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ANNUAL REPORT cvpa.gmu.edu
2020-2021
What a year. The year of the pivot, some call it. We pivoted so often that we grew tired of the very word, often substituting pirouette – a more accurate image in any case for the spinning motion we’ve all experienced over these last many months. A well-executed pirouette is, however, a thing of beauty, requiring discipline, focus, stamina, and a keen sense of balance. I think the College of Visual and Performing Arts has, on the whole, earned the right to say that we turned pivots into pirouettes and stayed on point. Or even en pointe. We continued the transition to online teaching, learning, collaboration, and creative research, while working to exploit physical presence where it was both necessary and safe, and to keep the campus animated as much as possible. You’ll see some highlights of those accomplishments in the pages that follow.
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Some of our programs saw impressive enrollment growth at a time when higher education overall was experiencing declines. The School of Art was particularly successful in this, driven by two main engines: first, a more intentional pursuit of the first word in Mason’s mission of “inclusive excellence,” with, for example, a deeper relationship with our important neighbor, Northern Virginia Community College; and second, the ability to deploy a large number of digitally-ready course sections to meet new demand in both Mason Core (general education) offerings and studio courses for majors. Computer Game Design and Film and Video Studies, with robust content already available in digital form, also rode out the enrollment tempest effectively. Conversely, our performing arts disciplines, which normally attract large numbers of non-majors in Mason Core classes and ensembles, saw a substantial decline in course enrollment (though held fairly steady in terms of numbers of majors, and added tremendous vitality to campus life) since most studio classes were converted to an online format and were less attractive to students for whom this might be their only arts course. Happily (spoiler alert) next year’s annual report will show continued growth in our visual arts areas and a welcome recovery underway in the performing arts. We also took great strides in the all-important work of recognizing and responding to the urgent conversation about social and racial justice that captured the nation’s consciousness in the summer of 2020. Throughout the College – in classrooms and studios, on stages and digital platforms, in Zoom rooms and hallways – a long overdue centering of the voices of people of color began to take shape. This report offers some excellent examples of the very welcome, and never finished, process of practicing Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence (ARIE). Under President Gregory Washington’s leadership, ARIE is a signature priority of the university, and he has committed to making Mason a national exemplar in this area. We in CVPA are eager to continue, and expand, our role as storytellers, image-makers, community builders, and innovators in what might be the most important work of our generation. I hope you enjoy the stories and images you find in this year’s Annual Report. It was nice to pause the pirouette long enough to take a look back. And I look forward to your thoughts.
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Building Digital Bridges from CVPA to World-Class Artists Despite the pandemic’s impact on daily life, our commitment to providing outstanding educational experiences remained unchanged. By embracing the opportunities offered by technological innovations, CVPA expanded access to incredible artists.
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The School of Art’s Visual Voices speaker series continued to feature nationally recognized visiting artists and designers each month in an online format including Wendy Red Star, Rozeal, and Mia Eve Rollow. Film and Video Studies’ Visiting Filmmakers Series also thrived in the digital space, highlighting films and artists who are committed to innovation, social justice, and diverse and inclusive filmmaking. Students were able to screen films and speak directly with documentary filmmakers, directors, writers, and actors, such as notable Mason alumni filmmaker Tony Marquez and TV writer Hank Jones. Grammy Award-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion held a live-streamed discussion with Arts Management students about entrepreneurship, and students from the Dewberry School of Music participated in a virtual masterclass with the ensemble as well.
“ T HIS MASTERCLASS WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY COLLEGE CAREER.” ROSIE WRIGHT, BM Vocal Performance ’22
In March 2021, four masterclasses for performing arts students were held during a single week, all with performers who would appear as part of the Center for the Arts or the Hylton Performing Arts Center’s programming. Beginning on March 2, Lawrence Brownlee—who is recognized as one of America’s foremost modern opera singers— led a Zoom masterclass for a group of Vocal Studies and Opera majors from the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music. Of her experience, Rosie Wright (Vocal Performance ’22) said, “Singing for Mr. Brownlee was an infinitely valuable experience for me. He was an absolute joy to work with. This masterclass was one of the highlights of my college career.” On March 3, School of Theater students participated in a masterclass with Broadway singer and actress Laura Osnes. To round out the week, on March 8, student instrumentalists had the opportunity to participate in two masterclasses, studying with clarinetist Thomas Lessels and cellist Will Schofield, both of the world-class Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
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Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commitment Reflecting on our enduring commitment to equality, justice, and freedom at Mason, the College actively listened and created opportunities for Black voices to be lifted up and celebrated throughout the year. One such opportunity was a new speaker series, The Artist-Activist: Centering Black Voices. Nationally renowned artists spoke about the essential intersection between the creative sector and social justice movements, providing an opportunity for Mason students, faculty, and staff, as well as the greater community, to engage in dialogue around creative process, activism, and racism. Curated by a panel of antiracist Mason educators, the conversations were free, open to the public, and streamed online as part of Mason Arts at Home and Hylton at Home. The Film and Video Studies program expanded its ongoing commitment to diverse and inclusive storytelling with the Visiting Filmmakers Series Online. This long-running curated series is helmed and directed by Cynthia Fuchs, also the interim director of the Film and Video Studies program. During both semesters, the series centered around the Black Lives Matter global movement, with directors, filmmakers, writers, and performers sharing their work and insights with Mason students.
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“ O UR ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING CAN—AND SHOULD— INSPIRE US TO THINK DEEPLY ABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR SOCIETY.” ADRIENNE BRYANT GODWIN, Director of Programming, CVPA
The Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music utilized its collective efforts and creative energy to shed light on the talents of historically underrepresented voices. The School established a monthly educational series that included masterclasses and roundtable discussions highlighting Black musicians and their contributions. Additionally, in an exciting collaboration between the Center for the Arts and the Mason community, three students from the School of Dance partnered with world-renowned choreographer Rafael Palacios— director of Colombian company Sankofa Danzafro—to explore, express, and share their experiences as Black women through movement. This collaboration, the Black Voices Project, resulted in three world premiere dance-films presented as part of Mason Arts at Home, and OL was supported by faculty and staff from IV IA across CVPA.
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Virtual Instruction Leaps off the Screen with the LIVE Center Conceived and spearheaded by Heritage Professor of Dance Christopher d’Amboise, the LIVE Center (also known as the Center for Live Interactive Virtual Education) was launched in 2020 and is a home for innovative virtual education and collaboration solutions for the School of Dance and all academic units within the College.
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The genesis of the LIVE Center dates back to 2019, when Professor d’Amboise first identified a need for video conferencing that allowed for life-sized, full-body interaction in educational settings. This idea propelled the creation of the Moving Story Window Wall, through which a teacher in a remote location can be projected live and life-sized onto the wall of a studio while a live feed of the students is also projected for the teacher. This concept is the basis for the flagship initiative of the LIVE Center, which expands the possibilities for virtual teaching, performances, and innovative events at Mason and beyond.
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Using this technology, the School of Dance presented the world premiere of Running to and Toward: A Dance Film by Hope Boykin, which features 38 junior and senior dance majors. School of Dance Director Karen Reedy commissioned Boykin to create a new work during the Fall 2020 semester, to continue the program’s legacy and commitment to engaging dance majors with important artists in the field—even during the pandemic.
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The LIVE Center also allowed outdoor events to take place, including Mason Drive-in Dance, a unique performance of student choreography that used a parking lot as a stage and invited audience members to use their headlights to light the performers and Beyond the Stage, two evenings of dance film screenings celebrating student choreography and performance for the camera. d’Amboise, who also has an MFA from Mason, sees many future applications for the Window Wall, including projecting classes on exterior campus walls so students passing by can see what’s happening inside the studios, and projecting multidisciplinary D RI performances in unique public spaces. V
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Dewberry School of Music Commissions Two New Works by Black Composers The Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music presented A Song of Freedom: Featuring World Premieres by Evelyn Simpson-Curenton and Michael W. Nickens on Saturday, May 8, 2021 as part of Mason Arts at Home. The pre-recorded digital concert featured more than 100 students performing as part of the momentous event, celebrating unity and resilience in the face of division and uncertainty. The program’s world premieres were commissioned by the Dewberry School of Music from renowned composer Evelyn Simpson-Curenton and Mason’s own Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Green Machine Ensembles, Michael W. Nickens (Doc Nix). Simpson-Curenton’s world premiere of Passages featured current students from across the University Choirs, a guest solo by Mason alumna and Metropolitan Opera artist Aundi Marie Moore, and solos from current students Rosie Wright, Case Hope, and Eliyahu Young. Nickens’s original work, The Orator, The Abolitionist, The Man: Frederick Douglass, is based on the 1893 biography written by his great-great grandfather James Monroe Gregory, a contemporary of Douglass. His piece featured the Mason Wind Symphony, members of the Green Machine, and spoken word derived directly from the biography and Douglass’s speeches, delivered as narration by Nickens himself. Nickens shared, “As a work very much in progress (the second movement of a larger composition I am creating), I am grateful to our students collaborating with me to bring this nine-month project to life. I hope all who experience it hear the narration both as an artifact of our American history and as an opportunity to connect with the enduring issues that are being addressed today.”
EXPERIENCE IT HEAR THE NARRATION BOTH AS AN ARTIFACT OF OUR AMERICAN HISTORY AND AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THE ENDURING ISSUES THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED TODAY.” MICHAEL W. NICKENS (DOC NIX), Director of University Life Ensembles and Collaborative Arts, Associate Professor of Music
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Arts Management Program Prepares Policy Leaders of the Future Members of the Arts Management community joined forces to highlight opportunities for cultural policy innovations under a new presidential adminisitration and the impact of the arts in the political landscape. Nearly 100 registrants tuned in to a virtually presented Mason Arts at Home (in coordination with Arlington Forward) live event to watch a conversation between Associate Professor Carole Rosenstein and Megan Beyer, immediate-past Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH), an advisory committee to the White House on cultural issues. The conversation offered students the chance to learn directly from a powerful and professional champion of the arts, as they consider their own careers post-graduation. “This is the first arts policy-centered event to take place in the Arts Management Program on this level,” said Setarra Kennedy, assistant director of the program. “With the change of administrations and continuous threat of funding cuts, arts policy has taken center stage as an interest and learning area for future arts leaders.” Beyer is an award-winning journalist, commentator, and advocate for the arts and women’s rights as well as a recognized leader in gender equality and cultural diplomacy. During her tenure as executive director, she led the first official U.S. Cultural Delegation to Cuba in 2017, in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Smithsonian Institution. “Because the pandemic has hit the arts and culture industry so hard, this event was important for finding our footing in the industry moving forward,” said Anna Burklin, a second-year master’s student and graduate assistant in the Arts Management Program who attended the event. In an interview with DC Metro Theater Arts, Emily Catherine Dugal and Hannah Gudeman, both current students, expressed hope and determination for the future of the performing arts. Gudeman said, “Arts organizations who are flexible and focused on creating art will find ways to present programs regardless of the circumstances.” Dugal imagines that “the performing arts in the next three to five years will look more diverse and innovative than ever before.”
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Arcadia Installation Cultivates Green Consciousness A groundbreaking exhibit featuring plants as musical composers and visual performers opened in November 2020 and ran through December 2021. Arcadia was created by artist Sam Nester and offered in partnership with the School of Art’s Murals at Mason and Mason Exhibitions initiatives. The exhibit was accessible via its dedicated Twitch livestream and in person from outside the Presidents Park Hydroponic Greenhouse on Mason’s Fairfax campus. Arcadia uses modified biodata-sonification sensors to convert the natural, real-time biorhythms of Virginia native plants into Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) data. Data collected from the plants is processed via a computer that then outputs sound through a variety of MIDI instruments. Plant signals controlling the MIDI instruments also control an LED light display corresponding to the pitches of the instruments. The audiovisual experience creates a synesthetic art exhibition where the activation of one sense triggers other senses. Arcadia applied contemporary artistic practice to engage cross-disciplinary research with collaborators throughout the year. Two of these partners were the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being and Mason Recreation, which hosted yoga classes with Arcadia in the spring and fall of 2021. Similarly, Donielle Nolan, the Greenhouse and Gardens Program Manager and current Biosciences PhD student, is making use of the exhibit to conduct research on the propagation of American ginseng and soil microbiome health—both of which support her ongoing research about root rot in hydroponics and her development of an organic integrated pest management (IPM) program.
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University Curator Don Russell supports Arcadia’s integration of research, “I would like to see contemporary artists collaborating in all types of research, not only by influencing the research process, but by creating an accessible and communicable result: a work of art.”
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Robert K. Purks Faculty Enrichment Endowment Arts at Mason Board member and arts supporter, The Robert K. Purks Faculty Enrichment
J. Carrier, Art Management to create a new photography project, Adraba: In Circles Shanshan Cui, Art to produce multimedia cultural storytelling through artists’ books and interactive media narrating the political and cultural turmoil in China in the last century
Endowment provides perpetual support to further the research and creative activity of CVPA faculty.
Christopher d’Amboise, Dance Moving Story Window Wall technology support for virtual education in dance supported by life-sized projections Jena Hansen-Honeycutt, Dance Fitness and Injury Epidemiology in University Dancers presentation to The Supporting Healthy Arts Research Consortium Maria Karametou, Art Exhibition publication: Katzen Museum of Art - mixed media works Michael McDermott, Art to offer public exhibition addressing data insecurity and identity theft, Undeleted Kathleen Mulcahy, Music to find, perform, and record educational examples of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ composers for developing high school and college performers Ted Prawat, Game Design to develop an education project using serious game, Inside Titanic’s Boiler Room - STEAM William Wheeler, Art to develop a web-based collaborative drawing tool showcased through an art exhibition of faculty and student work Pictured in circles: SHANSHAN CUI CHRISTOPHER D’AMBOISE LISA BILLINGHAM JENA HANSEN-HONEYCUTT KATHLEEN MULCAHY TED PRAWAT
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Justin Peter Sutters, Art Research: How is Art Education Looking? Community Connections Project: Effects of Ukulele National Art Education Foundation Workshops on Sense of Community and Social Engagement for Veterans and Servicemembers Gail S. White, Art Creative Forces: National White-tailed Deer Herbivory Endowment for the Arts National Park Service Military Healing Arts Network Michael Wilson McDermott, Art Megan Lavengood, Music Undeleted, a public exhibition addressing data A New Vision for Open Music Theory insecurity and identity theft State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Virginia Research Investment Fund Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Don Russell, Art The Mural Project George Mason University State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
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STUDENT AWARDS
AWARDS AND NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Current Student and Alumni Achievements Published Works
Staff Awards
J Carrier, Art Published third book The Folly
Ryan Braaten, Associate Director of Development, CVPA Outstanding Achievement Award, George Mason University
Heather Green, Art Published a book of poetry No Other Rome Faith Zúñiga, Mason Community Arts Academy Published original sonatinas collection Five Fun & Flashy Sonatinas for Ten Tiny Fingers: Easy Sonatinas for the First Years at Sonata Festival
Andrew Jorgensen, Technical Coordinator, Film and Video Studies Exceptional Support Award, George Mason University
Laith Al-Nouri, Alumnus, Arts Management Awarded the 2020 College of Visual and Performing Arts Thomas W. Iszard IV Distinguished Alumni Award
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Jon Bisesi, Music Launched a new non-profit organization, The Network for Diversity in Concert Percussion, dedicated to serving youth concert percussionists from underrepresented and underserved communities Chawky Frenn, Art Featured in the Inside Out, Upside Down exhibition at the Phillips Collection Nikyatu Jusu, Film and Video Studies Feature film Nanny funded and produced by Stay Gold Features and Topic Studios KHADY KAMARA
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Khady Kamara, Arts Management Appointed Executive Director at Second Stage Theater
Juan Megna, Graduate Lecturer, Music Awarded Graduate Group Outstanding Performance – Latin Group at the annual DownBeat Student Music Awards in May 2021 Vannesa Nates, Alumna, Music Received a flute position at the training program of the National Alliance for Audition Support, which works with the New World Orchestra and the Sphinx Organization to offer Black and Latinx musicians professional support to advance their careers Erblin Nushi, Alumnus, Film and Video Studies Short film VLORA premiered at the DC Shorts International Film Festival in September 2020
Notable Accomplishments Sara Barger, Film and Video Studies Short film advanced to Student Academy Awards finals
Andrea Benge, Current MFA Student, Art Awarded the Best Experimental Film award at the Sydney World Film Festival for her short Desert Air
John Kocur, Music Awarded a Mason Core award for his teaching during Fall 2020 KJ Mohr, Film and Video Studies Curated a program titled The Power of Love: Three Trans Stories for the National Gallery of Art Reece Quiñones, Art Received Fellow Award from AIGA DC Named one of 2021’s People to Watch by Graphic Design USA Russell Santos, Film and Video Studies Nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for “Best Editing” for editing Lizzo’s Good As Hell music video Justin Sutters, Art Awarded the 2021 Southeastern Region Higher Education Art Educator Award during the NAEA National Convention Andy Yoder, Art Exhibition Overboard was on view, hosted by Sandlot Southeast; the work was also featured in the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in Vermont; and covered by The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Observer, and Sports Illustrated
Arianna Rodriguez, Alumna, Music Awarded first place in her division at the National Student Auditions from the National Association of Teachers of Singing Mohammed Saffouri, Current Student, Film and Video Studies Awarded Best VA Short at the Loudoun Arts Film Festival in October 2020 Jada Salter, Alumna, Film and Video Studies Awarded the Young Alumni Commissioning Award and $5,000 in commissioning support for Just the Two of Us, a documentary about multi-Grammy Award winning musician William “Bill” Salter Jessica Smith Hebron, Current Student, Arts Management Named Chief Program Officer of Young Audiences/Arts for Learning Isaac W.K. Thweatt, Alumnus, School of Music Awarded the 2021 College of Visual and Performing Arts Thomas W. Iszard IV Distinguished Alumni Award Brayden Wang, Current Mason Community Arts Academy Student Placed third in the 2020 Metropolitan Music Festival, an annual international competition for young musicians Nicole Daniell, Alumna, Dance Nicholas Horner, Current MFA Student and Alumnus, Theater Cristian Perez, Alumnus, Music Katherine Thompson, Alumna, Visual Arts Recipients of the Young Alumni Creative Development Award, each will receive $2,500 in commissioning support
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Richard Weilenmann, a renowned conductor of symphony and orchestra, and a music instructor himself, collected more than 1,600 published pieces of music dating from the late 1800s to the present. His wife, Elisabeth, and their son, Peter, donated the entire collection to the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music at George Mason University. The Richard and Elisabeth Weilenmann Performance Music Library will be a resource for music research as well as for live performances at Mason.
MCAA Offers Class with Musicians from Seattle Symphony and New York Philharmonic During the summer of 2020, CVPA’s Mason Community Arts Academy hosted a virtual program for middle and high school students that included a session with Demarre McGill, Seattle Symphony’s principal flute, and his brother Anthony McGill, New York Philharmonic’s principal clarinetist. The prominent Black musicians discussed their career paths and the challenges they faced growing up with students attending the week-long program from all over the country.
Jazz4Justice Receives Jack Wood Award for Business/Non-Profits from Mason Students from Mason Community Arts Academy speaking with Demarre and Anthony McGill
Jazz4Justice was presented with the 2021 Jack Wood Award for Business/Non-Profits by the George Mason University Office of Government and Community Relations. Named in honor of the former mayor of Fairfax, this annual honor is awarded to those who demonstrate leadership in fostering mutually beneficial relationships between the university and the community during the past year. Conceived by Fairfax attorney Edward L. Weiner in partnership with Professor Jim Carroll, Founder of Jazz Studies at Mason, Jazz4Justice raises public awareness and funds through their concerts for Legal Aid and music rsity nive U scholarships by forming collaborative partnerships n aso between Mason Jazz and the legal community. eM
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Legacy Giving The College of Visual and Performing Arts acknowledges the forward-looking generosity of the following individuals who have established legacy gifts to support the future of the Arts at Mason. Mr. Ronald A. Boykin • Thomas Michael Brawley Mr. & Mrs. Sidney O. Dewberry • Ruth A. Eaves Stevie and Gardner Gillespie • Linda E. Gramlich Lee-Ann Heflin • Charles and Shirley Joyce Jerry Long, in Memory of Pat Long Mark D. Monson in honor of Nancy G. Monson Mary Ballard Postma and Hans Postma Ms. Elizabeth C. Price and Mr. Mike Brown Jeffrey and Shawn Robertson Dr. Victoria N. Salmon and Mr. John J. Salmon Darlene M. Scott • Inge Wekerle Steiner • Leo and Linda Stoltz Mildred E. Tasker • Violette Thouvenin Daniel Tucciarone and Thomas Sabal Captain Robert Warakomsky, USCG (Ret.) and Patricia Warakomsky James L. and Barbara W. White
During the annual Grand Piano Celebration on September 13, 2020, Dr. Linda Apple Monson, director of the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music, announced recent additional gifts from the Dewberrys that bring the total commitment for the Linda Apple Monson Scholars to $5 million. Fulfilled through both current and pledged support, these gifts add to the Dr. Linda Apple Monson Scholars Endowed Fund, established by the Dewberrys to support scholarships for Mason music students. Additional generous donors to the endowed fund are Nina Toups, the Claude Moore Foundation, and Anne and Ronald Abramson.
Grace Aitel Award Endowment (Strings) Ms. Susan Aitel and Mr. Jonathan Goldman, 2020 The Beck Foundation Scholarship for Computer Game Design The Beck Foundation, 2018 Dr. Barry and Velma Berkey Music Scholarship Endowment Dr. Barry Berkey and Mrs. Velma Berkey, 2004 John S. and Judith T. Bland Memorial Scholarship Endowment (Vocal Studies) Mrs. Robyn David and multiple donors, 1989 Dr. Sam di Bonaventura Memorial Scholarship Endowment (Strings) Ms. Darlene M. Scott, 1999 Jean Carrington Cook Piano Scholarship Endowment (Piano) C. Barrie Cook, M.D., 1995 Lucy C. Church Scholarship Endowment (Vocal Studies) Mr. and Mrs. Randolph W. Church, 2003 de Laski Scholarship Endowment (Music, Dance, Theater) de Laski Family Foundation, 2001 The Paul and Jenny Ebert Horn Studies Scholarship Endowment Paul and Jenny Ebert, 2019 Emerging Artists Scholarship Endowment Linda E. Gramlich, 2019 Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts – Spotlight Scholarship for the Arts, 2005 Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts—Ruth Haycock Endowed Scholarship in Piano The Honorable Jane Woods and Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts and multiple donors, 2006 Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Scholarship in Music for the Mason Community Arts Academy, 2004 Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts—The Thomas Galen Scott Memorial in Music Education, 2015 24 CVPA 2020-2021 ANNUAL REPORT
Gillespie Scholarship Endowment Gardner and Stevie Gillespie, 2019 Heritage Chair in Arts and Cultural Criticism Endowment Multiple Arts Gala Committee Donors, 1986 Heritage Chair in Music Endowment Multiple Arts Gala Committee Donors, 1992 Hylton Performing Art Center Endowment Multiple donors, 2006 George W. Johnson Endowment and Joanne Ferris Johnson Scholarship Dr. and Mrs. George W. Johnson, 1996 Joanne Johnson Dance Scholarship Endowment Dr. and Mrs. George W. Johnson, 2005 Joseph M. Kanyan Music Scholarship Endowment Multiple Donors, 2002 Kidd/Stearns Dance Talent Scholarship Endowment Ms. Donna L. Kidd and Dr. Peter N. Stearns, 2018 Howard Vincent Kurtz Theater Scholarship Endowment Professor Howard Vincent Kurtz and friends, 2008 Kathleen A. Lieder and Lloyd C. Fell Student Scholarship Endowment in Music Performance/Vocal Studies Dr. and Mrs. Alan G. Merten, 2006 The Patricia A. Long Scholarship Endowment (Jazz Studies) Jerry Long, in Memory of Pat Long, 2018 Anthony J. Maiello Music Endowed Scholarship Fund (Music) Anthony J. Maiello and multiple donors, 2016 Linda Garner Miller Scholarship Endowment (Dance) Ms. Elizabeth Price and Mr. J. Michael Brown, 2002 Mack and Paulette Miller Theater Scholarship Endowment Mack and Paulette Miller, 2019 Dr. Linda Apple Monson Music Endowment Fund Multiple Donors, 2011 Dr. Linda Apple Monson Scholars Endowed Fund Mr. and Mrs. Sidney O. Dewberry, and multiple donors, 2018
The College of Visual and Performing Arts expresses its sincerest gratitude to the following donors who made generous gifts in support of our programs and students from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. $100,000+
Michael Brown and Elizabeth Price The Cecil and Irene Hylton Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Sidney O. Dewberry Peter R. Weilenmann
$25,000-$99,999
Scholarships The College of Visual and Performing Arts acknowledges the forward-looking generosity of the following individuals and organizations that have established scholarship and programming endowments in the college.
DONORS
Dewberry School of Music Reaches $5 Million in Gifts
Nancy G. Monson Scholarship Endowment for the Visual Arts Mr. Mark D. Monson, 2013 Joey Noufal Endowed Scholarship (Art) Vicky Noufal, Martha Engle and Reid Herlihy, and friends and family, 2017 Mildred Elaine Tetsell Parker Scholarship Endowment (Vocal Studies), 2004 Peterson Family Foundation Scholarship Endowment (Music) Carolyn and Milt Peterson, 2000 Peterson Excellence Endowed Fund for the Arts Peterson Family Foundation, 2015 Peterson Family Endowed Scholarship in the Vocal Arts Peterson Family Foundation, 2015 Elizabeth “Buffy” Price Dance Scholarship Endowment Ms. Elizabeth C. Price and Mr. Mike Brown, 2020 Robert K. Purks Faculty Enrichment Endowment Robert K. Purks, 2017 Carol M. Robinson and Peter R. Barcher, Ph.D. Scholarship Endowment (Vocal Studies) Peter R. Barcher, Ph.D. and multiple donors, 2015 Pamela A. Roe Music Scholarship Endowment (Athletic Bands) David and Pamela Roe, 2008 Noah J. Seidenberg Scholarship Endowment (Art) Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Seidenberg, 2006 Joseph D. Shirk Memorial Music Scholarship Endowment Mrs. Jean E. Shirk and multiple donors, 2000 Brower “BC” Spransy Memorial Scholarship Endowment (Theater) Martha Engle and Samantha W. Engle Price, 2019 Shirley Udelson Memorial Scholarship Endowment (Music Composition) Mr. Michael E. Udelson, 1997 The Captain Robert Warakomsky, USCG (Ret.) and Patricia Warakomsky Music Scholarship Fund Robert and Patricia Warakomsky, 2018 Wells Fargo Arts Endowment Wachovia Foundation, 1993
Susan J. Aitel and Jonathan Goldman Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund The Beck Foundation Community Foundation for NOVA F. H. Furr Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning & Electrical Inge Wekerle Steiner Living Trust Carol Merchant Kirby and Peter Kirby Mrs. Jacqueline Badger Mars Sandy Spring Bank Seeley Foundation Dr. Peter N. Stearns and Ms. Donna L. Kidd Mrs. Nina Swan Toups
$10,000-$24,999
Alliant Wealth Advisors American Endowment Foundation Anonymous Baltimore Community Foundation Compton and Duling, L.C. Dominion Energy Insight Wealth Management, Inc. Bill Karlson Legal Services of Northern Virginia Jerry Long ManTech International The Micron Foundation Mary Ballard Postma Robert K. Purks Ken and Joanne Schoonover Sumeet and Joya Shrivastava Stanley Martin Companies, Inc. The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Virginia Commission for the Arts
$5,000-$9,999
Helen and Bill Ackerman Amazon Web Services Mrs. Lillian B. Ballard JBarrows Sales Training/Service2Software Dr. and Mrs. Barry Berkey Judy Canyock City of Manassas Dr. Rick Davis and Ms. Julie Thompson Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts, Inc. John H. Foote and Rosamond Tompkins
Andrew and Jennifer Flagel Mr. Steven Golsch and Mr. Jim Nedohon Mark and Sharon Gottlieb Art and Linda Hamerschlag Dr. Joy Hughes and Mr. Kenneth Lee Russell and Jennifer Lamb Ms. Sharon Markin and Mr. Robert Markin McNichols Family Foundation Alice K. Mergler Meridian Financial Partners Mrs. Sarah L. Merten Micron Technology, Inc. Miller Toyota of Manassas Mack and Paulette Miller NOVEC Dexter S. Odin T he Hon. J. Chapman Petersen and Mrs. Sharon K. Petersen Robert and Ida Portland The Prince Charitable Trusts Mr. and Mrs. William Reeder Shugoll Research Mark and Merrill Shugoll Dr. Glenn E. Smith United Bank Mikki Van Wyk Vanguard Charitable Mrs. Katherine A. Villani and Mr. Jim A. Villani Wall Foundation Bob and Pat Warakomsky Buck and Julie Waters
$2,500-$4,999
Mr. Jerry Archer and Mrs. Kim T. Archer The Ayco Charitable Foundation Leigh and Michael Baca C ouncilwoman Sheryl L. Bass and Dr. Robert L. Bass Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation Dianne and Gerard Blais Annie and John Bolger Ms. Sheyna Burt Anne Caputo Mrs. Lucy C. Church City of Fairfax Foundation for the Arts Paula B. Compton Donald Coulter and Rosemary Enright Joseph and Lona Cox CTW Solutions, LLC DBA Informed XP Peter Dickinson and Katie Largent Didlake, Inc. Michael and Alison Dixon Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Ms. Joyce P. Goche-Grimes Guitar & Accessories Marketing Association John and Tammy Hanks Alan and Mary Beth Hemer Barbara Jacksier and Everett Chasen M s. Kristin Johnsen-Neshati and Mr. Amin Neshati Mr. Brian R. Jones Mrs. Shirley A. Joyce Clara and John Kelly Eileen E. Kennedy Linda and Buford Lewis Joseph Magalski, Leanna Giancarlo, and Nadia The Mather
McAleese & Associates, P.C. Mr. Timothy McEvoy Mr. Val S. McWhorter Amy and Robert Moore Julia G. Morelli and Daniel Rainey Susan and Michael Murphy Don and Sonja Palomaki Ms. Sharon E. Pandak Rick and Phoebe Peterson Mr. John Paul Phaup and Ms. Paula Martino The Presser Foundation Norma Jean Reck Richard W. Averill Foundation Eileen and Kara Roberts Steven T. Rolander and Dru Ann Rolander M r. Bradley S. Rosenberg and Ms. Kathy K. Clark Dr. Victoria N. Salmon and Mr. John J. Salmon Mary Sherman Mark and Andrea Silverman Soil Consultants Inc. Leo and Linda Stoltz Bobby Surface Mr. Matt Tait Troy and Amy Tanner Daniel Tucciarone and Thomas Sabal Verizon Foundation Darin and Sara Wallace Ed and Maria Ward John and Ann Wheeler Douglas and Gabriella Whipple Dr. and Mrs. George Whipple Christina and Christopher Williams The Winston-Salem Foundation
$1,000-$2,499
Bob Allen Jan and Peter Alten American Endowment Foundation Mr. Robert Anderson III Associated Chamber Music Players, Inc Mrs. Debra L. Atkinson A zalea Charities, Inc., Frank E. Lasch, Sr., Chairman and Founder Shannon and Mike Baccaglini Dee and Kathy Bailey Jim and Sally Bennett BH Equities Mr. Harry Bookey and Mrs. Pamela Bookey Mrs. Bert S. Boyd Bill Brogdon Agnes M. Brown Jean E. Callahan Craig and Kris Campesi Dr. Mark Camphouse and Ms. Elizabeth Curtis Carney Foundation Pat and Pat Carroll Lavern J. Chatman Anne C. Cook Dr. Deborah Crawford Steve and Kate Danziger Mr. Steve O. Dixon and Ms. Vandy S. Dixon Charles and Eileen Duggan D r. Bernadette Dunham and Raymond Petryshyn Dr. Kimberly K. Eby and Dr. José M. Cortina Roland and Victoria Fabia CVPA 2020-2021 ANNUAL REPORT 25
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Peter and Lenore Farrell Robert and Elizabeth Fini Wendy Frieman and David E. Johnson FVCbank Linda and Shelly Gersten Jennifer and Mike Gibson Kay and John Gilbert Glory Days Grill Mr. William H. Gordon William and Jacqueline A. Gravell T homas and Lovey Hammel, Employment Enterprises, Inc. Linda and Harlan Harber Mr. Ronald A. Harris Mrs. Alice D. Heyer The Jacquemin Family Foundation Inc John and Tracie Jacquemin Deb Jewell Joey Noufal Foundation Mrs. Julie L. Jones T he Hon. Timothy M. Kaine and The Hon. Anne B. Holton Ms. Joan Kasprowicz Mrs. Evelyn Mary Kiley Carol and Bruce Kissal Ronald Knecht Dr. Michael and Mrs. Linda Kostrzewa Mr. Samuel H. Laudenslager D r. Dennis Layendecker and Mrs. Myriam Layendecker Mr. John T. Lewis Mr. Henry Linsert Andy and Claire Loerch Claire Machosky and Al Ullman Patricia and Evans Mandes Dr. Carol C. Mattusch and Dr. Richard S. Mason Ms. Jacquelyn E. McDonald Mr. Donald E. Metz and Mrs. Beverly D. Metz Ms. Patricia A. Miller Linda and Phillip Miller Drs. Keith and Linda Apple Monson Matthew Morris and Shelby Olson Mr. J. Blake Myers and Mrs. Connie L. Myers Douglas and Laura Newton Ms. Christine M. O’Hare Mr. David Ottaway Robert and Carol Perry Mrs. Mary S. Petersen Edward and Marilyn Pratt Susanne and William Reid Joan and Patrick Reilly Dr. Elaine Rendler-McQueeney Mr. Peter G. Rey Shirley B. Rice Charles and Eileen Ricks Lisa Robinson Mark and Dawn Roddy Roberta Roumel Diane and Gary Schnurrpusch Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Seidenberg Sheron and Richard Seraydarian Robert and Marcia Settle Judith and Donald Smith Ms. Marilyn T. Smith Walter and Janice Smith John Stirrup
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The Stoltz Living Trust Anita and Patrick Sullivan Martha R. Sullivan Patricia Swart Robert and Jane Test Jasmine K. Tiner Charlie and Mary Tompkey Richard and Wenda Travers Ednamae and John Trevey Katie and Phil Turcotte Kathryn J. Van Der Kamp Roy and Margaret Wagner Ernie and Diane Wakeham Sally and Ken Wall G regory Washington, Ph.D. and Mrs. Nicole Washington Sherry Watkins Ed and Maura Weiner Joan R. White John and Laurene Wilkin Adam J. Winsler, Ph.D. and Kathy Preisinger Mrs. Debra Wisniewski Rachel and Jon Wist Janice Sutera Wolfe and James Wolfe Thomas and Nancy Zacharczyk
$500-$999
John and Toni Acton M r. Michael A. Amundson and Ms. Katherine Beyda Mr. Todd Arky Artistic Fuel Dr. Sylvia Auton and Forrest Hanvey Bennett, Atkinson & Associates, P.C. Ms. Mary Beyda Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bland Doris Bloch and Bill Hunt D r. Reinhardt Bodenbender and Sharon Wagnitz, RN The Brick Companies Judith T. Bridges Mr. George C. Cabalu and Mrs. Sarah E. Cabalu Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Catalano Gail and Louis Chmura Robert G. and Roberta H. Clark Joseph and Jocelyn Colao Mr. Robert Corsi Mrs. Linda A. Crites Sandra Cummins-Haid and Allen Haid Louis and Patricia D’Alessandro Mr. Matthew Dawson Mr. Robert Devine Divya and Satish Dhokai Mr. William J. Dieterich Brian and Bebe Drummond Anna and Randall Edwards Ron and Shirley Edwards ExxonMobil Foundation Falls Run Family Foundation David E. Feldman, Esq. Adam and Elisabeth Ferguson The Foundation for Music Education Jonathan Gann Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gholz Brian Gilligan and Emily Marciniak Sam Gowdy and Tammy Walker
Susan Graziano Marshall Groom and Patricia Bray Mr. Todd Hanna Mel and Juanita Boyd Hardy George and K. Lenore Hart Hashtag Gaming Arena Dean Head Cynthia and Willis Hicks Hugh and Sandra Hill Linda and Tracy Holt Amy and David Houser Mel and Carla Jaranson Jule Jewell JL Tree Service, Inc. Craig and Joyce Johnston Mr. Edward Jones Lisa Kahn and John Wissinger Hedwig and Moses Kamai Kathleen and John Kehoe Robert Kelberg and Gertrude Sherman Edward T. and Kathleen G. Kelly The Kosmo D. Tatalias Family Trust Mrs. Phyllis Krochmal James and Traute Langmesser Mr. Kevin M. Lastorino and Ms. Denise Kitay Captain and Mrs. Richard P. Lee James Lepore LexisNexis Germaine M. Louis, Ph.D. Bob and Kathy Marsh Ms. Georgetta Mathews Mr. David McCormack and Lisa McLeod Mr. Kevin McDonald Ms. Janet E. Metz Mr. Charles E. Meyer Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello Mark D. Monson Jay and Sally O’Brien Phyllis Pajardo Mr. and Mrs. Rexford G. Parr William and Sandra Pate Jon and Anne Peterson Elizabeth Portland and Thomas Toce Quantum Search Partners Ms. Bethany Richard Jenn W. Robinson Pamela and David Roe Mary and D’Arcy Roper M rs. Marilyn Rouvelas and Mr. Emanuel Rouvelas Mr. Jeffrey Russell Ms. Yvonne Sapp Mr. Eugene Schied William Schneider Jennifer and Reid Shelton Kathleen and George Shultz Eloise C. Stinger Annabelle and David Stone Michael and Clare Synge Mr. and Mrs. Kosmo Tatalias Joseph Walsh Ms. Tobi Walsh John W. Warren Ms. Diane C. Wilson
Arts at Mason Board V ictoria Salmon, Chair Mark Shugoll, Vice Chair Anne Caputo, Treasurer Mike Brown Anne Bolger
Paul Burke Joe Catalano Lavern Chatman G ardner Gillespie Steven Golsch Sharon Gottlieb
R onald J. Hubbard Jolanda N. Janczewski So Lim John Mason Tim McEvoy Val McWhorter
Paulette Miller Ida Portland Robert Purks Jay Speer Matthew Tait Edward Weiner
Ex-Officio Members R. Pat Carroll Osher Lifelong Learning
Molly Grimsley CVPA Alumni Chapter
Jenna Day Mason Community Arts Advisory Board
Linda Harber President, Friends of Music
Jonathan Goldman Faculty Arts Club
Mack Miller Friends of Theater at Mason
Eloise Stinger President, Friends of the Center for the Arts
CVPA Faculty/Staff Board Members Appointed by the Dean Elizabeth (Libby) Curtis Director, Mason Community Arts Academy
Susan Graziano Director, CVPA Development
Rick Davis Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts
Lisa Kahn Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Niyati Dhokai Director, Veterans and the Arts Initiative Hasan Elahi Director, School of Art Cynthia Fuchs Interim Director, Film and Video Studies Adrienne Bryant Godwin Director of Programming
William Reeder Director, Arts Management Program Heritage Chair for Arts & Cultural Criticism
Mary Lechter Associate Director, Mason Community Arts Hyla London Director of Marketing and Communications Linda Apple Monson Director, School of Music Sang Nam Director, Computer Game Design Program
Karen Reedy Director, School of Dance Don Starr Associate Director, School of Art Julie Thompson Executive Director, Center for the Arts John Wilkin Chief Financial Officer, CVPA Robert Yi Associate Director, School of Art
Hylton Performing Arts Center Executive Board Jatin Ambegaonkar Heather S. Aram Sheryl Bass Sheyna Burt, Esq. Ron Carmichael Joyce Connery Rae E. Darlington
Rick Davis, Ex-officio R andall Edwards, Emeritus J ason Hickman, Chair Denise Deb Jewell C arol Merchant Kirby, Emeritus Ann Marie Maher Denise McPhail
Kris Nohe R ene Stewart O’Neal, Secretary Pat Pate J ohn Stirrup, Emeritus Amy Tanner Ann B. Wheeler
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