Welcome to the Burlingame Music Club

Burlingame Music Club 2025 Season

Opening Meeting and Fund-Raising Auction

Monday, October 20, 2025

from 1:00 to 3:00 PM

Enjoy fine professional music, hors d’oeuvres and cake.

Come, have fun at the auction, knowing that your purchases support our students competing in our BMC 96th Season.

All members of the Music-Loving Public are Welcome and invited to attend!

October Featured Musical Artists:

Janet Weinstein, piano and Rebecca Tout d’Alessio, clarinet

Playing selections from

Brahms and Babin

Janet Weinstein, piano, was born and educated in New York City. She studied piano with Martha Pestalozzi and Zenon Fishbein at the Manhattan School of Music. After moving to California in 1970, she studied with Bernhard Abramowitsch. Ms. Weinstein earned a B.S. degree in mathematics from the City College of New York and a master’s degree in city and regional planning from UC Berkeley. For over 30 years she has taught privately in her Oakland studio.Presently, she plays in chamber music ensembles and performs locally. She is the mother of two professional musician sons, Aaron (violin) and David (cello) Requiro. They have performed as the Ivanhoe Trio at the Oakland Museum, for the Carmel Performing Arts Festival, and for the East Bay/San Francisco Symphony League.

Rebecca Tout d’Alessio, clarinet, teaches band at Lovonya DeJean Middle School and Kennedy High School in Richmond. Dr. d’Alessio earned her Bachelor of Music Education and Clarinet Performance at Bradley University before completing her graduate studies at Arizona State University (M.M., D.M.A.). Rebecca served as Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay from 2002-2006 before moving back to her home state of California.

She has performed and presented master classes across the United States as well as in China and Turkey. Dr. d’Alessio has been featured in a series of concerts with Duo Camaraderie, a professional flute and piano chamber ensemble featuring a variety of guest artists, and regularly performs with the Golden Gate Band and The New Wind Collective. The Concert Artists Guild and the International Clarinet Association recognized Dr. d’Alessio with semi-finalist and finalist rankings in both institutions’ international competitions for her work in contemporary solo clarinet. She currently lives in San Rafael with her husband and son.

Please join us as we celebrate the opening of the BMC 2025-2026 Season.

Enjoy fine professional music, hors d’oeuvres and cake.

Come prepared to browse the Fundraising auction

Members of the Public are encouraged to attend!

Burlingame Music Club Monthly Meetings

Are held on the second Monday of each month, November through May, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

Features performances by student performers

Features a performance by Professional Artist(s)

Our venue is: The Congregational Church of San Mateo, with ample free parking behind the church, accessible from Catalpa St.

Easy ADA access to Kloss Hall. Enter the church building via the ramp from the parking lot, then head straight down the hall to Kloss Hall.

Afterward, enjoy Refreshments together and meet the performing Artists.

Burlingame Music Club Meetings

Congregational Church of San Mateo

Kloss Hall, 2nd Mondays, 1-3 pm

225 Tilton Ave.

San Mateo, CA. 94401

Please tell and bring your friends. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend our meetings to support our student performers, Professional Artists, and enjoy an afternoon of music and friendship together.

Covid vaccinations, boosters, and masks are highly recommended and may be required depending on the current San Mateo County Public Health Department directives.

May ‘25 BMC Competition Winners with BMC Vice President, from left to right - **Natalie Burr** (honorable mention, piano), **Oliver Corro** (first place, piano), **Peter Parra** (second place, piano), **Hiroshi Corro** (third place, piano), **Edna Steele** (BMC Vice President), **Daniel Wang** (first place, strings - cello), **Sydney Li-Jenkins** (second place, strings - violin), **Melissa Lam** (third place, strings - cello), **Lisa Saito** (honorable mention, strings - violin)

BMC 2025 Young Musicians’ Competition Winners Selected!

To view the 2025 winners, please click here.

Our Mission

The major purpose of BMC is to provide competitive performance opportunities in a warm and supportive environment for gifted young musicians.

Our Beginning

The Burlingame Music Club (BMC), was founded March 5, 1930 by local music teachers, and is recognized as a music lover’s gem on the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula.

What We Do

BMC monthly *programs* showcase performances by student musicians who are in competition for the BMC awards, and performances/demonstrations by guest artists who are typically professionals in their fields. In the Bay Area, we are fortunate to be able to tap into a highly diverse artistic community who expand our horizons and inspire us with performances often drawn from music from other parts of the world and representing a wide array of genres, styles and eras.

Join us every
2nd Monday, November through May

Feb ‘25 BMC meeting student performers with BMC President, from left to right - **Josefina Swartz** (cello), **Karen Matsui** (piano), **Marcia Leonhardt** (BMC President), **Minjoon Jo** (viola), **Aaron Ma** (violin)

Become a BMC Member!

Come join our monthly programs of rich performances by young musicians who ultimately compete to be the winners of BMC’s annual student musicians awards.

Membership info here