BC/EFA Annual Report 2005 - Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

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Classical
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performing arts against aids
classical action: performing arts against aids was founded in 1993 and merged with
Broadway Cares in October 1997. Classical Action raises money for BC/EFA by drawing on the talents, resources, and generosity
of the performing arts community nationwide, with an emphasis on the classical, jazz and opera communities. These funds are
distributed primarily through The Actors’ Fund of America and BC/EFA’s National Grants Program. Classical Action maintains
its own identity and conducts its own fundraising endeavors, while BC/EFA assumes some administrative responsibilities, allowing
Classical Action’s small staff to focus on events and other fundraising activities.
A Sensational Second Season for Michael Palm Series
The second season of the Michael Palm Series to benefit Classical Action began December 2, 2004, at the home of Judy and
Steven Gluckstern in New York City and launched the 2004-05 season. Underwritten by the Michael Palm Foundation, this
series honors the memory of Palm, a long-time friend and supporter of Classical Action. The season’s first concert featured
world-renowned baritone Thomas Hampson and acclaimed pianist Brian Zeger performing the music of Schumann, Rorem,
Bernstein, and Copland.
On March 3, 2005, the second concert in the series brought the world’s premier flutist, Sir James Galway, his long-time
partner at the piano, Phillip Moll, and his flutist wife, Lady Jeanne Galway, to the appreciative listeners at the Glucksterns’
home. Finally, on May 2, the series brought back one of the great pianists of the younger generation, Lang Lang, who, in his
fourth concert for Classical Action, dazzled the audience with exhilarating performances of Mozart and Chopin.
$90,000: An All-time Up Our Alley Fundraising Total!
On June 13, 2005, 42 teams made up of Classical Action’s friends and colleagues from all corners of the performing arts
community returned to New York’s Bowlmor Lanes & Pressure for the seventh annual Up Our Alley: Benefit Bowling Bonanza, where
they celebrated raising a record $90,000. The fundraising winner was “Bowling Greens 1,” from River to River/CB Richard
Ellis, which raised $7,726, easily breaking all previous Up Our Alley team fundraising totals. Title sponsor WQXR 96.3 FM
presented Up Our Alley 7. Playbill, Inc. and ViceVersa Restaurant were supporting sponsors, with the association of Izze Sparkling
Juices.
Baritone Thomas Hampson and pianist Brian Zeger perform in the opening concert of the Michael Palm Series at the home of Judy and Steven Gluckstern;
The Tokyo String Quartet captivates its audience with two Beethoven quartets in the Upper East Side home of Katherine Hsu and Steve Hellman; Percussionist Svet Stoyanov
was one of the many young talents to perform in River to River Festival’s Summer Stars series at Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center;
Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway were the first wind players to be featured in the Michael Palm Series.
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