East Texas Symphony Orchestra Executive Director, Nancy B. Wrenn and The Soloist author, Steve Lopez
latest press release (March 30, 2009) 1 in 8 people in our country don’t know where their next meal is coming from. In response to this critical situation, the League is calling on our members to join together for the Orchestras Feeding America National Food Drive on March 27 & 28, 2009 for an unprecedented effort by orchestras across the country.
Inspired by the soon-to-be released film The Soloist (watch trailer here), the League is partnering with Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger relief organization, to unite our field and become a catalyst for change.
Orchestras Feeding America is part of the Social Action campaign that Participant Media is facilitating for The Soloist.
Making a difference to those in need couldn’t be easier. The League will partner you with a local Feeding America agency and provide ready-to-use materials for organizing your food drive. All you have to do is collect the contributions!
Please take this step with us to help improve the lives of those in
your community. Through the power of our numbers, we can make a
meaningful difference!
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Representatives of the Allentown, Norwalk, and Ridgewood Symphony Orchestras, New Jersey Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic, and League of American Orchestras appeared on CBS’s Early Show to tell host Harry Smith and the nation about Orchestras Feeding America. (3/25)
Watch the video: (Windows Media) (QuickTime)
photos below:
Diane Wittry, Music Director, Allentown, Norwalk, and Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra; Jon Deak, Associate Principal Bass, NY Philharmonic; Stacey Weston, V.P. for Development, League of American Orchestras; Russell Jones, VP for Marketing & Membership, League of American Orchestras; Jesse Rosen, President and CEO, League of American Orchestras
Diane Wittry, Music Director, Allentown, Norwalk, and Ridgewood Symphony Orchestras; Jon Deak, Associate Principal Bass, NY Philharmonic; Stacey Weston, V.P. for Development, League of American Orchestras; Jesse Rosen, President and CEO, League of American Orchestras; Charles Knapp, Assoc. Dir, Campaign & Individual Giving; Eric Gewirtz, Assistant Director of PR, NY Philharmonic
Stacey Weston, V.P. for Development, League of American Orchestras; Jesse Rosen, President and CEO, League of American Orchestras; Charles Knapp, Assoc. Dir, Campaign & Individual Giving; Joanna Taber, Development Assistant, League of American Orchestras: Eric Gewirtz, Assistant Director of PR, NY Philharmonic
Rebecca Vierhaus, Manager Member Services, League of American Orchestras; Susan Thomas, Principal Flute, Rhode Island Philharmonic; Cheryl Bishkoff, Principal Oboe, Rhode Island Philharmonic; Josh Marcum, Publicist, NY Philharmonic; Harry Smith, Early Show host with Susan Thomas’s flute
Rebecca Vierhaus, Manager Member Services, League of American Orchestras; Susan Thomas, Principal Flute, Rhode Island Philharmonic; Cheryl Bishkoff, Principal Oboe, Rhode Island Philharmonic; Josh Marcum, Publicist, NY Philharmonic; Harry Smith, Early Show host with Susan Thomas’s flute
Eric Gewirtz, Assistant Director of PR, NY Philharmonic; Rebecca Vierhaus, Manager Member Services, League of American Orchestras Susan Thomas, Principal Flute, Rhode Island Philharmonic; Harry Smith, host of the Early Show, being given a few pointers by Susan Thomas; Josh Marcum, Publicist, NY Philharmonic
Rebecca Vierhaus, Manager Member Services, League of American Orchestras; Susan Thomas, Principal Flute, Rhode Island Philharmonic; Cheryl Bishkoff, Principal Oboe, Rhode Island Philharmonic; Harry Smith, Early Show host
