The Metropolitan Opera is pleased to participate in the silent auction for the New Haven
Symphony Orchestra's 2021 Rise Gala honoring Harolyn Blackwell as a Quartet Award
recipient.

We offer the winner the following prize:

• Two (2) complimentary tickets to a performance of the winner's choice during the Met's 2021-22 opera season.

Please know that the selected performance date is to be mutually agreed upon between the
auction winner and the Metropolitan Opera, and that all reservations are subject to
availability. We ask that the winner allow a minimum of two weeks for the reservations to
be arranged.

When State Senator Gary Winfield is not in the capitol working on legislation, he pursues his passion as a photographer for special events.

He is offering a one hour photoshoot at the donors choice of location. Don't miss out on the chance to capture memories with this offer!

See his most recent works here.

Answer the trumpet call with a bid on this 30-minute master class (live via Zoom or a recorded general session) by Travis Higgins III.

"Travis is a graduate from Prairie View A&M University, just north of Houston TX, with a degree in Music Performance, freelanced around the greater Houston area, marched with the DCI group the Santa Clara Vanguard in 2012', became soloist and duettist with the Bluecoats in 2014', performed multiple performances with pop singer Solange Knowles, Principal Trumpet of the Young Artist Symphony, active member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity Inc., Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., and now is a graduate of the prestigious Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music under retired Professor Edmund Cord with a Masters of Music.

Currently, Travis is now third Trumpet in the Terra Haute Symphony Orchestra. an active freelancer around Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Nashville, and is pursuing his Ph.D at the University of Connecticut in Music Performance.

Enjoy a personal Zoom-based introduction to the history, love, resilience, and heartbreak that led to the creation of the Remembrance Garden at Southern CT State University. This in-depth and personalized discussion will include William Faraclas, SCSU professor and founder of SCSU's Department of Public Health, and Dan Camenga, public garden enthusiast and NHSO's Development Director.

Following the personal Zoom-based discussion and introduction, enjoy an optional guided walking tour of the Remembrance Garden and nearby outdoor campus highlights.

From the fall of 2016 until the dedication of the garden on May 4, 2018, Dan and Bill served as the co-leads of the volunteer Reflection Garden Council. The Council was composed of a group of students, staff, faculty, and community members. Together, they led the planning, visioning, fundraising, and installation on behalf of the University in order to complete the 2013 vision of establishing a memorial to the four Southern alumnae killed during the Sandy Hook tragedy (4 out of the 6 adults were members of the SCSU community).

The beautiful garden includes a custom and exclusive 10 ft tall wooden sculpture built by the world renowned Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin, Maine. The garden's design was developed by the Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio, owned and led by Julie Moir Messervy who worked with Yo Yo Ma in 1998 to create the Music Garden located at Toronto's Harborfront.

The discussion and optional tour will be scheduled at a mutually agreeable time for the buyer and tour guides. Join Dan and Bill for a unique tour of the Remembrance Garden, one of New Haven's important public garden spaces and discover interesting links between music and public gardens!