Please join us on February 9, 2010, at 6pm, for a festive celebration of our 85th anniversary to be held at the Arader Galleries, an historic 1902 townhouse and gallery, at 1016 Madison Avenue at 78th Street. You'll enjoy cocktails and festive fare, and bid on fabulous items offered in our silent auction.

This gala benefit celebrates our founder, Margarete Dessoff, and her inspired successors:

Music Director James Bagwell, honoree

We are deeply grateful to W. Graham Arader III for offering his beautiful establishment for this event.

Admission:

• $850 Anniversary Benefactor ($580 tax-deductible)
  Benefit Admission for two and two subscriptions to the Dessoff 2010-2011 concert season


• $500 Benefactor ($310 tax-deductible)
  Benefit admission for two and two tickets to an upcoming Dessoff concert of your choice


• $150 Sponsor ($90 tax-deductible)
  Benefit admission for one


• $85 Honored Guest ($25 tax-deductible)
  Benefit admission for anyone born in or before 1924

If you can't attend, please consider a donation to support our music-making. Please click here for details.

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GANN • FOSS • FARBERMAN

James Bagwell, conductor
Megan Taylor, soprano
Jeffrey Hill, tenor
The Dessoff Choirs

Don’t miss James Bagwell’s final trip to the podium as Dessoff’s music director, as we celebrate the new with thrilling works by three contemporary American composers. Both Kyle Gann’s Transcendental Sonnets (New York Premiere) and Lukas Foss’s Psalms call for two pianos and chorus, and Harold Farberman’s Talk (World Premiere) is for piano, chorus, and percussion.

7:30 pre-concert talk with Harold Farberman and Kyle Gann moderated by Miriam Lewin

Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street
Manhattan

Tickets: $35 Preferred Seating, $25 General Admission ($20 advance sale)
$15 Senior/Student, 12 & Under (Free)

Preferred - $35 General - $20 Student/Senior - $15

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An insider's look, from our own Jeff Lunden, at the November performances of The Dessoff Chamber Choir with Ray Davies (of The Kinks) was featured on the December 22 edition of "All Things Considered" on NPR. For the full archived story, click here.

As part of the multimedia breakout for the story, our full set of 15 songs with Ray is available as streaming audio or podcast at All Songs Considered.