Aspen Music Festival and School 2022 Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT

2022 FISCAL YEAR

October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022

ROBERT SPANO Music Director

ALAN FLETCHER President and CEO

TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 Letters from the Board Chair and President and CEO

5 IDEA Progress Report

6 Artistic Highlights

14 Livestreams

16 Student Experience

20 Education and Community Programs

22 Benefits

24 Board of Trustees and Corporation

26 Artist-Faculty

28 Family of Supporters

40 Financial Overview

COVER Student Bridget Conley on the Bucksbaum Campus.

OPPOSITE Soomin Kim (standing), student of the Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies, applauds the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra after their reading of her work while artist-faculty member Donald Crockett (l) and visiting composer Nico Muhly (center) join her.

ABOVE Alumna pianist Joyce Yang celebrates with conductor Thomas Wilkins after their performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.

PHOTO CREDITS Tessa Nojaim, Graham Northrup, Steve Mundinger

We think the 2022 summer is one that would have made the founders of the Aspen Music Festival and School, Walter and Elizabeth Paepcke, proud. Following a world-wide crisis—this time a pandemic, not World War II—devoted musicians and supporters surmounted numerous challenges to come together again around music and in it find joy and a heightening of the human spirit.

The dedication on all sides, the courage to show up, do it differently, take a leap in unknown circumstances, and dig deep—these are what made the summer’s musical and human experiences possible and brought beauty back to Aspen.

We are proud to share this report of not only coming back with vigor, but of growing and adding important new pursuits. In all that we did in 2022, we both honored our roots and responded to our times dynamically and passionately.

We deeply thank the Board of Trustees, our entire family of donors, a brilliant faculty and community of musicians of all ages, the volunteers, staff, and entire community of Aspen, without whom this would not have been possible.

Michael Klein Chair, Board of Trustees

Alan Fletcher President and CEO

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) A PROGRESS REPORT

Led by its IDEA Committee, the Aspen Music Festival and School continued to work toward the goals it adopted in 2021 to codify and deepen the organization’s commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and access. The following are institutional accomplishments achieved in pursuit of these goals.

STUDENT BODY

From 2019 to 2022, the School saw an increase in the proportion of students identifying as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latina/o, Native American or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; and in particular, among those identifying as Black or African American.

The Talent and Inclusion Scholarship Fund supported nine students with financial aid in 2022. The Fund was established by AMFS Trustees in 2021 to increase scholarships for eligible Hispanic, Latina/o, and Black or African American students to aid in recruitment and matriculation.

In 2022, the AMFS explored partnerships to further support Black or African American and Latina/o musicians in their pursuit of classical music careers through summer music study and partnered with National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS) to support its initiative to increase diversity in American orchestras. Through this partnership, AMFS also aims to lay the groundwork for recruiting new applicants from underrepresented student groups.

ARTIST-FACULTY

This past summer, five new BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or people of color) artist-faculty members were engaged resulting in artist-faculty representation estimated at 16 percent AMELIA (African, Middle Eastern, Latin, Indigenous, and Asian) and 7 percent BIPOC, far exceeding the national average for diversity in professional orchestras.

STAGES

Meeting a goal set prior to the start of the season, 75 percent of our public, summer main-stage programs featured guest artists, conductors, or works by composers of color.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Starting from a baseline of 6 percent AMELIA Trustees, new candidates were nominated to increase AMELIA representation by an additional 10 percent. New appointments to the Corporation also increased AMELIA representation and generational diversity.

TRAINING

The organization met its commitment to conduct two IDEA-related training sessions for staff per year, as well as training for artist-faculty. Sessions were led by Dr. Georgina García of Metropolitan State University of Denver. In post-training surveys, 81 percent of staff rated the sessions “valuable” or “extremely valuable.”

MEASUREMENT

The IDEA Committee conducted surveys of artistfaculty, year-round staff, and summer staff in June, meeting its goal to begin collecting self-reported data on an annual basis to allow for reflection on IDEA progress. Surveys were anonymous and response rates were high.

COMMITMENT TO COLORADO’S ROARING FORK VALLEY

Scholarship assistance for the AfterWorks

Beginning Strings and Lead Guitar programs doubled for the 2021–22 school year.

Half of the twenty-six students who participated in the new AfterWorks Chamber Music Lab program were Latina/o.

Several sections of the 2022 Program Book were once again translated into Spanish, including “Concert Information and Patron Services.”

Managing Editor Dr. Joseph Pfender also wrote a Spanish-only “editor’s introduction” to introduce the main themes of the book’s feature essays. In addition, program and registration information for Education and Community offerings during the school year were produced in both English and Spanish.

ARTISTIC HIGHLIGHTS

Led by Music Director Robert Spano, the Aspen Music Festival and School celebrated its 2022 Season with the theme, Tapestries: What We Talk About When We Talk About Ourselves, which engaged the ways we use art to create identity.

The summer’s theme was an ideal vehicle for the AMFS’s ongoing initiative to bring more works by underrepresented voices to its audiences. The season’s programming also showcased a number of important young performers who are embarking on promising careers, pairing many of them with well-loved seasoned artists.

Pianist Matthew Whitaker returned to Aspen, joining veteran conductor and alumna Marin Alsop to perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Aspen Chamber Symphony on opening weekend. From the first trill of artist-faculty member Michael Rusinek’s unforgettable clarinet glissando to Whitaker’s final flourish, the Tent audience was captivated by a truly rhapsodic pairing of profound classical and jazz artistry. In a work that rewards interpretive freedom, Whitaker did not disappoint. Alsop also led a moving rendition of the Ukrainian National Anthem at the start of the concert.

Soprano Renée Fleming and baritone Rod Gilfry also delighted opening week audiences with a Broadway evening, and joined Spano and the Aspen Festival Orchestra to “sing” the letters of painter Georgia O’Keeffe and photographer Alfred Stieglitz in Kevin Puts’s The Brightness of Light

OPPOSITE Pianist Paul Lewis (in black) with Aspen Conducting Academy alumnus Kerem Hasan (r), after their performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4.

RIGHT Pianist Matthew Whitaker (l), with Aspen Conducting Academy alumna and conductor Marin Alsop.

Perfect Pairings

The season featured many concerts that paired artists new to the Festival with faces familiar to audiences.

Violinist Randall Goosby joined long-time guest conductor Nicholas McGegan for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, pianist Terrence Wilson deftly prevailed over a light rain with his powerful performance of the Liszt Piano Concerto with Robert Spano and the Aspen Chamber Symphony, and Gil Shaham and Sterling Elliott—alumni from two generations— delighted audiences with their musical communication during the Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello with the Aspen Festival Orchestra and conductor John Storgårds.

Frequent guest conductor Vasily Petrenko welcomed newcomer Alexander Malofeev to Aspen by taking him hiking up the mountains, and to the Tent with a breathtaking performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. American violinist Stephen Waarts, who delighted audiences in an unexpected 2019 Aspen debut stepping in for violinist Sergey Khachatryan, returned to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Aspen Chamber Symphony.

Armenian violinist Diana Adamyan made her Aspen debut with French conductor Lionel Bringuier and the Aspen Festival Orchestra on July 24 in a livestreamed performance of the Violin Concerto in D minor by composer and fellow Armenian Aram Khachaturian.

Thomas Wilkins made his Aspen conducting debut with beloved Aspen alumna and pianist Joyce Yang in an electrifying performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Wilkins also led the Aspen Festival Orchestra in James Lee III’s new work, Amer’ican, and the work that inspired it, Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony.

OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT

World-renowned Welsh baritone Sir Bryn Terfel sings the title role of Falstaff. (l–r) Fleming Fellowship Artists Kresley Figueroa (Nanetta), Katerina Burton (Alice Ford), Deepa Johnny (Meg Page), and Natalie Lewis (Mistress

devise a plan to teach Falstaff a lesson as

(l–r) Zerlina

ABOVE Pianist Alexander Malofeev (left) and violinist Randall Goosby (right) in their Aspen debuts.

Quickly)

Patrick Summers conducts behind them.

(Fleming Fellowship Artist Nicoletta Julia Berry) pacifies Masetto (Fleming Fellowship Artist Finn Sagal) after an encounter with Don Giovanni as Jane Glover conducts from the harpsichord. Baritone Michael J. Hawk (center) in the title role of Don Giovanni, with members of the chorus.

Opera Bursts Forth, Larger than Life

The Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Program brought a full cohort of fortythree rising young operatic talents to Aspen for a summer of artistic community and mentorship envisioned by co-artistic directors Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers. The ebullience of the company’s first production was a triumph of the co-artistic directors’ goal to offer young singers a well-rounded education in not only performance and vocal rigor, but also navigating the professional world of opera.

World-renowned Welsh baritone

Sir Bryn Terfel joined the students in the title role of Verdi’s Falstaff, and served as a mentor along with Fleming, Summers as conductor, and The Metropolitan Opera’s Paula Suozzi as director. Suozzi’s witty staging, which had Terfel picking Summers’s pocket and popping cans of local beer, delighted students and audience alike.

The young artists of AOTVA also performed Mozart’s Don Giovanni, starring Fleming Fellowship Artist and baritone Michael J. Hawk in the title role. The singers were guided by one of the leading Mozartians of our time, Dame Jane Glover, who also conducted on the stage, not on a podium but at the harpsichord, sometimes holding her baton in her teeth to play.

Faculty Flexibility

When British saxophonist Jess Gillam was unable to travel to Aspen in July, it left a rather large hole in the program of the popular Baroque Evening with Nicholas McGegan. Gillam had been scheduled to perform Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Oboes with fellow guest artist and saxophonist Steven Banks. In a heroic programmatic “save,” Met Opera oboist and artist-faculty member Elaine Douvas stepped in. Together, Douvas, Banks, and McGegan agreed to try and make it work. In true Baroque fashion, Douvas and Banks made the concerto a highlight of the evening’s performance.

One of the biggest laughs of Verdi’s Falstaff came when Sir Bryn Terfel, in the title role, summoned a page to deliver a message. Making his operatic stage debut, artist-faculty member Jonathan Haas rushed—mallets in hand—to center stage from behind his timpani to bear Falstaff’s message off through the stage doors.

As with every summer, Faculty Chamber Music served as a showcase for not only faculty talent but also many new or unfamiliar works by composers such as Michael Frazier, guest artist and saxophonist Steven Banks, Gabriela Ortiz, Unsuk Chin, Anthony Davis, and composition artist-faculty members Stephen Hartke and Donald Crockett, among many others.

Recitals

Starting with artist-faculty member Hung‑Kuan Chen’s all-Beethoven recital on the opening night of the Festival, the season featured a wealth of recitals by a range of new and familiar artists who were finally able to return to the intimate setting of Harris Concert Hall. Among the violinists were Esther Yoo, Vadim Gluzman, and alumnus Robert McDuffie. Pianists included alumnus Maxim Lando, former artist-faculty member John O’Conor, Lise de la Salle, Paul Lewis, and Vladimir Feltsman. Pacifica Quartet and the American Brass Quintet also performed.

In June, eighteen-year-old South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim made history as the youngest person ever to win the Gold Medal in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. In a long-standing AMFS tradition, his Aspen debut was one of the first stops on his post-Gold-Medal tour.

The month of August featured a trio of carefully curated individual recitals by three important opera voices—tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Nicholas Phan performed with AOTVA senior coach and pianist Myra Huang , and baritone Will Liverman performed with pianist Jonathan King.

LEFT

Long-time guest conductor Nicholas McGegan.

OPPOSITE Concertmaster Alexander Kerr (left), alumna Alisa Weilerstein (center), and Aspen Conducting Academy alumnus Roderick Cox (right) after the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1.

Alumni Moments

Two Aspen Conducting Academy alumni returned to the podium, deftly leading wide-ranging programs that featured both seasoned performers and artists new to the Benedict Music Tent stage. Alumnus Kerem Hasan conducted an Aspen Chamber Symphony program that featured not only alumnus Andrew Norman’s work, Try, but also 2021 Dorothy DeLay Competition winner and violinist Fiona Shea in a performance of Bruch’s Violin Concerto and pianist Paul Lewis with Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto.

Alumnus Roderick Cox made his guest conducting debut at the summer’s final Aspen Chamber Symphony concert, leading Schumann’s First Symphony, “Spring.” He also welcomed soprano and Aspen newcomer Raven McMillon to the stage for an ethereal performance of Handel’s Gloria, and alumna Alisa Weilerstein, who performed the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1.

Collaborations

Several 2022 collaborations gave audiences a chance to explore a variety of musical traditions. Bassist and artist-faculty member Edgar Meyer invited special guests and frequent collaborators Béla Fleck, banjo, and Mike Marshall, mandolin, to the Benedict Music Tent to revisit their beloved 1997 album Uncommon Ritual.

Multiple Grammy Award–winner and artist-faculty member Sharon Isbin brought to Aspen the worldrenowned sarod player Amjad Ali Khan, her partner in the Strings for Peace project. They were joined by Khan’s sons, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, also sarod artists, and tabla artist Amit Kavthekar for a program interweaving varied musical, spiritual, and artistic traditions, showing how music can cross barriers of language, time, and culture to unite people.

Once again, the Aspen Music Festival collaborated with Theatre Aspen—this time to present Rodgers & Hammerstein’s beloved musical, THE SOUND OF MUSIC In Concert, conducted by Andy Einhorn. Broadway talents Christy Altomare and Brandon Victor Dixon, who charmed Aspen audiences in 2021, returned to the Tent for the roles of Maria and Captain Georg von Trapp. They were joined by the tremendous Ana María Martínez as The Mother Abbess.

Final Sunday

The 2022 season concluded with Berlioz’s monumental, rarely performed Grande Messe des morts (Requiem), a work the composer envisioned as a profound communal experience. Joining Music Director Robert Spano and an expanded, 112-instrument Aspen Festival Orchestra were tenor soloist Zach Borichevsky and a 150-voice chorus comprising singers from Denver’s Kantorei, Seraphic Fire, the Seraphic Fire Professional Choral Institute, the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Program.

Just as electrifying as the sheer size of the ensemble and its ability to reach “the outer limits of forte” (as President and CEO Alan Fletcher put it), were the looks of awe on patrons’ faces when music from the soloist, orchestra, chorus, and antiphonal brass ensembles ringing the tent completely encircled them.

OPPOSITE, TOP Béla Fleck banjo and Edgar Meyer bass revisit their collaborative album Uncommon Ritual in the Benedict Music Tent.

OPPOSITE, BOTTOM Christy Altomare as Maria von Trapp (center) with the young local actors playing the von Trapp Family children.

RIGHT Music Director Robert Spano conducts the Berlioz Requiem.

AMFS Livestreams: Energizing Relationships

The 2022 season marked the third year that the Aspen Music Festival and School offered livestreamed programming, broadcasting nine concert experiences. The average number of viewers per event increased 30 percent from 2021 to 2022.

The livestreams attracted approximately 14,730 views from more than thirty different countries. The total number of donations made by livestream viewers rose by 19 percent from 2021 to 2022. Of those, 56 percent were first-time supporters of the AMFS.

LIVESTREAMS BY THE NUMBERS

61%

Total gifts

59 New donors to AMFS

33

MOST GIFTS CAME FROM

1 Colorado

2 California

PERCENTAGE OF LIVESTREAM DONORS WHO GAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME

56%

MOST VIEWERS

JULY 31

AFO Hadelich and Spano

TOTAL VIEWERSHIP

ASPEN CHAMBER SYMPHONY with Marin Alsop and Matthew Whitaker* | July 1

ASPEN CONDUCTING ACADEMY with Piano Competition Winner Youlan Ji | July 11

ASPEN CHAMBER SYMPHONY with Robert Spano and Terrence Wilson | July 17

ASPEN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA with Lionel Bringuier and Diana Adamyan | July 24

ASPEN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA with Robert Spano and Augustin Hadelich | July 31

ASPEN CHAMBER SYMPHONY with Kerem Hasan, Paul Lewis, and Fiona Shea | August 5

DON GIOVANNI with Jane Glover and Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS | August 18

ASPEN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA with Thomas Wilkins and Joyce Yang | August 14

FINAL SUNDAY with Robert Spano and the Aspen Festival Orchestra | August 21

* The unusually low viewership numbers of the first livestream were due to technical difficulties.

STUDENT EXPERIENCE

The 2022 Student Experience

The size of the AMFS student body progressed steadily back to pre -pandemic enrollment levels, less the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra, which remained on hiatus. The 467 students represented thirty-one countries and forty states, ranging in age from twelve to thirty-seven, with the average age being twenty-three.

The School saw progress in its work to diversify the student body, with an increase in the proportion of Black or African American, Hispanic or Latina/o, Native American or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students from 2019. Among those identifying as Black or African American, enrollment increased by 25 percent.

With COVID still prevalent worldwide, all participants cooperated with testing protocols. Cases were rapidly isolated, and adjustments were swift, offering real-world experience for students who stepped in with little notice to fill orchestral or operatic roles for ill colleagues.

The Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS program welcomed forty-three student artists. New was an “Industry Audition Day,” where opera industry representatives came to Aspen to hear its talented singers. Co-artistic directors Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers identified twenty-five singers to participate in this opportunity, further elevating their Aspen experience.

The AMFS also became a partner to the National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS) in 2022, joining its work to support Black and Latina/o musicians in their pursuit of classical music careers. The Festival has supported musicians associated with the Sphinx organization since its inception and will partner with NAAS in future admissions cycles to continue to provide access and opportunities for musicians from underrepresented communities to apply for study in Aspen.

SCHOOL SNAPSHOT

467 TALENTED STUDENTS From 31 COUNTRIES and 40 STATES

More than

$ 3.1 million IN FINANCIAL AID

OPPOSITE (l–r) Fleming Fellowship Artists Kresley Figueroa (Nanetta), Katerina Burton (Alice Ford), Natalie Lewis (Mistress Quickly), and Deepa Johnny (Meg Page) read a note from Falstaff.

THREE TOP REASONS STUDENTS SAY THEY CHOSE TO ATTEND THE AMFS:

25%

82% RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ARE RETURNING STUDENTS

$75 million STATE-OF-THE-ART CAMPUS

• To study with and/or perform alongside our world-class artist-faculty

• The amount of financial aid offered

• To participate in an intensive program of study

NEW SCHOLARSHIPS CREATED IN 2022

The AMFS offered financial assistance to 82 percent of all enrolled students, many of whom received Increasing Access scholarships and fellowships designated to support students from underrepresented or marginalized communities. We were especially proud to announce the addition of ten fellowships for Black or African American, Latina/o, and Indigenous students in 2022.

The AMFS thanks the many supporters who established these scholarships, including the notable new gifts below.

Newly endowed scholarships:

Sheryl and Michael DeGenring Scholarship

Al and Germaine Dietsch Memorial Scholarship Fund

Douglas Howard Percussion Fellowship

Talent and Inclusion Scholarship Fund

Operating scholarships:

Lynette Nelson Gutner and Kenneth Howard Gutner Memorial

Piano Scholarship

The Adele Addison Prize for Collaborative Piano, given by Scott Dunn and Robbie Moray

Celebrating the 2022 Student Competition Winners

Hayoung Choi violin

Dorothy DeLay Fellowship, student of Robert Lipsett

Aspen Conducting Academy Fellowship

Matthew Hakkarainen violin

Violin Competition, student of Kathleen Winkler

New Horizons Fellowship, Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum

Youlan Ji piano

Piano Competition, student of Yoheved Kaplinsky and Fabio Bidini

Simms Family Foundation Fellowship

Paul‑ Boris Kertsman

Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize, student of Robert Spano

David A. Karetsky Memorial Fellowship for a Young Conductor

German Kitkin

James Conlon Prize, student of Robert Spano

Aspen Conducting Academy Fellowship in honor of Jorge Mester; Aspen Conducting Academy Fellowship in memory of Jack Strandberg

Jamie Yoojin Lee oboe

Winds Competition, student of Elaine Douvas, Titus Underwood, and Alex Klein

Faculty Milestones

Lauren Mathews cello

Low Strings Competition, student of Desmond Hoebig and Brinton Smith

Ruth Coates Roush Scholarship

Sofía Rocha

Hermitage Prize, student of Christopher Theofanidis

Susan and Ford Schumann Scholarship

Kyle Rivera

Druckman Prize, student of Christopher Theofanidis

Susan and Ford Schumann Scholarship

Hiram Sebastian Rodríguez tenor trombone

Brass Competition, student of Per Brevig, James Miller, and Peter Sullivan

New Horizons Fellowship, Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum

Piotr Waclawik

Robert Spano Conductor Prize, student of Robert Spano

Robert Spano Conductor Prize given by Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass

Per Hannevold bassoon (pictured standing, above right, with longtime colleague Joaquin Valdepeñas, left) retired this summer after thirty years as an artist-faculty member. His dedicated teaching has propelled bassoonists to their own distinguished performance and teaching careers.

Dr. Per Brevig , renowned teacher, trombonist, and conductor, was honored this year for more than fifty consecutive seasons as an artist-faculty member, making him one of the longest-serving faculty members in the Festival’s history.

A Celebration of Mariachi Music!

New this summer, a very special Mariachi Workshop and community celebration helped the organization expand access to the arts for all and more deeply engage the local Latin American community. The workshop engaged more than forty local middleand high school students and culminated in a free community concert and celebration at the Tent.

The concert featured the workshop students performing with Denver-based Mariachi Sol de mi Tierra, and dancers from Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Folklórico. More than 1,800 people enjoyed a free pre-concert fiesta on the David Karetsky Music Lawn with activities hosted by five community partners and food provided by locally owned food truck Taqueria El Yaqui

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

LEFT Students and mariachi specialists perform together on the Benedict Music Tent stage at the summer’s free Mariachi Celebration.

ABOVE The Mariachi Celebration welcomed families from throughout the Roaring Fork Valley.

Summer Highlights

The summer season included perennial favorites like the annual free Family Concert, which featured Gail Kubik’s rollicking musical rendition of Dr. Seuss’s Gerald McBoing Boing at the Benedict Music Tent. Families also enjoyed Tunes and Tales, the long-running musical story-telling collaboration with the Pitkin County and Basalt Regional Libraries; two free sessions of Gotta Move! on the Tent stage; and the immersive early childhood music education program, Sing Play Move. Thanks to sustained support from US Bank and Les Dames d’Aspen, P.A.L.S. (Passes and Lessons Scholarship) and Festival Lessons provided private music instruction to 170 students this summer, with students and instructors spending more than 450 hours in private lessons!

AfterWorks and Musical Connections

AfterWorks programs returned to in-person instruction for the 2021–22 school year, offering programs designed to complement the music instruction students receive in schools and from private instructors.

Beginning Strings had its largest enrollment yet with 207 students and fourteen teachers—including ArtistYear Resident Teaching Artists Erica Ogihara cello and Camille Backman violin —making music at eight schools.

Lead Guitar had ninety-six students from grades 4–12 participating at six schools, with instruction by Lead Guitar Regional Director Nick Lenio and six teachers, including ArtistYear Resident Teaching Artist Maryam Hajialigol.

NEW! Chamber Music Lab launched at the start of the school year to help twenty-six older strings students (grades 5 and up, half of whom were Latina/o) develop ensemble skills and expand independent musicianship. The students formed six chamber music groups (trios, quartets, sextets) coached by Beginning Strings staff, and participated in workshops at the Basalt Regional Library with border band Jarabe Mexicano in October and the Leftover Salmon bluegrass band in January.

The Musicians in the Schools program brought the Ivalas Quartet—AMFS alumni and the University of Colorado – Boulder’s graduate string quartet in residence—to engage with students in elementary schools from Aspen to Glenwood Springs and presented a free recital at Basalt Regional Library.

Glenwood Springs Elementary

Sopris Elementary

Glenwood Springs Middle School

in

the Roaring Fork Valley

AYA AY

Basalt Regional Library

Lead Guitar

Chamber Music Lab

Mariachi Workshop

Jarabe Mexicano

Leftover Salmon Workshop

Ivalas Quartet

School with an ArtistYear Resident Teaching Artist

Carbondale Middle School Aspen Middle School

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Aspen Community School

SEASON BENEFITS

Benefit events raised near-record-high amounts, with supporters showing their devotion for the Aspen Music Festival and School through thick and thin.

On August 15, the Season Benefit returned to the Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Campus to celebrate the diverse range of communities whose contributions have shaped—and continue to shape—the AMFS. A Feast of Music: Tapestry of Tributes was inspired by benefactors who have helped build the musical tapestry of the AMFS experience through their support of a diverse representation of student musicians. It was an honor to explore the distinct narratives of Merle Chambers, Kelli and Allen Questrom, and Mr. Anthony and Mrs. Beatrice W. Welters, and the students who have been inspired along the way.

The 2022 Opera Benefit: Believe! took place on July 12 with a showcase of cabaret-style songs to highlight the diverse cultures and backgrounds of Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS (AOTVA) student artists. Produced by Rachelle Fleming , the evening spotlighted the breathtaking talent and roaring success of the newly reimagined opera program under the leadership of co-artistic directors Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers.

On July 6, the AMFS presented a special post-concert reception and dinner with Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry in the Aspen Meadows Resort’s Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion. Proceeds of the evening, which was generously underwritten by Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass, benefited the students of the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Program.

OPPOSITE Collaborative piano student Su Jin Choi performs for patrons at the 2022 Opera Benefit: Believe!

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP (L–R) Ron Schiller and Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass enjoyed an Evening with Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry in support of Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS students. Trustee Nicholas Paepcke DuBrul and Maja DuBrul at the 2022 Opera Benefit. Supporter Joy Dinsdale, Vice President for Advancement Mi Ryung Song, and AOTVA Co-Artistic Director Renée Fleming at the Opera Benefit. Opera Benefit Co-Chairs Jim Martin, Denise Monteleone, and Richard Edwards (far right) with President and CEO Alan Fletcher (center right). Honorees Kelli Questrom and Allen Questrom, Board Chair Michael Klein, and supporter Domenico De Sole. Honoree Anthony Welters and supporter Dale LeFebvre at the 2022 Season Benefit.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Michael Klein, Chair

Charles Wall, Vice Chair

Sam Brown, Treasurer

Carrie Wells, Secretary, Co-President of National Council

Robert J. Hurst, Co-President of National Council

Alan Fletcher, President and CEO

Charles Anderson

Nadine Asin*†

Amy Margerum Berg

Marianne Boesky

Stephen Brint

Sarah Broughton

Warren Deck*†

Elaine Douvas*†

Stephen Drimmer

Nicholas DuBrul

James Dunham*†

Alan Englander

Richard Felder

Ann Friedman

John Fullerton

Nancy Furlotti

Mary Giese

Arjun Gupta

Jonathan Haas*†

Per Hannevold*†

Cornelia Heard*†

Jamie Helzberg

Linda Vitti Herbst

Cathy Koplovitz

Jonathan Lee

Espen Lilleslåtten*†

Anthony Mazza

Michael Mermagen*†

Will Mesdag

Alexandra Munroe

Michael Murray

H. Gael Neeson

Janet O’Connor

Fonda Paterson

Timothy Pitts*†

Aaron Podhurst

Dan Porterfield, ex-officio

Dana Powell

Charles Rivkin

John Rojak*†

Victoria L. Smith

Judith Steinberg

Erika Aronson Stern

Alia Tutor

Joaquin Valdepeñas*†

HONORARY TRUSTEES

Joan W. Harris

Itzhak Perlman

Robert Spano

Pinchas Zukerman

LIFE TRUSTEES

Paula Bernstein

Carolyn Bucksbaum‡

Noël Congdon

Al Dietsch, in memoriam

Gerri Karetsky ‡

Betty Schermer ‡

Dennis Vaughn, in memoriam

* Denotes Faculty Trustee

† Denotes Faculty Corporation Member

‡ Denotes At-Large Corporation Member

CORPORATION MEMBERS

All AMFS Trustees (listed at left) are members of the Corporation.

Richard Aaron†

Darrett Adkins†

Nancy Allen†

Renata Arado†

Nadine Asin*†

Andrew Bain†

Joan Balter †

Fabio Bidini†

William Billingham†

Per Brevig †

Raehann Bryce-Davis‡

Elizabeth Buccheri‡

Carolyn Bucksbaum‡

Heidi Castleman‡

Choong Jin Chang †

Hung-Kuan Chen†

Robert Chen†

Victoria Chiang †

Kevin Cobb†

Vinson Cole†

Patrick Davila‡

Warren Deck*†

Ellen de Pasquale†

Elaine Douvas*†

James Dunham*†

Melissa Eisenstat ‡

John Engelkes†

David Finckel†

Gabriela Lena Frank‡

Simin Ganatra†

Nancy Goeres†

Jonathan Haas*†

David Halen†

Wu Han†

Christopher Hanulik†

Louis Hanzlik†

Stephen Hartke†

Austin Hartman†

Cornelia Heard*†

Tim Higgins†

Desmond Hoebig †

Mark Holloway †

Douglas Howard†

Elizabeth Hynes‡

Jeffrey Irvine†

Sharon Isbin†

Yoheved Kaplinsky †

Gerri Karetsky ‡

Masao Kawasaki†

Alexander Kerr †

Eric Kim†

Stephen King †

Alex Klein†

Espen Lilleslåtten*†

Robert Lipsett †

Mingjia Liu†

Julian Martin†

Raymond Mase†

Robert McDuffie‡

Demarre McGill†

Michael Mermagen*†

Ken Merrill†

Edgar Meyer †

James Miller †

Anton Nel†

Eric Owens‡

Laura Park Chen†

Timothy Pitts*†

Eric Reed†

Kevin Rivard†

John Rojak*†

Sylvia Rosenberg †

Michael Rusinek†

Betty Schermer ‡

Golda Schultz‡

Brinton Smith†

Robert Spano†

Mark Sparks†

Edward Stephan†

Stuart Stephenson†

Naoko Tanaka†

Conrad Tao‡

Christopher Theofanidis†

Joaquin Valdepeñas*†

Almita Vamos†

Brandon Vamos†

Carol Vaness†

Arie Vardi†

Bing Wang †

Donald Weilerstein†

Timothy Weiss†

Art Williams‡

Stephen Wyrczynski†

Joyce Yang ‡

Cynthia Yeh†

* Denotes Faculty Trustee

† Denotes Faculty Corporation Member

‡ Denotes At-Large Corporation Member

OPPOSITE Concertgoers enjoy the David Karetsky Music Lawn prior to the start of a concert.

Robert Hanford †

Per Hannevold*†

Michael Powell†

Erik Ralske†

ARTISTFACULTY

ASPEN OPERA THEATER AND VOCAL ARTS

Renée Fleming, co-artistic director*

Patrick Summers, co-artistic director

Myra Huang, director of musical administration and head coach

Chía Patiño, stage director

Paula Suozzi, stage director

Rachelle Fleming, Music Theater instructor

William Billingham, senior coach

Grant Loehnig, senior coach

Kenneth Merrill, senior coach

Nicolò Sbuelz, senior coach

Pierre Vallet, senior coach

Elizabeth Bishop, voice

Lynn Helding, voice

Stephen King, voice

Robin Rice, voice

César Ulloa, voice

Carol Vaness, voice

PIANO

Fabio Bidini

Hung-Kuan Chen

Yoheved Kaplinsky◊

Anton Nel

Cameron Stowe

Arie Vardi

Mikhail Voskresensky

Wu Han* ◊

VIOLIN

Renata Arado*

Laura Park Chen

Robert Chen*

Ellen dePasquale

Noah Geller

David Halen*

Robert Hanford

Cornelia Heard*

Masao Kawasaki*

Alexander Kerr

Espen Lilleslåtten*

Robert Lipsett*

Robert McDuffie*

Mark Rovetti

Naoko Tanaka*

Almita Vamos*

Bing Wang*

Kathleen Winkler

VIOLA

Choong-Jin Chang

Victoria Chiang*

Christian Colberg

Wesley Collins

James Dunham

Jeffrey Irvine

CELLO

Richard Aarons◊

Darrett Adkins*

Julie Albers

Rainer Eudeikis

David Finckel◊

Desmond Hoebig

Eric Kim*

Michael Mermagen*

Astrid Schween

Brinton Smith

DOUBLE BASS

Scott Dixon

Christopher Hanulik*

Leigh Mesh

Edgar Meyer*

Timothy Pitts

FLUTE

Nadine Asin*

Demarre McGill

Mark Sparks*

OBOE

Liam Boisset*

Elaine Douvas

Alex Klein

Titus Underwood*

CLARINET

Laura Ardan

Michael Rusinek

Joaquin Valdepeñas*

BASSOON

Keith Buncke

Nancy Goeres*

HORN

Andrew Bain

Jeffrey Fair

Alexander Kienle*

Erik Ralske*

Eric Reed*

Kevin Rivard

Michael Thornton

TRUMPET

Kevin Cobb

Louis Hanzlik*

David Krauss*

Raymond Mase*

Stuart Stephenson*

James Wilt

TROMBONE

Per Brevig

John Engelkes

Timothy Higgins

James Miller*

Michael Powell

John Rojak*

Peter Sullivan*

TUBA

Warren Deck

PERCUSSION

Jonathan Haas*

Douglas Howard

Jacob Nissly

Edward Stephan

Cynthia Yeh*

GUITAR

Sharon Isbin*

OPPOSITE

Masao Kawasaki*

Zhenwei Shi

Ben Ullery

Stephen Wyrczynski

Per Hannevold*

Michael Sweeney

HARP

Nancy Allen*

Emily Levin* LUTHIER

Joan Balter

ASPEN CONDUCTING ACADEMY

Robert Spano, director

Miguel Harth Bedoya

Federico Cortese

Alan Gilbert

Jane Glover

George Jackson*

Nicholas McGegan

Ludovic Morlot*

Mark Stringer

ASPEN CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE

Donald Crockett

Maurice Cohn

Timothy Weiss◊

ENSEMBLES IN RESIDENCE

American Brass Quintet SUSAN AND FORD SCHUMANN CENTER FOR COMPOSITION STUDIES

Christopher Theofanidis, composer-inresidence

Stephen Hartke, principal guest composer

VISITING COMPOSERS

Nico Muhly

James Lee

Donald Crockett

Shelley Washington

Miles Walter

Nina Young

SERAPHIC FIRE

PROFESSIONAL CHORAL INSTITUTE

James K. Bass, director

Patrick Dupré Quigley

Alexis Aimé

John Buffett

Amanda Crider

ARTIST-FACULTY EMERITUS

Martha Aarons, flute

Adele Addison, voice

Robert Biddlecome, trombone

Bonita Boyd, flute

Bruce Bransby, double bass

Elizabeth Buccheri, Aspen Opera Center head of music, vocal coach

Earl Carlyss, Center for Advanced Quartet Studies, violin

Heidi Castleman, viola

Gabriel Chodos, piano

Carole Cowan, violin

Michael Czaijkowski, composition

John Graham, viola

William Grubb, cello

Thomas Haines, film scoring and audio recording

Alan Harris, cello

Elizabeth Hynes, voice

Jennifer John, violin

Joseph Kalichstein, piano, in memoriam

Catharine Carroll Lees, viola

Eugene Levinson, double bass

Jorge Mester, music director

Theodore Oien, clarinet

Antoinette Perry, piano

Sylvia Plyler, Aspen Opera Center

Louis Ranger, trumpet

Ann Schein, piano

Rita Sloan, collaborative piano

W. Stephen Smith, voice

Dennis Smylie, bass clarinet

Paul Sperry, voice

Thomas Stubbs, percussion

Sabina Thatcher, viola

Viviane Thomas, voice

George Tsontakis, composition

Martin Verdrager, theory

David Wakefield, French horn

Dick Waller, clarinet, in memoriam

Richard Woodhams, oboe

Won Bin Yim, violin

John Zirbel, French horn

◊ leave of absence

* AMFS Alumni

Double bass artistfaculty member

Timothy Pitts with students.

FAMILY OF SUPPORTERS

The Aspen Music Festival and School gratefully acknowledges those who have made contributions to the organization between October 1, 2021, and September 30, 2022. This includes support of the Annual Fund, memorial and honorary gifts, Winter Music sponsorships, Benefit and Artist Dinner support, and special projects.

Annual contributions are the backbone of support necessary for the realization of the Aspen Music Festival and School’s mission. With these gifts, donors support our artist-faculty, public concerts, opera productions, student education, guest artist appearances, community engagement programs and performances, and many other essential projects throughout the year. We are profoundly grateful to our entire family of supporters in Aspen and beyond.

$150,000 AND ABOVE

INDIVIDUALS

Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass

Joan Fabry and Michael Klein

H. Gael Neeson

Ann and Bill* Nitze

Kelli and Allen Questrom

Nancy Wall and Charles Wall

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Colorado Creative Industries

$100,000 AND ABOVE

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management

Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation

$80,000 AND ABOVE

INDIVIDUALS

Nancy Swift Furlotti and the Pettit Foundation

Soledad and Robert Hurst

Judy and Leonard Lauder

Lisa and Will Mesdag

Mary Catherine and Trevor Person

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Wheeler Opera House (City of Aspen) Arts Grant Program

Vincent Wilkinson Foundation

$55,000 AND ABOVE

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

Kay Bucksbaum

Nicholas Paepcke DuBrul and Family

Jessica and John Fullerton

Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris

Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr.

Barbara and Jonathan Lee

Mona Look-Mazza and Tony Mazza

The John P. and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation

Alexandra Munroe and Robert Rosenkranz

Paulson Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Rutherfoord, Jr.

Judith Z. Steinberg and Paul J. Hoenmans

The Marc and Eva Stern Foundation, Erika Aronson Stern and Adam Stern, Suzanne Stern Gilison and Steve Gilison

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

The Polonsky Foundation

$35,000 AND ABOVE INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

Sasha and Ed Bass

Amy Margerum Berg and Gilchrist Berg

Stephen Brint and Mark Brown

Jon Busch

Ruth Carver and Jim Schmidt

Scott Dunn and Robbie Moray

Richard Edwards and Kevin Ramnaraine

Jane and Michael Eisner, The Eisner Foundation

Gail and Alfred Engelberg

Linda and Alan Englander

Deborah and Richard Felder

Ann and Tom Friedman

Mary E. Giese

Harriett Gold

OPPOSITE Students from the Mariachi Workshop perform on the Benedict Music Tent stage.

GORDON AND LILLIAN HARDY PLANNED GIVING SOCIETY

Named for Gordon Hardy’s rich legacy as president of the AMFS for twenty-eight years and his dedication to the music world, the Gordon and Lillian Hardy Planned Giving Society honors those donors who have included our organization in their estate plans.

Martha Aarons

Estate of Dr. John E. Amos

Pamela Gross and Charles Anderson

Nadine Asin

Thomas H. Baer

Susan Beckerman

Estate of Mark A. Bradley

Dr. Eugene L. Brand

Stephen Brint and Mark Brown

Kay Bucksbaum

Helen and Phil Burnett

Jon Busch

Dr. Janet Claman

NancyBell Coe and William Burke

Noël and Tom* Congdon

Evelyn R. David

Adelaide and James Davis

Sheryl and Michael DeGenring

Lee W. Dorsey

Estate of Merle Dulien

Charles B. Edison Memorial, Mrs. Charles B. Edison*

Gary A . Fisher and Judy Fisher

Family Trust

Audrey A. Sattler and Donald J. Fleisher

Alan Fletcher and Ron Schiller

Jane and Bill Frazer

Rich and Riley Garvin

Mary E. Giese

Barbara and Gary Goldstein

Estate of Loette Goodell

Howard Gottlieb

Christine Grad, M.D.

Estate of Lillian and Gordon Hardy

Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr.

Casady M. Henry

Juliane Heyman

Shirley Holst

Soledad and Robert Hurst

Montae and Richard Johnson*

Estate of Mary H. Kalmes

Linda and Eugene Kalnitsky

Jane Kessler*

Estate of Bob Klineman

The Barbara Koval Trust

Estate of Christine H. Leister

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Leventhal

Nancy R. Levi

Estate of Mary Crouch Lilly

Phyllis and Saul Lowitt

Mona Look-Mazza and Tony Mazza

Estate of Elaine and James McDade

Joyce McGilvray

Lydia Morrongiello

Bert Neirick

Estate of Heinz G. Neumann

Ann and Bill* Nitze

Drs. Amy D. Ronner and Michael P. Pacin

Jean and Allen Parelman

Merbie and Tom Payne

Estate of Virginia Pearce

Terry Lee and Bill Perich

Lt. Col. and Mrs. R. L. Pickard*

Estate of Jean and Yale Pokress

Marilynn and Charles Rivkin

Noyes W. Rogers

Betty and Lloyd Schermer

Estate of Vera Sears

Pamela Shockley-Zalabak

Eric Simon

Alicia and Alan Sirkin

Estate of Freda Gail Stern

Norma and Don Stone

Marcia Strickland

Barbara C. and Robert P. Sypult

Estate of Magda B. Tenser

Michael Teschner

Leslie and Joe Waters

Estate of Cynthia and Gerald Weinbrum

Laura Werlin

Kay and Ken* Whiting

* Denotes deceased supporter

The Arjun Gupta Family Foundation

Sharon and Lawrence Hite

Louis & Harold Price Foundation, Inc.

Ann* and Tom Korologos

Marlene A. Malek

Nancy Meinig - Meinig Family Foundation‡

Denise Monteleone and Jim Martin

Becky and Mike Murray

David Newberger

Janet and Tom O’Connor ‡

Drs. Amy D. Ronner and Michael P. Pacin

Dana and Gene Powell

Mary and Patrick Scanlan

Gillian and Robert Steel

Gayle Stoffel

Carrie and Joe Wells

Beatrice and Anthony Welters

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Aspen Times

The Lowe Foundation

The Rob and Melani Walton Foundation

$20,000

AND ABOVE

INDIVIDUALS

Sarah Broughton and John Rowland

Chambers Initiative

Janet F. Clark

The Crown Family

Joy and Chris Dinsdale

Marcy and Leo Edelstein

Samia and A. Huda Farouki

Patsy Malone and Darby Glenn

Maryann and Adrian Gruia

Melony and Adam Lewis

Nicole and Allan Mutchnik

Merbie and Tom Payne

Pat and Ed Peterson

The Simms/Mann Family Foundation, Victoria and Ronald Simms

Carol and Mack Trapp

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Asian Cultural Council

LLWW Foundation

Maja DuBrul Fine Jewelry

Sidney E. Frank Foundation

$13,000 AND ABOVE

INDIVIDUALS

Deborah and Gabriel Brener

Sam Brown and Alison Teal

Jackie and John Bucksbaum

Dr. Pamela Cantor and Mr. Richard* Cantor

Noël and Tom* Congdon

Ginny Dabney

Eleanore and Domenico De Sole

Laura Donnelley

Marsha and David Dowler

Shannon Fairbanks

Christy Ferer

Fisher Family Fund at the Community Fdtn. for Greater Buffalo‡

Karen and Jim Frank/

J.S. Frank Foundation

Jan and Ronald Greenberg

Brenda and James Grusecki

Vinod and Laurel Gupta

Ellen and Irv Hockaday

Sheldon and Marianne Lubar

Charitable Fund

John Madigan

Bettie McGowin Miller

Jean and Allen Parelman

Fonda Paterson

Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst

Kathryn and Richard Rabinow

Betty and Lloyd Schermer

Lois Siegel

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

The Berti Foundation

The Dana Foundation Hotel Jerome

Mountain Chalet-Aspen

Pitkin County Dry Goods

$8,500 AND ABOVE

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous (3)

Pamela Gross and Charles Anderson

Nadine Asin and Thomas van Straaten

Claudia and Richard Balderston

Nancy L. Blank and Paul Alter

Jane A. Lehman and Alan G. Lehman Foundation

Martha and Bruce Clinton

Melinda and Donn Conner

Pat Cooper Bunni and Paul Copaken

Elissa and Gary Davis

Thelma Duggin

Gail M. Elden

Diana M. Elton

Judith Barnard and Michael Fain

Roger Ferguson

Alan Fletcher and Ron Schiller

J. Scott Francis and Susan Gordon, Discretionary Fund, Francis Family Foundation

Louise B. Frank

Jane and Bill Frazer

Barbara and Richard I. Furman

Sandy and Lee Godfrey

Barbara Gold

Thorey and Barry Goldstein

Christine Grad, M.D.

Celeste C. Grynberg

Kim A. Gutner, MD, DFAPA

Julia Hansen

Ann Frasher Hudson

Holly Hunt

Mary Ann Hyde

Elyse Seidner-Joseph and Kenny Joseph

Amanda and Avi Kalichstein

Gerri Karetsky and Larry Naughton

Marianne and Dick Kipper

Karen Kribs

Ellen and Fred Kucker

Matthew Kuhns

Katharine C. Kurtz

Dr. Nancy Maruyama

Diane and Mead Metcalf

Renee and Bruce Michelson

Lydia Morrongiello

Beller Moses Family Foundation

Ilene and Jeff Nathan

Sara and Don Nelson

Nedra and Mark Oren

Doren Pinnell

Susan D. Proctor

George J. Records

Lynda and Stewart Resnick

Myra and Robert Rich

Judy and Gary Rubin

Drs. Ruth and Steven Ryave

Caryn and Rudi Scheidt, Jr.

Phyllis and David Scruggs

Jeannie and John Seybold

Marcia Strickland

MaryAnn Tittle

Edith Kallas and Joe Whatley ‡

Marilyn Wilmerding

Tamara and Frank Woods

IN MEMORIAM

It is with sadness that we note the passing of the following AMFS community members who left us during the past year.

CHARLES ABBOTT | Longtime AMFS photographer from 1974 to 1990 and author of the book, Reflections of Music (1987)

M. PEYTON BUCY | Past National Council member

RICHARD CANTOR | Past National Council member

GESINE CRANDALL | Longtime supporter

BERNICE DURAND | Longtime supporter

MANSOR JOHN “MJ” ELISHA | Tent rigger for the AMFS in the days of the Saarinen and Bayer Music Tents

KEITH GARDNER | Longtime supporter and host to AMFS students

GERALDINE HEYMAN | Longtime supporter

STEPHEN JAY MARCUS | Past National Council member

RICHARD “DICK” OSUR | 14-year member of the Board of Trustees

ALBERT SMALL | Past National Council member

ROBERTA TURKAT | Longtime supporter

RICHARD WALLER | AMFS clarinet artistfaculty from 1976 to 1994

MITZI WEBBER | Longtime supporter

MARY NORMA WEINKLE | Longtime supporter

REMEMBERING DENNIS H. “DENNY” VAUGHN

JUNE 29, 1933–MAY 18, 2022

Dennis H. Vaughn was the eighth lawyer to join the now multinational firm of Paul Hastings and served as a long-time partner and chair of the firm and its employment law department. He shared his wisdom and talents with the AMFS, serving three terms as a trustee and as officer on the Board of Trustees before becoming a Life Trustee. After retiring, he wrote fiction, publishing two novels, The Price of Revenge and The Longboat. He also devoted himself to service, sitting on the boards of the Aspen Writers’ Foundation, the Friends of Marolt Park & Open Space, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Over the years, AMFS patrons have learned more about students performing in the Sunday Aspen Festival Orchestra thanks to the support he and his beloved wife Linda gave to underwrite the Festival’s “AFO Student Spotlight” insert in the program book. Their support also included an endowed scholarship.

REMEMBERING JOSEPH “YOSSI” KALICHSTEIN

Twenty-seven-year artist-faculty member (1983–2008, and 2011; visiting 2009)

JANUARY 15, 1946–MARCH 31, 2022

When introducing the young pianist in his Young People’s Concert Series, Leonard Bernstein described Joseph Kalichstein as, “a young artist who has the depth and power to match [Beethoven’s] music.” A Juilliard faculty member and founding member of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, he became a familiar face in Aspen in classrooms and also on the Benedict Music Tent and Harris Concert Hall stages—leading students in performance classes, performing in solo recitals and chamber music, and collaborating with Leonard Slatkin or headlining special events like the gathering of piano titans he hosted with Emmanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, and Misha Dichter in 2008. The depth Leonard Bernstein recognized early on continued to blossom throughout his career as an educator and musician. His colleagues at the Juilliard School memorialized him, saying, “he won equal praise as an orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician who excelled in a wideranging repertoire, and he will be remembered for his generosity and wisdom as a teacher, collaborative spirit, quick wit, and unfailing positivity.”

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Alpine Bank of Aspen‡

America-Israel Cultural Foundation

Aspen Sojourner

Aspen Square Condominium Hotel

Bessemer Trust

Carl’s Pharmacy

Fusion Design and Catering

The Gant Condominium Association

JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery

John P. McBride Family and the ABC Foundation

The Little Nell

Miners’ Building Hardware

National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency

U.S. Bank‡

Joan and Rodger Gurrentz

Toddi Gutner and Neil Block

Leelee and Bill Harriman‡

Phyllis S. Hojel

Erica Hartman-Horvitz and Richard Horvitz

William Jentes

Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and Donald Kaul

Sally and Jim Klingbeil

Elizabeth Klump

Mary Jo and Dick Kovacevich

Rosemarie Lavender

Joan Lebach

Bruce Landon Lee

Dale LeFebvre

Nancy and Bart Levin/AM Gas

Edward C. and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation

Judy and Sam Linhart

Linda and Dennis* Vaughn

Hao and Michelle Wang Foundation

Rivka and Seth Weisberg

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.

Aspen Self Storage Warehouses

Aspen Skiing Company

Clark’s Market

European Caterers, Ltd.

Fred & Elli Iselin Foundation

Frias Properties of Aspen, Chuck Frias & Tim Clark

Golub Family Foundation‡

Harriman Construction, Inc.

Obermeyer Wood Investment Counsel

Peabody Conservatory of Music

Western States Arts Federation‡

REMEMBERING LARRY RACHLEFF

$4,000

AND ABOVE INDIVIDUALS

Marilyn and George* Baker

Connie and Buddy Bates

Barbara and Bruce Berger

Deborah and Mark Breen

Kathy and Richard Broussard

Marion and Charles Burson

Katherine and Dane Chapin

Sylvie and Gary Crum

Dorian and Pat Damoorgian

Lucy and Tom Danis

Sheryl and Michael DeGenring

Brian and Susan Dickie

Leatrice and Melvin Eagle

Melissa Eisenstat

Lesha and Tom Elsenbrook

Debbie and Jerry Epstein

Jillian Gibbs

Barbara and Gary Goldstein

Dean Greenberg

Patty and Dr. Robert Mack

Nancy Magoon

Nico Muhly

Laura Taylor and David A. Mulkey, MD

Janet Rae Naster Memorial Fund

Pam and Gary Patsley

Cyrena and Lee Pondrom

Marilynn and Charles Rivkin

Helen and Marc Rubenstein

Dr. Richard and Jo Sanders

Clare and Marius Sanger

Lorraine and Mark Schapiro

June and Paul Schorr lll

Susie and Barry Schub

Karen Setterfield and David Muckenhirn

Patsy and John Shields

Nancy Stevens

Billy Stolz

Andrea and Lubert Stryer

$2,000 AND ABOVE INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

Tracy and Dennis Albers

Joyce Amico

Jean and Michael Antonello

Becky Ayres

Sue Bickert

J. Michael Bishop

Darlene and Eric Brandt

Bucy Family Fund –

Suzanne D. and M. Peyton* Bucy

Cornelia Corbett

Mary and John Cronin

Linda and Ben Davis

Elaine and Claiborne Deming

The Dreman Foundation

Jennifer DuBrul

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Duncan, Jr.

Bernice* and Loyal Durand

Guest conductor, visiting faculty member, Aspen Conducting Academy mentor and guest director, 2008–2017

FEBRUARY 25, 1955–AUGUST 8, 2022

The longtime conductor at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Larry Rachleff was well known not only as a dynamic maestro, but also as a devoted educator. He shared these gifts over many summers in Aspen as a guest artist, visiting artist-faculty member, and Aspen Conducting Academy mentor and guest director. AMFS alumnus and Grammy Award–winning conductor Cristian

Măcelaru, said of him, “He was passionate, funny, knowledgeable, sensitive, caring and supportive, but most of all he had a unique gift of bringing people together and making them feel valued and appreciated.”

REMEMBERING GERMAINE (KRESSER) DIETSCH AND ALFRED “AL” JOHN DIETSCH

AUGUST 14, 1932–OCTOBER 14, 2021

DECEMBER 12, 1931–FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Germaine and Al Dietsch met at as students at the University of California at Berkeley and married in 1953, after Al completed service in the U.S. Navy. From that time on they were inseparable in their family lives and their commitment to community. Germaine raised a family of four while Al built a successful law career and later became a commercial real estate developer. With a goal of helping seniors maintain a sense of purpose and meaning in their lives as they aged, in her fifties Germaine founded Spellbinders, an award-winning organization whose novel in-school storytelling programs connect seniors with children. With Al serving as chair of the organization, Spellbinders served more than a million elementary school students in Colorado. Al was a member and chair of the AMFS Board of Trustees for more than ten years, and a Life Trustee. The pair passed away within four months of one another; Germaine at age 89 in 2021 and Al at age 90 in 2022. The Al and Germaine Dietsch Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established as a celebration of their story and their commitment to support young musicians.

Delia Duson

Marja Engler

Susan and George Fesus

Pam Finkelman

Marcia and Don Flaks

Mary Ann Frenzel

The Gerson Family

Jean Golden

Margot and Dick Hampleman

Susan Helm

Alexander Henkin

Linda and Steven Hill

Debbie and Richard Jelinek

Sandy and Dick Jones

Laura and Michael Kaplan

Ann and Stephen Kaufman

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keefe

Gail E. Mizner and Michael Kendrick

JoAnn and Bernard Kruger

Laura and Gary Lauder

Elaine LeBuhn

EJL98 Charitable Trust, on behalf of Edward Lenkin and Roselin Atzwanger

Drs. Mary E. Schmidt and Russell Libby

Kristin and Chuck Lohmiller

Mr. and Mrs. H. Montgomery Loud

Mathilde L. and Parker A. Maddux

Tita and Dan McCarty

Anne McGrath

Bette and Donne Moen

Paula and Herbert R. Molner

Caroline Y. and John Moore

Jane and Marc Nathanson

Linda Nathanson

Navias Family Foundation

Donald and Judy Norris

Kathy and John Orton

Hensley and James Peterson‡

Margot and Tom Pritzker Family Foundation

Valerie Richter

Anita Roger-Fields

Gail and Ron Rubenstein

Linda J. Sandell

Kim and Darryl Schall

Enika and Richard Schulze

Gail Scott and Thomas Quinlan

Laura Blocker and Mark Seal

Harriet Landau and Nathan Segall

Beatrix and Michael Seidenberg

Gordon H. Silver

Madeline and Michael Silverman

Shannon, Laura, Kimball, Donna and Elliott Slade

Alana R. Spiwak and Sam Stolbun

Sandy and Stephen Stay

Zana Timroth

Herb and Fitz Washer

Harriet Washton, M.D.

Marion W. Weiss

Mindy Wexler and Ken Small

Lynn Asbury and John Wronosky

ZG-Chicks Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation

Barbara and John Zrno

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Les Dames d’Aspen‡

MacMeier Foundation

New Music USA

Sashae Floral Arts & Gifts

Sigma Alpha Iota

The Donald F. and Maxine B. Davison Foundation

Woody Creek Distillers

* Denotes deceased supporter

‡ Denotes Education and Community Programs supporter

Donors giving at the Affiliate, Friend, Contributor, or Subscriber levels are listed on the Aspen Music Festival and School website at aspenmusicfestival.com/annualreport.

REMEMBERING TOBY DEVAN LEWIS

National Council Member and frequent AMFS Benefit Chair

AUGUST 7, 1934-APRIL 29, 2022

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Toby Devan Lewis was a woman of vision and advocate for emerging artists. A beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and dear friend to many, she also excelled in her roles as a philanthropist, art collector, curator, and author. She began her career in the fashion industry, but soon moved to the world of contemporary art, first heading public relations, sales, and marketing for the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art—now the Cleveland MOCA. For more than twenty years, Lewis’s work centered on building an award-winning art collection for the Progressive Corporation, with the goal of presenting works by emerging artists who challenged our perception of the world. She was the recipient of numerous awards for her tireless advocacy. In the art world, her support for emerging artists—many of whom became leading artists of their generation—was legendary, and in Aspen, she extended that support to the young musicians studying and performing at the AMFS as a member of the National Council and frequent AMFS Benefit chair.

REMEMBERING WILLIAM “BILL” A. NITZE

National Council Member and longtime AMFS supporter; nephew of AMFS founders Walter and Elizabeth Paepcke

SEPTEMBER 27, 1942–JULY 30, 2021

Despite a distinguished career serving in the administrations of presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, William “Bill” Nitze was perhaps best known for his devotion to history, philosophy, literature, the arts, and service. He first came to Aspen at the age of nine to visit his father’s sister, Elizabeth Paepcke, who had a monumental influence on his love for music and ideas, and perhaps fostered his lifelong commitment to learning— always in the hope of personal and social progress. Nitze was an early evangelist for protecting the climate and our natural environment, serving in influential government positions advocating protections and efficiencies. He supported entrepreneurs seeking to mitigate climate damage; taught at George Mason University’s Krasnow Institute, where he was a trustee; and served on the boards of the Aspen Skiing Company and Aspen Institute, all the while continuing his longtime support of the AMFS.

$800 AND ABOVE INDIVIDUALS

Jennifer and Claude Amadeo

Edward Baney

Susan and Steven Beebe

Allison Bellows

Daniel Benavent

Katie Bergman

Linda Binder

Judy and Tom Biondini

Dorothy R. Fait and David G. Borenstein

Dr. Eugene L. Brand

Galen Bright and Lucy Tremols

Alexander Brose and Carmen Busch

Susan and Robert Brown

Marian H. Brown

Shelley Senterfitt and Ken Canfield

Tom Clark

NancyBell Coe and William Burke

Carla D’Arista

Patrick Davila

Sandra and Lynn Davis

Bruce Ducker

Caroline W. Duell

Deborah and James Dunham

Nancy S. Dunlap

Sherry and Joseph Felson

Bobo and Lulu Ferrer

Marilyn and Larry Fields

Kit and Mark Fordham

Edmund Frank and Eustacia Su

Katy and Adam Frisch

Ricki and Peter Fuchs

Carolyn and Ron Galfione

Elvie and Yale Gieszl

Lance Goldberg

Paula and David Harris

Bunny and John Harrison

Mary Kathryn Hartigan

Katherine Heller

William Heuseler and Felipe Hegg

Jessica Hite

Sharon and John Hoffman

Jaidyn K. Hurst

Jared S. Hurst

Barbara Reid and David Hyman

Sandy and Charles Israel

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Jones

James Katzenberger

Lisa See and Richard Kendall

Janet Korenblat

Bertel M. Lewis

Margaret and Daniel Loeb, Third Point Foundation

Evi and Evan Makovsky

Susan Richman and Peter E. Manis

Fern and Mark Mazo

The JN Trust

Drs. Lorrie and John Odom

Lisa and John W. Overbey

Eloise and James Paloucek

Jacqueline and Barry Panter

Dr. David S. Pearlman

Bryna Ram and Daniel Perlman

Leslie and Harold Porosoff

Fran and Frank Porter, Jr.

Karen Herrling and Dan Porterfield

Laurie Smith and Andy Prodanovic

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Pugh

Carolyn Roehm and Simon Pinniger

Noyes W. Rogers

Marvin Rosenberg and EZR Spirit of Giving

Mr. and Mrs. Dalton D. Ruffin, Jr.

Sally Saunders

Kitty P. Sherwin

Phyllis and Nathan Shmalo

Mr. and Mrs. Heinz K. Simon

Robert Skolnick

Bill Stirling and Barbara Bussell

Austine Stitt

Ruth Stone

Nina Stumpf

Steve Stunda

Anne and Bill* Tobey

Rosalind Walter

Angi Wang

Patti and Jay Webster

Andrew Welters

Bryant Welters

Laura Werlin

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Bethel Party Rentals, Inc.

Naughton-Nicholson Foundation

PARC Aspen

$400 AND ABOVE INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

BJ and Michael Adams

Marsha and Bill Adler

Joan and Lawrence Altman

Carole and Arnold Bailis

Susan and Steve Baird

Helene and John Baran

Michael Behrendt and St. Moritz Lodge

Phyllis and Sanford Beim

Meredith Bell

Chuck Bellock and Madeleine Morrison

Kate Bermingham

The Community Foundation — Mortimer and Josephine Cohen Fund

Sandra M. Moses and Harvey S. Bodker

Ms. Michael Alan Boorstein

Elinor, Ashley, and Edgar Bright

K. Dane and Carter S. Brooksher

Elizabeth Buccheri

Thomas Buesch

Barbara Burger

Carol and David Clemons

Sheila M. Cleworth

Toby Ann and Carl Cronin

Drs. Nancy Thomas and Roger Davis

Adelaide and James Davis

Jeannette Guarner and Carlos Del Rio

Jessica and Mark DiPaola

Mary and Sven Dominick-Coomer

Rebecca Donelson

Lee W. Dorsey

Nancy and Mike Estrada

Clara y Mauricio Fabre

Carol Farnsworth

Mynan and Sam Feldman

Christopher Goessling

Annie and Jim Goodman

David Gordon

Anna Kepe Haas and Jonathan Haas

Sally and Steve Hansen

Mary Ann and Jim Harris

Gail Hartley

Linda and Thomas Headlee

Connie Heard and Edgar Meyer

Sally Greer and David Heil

Casady M. Henry

Kristen Henry

Kate Haugen and Carlton Hunke

Jeffrey Irvine

Cathy and Dr. Joseph Jankovic

The Roger L. Johnson and Marie

A. Moreno Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation

Ralph Jones

Bernard Josefsberg

Maury and Gerry Kaplan

Sun Min Kim

Edith King

Susan and Stephen Kinney

Christa Kohler

Stratford Advisory Group, Inc,

David J. Kudish

Geoffrey Lee and Lee Philpott

Dori and Robert Libson

Paul Lux

Pamela Robillard Mackey

Deb and Bill McCanne

Sally and Bruce McMillen

Eleanor and Lowell Meyer

Carol Murphy and Michael Miller

Ann Cook and Charley Moss

Marjory M. Musgrave

Nassan Family

Dr. Mark Neustrom

Niland Family Fund

Jane and Carroll Novicki

Deb and Keith Oates

Martha Oti

Glenda and Doug Otten

Lynda Palevsky

Becky and Mike Paniwozik

Jan and Jim Patterson

William Peairs

Essie Perlmutter

Julia Sirmons and Joseph Pfender

Joyce and Ken Polse

Faith and David Rachofsky

Ann and Gene Reiling

Patti Richards

Bertram Risch

Amnon Rodan

Diana Rumsey

Mark Salkind

Mary Shafey

Dr. Pamela Shockley-Zalabak Fund of Pikes Peak Community Foundation

JoAnn Skillett

Kristin Kramer and Brian Skocaj

Ziao Lan Zhang and Christopher Sommer

Phyllis and Ron Steinhart

Ed Stephan

Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Stone

John Czuwak, John Beldon Scott, Paul Streveler, Katherine H. Tachau

Carla and Kelly Thompson

Dr. Margaret Waisman

Betty and Howard Wallach

Hanna M. Warren

Sheila and Jack Weinberg

AnneAdare Wood

Wyatt-Stone Family

Karen and Shelby Wyll

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

AMFS Artist-Faculty Fund

Chef Barclay and Molly Dodge of Bosq Aspen

Burke Aspen LLC

Everybody Water

FCI Constructors, Inc.

Oakes Family Charitable Fund

$200 AND ABOVE INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous (4)

Donna Adams

Sarah C. Brett Smith and Stephen L. Adler

Robert C. Anderson

Mary and Paul Anderson

Fran and Dr. Dan Arnold

Sylvia Balcom

Natalie Bancroft

Betteanne and James Barash

Nancy and Jeff Bauman

Cathrine Blom and Gordon Baym

Becky and Dick Benes

Barbara Berkman

Barbara and Pedro Bermann

Jill Bernstein

Dr. William J. Bertschy

Fran and Larry Blum

Michele Bodner

Annette and Lacy Boggess

Margaret and Tommy Booras

Lori and Bob Brandon

Harriett and Robert Breihan

Linda and Bob Brining

Arlene and Keith Bronstein

Oni Butterfly ‡

Franci Candlin

Jack Cardall

Rika and David Charley

Sydney and Steven Cohen

Peter Cohn

Emily and Rick Corleto

Carole Cowan

Donald Crockett

Sue and Richard de Campo

E. Lee DeGolyer, III

Rhett M. Del Campo

Kara Horner and Spencer Denison

Penny and Charles Donelan

Susan and James Dubin

Sandra Eskin

Ellie and Stuart Fine

Sistie Fischer

Margot Fleck

Greer L. Fox

Dan Freed

Alma Garrett

Sara Garton

Alan G. Gass

Caleb F. Gates, Jr.

Sandy and Bill Goodglick

Anne Greenway

Katherina Kroo Grunfeld

Flossie and Evan Gull

Nancy Hathaway in memory of Roberta Turkat

Sue and Bob Hess

Rosalind and Clement Hopp

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Horwich

Lynni Hutton

Carolyne T. Hyde

Mason Ingram

Sandy and Peter Johnson‡

Phyllis and David Johnston

Ann and Doug Jones

Karen and Phil Kelton

Meg and Phil Kendall

Sylvia Blau and Rabbi Samuel Kenner

Carole Kirschner

Mary Klawiter

Roberta and Mel Klein

Sally and Bill Kling

Amy and Tom Kwei

Marilyn S. Latterman

Kimberly Levin

Susan Levine

Denison Levy

Jeffrey Li

Barbara and Dennis Loughridge

Sue and Bob Ludtke

Diane Oshin and Sidney Mandelbaum

Dr. and Mrs. Marcus

Julia Marshall

Joelle McDonough — Henry Claessens

Joyce McGilvray

Mrs. Harriet Mehl

Carol and Tom Meissner

Mary Mendenhall

John Menninger

Suzanne and Taber Meyers

ABOVE Violin student Fiona Shea, 2021 Dorothy DeLay Competition Winner, before her August 5 performance of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Aspen Chamber Symphony.

Holly and Jere Michael

Beth and Josh Mondry

Pam E. Moore

Dana Murray

Rebecca and Eric Musselman‡

Ed Natan

Dr. Harold S. Nelson

George Newell

Lucy and Gary Nichols

Carol Niren

Anna and Jeffrey Norman

Olender Family

Bobbi and Michael Ortiz

Erin Leider-Pariser and Paul Pariser

Kathryn and Harry Peisach

Gloria and Joe Pryzant

Mary Putney

Holly Ann Reed

Clare and Charles Reel

Elissa Stein and Richard Replin

Lynette Richardson and David Mayer

Peter Rispoli

Susan and John Roach

Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Robinson, Jr.

Russ Robinson

Ruth and Mel Ronick

Drs. Deborah Preston and Frank Rumore

Mary Salton

Marilyn G. and Donald H. Scheffer

Susan and Sheldon Schneider

Dr. and Mrs. Joel Schneider

Elyse Schostak

Judith J. Schramm

Violin students perform.

James Scull

Joyce Semple

B.J. and R.B. Sewell

Laura and David Sexton

Joyce and Charles Shenk

Susan Sheridan

Susan and Marty Sherwin

Betty and Rob Shiels Fund of Communities Fdtn of TX, Inc.

Jeffrey S. Shoaf

Nancy and Mark Silverman

Margaret and Mike Simmons

Martha and Tom Singleton

The Slivkas

Eric Smith

Denise and Dave Stookesberry ‡

Willliam Stutts

Marilyn Susman

Kathy Hansen and Edward Sweeney

Harry Teague Architects

Charlotte Gibb and Dale Toetz

Linda and Denis Trupkin

Reine Fedor and Doug Turner

Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation, Inc.

Jennifer Causing and Peter Waanders

Ruth and Bob Wade

R. T. Ward

Tina and Brian Weiner

Irene Weinrot

Susan Fleet Welsch‡

Sylvia Wendrow

A friend

Marj and Bill Wise

Judy and Don Wrigley

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Bravo! Vail Music Festival

Forte Lessons‡

Independence Press, Inc.

$100 AND ABOVE INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

KD Ashbrook DVM

Donald Baldovin

Jamie Barshop

Lorian and Chris Bartle

Barbara and Karl Becker

Betty Jo and David Bell

Jill Lerner and William Bintzer

Leslie and Jack Blanton, Jr.

Lotta* and Stuart Brafman

The Branhams

Joseph Brazie

Pat and Steve Brecher

Linda Bredengerd

Mary and Ronald Butz

The Joys of Noel in memory of Kathryn Koch

Paula Carr

BJ and Jack Carter

Lynda and Ron Charfoos

John R. Cohn Philanthropic Fund of the Dallas Jewish Comm. Foundation

Gretchen Cooper

Linda and Clay Crossland

Karon N. Cullen

Catherine Cussaguet

Bonnie and Mike Daniels

Dr. and Mrs. Clyde R. Danks

Sandy Simpson and Don Davidson

Martha Dougherty

Mark Dubin

Dr. Golde Dudell

Harriet and Charles Edwards

Charlene Eilian

Lucy and Dan Ellerhorst

Lisa and Philip Ensign

Sylvia and George Falk

Frank Fekete

Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Feldman

Silvana Ferrarin

Nancy Fleischer

Patricia and Thomas Foels

Jean and Gregg Frankel

Prof. Tom Franks

Jill and Hal Gaffin

Martin Gaynor

Sanford Gaynor

Barbara and Stephen Gilbert

Barbara Goldblatt

Susanne H. Goldstein

Tamara Goldstein

David V. Gollon

Sylvia and Marvin Gordon

Dr. Beverly Gibbons and Dr. James Gorney

Nanette and Irving Greif, Jr.

Carol and Howard Hahn

Christine and George Hakim

Lisa Hawks

Dorene and Frank Herzog

Susan Dodson Hiller

Constance Holden

Shirley Holst

Ellen and Les Holst

Paul Jacob

Francie Jacober

Marcia Jobe

Kathy and Richard Kaplan

Karen Kaplan

Soon Duck Kim and Kang Il Kim

Kathlyn Kingdon

Sandy Klein

Doris La Mar

Carole and Gary Lazar

Joan S. Leavenworth

DeDe and Moses Lebovits

Arlene and Stuart Lerman

Lynne and Dan Levinson

Beverly and Bob Litsky

Laurie Loeb

Jennifer and Greg Long

Judi and Bob Loubier

Joan and Michael Marek

Barbara and Larry Margolis

Mark Mason

Kelly and Bryan May

Estelle and William McArthur

Trudy Ann Milcan

Don E. Miller

Nancy and Charles Mitchell

Carolyn Moore

Kristin Oppenheim Mortenson

Judy Nordhagen‡

Sue and Paul Ofield

Ann Spaeth and Raymond Ollett

Melinne Owen and Paul Giguere

Peggy and Paul Pace

Frank Pajerski

Alice Parker

Ginny Car-Skaden Passoth

Sandra and Fred Peirce

Carla and Erik Peltonen

Terry Lee and Bill Perich

Nancy R. Peterson

Kathleen Winkler and Timothy Pitts

Susan C. Plummer

Jody and David Post

Anne Powell Riley

Wanda Wray Putnam

Ewald Rainer

Katie and Andy Ralston

Betsy Ratcliff

Thorn C. Roberts

Melanie and Myron Roschko

Donna and Gino Rossetti

Nina and Joshua Saslove

Max L. Schardein

Roland Schmidt

Marlene Schroeder

Reina and Alberto C. Serrano

Eve and Howard Shapiro

Karlyn and Don Shapiro

Carolyn and Dick Shohet

Jo Ann and Samuel Silverstein

Lawrence Slater

Donna and Andy Smith

Adrienne Smith

Pat Spitzmiller

John Starr

Diane and Stephen Stewart

Pat and Tom Stocker

Dr. and Mrs. Barry S. Strauch

Nancy Taylor

Anna Naeser and Gerald Terwilliger

Hanne and George Thatcher

Mariann and Richard Thompson

Dorothea D. Thomson

Jan and Rein van West

John Vogt

Barbara and Marvin Walker

Margaret F. Walker

Becky and Craig Ward

Tom Watling

Sharon and Martin White

John Wilkinson

Lorraine Walker Williams

Linda and Samuel Winn

Ruth Wright

Eleanor and Robert Zeff

BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Aspen Choral Society

Eli Lilly and Company Foundation

Hetta Heath & Associates

* Denotes deceased supporter

‡ Denotes Education and Community Programs supporter

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

After a reduced season in 2021, the Aspen Music Festival and School returned to a robust summer of performances and increased student enrollment in 2022. Despite difficult economic conditions, loyal patrons and donors continued to offer strong support for our full range of programs.

STUDENT FEES

The worsening seasonal housing shortage in Aspen led to the suspension of the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra program. This resulted in a 20% reduction in student enrollment from pre-pandemic levels and a corresponding decrease in student fees. The Board of Trustees approved the use of $450,000 from the Boarddesignated fund to cover this shortfall.

TICKET SALES

Ticket sales in 2022 remained lower than historical standards due to the lingering impact of COVID-19 on indoor concert audiences. Sales were approximately 20% lower than a normal, pre-pandemic year.

DEVELOPMENT

The AMFS raised $7.9 million for the operating fund in 2022. These contributions, which included Annual Fund gifts, benefit income, and grants, funded both general operations and special projects. In addition to continued generosity from the Board of Trustees, the AMFS witnessed significant funding for special projects including the new Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Program.

INVESTMENT INCOME

The AMFS’s operating draw from the endowment was equal to 5% of the previous thirty-six months’ average balance. This was slightly higher than recent years but in line with historical practices. The draw plus a 20% decline in our portfolio put the endowment fund at $68 million as of September 30, which was the low point in this market cycle.

EXPENSES

OPPOSITE Two patrons enjoy the paper and the David Karetsky Music Lawn before a concert.

In 2022, the AMFS returned to historical levels for most program expenses. Inflation in local housing costs for our staff, artist-faculty, and guest artists continues to be a source of concern.

ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL Statement of Revenue and Expenses

As of September 30, 2022

OPPOSITE Students busk in downtown Aspen.

BACK COVER A little one experiments with percussion at the Mariachi Celebration’s Pre-Concert Fiesta.