On Saturday, June 23, 2012,
The Perlman Music Program
celebrated the grand opening of
the Kristy and James H. Clark
Arts Center on its Shelter
Island campus.
Guests enjoyed perfect weather
arriving to a fireside barbecue
dinner of delicious food and
spectacular views from the
Program’s idyllic beachfront
campus. After dinner, founders
Toby and Itzhak
Perlman, leadership donors
Kristy and James H.
Clark, Board President
Morgan Stark and his wife
Sidney, and Treasurer
Randall Blank and his wife
Christine gathered
together under the eaves of the
dazzling new Clark Arts Center
behind a giant red ribbon.
Toby Perlman warmly
thanked Kristy and Jim Clark
and all the guests for their
support, and spoke about how
much the new Clark Arts Center
means to all of the students,
faculty, and staff of the
Program. Kristy and Jim
Clark did the honors and cut
the ribbon to enthusiastic
cheers. Toby Perlman then
welcomed everyone in for the
first official tour of the
state-of-the-art building.
Highlights of the tour included
the acoustically perfect
100-seat recital hall, ten
individual practice rooms, a
spacious teaching studio, a
walk-in cedar closet full of
concert gowns, and a peek into
the generously sized girls’
dormitory on the second floor.
To conclude the evening,
everyone gathered in the recital
hall for inspired orchestral,
choral, and solo performances by
the Summer Music School
students. This memorable night
ushered in a new era for The
Perlman Music Program.
Guests included Christine
and Randall Blank,
Maya Carmin, Helen
and Murray Charash,
Gary Clark, Kristy and
James H. Clark, Jay Dweck, Paul
Ferrillo, Eva Gayer, Janice
Gerton, Barbara L. Goldsmith,
Shelley Gross, Neal Hamil, Susan
and Joe Hine, Jennifer
Homans, Sonja and Anthony
Kane, Anna Kaplan, Marie
Antoinette Mangeot, Adam Meyer,
Icim and Mark Miller,
Katie Nojima, Merry Peckham,
Toby and Itzhak Perlman,
Bill and Pat Perlmuth,
Ava Roosevelt and
Christopher M.
Twardy, Robert Siegel,
Morgan and Sidney Stark,
Julie Tulper, Svetlana and
Herbert Wachtell, Barbara
and Sedgwick Ward, and
Paul Wolfram.
Founded by Toby Perlman
18 years ago, The Perlman
Music Program offers
unparalleled musical training to
young string players of rare and
special talent. With a
world-class faculty led by
Itzhak Perlman, the New York
City and Shelter Island , NY
based program seeks to develop
the future leaders of classical
music, all within a nurturing
and supportive musical
community.
The Kristy and James H.
Clark Arts Center has
already become the epicenter
of campus, hosting
performances, practice and
coaching sessions, and
choral and orchestral
rehearsals almost every day.
In addition, the Clark Arts
Center will soon be the new
home of the Alumni
Concerts Festival, in
which distinguished PMP
alumni return to present
world-class performances to
local audiences. The
inaugural recital will take
place on Friday, August 10
at 7:30 PM, featuring
violist Juan Miguel
Hernandez. However, the
Campaign for the Clark Arts
Center isn’t over yet – now
in its third year, there is
just $700,000 to go before
the $3.5 million fundraising
goal has been met.
www.perlmanmusicprogram.org
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