Put Your Money Where the Music Is (Opera, That Is)
Help Obama and listen to some awesome operatic singers. (And you might catch certain persons you might know playing in the orchestra too!)
BMG writers David and Charley, who are both professional singers (you can hear some of David’s work here at his site), are part “National Anthem,” an effort by professional musicians to raise money for Barak Obama. They are trying to reach 100 tickets sold by the end of this month (ie, this Thursday!) for the Friday, September 12, 8:00 p.m. show. It will be held at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue in Boston, and will feature Beethoven, Bizet, Debussy, Handel, Mozart and Rossini, both operatic and orchestral pieces. (I see they are planning to play Beethoven’s “Egmont” Overture - I love that piece!)
I’ve heard David sing in person before but it’ll be my first time listening to Charley. I quite look forward to it. (Even if once again I’ll probably end up lugging percussion equipment around.) 
Ticket information, according to the website: “Tickets are available for contributions of $100, $50, or $20 to the Obama campaign. Patron seating is available for $1,000. Remember — the point of this concert is to raise money to help Barack Obama become president. So please donate as generously as you can!”
I think this is wonderfully fair pricing, if you cannot afford a large donation there’s an amount that’s right for you. Buy your ticket now so that the hardworking musicians who are giving their time and talent to this know they will achieve a successful fundraiser! If you’ve already maxed out donating to Obama, you can buy your tickets by donating to the DNC.
