PROGRAM Tony Bennett (Selections to be announced from the stage.)
San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear as part of this program.
TONY BENNETT
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 | 7:30PM
TONY BENNETT vocalist Tony Bennett piano Billy Stritch guitar Gray Sargent drums Harold Jones bass Marshall Wood
Performance at Embarcadero Marina Park South
In 1999, Tony Bennett, with his wife Susan Benedetto, a former public school teacher, founded Exploring the Arts (ETA) to strengthen the role of the arts in public high school education. ETA connects private funders, individual artists and cultural institutions to Partner Schools to achieve greater equality of resources and opportunity for youth of all means and backgrounds. ETA programs are designed to help school principals and teachers sustain the arts in the face of budget cuts and to better leverage the arts to strengthen student learning and engagement. ETA’s first endeavor was the establishment of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (FSSA), a public high school founded in 2001 by Tony and Susan in partnership with the NYC Department of Education. $1 from every ticket sold for tonight’s concert goes to benefit ETA.
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