Jennifer Heemstra has been a one woman army in promoting Western Classical music in our city of Kolkata. Kolkata, has always been attributed with culture, heritage and warmth of the people of this city. No wonder, the British made Kolkata the capitol of India during the Raj Era. Kolkatans historically have been quite involved and imbibed in both Western and Indian Classical music.
It is only in the last two decades that we have seen a general decline in promotion of Western Classical music.
It is rather pertinent and heartening to mention that with the arrival of Jenny (as she is popularly known ) two years ago with her husband Cory Wilcox , the city has finally received fresh impetus and a source for promotion of Western Classical music for the much starved Bengalees of Kolkata , who highly appreciate Western Classical music. Jennifer, has already become a household name in this circle and everyone appreciates her dedication and passion for this cause. She has inspired a section of our society to form the Kolkata Classics Trust (Also known as the Kolkata Classics Club). Needless to say that with every passing day it is growing in numbers.
With Jenny's sincere devotion to the cause and leadership ability, the Kolkata Classics Club has had a rather successful year last year, hosting six top class Western Classical concerts. 2016 has been no different. One very successful concert has already been held and we are looking at five more in the coming months.”
Kunal Roy Chowdhury
Trustee, Kolkata Classics
CEO, Tea and Allied
"Jennifer Heemstra has been a one woman army in promoting Western Classical music in our city of Kolkata. Kolkata, has always been attributed with culture, heritage and warmth of the people of this city. No wonder, the British made Kolkata the capitol of India during the Raj Era. Kolkatans historically have been quite involved and imbibed in both Western and Indian Classical music.
It is only in the last two decades that we have seen a general decline in promotion of Western Classical music.
It is rather pertinent and heartening to mention that with the arrival of Jenny (as she is popularly known ) two years ago with her husband Cory Wilcox , the city has finally received fresh impetus and a source for promotion of Western Classical music for the much starved Bengalees of Kolkata , who highly appreciate Western Classical music. Jennifer, has already become a household name in this circle and everyone appreciates her dedication and passion for this cause. She has inspired a section of our society to form the Kolkata Classics Trust (Also known as the Kolkata Classics Club). Needless to say that with every passing day it is growing in numbers.
With Jenny's sincere devotion to the cause and leadership ability, the Kolkata Classics Club has had a rather successful year last year, hosting six top class Western Classical concerts. 2016 has been no different. One very successful concert has already been held and we are looking at five more in the coming months.”
It is only in the last two decades that we have seen a general decline in promotion of Western Classical music.
It is rather pertinent and heartening to mention that with the arrival of Jenny (as she is popularly known ) two years ago with her husband Cory Wilcox , the city has finally received fresh impetus and a source for promotion of Western Classical music for the much starved Bengalees of Kolkata , who highly appreciate Western Classical music. Jennifer, has already become a household name in this circle and everyone appreciates her dedication and passion for this cause. She has inspired a section of our society to form the Kolkata Classics Trust (Also known as the Kolkata Classics Club). Needless to say that with every passing day it is growing in numbers.
With Jenny's sincere devotion to the cause and leadership ability, the Kolkata Classics Club has had a rather successful year last year, hosting six top class Western Classical concerts. 2016 has been no different. One very successful concert has already been held and we are looking at five more in the coming months.”