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Tiger Gala

Sofia — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:18:10 +0000

Last post, I talked a little about Tan Dun and showed images from the luncheon with Tan Dun and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. Later in the week, the opera held their Tiger Gala which launched the East Coast premiere of Tea: A Mirror of Soul. Here is a little clip from the Opera Company of Philadelphia performance.

The gala looked gorgeous with event design by Evantine. There was also Taiko drumming and a traditional lion dance.

Opera Co of Philadelphia and Tan Dun

Sofia — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:27:27 +0000

The Opera Co of Philadelphia performed the East Coast premiere of Tea, a beautiful opera by the grammy award winning composer, Tan Dun. Tan Dun conducted opening weekend. To celebrate his presence and the premiere, the opera held a luncheon and gala. The luncheon was held at the Hyatt at the Bellevue for special subscribers to meet Tan Dun.

Tan Dun is a very talented and fascinating individual. Just listening to him speak and the things he has accomplished are so inspiring. He started a symphony piece on youtube to bring together musicians from all over the world to create a piece with many different types of instruments. Below is a video of him talking about the creation. My favorite quote was when he was talking about the expression and the future of music: using anything, cooking tools, stones, water, paper, anything to share and express your heart, not worrying about the technique but expressing your heart.

It’s like any art form, the most important part is that you are sharing and expressing your heart.

Here is the symphony mash-up.

Here are a few pics from the afternoon too.

Opera Co of Philadelphia and MODA botanica

Sofia — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:20:14 +0000

I photograph so many amazing events throughout the year but rarely have time to post them. Therefore, I am taking this downtime before wedding season to start posting all of them. This event was for the opening of the new season for the Opera Company of Philadelphia. They opened the season with Madama Butterfly and it was amazing. The opening gala was held at the gorgeous renovated Academy of Music ballroom. MODA botanica did all of the table arrangements. MODA always does such cool, modern work and the arrangements hinted at the Madama Butterfly set.

ISES FRESH 2010

Sofia — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:21:20 +0000

I journeyed down to Philly last week to attend FRESH. I always enjoy attending FRESH because I get to see and taste all the fabulous, designers, caterers and entertainers that make up the Philadelphia event scene. I also get to hang out with all of my friends.

This year, FRESH was at Elkins Estate. Elkins Estate is a really gorgeous estate with amazing rooms, beautiful grounds and very unique elements. FRESH always teams up one vendor from each category to create an entire environment or “pod” My friend, Judith Campbell of Campbell Studios and MODA botanica asked me to take some photos of her “pod”. She was in the Music Room, which I think is the most gorgeous of all the rooms at Elkins, with Max and Me, Choice Party Linens, CinemaCake, Cort Furniture Rental, Ken Ulsaney Ensemble and Chaddsford Winery. The music room was actually assembled in France and shipped over in pieces and reconstructed into the estate. Unfortunately, I only took photos of their space, as I wanted to be able to enjoy the event.

Event Camp 2010 at Roger Smith Hotel

Sofia — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:27:55 +0000

EventCamp 2010 was a BarCamp-style gathering that brought together event professionals to share best practices and learn new strategies of leveraging social media and technology to create a successful event. EventCamp was a grassroots initiative produced by a group of volunteers and solely funded by sponsors. It was the biggest trending topic in NYC on twitter and offered video conferencing so people at home could participate. I was asked by my friend, Christina Coster, a freelance planner in NYC and one of the producers of the event to come take photos. I had a lot of fun meeting all kinds of social media gurus and planners and learned some new tips for twitter.

Fabric panel by Pink Inc.

Deb Roth from Pink Inc also known as @pinkdeb on Twitter
Roundtable discussions at lunch

The beautiful and talented Christina Coster, aka @mizcity, one of the producers of EventCamp
Everyone blogging and tweeting about the event

Brian Simi is the social media director at the Roger Smith Hotel (BTW, I love the walls- i’d love to get a bride in there for some photos)