The BSO presents Project Mozart
by Ian L.
by Ian L.
The BSO director of marketing, Sarah Manoog had the interesting task of developing something unique for the one week celebration of the music of Mozart. Fortunately, she was contacted by Amy Patt and William Downey of Guilded Boston and the collaboration resulted in the Project Mozart competition.
Guilded Boston put Sarah Manoog in contact with Tonn Model Management to provide models, Brandon Keith Hair Salon to do hair and Debra Macki and Lily Artist Management to do makeup. Designers Nirva Derbekyan and Denise Hajjar, Tonn, violinist Wendy Putnam and Jonathan Soroff from The Improper Bostonian were tapped to be the judges. All the elements were in place for Project Mozart to begin.
The Project Mozart design competition was open to all local area students and designers. They provided sketches on designs that they felt were inspired by the music of Mozart. 11 sketches made the final selections and those students were provided $150 to bring their design to life. The 11 designers were from various schools. Lowander Lee, Christel Akouri, Virginia Grassilli and Paige Skinner came from Mass Art. Charles Newmann, April LeBlanc, Christian DiPietro, Rheanna Oliver-Palanca and Emily Hancock were from Lasell College. Cam Yen Le represented Mt.Ida College.
Patrons to the Mozart concerts could vote on their favorite design and were treated to informal modeling prior to the concert. At the night of the finals, there were two runner ups. The first runner up was Paige Skinner for her blue and gold cocktail dress that reminded one of a ballerina. The second runner up was Charles Neumann with his floor length, corseted gown in blue, red, pink and black. The overall winner of the competition was also the patrons' favorite.
Guilded Boston put Sarah Manoog in contact with Tonn Model Management to provide models, Brandon Keith Hair Salon to do hair and Debra Macki and Lily Artist Management to do makeup. Designers Nirva Derbekyan and Denise Hajjar, Tonn, violinist Wendy Putnam and Jonathan Soroff from The Improper Bostonian were tapped to be the judges. All the elements were in place for Project Mozart to begin.
The Project Mozart design competition was open to all local area students and designers. They provided sketches on designs that they felt were inspired by the music of Mozart. 11 sketches made the final selections and those students were provided $150 to bring their design to life. The 11 designers were from various schools. Lowander Lee, Christel Akouri, Virginia Grassilli and Paige Skinner came from Mass Art. Charles Newmann, April LeBlanc, Christian DiPietro, Rheanna Oliver-Palanca and Emily Hancock were from Lasell College. Cam Yen Le represented Mt.Ida College.
Patrons to the Mozart concerts could vote on their favorite design and were treated to informal modeling prior to the concert. At the night of the finals, there were two runner ups. The first runner up was Paige Skinner for her blue and gold cocktail dress that reminded one of a ballerina. The second runner up was Charles Neumann with his floor length, corseted gown in blue, red, pink and black. The overall winner of the competition was also the patrons' favorite.
Mass Art student Lowander Lee (roses center) poses with family and friends after winning Project Mozart. Her pink and black cocktail dress design was also chosen as the patrons' favorite.
Tonn, of Tonn Model Management poses with model Aileen Benson. Tonn models were featued at the fashion show and Tonn also served as a guest judge.
The judges were looking for something truly creative, more on the level of an interpretation of Mozart's music that an interpretation of Mozart's period dress. Lowander Lee's design was the winner. She cut up metallic sheets of paper with bars and lines of music printed on them into heart shapes. She then sewed the shapes into a very chic, black and pink cocktail dress that can be easily worn to (and be the talk of) any special occasion.
For her efforts, Lowander won a shopping spree at the Bloomingdales at Chestnut Hill, an exclusive feature in an upcoming issue of Boston Common Magazine as well as other smaller prizes.
The competition was a rousing success as the BSO patrons were very involved and attended the finals in large numbers. Concert tickets on the night of the finals were sold out. The BSO is hoping to develop more projects that will be as successful with plans in the works for something in a similar vein to coincide with holiday concerts later on in the year. What that entails in not yet known but whatever it is, it will no doubt be as fun and exciting as Project Mozart.
To learn more about the BSO and Project Mozart, visit:
www.bso.org
For her efforts, Lowander won a shopping spree at the Bloomingdales at Chestnut Hill, an exclusive feature in an upcoming issue of Boston Common Magazine as well as other smaller prizes.
The competition was a rousing success as the BSO patrons were very involved and attended the finals in large numbers. Concert tickets on the night of the finals were sold out. The BSO is hoping to develop more projects that will be as successful with plans in the works for something in a similar vein to coincide with holiday concerts later on in the year. What that entails in not yet known but whatever it is, it will no doubt be as fun and exciting as Project Mozart.
To learn more about the BSO and Project Mozart, visit:
www.bso.org
