Elizabeth Joy Roe wowed us.  Starting with a hypnotic Bach / Siloti Prelude in B minor, and ending with Ravel’s explosive La Valse—and touching on Gershwin, Rachmaninoff and others in between—Elizabeth’s program was magnificent.

The ballroom of the Carnegie Institution was packed with an audience of 125 people.  We were joined by numerous attorneys, businesspeople, and other prominent guests, including His Excellency Luis Valdivieso, Ambassador of Peru.  After the concert, guests toasted champagne in the Carnegie’s marble rotunda to the music of the Peach String Quartet.  By the end of the evening, we were able to raise over $10,000 for new scholarships to be awarded to immigrant students this spring.

We are deeply thankful to those who made this event possible, especially our Patrons, the Peach String Quartet, and of course, Elizabeth Joy Roe.

More photos from the event, courtesy of eventosVIPpass.com, after the jump.