August 10, 2011
On Saturday, July 23, The Perlman Music Program (PMP) celebrated its Annual Summer Benefit in East Hampton. Generously hosted by Dorian and Gary Fuhrman, the evening was co-chaired by Kristy and James H. Clark and Sidney and Morgan Stark and celebrated PMP’s 17th summer season on the East End of Long Island. Founded by Toby Perlman 17 years ago, The Perlman Music Program offers unparalleled musical training to young string players of rare and special talent.
With a world-class faculty led by Itzhak Perlman, the New York City and Shelter Island, NY based program seeks to develop the future leaders of classical music, all within a nurturing and supportive musical community. The evening’s highlight was a choral and orchestral performance presented by the program’s talented young students. The PMP Chorus, led by Maestro Patrick Romano, performed masterworks by Haydn and Brahms, and Maestro Itzhak Perlman conducted the PMP String Orchestra’s in a rousing performance of Grieg and Bartok.
Finally, a surprise doo-wop performance by Itzhak Perlman, Patrick Romano, Alec Galambos and Peter Dugan was a memorable finale to the evening. They sang Billy Joel’s “For the Longest Time” and Calvin Carter’s “Goodnight, Sweetheart.” The event brought together supporters and friends to celebrate a historic step forward for the Program. In August 2011, the current 100-year old girls’ dormitory on PMP’s Shelter Island campus will be razed to make way for the Kristy and James H. Clark Arts Center.
Scheduled for completion in May 2012, this center will feature a recital hall suitable for chamber music, orchestral, and choral performances for an audience of fifty, ten practice rooms constructed with state-of-the-art soundproof materials, and a teaching studio appropriate for private instruction, masterclasses, and ensemble coachings. In addition, this new building will provide a modern and comfortable living space for female students.
The Kristy and James H. Clark Arts Center will allow PMP to function year-round on Shelter Island, effectively doubling its programming in support of the most talented young string players in the world.
Guests on July 23rd included: Ms. Sophie Askew and Mrs. Rennie Howard; Doreen and Gilbert Bassin; Ann and Kenneth J. Bialkin; Christine and Randall Blank and guests Mr. Ernst Nijkerk; Kristi and John Cumming and Libby and Justin Sautter; Christina and David M. deForest Keys; Mr. Jay S. Dweck; Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher and Alissandra Aronow, Michael Charles, and Isabel Tobias; Dorian and Gary Fuhrman and Gianluigi, Alessandro, and Diomira Gabetti, Monica and Brent Humphries, Wandy Yeap Hoh and William Hoh, Darcy and Andy Nussbaum, Maggie and Gordon Gray, and Adam and Beth Ann Finerman; Norma and Stuart Gastwirth; Ms. Barbara Gladstone; Ms. Amanda Gordon; Ms. Barbara L. Goldsmith; Mei Sze and Jeff Greene and Sari and Arthur Agatston, Christine and Tim Gannon, Judy and Tracy Dolgin, and Stephen Strick; David Milligan, Louise Milligan; Dina Merrill Hartley and Ted Hartley; Katherine and Peter L. Juhas; Marie-Chantal and Judah Klausner; Ms. Susan Lloyd; Ellen and James S. Marcus; Toby and Itzhak Perlman; Sheila J. Robbins and George Schwab; Maureen M. Nash; Carol and Lawrence Saper; Sidney and Morgan B. Stark and Eleanor Albert and Nancy Heiser, Andrews and Angelica Walker, Robert Cahill; Lynn and Peter Tishman.
