A digital experience and tribute, benefiting the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine
Thursday, October 28, 2021 | 7pm Est
2021 Honorees
Benefiting
The Louis Armstrong
Center for Music & Medicine
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The Wonderful World annual gala, hosted by Wonderful World: Friends of Music Therapy Inc (WWFMT), honors the legacy of Louis Armstrong and his commitment to bettering the lives of others through music. 100% of proceeds raised will be given to our beneficiary, The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine (LACMM) in NYC, for its music therapy programs.
EVENT DETAILS
The evening will include a "Freedom" theme through a virtual live stream concert & award show. With an original song performed by the Louis Armstrong Team. We will honor the incredible work of multi-platinum Grammy award-winning Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist, and activist Bonnie Raitt, the philanthropic career of Richard Lloyd Baxt, the wonderful medical care of Nathan Goldstein, and the fortitude and musicality of patient John Leong.
Garry Dial, Erik Lawrence and some guest appearances from the Broadway cast of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and Jazz favorites will be highlighted with our Masters of Ceremony for the evening's program:
Mercedes Ellington and Bill Daughtry.
Date
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Location
Virtual (Link to Follow)
Time
Doors open at 6:45PM
7-8:30PM
Event Committee
EVENT CO-CHAIR:
Brielle Brown
EVENT CO-CHAIR:
Rema Webb
Jon Batiste
Melanie Schnoll Begun
Jordan Bleznick
Don Brancaccio
Joan Brancaccio
Kevin Brennan
Brielle Brown
Danelle Marqui Brown
Linda Carroza
Lisabeth Cassaday
Gwendolyn DeLuca
Ellen Devens
Susan Devens
Mercedes Ellington
Chris Elstone
Michele Sherman Entner
Janet Falk
Kevin Fee
Edward Finkelstein
Joyce Fogel
Lincoln Foley
Nathan Goldstein
Ellen Goosenberg
Erica Grabscheid
EVENT STEERING COMMITTEE
Joelle Quinn
Charles Radcliffe
Jonathan Raskin
Rita Romeur
Alanna Rutherford
Jon Samson
Linda Sanchez
Howard Schain
Doug Seidman
Karen Seidman
Fran Silverman
Judith Evans Smith
Noah K. Simon
Donna Sirlin
Edwin Sirlin
Peter Strauss
Zelda Suzan
Aimee Telsey
Lynn Tescher
Patricia Walker
Marc Waserman
Rema Webb
Ted Wiprud
Helen Greenbaum
Elizabeth Greenwald
Greg Gullia
Alan Horowitz
Elizabeth Horowitz
Jackie Harris
Susan Rosenberg Jones
Herb Klitzner
Michael Leitman
Erik Lawrence
Sharon Mahn
Marla Maples
Collen McDonough
Meredith Monk
James Briggs Murray
Barbara Novick
Arturo O’Farrill
Kristen Olson
Rebecca Parker
Steve Pastor
Harriet Jahr Philips
Joseph Piccinnini
Kim Polson
Stephan Quentzel