Thank you for celebrating The Knights Annual Benefit with us last week. Sharing our music with you, surrounded by the rich history of the Angel Orensanz space, was truly transporting.
Thanks to you, we are emboldened to think differently, to take risks, and to create art that pushes the boundaries of what an orchestra can do.
If you were not able to join us, and you feel so moved, please consider a donation to support our musicians sponsorship fund. With your support, we’ll keep creating performances that delight, challenge, and connect us all. For the musical program, please see below.
Thanks to you, we are emboldened to think differently, to take risks, and to create art that pushes the boundaries of what an orchestra can do.
If you were not able to join us, and you feel so moved, please consider a donation to support our musicians sponsorship fund. With your support, we’ll keep creating performances that delight, challenge, and connect us all. For the musical program, please see below.
If you were not able to join us, and you feel so moved, please consider a donation to support our musicians sponsorship fund. With your support, we’ll keep creating performances that delight, challenge, and connect us all. For the musical program, please see below.
BENEFIT 2025 PROGRAM
Year of the Boar by Sufjan Stevens, arr. Michael P. Atkinson
II. Tempo di valse from Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 by Antonín Dvořák
The Art Spy, read by the author, Michelle Young, with excerpts from Syrinx by Claude Debussy, featuring Alex Sopp, flute
Saturn from The Planets by Gustav Holst, arr. Ryan Lindveit, featuring Ashley Dragon, cyr wheel artist, with choreography by Ashley Dragon in collaboration with John Heginbotham
IV. Flower Drums in Dance from Sound of the Five by Chen Yi, featuring Joseph Gramley, marimba
Budget Bulgar by Ljova
Year of the Boar by Sufjan Stevens, arr. Michael P. Atkinson
II. Tempo di valse from Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 by Antonín Dvořák
The Art Spy, read by the author, Michelle Young, with excerpts from Syrinx by Claude Debussy, featuring Alex Sopp, flute
Saturn from The Planets by Gustav Holst, arr. Ryan Lindveit, featuring Ashley Dragon, cyr wheel artist, with choreography by Ashley Dragon in collaboration with John Heginbotham
IV. Flower Drums in Dance from Sound of the Five by Chen Yi, featuring Joseph Gramley, marimba
Budget Bulgar by Ljova
II. Tempo di valse from Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 by Antonín Dvořák
The Art Spy, read by the author, Michelle Young, with excerpts from Syrinx by Claude Debussy, featuring Alex Sopp, flute
Saturn from The Planets by Gustav Holst, arr. Ryan Lindveit, featuring Ashley Dragon, cyr wheel artist, with choreography by Ashley Dragon in collaboration with John Heginbotham
IV. Flower Drums in Dance from Sound of the Five by Chen Yi, featuring Joseph Gramley, marimba
Budget Bulgar by Ljova
The Art Spy, read by the author, Michelle Young, with excerpts from Syrinx by Claude Debussy, featuring Alex Sopp, flute
Saturn from The Planets by Gustav Holst, arr. Ryan Lindveit, featuring Ashley Dragon, cyr wheel artist, with choreography by Ashley Dragon in collaboration with John Heginbotham
IV. Flower Drums in Dance from Sound of the Five by Chen Yi, featuring Joseph Gramley, marimba
Budget Bulgar by Ljova
Saturn from The Planets by Gustav Holst, arr. Ryan Lindveit, featuring Ashley Dragon, cyr wheel artist, with choreography by Ashley Dragon in collaboration with John Heginbotham
IV. Flower Drums in Dance from Sound of the Five by Chen Yi, featuring Joseph Gramley, marimba
Budget Bulgar by Ljova
IV. Flower Drums in Dance from Sound of the Five by Chen Yi, featuring Joseph Gramley, marimba
Budget Bulgar by Ljova
Budget Bulgar by Ljova
GALA SUPPORTERS
AS OF MAY 22, 2025
SPONSOR
Mimi and Barry Alperin
PARTNER
Sarah Buttrick and Hugo Cassirer
Debra and Dale Lewis
Graham Parker and Adam Benson
Joe Rose
Susan and Elihu Rose
Leslie Williams and James Attwood
Naomi Wolfensohn and Jascha Preuss
DIRECTOR
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
AS OF MAY 22, 2025
SPONSOR
Mimi and Barry Alperin
PARTNER
Sarah Buttrick and Hugo Cassirer
Debra and Dale Lewis
Graham Parker and Adam Benson
Joe Rose
Susan and Elihu Rose
Leslie Williams and James Attwood
Naomi Wolfensohn and Jascha Preuss
DIRECTOR
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
SPONSOR
Mimi and Barry Alperin
PARTNER
Sarah Buttrick and Hugo Cassirer
Debra and Dale Lewis
Graham Parker and Adam Benson
Joe Rose
Susan and Elihu Rose
Leslie Williams and James Attwood
Naomi Wolfensohn and Jascha Preuss
DIRECTOR
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
Mimi and Barry Alperin
PARTNER
Sarah Buttrick and Hugo Cassirer
Debra and Dale Lewis
Graham Parker and Adam Benson
Joe Rose
Susan and Elihu Rose
Leslie Williams and James Attwood
Naomi Wolfensohn and Jascha Preuss
DIRECTOR
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
PARTNER
Sarah Buttrick and Hugo Cassirer
Debra and Dale Lewis
Graham Parker and Adam Benson
Joe Rose
Susan and Elihu Rose
Leslie Williams and James Attwood
Naomi Wolfensohn and Jascha Preuss
DIRECTOR
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
Sarah Buttrick and Hugo Cassirer
Debra and Dale Lewis
Graham Parker and Adam Benson
Joe Rose
Susan and Elihu Rose
Leslie Williams and James Attwood
Naomi Wolfensohn and Jascha Preuss
DIRECTOR
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
Sarah Buttrick and Hugo Cassirer
Debra and Dale Lewis
Graham Parker and Adam Benson
Joe Rose
Susan and Elihu Rose
Leslie Williams and James Attwood
Naomi Wolfensohn and Jascha Preuss
DIRECTOR
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
Debra and Dale Lewis
Graham Parker and Adam Benson
Joe Rose
Susan and Elihu Rose
Leslie Williams and James Attwood
Naomi Wolfensohn and Jascha Preuss
DIRECTOR
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton
Carol and Bob Braun
Alexandra and John Buttrick
Robert Croonquist
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Melissa Danenberg
Karin Day and Paul Kingsley
Judith Evnin and the AE Family Foundation
Victoria Fehrenbach
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Tina Gentzkow
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Frank Holozubiec
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Rosanne Leshner
Marya Martin and Ken Davidson
Ann McChord
Karen McLaughlin
Perles Family Foundation
Lucy and Mark Ptashne
Joe Rose
Irene and Daniel Rothschild
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Thomas Safran
Paul Sekhri
Roger Tilles
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet
