The Board of the New Orchestra of Washington and Honorary Host, Dr. Ryuji Uenocordially invite you to
2023 NOWfest GALA
honoring
Ann and Knight Kiplinger
2023 ArtsMatter Award Recipients
Wednesday, May 3 at 6PM
Private Residence in Bethesda, Maryland
AWARD PRESENTATION
SILENT AUCTION
PERFORMANCE
RECEPTION AND DINNER
VALET PARKING
FESTIVE COCKTAIL ATTIRE
This year, under the spell of Cinco de Mayo, we are celebrating the launch of NOW’s 2023-24 season in colorful and meaningful fashion.
Join us at this festive gala for an exclusive sneak-peek performance by Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, and guest violinist Kevin Zhu, who will be playing the c1722 “Lord Wandsworth” Antonio Stradivari violin on loan from the Ryuji Ueno Foundation. We'll greet and recognize this year's ArtsMatter Award recipients, Ann and Knight Kiplinger, whose service and support to the performing arts community will be saluted. Plus, we invite you to binge-bid with abandon at the silent auction!
NOW is dedicated to our diverse and ever-expanding communities. Our artistic programs and youth-focused projects are reaching new avenues. We appreciate your support and look forward to sharing a wonderful evening with you at the gala!
Thank you to our community for the support.
Tickets to NOWfest 2023 have been sold out.
Ann and Knight Kiplinger are passionate about great choral music, especially of the Baroque and Classical periods. They met singing in the Washington Chorus (then called the Oratorio Society of Washington) in the late 1970s, and they sang together there for more than 40 years. They have equally long relationships with the Levine School of Music, Children's Chorus of Washington, and Washington Revels, where their three children, now grown, studied and performed.
In recent years Ann and Knight have found special joy in the small-ensemble virtuosity of the New Orchestra of Washington, a stellar addition to the vibrant Washington music scene.
MEET ANN AND KNIGHT KIPLINGER
Susan and David Rockefeller, Jr. (2022)
Seymour Bernstein (2021)
Neeta Helms (2019)
Sachiko Kuno (2018)
Ryuji Ueno (2017)
Past ArtsMatter Award Recipients
NOW’s Board of Directors
Dianne Peterson, Chair
Ann Yonemura, Secretary
Paul Connor, Treasurer
Morris Deutsch
Rachel Dougan
Louise Harkavy, Gala Chair
Neeta Helms
Joan Lewis
Tom Patton
Ryuji Ueno
Sinclair Vincent
Sarah Wilson
Grace Cho, ex-officio
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, ex-officio
Tickets
EIGHT (Table) | $5,000
VIP reserved table seating for 8 to the Gala • 4 Invitations to a summer soiree at Evermay Georgetown • 4 VIP Subscriptions for 2023-2024
FOUR (Premium) | $2,500
VIP reserved seating for 4 to the Gala • 2 Invitations to a summer soiree at Evermay Georgetown • 2 VIP Subscriptions for 2023-2024
TWO (Premium) | $1,000
Premium reserved seating for 2 to the Gala • 2 VIP Subscriptions for 2023-2024
ONE (Standard) | $275
Seating for 1 to the Gala