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The Collegiate Chorale offers you an artfully composed array of irresistible packages bound to appeal to bidding syndicates or solo bidders. Your enthusiastic, generous, and repeated bids will ensure our continued, unrivaled artistic achievements and our highly respected education programs.
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THE COLLEGIATE CHORALE
2014 BENEFIT AUCTION
Each year, The Collegiate Chorale’s Benefit Auction has presented spectacular
offerings. This year again, we offer you an artfully composed array of irresistible
packages, each positively stuffed with goodies, and bound to appeal to bidding
syndicates or solo bidders. Your enthusiastic, generous, and repeated bids will
ensure our continued, unrivaled artistic achievements and our highly respected
education programs, including Side-by-Side – celebrating its 10th anniversary this
year. So don’t leave empty handed!
The live auction will be hosted by Roger Rees at the 2014 Spring Benefit Event on
May 15. Do not hesitate to place advance bids, even if you are unable to attend in
person, by contacting us at 646.435.9052 or [email protected].
#1 – SING WITH ERIC IDLE
#2 – THE MAESTRO AND THE MEZZO REDUX
#3 – MEN FOR ALL SEASONS
#4 – YES, WE KNOW THE WAY TO SANTA FE!
#5 – WHAT YOU WILL
#6 – STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
#7 – A BID FOR THE FUTURE
Auctioneer Roger Rees with students from The Collegiate Chorale’s education programs
SING WITH ERIC IDLE
Experience the joy of singing as an honorary
member of The Collegiate Chorale this December!
Join us in the spotlight at Carnegie Hall when we
present Not the Messiah, with the legendary Eric
Idle! And thrill your friends and family with tickets to
the performance. Eight lucky well-wishers will watch
your triumph from premium seats in America’s
premier concert hall. On the night of your debut, our
professional photographer, Erin Baiano, will capture
your moment backstage. Whether for you or for
someone you care about, a winning bid secures this
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
This package includes:
The opportunity for one to perform with The Collegiate Chorale in
Not the Messiah on December 15 or 16, 2014
(The Chorale’s 2014 Gala will precede the December 15 performance.)
8 premium tickets to the performance
Professional photo shoot backstage
VALUE: $1,160 + priceless, once-in-a-lifetime experience
DONORS: The Collegiate Chorale and Erin Baiano
DATES: December 15 or 16, 2014 at Carnegie Hall
OPENING BID: $1,000
The Collegiate Chorale performing Not the Messiah with Eric Idle at Caramoor in 2007 Photo Credit: Gabe Palacio Photography www.gabepalacio.photography
THE MAESTRO AND THE MEZZO REDUX
They’re back by popular demand! She sings soaringly, he plays charmingly, they
cook inspiringly and you could dine divinely in their company! Enjoy fine food and
wine at your home with Maestro (and master chef) James Bagwell and his wife
Teresa Buchholz (mezzo soprano and co-chef). Dinner will be prepared on site
and wine will come from the exceptional cellar of Michael Lynch and Susan Baker.
After dinner, the duo will serenade you and your guests. The competition will be
fierce, and the dinner will go to the most determined bidder.
This package includes:
Dinner for 8 designed and prepared on site by James and Teresa
Private musical performance with James Bagwell and Teresa Buchholz
Wine from the Lynch-Baker cellar
VALUE: Priceless
DONORS: James Bagwell and Teresa Buchholz
Michael Lynch and Susan Baker
DATES: An evening mutually convenient to donors and successful bidder
OPENING BID: $1,500
James Bagwell Teresa Buchholz
MEN FOR ALL SEASONS
Grab 4 tickets to JERSEY BOYS, one of Broadway’s longest running musicals AND…
hang out after the performance with 2 men for all seasons: the show’s co-author,
RICK ELICE and the incredible ROGER REES!!! Ask them about the world of the
actor, learn their artistic secrets, and hear tales of the theater over wine and an
insider’s dinner.
This package includes:
4 tickets to JERSEY BOYS between
May 29 and November 29, 2014
(except Mondays)
Backstage tour after evening
performances only
Dinner for 6 including Rick Elice and
Roger Rees
VALUE: $1,000 and the priceless company of
Roger Rees and Rick Elice
DONORS: JERSEY BOYS, Roger Rees and Rick Elice
DATES: May 29 to November 29, 2014
(except Mondays)
OPENING BID: $1,500
YES, WE KNOW THE WAY TO SANTA FE!
And to The Santa Fe Opera! Located in the
magnificent mountains of northern New
Mexico, The Santa Fe Opera presents some
of the most adventurous and compelling
opera productions and hosts one of the world’s great opera festivals. The 2015
season will feature the much-anticipated new work Cold Mountain by Pulitzer
prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon and starring Nathan Gunn! The Chorale’s
VIP Santa Fe package includes backstage tours, a 2-night stay at La Posada Resort
& Spa and 4 tickets for each of 2 operas. So have it our way. This is the way to
Santa Fe. Bid to win!
This package for four (4) includes:
Four tickets for each of two operas
A pre-concert VIP dinner for 4
Opera Club Pass and pass for daily
backstage tour
Reserved parking
Accommodation for two nights at La Posada Resort & Spa
VALUE: $2,000 and priceless benefits
DONOR: The Santa Fe Opera
DATES: At your convenience during the 2015 summer season
(This package could be arranged for the 2014 season.)
OPENING BID: $2,000
La Posada Resort and Spa, Santa Fe
WHAT YOU WILL
Spend an evening with Roger Rees and Will
Shakespeare! After 22 years with the Royal
Shakespeare Company, Roger Rees explores his
relationship with the Bard of Avon in his one-
man show, WHAT YOU WILL. In a private
performance for you and your friends, the Tony
Award-winning actor will bring to life
Shakespeare’s most beautiful soliloquies, along
with sidesplitting accounts of some of the
funniest disasters ever perpetrated on the
classical stage. Here is an evening interwoven
with fun, heartbreak, triumphs, jokes and
celebrated mishaps. You WILL love it!
In “What You Will,” Rees conveys each character with the combination of technique and magnetism that has distinguished the Royal Shakespeare Company actors of his generation. –The Washington Post
This package includes:
A 25-minute performance of WHAT YOU WILL by Roger Rees at a location
provided by the winning bidder
The company of Roger Rees for the evening
VALUE: Priceless
DONOR: Roger Rees
DATES: An evening mutually convenient to donors and successful bidder
OPENING BID: $2,000
STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
Artistic Director Ted Sperling and singing actress Victoria Clark offer you a unique
evening of music and fun. You have seen them together in the triumphant
Collegiate Chorale productions of The Mikado (2012), The Grapes of Wrath (2010),
and The Firebrand of Florence (2009). Two of New York’s most sought-after
performers, both recipients of Tony Awards for The Light in the Piazza, and best
friends since college, Victoria and Ted will join in presenting an exceptional after-
dinner entertainment for you and as many of your music-loving friends as your
home or club can hold! Drawing from their vast repertoire, they will consult with
you to design the musical mix custom-tailored to your musical tastes. When the
bidding begins, raise your paddle and reach for the stars.
This package includes:
A 30-minute private performance by Victoria Clark and Ted Sperling
at a location provided by the winning bidder (with a suitable piano)
The company of Victoria Clark and Ted Sperling for the evening
VALUE: Priceless
DONORS: Victoria Clark and Ted Sperling
DATES: An evening mutually convenient to donors and successful bidder
OPENING BID: $2,500
A BID FOR THE FUTURE: SUPPORT OUR EDUCATION EFFORTS
From start to finish this has been a starry, starry night. We conclude with an
appeal to help The Chorale train young stars. If you’ve missed out on dinner with
a diva, or lost the way to Santa Fe, you still have the opportunity to support The
Chorale’s education programs and nurture young singers. Here’s the way:
Send Side-by-Side students and VAP artists to perform at
the 2014 Verbier Festival
Provide coaching and diction sessions for young stars in the making
Underwrite master classes with renowned artists like Martina Arroyo
Support the next rising stars by giving them the opportunity to make
their Carnegie Hall debut through our Faith Geier Artist Initiative
Encourage future audiences by underwriting concert tickets for students
at area schools
$10,000 sends four students or veterans to the 2014 Verbier Festival
(all expenses paid)
$ 5,000 sends two students or veterans to the Verbier Festival (all expenses paid)
$ 2,500 sends one student or veteran to the Verbier Festival (all expenses paid)
$ 1,000 brings 50 students to hear a Chorale concert at Carnegie Hall
$ 500 helps cover the cost of master classes and diction and coaching
sessions for our Side-by-Side students
Other General donation to make our education programs possible
Side-by-Side students at the 2013 Verbier Festival Side-by-Side student performance
STUDENT TESTIMONIAL These two years have been filled with both great musicianship development and performances that will forever stay in my heart. Because of your generous scholarship I was able to travel to the Verbier Festival and share extraordinary musical moments with the other passionate performers there. If it wasn't for your generosity, and The Chorale’s help and enthusiasm, this trip wouldn't have been possible. – Elizabeth
AN ENCORE OF YOUR OWN
Tonight, your farsighted bidding in support of our Education initiatives could earn
you an encore of your own: orchestra seats for an Encores! performance at New
York’s City Center. Encores! celebrates rarely heard works of America’s most
important composers and lyricists, and since 1994 has given concert performances
of these works as their creators originally intended. The highest bidder for the
Education Packages above will win two (2) tickets to one of these performances in
the Encores! 2015 season. Please
enthusiastically raise your paddle to support The
Chorale’s education programs!
VALUE: $234 plus an immense sense of satisfaction
DONOR: New York City Center, Arlene Shuler President & CEO
DATES: A 2 pm Saturday Matinee performance on
February 7, March 21, or May 9, 2015
S
Side-by-Side Students and Alumni
“The Side-by-Side program has been an essential part of my education and life that has introduced me to a world of music that a boy from a single mother growing up in Jackson Heights [Queens] normally would not experience. While kids I grew up with were getting arrested or shot for drugs, I was in rehearsal and performing some of the most beautiful and exciting music one could be asked to perform. Sometimes an experience to a child can mean the world, and the experiences that I've had with The Chorale certainly changed mine.” – Jorge
THE COLLEGIATE CHORALE AT THE 2014 VERBIER FESTIVAL
July 21, 2014 Berlioz, La damnation de Faust
Conducted by Charles Dutoit with Ruxandra Donose, Ramón Vargas, and Willard White
July 24, 2014
Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky Yuri Temirkanov with Ekaterina Semenchuk
July 26, 2014
Beethoven, Fidelio Conducted by Marc Minkowski with Ingela Brimberg, Brandon Jovanovich,
Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape, and Sylvia Schwartz
July 27, 2014 Puccini, Il Tabarro
Verdi, Don Carlo – 3rd and 4th Acts Conducted by Daniel Harding with Alexey Markov, Barbara Frittoli, Thiago Aranca,
Ekaterina Semenchuk, Vittorio Grigolo, Lianna Haroutounian, Daniela Barcellona,
Alexey Markov, and Ildar Abdrazakov