Toledo, Ohio, August 8, 2022— The Greater Toledo Community Foundation (GTCF) is celebrating “Fifty Years of Funding Futures” with a yearlong calendar of events and programs in 2023. As the largest philanthropic institution in the region, GTCF now holds more than 900 funds and $435 million in assets with the goal of creating a better community for generations to come. Through its five decades of service, GTCF has been trusted to distribute more than $290 million in grants to Toledo area nonprofits.
To kick off the celebration, GTCF will sponsor a concert at the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theater featuring an evening with David Foster and Katharine McPhee on October 8, 2022, at 8 p.m. David Foster is a 16-time Grammy award-winning musician, composer, and producer. He will be joined by his wife, acclaimed singer, television, and Broadway star Katharine McPhee. The duo will perform five decades of hits alongside the Toledo Symphony with guest conductor Stuart Chafetz. The show will be packed with David’s hits from Chicago, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Josh Groban, and Michael Bublé, among others, along with Kat’s biggest songs from American Idol, Smash, and Waitress. Plus, the powerhouse duo will also be performing some of their personal favorites.
Joining Foster and McPhee will be Daniel Emmet, a finalist on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Daniel Emmet is best known for taking on the “impossible challenge” levied by Simon Cowell to learn a brand new song in Italian, in one hour, and then perform it live on national television. Emmet is a classical crossover artist who has also performed with Placido Domingo. In honor of the celebration, many tickets will be provided to the public at the greatly reduced price of $25.
“We are thrilled to offer this concert to the community in celebration of our 50th Anniversary,” said Keith Burwell, President/CEO of Greater Toledo Community Foundation. “We hope the community will join us as we honor our community partnerships and all we have achieved together.”
“David Foster’s catalog of hits is incomparable,” says Zak Vassar, President and CEO for the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts. “I am proud that Toledo Symphony gets to share the stage with these amazing musicians including the powerhouse vocals of Katharine McPhee and Daniel Emmet. This is sure to be a night we won’t soon forget.”
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For more information and to order tickets, visit www.toledosymphony.com, or call the Toledo Symphony Box Office at 419.246.8000.
About “Fifty Years of Funding Futures”
“Fifty Years of Funding Futures” is the 50th-anniversary campaign for the Greater Toledo Community Foundation (GTCF). Through its five decades of service, GTCF has been trusted to distribute more than $290 million in grants to Toledo area nonprofits. GTCF now holds more than 900 funds and $435 million in assets with the goal of creating a better community for generations to come.
Over the next fifteen months, GTCF’s “Fifty Years of Funding Futures” will deliver meaningful communications, events, and programs centering on honoring the past, celebrating the present and equipping future generations for continued community impact. For more information visit https://50yearsfortoledo.com/.
About Greater Toledo Community Foundation
Greater Toledo Community Foundation is the largest philanthropic organization serving the Toledo region, including northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan with a particular emphasis on the greater Toledo area. Since 1973, Greater Toledo Community Foundation has worked with individuals, families and businesses, assisting them in making effective choices that match their philanthropic interests and needs while creating a better community for generations to come. For more information, visit toledocf.org/.
About Toledo Symphony Orchestra
The Toledo Symphony Orchestra is a community-supported organization of professional musicians and teachers who deliver quality performance and music education for all. Formed in 1943 as The Friends of Music and incorporated in 1951 as the Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc., the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has grown from a core group of twenty-two part-time musicians to a regional orchestra that employs sixty-nine professional musicians who consider the Toledo Symphony their primary employer, as well as numerous extra players annually as repertoire demands.
The Toledo Symphony reaches more than 260,000 individuals annually through performances and education programs. The series concerts (Masterworks, Pops, Chamber, and Family Series) are the critical underpinning of the orchestra’s artistic mission and regularly draw people from 135 postal zip codes. Education programs, student performances, and community concerts are held in schools, neighborhood churches, performing arts centers, and community facilities throughout the region; many are offered at no charge or provided at a reduced fee to help expand participation.
