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Juilliard Presents Gala Tribute to Mary Rodgers Guettel Monday, April 30
The Juilliard School honors longtime Juilliard trustee and patron of the arts, and former Chair of the Juilliard Board, Mary Rodgers Guettel, with a gala evening on Monday, April 30, 2012 at 7 PM in Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater. The black tie event features highlight moments from Ms. Guettel's unique, varied, and impressive career as a composer, lyricist, author, producer, arts patron, and trustee at Juilliard, who has helped nurture its young performers since 1992 (when Ms. Guettel first joined Juilliard's Board). The benefit evening begins with a gala performance at 7 PM with guest artists Jamie Bernstein, Boyd Gaines, Helen Hunt,
Donna Murphy, Faith Prince, Mary Louise Wilson, and others, led by music director, pianist Eric Stern and associate music director Lee Musiker, and directed by Stephen Wadsworth. Performances by Juilliard's actors, dancers, and musicians and the Juilliard Orchestra also are featured. The evening continues with a dinner in the Tent at Lincoln Center in Damrosch Park at 8:30 PM, followed by dancing with The Peter Duchin Orchestra.
Chairs for the evening are trustee Kitty Patterson and Tom Kempner, Jr., Beth Kojima and Juilliard trustee Christopher Kojima; Co-Chairs are Ida Cole, Adam Guettel, Alec and Christy Guettel, and Roger Horchow.
The Honorary Chairs reflect Ms. Guettel's Broadway and Hollywood achievements and include: Alan and Arlene Alda, Barbara Cook, John Kander and Albert Stephenson, Laura Linney and Marc Schauer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Hal and Judy Prince, and Stephen Sondheim.
Proceeds from the evening will help support Juilliard student scholarships; 90% of Juilliard's talented actors, dancers, and musicians need such financial assistance to attend.
Mary Guettel served as Chairman of Juilliard's Board of Trustees from 1994-2001, helping to lead the planning and first two years of the successful $100 million Campaign for Juilliard. Her energetic efforts helped to increase Juilliard's national support and visibility, and she still remains an active member of the Board. The daughter of Broadway composer and Juilliard alumnus Richard Rodgers, Ms. Guettel is in her own right an acclaimed composer (Once Upon a Mattress, Free to Be&You and Me), author (Freaky Friday, The Rotten Book), and lyricist (Captain Kangaroo theme). Ms. Guettel is vice president of the Rodgers Family Foundation, a member of the Dramatists Guild Council, and the Board of Trustees of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, which has presented many Juilliard artists in performance.
To purchase benefit dinner tables beginning at $10,000 or single dinner and performance tickets beginning at $1,000, please contact Ms. Anita Hall at Buckley Hall Events at (914) 579-1000.
About The Juilliard School
The Juilliard School established this country's standard for education in the performing arts, beginning with music in 1905. In 1951, its Dance Division was established, with combined training in contemporary and ballet technique. Juilliard became part of Lincoln Center in 1968, and added a four-year drama program. A residence hall - the School's first - was completed in 1990, and in 2001, Juilliard broke new ground with the addition of its jazz program; a graduate program in Historical Performance began in fall 2009, the same year that Juilliard inaugurated its partnership with the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. This fall 2012, Juilliard will enroll its first class of new MFA degree students in the Drama program. Currently more than 800 young artists from 38 states (plus Washington, D.C.) and 37 foreign countries attend Juilliard.
LISTING INFORMATION
Producer: The Juilliard School
Event: Gala Tribute to Mary Rodgers Guettel with guest artists Jamie Bernstein, Boyd Gaines, Helen Hunt, Donna Murphy, Faith Prince, Mary Louise Wilson, and others, along with Juilliard actors, dancers, and musicians, led by music director, pianist Eric Stern and associate music director Lee Musiker
Location: 7 PM gala performance in Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater; 8:30 PM dinner and dancing in the Tent at Lincoln Center, Damrosch Park
Tickets: To purchase benefit dinner tables beginning at $10,000 or single dinner and performance tickets beginning at $1,000, please contact Ms. Anita Hall at Buckley Hall Events at (914) 579-1000.
Contacts: Janet Kessin, Gloria Gottschalk, (212) 721-0965 communications@juilliard.edu
Chairs for the evening are trustee Kitty Patterson and Tom Kempner, Jr., Beth Kojima and Juilliard trustee Christopher Kojima; Co-Chairs are Ida Cole, Adam Guettel, Alec and Christy Guettel, and Roger Horchow.
The Honorary Chairs reflect Ms. Guettel's Broadway and Hollywood achievements and include: Alan and Arlene Alda, Barbara Cook, John Kander and Albert Stephenson, Laura Linney and Marc Schauer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Hal and Judy Prince, and Stephen Sondheim.
Proceeds from the evening will help support Juilliard student scholarships; 90% of Juilliard's talented actors, dancers, and musicians need such financial assistance to attend.
Mary Guettel served as Chairman of Juilliard's Board of Trustees from 1994-2001, helping to lead the planning and first two years of the successful $100 million Campaign for Juilliard. Her energetic efforts helped to increase Juilliard's national support and visibility, and she still remains an active member of the Board. The daughter of Broadway composer and Juilliard alumnus Richard Rodgers, Ms. Guettel is in her own right an acclaimed composer (Once Upon a Mattress, Free to Be&You and Me), author (Freaky Friday, The Rotten Book), and lyricist (Captain Kangaroo theme). Ms. Guettel is vice president of the Rodgers Family Foundation, a member of the Dramatists Guild Council, and the Board of Trustees of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, which has presented many Juilliard artists in performance.
To purchase benefit dinner tables beginning at $10,000 or single dinner and performance tickets beginning at $1,000, please contact Ms. Anita Hall at Buckley Hall Events at (914) 579-1000.
About The Juilliard School
The Juilliard School established this country's standard for education in the performing arts, beginning with music in 1905. In 1951, its Dance Division was established, with combined training in contemporary and ballet technique. Juilliard became part of Lincoln Center in 1968, and added a four-year drama program. A residence hall - the School's first - was completed in 1990, and in 2001, Juilliard broke new ground with the addition of its jazz program; a graduate program in Historical Performance began in fall 2009, the same year that Juilliard inaugurated its partnership with the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. This fall 2012, Juilliard will enroll its first class of new MFA degree students in the Drama program. Currently more than 800 young artists from 38 states (plus Washington, D.C.) and 37 foreign countries attend Juilliard.
LISTING INFORMATION
Producer: The Juilliard School
Event: Gala Tribute to Mary Rodgers Guettel with guest artists Jamie Bernstein, Boyd Gaines, Helen Hunt, Donna Murphy, Faith Prince, Mary Louise Wilson, and others, along with Juilliard actors, dancers, and musicians, led by music director, pianist Eric Stern and associate music director Lee Musiker
Location: 7 PM gala performance in Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater; 8:30 PM dinner and dancing in the Tent at Lincoln Center, Damrosch Park
Tickets: To purchase benefit dinner tables beginning at $10,000 or single dinner and performance tickets beginning at $1,000, please contact Ms. Anita Hall at Buckley Hall Events at (914) 579-1000.
Contacts: Janet Kessin, Gloria Gottschalk, (212) 721-0965 communications@juilliard.edu
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