Society for Universal Sacred Music

Shots from our soirée!

Edie Rosenbaum — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:34:43 +0000

Friends and singers came together at the elegant Le Château Restaurant in South Salem, New York, on Sunday, April 15, 2012 to celebrate and support the society’s mission during our Second Annual Gala Benefit and Silent Auction! Our Honoree was Chris Farrell, the first Executive Director and current Archivist/Librarian for the society. The night was a smashing success! The warm, sunny spring evening provided a great break between bouts of bidding during the cocktail hour, and an array of entertainment which included The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, conductor, David Finck, Pablo Aslan and Roger Davidson.
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the evening, and for making it such a great event!

Sister Dorothy Steinfeld, Board Member, Deepak Pareek, guest and composer/musician, and Harold Rosenbaum, Artistic Director

Elizabeth Hupper, assistant, Babs Meade, guest and Robert Pape, assistant to the Executive Director

Latin Grammy winner bandoneonist Raúl Jaurena, SUSM Board member and bassist extraordinaire Pablo Aslan, and Roger Davidson, our Founder and President AND incredible musician/composer!

Clark B Hall, Fairfax Group and guests

Chris Farrell, Honoree, and Roger Davidson

Harold Rosenbaum and the New York Virtuoso Singers

Chris Farrell, Honoree and Amy Farrell, artist and lovely wife!

Edie Rosenbaum

"Like the sunflower, always follow the light!"

Edith Rosenbaum, Executive Director and Edith Parkis, Office Manager

Raúl Jaurena

Bidding in action!

Check out our Online Auction – Bidding Opens April 1st

Edie Rosenbaum — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:39:15 +0000

This year, Society for Universal Sacred Music’s Gala Benefit Auction is online for the first time! If you are joining us for our event at the elegant Le Chateau in South Salem on April 15, use this opportunity to browse this year’s items and get a leading bid on your favorites. If you cannot join us in person this year, you can still show your support by bidding online!

Items up on the auction block this year include Bed and Breakfast Getaways, Prime Yankees vs. Red Sox tickets, an array of fine wines and stemware, original art, concert tickets, gift certificates to some of New York and Westchester’s great restaurants and more!

Click Here to visit biddingforgood.com/susm and bid today!

Online auction open now through April 12. Bidding continues at Society for Universal Sacred Music’s Gala in South Salem, NY, on April 15. Proxy bidding available for those who cannot attend, see the auction website for details. For information on attending the Gala email Executive Director Edie Rosenbaum at e.rosenbaum@susm.org.

2012 Gala Benefit and Silent Auction

Edie Rosenbaum — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:50:29 +0000

Its that time of the year again! The Society for Universal Sacred Music will have their 2nd annual Gala at the elegant Le Chateau in South Salem, NY.

April 15th, 2012 at 5 p.m.

Entertainment by

The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, conductor

And

Roger Davidson and David Finck playing romantic French film music by

Michel Legrand from their album “Umbrellas and Sunshine”.

Honorary Gala Chair: Sue Graves

Vice President of the Society’s Board of Directors and an experienced homeopathic and nutritional consultant.

Gala Honoree: Chris Farrell

The Society’s First Executive Director and current Archivist and Librarian, as well as a composer, pianist, and the founder of “Sounds of Peace”.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Edie Rosenbaum, Executive Director, at e.rosenbaum@susm.org.

We hope to see you there!

Our Winter Newsletter: Available to Download Now!

Edie Rosenbaum — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:10:53 +0000

Welcome to our first newsletter of 2012!

We continue to work hard to bring works of universal sacred music to audiences far and wide, in person and through the internet, to help us all move toward unity of spirit — and therefore lasting peace.

May the unconditional love of God be with each of us as we carry on our work to create a better world through music.

- Roger Davidson

Click Here to download the newsletter!

Our Fundamental Unity

Pablo Aslan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:01:32 +0000

Our Fundamental Unity:
The Meaning of Universal Sacred Music

Imagine a world in which we can travel from one country to another and encounter acceptance on the most fundamental level. Imagine a world in which no other person claims to have a superior way of being. Imagine a world in which belonging to a religious group means belonging to a community that accepts all other human beings as equal and eternal children of God. And imagine a world in which conversions are a practice of the distant past – conversions from one religion to another having become one of the ultimate absurdities; for how can one convert from being a child of God to a child of God? In that world let us imagine one universal faith – in which the spiritual knowledge of God’s universal and unconditional love – that we all carry deep within our hearts – is our guiding light.

Fifth Festival a Roaring Success!

Pablo Aslan — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:33:59 +0000

On November 12, 2011, we presented the 5th Festival of Universal Sacred Music at Symphony Space, located at 95th Street on Broadway, NYC. The Festival ran from 2PM until 10:40PM. Featured performers were: Anonymous 4, Deepak Kumar Pareek, The New York Virtuoso Singers, with James Adams on organ, The Riverside Church Inspirational Choir, Maya Raviv, The Canticum Novum Youth Choir, The Western Wind, Catherine Russell, Roger Davidson, David Newman, Thomas McCargar with Brent Funderburk on piano, and the music of Sharon Farber with Omar Faruk Tekbilek, David Kontesz and Freddy Schiftan as principal instrumentalists. The event was a tremendous success and gathered three times more audience than any of our past Festivals!

The event was similar to the Wall to Wall concerts that Symphony Space is famous for. A special treat during the performance in the inner lobby was a photography show about the nature of light by Aicha Skandrani, a highly inspired Tunisian born artist who currently lives in France. This event was co-sponsored by the United Nations Association, USA Southern New York State Division.

May 2011 Concert

Pablo Aslan — Sun, 22 May 2011 20:41:08 +0000

The concert on Sunday, May 22, co-produced by the Society for Universal Sacred Music and Canticorum Virtuosi, was a tremendous success! We had a large and enthusiastic audience which was constantly amazed at the sublime performances conducted by our Maestro, Harold Rosenbaum. The New York Virtuoso singers outdid themselves, as did Edie Rosenbaum’s wonderful children’s choir. The spirit of the entire concert uplifted us all!

Our first Gala Celebration was a great success

Pablo Aslan — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:32:34 +0000

On Sunday, April 3rd, we had our first – and very successful – annual gala to raise funds for the Society. Almost 100 people attended, and were regaled by a superb dinner as well as music by the New York Virtuoso Singers and our illustrious music director, Harold Rosenbaum, plus a dynamic jazz duo with our president, Roger Davidson on piano and our newly elected Board member, Pablo Aslan on bass. Our silent auction and raffle drew stiff competition and generated much support, with winners taking home donated items from the finest French champagne to a romantic weekend for two by the sea. Special congratulations go to Edie Rosenbaum, our Program Director for such a magnificent job in putting this event together.