EXPLORE PAST NATIONAL SAWDUST GALAS
Honoring Anthony Roth Costanzo, Joyce DiDonato, Du Yun, Magos Herrera, Daniel Bernard Roumain, & Tanya Tagaq
With Performances
Niña-Poema • performed by Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider
Angel’s Bone: Procession & Scene III, composed by Du Yun – Feathers Are Prickly Things • performed by The Crossing with Donald Nally, conductor
George Frideric Handel’s “Lascia Ch’io Pianga;” • performed by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Noam Pikelny
Body Maps (excerpt) composed by Paola Prestini • performed by Michael Nicolas, Jeffrey Zeigler, and Marika Hughes
Savik composed by Tanya Tagaq and Jeffrey Zeigler • performed by Yuka C. Honda, Tanya Tagaq, and Jeffrey Zeigler
“Opening hymn: To the poem,” composed by Frank O’Hara • performed by Daniel Bernard Roumain, Bill T. Jones, Esperanza Spalding, and Jeffrey Zeigler
Mwenso & the Shakes and Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray with The D.R.E.A.M. Project
With special thanks to National Sawdust Advisory Board
Gala Chair Ann Ziff
National Sawdust 2018 Spring Gala, Honoring Anthony Roth Costanzo, Joyce DiDonato, Du Yun, Magos Herrera, Daniel Bernard Roumain, & Tanya Tagaq
May 10, 2018 @ The Alhambra Ballroom
2018 Gallery
Photo Credit: Jordan Rathkopf
Spring Gala 2017
May 3, 2017, 6:00pm
Gotham Hall
1356 Broadway, Manhattan
Honoring Renée Flemming, Philip Glass, and Helga Davis
With Performances By
Timo Andres & Anthony Roth Costanzo
Kinan Azmeh
Brooklyn Youth Chorus & Caroline Shaw
Choir of Trinity Wall Street & Paola Prestini
Helga Davis & Yuka Honda
Gogol Bordello
Visuals by Helena Christensen
Speakers Julianne Moore & Ann Ziff
With special thanks to National Sawdust Advisory Board
Gala Chair Ann Ziff
National Sawdust 2017 Spring Gala, Honoring Renée Fleming, Philip Glass, & Helga Davis
May 3, 2017 @ Gotham Hall
Videographer: Paul Lieber
Editor: Lorena Garcia
2017 Gallery
Photo Credit: Jill Steinberg
Spring Gala 2016
May 11, 2016, 6:00pm
Weylin B. Seymour’s
175 Broadway, Brooklyn
Honoring David Lang and Alicia Hall Moran
Performances Curated by composer Paola Prestini:
Reneé Fleming in David Lang’s Youth
Bryce Dessner, Glenn Kotche & Jeffrey Zeigler
Alicia Hall Moran
Norwegian string ensemble 1B1
Young Peoples’ Chorus of New York City
With special thanks to Helena Christensen, National Sawdust Advisory Board Member & Visual Curator
Gala Co-Chairs Valerie Dillon, Karen Wong, & Jean Pierre Chessé
National Sawdust 2016 Spring Gala, Honoring David Lang and Alicia Hall Moran
May 11, 2016 @ Weylin B. Seymour’s
Videographer: Paul Lieber
Editor: Lorena Garcia
2016 Gallery
Photo Credit: Zach Hilty/BFA.com
Spring Gala 2015
Experience in the Ruins Vol. 2
May 7, 2015, 6:30pm
Pioneer Works
159 Pioneer St. Brooklyn
An evening to celebrate the arrival of National Sawdust, and to reveal some of our newest discoveries in music. Honoring the individuals who have built National Sawdust from the ruins up.
Performances curated by composer Paola Prestini:
Featuring Philip Glass and violinist Tim Fain
Musicians from New York Philharmonic, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, and Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Choreographer Reggie (Reg Roc) Gray and dancers from The D.R.E.A.M. Ring
Vocalists Theo Bleckmann and Helga Davis, and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler
Andy Akiho
Oh Land
Emel Mathlouthi
Instrumental installations created by Mark Stewart
Visual World by Helena Christensen
After party with Brandon Stosuy (Pitchfork), Caleb Braaten (Sacred Bones Records), Robin Carolan (Tri Angle Records) and a special guest DJ
2015 Gallery
