NATIONAL SAWDUST
Invites you to
STRETCH
Spring Gala 2019
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
6:30pm – Cocktails
7:30pm – Dinner and performances
at
Sotheby’s
1334 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Honoring:
BLACK THOUGHT
Co-Founder, lead MC/singer of The Legendary Roots Crew and Grammy-winning musician, actor, and artist who is one of the most skilled, incisive and prolific rappers of his time
DAVID BYRNE
Oscar-, Grammy-, and Golden Globe–winning musician, writer, and artist, and founding member of the Talking Heads
JULIETTE JONES
EVP of Urban Promotion at Atlantic Records and one of the leading women working in the music industry today. Her most recent accolades include 2018 Billboard Women in Music and the 2018 Billboard Pioneers Cover.
For more information, please contact the development department: development@nationalsawdust.org • (646) 779-8449
You may also make checks payable to Original Music Workshop and mail to Sophia Dumaine at National Sawdust, 80 N 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249.
Black-tie Optional
Chairs:
Gelila Bekele and Karen Wong
Hosts:
Jill Steinberg, President of the Board of Directors
Paola Prestini, Composer, Co-Founder and Artistic Director
Co-Chairs:
Lynn A. Calpeter
Rick D’Avino
Kevin Dolan
Jill and Bill Steinberg
Ann Ziff
Benefit Committee:
Elizabeth Madigan Jost
Catriona Mordant AM and Simon Mordant AM
Ellen O’Brien Kelly
Kristin Sebastian and Alberto Cribiore
Robert L. Turner
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Daniel Breen
Lynn A. Calpeter
Courtenay Casey, Executive Director
Jean Pierre Chessé, President Emeritus
Rick D’Avino, Vice President
Kevin Dolan, Co-Founder and Chair
Joan Faber
Chris Grymes
Steve Houston
Joanne Hubschman
Sarah Johnson
Helen Little
Elizabeth Madigan Jost
Ellen O’Brien Kelly
Harvey Mogenson, Treasurer
Fabien Moreau
Emmanuel Morlet
Elena Park
Paola Prestini, Co-Founder, and Artistic Director
Kristin Sebastian
David Stein
Jill Steinberg, President
Dan Widawsky
Christopher Whitman
Karen Wong
Lawrence J. Zlatkin
Peter Zuspan, Secretary
ABOUT NATIONAL SAWDUST
National Sawdust is a non-profit music venue whose mission is to build new audiences for classical and new music by providing outstanding resources and programmatic support to both emerging and established artists and composers.
ABOUT SOTHEBY’S
Sotheby’s has been uniting collectors with world-class works of art since 1744. Today, Sotheby’s presents auctions in ten different salesrooms, including New York, London, Hong Kong and Paris, and Sotheby’s Bid Now programme allows visitors to view all auctions live online and place bids from anywhere in the world. Sotheby’s has a global network of 80 offices in 40 countries and is the oldest company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (BID).
EXPLORE PAST NATIONAL SAWDUST GALAS
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
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
