VIRTUAL GALA
December 9, 2020
The Hyde Park Youth Symphony Board of Directors hosted a virtual Gala evening to support
youth, music and the arts.
View the Gala and highlights from HPYS students' masterclass with Rachel Barton Pine below!
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Gala Sponsors
Signature Sponsors ($2,500+)
Michele Seidl and Neil Shubin
Martha Van Haitsma and Gustavo Bamberger
Champions ($1,000+)
Conlon Public Strategies
Jeff Harvey and Julie Shelton
Cindy Jurisson and Marty Buchheim
Peter and Erin Lane
Lilliana Lark
Melody Swartz and Jeffrey Hubbell
Mark and Linda Diamond Shapiro
Braxton D. Shelley
Kathryn and Joseph Smous
Host Committee ($500+)
Armstrong Fine Art
Hsiao-Wen Chen and Randall Landsberg
Aaron Dinner and Theodora Shih
Joumana Fawaz-Baroody
Meggan Friedman and Sam Valenzisi
Caryl Gout and Philippe Guyot-Sionnest
Green Mountain Financial
Kathy and Roger Huff
Kimberly Nichols and Daniel Calleri
Peter Hull
Teshera Hull
Network for Good
Nancy Levner
Heather and David Schuster
Matthew Sheppard and Maria Arrua
Paula Worthington and Bruce Meyer
Arts Circle
Chloe Blackshear
Marlies Carruth
Ann Courter
Emlyn Eisenach
Patrick Fitzgibbon
Dan Galat
Lisa and Dan Golden
Julianne Grasso
Andrew and Lena Jessen
Hannah Judd
Margaret Huyck
Phyllis Kopriva
Emily Krasinski
Tony Krempa
Mary Krupka
Carola Kupfer
Chaz Lee
Zach Loeffler
Alexis Maharam
Sorin Matei
Janetta Mihalacki
Jean Morrison
Charlene Olson
Louis Philipson
Christianne Ronneberg
Laila Rashid
Andrew Rasmussen
Olga Sanchez Kisielewska
Gus Spelman
Jason Tompkins
Laurel Uehara
Aaron and Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom
Lindsay Wright
Silent Auction Donors
Chicago Custom Cakes
Court Theater
Diamonds of South Africa
The Duck Inn
Erielle Bakkum Photography
First Aid Comics
Fuga Centro Salon and Spa
Hotel at Midtown
Hyde Park Art Center
Pinstripes
Precision Piano Services
Quadrangle Club
The Space
Subway
Trader Joe's
Precision Human Performance
Julia Book
Caryl Gout
Jeff Harvey
Jill Ingrassia-Zingales
Cindy Jurisson
Jasmine Kalia
Hope Lee
Susan Levitin
Sidney Mau
Annie Padrid
Thomas Propson
Michele Seidl
Linda Diamond Shapiro
Lindsay Wright
Via Mia Design
Celebrated as a leading interpreter of great classic and contemporary works, violinist Rachel Barton Pine's performances combine her innate gift for emotional communication and her scholarly fascination with historical research.
HPYS Board of Directors
Linda Diamond Shapiro, Gala co-chair
Michele Seidl, Gala co-chair
Shanett Coleman-Sarr
Caryl Goût
Jeff Harvey
Timika Hoffman-Zoller
Kathy Huff
Teshera Hull
Cynthia Jurrison
Peter Lane
Francine Lynch
Lorraine Oakes
Heather Schuster
Liliana Sekula-Lark
Theodora Shih
Kathryn Smous
Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom
Artistic Director
Matthew Sheppard
Executive Director,
String Orchestra/Preparatory Strings Conductor
Lindsay Wright