Ten Years of TransformationOn Sunday afternoon, CMW celebrated "Ten Years of Transformation" in true CMW style: music and food! Jonathan Biss and his mother Miriam Fried generously donated an all-Beethoven recital for the annual spring fundraising event at the Regent Avenue School Building.
An audience member’s account: "That was an amazing event. I would’ve written sooner, but if you are familiar with the habits of the boa constrictor you will know that after the boa constrictor has consumed a meal that is bigger than its own circumference, it goes into a bit of a coma for a period of time. So, having eaten like a boa constrictor on Sunday, yesterday I was in a coma – and while at first I thought it was terrible to have missed all those hours of mental accomplishment, I then realized that it was actually a small price to pay, since I now won’t have to take up any time eating again until late June. Thank you so much for inviting me. It was a stellar afternoon and evening, I truly commend you. I have been describing it to people since as having an amazing and very unusual combination of qualities: it was beautiful and elegant, and yet completely heartfelt and generous. It’s hard to achieve both. I can’t imagine the work that went into it – but anyway, it was a huge success, at least from the perspective of an attendee. I hope that everyone else rounded off the evening by writing you huge checks."
-Heath Marlow, CMW staff |
