Tickets on Sale for Holly Jolly Symphony Fête

(Press Release) West Palm Beach, Florida (August 22, 2025) – Jingle all the way to Palm Beach Symphony’s Ninth Annual Holly Jolly Symphony Fête beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 8 at the Cohen Pavilion at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. The holiday spirit comes to life during this festive luncheon highlighted by an expansive silent auction, joyful holiday music and more. 
 
Holly Jolly Symphony Fête tickets are available for $300 per person at palmbeachsymphony.org/support/holly-jolly. 

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Funds raised benefit Palm Beach Symphony’s world-class music, outreach and educational initiatives, including the Instrument Donation Program, which puts musical instruments into the hands of promising young music students in Palm Beach County. Since its inception in 2016, 931 instruments and more than 2,700 accessories and pieces of equipment have been donated. Several schools and students will be presented with instruments at the luncheon.
 
Honorary chairs are Carol and Thomas Bruce and chairs are Mary and Will Demory. Dr. Martha Rodriguez and Dr. Jesus Perez-Mendez are vice chairs and Marietta Muiña McNulty is the auction chair. Sponsors of the Holly Jolly Symphony Fête include FINDLAY Galleries, Palm Beach Design Masters and Private Cask Imports, Inc.
 
A pre-Holly Jolly Gift Gathering Party, hosted by Mary and Will Demory, is set for Thursday, October 23, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Palm Beach Design Masters, located at 326 Peruvian Ave., Suite 9, Palm Beach. Festive cocktail attire is encouraged.
 
Palm Beach Symphony has created an Amazon Wish List to collect sought-after items for the silent auction. Donors can use their Amazon account to choose from a curated list of items, which will be shipped directly to the Symphony. Each item will be elegantly displayed on the silent auction tables.
 
To donate a silent auction item, purchase Holly Jolly tickets, become a sponsor or donor, RSVP for the gift gathering party or for further information, please contact Director of Special Events Hulya Selcuk at ‍(561) 568-0265 or [email protected].
 
The 2025 Instrumental Music Teacher of the Year will also be honored at the Holly Jolly Symphony Fête. Nominations for this award are open through Sunday, October 19. Students, parents, colleagues and members of the community are invited to nominate an extraordinary K-12 music teacher in a public, private or charter school in Palm Beach County who has an outstanding instructional technique and ability to nurture, connect with and inspire students. Learn more about the eligibility requirements and complete the nomination form at palmbeachsymphony.org/programs/instrumental-music-teacher-of-the-year.
 
Palm Beach Symphony’s education programs are made possible through support from The Paul and Sandra Goldner Conservatory of Music, Ray K. Farris, The McNulty Charitable Foundation, James R. Borynack and Adolfo Zaralegui / FINDLAY Galleries, Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Foundation, Mr. William Robertson, Charles Frederick Schmidt, The Annette Urso Rickel Foundation, Edith Hall Friedheim/Eric Friedheim Foundation, PNC Foundation, The Walter & Adi Blum Foundation, Inc., James H. and Marta T. Batmasian Family Foundation Inc., Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation Inc., Komansky Foundation, Josephine DuPont Bayard, Yvonne S. Boice Trust and Al Zucaro, and Lois Pope, with additional funding from Cultural Council for Palm Beach County Arts and Cultural Education Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 Proud sponsors of Palm Beach Symphony include Cindy and Jerome Canty, Mrs. James N. Bay, Carol and Harold Baxter, C. Kenneth and Laura Baxter Foundation, Inc., JoAnne Berkow, Kathy Lee Bickham and John Bickham, Leslie Rogers Blum, Yvonne S. Boice Trust and Alfred Zucaro, Jeffrey and Tina Bolton, James R. Borynack and Adolfo Zaralegui / FINDLAY Galleries, Jerome J. Claeys, Thomas and Carol Bruce, CIBC Private Wealth, Amy and John T. Collins, The Colony Hotel, CORPGOV, Suzanne Mott Dansby, The David Minkin Foundation, Michelle DuBois and James Roiter, Ray K. Farris, Mary and Will Demory, Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Foundation,  Willard H. Dow and Kelly Winter, Dr. Richard and Diane Farber, Bill and Kem Frick/The Frick Foundation, Inc., Edith Hall Friedheim/Eric Friedheim Foundation, Gerry Gibian and Marjorie Yashar, Paul* and Sandra Goldner, Douglas and Jo Gressette, Irwin and Janet Gusman, Walter Harper, Thomas E. Harvey & Cathleen P. Black Foundation, Doris Hastings Foundation, Carol S. and Joseph Andrew Hays, John Herrick, Addison Hines Charitable Trust, Lisa and George Hines, HSS Florida, IPO Edge, Charles and Ann Johnson/The C and A Johnson Family Foundation, Elaine Kay, Aban and Percy Kavasmaneck, Leonard and Norma Klorfine Foundation, The Kovner Foundation, Gary and Linda Lachman/The Lachman Family Foundation, Patricia Lambrecht/The Lambrecht Family Foundation, Donald C. McGraw Foundation, The Honorable Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, The McNulty Charitable Foundation, Tish Messinger, David Moscow, Palm Beach Design Masters, Park Foundation, Patrick and Milly Park, Nancy and Ellis J. Parker, III, PNC Private Bank, Lois Pope, Provident Jewelry, Ari Rifkin/The Len-Ari Foundation, Dr. Martha Rodriguez and Dr. Jesus Perez-Mendez, Annette Urso Rickel Foundation, Karen Hunt Rogers, The Honorable Ronald A. Rosenfeld, David Schafer, Seth Sprague Foundation, Robin B. Smith, Kimberly V. Strauss, Don and Mary Thompson, Jerome and Carol Trautschold, Sieglinde Wikstrom/The Wikstrom Foundation, and The Ann Eden Woodward Foundation/James and Judy Woods.
*Deceased
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