THE COLLEGIATE CHORALE

2014 BENEFIT AUCTION

Each year, The Collegiate Chorale’s Benefit Auction has presented spectacular

offerings. This year again, we offer you an artfully composed array of irresistible

packages, each positively stuffed with goodies, and bound to appeal to bidding

syndicates or solo bidders. Your enthusiastic, generous, and repeated bids will

ensure our continued, unrivaled artistic achievements and our highly respected

education programs, including Side-by-Side – celebrating its 10th anniversary this

year. So don’t leave empty handed!

The live auction will be hosted by Roger Rees at the 2014 Spring Benefit Event on

May 15. Do not hesitate to place advance bids, even if you are unable to attend in

person, by contacting us at 646.435.9052 or mlemieux@collegiatechorale.org.

#1 – SING WITH ERIC IDLE

#2 – THE MAESTRO AND THE MEZZO REDUX

#3 – MEN FOR ALL SEASONS

#4 – YES, WE KNOW THE WAY TO SANTA FE!

#5 – WHAT YOU WILL

#6 – STARRY, STARRY NIGHT

#7 – A BID FOR THE FUTURE

Auctioneer Roger Rees with students from The Collegiate Chorale’s education programs

SING WITH ERIC IDLE

Experience the joy of singing as an honorary

member of The Collegiate Chorale this December!

Join us in the spotlight at Carnegie Hall when we

present Not the Messiah, with the legendary Eric

Idle! And thrill your friends and family with tickets to

the performance. Eight lucky well-wishers will watch

your triumph from premium seats in America’s

premier concert hall. On the night of your debut, our

professional photographer, Erin Baiano, will capture

your moment backstage. Whether for you or for

someone you care about, a winning bid secures this

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

This package includes:

The opportunity for one to perform with The Collegiate Chorale in

Not the Messiah on December 15 or 16, 2014

(The Chorale’s 2014 Gala will precede the December 15 performance.)

8 premium tickets to the performance

Professional photo shoot backstage

VALUE: $1,160 + priceless, once-in-a-lifetime experience

DONORS: The Collegiate Chorale and Erin Baiano

DATES: December 15 or 16, 2014 at Carnegie Hall

OPENING BID: $1,000

The Collegiate Chorale performing Not the Messiah with Eric Idle at Caramoor in 2007 Photo Credit: Gabe Palacio Photography www.gabepalacio.photography

THE MAESTRO AND THE MEZZO REDUX

They’re back by popular demand! She sings soaringly, he plays charmingly, they

cook inspiringly and you could dine divinely in their company! Enjoy fine food and

wine at your home with Maestro (and master chef) James Bagwell and his wife

Teresa Buchholz (mezzo soprano and co-chef). Dinner will be prepared on site

and wine will come from the exceptional cellar of Michael Lynch and Susan Baker.

After dinner, the duo will serenade you and your guests. The competition will be

fierce, and the dinner will go to the most determined bidder.

This package includes:

Dinner for 8 designed and prepared on site by James and Teresa

Private musical performance with James Bagwell and Teresa Buchholz

Wine from the Lynch-Baker cellar

VALUE: Priceless

DONORS: James Bagwell and Teresa Buchholz

Michael Lynch and Susan Baker

DATES: An evening mutually convenient to donors and successful bidder

OPENING BID: $1,500

James Bagwell Teresa Buchholz

MEN FOR ALL SEASONS

Grab 4 tickets to JERSEY BOYS, one of Broadway’s longest running musicals AND…

hang out after the performance with 2 men for all seasons: the show’s co-author,

RICK ELICE and the incredible ROGER REES!!! Ask them about the world of the

actor, learn their artistic secrets, and hear tales of the theater over wine and an

insider’s dinner.

This package includes:

4 tickets to JERSEY BOYS between

May 29 and November 29, 2014

(except Mondays)

Backstage tour after evening

performances only

Dinner for 6 including Rick Elice and

Roger Rees

VALUE: $1,000 and the priceless company of

Roger Rees and Rick Elice

DONORS: JERSEY BOYS, Roger Rees and Rick Elice

DATES: May 29 to November 29, 2014

(except Mondays)

OPENING BID: $1,500

YES, WE KNOW THE WAY TO SANTA FE!

And to The Santa Fe Opera! Located in the

magnificent mountains of northern New

Mexico, The Santa Fe Opera presents some

of the most adventurous and compelling

opera productions and hosts one of the world’s great opera festivals. The 2015

season will feature the much-anticipated new work Cold Mountain by Pulitzer

prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon and starring Nathan Gunn! The Chorale’s

VIP Santa Fe package includes backstage tours, a 2-night stay at La Posada Resort

& Spa and 4 tickets for each of 2 operas. So have it our way. This is the way to

Santa Fe. Bid to win!

This package for four (4) includes:

Four tickets for each of two operas

A pre-concert VIP dinner for 4

Opera Club Pass and pass for daily

backstage tour

Reserved parking

Accommodation for two nights at La Posada Resort & Spa

VALUE: $2,000 and priceless benefits

DONOR: The Santa Fe Opera

DATES: At your convenience during the 2015 summer season

(This package could be arranged for the 2014 season.)

OPENING BID: $2,000

La Posada Resort and Spa, Santa Fe

WHAT YOU WILL

Spend an evening with Roger Rees and Will

Shakespeare! After 22 years with the Royal

Shakespeare Company, Roger Rees explores his

relationship with the Bard of Avon in his one-

man show, WHAT YOU WILL. In a private

performance for you and your friends, the Tony

Award-winning actor will bring to life

Shakespeare’s most beautiful soliloquies, along

with sidesplitting accounts of some of the

funniest disasters ever perpetrated on the

classical stage. Here is an evening interwoven

with fun, heartbreak, triumphs, jokes and

celebrated mishaps. You WILL love it!

In “What You Will,” Rees conveys each character with the combination of technique and magnetism that has distinguished the Royal Shakespeare Company actors of his generation. –The Washington Post

This package includes:

A 25-minute performance of WHAT YOU WILL by Roger Rees at a location

provided by the winning bidder

The company of Roger Rees for the evening

VALUE: Priceless

DONOR: Roger Rees

DATES: An evening mutually convenient to donors and successful bidder

OPENING BID: $2,000

STARRY, STARRY NIGHT

Artistic Director Ted Sperling and singing actress Victoria Clark offer you a unique

evening of music and fun. You have seen them together in the triumphant

Collegiate Chorale productions of The Mikado (2012), The Grapes of Wrath (2010),

and The Firebrand of Florence (2009). Two of New York’s most sought-after

performers, both recipients of Tony Awards for The Light in the Piazza, and best

friends since college, Victoria and Ted will join in presenting an exceptional after-

dinner entertainment for you and as many of your music-loving friends as your

home or club can hold! Drawing from their vast repertoire, they will consult with

you to design the musical mix custom-tailored to your musical tastes. When the

bidding begins, raise your paddle and reach for the stars.

This package includes:

A 30-minute private performance by Victoria Clark and Ted Sperling

at a location provided by the winning bidder (with a suitable piano)

The company of Victoria Clark and Ted Sperling for the evening

VALUE: Priceless

DONORS: Victoria Clark and Ted Sperling

DATES: An evening mutually convenient to donors and successful bidder

OPENING BID: $2,500

A BID FOR THE FUTURE: SUPPORT OUR EDUCATION EFFORTS

From start to finish this has been a starry, starry night. We conclude with an

appeal to help The Chorale train young stars. If you’ve missed out on dinner with

a diva, or lost the way to Santa Fe, you still have the opportunity to support The

Chorale’s education programs and nurture young singers. Here’s the way:

Send Side-by-Side students and VAP artists to perform at

the 2014 Verbier Festival

Provide coaching and diction sessions for young stars in the making

Underwrite master classes with renowned artists like Martina Arroyo

Support the next rising stars by giving them the opportunity to make

their Carnegie Hall debut through our Faith Geier Artist Initiative

Encourage future audiences by underwriting concert tickets for students

at area schools

$10,000 sends four students or veterans to the 2014 Verbier Festival

(all expenses paid)

$ 5,000 sends two students or veterans to the Verbier Festival (all expenses paid)

$ 2,500 sends one student or veteran to the Verbier Festival (all expenses paid)

$ 1,000 brings 50 students to hear a Chorale concert at Carnegie Hall

$ 500 helps cover the cost of master classes and diction and coaching

sessions for our Side-by-Side students

Other General donation to make our education programs possible

Side-by-Side students at the 2013 Verbier Festival Side-by-Side student performance

STUDENT TESTIMONIAL These two years have been filled with both great musicianship development and performances that will forever stay in my heart. Because of your generous scholarship I was able to travel to the Verbier Festival and share extraordinary musical moments with the other passionate performers there. If it wasn't for your generosity, and The Chorale’s help and enthusiasm, this trip wouldn't have been possible. – Elizabeth

AN ENCORE OF YOUR OWN

Tonight, your farsighted bidding in support of our Education initiatives could earn

you an encore of your own: orchestra seats for an Encores! performance at New

York’s City Center. Encores! celebrates rarely heard works of America’s most

important composers and lyricists, and since 1994 has given concert performances

of these works as their creators originally intended. The highest bidder for the

Education Packages above will win two (2) tickets to one of these performances in

the Encores! 2015 season. Please

enthusiastically raise your paddle to support The

Chorale’s education programs!

VALUE: $234 plus an immense sense of satisfaction

DONOR: New York City Center, Arlene Shuler President & CEO

DATES: A 2 pm Saturday Matinee performance on

February 7, March 21, or May 9, 2015

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Side-by-Side Students and Alumni

“The Side-by-Side program has been an essential part of my education and life that has introduced me to a world of music that a boy from a single mother growing up in Jackson Heights [Queens] normally would not experience. While kids I grew up with were getting arrested or shot for drugs, I was in rehearsal and performing some of the most beautiful and exciting music one could be asked to perform. Sometimes an experience to a child can mean the world, and the experiences that I've had with The Chorale certainly changed mine.” – Jorge

THE COLLEGIATE CHORALE AT THE 2014 VERBIER FESTIVAL

July 21, 2014 Berlioz, La damnation de Faust

Conducted by Charles Dutoit with Ruxandra Donose, Ramón Vargas, and Willard White

July 24, 2014

Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky Yuri Temirkanov with Ekaterina Semenchuk

July 26, 2014

Beethoven, Fidelio Conducted by Marc Minkowski with Ingela Brimberg, Brandon Jovanovich,

Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape, and Sylvia Schwartz

July 27, 2014 Puccini, Il Tabarro

Verdi, Don Carlo – 3rd and 4th Acts Conducted by Daniel Harding with Alexey Markov, Barbara Frittoli, Thiago Aranca,

Ekaterina Semenchuk, Vittorio Grigolo, Lianna Haroutounian, Daniela Barcellona,

Alexey Markov, and Ildar Abdrazakov