Voices of Summer Gala 2015

Doctors, teachers and students gathered to discuss the latest in voice care, and to honor stage and screen stars Joel Grey and Stacy Keach.

By HughE Dillon· 6/3/2015, 3:25 p.m.

Last week The Voice Foundation held its annual gala, the Voices Gala of Summer 2015 Awards Dinner, at the Westin Hotel. The gala fundraiser was part of the foundation’s 44th annual symposium held at the hotel over the weekend. The event draws doctors, voice teachers and students from all over the world to discuss the latest treatments, knowledge and expertise in the care of the professional voice user.

The evening began with a jazz reception and cocktails, followed by a concert by scientists and doctors. Afterward, Dr. Robert T. Sataloff, board chairman of the Voice Foundation, presented the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award to two award-winning stars of stage and screen: Joel Grey and Stacy Keach. (Keach accepted the award via a pretaped speech.) The international and Metropolitan opera star Dolora Zajick was honored with the The Voice Education Research Awareness (VERA) Award. Special recognition went to the Voice Foundation’s new board president, Dr. Stuart Orsher.

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From left: Dr. Glendon Gardner; Dr. Mike Benninger; Dr. Lance Maron; Mara Behlau; and Dr. Jean Abitbol.

Kylie Davis and Dr. Prasada Nalluri.

From left: Leslie Sarchuk, speech - language pathologist; Colleen Braun-Janzen speech-language pathologist; and Andrea Darnbrough, laryngologist.

Kathleen Wicker and David Pershica.

From left: Yan Wang, Huiping Luo, Dehui Fu, and Shan Shan Huang.

Dr. David Young, performing at the gala dinner for the fourth year in a row with a rousing rendition of "Without a Song."

Clockwise, from left: Mara Behlau, Grant Uhle, Anthony Sica, and Katie Erikson.

Joel Grey after receiving The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award from Dr. Robert Sataloff, a professor and the chairman of the Ear, Nose and Throat Department at Drexel University.

Opera singers Eglise Gutierrez and Burak Bilgili take a bow with Richard Raud after performing for the dinner guests during dessert.

The Sataloff family: John and Ben, with parents Dahlia and Robert.

The Next Generation Swing Band had the dance floor packed into the wee hours of the night.

Madame Justice Sandra Schultz Newman, co-chair of the gala; with Maria Russo, executive director of The Voice Foundation.

From left: Brenda Smith; Dolora Zajick, mezzo-soprano opera singer who recieved the Voice Education Research Awareness Award; along with Ian and Lisa DeNolfo.

Dr. Gwen Korovin and Joel Grey. Joel Grey has been a patient of hers for 20 years, and recognized her in his thank you speech.

Pino and Iris Rodrigues.

HughE Dillon covers parties, events and more for Philadelphia magazine’s The Scene. You can follow him on Twitter at @iPhillyChitChat and visit his daily online social diary PhillyChitChat.com.

Voices of Summer Gala 2015

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