‘Tis almost the season! And I imagine you need some new mugs for your hot cocoa and spiced apple cider. How about your very own ACMP mug with an original cartoon by its Executive Director? How about some ACMP mugs as holiday gifts for your fellow musician friends?

You can support ACMP through holiday shopping at the ACMP Store!

(You can also get your very own mug as a thank you gift from ACMP if you make a tax-deductible gift of $250 or more.)

The dog mug was inspired by a famous ACMP dog – Scruffy, who resides with New York pianist and violist (and NAOC councilor) Arlene Hajinlian. Scruffy and Arlene are posing in the photo above with the first draft of the mug. We’ve already spiced up the design a bit:

More of a feline fanatic? Then the ACMP cat mug is for you!

We’re selling these mugs for $18 ($19.66 if you live in New York State, because of the sales tax.) Unfortunately we are only able to ship within the United States for now… 

Meanwhile, remember the cartoon from last year’s Holiday Caption Contest – with the winning caption by Raul Kottler?

Well – it’s now available as a super-cute holiday card and delightful cocktail napkin:

And we still have cards and cocktail napkins with last year’s cartoon, too!

These card makes for a unique and unusual greeting to send to your friends over the holiday season and those napkins will be a conversation starter at your holiday parties. It’s also a fun way to support ACMP and its delightful mission of supporting chamber music for pleasure.

If holiday swag is not your bag – we are also selling copies of the first edition of Lucy Miller Murray’s book “Adams to Zemlinsky: A Friendly Guide to Selected Chamber Music,” which was published by Concert Artists Guild in 2006. It’s a collection of essays and program notes about a wide range of chamber music pieces, by Lucy herself and by such esteemed contributors as renowned quartet violists James Dunham (who knew ACMP’s founder Helen Rice!) and Philip Ying, Guarneri Quartet violinist Arnold Steinhardt, and many more notable performers.

It’s hard to get a hold of copies of this book, and ACMP has a supply of brand-new copies of this paperback book that the author herself donated to ACMP last June. Thank you, Lucy Miller Murray! (Lucy is a pianist, and long-time member of ACMP.)

Lucy’s book would make a lovely holiday gift for one of your chamber music-loving friends (or maybe just for you…)

Please stop by ACMP’s new store soon, and happy shopping!