We welcome your support of the American Friends of Les Arts Florissants
Fall Reception & Concert
to benefit Les Arts Florissants
We hope you can join us for our annual Fall Reception celebrating William Christie’s upcoming 80th birthday. The evening will feature an intimate performance with William Christie at the harpsichord, rising star mezzo-soprano Rebecca Leggett, and musicians from Les Arts Florissants and The Juilliard School. The program will offer works by Purcell, including the beautiful An Evening Hymn and Fairest Isle, and a selection of music by Handel.
6:00 PM ~ Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
6:45 PM ~ Remarks and Recital
7:30 PM ~ Reception
Location
University Club of New York
1 West 54th Street (at 5th Avenue), New York, NY 10019
Co-Hosts ~ $5,000, including 4 tickets ($4,200 tax-deductible contribution)
Benefit Committee ~ $2,000, including 2 tickets ($1,600 tax-deductible contribution)
Patron Tickets ~ $600 each ($400 tax-deductible contribution)
If you are unable to attend but would like to make a contribution, please click the donate button below.
The American Friends of Les Arts Florissants, a 501(c)3 charitable corporation, was established in 2012 to strengthen the ties between Les Arts Florissants and American audiences, musicians and singers.
By raising funds in the United States, American Friends supports Les Arts Florissants’ international and U.S. tours, concerts, recitals, and events such as the Dans les Jardins de William Christie Festival held annually in the Vendée region of France. AFLAF’s support also helps to provide training and education through the annual Jardin des Voix program for young singers and to preserve and disseminate European music of the 17th and 18th century.
The France-based, internationally acclaimed Baroque vocal and instrumental ensemble Les Arts Florissants was founded in 1979 by Franco-American conductor William Christie.
Under Christie’s extraordinary leadership and unparalleled artistic vision, Les Arts Florissants has played a pioneering role in rediscovering and reenergizing France's Baroque repertoire, developing new French and American talent, and bringing exciting and fresh musical performances to a wide range of audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
American Friends of Les Arts Florissants — Board of Directors
Françoise Girard, Chair
Susan L. Baker, Treasurer
Sydney Houghton Weinberg, Secretary
Nizam Kettaneh
Paul LeClerc
Helen Little
Charles Price
Bernard Selz
Noreen Buckfire, Chair, The Maestro's Circle