James Gaffigan joins the launch of CLICKCOACH to support artists in financial need

James Gaffigan (Photo credit: Vera Hartmann)

Conductor James Gaffigan joined the launch of CLICKCOACH — a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created and operated for the relief of classical, jazz and musical theater artists in financial need worldwide. It is scheduled to launch on Friday, January 15, 2021.

Featured on Broadway World, James Gaffigan shares, “As a young musician I craved access to great musicians — I wanted to know their process, how they thought — but of course, getting access to busy and successful artists wasn‘t easy. CLICKCOACH opens a world of possibilities to many: One can now gain access to the workings and insight of musicians worldwide on a personal and intimate level. The potential of CLICKCOACH into the future is limitless.”

The initial launch features community-driven artists including mezzo-sopranos Jamie Barton, Briana Hunter, and Sasha Cooke; conductors James Gaffigan, Bill Eddins, Viswa Subbaraman, Amy Acklin, and Daniela Candillari; sopranos Lise Lindstrom, Leah Crocetto, Amanda Majeski, Janai Brugger, Sheri Greenawald, Irini Kyriakidou, Elena Tsallagova, and Indra Thomas; baritone Christopher Maltman; violinist Myroslava Khomik; horn player Claire Hellweg; stage directors E. Loren Meeker, Susan Stone Li, Corinne Hayes, Maria Todaro, Sara E. Widzer, and Matthew Ozawa; coach-conductors Martin Katz, Dan K. Kurland, Anthony Manoli, Alden Gatt, and Warren Jones; flutist Sarah Ouakrat; composers Jake Heggie, Christopher Theofanidis, and Ellen Taaffe-Zwilich; educator Rebecca Shorstein; tenors Nicholas Phan, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Andres Acosta, and James Kryshak; diction coaches Nils Neubert and Hemdi Kfir; jazz bassist Barry Stephenson; jazz trumpeter Alphonso Horne; jazz pianist Dave Linard; international musicologists Jean-Pascal Vachon and James Helgeson; and dramaturg Gretl Satorius among others.