Daedalus Quartet
David Zinman
Antioch
Skaneateles Festival – 2017 Concert Sponsorships
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
Opening Night – Schubert & More
The Great Beyond
$4,000
Thursday, August 10
Two brilliant ensembles fill the stage on opening
night: the five young virtuosos of Windsync
and the exciting Daedalus Quartet. They join
together for Martinů’s joyous Nonet, and cellist
Julia Bruskin performs with the Daedalus in
Franz Schubert’s String Quintet.
$3,000
Thursday, August 17
This program features transcendent choral music with the
chamber choir Antioch and instrumental music that speaks to
eternity and transfiguration, culminating in Fauré’s Requiem
for chamber orchestra, organ, harp, and solo violin.
Go/Hear – Italy!
$3,000
Friday, August 11
The “Go/Hear” series features projections of
photography and visual art and the first stop is:
Italy, with music by Verdi, Puccini, and Respighi.
Performers include the Daedalus Quartet,
Windsync, pianist Aaron Wunsch, and cellist
Julia Bruskin.
Mozart under the Stars
$10,000
Saturday, August 12
Don’t miss the orchestra event of the summer.
Maestro David Zinman returns to lead the
Skaneateles Festival Orchestra in an all-Mozart
program. Phenomenal pianist Misha Dichter
performs the famous “Elvira Madigan” concerto
(K. 467).
SPONSORED
Go/Hear – England!
$4,000
Friday, August 18
This “Go/Hear” program takes us to England, with wideranging music by Purcell, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten,
and – of course – The Beatles. Performers include Aaron
Wunsch, Julia Bruskin and the pitch-perfect choir Antioch.
Ute Lemper
$6,000
Saturday, August 19
Cabaret legend Ute Lemper is “one of the great chanteuses”
(New Yorker) and the world’s leading performer of Kurt
Weill’s music (“Mack the Knife”). After starring in the
musicals Cabaret and Chicago in New York, London, and
Paris, she now brings her all-star band to CNY’s own
Robinson Pavilion.
The Claremont Trio
Joey Alexander
ECCO
2017 Concert Sponsorships
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
Dedication
ECCO & Brandon Ridenour:
I Got Rhythm
$3,000
Thursday, August 24
The Claremont Trio returns with music inspired
by the people for whom it was written, including
Beethoven’s “Archduke” Trio, Brahms’ Clarinet
Trio, and Gabriela Lena Frank’s Folk Songs,
dedicated to the Claremont Trio.
Go/Hear – Russia!
$3,500
Friday, August 25
The third “Go/Hear” program takes us to Russia,
with Arensky’s Piano Trio (with the Claremont
Trio), Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes
(with clarinet and bass), and passionate music
by Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky.
Joey Alexander Trio
$20,000
Saturday, August 26
A true prodigy, 12-year-old jazz pianist Joey
Alexander became an overnight sensation when
Wynton Marsalis featured him at Lincoln Center.
His jaw-dropping artistry has astounded audiences
at the Grammy Awards, and 60 Minutes and NBC
News have highlighted him.
SPONSORED
$3,500
Thursday, August 31
Virtuoso trumpeter and composer Brandon Ridenour
teams up with high-wattage soloists from ECCO in stirring
music by Camille Saint-Saëns (the Neo-classical Septet)
and offers his own exciting variations on Gershwin’s
“I Got Rhythm.”
Go/Hear – Appalachia!
$4,000
Friday, September 1
ECCO fills the stage for the final Go/Hear concert, which
takes us to rural Appalachia. This region has produced
some of our nation’s most unique and hauntingly beautiful
music. You’ll hear John Adams’ stirring Shaker Loops, fiddle
tunes and old-time hymns, and Aaron Copland’s famous
Appalachian Spring.
Season Finale: ECCO
$6,000
Saturday, September 2
Longtime Festival favorite ECCO returns with its inimitable
blend of energy and virtuosity. These principals of major
orchestras and members of leading chamber ensembles come
together for a program that includes Turina’s The Bullfighter’s
Prayer and Dvořák’s heart-melting Serenade.
Concert Sponsorship benefits include:
• Principal recognition at concert, in program, and on website
• VIP tickets
• Invitation to pre-concert dinner
• Program advertisement
For more information, contact Susan Mark at
315-685-7418 or [email protected]
Skaneateles Festival
97 East Genesee Street, Skaneateles, NY 13152