song for nearly 60 years. They will feature a mixture of seasonal and holiday favorites and their year-round repertoire of jazz standards and pop tunes.
The Grace Notes was formed in the early 1960s as part of the Junior League of Greenwich and became an independent, non-profit organization in 1967. Its purpose is to bring music to people at senior residential homes, adult day centers, and Alzheimer's/dementia facilities, as well as town events and community festivals, libraries and schools, as part of a wider mission to connect and bring people together through music. Members are women who stem from different backgrounds but are united by their personal love of singing and desire to give back to the community. All are volunteers—teachers, authors, artists, business owners, homemakers, working and retired executives. Each has a background in music and singing through school/college and church choirs, community theater, music degrees and training, or professional singing, and each went through a stringent audition process to be accepted into the group. Members dedicate over 90 hours of rehearsal time during the September through May season, plus at twice-monthly troupings. Dr. Eric Martin has been Music Director since 2008.
The group has ranged in size from as few as eight members to more than 30 during the 1980s when fewer women were working full-time. There are currently 12 singers. Two current members have been with The Grace Notes for over 30 years!
Our next presentation, on November 12, will be by Thomas Maier, on “The Invisible Spy: Churchill’s Rockefeller Spy Ring and America’s First Secret Agent of World War II.”
The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association offers a free program every Wednesday that is open to the public, both men and women; no reservations are required. Our social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly by our presentation at 11:00 am. For additional information see www.greenwichrma.org.
