“A Celebration of John Williams”
New World Symphony’s 31st Annual Gala


John Williams, Itzhak Perlman, and Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas
For the first time in the organization’s history, the New World Symphony presented a WALLCAST® concert of the gala program to an estimated audience of 3,000 attendees in Miami Beach’s SoundScape Park. The simultaneous gala and WALLCAST® concert brought together South Florida’s large community of supporters and classical music enthusiasts, while celebrating the leadership, accessibility and experimental nature of one of the country’s most dynamic cultural and educational institutions, the New World Symphony. Also, in celebration of John Williams’ compositions for eight Star Wars films, the evening featured surprise appearances by iconic Star Wars characters on the plaza of SoundScape Park and in the New World Center atrium, including stormtroopers, snowtroopers, a Wookiee, Darth Vader, two Royal Guards, Rey, Kylo Ren and others.
NWS WALLCAST® concerts, presented by Citi, are live concerts that take place inside the New World Center and are simultaneously projected onto its 7,000-square-foot projection wall through a striking use of visual and audio technology for audiences in the adjacent SoundScape Park. These events, which occur regularly throughout the New World Symphony season, attract an average of 2,000 people in the park, and represent an opportunity for multigenerational audiences to customize their own experience with classical music. WALLCAST® concerts have also become a model for other organizations and cities around the country looking to attract and engage their communities. For a larger summary and full report on the audiences and community building that result from WALLCAST® concerts, visit www.nws.edu/WALLCASTreport.

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NWS also launched “John Williams Comes to Miami,” a series of free events celebrating the composer/conductor in anticipation of his performance with the New World Symphony at the gala on March 2. The series included three films – each scored by Williams – that were shown on the wall of the New World Center in the weeks before the gala.
The gala program was supported by over 500 of Miami’s most generous citizens and sponsored in part by Miami Cancer Institute, Bacardí, Total Wine & More, and Cultured Magazine. Power Collective is the official PR partner of the New World Symphony gala
Matt Haggman and NWS Gala Chair Will Osborne
Nicole Ceballos, Julia Hammond, Monique Pena, Nelly Cardoza and Linda Smith
David and Linda Frankel, Marvin Ross Friedman and Adrienne Bon Haes
Martin Sher, Craig Hall and CEO Howard Herring
Charlotte Schou and Ezra Deutsch
Ira Birns and company
Dinner setting
NWS fellows
Alexa Wolman, Oti and Remi Roberts, Adam Wolman
Arlenis Adames and Ira Birns
Sol Tribu
Aaron and Dorothy Podhurst
NWS Ushers and Volunteers
Gala Reception
Jerry and Adrienne Cohen
Michael Andrew
Mike and Katy Lingle, Florencia Jimenez-Marcos, Xavier Gonzalez- Sanfeliu and Ohad Jehassi
Gala After Party
Michael and Merle Orlove
John Williams conducts the New World Symphony
Mario and Lourdes de Armas
Judith, Stephen and Sabine Bittel
Ana and Neisen Kasdin
Martha and Bruce Clinton
Sue Kronick and NWS Board Chairman Edward Shumsky
Diane and Robert Moss
Gala WALLCAST
Cindy Friezo, Franklin and Jessica Sirmans, Robert Friezo, Alexa and Adam Wolman and David Phillips
Susan and Dennis Richard
Gala After Party
Diane Sepler
NWS Gala Guests
Jeffrey Davis and Michael Miller
Tracey Robertson Carter, Francisco Joubert Bernard, Blake-Anthony Johnson and Franklin Sirmans
Gala Concert
Brass Ensemble
CEO Howard Herring and Kristin Podack
Oti and Remi Roberts
Friends of NWS
ala Performance
Rooftop Tent