2011 Opening Gala

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m. Cocktails
7:15 p.m. Musical Performance
8:15 p.m. Dinner

A Royal Affair: Music from the Courts and Cathedrals of Europe

Join us in celebrating the start to the 2011-2012 season with an exclusive performance by members of the Musica Sacra chorus in exquisite motets from the great musical centers of Europe.

Pérotin: Sederunt
Guerrero: Canite Tuba and Gloriose Confessor
Tallis: If Ye Love Me and O Nata Lux
Batten: O Praise the Lord
Bruckner: Locus Iste, Christus Factus Est, and Os Justi
Monteverdi: Cantate Domino and Adoramus te, Christe
Palestrina: Sicut Cervus and Super Flumina Babylonis
Allegri: Miserere

Tickets start at $285

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Past Galas:

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - Spring Sing: An Evening Songbook

A program of opera, oratorio, art song and musical theater sung by astonishing solo voices from the Musica Sacra Chorus

The Liederkranz Foundation
6 East 87th Street, New York

Monday, May 17, 2010 – Spring Festival Gala

Racquet and Tennis Club, New York City

Honorees:
Julianne Baird for Artistic Achievement
Sasha Cooke as a Rising Star
Edward and Maya Manley for Service to the Arts

Monday, May 4, 2009 – Musica Sacra Spring Festival Gala

Racquet & Tennis Club, New York City

Honorees:
Michael Barrett for Artistic Achievement
James A. Kelly for Service to the Arts

March 5, 2008 – Musica Sacra Gala
Honoree Donald Thompson

Yale Club, New York City

Honorees:

Meredith Monk – Artistic Achievement

Donald V.R. Thompson – Service to the Arts

Presenters:

John Schaefer, WNYC radio, host of “New Sounds”

Robert Waggoner, 2007 Honoree

May 1, 2007 – Musica Sacra GalaX
2007 Gala 2007 Gala

Yale Club, New York City

Honorees:

Judith Blegen – Artistic Achievement
Robert C. Waggoner – Service to the Arts

March 6, 2006 – Musica Sacra Basically Bach Festival GalaX
2006 Gala 2006 Gala

Yale Club, New York City

Honoree:

Anthony Newman – Artistic Achievement

Presenters:

Eugenia Zuckerman

Robert C. Waggoner

May 11, 2004 – Musica Sacra 40th Anniversary GalaX

Yale Club, New York City

Honorees:

Dave Brubeck – Artistic Achievement

Richard Westenburg – Artistic Achievement

Master of Ceremonies: Bill Moyers