On Wednesday, May 24, 2017, The Chamber Music Society celebrated its Spring Gala honoring Peter Duchin for his thirty years of service on the CMS Board, and his lifelong contribution to the arts. The event took place at Alice Tully Hall and included a cocktail reception, concert, and dinner with the Artists: Orion Weiss, Wu Han, piano; Chad Hoopes, Paul Huang, Danbi Um, violin; Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, David Finckel, cello.
Artistic Director David Finckel, Board member and Honoree Peter Duchin, Artistic Director Wu Han
Board member Philip Howard, Peter Duchin
Chad Hoopes, Danbi Um
Paul Neubauer, Matthew Lipman
David Finckel, Nicholas Canellakis
Orion Weiss, Wu Han
Paul Huang, Paul Neubauer, Orion Weiss, Nicholas Canellakis
Andrea Walton, Board member Peter Frelinghuysen
Barry and Lilia Bloom, Board Secretary Peter Keegan, Jane Keegan, Gail Harris, Board member Walter Harris
Board member Jarvis Wilcox, Coke Anne Wilcox, Vin Cipolla
Board member Joseph Cohen, Executive Director Suzanne Davidson
Standing left to right: Annie Zhu, Mark Franks, Edwin Meulensteen, Robert Haley, Jamie Forseth, Shelley Pyers; Seated left to right: Katie Nojima, Lucy Lu, Shoshana Litt, Kirti Vaswani, Towny Swiggett
Suzanne Davidson, Philip and Alexandra Howard
Nell Dillon Ermers, Global Council member Howard Dillon, Inmo Parloff
Board member Alan Weiler, Elaine Weiler
Global Council member Jon Dickinson, Marlene Burns
Annelei Thesseling, Julian Thesseling, Board member Joost Thesseling, Maureen Thesseling, Mohammed and Nageen Ansari
Virginia Coleman, Peter Duchin
Theresa Kim, Board member Kathe Williamson, Carlos Tome
Board member John Lindsey, Board Chairman James O’Shaughnessy
Dan Slott, Board member Linda Daines
Board member Phyllis Grann, Peter Duchin
Global Council members Suzanne Vaucher and Shannon Wu
Jason Duchin, Rehana Farrell, Peter Duchin, Vice Chairman Elinor Hoover, Andrew Hoover
Joan Benny, Janet Davis, Neil Westreich, Inmo Parloff, Pearl Staller
Judith Schlosser, Board member Herbert Schlosser
Rob Simon, Vice Chairman Elizabeth Smith, Gilles DeVoe
