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Madison Area YMCA
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For Immediate Release

Pictured at last winter’s PhilanthrOPERA: Madison Area YMCA President & CEO Diane Mann; Metropolitan Opera Chorus Tenors Marc Persing and Gary Pate, Madison Area YMCA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Vandeveer (back); Professional Opera Soprano Valerie Bernhardt, Metropolitan Opera Principal Baritone Mark Delavan (back); Professional Opera Soprano Lorraine Ernest, Conductor Robert W. Butts and Broadway Tenor Tom Sellwood.

The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey and the Madison Area YMCA present PhilanthrOPERA: A Musical Celebration of Philanthropy

(Madison, NJ) – September 7, 2018—Join the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey and the Madison Area YMCA for PhilanthrOPERA: A Musical Celebration of Philanthropy, a gathering that celebrates music while raising money for a nonprofit that serves its community. PhilanthrOPERA will take place on Sat., Sept. 29, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, located at 4 Madison Avenue in Madison, with a reception to follow.  

Tickets may be purchased online for $100. Visit www.madisonareaymca.org/philanthropera

Your email confirmation will serve as your ticket. A portion of your contribution is tax deductible.

Opera and Broadway arias and duets from Les Misérables, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Guys and Dolls, Lakmé, Sound of Music, Rigoletto and more will delight the audience. The evening will feature Metropolitan Opera Chorus Tenor Gary Pate, Professional Opera Sopranos Valerie Bernhardt and Lorraine Ernest, Lyric Baritone David Kirby, Broadway Tenor Tom Sellwood and Conductor Robert W. Butts.

All ticket proceeds from PhilanthrOPERA will benefit the Madison Area YMCA’s Annual Fund, which supports families and individuals in our community. Donations help ensure that programs including the Madison Area YMCA’s School of Performing Arts, health and wellness programming and child care and education at the F.M. Kirby Children’s Center of the Madison Area YMCA are accessible to every member in our community, regardless of their ability to pay. Please join us today in helping advance our cause. For a better you. For a better community. Give for a better us.

The Madison Area YMCA is a 501©3 cause-driven charitable organization dedicated to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. 

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