New York, NY
— On
Monday, May 3, 7:00PM at
Carnegie Hall,
The
New York
Pops presents a 27th
Birthday concert and gala celebration
entitled “The
Best Is Yet To Come: Celebrating the Legacy
of Frank Sinatra”. Music Director
Steven
Reineke
will lead The New York Pops in a concert of
Sinatra's
greatest hits, hosted by distinguished
columnist
Liz Smith.
Special guest
Frank
Sinatra, Jr.
joins the orchestra in this celebration of
his father's
legacy, with five-time Grammy Award nominee
Michael
Feinstein, Broadway and
television actor
Cheyenne
Jackson and Tony
Award-winner
Michael
Cerveris, among
other notable performers such as
Jesse Tyler
Ferguson,
Tony nominee
John Tartaglia and "Ugly Betty"
star
Michael Urie. Following the
performance, guests are invited to The Plaza
Hotel for a black tie dinner dance. The New
York Pops Board Chair
James A.
Read
and his wife
Patty
will be honored,
along with
MML Capital
Partners for
their continued support of The New York
Pops.
There will also be an online auction on
www.CharityBuzz.com/NewYorkPops from
April 28 to May 10, featuring items
generously donated by The Orchestra’s many
friends from the world of arts and
entertainment. Auction items include a
behind-the-scenes visit to the Big Apple
Circus, a cocktail party at the Double Cross
Vodka Lounge and a chance to perform
side-by-side with The New York Pops.
Proceeds from the 27th Birthday
Gala support The New York Pops and its
free education programs.
ABOUT THE
NEW YORK
POPS
Steven Reineke
began his tenure as Music Director of The
New York Pops with the 2009-2010 season.
Mr. Reineke conducts the orchestra’s annual
concert series at Carnegie Hall as well as
tours, recordings, and nationwide telecasts,
including the annual
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks
Spectacular
on NBC Television. Mr. Reineke is also
Principal Pops Conductor of the Long Beach
Symphony Orchestra and the Modesto Symphony
Orchestra. He holds the title of Associate
Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra,
where for fifteen years he served as a
composer, arranger, and conducting protégé
of the late celebrated pops conductor Erich
Kunzel. Reineke’s notable conducting
appearances include his 2007 Hollywood Bowl
debut, his 2008 Carnegie Hall debut
conducting The New York Pops, and his Boston
Pops and Philadelphia Orchestra debuts in
2009. Mr. Reineke is also an established
symphonic composer, with the most recent
performances of his works by the New York
Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic.
The New York Pops
<www.newyorkpops.org> is the largest
independent pops orchestra in the
United States, and the
only professional symphonic orchestra in
New York City
specializing in popular music. Led by Music
Director Steven Reineke, the orchestra performs an annual
subscription series and birthday gala at
Carnegie Hall, enjoying one of the highest
subscription renewal rates of any series at
Carnegie Hall. The New York Pops was founded
by former NBC Music Director Skitch
Henderson in 1983 with a mission to create
greater public awareness and appreciation of America’s rich musical heritage.
Along with performing at Carnegie Hall, The
New York Pops tours throughout the world and
gives free concerts in
New York City parks.
The orchestra’s media projects include
performing music for the
Macy’s 4th
of July Fireworks Spectacular on
NBC since 2005, nationwide radio broadcasts,
and numerous recordings. The New York Pops’
extensive education programs allow thousands
of public schoolchildren to participate in
concert and music-making experiences at
Carnegie Hall and in schools throughout the
five boroughs of New York City.
TICKET INFORMATION
Single tickets for the concert-only range
from $55 to $85 and are open to the public.
To purchase tickets, call CarnegieCharge at
212-247-7800. Tickets are also available at
the Carnegie Hall Box Office at
57th Street
and 7th Avenue, or online at
www.carnegiehall.org.
Tickets to the full gala evening range from
$1,000 for one concert ticket and dinner
seating to $50,000 for
a premier first tier box and dinner table
for eight. For more information about the
benefit dinner dance at The Plaza Hotel,
call 212-765-7677.
The New York Pops 27th
Birthday Gala
The Best Is Yet To Come: Celebrating the
Legacy of
Frank Sinatra
Featuring
Music Director and Conductor: Steven Reineke
Host: Liz Smith
Special Guest: Frank Sinatra Jr.
Guest Artists: Michael Cerveris, Michael
Feinstein, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Cheyenne Jackson,
John Tartaglia and Michael Urie
Honorees: MML Partners and Patty &
James A. Read
Monday, May 3, 2010
7:00PM Concert at Carnegie Hall |
57th Street
&
7th Avenue
Black Tie Dinner Dance to Follow Performance
at The Plaza Hotel
|
Fifth Avenue
at Central Park South