Healthcare Night
Healthcare Night supports Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s extensive and impactful education programs, while celebrating the undeniable connection between medicine and music. Since the 1980s, this special concert has gathered healthcare professionals and students together at Abravanel Hall, honoring the partnership between our incredible healthcare community and the Utah Symphony. Your support of Healthcare Night subsidizes tickets for healthcare students to experience the world-class music of the Utah Symphony and supports USUO’s 40+ ongoing education programs. Thank you for helping to ensure the future of music and medicine in our community is bright!
EVENT INFORMATION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Pre-concert Festivities | 6:30 PM | Maurice Abravanel Hall
Join us for a pre-concert festivities in the lobby highlighting our partnership with the healthcare community.
Concert | 7:30 PM | Maurice Abravanel Hall
We welcome back our dear friend, Music Director Emeritus Thierry Fischer, to conduct Mahler and Haydn! Known for its monumental power—and the gentle beauty of its Adagietto—Mahler’s Fifth Symphony moves from mourning, to love, to triumph, and will be a guaranteed showstopper under Fischer’s baton. Thierry also continues our exploration of the Haydn symphonies (only 92 left to go!) with Symphony No. 13. Featuring an unforgettable solo cello moment in the poignant Adagio, this lesser-known gem from Haydn’s repertoire offers buoyant beauty.
Post-Concert Reception | 9:30 PM | Maurice Abravanel Hall First Tier Room
This exclusive opportunity invites Healthcare Night donors and healthcare students to mingle and network following the concert experience. Join us for light refreshments and the possibility to meet the evening’s stars from the stage.
The Impact of Your Donation
USUO education programs serve over 100,000 students across the state each year, helping students of all ages develop lifelong skills, including:
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Confidence
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Collaboration
- Commitment
- Resilience
- Mindfulness
- Self-expression
In 2023-2024 our artists and staff presented 313 performances, programs and classes.
Your Healthcare Night contribution will help us reach music-lovers and learners throughout Utah.
Double the impact of your donation
The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation pledged a matching challenge grant in support of our mission to “Connect the Community through Great Live Music.” Every gift from a new donor or an increased gift from our existing donors will be matched 1:1 up to $500,000 from now through May 1, 2025. Double your impact with a new or increased gift today!
Contribution Levels & Benefits
In addition to the benefits listed below, donors contributing at the following levels receive 20% off tickets to the Healthcare Night concert on February 21, special recognition in the Healthcare Night playbill, and invitations to the exclusive post-concert event and the VIP intermission reception.
Please submit a pledge or gift by February 10, 2025 to be recognized appropriately in the playbill.
Exclusive access to the Donor Services Helpline 801-869-9200
One-time 25% off discount at the Symphony Shop or Opera Boutique
Donors-Only Digital Newsletter packed with insider information
One playbill listing per season
Invitation for 2 to 1 Symphony or Opera rehearsal
All benefits listed above, PLUS-
Invitation for 2 to 1 Donor Insider Event
Tour of your choice at Maurice Abravanel Hall, Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre, or Utah Opera Production Studios
All benefits listed above, PLUS-
Season listing in the playbill
2 passes for VIP Intermission Receptions
All benefits listed above, PLUS-
Season pass for all VIP Intermission Receptions
Complimentary parking passes for USUO performances
Priority access to premium seating when you purchase 2 season tickets
Invitation for 2 to 2 Donor Insider Events
All benefits listed above, PLUS-
2 complimentary tickets in VIP box for a select USUO performance
Access to Meet and Greet events with guest artists
Invitation for 2 to a private music salon
All benefits listed above, PLUS-
Opportunity to be named as a sponsor for a Guest Artist position or co-sponsor of a Utah Symphony concert or Utah Opera production
Participate in a toast backstage after a Utah Symphony or Utah Opera performance
All benefits listed above, PLUS-
personally curated benefits package
Healthcare Night Committee
Committee Co-Chairs
John Foley, M.D.
Dorene Sambado, M.D.
Committee Members
Kathleen Digre, M.D.
Elizabeth Jensen, M.D.
Randy Jensen, M.D.
Donald Lappe, M.D.
A.W. Middleton, M.D.
Nicole Mihalopoulos, M.D.
Michael Stevens, M.D.
Albert Ungricht, M.D.
Michael W. Varner, M.D.
For information on Healthcare Night and how to get involved, please contact Katie Swainston at [email protected] or (801) 869-9001.