The Annual Benefit Concert is a major fundraising event that engages the community through music. Corporate sponsors generally underwrite the event and ticket sales represent net proceeds to The Hord Foundation Scholarship Fund.
In 2008, the Grammy Award winning trumpeter, bandleader, arranger and film-score composer Terence Blanchard will perform with his quintet at the Ives Concert Hall on the midtown campus of Western Connecticut State University on Saturday September 13th, 2008. The evening will also include a special performance by Danbury native Latanya Farrell whose vocal talent has been compared to Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and even Ella Fitzgerald.
Premium tickets holders are invited to an after event reception in Warner Hall where guests will be treated to a special performance by the Western CT State University Modern Dance Troupe. Composer, songstress and Hord Scholar Summer Williams will also debut her tribute composition to The Hord Foundation at the after event reception.
The 2008 Benefit Concert will begin at 7:00PM.
Tickets On Sale at: www.wcsu.edu/tickets, the Western Connecticut State University Box Office or Call 203-837-8499
Benefits to The Hord Foundation
- Contributes to the fundraising goal
- Connects with the donor group
- Solicits new donors
- Encourages a sense of community through music
Schedule: Annually
Event Attendance: 500 - 800 attendees.
Terence Blanchard Benefit Concert Sponsors
$2,500 - Silver Sponsors
Boehringer Ingelheim
Danbury Cultural Commission
Pitney Bowes
Dun & Bradstreet
BMW of the Hudson Valley
Mr. Von Hughes & Ms. Carmen Gellineau
Union Savings Bank
$500 – Partners
Amity 360
Café on the Green @ Richter Park
James Kennedy Network
TBARNES Beauty
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Cartus
Webster Bank
$250 - Friends
Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Diggs
Pandolfi Properties
Blandsfield Builders, Inc.
Danosky Associates
Matson Financial Advisors
Chuck's Steak House
Spasi Restaurant Inc.
To learn more about Terence Blanchard, visit his website at www.terrenceblanchard.com or download a PDF here.
