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Palm Beach Symphony

Kicks Off Golden Anniversary Season

Nearly 175 Palm Beach Symphony members,
sponsors and invited guests celebrated the kickoff of
the Symphony’s 50th Anniversary Season in a Members
Only cocktail reception on Nov. 13 that glittered in a way
befitting the name “Golden Anniversary” at Club Colette.
“Thank you for joining us this evening as we launch
our 50th Anniversary Season, made possible by the
support of our patrons, donors and sponsors,” said Palm
Beach Symphony Board Chair James R. Borynack. “On
behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you for your
dedication to the arts that enables us to make a lasting
impact on our cultural landscape and in the community.”
Guests at the event, graciously underwritten by PNC
Private Bank, received an insider view of the season that K e l l y Wa t h e n , Da v i d
will feature four world premieres commissioned for the McClymont Lois Pope, Bill Porter Ann and Charles Johnson Philo and Ronald Rosenfeld
occasion composed by Maestro Gerard Schwarz, Pulitzer
Prize winners Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Aaron Jay Kernis, du Quenoy, Ambassador Bonnie McElveen-Hunter and “The symphony is bringing the greatest artists from the
and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Bright Sheng. Don and Mary Thompson for helping us commission these world’s best concert halls to Palm Beach this season, but it is
“While we celebrate our history this season, we remain important new works.” also continuing to nurture the next generation of artists and
focused on the future and our responsibility as a major The 50th Anniversary Season features six concerts foster a love for music here in Palm Beach as we engage with
orchestra,” said Board Member Cathie Black who cochairs at the Kravis Center in which Maestro Schwarz will be local schools and community partners through our numerous
the Palm Beach Symphony’s 50th Anniversary and Gala joined by pianists Yefim Bronfman, Vladimir Feltsman, outreach programs,” said Cochair Tom Harvey.
with Tom Harvey. “We want to recognize and thank Paul Emanuel Ax and Ignat Solzhenitsyn and violinists Akiko
Suwanai and Pinchas Zukerman.

Patricia Lambrecht, Vera Rebecca Hirsch and Craig
Chapman Dickman
Adolfo Zaralegui, Marietta
Ari Rifkin, Maude Cook Muiña McNulty James R. Borynack, Cathie Black, Maestro Gerard Schwarz Palm Beach Symphony on page 15

Will and Mary Demory Juan Pretel, Tara McCoy

Katherine Pinard, JoAnne
Berkow Amy and John Collins

Wynn Laffey, Pamela Howard John Herrick, Tyler Moynihan