PAST GIFT OF MUSIC GALAS

Orchestra of St. Luke's Gift of Music Gala is an annual fundraising event, honoring an outstanding individual or organization that has made a significant contribution to the world of music. Each year the event features dinner, dancing, music by the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the presentation of our Gift of Music Award.

The 2011 Gift of Music Gala honored Mikhail Baryshnikov, John S. Tamagni, Hugh Hardy & H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture and The Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group. The honorees were presented with OSL’s Gift of Music Award for their role in the realization of The DiMenna Center for Classical Music—OSL’s first official home and a vital new resource for rehearsal, recording and learning in New York City. The evening featured performances by guest artists soprano Christine Brewer and Canadian conductor Julian Kuerti, along with a selection of Strauss waltzes—a signature feature of OSL galas.

Exceeding Orchestra of St. Luke’s goal, the event raised $650,000 to help support St. Luke’s performance and education programs and The DiMenna Center for Classical Music.

Past Gala Honorees

2011: Mikhail Baryshnikov; John S. Tamagni; Hugh Hardy & H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture; The Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group

2010: Virginia James; Jonathan F.P. Rose

2009: The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust; Charles Grossman (In Memoriam); M&T Bank; Ben Needell and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 

2008: Marianne C. Lockwood, OSL Founder and President

2007: Orchestra of St. Luke's trustee, Joseph A. DiMenna

2006: St. Luke's Board Chairman, Norman Benzaquen

2005: The Caramoor International Music Festival: Judy Evnin, Michael Gellert, Peter Gottsegen and Elaine Schroeder

2004: The Bay Foundation and the Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation

2003: The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Stephen B. Heintz, President

2002: Victor Elmaleh and Sono Osato

2001: Sir Charles Mackerras, Music Director and M. Bernard Aidinoff, Chairman

2000: Renée Fleming

1999: Jessye Norman

1998: Robert Shaw

1997:  Eugene R. McGrath, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

1996: Judith Arron, Executive Director and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall

1995: André Previn