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Spring Gala 2019

Tuesday, May 7, 2019
at

Sotheby’s

2019 Gallery

HONORING

Black Thought, David Byrne, & Juliette Jones

EVENING’S PROGRAM

Invocation
A-am-zing Grace
Composed By Michael Schachter
Performed By Davóne Tines & String Quartet from Face the Music, Kaufman Music Center

One Fine Day
Composed by David Byrne and Brian Eno
Performed by Brooklyn Youth Chorus, David Byrne, and Mauro Refosco

Angie Swan, David Byrne Tribute

The Amazon Preview
Live-scored short film:
Land Water Life
Directed by Murat Eyuboglu
Composed & Performed by
Pauchi Sasaki

Carrie Mae Weems, Black Thought Tribute

Black Thought Tribute
Sa-Roc & Ensemble
Composed & Performed by Sa-Roc & Ensemble

Miyamoto is Black Enough
Composed and Performed by Andy Akiho, Roger Bonair-Agard, Sean Dixon, Jeffrey Zeigler

Finale
National Sawdust Ensemble with Helga Davis and more

2018 Highlights

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 Fleming, 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

2017 Highlights

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

2016 Highlights

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