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Tonight’s historic and exclusive An Evening with Itzhak Perlman is a perfect example of what makes Tuesday Musical so special: We offer exciting programs that you haven’t experienced before and won’t find anywhere else in our region.

Many of you are longtime patrons (thank you!), while many others are new to Tuesday Musical (welcome!).

We hope that you’ll return next season — and we have great reasons for you to do so.

These outstanding musicians are the stars of our 2023-24 Akron Concert Series:

■ Cuarteto Latinoamericano — Tuesday, October 24, 2023: In Mexico: A Musical Journey, Latin Grammy winner Cuarteto Latinoamericano and scholar Benjamin Juarez, professor emeritus at Boston University, will explore connections in Mexican visual art, history, and culture through the music of six iconic composers — alongside a narrated multimedia presentation of paintings by artists Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and artists of today.

■ Akropolis Reed Quintet — Tuesday, November 7: The first reed quintet to grace the Billboard Charts, Akropolis has “taken the chamber music world by storm” (Fanfare), winning 7 national chamber music prizes. Experimenters at their core, Akropolis has collaborated with poets, a metal fabricator, dancers, pop vocalists, and more.

■ The King’s Singers — Tuesday, December 5: Their British charm and intricate vocals have captured audiences’ hearts the world over. The King’s Singers have represented a gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages for 50+ years. An uplifting holiday treat to share with family and friends.

■ Pianist Aaron Diehl: Solo & Trio — Tuesday, February 13, 2024: Aaron Diehl has made an indelible mark on the jazz world. Now the 37-year-old classically trained pianist/composer is drawing acclaim for tackling classical works with the New York Phil, Cleveland Orchestra, and more. As this season’s Baxtresser Pianist, the Columbus native and Steinway Artist will first solo from his acclaimed “Hidden Visionaries” program of Black American composers. Then, the Aaron Diehl Trio will take the EJ stage for a jazzy second half.

■ Kyiv Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra — Tuesday, March 12: Ukraine’s finest plus two Steinways. Only touring the United States in March 2024, Ukraine’s foremost symphony orchestra will come to Akron with a powerful duo piano program. Conducting will be Grammy-nominated cellist Dmitry Yablonksy, who is also conductor laureate of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.

But, wait, there’s even more…

Our 136th season will end with this fabulous finale:

■ Wynton Marsalis with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra — Saturday, April 20: Treat yourself to a Saturday evening out with this acclaimed ensemble at its pinnacle, led by a beloved jazz master. The sensational Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra features 15 of the finest soloists, ensemble players, and arrangers in jazz today. Trumpeter extraordinaire and 9-time Grammy Award-winner Wynton Marsalis is an iconic figure in the evolution of the art form and a tireless advocate for jazz as America’s classical music.

Full-season subscriptions, starting at only $90 for all six concerts, are now on sale at www.tuesdaymusical.org. Single-concert tickets go on sale in August.

For now, we hope you enjoy tonight (and return next season)!

Cynthia Snider, Executive Director

EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall—The University of Akron

Thursday, April 27, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.

An Evening with Itzhak Perlman featuring Itzhak Perlman with Rohan De Silva, piano

Program to be announced from the stage.

Producers: Elliott Forrest, Max Szadek

Projection Designer: Elliott Forrest

Art Director: Max Szadek

Video Editor: Helen Yum

Consultant: Dan Sullivan

Advisors: David Lai, Alison Chernick

Production Assistant: Ann SunHyung Kim

Executive Producer: Charlotte Lee

Akron Concert Series at EJ Thomas Hall

Management for Itzhak Perlman: Primo Artists, New York, NY 10001; primoartists.com

Mr. Perlman’s recordings can be found on the Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Warner/EMI Classics, Sony Classical and Telarc labels.

Thank you for joining us for An Evening with Itzhak Perlman. This new program is the culmination of many years of Mr. Perlman being urged to share the story of his life and career through anecdotes, musical pieces, and personal photos from his archives. This is a first-ever experience for audiences to learn more about the extraordinary 13-year-old boy who became a household name more than 60 years ago. We are delighted to share this special event with you tonight. — Charlotte Lee, Primo Artists, Executive Producer

Mr. De Silva performs this evening on Tuesday Musical’s Three Graces Steinway D Piano, made possible by the generosity of Lucinda Weiss and kept carefully tuned throughout the year by the generosity of James and Maureen Kovach. Our thanks to Jones Group Interiors in Akron for providing some of the furniture pieces on stage.

Support for this performance comes from the Gertrude F. Orr Trust Advised Fund of Akron Community Foundation Additional support for our entire season and related education/community engagement activities comes from generous foundations, individuals, and businesses. Among them:

Lisle M. Buckingham Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation, Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust, Betty V. and John M. Jacobson Foundation, KeyBank Trustee, Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust, Charles E. and Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation, Helen S. Robertson Fund of Akron Community Foundation, Sisler McFawn Foundation, Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Foundation, Welty Family Foundation

Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to his irrepressible joy for making music.

Having performed with every major orchestra and at concert halls around the globe, Mr. Perlman has been honored with 16 GRAMMY® Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Genesis Prize. Mr. Perlman was awarded multiple distinctions from U.S. Presidents over the years: A Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, by President Obama in 2015, a Kennedy Center Honor in 2003, a National Medal of Arts by President Clinton in 2000, and a Medal of Liberty by President Reagan in 1986.

In the 2022/23 season, Mr. Perlman conducts the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and the Houston Symphony on Mozart’s Requiem, and is joined by an illustrious group of collaborators — Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Juilliard

String Quartet — in a special Itzhak Perlman and Friends program appearing in only three locations: Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall, University Musical Society Ann Arbor, and Carnegie Hall.

He continues touring An Evening with Itzhak Perlman, which captures highlights of his career through narrative and multi-media elements intertwined with performance, to Boston, Philadelphia, Long Island, Austin, Naples (Florida) — and tonight in Akron. He plays seasonopening concerts for the Colorado Symphony, Vancouver Symphony and Florida Orchestra, and recitals across the United States with longtime collaborator Rohan De Silva.

He currently serves as Artistic Partner of the Houston Symphony in a partnership that commenced in the 2020/21 season and culminates at the end of 2023/24. He performs 9 programs across three seasons that feature him in versatile appearances as conductor, soloist, recitalist and presenter.

Mr. Perlman has an exclusive series of classes with Masterclass.com, the premier online education company that enables access to the world’s most brilliant minds including Gordon Ramsay, Wolfgang Puck, Martin Scorsese, Ron

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Howard, Helen Mirren, Jodie Foster and Serena Williams, as the company’s first classicalmusic presenter. Available exclusively at www. masterclass.com/ip, his class offers students an intimate and inspirational approach to the world of violin where he covers fundamental techniques, practice strategies, and ways to build a richer sound.

Mr. Perlman has delighted audiences through his frequent appearances on the conductor’s podium. He has performed as conductor with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Dallas, Houston, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Montreal and Toronto, as well as at the Ravinia and Tanglewood festivals. He was Music Advisor of the St. Louis Symphony from 2002 to 2004 where he made regular conducting appearances, and he was Principal Guest Conductor of the Detroit Symphony from 2001 to 2005. Internationally, Mr. Perlman has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw

Orchestra, London Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, and Israel Philharmonic. Further to his engagements as violinist and conductor, Mr. Perlman is increasingly making more appearances as a speaker. Recent speaking engagements include appearances in Texas at Lamar University, South Dakota with the John Vucurevich Foundation, Washington D.C. for the Marriott Foundation and New York, in conversations with Alan Alda at the 92nd Street Y and Alec Baldwin at New York University.

An award-winning documentary on Mr. Perlman, titled Itzhak, premiered in October 2017 as the opening film of the 25th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in over 100 cinemas nationwide in March 2018, with international releases that followed in Summer 2018. Directed by filmmaker Alison Chernick, the enchanting documentary details the virtuoso’s own struggles as a polio survivor and Jewish émigré and is a reminder why art is vital to life. For more information, visit www.itzhakthefilm.com. In October 2018, the film made its debut on PBS’ American Masters in a

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Mr. Perlman’s most recent album features him in a special collaboration with Martha Argerich. Released by Warner Classics, it marked a historic first studio album for this legendary duo exploring masterpieces by Bach, Schumann and Brahms. It had been 18 years since their first album, a live recital from the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. On that momentous occasion in 1998, in addition to recording the material for their initial disc, the pair recorded Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 1. The Schumann Sonata at long last was released in 2016 alongside new material, making the album a fascinating ‘then and now’ portrait of how two living legends have evolved musically.

Mr. Perlman recorded a bonus track for the original cast recording of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof, released on Broadway Records in March 2016. The cast recording features Perlman on a track titled “Excerpts from Fiddler on the Roof,” arranged by John Williams.

The year of 2015 brought three record releases in celebration of Mr. Perlman’s 70th birthday:

A Deutsche Grammophon album with pianist Emanuel Ax performing Fauré and Strauss Sonatas, a 25-disc box set of his complete Deutsche Grammophon and Decca discography, and a 77-disc box set of his complete EMI/Teldec discography titled Itzhak Perlman: The Complete Warner Recordings

In 2012, Sony released Eternal Echoes: Songs & Dances for the Soul, featuring a collaboration with acclaimed cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot in liturgical and traditional Jewish arrangements for chamber orchestra and klezmer musicians, and in 2010, Sony released a recording of Mendelssohn Piano Trios with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax. Highlights of albums over the last two decades have included a Deutsche Grammophon album with Mr. Perlman conducting the Israel Philharmonic, a live recording with Martha Argerich performing Beethoven and Franck Sonatas (EMI); Cinema Serenade featuring popular hits from movies with John Williams conducting (Sony); A la Carte, a recording of short violin pieces with orchestra (EMI) and In the Fiddler’s House, a celebration of

klezmer music (EMI) that formed the basis of the PBS television special. In 2004, EMI released The Perlman Edition, a limited-edition 15-CD box set featuring many of his finest EMI recordings as well as newly compiled material, and RCA Red Seal released a CD titled Perlman reDiscovered, which includes material recorded in 1965 by a young Itzhak Perlman. Other recordings reveal Mr. Perlman’s devotion to education, including Concertos from my Childhood with the Juilliard Orchestra under Lawrence Foster (EMI) and Marita and Her Heart’s Desire, composed and conducted by Bruce Adolphe (Telarc).

Mr. Perlman has entertained and enlightened millions of TV viewers of all ages on popular shows as diverse as The Late Show with David Letterman, Sesame Street, The Frugal Gourmet, The Tonight Show, and various Grammy Awards telecasts. His PBS appearances have included A Musical Toast and Mozart by the Masters, as well as numerous Live from Lincoln Center broadcasts such as The Juilliard School: Celebrating 100 Years. In 2008, he joined renowned chef Jacques Pépin on Artist’s Table to discuss the relationship

between the culinary and musical arts, and lent his voice as the narrator of Visions of Israel for PBS’s acclaimed Visions series. Mr. Perlman hosted the 1994 U.S. broadcast of the Three Tenors, Encore! Live from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. During the 78th Annual Academy Awards in 2006, he performed a live medley from the five film scores nominated in the category of Best Original Score for a worldwide audience in the hundreds of millions. One of Mr. Perlman’s proudest achievements is his collaboration with film composer John Williams in Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning film Schindler’s List, in which he performed the violin solos. He can also be heard as the violin soloist on the soundtrack of Zhang Yimou’s film Hero (music by Tan Dun) and Rob Marshall’s Memoirs of a Geisha (music by John Williams).

The year 2018 marked the 60th anniversary of Itzhak Perlman’s U.S. debut and appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, which took place on November 2, 1958. This milestone was celebrated with a return to the Ed Sullivan Theater on November 2, 2018, in a special guest

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Mr. Perlman has a long association with the Israel Philharmonic (IPO) and has participated in many groundbreaking tours with this orchestra from his homeland. In 1987, he joined the IPO for history-making concerts in Warsaw and Budapest, representing the first performances by this orchestra and soloist in Eastern bloc countries. He again made history as he joined the orchestra for its first visit to the Soviet Union in 1990, and was cheered by audiences in Moscow and Leningrad who thronged to hear his recital and orchestral performances. This visit was captured on a PBS documentary entitled Perlman in Russia, which won an Emmy. In 1994, Mr. Perlman joined the Israel Philharmonic for their first visits to China and India.

Over the past two decades, Mr. Perlman has become actively involved in music education, using this opportunity to encourage gifted young string players. Alongside his wife Toby, his close involvement in the Perlman Music Program has been a particularly rewarding experience, and he

has taught full-time at the Program each summer since its founding in 1993. Mr. Perlman currently holds the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair at the Juilliard School.

Numerous publications and institutions have paid tribute to Itzhak Perlman for the unique place he occupies in the artistic and humanitarian fabric of our times. Harvard, Yale, Brandeis, Roosevelt, Yeshiva and Hebrew universities are among the institutions that have awarded him honorary degrees. He was awarded an honorary doctorate and a centennial medal on the occasion of Juilliard’s 100th commencement ceremony in 2005. Itzhak Perlman’s presence on stage, on camera, and in personal appearances of all kinds speaks eloquently on behalf of the disabled, and his devotion to their cause is an integral part of his life.

Mr. Perlman has performed multiple times at the White House, most recently in 2012 at the invitation of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Obama for Israeli President and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Shimon Peres and at a State Dinner in 2007, hosted by President

George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. In 2009, he was honored to take part in the Inauguration of President Obama, premiering a piece written for the occasion by John Williams alongside cellist Yo-Yo Ma, clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gabriela Montero, for an audience of nearly 40 million television viewers in the United States and millions more throughout the world.

Born in Israel in 1945, Mr. Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. An early recipient of an America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship, he came to New York and soon was propelled to national recognition with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. Following his studies at the Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay, he won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964, which led to a burgeoning worldwide career. Since then, Itzhak Perlman has established himself as a cultural icon and household name in classical music.

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Rohan De Silva — piano

Rohan De Silva’s partnerships with violin virtuosos Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Cho-Liang Lin, Midori, Joshua Bell, Benny Kim, Kyoko Takezawa, Vadim Repin, Gil Shaham, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and James Ehnes have led to highly acclaimed performances at recital venues all over the world.

He has performed on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall and Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center, Los Angeles’ Disney Concert Hall, Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre in London, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Philharmonie de Paris, Munich Gasteig, Mozarteum Salzburg, La Scala in Milan and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.

Alongside Perlman, Mr. De Silva has appeared worldwide in recital and performed multiple times at the White House, most recently in 2012 at the invitation of President Barack Obama

and Mrs. Obama for Israeli President and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Shimon Peres and at a State Dinner in 2007, hosted by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. A native of Sri Lanka, Mr. De Silva was invited in 2015 by the Prime Minister of his country to perform at a luncheon for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on his historic visit to Sri Lanka.

Mr. De Silva began his piano studies with his mother, the late Primrose De Silva, and with the late Mary Billimoria. He spent six years at the Royal Academy of Music in London as a student of Hamish Milne, Sydney Griller and Wilfred Parry. He received both his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Juilliard School, studying piano with Martin Canin, chamber music with Felix Galimir, and working closely with violin pedagogue Dorothy DeLay. He was awarded a special prize as

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Best Accompanist at the 1990 Ninth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and received the Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award, presented to him by Itzhak Perlman at the 2005 Classical Recording Foundation Awards Ceremony at Carnegie Hall. Mr. De Silva has recordings available on Deutsche Grammophon, Universal, CBS/SONY Classical, Collins Classics, Chandos and RCA Victor.

and designs symphony concerts around the country, including for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Pasadena Pops, and the Little Orchestra Society in venues including the Hollywood Bowl and Lincoln Center.

Elliott Forrest is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, director and producer. He is the afternoon host on New York City’s Classical Radio Station 105.9FM-WQXR, host of the radio concerts of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and has hosted more the 60 concerts on-stage at Carnegie Hall.

Mr. Forrest is director and projection designer of the PBS TV special Considering Matthew Shepard and co-director and projection designer of the live tour. He regularly produces, directs

He is the Founding Executive Artistic Director of www.ArtsRock.org of Rockland County, NY. His Orchestra narration includes Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale, and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. For 12 years he was on A&E Television as host of Breakfast with the Arts. He appeared on the original Gong Show on NBC.

Mr. Forrest earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from the University of Texas, Austin.

Elliott Forrest — producer, projection designer

Musical stars of tomorrow!

Tuesday Musical’s 2023 Annual Scholarship Competition, held March 18, awarded scholarships totaling $33,300 to 21 college and university music students in Ohio to help them embark on careers as music educators and performers.

Now in its 67th year, the 2023 adjudicated competition — held at The University of Akron and Westminster Presbyterian Church (the latter for the organ category) — drew more than 120 applicants.

Tuesday Musical’s annual competition is widely recognized as the best of its kind in Ohio. Since starting the competition in 1955 with support from generous donors and volunteers, Tuesday Musical has awarded hundreds of scholarships ranging from $500 to $2,000.

Congratulations to all participants and their teachers! And, thank you to the volunteers, judges, donors, and Tuesday Musical staff members who make the competition happen every year.

Final Round/Winners Concert on May 21

This year’s top winners will compete again in the Final Round/Winners Concert on Sunday, May 21, 2:30 p.m. at The University of Akron’s Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave, (across from EJ Thomas Hall).

Two additional adjudicated scholarships — one for $1,000 and one for $2,000 — will be awarded. Plus, the audience will pick the winner of the newly endowed John M. Ream Jr. DDS People’s Choice Award of $500.

The May 21 concert and reception are free; no tickets or reservations needed. More at 330-7613460 and info@tuesdaymusical.org.

Winners of Tuesday Musical’s 2023 Annual Scholarship Competition

Brass — adjudicated by Hakeem Bilal, West Virginia University

● 1st Place, Arden J. Yockey Scholarship, $2,000: Alisa Crueger-Cain, trumpet, Cleveland Institute of Music

● 2nd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,500: Austin Cruz, trumpet, Cleveland Institute of Music

● 3rd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,000: Curtis McHenry, tuba, The University of Akron

Piano — adjudicated by Caroline Oltmanns, Youngstown State University

● 1st Place, Marilyn Fischer & Joan Marie Scherer Scholarship, $2,000: Matias Nestor Cuevas, Cleveland Institute of Music

● 2nd Place, Marguerite Thomas & Gertrude

Lancaster Scholarship, $1,500: Bonhwi Kim, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

● 3rd Place, Clarenz J. Lightfritz Scholarship, $1,000: Jackson Hunt, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Strings — adjudicated by Catherine Cosbey, Cavani String Quartet

● 1st Place, Drs. Frederick A. and Elizabeth M. Specht Scholarship, $2,000: Benjamin Mekinulov, cello, Cleveland Institute of Music

● 2nd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,500: Layang Ka, violin, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

● 3rd Place, Barbara Ainsworth Porter Scholarship, $1,000: Jocelyn Hartley, cello, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

● Howard E. Leisinger Viola Prize, $2,000: Maureen Sheehan, viola, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Voice — adjudicated by Misook Yun, Youngstown State University

● 1st Place, Arden J. Yockey Scholarship, $2,000: Kiana Lilly, soprano, Cleveland Institute of Music

● 2nd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,500: Lauryn Davis, soprano, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

● 3rd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,000: Stephen Stavnicky, bass-baritone, Kent State University

Woodwinds — adjudicated by Robert Davis, Cleveland State University

● 1st Place, Arden J. Yockey Scholarship, $2,000: Alexander Miller, saxophone, Youngstown State University

● 2nd Place, Ann, Emily & Jeffrey Gleason/Travis & Caitlin Rea Scholarship, $1,500: Joshua Tuttle, saxophone, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

● 3rd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,000: AJ Neubert, bassoon, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Classical Guitar — adjudicated by James Marron, The University of Akron

● Margaret Watts Hunter Scholarship, $2,000: Nik Divall, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Marimba/Classical Steel Pan — adjudicated by Thomas Sherwood, The Cleveland Orchestra

● Dr. Larry D. Snider Scholarship, $2,000: Dylan Catlin, The University of Akron

Organ — adjudicated by Daniel Laginya, St. Columba Cathedral

● Audrey Mollard Scholarship, $2,000: Katherine Johnson, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Music Education — adjudicated by Patricia Boehm, The University of Mount Union

● Gertrude Seiberling Scholarship, sponsored by the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs,

$1,400: Bethany Westphal, Case Western Reserve University

● Winifred Collins Scholarship, sponsored by the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, $1,400: Mary Jo Johnson, Cedarville University

Performance

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Support: Individuals

We gratefully acknowledge all donors this season. Thank you for helping Tuesday Musical continue to inspire current and future generations of music lovers. This list includes this season’s donors who have given at least $200 as of April 15, 2023.

Director $5,000+

Donald M. and Mary E. Jenkins Family Trust

Cynthia Knight

Linda and Paul Liesem

Barbara and Mark MacGregor

Natalie Miahky

Kenneth Shafer

Tim and Jenny Smucker

Fred and Elizabeth Specht

Darwin Steele

James and Linda Venner

Benefactor $1,500 to $4,999

Howard Atwood Family Fund

Earl and Judy Baxtresser

Lee and Floy Barthel

Ann Amer Brennan

Sally Childs

Judith Dimengo

Bob and Beverley Fischer

Sue Gillman

Bruce Hagelin

The Hagelin and Wolff Familes

Dottie and DuWayne Hansen

David and Margaret Hunter

James and Maureen Kovach

Beatrice K. McDowell Family Fund

Michael and Lori Mucha

Claire and Mark Purdy

Richard and Alita Rogers

Peter and Nanette Ryerson

Patricia Sargent

Cynthia and Larry Snider

Ken and Martha Taylor

John Vander Kooi

Sustainer $700 to $1,499

Richard and Eleanor Aron

Barbara Eaton

Louis Elsaesser

Barbara and Denis Feld

Paul Filon

Sharon and Bob Gandee

Elaine Guregian

Dorothy Lepp

Anita Meeker

Marianne Miller

Charles and Elizabeth Nelson

George Pope

Roger and Sally Read

Pamela Rupert

Carol Vandenberg

Patron $400 to $699

John and Kathleen Arther

Linda Bunyan

Amielie and Phil Cajka

Robert Carlyon

JoAnn Collier

Constance Dubick

Cheryl Gerberich and Derek Gorman

Lloyd and Grace Goettler

Ted and Teresa Good

Ian Haberman

Louise Harvey

JoAnn Marcinkoski

Dianne and Herb Newman

Annette Nicoloff and Kristine Mikolajczk

Earla Patterson

Jean Schooley

Sandra Smith

Jennifer and Jeffrey Stenroos

Shirley Workman

Carol and Bob Zollars

Donor $200 to $399

Anonymous

Sandy and Mark Auburn

David and Carmen Beasley

Alfred Cavaretta

Roberta DePompei

Michael Dunn

Roger and Ann Edwards

Rick Elliott

Rosemarie George

Stanislav Golovin

Mark Greer

Jarrod Hartzler

Michael Hayes

John and Suzanne Hetrick

Betty Howell and Mike Smith

John Isham

Mary Ann Jackson

Karla and Mark Jenkins

Greer Kabb-Langkamp

Cheryl and Tom Lyon

Jim and Mary Messerly

Paul and Alicia Mucha

Judith Nicely

Paula Rabinowitz

Kathy Rose

John Schambach

Anna Marie Schellin

Don Schmid and Rosemary Reymann

Rachel Schneider

Richard and Susan Schrop

Betty and Joel Siegfried

James Simon

Betty Sloan

Sandra Smith

Mickey Stefanik

Elinore Stormer

Dina and Brooks Toliver

Jorene Whitney

Jamie Wilding and Caroline Oltmanns

Christopher Wilkins

Bruce Wilson

Terry and Susan Yingling

Support: Memorials & Tributes

These generous donors have chosen to honor special people in meaningful ways. List as of April 15, 2023.

In honor of the Baxtresser and Barthel families

Anita Meeker

In memory of Margaret Baxtresser

Floy and Lee Barthel

Earl and Judy Baxtresser

Elaine Guregian

Barbara and Mark MacGregor

In memory of John Bertsch

Dorothy Lepp

In memory of Shirley DeLong

Barbara and Denis Feld

Louise Harvey

In honor of Bobbie Eaton

Austin and Amanda Ferguson

In memory of William Eaton

Doris St. Clair

In honor of Austin Ferguson

Cynthia Snider

In memory of Joy Hagelin

The Hagelin and Wolff families

Anita Meeker

Marianne Miller

In memory of Jim Harvey

Barbara and Denis Feld

In memory of Marcianne Herr

Elaine Guregian

In honor of Karla Jenkins

Cynthia Snider

Bob and Beverley Fischer

In memory of Peter Lepp

Bruce Hagelin

In honor of Anita Meeker

Jerry and Judi Brenner

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In memory of Patrick Reilly

Marianne Miller

In memory of Bruce and Lola Rothmann

Pamela Rothmann and Solomon Cokes

In memory of Betty Sloan

Beverly Rose

In memory of Nancy Smyrski

Barbara and Denis Feld

In honor of Shirley Workman

Anita Meeker

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Support: Foundations, Businesses, Government

Through their vital support, these organizations help to sustain Tuesday Musical and the arts throughout our region. List as of April 15, 2023.

$25,000+

William Bingham Foundation

CARES Act

GAR Foundation

Hillier Family Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Ohio Arts Council

$10,000 to $24,999

Akron Community Foundation

Howard Atwood Family Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation

Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust

Kulas Foundation

Donald M. and Mary E. Jenkins Family Trust

Gertrude F. Orr Trust Advised Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Peg’s Foundation

Charles E. and Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation

Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Foundation

$5,000 to $9,999

John A. McAlonan Fund of Akron Community Foundation

The Lisle M. Buckingham Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust, KeyBank, Trustee

Betty V. and John M. Jacobson Foundation

Polsky Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Helen S. Robertson Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Sisler McFawn Foundation

Welty Family Foundation

$1,000 to $4,999

C. Colmery Gibson Fund of Akron Community Foundation

KeyBank Foundation

Lehner Family Foundation

Beatrice K. McDowell Family Fund

W. Paul Mills and Thora J. Mills Memorial Foundation

Laura R. and Lucian Q. Moffitt Foundation

R. C. Musson and Katharine M. Musson

Charitable Foundation

Ohio Federation of Music Clubs

Synthomer Foundation

Business Partners

Tuesday Musical thanks these businesses for their financial support. As our partners, they are investing in the community where their customers, employees, and families live, learn and work.

Welcome, Schauer Group!

The Schauer Group is Tuesday Musical’s newest Business Partner.

Is your business interested in connecting with well-educated and sophisticated arts supporters and community leaders throughout Greater Akron and Northeast Ohio? To discuss options and opportunities, please contact Cynthia Snider, executive director of Tuesday Musical, at 330-761-3460 or csnider@tuesdaymusical.org.

The McCarron Group

Tuesday Musical’s

Donations enable Tuesday Musical to share the world’s best music and musicians throughout our community.

Are you — and perhaps a few of your friends

— interested in funding a specific budget item?

Perhaps in honor of a friend or family member?

(Unrestricted gifts for our general operating fund are always welcome, too!)

Wish List:

● Fuel for performers (concert meals and snacks): starting at $55 per concert, depending on numbers and needs of musicians

● Street banners in downtown Akron: $125 each

● Paper stock for concert tickets: $225 for a case

● Facebook advertising: $250 per concert

● Underwrite the cost of one bus for a school group to attend a concert: $300

● Concert promo postcard, printing and mailing: $500 per concert

● Concert Conversation in EJ’s Flying Balcony: $400 per concert

● Sponsor a post-concert reception with the guest artist(s): $1,500

● Sponsor a concert: starting at $10,000

● Endow and name a scholarship: starting at $20,000

● Ticket scanners: $850 each

Generous Wish Granters (thank you!):

● Anonymous: One street banner in downtown Akron.

● Linda Bunyan: Fuel for performers (concert meals and snacks

● Judith Dimengo: Underwriting the cost of five buses for school groups to attend concerts.

● Jim and Maureen Kovach: One season of tuning and maintenance for our Three Graces Steinway D Grand Piano.

● Barbara and Mark MacGregor: Sponsorship of piano concert at EJ Thomas Hall.

● Cecilia and Nathan Speelman: Fuel for performers (concert meals and snacks).

● Fred and Elizabeth Specht: Underwriting performance fees for young musicians.

● Bob and Beverley Fischer: Funds to purchase a letter-folding machine, given in honor of Karla Jenkins’ service to Tuesday Musical.

For more information, please contact Cynthia Snider at 330-761-3460 or csnider@tuesdaymusical.org or write to Tuesday Musical at 1041 W. Market St., Ste. 200, Akron, OH 44313 Tuesday Musical is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are fully deductible as provided by law.

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2022-2023 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President George Pope

Vice President/President Elect Claire Purdy

Treasurer Paul Mucha

Secretary Marianne Miller

Governance Committee Chair Bryan Meek

Committee Chairs

Artistic Planning

Brahms Allegro

Cynthia Snider

Jennifer Stenroos

Development Louise Harvey

Finance

Hospitality

Paul Mucha

Bobbie Eaton

Membership Fred Specht

Member Programs

Stanislav Golovin

Scholarship James Wilding

Student Ticket Program

At-large Members

Teresa Good

Mark Greer, Linda Liesem, Cheryl Lyon, Landon Nyako, Shirley Workman

Staff

Executive Director

Director of Finance and Audience Services

Director of Artistic Operations and Educational Engagement

Marketing Consultants

Program art direction by Live Publishing Co.

Cynthia Snider

Karla Jenkins

Austin Ferguson

Brett Della Santina, Jim Sector

TUESDAY MUSICAL PRESENTS: the Akron Concert Series; our 136th season: 2023-2024. SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW ON SALE!

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