Donor Wall 2020 Update__8-23-2021

M S M O P E R A T H E AT R E

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Thank you to our FY 2020 donors who helped MSM students reach for the stars!

Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC DONORS $1 milli o n a n d a b ove

Michael and Noémi K. Neidorff/Centene Charitable Foundation $50 0,0 0 0 t o $999,999

The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund $10 0,0 0 0 t o $ 499,999

Bill and Patricia O’Connor $50,0 0 0 t o $99,999

An Anonymous Donor Joan Taub Ades Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Dr. David G. Knott and Ms. Françoise Girard Michele Ong/First Initiative Foundation Limited The Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Estate of Harold Schonberg Chiona X. Schwarz Michelle Deal and Claude L. Winfield $25,0 0 0 t o $ 49,999

Augustine Foundation Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke Carla Bossi-Comelli Susan Ennis and Dr. Owen Lewis The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Eric Gronningsater and Amy Levine Estate of Louis W. Halk Marcia and Don Hamilton Nancy Freund Heller and Jeffrey Heller Han Jo Kim, MD Ruth M. Knight Foundation Edward Lowenthal Toby and Linda Bell Mercuro Twiford Foundation Gifts received in FY 2020 (July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020)

Black History Month Concert Fe b 19, 2 0 2 0

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC DONORS $10,0 0 0 t o $24,999

An Anonymous Family Foundation Margot Alberti de Mazzeri The ASCAP Foundation Ed Annunziato Bettina Baruch Foundation The Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Delin and Abelardo Bru/Kimberly-Clark Foundation The Chisholm Foundation Dr. Alejandro Cordero EALgreen The Enoch Foundation The Eric and Margaret Friedberg Foundation Edith Hall Friedheim Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund Jephson Educational Trusts Warren Jones Nancy M. Kissinger The Arthur Loeb Foundation Robert and Amy McGraw The Clement Meadmore Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Orin Y. O’Brien Mrs. Margarita M. Patron Ruesch Family Foundation Carl and Aviva Saphier Estate of Rabbi Abraham Sheingold So-Chung Shinn and Tony W. Lee Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Mr. and Mrs. Angel Sosa Michael G. Stewart, MD, MPH Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Mary Vinton Maria and Guillermo Vogel Gifts received in FY 2020 (July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020)

MSM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

MSM ICONS A Celebration of Leonard Slatkin’s 75th Birthday L e o n a r d S l a t k i n (H o n D M A ’1 3), C o n d u c t o r A l e c B a l d w i n (H o n D M A ’12), N a r r a t o r O c t 18 , 2 019

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC DONORS $5,0 0 0 t o $9,999

An Anonymous Donor Alfredo and Mita Aparicio The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation The Theodore H. Barth Foundation Matt and Andrea Bergeron Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Chartwells Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.)

Joyce Griggs J & J Flooring Shirley Katz-Cohen* Diane Kettering Ron Losby, Steinway & Sons Marquis George MacDonald Foundation Linda McKean The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation New York State Council on the Arts Joe and Lauren Pizza Susan and David Rahm Saul D. Raw Melody Sawyer Richardson The Rochlis Family Foundation Ted and Lesley Rosenthal Paul and Joanne Schnell Mari and Kenneth Share Arthur T. and Beverly Shorin Shoshana Foundation Jane E. Steele and William Sussman The Rubin-Ladd Foundation Frank and Jean Zhang *Deceased

Gifts received in FY 2020 (July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020)

MSM JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Art Blakey Tribute Jazz at Lincoln Center O c t 21 , 2 019

CENTENNIAL PROJECT DONORS

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Michael and Noémi K. Neidorff/ Centene Charitable Foundation $2,0 0 0,0 0 0 a n d a b ove

City of New York, Bill de Blasio, Mayor $250,0 0 0 t o $1,0 0 0,0 0 0

David G. Knott, Ph.D. and Françoise Girard Donald and Marcia Clay Hamilton The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Peter Luerssen /Maecenata Foundation Bill and Patricia O’Connor Melody Sawyer Richardson Sceneworks Studios $150,0 0 0 t o $249,999

Carla Bossi-Comelli and Marco Pecori Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy Edward Lowenthal $10 0,0 0 0 t o $149,999

Ed Annunziato Dr. James Gandre and Dr. Boris Thomas Linda and Toby Mercuro Michelle Ong/First Initiative Foundation Limited $75,0 0 0 t o $99,999

Alfredo and Mita Aparicio Jane A. Gross Raul M. and Magdalena Gutierrez Maria E. Salgar Chiona X. Schwarz Mónica and Angel Sosa Maria and Guillermo F. Vogel

M S M M U S I C A L T H E AT R E

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street N o v 8 , 2 019

CENTENNIAL PROJECT DONORS

$25,0 0 0 t o $ 49,999

Margot Alberti de Mazzeri Delin and Abelardo Bru Susan Ennis and Dr. Owen Lewis Richard Gaddes Thomas Hampson Nancy Freund Heller and Jeffrey Heller McKinsey & Company Margot and Adolfo Patron Leonard Slatkin and Cindy McTee Epp K. J. Sonin $10,0 0 0 t o $24,999

Joyce Aboussie Joan and Alan Ades-Taub Family Foundation Louis Alexander Chartwells Sharon E. Daley-Johnson Evco Mechanical Corporation Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.)

Hyde and Watson Foundation Warren Jones Dr. Henry A. Kissinger and Nancy M. Kissinger Orin O’Brien Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Carl and Aviva Saphier Dona D. Vaughn and Ron Raines

MSM JAZZ ORCHESTRA

MSM ICONS Terence Blanchard’s A Tale of God’s Will Te r e n c e B l a n c h a r d (H o n D M A ‘17 ), t r u m p e t Jan 24, 2020

ANNUAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

The ASCAP Foundation/Fran Morgenstern Davis Scholarship Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation Scholarship Augustine Foundation Scholarship Theodore H. Barth Foundation Scholarship Bettina Baruch Foundation Scholarship Elizabeth Beinecke Scholarship Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation Scholarship EALgreen Scholarship First Initiative Hong Kong/China Scholarship Zenon Fishbein Piano Scholarship International Advisory Board Scholarship Jephson Educational Trust Scholarship Maecenata Foundation Scholarship Hugh Masekela Heritage Scholarship Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Scholarship Sabian/Robert Zildjian Memorial Scholarship Harold and Helene Schonberg Pianist Scholarship Glen K. Twiford Piano Scholarship L. John Twiford Music Scholarship Leo Ursini Memorial Scholarship Flavio Varani Piano Scholarship

Gifts received in FY 2020 (July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020)

T H E 2019 A L A N M . A N D J O A N TAU B A DE S VO C A L C OM PE T I T ION MSM PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA

H ye r e e Shin ( P S ’19) r g e 2019 M a n a h a n (B M ’ 7 3 , M M ’ 76), C o n d u c t o r MGa e r o28, J a n 31 , 2 0 2 0

ENDOWED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

Joan Taub Ades Scholarship for Musical Theatre Licia Albanese Scholarship Augustine Guitar Scholarship Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Scholarship Frances Hall Ballard Scholarship Artur Balsam Scholarship Hans and Klara Bauer Scholarship Jordan Berk Scholarship Berkman-Rahm Scholarship Fund Selma W. Berkman Memorial Scholarship Vera Blacker Scholarship in Piano Carmine Caruso Memorial Scholarship Edgar Foster Daniels Scholarship in Voice Baisley Powell Elebash Scholarship Gart Family Foundation Scholarship Lloyd Gelassen Scholarship Rita and Herbert Z. Gold Scholarship Michael Greene Scholarship Charles Grossman Memorial Endowment Scholarship Grusin/Rosen Jazz Scholarship Adolphus Hailstork-Mary Weaver Scholarship William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholarship Margaret Hoswell van der Marck Memorial Scholarship in Opera Helen Fahnestock Hubbard Family Scholarship Alexandra Hunt Endowed Vocal Scholarship Deolus Husband Memorial Scholarship for Composition Eugene Istomin Scholarship in Piano Peter J. Kent Scholarship

Neidorff-Karpati Hall Lounges

ENDOWED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

Marga and Arthur King Scholarship Kraeuter Violin Scholarship Edith Kriss Piano Scholarship LADO Scholarship Fund Marquis George MacDonald Scholarship Robert Mann Scholarship in Violin & Chamber Music Viola B. Marcus Memorial Scholarship Fund Clement Meadmore Scholarship in Jazz Studies Homer and Constance Mensch Scholarship Samuel and Mitzi Newhouse Scholarship Birgit Nilsson Scholarship Scott Oakley Memorial Scholarship in Musical Theatre Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Scholarship Ethel Hollander Planchar Scholarship Paul Price Percussion Scholarship Judith Raskin Memorial Scholarship Jay Rubinton Scholarship Leon Russianoff Memorial Scholarship Scott Shayne Sinclair Scholarship in Guitar Joseph M. Smith Scholarship Elva Van Gelder Memorial Scholarship in Piano Dona D. Vaughn Voice Scholarship Emily M. Voorhis Scholarship Rachmael Weinstock Scholarship in Violin Avedis Zildjian Percussion Scholarship

VOICE MASTER CLASS

J’Nai Bridges (BM ’09), mezzo-soprano D e c 5 , 2 019

PRECOLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS A NNUA L

CWKH Precollege Scholarship Earl Carter Precollege Theory Scholarship Hansoree Scholarship Josephine Luby Precollege Scholarship Robert and Amy McGraw Precollege Scholarship Alfred and Jane Ross Precollege Scholarship The Rochlis Family Foundation Scholarship Frank and Jean Zhang Scholarship END OWED

An Anonymous Jazz Precollege Scholarship Alex Assoian Music Project Precollege Scholarship Dr. Michelle Solarz August Precollege Scholarship in Piano Kate Bamberger Memorial Violin Scholarship Matilda Cascio Precollege Scholarship Cuker/Stern Precollege Scholarship Marion Feldman Scholarship Dianne Danese Flagello Precollege Scholarship Rosetta Goodkind Precollege Scholarship Andrew Goodman Memorial Precollege Scholarship Dorothy Hales Gary Scholarship Jocelyn Gertel Precollege Scholarship Constance Keene Precollege Piano Scholarship Patinka Kopec Precollege Violin Scholarship Mary B. Lenom Scholarship Sassa Maniotis Endowed Precollege Piano Scholarship Nana’s Way Precollege Division Scholarship Carl Owen Memorial Scholarship Maitland Peters and Karen Beardsley Precollege Voice Scholarship Prep Parents Scholarship Rita and Morris Relson Scholarship Jonathan and Conrad Strasser Memorial Scholarship Elva Van Gelder Memorial Scholarship in Piano

A P P LY T R I A N G L E

New York Counterpoint J i x u e Ya n g , p i a n o O c t 2 2 , 2 019

GALAXY SOCIETY Anonymous Donors (2) Richard E. Adams Joan Taub Ades Louis Alexander Frank Bamberger Gabrielle Bamberger Renee Bash Peter Basquin William S. Beinecke Yvette Benjamin Blanche H. Blitstein Louis M. Bonifati, Ed.D. Carla Bossi-Comelli James B. Coker Michael P. Devine J. S. Ellenberger Susan Ennis Dianne and Nicolas Flagello Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.)

Rabbi Mordecai Genn Ruth Golden Marian Greathouse Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Dr. Heather A. Hamilton Phillip N. Kawin Diane Kettering Alan M. and Karen Schiebler Knieter Doris Konig

A Legacy of Support By remembering MSM in their wills or other planned giving vehicles, members of the Galaxy Society create living legacies that will influence both music and musicians for generations to come.

M S M M U S I C A L T H E AT R E

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GALAXY SOCIETY

Shigeru Matsuno Charlotte Mayerson Claire A. Meyer Dr. Solomon Mikowsky Warren R. Mikulka Charles B. Nelson Jr. Constance E. Nickel and Saul D. Raw Barbara and Dermot O’Reilly Duncan Pledger Regina Rheinstein Melody Sawyer Richardson Mary S. Riebold Evelyn Ronell Lesley and Ted Rosenthal Walt Sayre Alex Shapiro Dr. Marc Silverman Amy R. Sperling Carleton B. Spotts Sondra Tammam Flavio Varani Dona D. Vaughn and Ron Raines Keith L. Wiggs Dr. Theo George Wilson Carolyn Zepf Hagner

MSM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS G e o r g e M a n a h a n (B M ’ 7 3 , M M ’ 76), C o n d u c t o r K e n t Tr i t l e , C h o r u s M a s t e r N o v 2 0 , 2 019

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Lorraine Gallard, Chair

Edward Lowenthal, Vice Chair David Knott, Treasurer

Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17), Secretary Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17)

Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20) Laurie Carney Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08) Susan Ennis James Gandre, President Marcia Clay Hamilton Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Nancy Freund Heller Warren Jones Han Jo Kim Linda Bell Mercuro Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Bill O’Connor Lois Roman Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Tr u s t e e s Em e rit i

Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita David A. Rahm (HonDMA ’07), Chair Emeritus Robert G. Simon

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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20), Chair, Switzerland Mita Aparicio, Mexico Delin Bru, United States Alejandro Cordero, Argentina Eric Gronningsater, United States Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain Lori Harris, United States Michelle Ong, Hong Kong Margot Alberti de Mazzeri, Italy Margot Patron, Mexico Maria Elvira Salgar, Colombia/United States Chiona X. Schwarz, Germany Angel Sosa, Mexico Guillermo Vogel, Mexico

MSM PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Perr y So, Conductor S e p 19, 2 019

ARTISTIC ADVISORY COUNCIL

Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08) Glenn Dicterow Peter Duchin Richard Gaddes (HonDMA ’17) Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Stefon Harris (BM ’95, MM ’97) Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita Bernard Labadie (HonDMA ’18) Lang Lang (HonDMA ’12) Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Pinchas Zukerman (HonDMA ’93)

VOICE MASTER CLASS

Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano O c t 17, 2 019

THE PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE

Ed Annunziato Luisa G. Buchanan (BM ’63) Margaret and Eric Friedberg Edith Hall Friedheim (BM ’72) Jane A. Gross So-Chung Shinn Lee (MM ’19) Joe and Lauren Pizza Saul Raw Walter C. Sayre III (BM ’74, MM ’79) Epp K. J. Sonin (MM ’70) Michael G. Stewart, MD, MPH Jean and Frank Zhang

Gifts received in FY 2020 (July 1, 2019–June Launched in30, July2020) 2020

MSM BRASS ENSEMBLE Ky l e R i t e n a u e r (B M ’11 , M M ’1 5), C o n d u c t o r O c t 10 , 2 019

ALUMNI COUNCIL

Justin Bischof (BM ’90, Organ; MM ’92, Organ; DMA ’98, Organ), Chair Wendy Talio (BM ’83, Piano), Vice-Chair Elaine Alvarez (BM ’02, Voice; MM ’04, Voice) Helena Claesson (BM ’20, Musical Theatre) David Eisenbach, Faculty Representative Michael Fahie (MM ’02, Jazz Trombone) Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.)

(BM ’64, Trumpet; MM ’65, Music Education; PD ’70, Music Supervision and Administration) Heather Hamilton (MM ’93, Piano Performance; MM ’95, Orchestral Piano) Savannah Harris (MM ’19, Jazz Percussion) Brian Holman (MM ’04, Piano) Shelen Hughes (MM ’20, Voice) Eunbi Kim (MM ’12, Piano) Yahan Liu (MM ’19, Piano) Christopher Nappi (BM ’86, Percussion; MM ’88, Percussion) Penny Prince (BM ’74, Piano; MM ’76, Piano) Jeffry Scott (BM ’90, French Horn) Eganam Segbefia (MM ’18, Trumpet) Chandler Sinks (BM ’21, Musical Theatre), Student Representative Alexa Smith (MM ’10, Voice)

M S M O P E R A R E P E R TO I R E E N S E M B L E

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We have made every effort to list MSM donors accurately. If your name is not listed as you wish, or if you notice an inaccuracy, please contact Nina Delgado in the Advancement Office at 917-493-4490, or at ndelgado@msmnyc.edu.