Sing For Hope - An Amazing Gala
My nephew, Christopher Herbert, is the Director of Advancement for Sing for Hope. Sing for Hope is a non-profit organization that mobilizes more than 600 professional artists in volunteer service programs that benefit communities in need. These artists include classical musicians, Broadway performers, dancers, poets, and photographers. Christopher invited me to attend last Saturday evening's 2009 Gala, Songs for Our Future. It was held at The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center in New York City and I must say, it was a sensational event. Christopher, who is also a singer, was unable to perform that night as he had just flown in the evening before from his European recital debut in Paris.
The Sing for Hope honorees of the evening were Renée Fleming - Metropolitan Opera star, Grammy Award winning soprano, and Sing for Hope board member; Jane Fonda - Academy award winning actress and social activist; Reynold Levy - Philanthropic leader and President of Lincoln Center; and Muhammad Yunus - 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient, and Sing for Hope board member. The performances were simply amazing - a superb talent show of professional artists! I understand that the fund raising portion of the Gala was a resounding success, as it should be. I am very impressed with this organization and what it does for communities in need.
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- Sing for Hope’s student – Ayala Martin – spoke about Billie Jean King as an inspirational figure. Photo Credit Nan Melville
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- Billie Jean King and Jane Fonda – Photo Credit Nan Melville
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- Daisy Jopling – Violinist – played ‘Libertango.’ – Photo Credit Nan Melville
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- Saimir Pirgu – performed ‘La donna è moblie’ from Rigoletto.
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- Djordje Nesic – piano accompanist for the evening
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- Edyta Kulczak – Mezzo-Soprano – sang ‘Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix’ from Samson et Dalila.
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- Michael Todd Simpson – Baritone – performed ‘Vôtre Toast’ from Carmen.
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- Joshua Hopkins – Baritone – sang ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ from South Pacific.
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- Laquita Mitchell – Soprano – sang ‘I Had Myself a True Love’ from St. Louis Woman.
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- John McVeigh – Tenor – performed ‘Being Alive’ from Company.
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- Soprano and Sing for Hope Honoree and Board Member Renée Fleming with Sing for Hope’s co-founders Camille Zamora and Monica Yunus
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- Here I am with my nephew, Christopher.
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- Judi and Joseph Flom, the co-chairs of the Sing for Hope Songs for Our Future 2009 Gala – Photo Credit Nan Melville
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- Lisa Strum – Sing for Hope Teaching Artist and Donor Artist – performed a monologue. Photo Credit Nan Melville
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- Howard McGillin – singer/actor – sang ‘Something’s Coming’ from West Side Story. Photo Credit Nan Melville
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- Djordje Nesic – piano and Tituss Burgess – Tenor performing ‘God Bless the Child’ Photo Credit Nan Melville
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- Laquita Mitchell, Michael Todd, Kirsten Chavez, and Camille Zamora sing from the opera Carmen. Photo Credit Nan Melville
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- The Young at Arts Ensemble performed for the gala. Photo Credit Nan Melville
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- Muhammad Yunus, Monica Yunus (Sing for Hope’s co-founder), Jane Fonda, Annette Allen, and Eva Haller (Chairman of the Board of Sing for Hope) Photo Credit Nan Melville
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