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Board of Trustees CONTENTS Year ending june 30, 1985 Honorary Chairmen Board Members Hon. Edward I. Koch Elizabeth D. Bauman Eugene H. Luntey Hon. Howard Golden Shearma11 & Sterli11g Chainna11 a11d ChiefExectttive Seth Faison Officer Leonard Garment Henry Bing, )r. Brookly11 U11i1m Gas Co. Paul Lcpercq Corporate Residmt Mamrger IBM Corporatum Lauric Mallet Chairman President mrd Chief Exewtive Officer Warren B. Coburn Wr11i Wear Ltd. Neil D. Chrisman Vice Presidmt Smior Vice Presidmt Co11 Edison-Brookly11 Divisum Bruce McAllister Morga11 Guara11ty Trust Compa11y Attorney 2 Letter from the Chainnan Charles M. Dikcr President and Chaimra 11 of the Board Evelyn Ortner Chief Executive Officer The Dico Group Chairnrmr of the Bonrd 3 Letter from the President St. A mr Cmter for Restoratum a11d Harvey Lichtenstein Mallory Factor the Arts, brc. President Vice Chairmen Mallory Factor brc. Richard M. Rosan 4 Next Wave Festival Presidmt Mrs. Alex H illman Harold L. Fisher The Real Estate Board ofNew York, Preside11t Part11er lire. 8 Dance Altx Hillma11 Family Foundatimz Fisher & Fisher Robert C. Rosenberg I. Stanley Kriegel Michael Fuchs President Presidmt Chaimra11 mrd ChiefExerntive Grmadier Realty Corp. 10 Music I. Stanley Kriegel & Co., PC. Officer Home Box Office, brc. Marion Scotto Arne Vennema Director of Special Evmts 12 Community Relations Retired Chairmmr of the Exeetttive David Geffen Brooklyn Borough President's Office Committee David Geffm Co. Schlrmrberger Limited Willian1 Tobey (1909- 1985) Sidney Kantor Comultam 14 Goings on at BAM Franklin R. Weissberg Chief Exec11tive Officer Smior Partner Raftque Inc. Curtis A. Wood Colton, l*i<rberg, Hartnick, Yamin, Partuer 15 Financial Summary & Sheresky Sydney Lewis Bames, Wood, Williams & Rafalsky Chain11a11 of the Exectttive Committee of the Board Best Products Co., l11c. 16 Patrons Roy Lichtenstein Artist Officers Han•cy Lichtenstein Presidmt mrd ChiefExe cutive Officer judith E. Daykin Exectttive Vice President mrd Gmeral Manager Richard Balzano Vice Presidmt a11d Treasurer Karen Brooks Hopkins Vice Presidmt, Plamri11g a11d Developmmt john Howlett Vice Presidem, Marketi>rg and Promo tum On the cover: Albert Ei11stei11 graphic, Doublespace; EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH a11d SECRET PASTURES photos by Tom Garavaglia; BAM i11terior photo by Dmr Perdue; BANI Gardeu photo by Kate D. Ler>in Letter frotn Letter frotn the Chairman the President ucing the P'" ym, BAM's pecfonning sp•ces 'Te1984-85 se.,on m"ked the cctum of Robccc Dhoused a combined total of 264 events which were seen by Wilson to BAM after a long absence. In the early 1970s, Bob's more than 258,442 audience members. Clearly, BAM is productions at the Academy were landmarks of new theater. thriving as a vital and innovative cultural institution. The task The culmination of his work at BAM was the 12-hour of sustaining the quality and variety of BAM's activities-both production of The Life and Times ofjoseph Stalin, which ran for on stage and off-falls to a group of artists, administrators and four performances in December of 1973. It was a massive, donors who share a commitment to the importance of the rolling work, which indelibly entered the consciousness of performing arts, and a belief in the meaningful difference they those who allowed themselves to be open to its imagery and can make in our society. 'time sense? Although it did not have the public impact that 1984-85 was truly a breakthrough season for BAM. The Einstein on the Beach had in 1976 and in 1984, it was an Academy's progranuning, led by the fall NEXT WAVE Festival, continued to make its mark on unforgettable experience for those of us who lived through it. The remounting of Einstein on.the the cultural present, while the essential work of securing BAM's future viability saw several Beach in December of 1984 at BAM reaffirmed Wilson's extraordinary artistry. It was also an important successes. occasion to celebrate Philip Glass's musical mastery, the choreographic and acting ability of The BAM Challenge Fund, created to meet the 3 to 1 match required by the National Lucinda Childs, and Sheryl Sutton's return to BAM. In dedicating the performances to the Endowment for the Arts' Challenge Grant awarded BAM in 1983, made important strides. The memories of Ninon Tallon Karl we is and Edwin Denby, BAM was privileged to acknowledge the Fund must raise $1.8 million by September 1987 to receive the $600,000 match from the NEA, contribution to the creation of Einstein by these two extraordinary people. and this critical fundraising drive will be the means of establishing a cash reserve for the first time We are also pleased to have co-produced a one-hour documentary, "Einstein on the Beach) The in the Academy's 124-year history. The Fund is over half way towards its goal, with the Seat and Changing Image of Opera," with WNET's Great Performances and London Week-End Television. Space Endowment campaigns combining to name over 125 seats in BAM's Opera House, and It will be seen this season on the P.B.S. network. My thanks to BAM Board member Sidney rechristen one of the Academy's principal rehearsal spaces the Richard Alan Hillman Studio. Kantor, for joining us as an Executive Producer, and thanks to Jac Venza, Rhoda Grauer, and Peter On behalf of the Board, I want to express our thanks and gratitude to the community of Weinberg of Great Performances, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National corporations, foundations, government agencies and individuals that support our efforts. I Endowment for the Humanities, and the Howard Gilman Fotmdation. Also, thanks to the particularly want to recognize the involvement of the National Endowment for the Arts and the director, Mark Obenhaus, and the producer, Chris Verges. National Endowment for the Humanities, the New York State Council on the Arts, Mayor Koch Of course, Einstein was not the extent of BAM activity in 1984-85, as you can see by reading and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Office of Brooklyn Borough through this report. Along with the contemporary performing arts, BAM presented dance events President Howard Golden. that ranged from ballet to popular, local to international ; music programming that embraced It gives me great pleasure to report that BAM's President Harvey Lichtenstein was presented Mrican as well as classical sounds; and some of the best children's theater in the nation. with the coveted Mayor's Award of Honor for Arts and Culture on June 3, 1985, in recognition of In other "offstage" activity, the Office of the Mayor of New York and the Brooklyn Borough the profound impact of the Academy's activities and artistic vision on New York's cultural life. President's Office have been instrumental in maintaining the momentum of BAM's Local In a year of success in reaching out to new audiences and reaffirming the loyalty of old friends, Development Corporation, created to stin1Ulate urban renewal in the Academy's surrounding area. we suffered some losses too. William Tobey, one of our longest-serving members of the BAM As a result of their participation, along with the exemplary support of Brooklyn Union Gas Board of Trustees, passed away on March 30, 1985. Bill's enthusiasm, dedication and expertise will Company, BAM has a new "vest pocket'' park, a redesigned and rebuilt sidewalk and parking lot, be sorely missed by all of us. and work is moving ahead on various other exciting neighborhood redevelopment projects. The Academy has fulfilled certain important goals: we have a balanced budget for the fourth In another example of community involvement, Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn's premiere year in succession, our long term debt has been eliminated, and, through the Challenge Fund, we department store, was host to BAM's armual corporate benefit in the Fulton Mall store for the are moving ahead to ensure the institution's financial future. These achievements are also second year in a row. We were delighted and proud to honor Harnish Maxwell, Chairman and rewarding because they make possible the intangibles of artistic inspiration and renewed Chief Executive Officer of Philip Morris Incorporated and a former BAM Board member, for his imagination, enabling the Academy's programming to be developed with unprecedented outstanding efforts on behalf of the arts. dynamism. BAM is particularly blessed with wonderful friends, supporters and staff, who make this institution alive and unique. But so much of what happens in Brooklyn is unique. We intend to keep BAM that way. Thanks for making it possible. Neil D. Chrisman Harvey Lichtenstein 2 Chairman, Board ofTrustees President, Brooklyn Academy of Music NEXT WAVE The Games Ocrobtr 9 ro~ Opcrn H oust Remy Charlip Ocrobtr 17-ZJ porary performing arts move· Optrn Houst Stn.lft NEXT WAVE Festival consoli· mcnt as a whole. In articles datT.ed the groundwod'"""''-breaking ranging from the New Yo~·k Tim Miller achievements of the first fcs· October 24-28 NEXT V\4VE Fl .;'TIV.41 Times' "New Opera is Thriving Ltpercq Spnce (•.j,ir.\lof. / \fl • '·L rival, demonstrating the eager· Mtcr Years of Neglect" to "favc PROHtVIIACADf\IY M.l ness of audiences and critics to Wave" in Ballet News, critics The Desert Music sec the works of this country's discussed a body of work whose Octobrr zr ·Z7 finest established and emerging audience and cultural influence Optrn Houst contemporary performing art· have increased dramaticall v. The Elisa Monte Dance Company ists. Along with the substantial recurrent mention of the NEXT Nm'tmbtr 1 - o~- artistic achievements of the Fcs· WAVE as a catalvst and focal Optrn Homt rival, the NEXT WAVE con· point for much ~ f this activity Richard Landry firmed BAM's instin1tional confirms the Festival's success as X m•tmbtr J, identity as "unquestio nably the an artistic initiative with pro· Cnr~v Pln_rboust 1984 Fmrml Book A'ft!J cm.w art by Parnassus of the experimental found and far-reaching impact.