Tue Apr 4, 6:30 PM - Tue Apr 4, 10:30 PM
160 Central Park South, new york, NY 10019
Community: Lower Manhattan
Description
The Clarion Music Society will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding with a Masked Gala on Tuesday April 4th, 2017, at the JW Marriott Essex House.
Event Details
Clarion encompasses one of the oldest and most highly regarded period-instrument orchestras in America, The Clarion Orchestra, which has been called ‘stellar’ and ‘polished’ by The New York Times, and ‘legendary’ by The New Yorker, and The Clarion Choir, which has been featured on PBS’s NYC-Arts program. Their recording, Passion Week, received a 2017 GRAMMY® nomination for Best Choral Performance, as well as a nomination for the BBC Music Magazine Choral Award (UK.)
Tatiana Pouschine, a successful asset manager and founder of Fithian, LLC will be honored with the Clarion Philanthropic Award for her generous support of Clarion. Ms. Pouschine serves on the boards of Christodora and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Presenting the award will be Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel who currently serves as the Chair of the New York State Council on the Arts.
The evening will begin with a cocktail hour where Clarion musicians will perform. This will be followed by a seated dinner and complemented with performances by The Clarion Orchestra, and special guests including American soprano Lauren Snouffer; Chinese baritone Yunpeng Wang and Guatemalan tenor Mario Chang, who are both graduates of the Metropolitan Opera Lindenann Young Artists' Program; and Israeli-born conductor and pianist Nimrod David Pfeffer.
Tatiana Pouschine, a successful asset manager and founder of Fithian, LLC will be honored with the Clarion Philanthropic Award for her generous support of Clarion. Ms. Pouschine serves on the boards of Christodora and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Presenting the award will be Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel who currently serves as the Chair of the New York State Council on the Arts.
The evening will begin with a cocktail hour where Clarion musicians will perform. This will be followed by a seated dinner and complemented with performances by The Clarion Orchestra, and special guests including American soprano Lauren Snouffer; Chinese baritone Yunpeng Wang and Guatemalan tenor Mario Chang, who are both graduates of the Metropolitan Opera Lindenann Young Artists' Program; and Israeli-born conductor and pianist Nimrod David Pfeffer.