ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON >> Bard College will honor Deborah Borda for her leadership and commitment to orchestras in the 21st century at a gala Wednesday, April 29, in New York City.
Borda’s will be presented with the award at the Noche de gala for the Bard Music Festival, which this year celebrates the music of Carlos Chavez and his world, on Wednesday at Dos Caminos Park Avenue, 373 Park Avenue South, New York City. Cocktails begin at 6:30 p.m. and dinner is at 7:30 p.m.
As president and CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Borda manages the largest symphonic organization in the United States.
The 2015 Bard Music Festival will showcase masterworks by Chavez and his contemporaries. Proceeds from the gala will support the Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call (845) 758-7414 or email events@bard.edu.