Join us and Artistic Partner The GRAMMY Museum for a seated dinner and evening of inspiring performances to celebrate four of the foremost trailblazers in the music industry, and toast the future of National Sawdust as we launch into our 10th Anniversary Season.
Speeches by Deborah Borda, Renée Fleming, and Hanif Abdurraqib.
Performances by Allison Russell herself, performing her GRAMMY-winning song "Eve Was Black"; Metropolitan Opera leading soprano Ailyn Pérez will perform "Oh Yemanja" from the catalog of Tania León; incredible violinists Fiona and Hina Khuong-Huu will perform a piece by Anna Clynne; composer Laura Karpman and vocalist and flutist Elena Pinderhughes will perform an excerpt from Karpman's Oscar-nominated score for American Fiction; and vocalists Theo Bleckmann and Magos Herrera will join us for a special finale with cellists Ashley Bathgate, Eric Jacobsen, Wayne Smith, and Jeffrey Zeigler.
Speeches by Deborah Borda, Renée Fleming, and Hanif Abdurraqib.
Performances by Allison Russell herself, performing her GRAMMY-winning song "Eve Was Black"; Metropolitan Opera leading soprano Ailyn Pérez will perform "Oh Yemanja" from the catalog of Tania León; incredible violinists Fiona and Hina Khuong-Huu will perform a piece by Anna Clynne; composer Laura Karpman and vocalist and flutist Elena Pinderhughes will perform an excerpt from Karpman's Oscar-nominated score for American Fiction; and vocalists Theo Bleckmann and Magos Herrera will join us for a special finale with cellists Ashley Bathgate, Eric Jacobsen, Wayne Smith, and Jeffrey Zeigler.
Cover image (L-R): Allison Russell by David Kaufman; sheet music from the catalogue of Tania León; Apple Music Classical
Hosted By
ISABEL HAGEN
Comedian and Violist
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LAURIE CUMBO
Public Servant and Cultural Advocate
Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of New York
Former Council Member for District 35
Founder of the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts
TANIA LEÓN
Composer and Conductor
Kennedy Center Honoree, Pulitzer Prize Winner
XIX Tomás Luis de Victoria SGAE Prize for Ibero-American Music
ALLISON RUSSELL
Artist, Songwriter, and Activist
2024 GRAMMY Award Winner, Juno Award Winner
2023 NY Times Song of the Year
THOMAS STEFFENS
Music and Tech Innovator
Team Lead of Apple Music Classical
Former CEO of Primephonic
JOIN US
The GRAMMY Museum
ARTISTIC PARTNER
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Jill Steinberg
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
Paola Prestini
COMPOSER, CO-FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
The Alphadyne Foundation
GALA CHAIR
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BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Dan & Sally Breen
Rick D’Avino
Kevin Dolan
Peter L. Faber
Elizbeth Madigan Jost
Daniel Widawsky
SUPPORTERS
Ted Cornwell & Pedro Carroll
Xiao Ma
Susan Rose
David Stein
Ann Ziff
Lawrence Zlatkin
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ARTISTIC HOST COMMITTEE
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Renée Fleming
Philip Glass
Magos Herrera
David Lang
Julie Mehretu
Alicia Hall Moran
Nico Muhly
Andrew Ousley
Camille Zamora
Jeffrey Zeigler
ARTISTIC PARTNER
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Jill Steinberg
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
Paola Prestini
COMPOSER, CO-FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
The Alphadyne Foundation
GALA CHAIR
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BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Dan & Sally Breen
Rick D’Avino
Kevin Dolan
Peter L. Faber
Elizbeth Madigan Jost
Daniel Widawsky
SUPPORTERS
Ted Cornwell & Pedro Carroll
Xiao Ma
Susan Rose
David Stein
Ann Ziff
Lawrence Zlatkin
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ARTISTIC HOST COMMITTEE
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Renée Fleming
Philip Glass
Magos Herrera
David Lang
Julie Mehretu
Alicia Hall Moran
Nico Muhly
Andrew Ousley
Camille Zamora
Jeffrey Zeigler
Trailblazer Tables - $50,000
Table of 10 with premium seating, in-home concert from a National Sawdust artist, plus all benefits from below levels ($47,500 charitable contribution for tax purposes).
Creator Tables - $25,000
Table of 10 with prime seating, name on a plaque prominently displayed in National Sawdust’s lobby, plus all benefits from below levels ($22,500 tax-deductible contribution).
Innovator Tables - $10,000
Table of 10 with priority seating, invitations to pre- and post-concert events at National Sawdust throughout the year, plus benefits from below level ($7,500 tax-deductible contribution).
Sonic Pearl Tickets - $2,500 per seat
Priority seating, special recognition at the gala in all printed materials ($2,250 charitable contribution for tax purposes).
Gala Tickets - $1,250 per seat
$1,250 per seat ($1,000 charitable contribution for tax purposes).