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Orchestra of St. Luke's
Gift Of Music Gala
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The Grand Ballroom at The Plaza.
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The Orchestra
of St. Luke's (OSL) presented its annual “Gift
of Music Award” at a gala event on Monday, May 12, at The
Plaza in New York City. Each year, the OSL presents this
award to an artist or leader in philanthropy or business who has
made a significant contribution to the world of classical music. This
year, the board of directors of the Orchestra of St. Luke's
presented the 2008 “Gift of Music Award” to the founder
and president of the orchestra, Marianne C. Lockwood.
That morning, the Orchestra of St. Luke's announced the creation
of a state-of-the-art rehearsal, recording and administrative facility
for New York's musical community. The new resource center,
which will be the home of the OSL, is named The DiMenna Center for
Classical Music in recognition of a $5 million gift from Joseph and Diana
DiMenna.
Acclaimed dancer-choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov and
superstar soprano Renée Fleming were the
honorary chairs of the “Gift of Music” Gala, and Norman
S. Benzaquen was the gala chair. The host was actress
and OSL board member Barbara Feldon, and the special
guest artist was mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, who
performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by Patrick
Summers.
Among the 360 guests attending the event, which raised almost $1
million for the orchestra, were Mikhail Baryshnikov and
his wife, Lisa Rinehart; Joe and Diana DiMenna;
Norman and Diana Benzaquen; Lawrence De Paris; Judy
Evnin; Georgia and Ron Frasch; Richard Gilder and
his wife, Lois Chiles; Pier Guerci; Roger Hertog; Virginia
James; Christina Latargia; New York City Department of Cultural
Affairs Commissioner Kate Levin; Josie Natori; Giacomo Loro
Piana; Arthur and Becky Samberg; and Mary
Wang.
David Monn, one of New York's most prominent
event designers and a member of the OSL board of directors, was the
event producer, donating his and his company's services to
the event.
Proceeds from the “Gift of Music” gala will support
St. Luke's concerts and outreach, in particular the St. Luke's
Arts Education program, which provides free music and dance performances
for approximately 20,000 New York City public school children and
year-long artist-educator partnerships at six New York City schools.
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Lisa Rinehart, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Diana and Joe DiMenna, Barbara Feldon, the evening's host and St. Luke's Board Member; Molly Monahan, Stanford Makishi.
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Marianne Lockwood, St. Luke's president and the evening's honoree, with St. Luke's Board
chairman Norman Benzaquen and his wife Diana Benzaquen.
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Lois Chiles and Richard Gilder, Bernard and Elsie Aidinoff.
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Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano guest soloist at the event, and Patrick Summers, guest conductor.
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Josie and Ken Natori.
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David Monn, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate Levin, Diana and Joe DiMenna.
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Art and Becky Samberg.
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Nancy and John Vignola.
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Josie Natori and Georgia Frasch.
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Larry and Deirdre Bader.
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Karen and Bill Watt.
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Virginia James and Maggie Rapp.
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Joan K. Davidson.
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Gerold and Jana Klauer.
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Suky Kwak and Richard Schager .
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Ted Sayers and Barbara Weil Fox-Bordiga.
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John and Lynne Zurcher, Marianne Lockwood, Norman Benzaquen.
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Susan Morris-Novick and Edward Novick.
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Lawrence and Kathleen De Paris.
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Pia and Lucy Hunter, family of honoree Marianne Lockwood.
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Marianne Lockwood, Bob and Jean Ashton.
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| Photos:
Image 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10-12, 17, 20-21 : Matt Carasella/PatrickMcMullen.com.
Images 2, 4, 7, 9, 13-16, 18, 22 : Eric Weiss |
