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Princeton Symphony Orchestra Brings Bourbon Street to Princeton at Annual Benefit Gala

Princeton, NJ—The Princeton Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce its Benefit Gala, Bourbon Street, to be held April 13, 2013, at The Bedens Brook Club in Skillman, New Jersey. The New Orleans-style evening is headlined by Emmy Award-winning singer and actress Liz Callaway. 

The PSO's annual Benefit Gala is one of Princeton's most enticing, elegant evenings, with a Broadway cabaret performance and a spirited live auction of exquisite vacation homes and luxury items. The Gala provides a full 10% of the PSO's operating budget, underwriting a flourishing professional orchestra of national rank and making possible a premiere resource for classical music performances and education in Central New Jersey. 

Under the creative genius of its internationally renowned music director, Rossen Milanov, the PSO is much more than its regularly sold-out Classical Series concerts presented at its beautiful and acoustically superb home venue, Richardson Auditorium; the orchestra also connects more than 14,000 people of all ages to classical music experiences each year through PSO POPS!, free Chamber Series concerts at numerous community venues, free lectures by fascinating musicians and scholars, and the PSO BRAVO! education programs. PSO BRAVO! performances and events—more than 100 each year, with distinctive programs designed to reach students at every age level—are all presented at no charge, both in schools and throughout the community.

"This year’s Gala will evoke the cabaret-club feeling of Café Carlyle—but Princeton style!” says Gala Committee Chair Deborah Haines. “It will be a night of smoky jazz favorites, great food, and friends; it is not to be missed."

The Gala’s popular auction includes stays at extraordinary vacation homes from around the world, as well as luxury items such as New York Fashion Week tickets, jewelry, and what has become the most sought-after auction item: a private dinner prepared by PSO music director and chef extraordinaire Rossen Milanov. For information about the auction items, please visit [www.princetonsymphony.org/auction-houses]. Absentee bids are welcome and may be placed by calling the PSO office at (609) 497-0020.

For ticket information, please contact Karen Klaverkamp at (609) 497-0020 or kklaverkamp@princetonsymphony.org.

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ABOUT THE PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Whether performing classical masterworks, introducing music by modern-day masters, or hosting students at their first live symphony performance, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is a cultural centerpiece of the Princeton community and one of New Jersey’s finest music organizations. Led by Music Director Rossen Milanov and guided by an extraordinary Board of Trustees, the PSO offers orchestral, pops, and chamber music programs of the highest quality, as well as lectures and other events to complement these concerts. Through PSO BRAVO!, the orchestra produces wide-reaching and innovative education programs, carried out in partnerships with local schools and arts organizations. With funding for excellence from the National Endowment for the Arts, the PSO is also a multiple-year recipient of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts’ highest honors—a Citation of Excellence and designation as a Major Arts Institution—and in June 2011, the PSO received an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. The only professional orchestra to make its home in Princeton, the PSO performs at historic Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University.

Find the PSO online at www.princetonsymphony.org; on Facebook at www.facebook.com/princetonsymphony; and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/psomusic.

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ABOUT PSO BRAVO! EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s acclaimed PSO BRAVO! education programs reach more than 10,000 students each year. Meet the Orchestra! establishes PSO musicians in teaching partnerships at more than 30 public, private, and special-needs elementary schools throughout Central New Jersey, and stages full-orchestra performances for elementary school students each spring. At the middle school level, Listen Up! invites students to attend Classical Series concerts and create visual art in response to the music they hear. Through Master It!, advanced high school and college instrumentalists participate in public masterclasses with world-renowned artists. PSO BRAVO! also presents a variety of activities outside of schools, including the Instrument Petting Zoo at Communiversity, programs at the Princeton Public Library and West Windsor Arts Council, and the Festival of Music and Art in partnership with the Princeton University Art Museum. From kindergarten through college, PSO BRAVO! inspires the next generation of musicians and audiences.