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Maestro Gerard Schwarz at Distinguished Speaker Series Luncheon
April 21, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
$75
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA welcomes All-Star Orchestra’s and Eastern Music Festival’s conductor and music director Maestro Gerard Schwarz as the featured guest for the 2023 Distinguished Speaker Series Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. April 21 at the AC Hotel by Marriott Vancouver Waterfront, 333 W. Columbia Way, Vancouver.
The luncheon will be hosted by former Chairman of Seattle Symphony, Vice Chair of All-Star Orchestra and Emmy Award-winning Seattle TV news anchor Susan Hutchison. Known as a champion of American composers, Gerard Schwarz has received hundreds of honors and accolades in his five decades as a respected classical musician and conductor including 9 Emmy Awards, 14 GRAMMY nominations, 8 ASCAP Awards, and numerous Stereo Review and Ovation Awards, in addition to being the first American named Conductor of the Year by Musical America. Tickets ($75 per person or $600 for a table of 8) are on sale at vancouversymphony.org or by calling 360-735-7278.
