Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Gala Benefit
Musicians with David Finkel, CMS Creative Director.
On
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(CMS) hosted Opening Night: A Viennese Evening, celebrating 40 years
of riveting chamber music performances at Alice Tully Hall. With 200
guests in attendance, the benefit honored long-time philanthropists and
chamber music aficionados, Jamie and Maisie Houghton.
The glamorous evening
included cocktails, a seated dinner, a Viennese-inspired concert program
and private reception. Chairman of the CMS Board Peter Frelinghuysen
and Opening Night co-chair Harry Kamen gave warm introductions to the
evening’s honorees Jamie and Maisie Houghton who shared personal
anecdotes with the crowd about their love for chamber music and how they
were introduced to the art by their family member, the late, legendary
Alice Tully.
Immediately following the concert program, guests were treated
to a private reception where they enjoyed delectable desserts and mingled
with the CMS musicians. The evening’s Gala co-chairs included:
Barbara and Harry Kamen, Barrett and Peter Frelinghuysen, and Elizabeth
W. Smith. The Benefit Committee included: Carol and Richard Miller, Barbara
and Bob Erskine, Melissa and James O’Shaughnessy, Carol and Chuck
Hamilton and Priscilla F. Kauff.
Guests included: Artistic Director David
Finckel, Herbert and Judy Schlosser, Norma Hurlburt, Baylis Thomas, Charles
Wadsworth, Anne and John Coffin, Susie and David Simon, Mary and Howard
Phipps, Florence Davis and Anthony Gooch, Alexandra and Philip Howard,
Elizabeth Cooke and Reynold Levy, Coke Anne and Jarvis Wilcox, Edmee
and Nicholas Firth, Edith and Martin Segal, Fred Krimendahl and Emilia
Saint-Amand, Marifé Hernández and Joel Bell, Marlene Hess
and James D. Zirin, Philip and Alexandra Howard, Alice and Ted Cohn,
Joe and Marie Melone, Edith de Montebello, Missy Rennie Taylor, Helen-Mae
and Seymour Askin, Pat and John Rosenwald, Elaine and Alan Weiler, Kim
and Mason Granger, Elizabeth and Herbert Tulchin, Brenda Anderson, Barbara
and Charlie Pierce and more.
