by musicconservatory | May 26, 2022 | News
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The Music Conservatory of Westchester is holding its 21st Annual Golf & Tennis Classic and Gala at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase on Monday, June 27, 2022. Enjoy a day of golf or tennis followed by an evening of cocktails, an exclusive auction, and an awards dinner including legendary honorees and performances by well-known Broadway rising stars!
The 21st annual fundraiser enables the Conservatory to continue its mission of providing musical access and opportunities through our Scholarship Program for qualifying students, Music Therapy Program for children and adults with disabilities, and Healing Our Heroes music therapy program for U.S. military veterans.
This will be a day and evening you won’t want to miss! Tony Award winner Santino Fontana, (Tootsie) and the voice of Prince Hans in Disney’s Frozen, will emcee the event celebrating the incredible careers of the recipients of this year’s awards:
- Career Achievement and Community Leadership Award: Joe and Ali Torre. They are two distinguished honorees. Joe Torre is a nine-time Major League Baseball All-Star and was elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014. Off the field, he and his wife Ali preside over the Safe at Home Foundation which provides healing services to youth who have been exposed to domestic violence and abuse.
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Tovah Feldshuh. She is a six-time Emmy & Tony nominee and has been awarded three honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters. Her body of work includes the stage, (Yentl, Golda’s Balcony, & Pippin.) On the screen, (she recently completed Armageddon Time opposite Anthony Hopkins, and television, Law & Order, The Walking Dead, and HBO’s Scenes from a Marriage.
- Visionary Award: John Patrick Shanley. He is a gifted writer whose work is performed extensively around the world. His credits include Doubt for which he won both the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, and Moonstruck for which he received both the Writers Guild of America Award and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
- Distinguished Achievement in the Arts and Music Education Award: Victoria Clark. She is a Tony Award-winning actor, in The Light in the Piazza, Cinderella, Sister Act. She is also a master teacher in the U.S. and abroad dedicated to the training of the next generation of performing artists.
The evening will also be highlighted with performances from talented Broadway professionals; Nicole Fernandez-Coffaro, Mia Pinero, and Ruby Shadley.
Additionally, you can support our online auction! Check out the exciting items/experiences we have for all at The Bidding For Good Fundraising Auction, including island vacations, opera tickets, sporting events and much more! New auction items are added daily, so be sure to check back often and get your bids in early.
To purchase tickets for the gala portion of the event, or purchase golf and tennis sponsorships, please click here.
Any questions about the event should be directed to Aishling Quinn, Music Conservatory of Westchester’s Development Officer at www.aishling@musiced.org
Thank you in advance for supporting your community music school!
by musicconservatory | May 12, 2022 | News
Going once, going twice, Sold! As part of The Music Conservatory of Westchester’s 21st Annual Golf & Tennis Classic, being held on Monday, June 27, 2022, the Bidding For Good Auction 2022 is now live! We opened bidding on Monday, April 18 and we are happy to report that we are off to a great start! Check out some of the spectacular items that could be yours:
- Palm Island Resort and Spa: Enjoy an exclusive, 135-acre private island hideaway of St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the Palm Island Resort & Spa for seven (7) nights of exclusive private island accommodations for up to two (2) rooms double occupancy. The resort offers five (5) dazzling white sand beaches, sumptuous dining, non-motorized water sports, nature trails, tennis, a fitness center, a free-form swimming pool with a waterfall, and a spa. This award-winning world-class resort is set in pure paradise where tranquility reigns and an unforgettable experience of a lifetime is inevitable.
- Metropolitan Opera Tickets: Enjoy a night at the opera with two (2) tickets to see the performance of Idomeneo on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at 7:00 pm at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Mozart’s operatic retelling of this ancient story is set in Crete around 1200 BC, and is full of powerful emotions, as people struggle to do what they are bound to by duty over what their own heart’s desire.
- Bombas Socks: Experience the most comfortably designed socks with a $250 gift certificate from Bombas.
- The Rock Club: Reach new heights with a one (1) hour private family climbing adventure for five (5) with an instructor at The Rock Club located at Pine Brook Fitness in New Rochelle, NY. Founded in 2007, The Rock Club was the first of its kind and continues to be the premier rock-climbing gym in the New York area with a 40-foot climbing wall with terrain ranging from easy to extreme, providing a fun and challenging experience for climbers of all levels. The Rock Club has about 80 climbing stations with over 200 individual routes that are continuously changed so there are always new obstacles to conquer.
One World Observatory: Experience breathtaking 360 panoramic views of New York City with four (4) adult standard reserved tickets to One World Observatory. Positioned on top of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, on levels 100, 101, and 102 of the 1,776-foot tall One World Trade Center building, One World Observatory provides unique, panoramic views of New York City, its most iconic sites, and surrounding waters.
These are just a few of this year’s auction items. New items are being added daily, so be sure to check back often at The Bidding For Good Fundraising Auction. Remember, your donation enables the Conservatory to continue its mission of providing musical access and opportunities through our Scholarship Program for qualifying students, Music Therapy Program for children and adults with disabilities, and Healing Our Heroes music therapy program for U.S. military veterans.
To learn more and purchase tickets for the gala portion of the event, or purchase golf and tennis sponsorships, please click here.
Any questions about the event should be directed to Aishling Quinn, Music Conservatory of Westchester’s Development Officer at www.aishling@musiced.org
by musicconservatory | Apr 28, 2022 | News
To Frances Caldwell’s former piano students and their families, as well as her former colleagues from the MCW: Please join us for a memorial service in honor of Frances (details below).
Memorial Service for Frances Caldwell
Saturday, May 14, 2022, 1:00 pm
Scarsdale Congregational Church, 1 Heathcote Rd., Scarsdale, NY, 10583
Streaming: The service will also be streamed online, and we will post the link to this page, a few days ahead of the service.
Please note: If you plan to join us in person, please send an email to the Caldwell family at caldwell.family.rsvp@gmail.com. You are also invited to send a written remembrance to that email address, if you would like it to be read at the service
