Gary F. Borla Recognized by Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Gary F Borla, borlagf@alumni.uconn.edu

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Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2019

GARY F. BORLA IS RECOGNIZED BY THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Gary F Borla of Old Saybrook, CT was recognized by the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) for 30 years of volunteer service to the Symphony. Gary has served in many capacities throughout his thirty years of volunteer service to the BSO, including customer relations, marketing, membership, and information technology. Gary began his service at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony’s summer home in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1990 when he collaborated with Bill Sexton on the development of the first computerized database of the thousands of volunteers who are involved with the Boston Symphony both at Tanglewood and in Boston.

Gary’s first love as a volunteer is as a performance usher for the Boston Symphony and visiting artists in the Serge Koussevitzky Music Shed on summer weekends. Gary credits the BSO staff, musicians, and volunteers he has worked with over the last 30 years with enriching his life through the enhancement and expansion of his knowledge and appreciation of classical music.

At a separate function on August 11, 2019, Gary was recognized by the Boston Symphony as a member of the Walter Piston Society. Named for Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and noted musician Walter Piston, the Piston Society recognizes and honors those who have provided for the future of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, or Tanglewood through one of a variety of irrevocable deferred gifts, or by including the BSO in their long-term plans.

Throughout an engineering career and a passion for the arts and sculpting in particular, Gary has made sure that his life is full of art and music of all kinds. Attending concerts and volunteering for the BSO deeply enriched his life and introduced him to many new friends. “It has been a joy to be associated with the Symphony,” he said. His lifelong dedication to the BSO as a concertgoer, donor, volunteer and friend was renewed when he considered his long-term estate plans, which include a provision for the BSO. “I don’t have a musical background, but classical music needs an audience. I want to help preserve an important part of the Symphony culture.”