Kaufman Music Center 2019 Gala Honoring Cathy White O’Rourke and The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund

Monday, June 3, 2019 Guastavino’s, 409 East 59th Street, New York City

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Private Concert and Dinner with Orli Shaham and a Special Celebrity Guest

Pianist Orli Shaham is one of the foremost classical soloists active today. She has performed on the world’s leading stages, including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and Chicago’s Symphony Hall, and appeared with leading orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and BBC Symphony Orchestra.

For one night only, she will perform a special concert with a guest celebrity, who is a star in the classical music world, to be announced at the Gala.

The winner will bring 10 guests to a private concert and gourmet dinner at the former New York Police Department headquarters – now classified as a landmark building on the National Register of Historic Places. The concert space was converted from the police commissioner’s office, which housed Theodore Roosevelt and many other historic figures. The venue features sweeping views of downtown Manhattan and stunning architectural details that are rarely on view to the public. The designer who converted the building into residences will be in attendance.

Donated by: Orli Shaham and Lydia Emil When: Monday, October 21 or Friday, November 22 Opening bid: $8,000

Commission A Piece by Caroline Shaw

Composer, vocalist, violinist, and producer Caroline Shaw is one of the leading musical voices of her generation. In 2013, Caroline became the youngest person ever to win a Pulitzer Prize in music for her piece Partita. The New York Times has described her music as “dazzling, emotionally generous.”

Recent commissions include new works for Renée Fleming with Inon Barnatan, Dawn Upshaw, the Seattle Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Attacca Quartet, and pianist Jonathan Biss, among many others.

Now, you have the opportunity to have Caroline write a piece just for you or a loved one! Caroline will compose an original one-minute composition for the solo instrument of your choice. Before writing the piece, she will have a discussion with you to help personalize the composition.

Donated By: Caroline Shaw When: Mutually agreeable date based on Caroline Shaw’s schedule Starting Bid: $1,500

Experience the Production Booth at The Metropolitan Opera

Accompany David Frost, a 16-time Grammy Award winning classical music producer, in the radio booth of The Metropolitan Opera while he broadcasts a live performance of an opera of your choosing during the 2019-20 season.

Prior to the performance, David will provide one lucky individual with a tour of the opera set, orchestra pit, and radio booth, as well as demonstrate how he makes adjustments to microphones and other various acoustical elements to achieve an optimal sound. This priceless experience will provide an opera aficionado or aspiring classical music producer a behind-the-scenes view into how the world’s greatest opera company records its theatrical broadcasts from a technical and musical perspective. Past broadcasts by David have included La Traviata, Tosca, Tristan und Isolde, and many others. David will also provide the winner a signed program from the performance.

Donated by: David Frost When: Mutually agreeable date subject to availability Opening bid: $1,000

Go Behind the Scenes with TOOTSIE

Opening this spring, Tootsie is the eagerly-anticipated musical adaptation of the classic 1982 comedic film, with a score by The Band’s Visit Tony-winner David Yazbek and a book by Robert Horn. Leading the cast is Tony-nominee Santino Fontana as Michael Dorsey – and the cast also features Special Music School parent Jeff Kready!

The winner will receive two tickets – plus the opportunity for a third guest to observe the orchestra in the pit during the show.

Donated By: Nikki Daniels Kready and Jeff Kready When: Mutually agreeable date for the winner and production, based on availability Notes: Guest who observes the orchestra must be at least 16 years of age. The tickets and orchestra Experience do not have to be used in the same night, if the winner wishes to watch the show one night and observe the orchestra on another! Opening Bid: $1,000

Help Us Transform Lives Through Music!

Your generous support will help over 4,000 children and teenagers advance their musical skills, find their artistic voices, and develop a lifelong love of music. Thank you for helping us level the playing field for young people from all walks of life!

__$8,000 Funds the music program for one talented student at Special Music School for one year, underwriting private lessons, ensemble rehearsals, music theory and history classes, participation in a school choir, masterclasses, performances, and more.

__$5,000 Enables our students to give a concert at a premier venue such as Merkin Hall, Queens Museum, or National Sawdust in Brooklyn.

__$3,000 Introduces 200 children from low-income communities to professional musical theater by underwriting a Broadway Playhouse performance.

__$1,000 Supports a scholarship for a student to take private instrument lessons for 15 weeks at Lucy Moses School.

__$500 Commissions an original work by a student composer/performer in Face the Music.

__$200 Tunes a piano for a student rehearsal or performance.

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Raise Your “Virtual” Paddle! Are you interested in bidding, but unable to attend the Gala? Contact Karen Hershey at (212) 343-1920 or [email protected]

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