[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20310]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 MUSIC AT KOHL MANSION 35TH ANNIVERSARY

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                           HON. JACKIE SPEIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 19, 2017

  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Music at Kohl 
Mansion concert series, conducted each year at Mercy High School, 
Burlingame. This is the 35th year of Music at Kohl Mansion. Built in 
1914, Kohl Mansion's stunningly beautiful hall and associated rooms are 
the perfect setting for sparkling holiday lights and the joyous sounds 
of chamber music.
  Music at Kohl Mansion has a national reputation for presenting 
chamber concerts of the highest professional standards, featuring 
local, national and international ensembles. The allied program of Kohl 
for Kids has instructed over 100,000 students in interactive music 
programs through 22 K-12 public schools. The instruction has also been 
offered through concerts, master classes, and coaching. Kohl for Kids 
also serves the public in public libraries, community centers and 
senior residences. Hundreds of students have received musical 
instruments through the year-long instrument drive for schools, and a 
partnership with the Young Chamber Musicians since 2011 has 
strengthened the education and performance opportunities for advanced, 
teenage musicians.
  The holiday production of Music at Kohl Mansion and the year-round 
production of music through Kohl for Kids strengthen America. Despite 
different cultures, backgrounds and experiences, music is a unifying 
language that every person can appreciate without regard to race, 
heritage or training. Music connects each of us with our inner spark, 
and encourages all to unite around a common source of inspiration.
  Mr. Speaker, I have the privilege of being an alumna of Mercy High 
School, and the proud trumpeter of its ongoing mission to elevate the 
human spirit. Music at Kohl Mansion and its allied program of Kohl for 
Kids have spent 35 years making my community a more hopeful place in 
which to live. This holiday season, while viewing the lights around us, 
I want to celebrate the light within that is brought forth by the music 
emanating from Kohl Mansion. There is no finer location for music than 
the hall of Kohl Mansion where the love of God and country are palpable 
in the joyous renditions of this treasured winter festival in tiny 
Burlingame. Let the bells of this concert ring for as long as our human 
species have hope of joy and redemption.

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