Thursday, May 9, 2013
Times Square Studios

Join us at Times Square Studios for a performance
of Dave Grusin’s electrifying arrangement of
Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story

Dave Grusin, Piano
MSM Jazz Orchestra
Justin DiCioccio,
Conductor

Wells Fargo, Corporate Sponsor

Support Outstanding Talent

Your generous support will help launch the next generation of talented musicians and keep the music alive. Thank you!

Grusin / Rosen Scholarship

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Manhattan School of Music’s Jazz Arts Program, we are proud to honor two of our most illustrious alumni, Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen, by establishing the Grusin /Rosen Scholarship.

Your $50,000 contribution to the Grusin / Rosen Scholarship Fund includes following benefits:

  • Exclusive table of ten at the Jazz Gala with all seats facing center stage
  • Special recognition from the stage at the Jazz Gala
  • Performance by an MSM Jazz Arts student combo in your home or at a private event 
  • Logo / name at the Jazz Gala on step-and-repeat banner and projected on dance floor
  • Logo / name on upcoming season’s printed materials
  • Full-page ad in Gala program and in upcoming season’s Jazz programs
  • Complimentary MSM Jazz Arts CDs (Jazzheads label)

$25,000 tables of ten

Benefits

  • Logo / name on upcoming MSM season’s printed materials 
  • Half-page ad in Jazz Gala program and upcoming MSM season’s jazz programs 
  • Complimentary MSM Jazz Arts CDs (Jazzheads label)
  • 8 Complimentary tickets to all jazz events for upcoming MSM season

Duke Ellington Table
To support an outstanding composer / pianist

John Coltrane Table
To support an outstanding saxophonist

Louis Armstrong Table
To support an outstanding trumpeter
Thanking the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc., Oscar Cohen and Lisa Cohen.


Ella Fitzgerald Table
To support an outstanding vocalist

Charles Mingus Table
To support an outstanding bassist

$12,500 tables of ten

Benefits

  • Logo / name on upcoming MSM season’s printed materials 
  • Quarter-page ad in Jazz Gala program and upcoming MSM season’s jazz programs 
  • Complimentary MSM Jazz Arts CDs (Jazzheads label)
  • 4 Complimentary tickets to all jazz events for upcoming MSM season

Max Roach Table
To support an outstanding drummer

Thelonious Monk Table
To support an outstanding pianist

Tito Puente Table
To support an outstanding percussionist

Django Reinhardt Table
To support an outstanding guitarist

Slide Hampton Table
To support an outstanding trombonist

Past Manhattan School of Music Gala Honorees

Pierre Boulez
Barbara Cook
John Corigliano
Glenn Dicterow
Susan Graham
Thomas Hampson
Marilyn Horne
Eugene Istomin
Evgeny Kissin
Patti Lupone
Yo-Yo Ma
Claude Mann
Kurt Masur
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Osgood
Mary Sharp Cronson
Dawn Upshaw
Pinchas Zukerman

Buy Tickets

Buy tickets online
Individual Tickets: $1,250
Please use our online form to purchase individual tickets for the 2013 Jazz Gala, or make a donation if you are unable to attend.


Premium Tables of Ten: $50,000 / $25,000 / $12,500 
To purchase premium tables of ten, please contact Jacqueline Mitchell at 917-493-4590.

Concert Gala Contact

Jacqueline Mitchell

Manager of Special Events,
Department of External Affairs
917 493 4590
jmitchell@msmnyc.edu