WELCOME
We are thrilled to welcome musical pioneer Meredith Monk back to the Armory for the North American premiere of Indra’s Net. Meredith is no stranger to the Armory, having been an artist in residence here in 2012. She is a living legend in contemporary performance whose interdisciplinary practice continues to expand the boundaries of her genre and engage audiences in new and emotionally evocative ways. We are proud to welcome New York audiences to engage with Meredith’s latest creation and celebrate her legacy and collective oeuvre as she enters her 60th season of performing and creating work.
Inspired by the Buddhist and Hindu legend of the same name, Indra’s Net fuses performance and installation to illustrate life’s interdependent nature. Meredith, together with members of her extraordinary Vocal Ensemble, a sixteen-piece chamber orchestra, and an additional eight-member chorus, offers an interplay of music, movement, and architecture to embody celestial, earthly, and human realms through sound, video, and performance. Creating an enveloping experience with sound and video within the cavernous architecture of the Wade Thompson Drill Hall, the work includes two audio-visual installations, Rotation Shrine (2021), a contemplative offering on cycles of life and death, and Offering Shrine (2023), a meditation on human artifacts that may be rediscovered in the distant future.
Indra’s Net is a deeply felt response to the need for connection in our current moment, grounded in Meredith Monk’s ingenious vocal and instrumental arrangements and one-of-a-kind artistic perspective. We hope you find joy and solidarity in this piece that brings to life the rich connective possibilities that music and live performance can offer.
Rebecca Robertson
Adam R. Flatto Founding President and Executive Producer
Pierre Audi
Anita K. Hersh Artistic Director
Indra’s Net is made possible with support from The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Foundation.
Support for Park Avenue Armory’s artistic season has been generously provided by the Thompson Family Foundation, Charina Endowment Fund, the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, The Shubert Foundation, Wescustogo Foundation, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Marc Haas Foundation, Mary W. Harriman Foundation, the Reed Foundation, the Leon Levy Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg, The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation, the Richenthal Foundation, and the Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Armory’s Artistic Council.
Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council under the leadership of Speaker Adrienne Adams.
Cover images: video still by Ben Stechschulte (front); video still courtesy Holland Festival and Hartwig Art Foundation (back).
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
INDRA’S NET
WADE
THOMPSON DRILL HALL SEPTEMBER 23–OCTOBER 6, 2024
meredith monk & vocal ensemble
Paul Chwe MinChul An voice
Theo Bleckmann voice
Gideon Crevoshay voice
Allison Easter voice
Ellen Fisher voice
Katie Geissinger voice
Meredith Monk voice
Allison Sniffin voice
John Hollenbeck percussion
mirror chorus
Tomas Cruz voice
Jodi Gilbert voice
Toussaint Jeanlouis voice
Anaïs Maviel voice
Luisa Muhr voice
Paul Pinto* voice
Sarah Rossy voice
Chanan Ben Simon voice
Meredith Monk Music and Direction
Yoshio Yabara Costume and Scenic Design
Joe Levasseur Lighting Design
Dan Stearns Associate Lighting Design
Daniel Neumann Sound Design
Meredith Monk Video Scenarios/Direction
Ben Stechschulte Cinematography
Jorge Morales Picó Projection Design
Allison Sniffin Music Supervision/Score Preparation
Allison Sniffin, Meredith Monk Orchestration
Developed in collaboration with Tariq Al-Sabir, Paul Chwe MinChul An, Theo Bleckmann, Gideon Crevoshay, Allison Easter, Ellen Fisher, Katie Geissinger, John Hollenbeck, Paul Langland, Allison Sniffin, and Yoshio Yabara
orchestra
Cameren Anai Williams viola
Andres Ayola oboe, English horn
Harper Brinkley cello
Funda Cizmecioglu violin II
Ethan Cohn double bass
Grace Coolidge violin I
Trey Coudret bassoon
Katie Cox flute, piccolo
Pam Fleming trumpet, flugelhorn
Audrey Flores horn
Kalun Leung trombone
Michael Raia clarinet
Karl Ronneburg percussion
Laura Sherman harp Fifi Zhang o piano
*Paul Pinto appears for Paul Chwe MinChul An October 4 to 6
*Peter Sciscioli appears for Paul Pinto October 4 to 6
oBeyza Yazgan appears for Fifi Zhang October 5
Indra’s Net receieved its world premiere on June 23, 2023 at the Westergas in Amsterdam, presented by Hartwig Art Foundation and The Holland Festival.
Performances of Indra’s Net are dedicated to Ani Pema Chödrön. This performance runs approximately 80 minutes with no intermission.
A NOTE FROM MEREDITH MONK
“At every node in this net there is a precious jewel, and whatever affects one jewel affects all of them. Each of our actions is a jewel; each thing done to us is a jewel. Indra’s net encompasses everything. If we all lived with the consciousness of the underlying reality that Indra’s net points to, our world would look very different.” – Judy Roitman, Buddhadharma, Summer 2020
In 2010, as I sought a name for the new orchestra piece that I was working on, the legend of Indra’s Net came to mind. The title expressed the expansive and woven quality of that composition, but it didn’t quite fit the structure. WEAVE became the title of the new work, but the notion of Indra’s Net stayed with me.
In the ancient Buddhist/Hindu legend, an enlightened king, Indra, stretches an immense, boundless net across the universe with an infinitely faceted jewel at every intersection. Each jewel is unique yet reflects all the others, illuminating the principle of interdependence among all living things. For many years I have been interested in creating work that can serve as an antidote to the fragmentation, disconnection, and uncertainty of contemporary life. Responding to the fragility of Earth’s ecology, I began a trilogy of pieces dedicated to our relationship with the natural world. On Behalf of Nature (2013) was an elegy conjuring the underlying energies of nature and addressing awareness of what we are in danger of losing. Cellular Songs (2017) turned attention inward to the cell as the fundamental unit of all life and looked to its complex, collaborative functions as a prototype for human behavior and society. My aspiration for Indra’s Net was to create an immersive installation/performance work evoking both vastness and intimacy and affirming the interconnectedness of life.
In March 2020, I began intensive rehearsals for Indra’s Net with my ensemble. After having worked alone on the music from 2013 on, it was a joy to finally begin the process of bringing the piece to life. When the COVID-19 lockdown became a reality, I knew that I had to somehow find a way to keep the process going since the energy of the piece seemed to be coming through me with a sense of great urgency. I felt that Indra’s Net could be an offering and a comfort in those dark and disorienting times. Once I knew that live performance was not going to be possible, I contemplated in what form I could present the work. I realized that I could use music and images from Indra’s Net to create audio/video installation shrines that were like meditations for people to listen to and watch at home.
The first one, “Anthem,” was a hymn for a world with no borders or boundaries, in which every individual is aware of the commonalities of being a citizen of our planet. The second one, “Rotation,” was a prayer for the continuation of the Earth and cycles of life and death. I have always considered both of these passages as “connective tissue” for the live performance of Indra’s Net
In tonight’s North American premiere, “Rotation Shrine” becomes an overture to the evening, offering the audience a contemplative space that flows into the live performance component of the work. As one exits, “Offering Shrine” serves as a meditative coda to the experience.
I would like to acknowledge and thank the Ensemble, designers, orchestra, chorus, and my staff for their patience, devotion, and creativity in bringing Indra’s Net to life. From the beginning, I envisioned the Wade Thompson Drill Hall as the ideal performance venue for Indra’s Net in New York City. I would like to thank Park Avenue Armory for their generous support.
GO OUT AND FIND A WORLD
Arts Education at Park Avenue Armory provides unique artistic engagements and educational programming free of charge to New York City public school students, offering opportunities for students to think creatively and trust their own aesthetic judgments, while encouraging the arts as an avenue for reflection, expression, criticality, and action.
In a school system as large and diverse as New York City’s Public Schools, the ways in which students are interconnected and interdependent are myriad and ever-changing. Students come to school each day shaped not only by their different neighborhoods, but also by countries who may be physically far away but whose cultures and spirits are not. Their backgrounds, religions, values, interests, strengths, and abilities provide a wealth of opportunities to listen and learn and grow and connect but can also be a source of division if left unchecked. And so the serendipity of Indra’s Net being the first production of the school year cannot be overlooked. By sharing the example of Indra’s path to enlightenment and highlighting this beautiful concept that every jewel in a net spread across the universe reflects another and another, Meredith Monk offers the students an experience of her work that emphasizes how each one of us, no matter how different our facets might appear, has the potential to make one another shine a little brighter.
Almost 600 New York City public middle and high school students are diving into Indra’s Net through the Armory’s Production-Based Programs, attending a student-only matinee. Pre-visit workshops are exploring the sonic world and style of Meredith Monk, embodying through sound, visual art, and movement how openness, listening, and space can play an important part in shaping our interdependence. In post-show workshops, students are unpacking their experience with Indra’s Net and creating their own art examining the various ways in which they are connected to others—through systems, relationships, nature, time, and even the subway.
Additionally, a group of 40 interns will engage with the piece by embarking on a four-week journey of artmaking through Armory Art Together, a paid, art-commissioning program for high school and post-high school Youth Corps, the Armory’s paid and closely mentored internship program for students ages 16 to 25+. This fall, Armory Art Together is inspired by Monk’s call to action given during a talkback after Cellular Songs at Brown University, where she encouraged everyone to “go out and find a world,” and by the concept of trilogy. Indra’s Net is the final piece in a trilogy of works (preceded by On Behalf of Nature and Cellular Songs), all exploring our interdependent relationship with the natural world. During the program, the Youth Corps participants will each identify an “existing” world in the environment around us and then embody that world in three pieces, with each piece of their trilogy integrating a new artistic medium.
The many connected worlds our students inhabit during this time in their lives may not be perfect, but they will always have the potential to become more so as long as we continue to offer young people the opportunities to imagine and create worlds that acknowledge and affirm each other’s unique shine.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
MEREDITH MONK MUSIC AND DIRECTION, VIDEO SCENARIOS/DIRECTION, VOICE
Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director, choreographer, filmmaker, and creator of new opera, music-theater works, films, and installations. Recognized as one of the most unique and influential artists of our time, she is a pioneer of what is now called “extended vocal technique” and “interdisciplinary performance.” Celebrated internationally, her work has been presented at major venues throughout the world. Over the last six decades, Monk has received numerous awards and honors including a MacArthur Fellowship, Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters from the Republic of France, induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Grammy nomination, the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, and a National Medal of Arts. Monk has recorded with the ECM New Series label since 1981. Selected scores of her work are available through Boosey & Hawkes. From Fall 2023 to Spring 2024, Meredith Monk. Calling, her first European retrospective exhibition, was realized as a collaboration between Oude Kerk Amsterdam with Hartwig Art Foundation, and Haus der Kunst München. Indra’s Net is her third work in a trilogy exploring our relationship with the natural world, following the highly acclaimed On Behalf of Nature (2013) and Cellular Songs (2018). This production celebrates the beginning of Monk’s 60th Performing Season.
YOSHIO YABARA COSTUME AND SCENIC DESIGN
Yoshio Yabara received a BA in Linguistics in his native Japan and studied stage design at the German state art universities in Stuttgart and West Berlin. He began his professional career as a costume designer for the Oscar-winning film The Tin Drum, directed by Volker Schlöndorf. His first work for stage was in the 1970s and early ‘80s at the Schaubühne, West Berlin, where he first met Meredith Monk and collaborated on her opera Vessel. Their subsequent collaborations include ATLAS: an opera in three parts, the feature film Book of Days, impermanence, Songs of Ascension, On Behalf of Nature, Bloodline Shrine, and Cellular Songs. Yabara has also worked as a costume designer, stage designer, or art director for many theatrical production in Europe, the US, and Asia, including Robert Wilson’s the CIVIL warS, King Lear, Oedipus Rex, Madamme de Sade by Tadashi Suzuki, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro produced and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Unter Den Linden Berlin, Bin ich Schoen?, Nackt, and Bliss by Doris Doerrie, among others.
JOE LEVASSEUR LIGHTING DESIGN
Joe Levasseur has collaborated with many artists including: Pavel Zuštiak/ Palissimo, John Jasperse, Sarah Michelson, Jodi Melnick, Jennifer Monson, Neil Greenberg, and Beth Gill. He lit both Wendy Whelan’s 2013 breakout Restless Creature and her subsequent collaboration with Brian Brooks Some of a Thousand Words (2016). He has received two Bessie awards (including one with Big Dance Theater) and a Knight of Illumination Award for his work on Meredith Monk’s Cellular Songs. When not designing, Levasseur also engages in a visual art practice.
DAN STEARNS ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGN
Dan Stearns is a lighting designer for theater and dance. He has spent much of the past decade touring globally with companies including A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, LeeSaar The Company, and Pavel Zuštiak/Palissimo, among others. Other collaborations include Bebe Miller, Bill Young/Colleen Thomas & Co., Jane Comfort and Company, Tami Stronach, Paul Bedard/Theater in Asylum, Scott Ebersold, Tara Ahmadinejad/Piehole, and Sanaz Ghajar/ Built for Collapse. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
DANIEL NEUMANN SOUND DESIGN
Daniel Neumann is a sound artist, organizer, and audio engineer living in New York City. He holds a Master’s Degree in Media Art from the Academy of Visual Art Leipzig and also studied electronic music composition. His artwork has been presented internationally and is represented by Fridman Gallery. As an audio engineer, he has over 20 years of professional experience and his focus is on multi-channel sound installations and contemporary music. He is a member of Alarm Will Sound.
BEN STECHSCHULTE CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ben Stechschulte is a portrait, editorial and documentary photographer and filmmaker based in the Adirondacks and New York City. His work is seen in publications including The New York Times Magazine, TIME, and New York Magazine. This is his second project with Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble.
JORGE MORALES PICÓ PROJECTION DESIGN
Jorge Morales Picó is a Puerto Rican video designer and sound designer currently based in New York City. He has toured with Big Dance Theatre’s 17c and Meredith Monk’s Cellular Songs, and has presented at places such as MASS MoCA, UNC Chapel Hill, BAM’s Harvey Theatre, The Old Vic in London, and Deutsches Theater in Berlin. His designs have been featured in places such as Signature Theatre and New York Theater Workshop. He has also toured through China with Broadway Asia’s Production of An American in Paris as Head of Video and to Theatre de Chatêlêt in Paris with the production.
ALLISON SNIFFIN MUSIC SUPERVISION/SCORE PREPARATION, VOICE
Allison Sniffin, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer/arranger, has been a member of Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble since 1996, performing in The Politics of Quiet, A Celebration Service, Magic Frequencies, mercy, Turtle Dreams, Book of Days (concert version), impermanence, Songs of Ascension, On Behalf of Nature, and Cellular Songs. She has prepared many of Monk’s works for publication (Possible Sky, WEAVE, Realm Variations, Stringsongs, Backlight, Night, Piano Albums I and II) and was the arranger of Tokyo ChaCha for Bang on a Can All-Stars (MEMORY GAME, Cantaloupe Music). Recent compositions include Eko for SSAA and strings and Paddywhack South for marimba, piano, and wind quintet.
PAUL CHWE MINCHUL AN VOICE
Paul Chwe MinChul An is a prolific performer with over eighty roles to his credit. Highlights include performances with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Nashville Opera, PROTOTYPE Festival, San Diego Opera, HERE Arts Center, and LA Opera in such works as Meredith Monk’s ATLAS: an opera in three parts, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, La Bohème, Mozart’s Requiem, and Haydn’s Creation. He regularly collaborates with composers and theater creators such as Meredith Monk, Julian Wachner, Beth Morrison, Yuval Sharon, Kamala Sankaram, and Ellen Reid in mediums such as opera, chamber music, film, and genre-bending theater pieces. Adjacent to the stage, Paul Chwe MinChul An is working to carve out space for underrepresented artists.
THEO BLECKMANN VOICE
Theo Bleckmann is a Grammy award-nominated vocalist, composer, and ECM recording artist who has recorded over seventeen albums and collaborated with artists such as Ambrose Akinmusire, Sheila Jordan, Kneebody, Ben Monder, John Hollenbeck, Phil Kline, David Lang, Ulysses Owens, Bang on a Can All-Stars, and, most prominently, with Meredith Monk since 1994. Bleckmann has appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air and The David Letterman Show with Laurie Anderson. Awards include top spots in DownBeat polls and the JAZZ ECHO award from Deutsche Phono-Akademie. Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer David Lang wrote a monodrama for him, commissioned by the Japan Society and directed by Yoshi Oida, recording forthcoming.
GIDEON CREVOSHAY VOICE
Singer and composer Gideon Crevoshay uses the human voice to explore dimensions of sound, language, and improvisation. Crevoshay has studied traditional and ancient singing from around the world, finding inspiration from how they inform present ideas of music-making, community, and consciousness. He has toured and performed extensively with many projects including Tenores de Aterúe, Bread and Puppet Theater, Starry Mountain Singers, and Briars of North America. He has been a lead facilitator with OneBeat since 2012, co-leading projects in the Balkans, Turkey, Russia, and Republic of Georgia. Crevoshay records the on Brassland label. He first worked with Meredith Monk in 2009 as part of her Ascension Variations at the Guggenheim.
ALLISON EASTER VOICE
Allison Easter is a dancer, singer, teacher, director, and producer. She has worked with Meredith Monk since 1985, appearing in Quarry, The Travelogue Series, Book of Days, The Ringing Place, ATLAS, Three Heavens and Hells, Vessel, and The Politics of Quiet (ensemble New York Dance and Performance Award). She can be heard in recordings of ATLAS and Volcano Songs and has staged Monk’s Folk Dance in Ukraine, the Philippines, and American universities. Other roles include: performer and rehearsal director for STOMP; director and producer at the Ensemble Studio Theater and New York Fringe Festival; faculty choreographer of Trojan Women at Pace; and professor at NYU Tisch and Barnard.
ELLEN FISHER VOICE
Ellen Fisher is a movement-based performance artist whose work integrates gestural actions with visual elements such as film and shadow play. Fisher’s performance work is informed by her ethnographic research in the rituals and trance dances of South Asia, particularly Sri Lanka, for which she has received ACCNY grants and a Fulbright. She has also been granted funding for her solo work from the NEA, NYFA, and Jerome Foundation, among others. Fisher began performing with Meredith Monk/The House in the 1970s and continues today. She also teaches and lectures regularly on dance both domestically and internationally.
KATIE GEISSINGER VOICE
Katie Geissinger has been performing with Meredith Monk since 1990, in concert and theater pieces including ATLAS, The Politics of Quiet, WEAVE, and impermanence. Other credits include: Bang on a Can’s The Carbon Copy Building (premiere, OBIE); Philip Glass’ Einstein on the Beach (second world tour); Jonathan Miller’s staged productions of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (BAM); John Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple (Lincoln Center); Ann Hamilton’s the event of a thread (Park Avenue Armory); Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, Coram Boy (Broadway); Gilbert and Sullivan operettas (OffBroadway); and premieres of new music theater works by Mark Mulcahy, Ben Katchor, Philip Miller, Julia Wolfe, Aaron Siegel, Marisa Michelson, and Anne Bogart.
JOHN HOLLENBECK PERCUSSION
Composer/percussionist and six-time Grammy nominee John Hollenbeck is renowned in both jazz and new-music worlds. He has gained widespread recognition as the driving force behind the unclassifiable Claudia Quintet, the ambitious John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, and recently formed GEORGE, groups with roots in jazz, world music, and contemporary composition. Hollenbeck is well known in new-music circles for his longtime collaboration with Meredith Monk and has worked with many of the world’s leading musicians in jazz including Bob Brookmeyer, Fred Hersch, and Tony Malaby. Awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and an ASCAP Jazz Vanguard and Doris Duke Performing Artist award. Professor of Jazz Drums, McGill.
PAUL PINTO VOICE
Paul Pinto creates and performs multi-disciplinary opera-theater, installation, and performance. Longtime collaborators include thingNY and Varispeed. Highlights include Patriots with Jeffrey Young, Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King, cyclorama video installation Whiteness with Kameron Neal, an ongoing re-arrangement of Robert Ashley’s Perfect Lives, and his first opera, Thomas Paine in Violence. He appeared in The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway) and created tiny pandemic performances for Zoom, headphones, and US mail. Pinto is currently creating a hypermasculine monodrama Mano a Mano, directed by Kristin Marting. A child of immigrants, born and raised in Richmond Hill, Queens, he now proudly calls Jersey City his home.
INSTALLATION CREDITS
ROTATION SHRINE
1-channel video installation (black and white, sound)
Conceived, directed, and composed by Meredith Monk
Ben Stechschulte Camera/Editor
Yoshio Yabara Storyboards/Artistic Associate, Costumes
Ellen Fisher Artistic Associate
Daniel Neumann Sound Engineer
Meredith Belis Production Manager
Performed by Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble
Tariq Al-Sabir, Paul Chwe MinChul An, Theo Bleckmann, Gideon Crevoshay, Ellen Fisher, Katie Geissinger, Meredith Monk, Allison Sniffin with Jennifer R. Ellis harp
Tony Gennaro percussion
John Ivers clarinet
Nayoung Jung piano
Kyle Ko horn
Rhein Matlack oboe
Yuki Nagase double bass
Charith Premawardhana violin
Allison Sniffin organ
Julian Sommer cello
Lauren Spaulding viola
Mitch Stahlmann flute
Michiko Theurer violin
© 2021 Meredith Monk / Meredith Monk Music (ASCAP)
OFFERING SHRINE
1-channel video installation (black and white)
Conceived and directed by Meredith Monk
Ben Stechschulte Camera/Editor
Ellen Fisher Artistic Associate with Sofia Abreu, Raul Aguirre, Tariq Al-Sabir, Bob Andrews, Lucy Ayers, Theo Bleckmann, Gideon Crevoshay, Susie DoLittle, Ellen Fisher, Katie Geissinger, Muriel Luderowski, Meredith Monk, Doug Potter, Scott Renderer, Allison Sniffin, Peg Wilson
© 2023 Meredith Monk
PRODUCTION CREDITS
PRODUCTION STAFF
Rachel April Stage Manager
Charles Hagaman Production Manager
Sarah Lerner, Jonathan Hiam, Peter Sciscioli House Foundation Company Managers
Esti Bernstein Assistant Stage Manager
Kana Morita Company Manager
Yuki Sato Rochefort Assistant Company Manager
Janeurys Colon, Naomi Santos Production Assistants, Programming
Ruby Carmel Production Assistant, Production
Nicholas Houfek Lighting Supervisor
Dave “Tater” Polato Production Electrician
Omri Schwartz Lighting Programmer
Andrew Carey Deck Electrician
Mark Grey Audio Supervisor
Andrew Lulling Audio Systems Engineer
Jeff Rowell Production Audio
Alexis Attalla A2
Carl Whipple Production Carpenter
Justin Hill Deck Carpenter
Stephen Pucci Production Rigger
Dan Santamaria Production Video
Amy Leigh Page Costume Supervisor
Victoria Bek Wardrobe Supervisor
Eleanor Bauer, Olivia Rivera Dressers
PRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BNW Rigging; Five Ohm Productions; Odeum Labor Services; Premier Stagehands; Lighting and Rigging Equipment by 4Wall Entertainment; Audio Equipment by Masque Sound; Backline Equipment by Wilson’s Showtime Services; SteelDeck NY.
MUSIC CREDITS
All compositions by Meredith Monk © 2023 Meredith Monk Music (ASCAP).
MEREDITH MONK / THE HOUSE FOUNDATION
Incorporated in 1971, The House Foundation for the Arts is a nonprofit organization with a mission to cultivate cultural engagement through live music concerts, interdisciplinary performances, exhibitions, and educational initiatives. The House Foundation develops, disseminates, promotes, and preserves the work of iconic American artist Meredith Monk and members of Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble. www.meredithmonk.org | facebook. com/meredithmonk | X @meredith_monk | Instagram @meredithmonk
Sarah Lerner Executive Director
Jonathan Hiam General Manager
Peter Sciscioli Communications/Education Consultant
Shy Adelman Media Manager
Charles Hagaman Production Manager
Draye Wilson Archivist
ORIGINATING CREDITS
Indra’s Net was workshopped at Mills College in Fall 2018 and in 2019 with Bay Area musicians Emily Cardwell, Nava Dunkelman, Petur Eggurtson, Jennifer R. Ellis, Antonio Gennaro, Sarah Grace Graves, Lee Hodel, Robert Hurley, John Ivers, Feona Lee Jones, Nayoung Jung, Briana Lizarraga, Rhein Matlack, Richard Mix, Sarah Plovnick, Hallie Smith, Shanna Sordahl, Mitch Stahlmann, Michiko Theurer, Cory Tripathy, Trevor Van de Velde, and Anthony White, and at ArtLab at Harvard University in Spring 2020, at Queenslab in 2021, and at MASS MoCA in 2024.
Indra’s Net was commissioned by Mills College with funding from a Hewlett 50 Arts Commission, Hartwig Art Foundation, and Haus der Kunst. Indra’s Net had its world premiere on June 23, 2023 at the Holland Festival.
Indra’s Net is also made possible through the generous support of The Harkness Foundation for Dance, the National Endowment for the Arts, ArtLab at Harvard University, Queenslab in Ridgewood, Queens, and MASS MoCA, as well as the Indra’s Net Producers Circle: Haruno Arai, Theodore Bale, Ron Chernow, Paula Cooper, Joan Gelb, Katherine Goodale, Agnes Gund, Jim Hodges, Gregory Hwee, Alex Katz Foundation, Selma Landen Odom, Dorothy Lichtenstein, James E. Robinson Foundation, Inc., Severn Taylor, and The Walcott Family Fund.
SPECIAL THANKS
Sebastiaan Bremer, Melanie Charles, Taja Cheek, Keri Christ, Swati Desai, Corinna Durland, Mark McNeill, Zizi Mueller, Severn Taylor, Kirstin Kapustik, Kevin Kenkel, Meredith Belis, and Matthew Ricketts.
ABOUT PARK AVENUE ARMORY
Part palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory supports unconventional works in the performing and visual arts that cannot be fully realized in a traditional proscenium theater, concert hall, or white wall gallery. With its soaring 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall—reminiscent of 19th-century European train stations—and an array of exuberant period rooms, the Armory provides a platform for artists to push the boundaries of their practice, collaborate across disciplines, and create new work in dialogue with the historic building. Across its grand and intimate spaces, the Armory enables a diverse range of artists to create, students to explore, and audiences to experience epic, adventurous, relevant work that cannot be done elsewhere in New York.
The Armory both commissions and presents performances and installations in the grand Drill Hall and offers more intimate programming through its acclaimed Recital Series, which showcases musical talent from across the globe within the salon setting of the Board of Officers Room; its Artists Studio series curated by Jason Moran in the restored Veterans Room; Making Space at the Armory, a public programming series that brings together a discipline-spanning group of artists and cultural thought-leaders around the important issues of our time; and the Malkin Lecture Series that features presentations by scholars and writers on topics related to Park Avenue Armory and its history. In addition, the Armory also has a year-round Artists-in-Residence program, providing space and support for artists to create new work and expand their practices.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman Emeritus
Elihu Rose
Co-Chairs
Adam R. Flatto
Amanda J.T. Riegel
President Rebecca Robertson
Vice Presidents
David Fox
Pablo Legorreta
Emanuel Stern
Treasurer Emanuel Stern
The Armory’s creativity-based arts education programs provide access to the arts to thousands of students from underserved New York City public schools, engaging them with the institutions artistic programming and outside-the-box creative processes. Through its education initiatives, the Armory provides access to all Drill Hall performances, workshops taught by Master Teaching Artists, and in-depth residencies that support the schools’ curriculum. Youth Corps, the Armory’s year-round paid internship program, begins in high school and continues into the critical post-high school years, providing interns with mentored employment, job training, and skill development, as well as a network of peers and mentors to support their individual college and career goals.
The Armory is undergoing a multi-phase renovation and restoration of its historic building led by architects Herzog & de Meuron, with Platt Byard Dovell White as Executive Architects.
Marina Abramović
Abigail Baratta
Joyce F. Brown
Cora Cahan
Hélène Comfort
Paul Cronson
Jonathan Davis
Tina R. Davis
Jessie Ding
Sanford B. Ehrenkranz
Roberta Garza
Kim Greenberg
Samhita Jayanti
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Edward G. Klein, Brigadier General NYNG (Ret.)
Ralph Lemon
Jason Moran
Janet C. Ross
Stephanie Sharp
Joan Steinberg
Dabie Tsai
Avant-Garde Chair
Adrienne Katz
Directors Emeriti
Harrison M. Bains
Angela E. Thompson*
Wade F.B. Thompson* Founding Chairman, 2000-2009
Pierre Audi
Anita K. Hersh Artistic Director
PARK AVENUE ARMORY STAFF
Rebecca Robertson Adam R. Flatto Founding President and Executive Producer
Pierre Audi Anita K. Hersh Artistic Director
ARTISTIC PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING
Michael Lonergan Senior Vice President and Chief Artistic Producer
Kevin Condardo General Manager, Programming
Rachel Rosado Producer
Samantha Cortez Producer
Darian Suggs Associate Director, Public Programming
Kanako Morita Company Manager/Associate Producer
Oscar Peña Programming Coordinator
ARTISTIC PRODUCTION
Paul E. King Director of Production
Claire Marberg Deputy Director of Production
Nicholas Lazzaro Technical Director
Lars Nelson Technical Director
Mars Doutey Technical Director
Rachel Baumann Assistant Production Manager
ARTS EDUCATION
Cassidy L. Jones Chief Education Officer
Monica Weigel McCarthy Director of Education
Aarti Ogirala Associate Director of Education, School Programs
Biviana Sanchez School Programs Manager
Nadia Parfait Education Programs Manager
Ciara Ward Youth Corps Manager
Bev Vega Youth Corps Manager
Milen Yimer Youth Corps Assistant
Drew Petersen Education Special Projects Manager
Emily Bruner, Donna Costello, Alexander Davis, Asma Feyijinmi, Hawley Hussey, Larry Jackson, Drew Petersen, Leigh Poulos, Neil
Tyrone Pritchard, Vickie Tanner Teaching Artists
Shar Galarza, Daniel Gomez, Nancy K. Gomez, Maxim Ibadov, Amo
Ortiz Teaching Associates
Arabia Elliot Currence, Victoria Fernandez, Sebastian Harris Teaching Assistants
Shatisha Bryant, Delisha James, Melina Jorge, Oscar Montenegro, Adriana Taboada Teaching Apprentices
Jason Moran Curator, Artists Studio
Tavia Nyong’o Curator, Public Programming
Joeseph Balbuena, Eden Battice, Teja Caban, Koralys De La Cruz,
Fatou Diallo, Melina Jorge Youth Corps Advisory Board
Phee Acevedo, Ivy Alban, Habib Apooyin, Mariama Bah, Terry Beaupierre, Britney Carryl, Marc Chaudry, Issbel Collado, Janneurys Colon, Isayya
Dail, Zeinebou Dia, Andy Duer, Adonai Fletcher-Jones, Terrelle Jones, Mia Kokilashvili, Sabre Lee, Giovanni Luke, Taylor Maheia, Nephthali Mathieu, Maver Mendez Garabito, Kylo Meng, Alan Munoz, Yanitza Ordonez, Blue Price, Jason Quizhpi, Denivia Rivera, Kedesia Robinson, AJ Volkov, Nassim White Youth Corps, Armory Art Together
BUILDING OPERATIONS
Karen Quigley Vice President of Capital Projects and Facilities
Marc Von Braunsberg Director of Operations and Security
Samuel Denitz Director of Facilities
Xavier Everett Security/Operations Manager
David Burnhauser Collection Manager
Emma Paton Administrative and Office Coordinator
Williams Say Superintendent
Olga Cruz, Leandro Dasso, Mayra DeLeon, Jeferson Avila, Felipe Calle, Jose Campoverde, Branden Fell, Jacob Garrity, Jonathan Mays, Tyrell Shannon Castillo Maintenance Staff
DEVELOPMENT
Patrick Galvin Chief Development Officer
Alan Lane Director of Development
Caity Miret Executive Assistant to the Chief Development Officer
Jessica Pomeroy Major Gifts Officer
Chiara Bosco Manager of Individual Giving
Angel Genares Director of Institutional Giving
Hans Rasch Manager of Institutional Giving
Margaret Breed Director of Special Events
Séverine Kaufman Manager of Special Events
Michael Buffer Director of Database and Development Operations
Maeghan Suzik Development Coordinator
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Lori Nelson Executive Assistant to the President
Nathalie Etienne Administrative Assistant, President’s Office
Simone Elhart Rentals and Project Manager
FINANCE, HR, AND IT
Judy Rubin Chief Financial Officer
Tejal Patel Controller
Khemraj Dat Accounting Manager
Zeinebou Dia Junior Accountant
Oku Okoko Director of IT
Jorge Sanchez IT Helpdesk Administrator
MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND AUDIENCE SERVICES
Tom Trayer Chief Marketing Officer
Nick Yarbrough Associate Director of Digital Marketing
Dileiny Cruz Digital Marketing Coordinator
Allison Abbott Senior Press and Editorial Manager
Mark Ho-Kane Graphic Designer
Joe Petrowski Director of Ticketing and Customer Relations
Monica Diaz Box Office Manager
John Hooper Assistant Box Office Manager
Jordan Isaacs Box Office Lead
Victor Daniel Ayala, Fiona Garner, Meghan Lara Hrinkevich, Sarah
Jack, Matthew Kamen, Emma Komisar, Michelle Meged, Caleb Moreno, Arriah Ratanapan, Ester Teixeira Vianna, Miciah Wallace Box Office Associates
Caitlin O’Keefe, Anne Wolf Tour Guides
Natasha Michele Norton Director of House Management
Clayton McInerney House Manager
Becky Ho, Cody Castro Assistant House Managers
Aiyana Greene, Beth Miller, Christina Johns, Christine Lemme, Eboni Greene, Eileen Rourke, Glori Ortiz, Jacqueline Babek, Joseph Balbuena, Kin Tam, Mariel Mercedes, MJ Ryerson, Naomi Santos, Naz Black, Neda Yeganeh, Raven Garcia, Regina Pearsall, Sarah Gallick, Sebastian Harris, Yanitza Chan, Yao Adja, Zoë Rhinehart Ushers
Resnicow + Associates Press Representatives
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RECITAL SERIES
KARIM SULAYMAN & SEAN SHIBE
OCTOBER 8 & 10
Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman displays his sensitive and intelligent musicianship, riveting stage presence, beautiful voice, and inventive programming in a varied program of works examining the relationship of East and West performed with guitarist Sean Shibe. Featuring wide-ranging works from Monteverdi, Britten, and Purcell to Takemitsu, Layale Chaker, and traditional Sephardic songs, this intimate recital inspects the artists own ethnic identities through song that at once was seen to exotify but through playful juxtaposition subverts that narrative into one of celebration.
MAKING SPACE AT THE ARMORY CANTO DE TODES
OCTOBER 19
Singer and performance artist Dorian Wood (she/they) exhibits a 12-hour composition and installation inspired by a lyric written by the late Chilean singer and songwriter Violeta Parra. Divided into three movements, this durational work features two hour-long chamber pieces separated by a 10-hour pre-recorded, multi-channel composition mixing a genredefying canon of folk, pop, and experimental music of Central and Latin America. This Armory commission spotlights timely issues of migration and emphasizes the urgency of folk music as a vessel for social change. The event also includes a film program, poetry work, and series of panels in collaboration with the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present.
ARTISTS STUDIO
RADHA BLANK
NOVEMBER 18 & 19
Award-winning playwright, director, producer, and actress Radha Blank continues the artistic throughline of her semi-autobiographical feature film The 40-Year-Old Version and its lead character, who vacillated between the worlds of hip-hop and theater to find her true voice, with a new mixtape performed live in the Veterans Room.
WORLD PREMIERE, AN ARMORY COMMISSION DEAR LORD, MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL
DECEMBER
3 – 14
MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham unleashes his signature style—a unique blend of modern dance techniques ranging from ballet to hip hop—in the world premiere of a new evening-length work in the Wade Thompson Drill Hall. Featuring a large ensemble of dancers with whom he has collaborated from across the country, plus Abraham himself, this Armory commission includes an innovative visual design created by Cao Yuxi (JAMES) and an Armory-commissioned score composed and performed live by the critically acclaimed new music ensemble yMusic to explore the growing sensitivities of life and transition, and nature and humanity, in our chaotic world. The underlying choreography employs layers of counterpoint to find intimacy and evoke ideas of empathy and constant change, fueling an evocative new dance work that migrates through the fragility of time and an ever-changing ecology.
RECITAL SERIES BARBARA HANNIGAN & BERTRAND CHAMAYOU
DECEMBER 12
Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan makes her highly anticipated return to the Board of Officers Room with another dazzling program with pianist Bertrand Chamayou that beautifully spotlights her standing at the forefront of creation, embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility and adding a kind of virtuosity and artistry that contemporary music has rarely seen before.
JOIN THE ARMORY
Become a Park Avenue Armory member and join us in our mission to present unconventional works that cannot be fully realized elsewhere in New York City. Members play an important role in helping us push the boundaries of creativity and expression.
FRIEND $100
$64 is tax deductible
• 10% discount on tickets to all Armory tours and performances*
• 20% discount on member subscription packages*
• Invitations to member preview party for visual art installations
• Complimentary admission for two to visual art installations
• Discounts at local partnered restaurants
SUPPORTER $250
$194 is tax deductible
• All benefits of the Friend membership plus:
• Fees waived on ticket exchanges*
• Two free tickets to Armory Public Tours***
• Invitation to annual Member event
ASSOCIATE $500
$348 is tax deductible
All benefits of the Supporter membership plus:
• Complimentary admission for two additional guests (total of four) to visual art installations and member preview party
• Two free passes to annual fairs held at the Armory, such as TEFAF, The Art Show, Salon Art + Design, etc.**
• Access to the Patron Lounge at select productions
BENEFACTOR $1,000
$824 is tax deductible
All benefits of the Associate membership plus:
• Recognition in the Armory printed programs
• Access to the Membership Hotline for ticket assistance
• No-wait ticket pick up at the patron desk
• Handling fees waived on ticket purchases*
• Invitation for you and a guest to a private Chairman’s Circle event
• Two complimentary tickets to the Malkin Lecture Series*
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE
starting at $2,500
Chairman’s Circle members provide vital support for the Armory’s immersive arts and education programming and the restoration of our landmark building. In grateful appreciation of their support, they are provided unique and exclusive opportunities to experience the Armory and interact with our world-class artists.
AVANT-GARDE
starting at $350
The Avant-Garde is a group for adventurous art enthusiasts in their 20s to early 40s. Members enjoy an intimate look at Armory productions, as well as invitations to forward-thinking art events around New York City.
*Subject to ticket availability **Certain restrictions apply ***Reservations required
For information on ticketing, or to purchase tickets, please contact the Box Office at (212) 933-5812 or visit us at armoryonpark.org.
For more information about membership, please contact the Membership Office at (212) 616-3958 or members@armoryonpark.org.
Each membership applies to one household, and one membership card is mailed upon membership activation.
ARTISTIC COUNCIL
The Artistic Council is a leadership group that champions and supports groundbreaking “only at the Armory” productions.
Chair
Lisa Miller
Anne-Victoire Auriault/Goldman Sachs Gives
Abigail and Joseph Baratta
Noreen and Ken Buckfire
Jeanne-Marie Champagne
Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort
Caroline and Paul Cronson
Courtney and Jonathan Davis
Jessie Ding and Ning Jin
Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz
The Lehoczky Escobar Family
Adam R. Flatto
Roberta Garza and Roberto Mendoza
LEGACY CIRCLE
Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy
Barbara and Peter Georgescu
Kim and Jeff Greenberg
Lawrence and Sharon Hite
Samhita and Ignacio Jayanti
Wendy Keys
Irene Kohn
Fernand Lamesch and Maria Pisacane
Almudena and Pablo Legorreta
Christina and Alan MacDonald
Andrew Martin-Weber and Beejan Land
John and Lisa Miller
Lily O’Boyle
Valerie Pels
Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel
Susan and Elihu Rose
Janet C. Ross
Caryn Schacht and David Fox
Stephanie and Matthew Sharp
Brian S. Snyder
Joan and Michael Steinberg
Emanuel Stern
Slobodan Randjelović and Jon Stryker
Merryl and James Tisch
Mary Wallach
Saundra Whitney
Anonymous (2)
The Armory’s Legacy Circle is a group of individuals who support Park Avenue Armory through a vitally important source of future funding, a planned gift. These gifts will help support the Armory’s out-the-box artistic programming, Arts Education Programs, and historic preservation into the future.
Founding Members
Angela and Wade F.B. Thompson*
Co-Chairs
Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz
Marjorie and Gurnee Hart
Members
The Estate of Ginette Becker
Wendy Belzberg and Strauss Zelnick
Emme and Jonathan Deland
Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz
Adam R. Flatto
Roberta Garza
Marjorie and Gurnee Hart
Anita K. Hersh*
Ken Kuchin
Heidi McWilliams
Michelle Perr
Amanda J.T. Riegel
Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief
Susan and Elihu Rose
Francesca Schwartz
Joan and Michael Steinberg
Angela and Wade F.B. Thompson*
PATRONS
Park Avenue Armory expresses its deep appreciation to the individuals and organizations listed here for their generous support for its annual and capital campaigns.
$1,000,000 +
Charina Endowment Fund
Citi
Empire State Local Development Corporation
Adam R. Flatto
Marina Kellen French
Barbara and Andrew Gundlach
Anita K. Hersh Philanthropic Fund
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin and The Malkin Fund, Inc.
Richard and Ronay Menschel
New York City Council and Council
Member Daniel R. Garodnick
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Assemblymember
Dan Quart and the New York State
Assembly
The Pershing Square Foundation
Susan and Elihu Rose
The Arthur Ross Foundation and J & AR Foundation
Joan Smilow and Joel Smilow*
Sanford L. Smith*
The Thompson Family Foundation
Wade F.B. Thompson*
The Zelnick/Belzberg Charitable Trust
Anonymous (3)
$500,000 to $999,999
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz
Almudena and Pablo Legorreta
Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan
Marvin and Donna K Schwartz
Emanuel Stern
Anonymous
$250,000 to $499,999
American Express
Abigail and Joseph Baratta
Courtney and Jonathan Davis
Jessie Ding and Ning Jin
Michael Field and Doug Hamilton
Roberta Garza
Kim and Jeff Greenberg
Samhita and Ignacio Jayanti
Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan
The Rockefeller Foundation
Marshall Rose Family Foundation
Mrs. Janet C. Ross
Anonymous
$100,000 to $249,999
The Achelis and Bodman Foundations
R. Mark and Wendy Adams
Linda and Earle Altman
Blavatnik Family Foundation
Booth Ferris Foundation
Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort
Caroline and Paul Cronson
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Marjorie and Gurnee Hart
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Morse
New York State Assembly
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
The Pinkerton Foundation
Slobodan Randjelović and Jon Stryker
Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel
Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose
Caryn Schacht and David Fox
Matthew and Stephanie Sharp
The Shubert Foundation
Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
Joan and Michael Steinberg
Mr. William C. Tomson
Peter Zhou and Lisa Lee
Anonymous
$25,000 to $99,999
Amy and David Abrams
Jody and John Arnhold
Sarah Arison
The Avenue Association
Melanie Bouvard and Matthew Bird
Jeanne-Marie Champagne
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Dalio Philanthropies
Cora and Luis Delgado
Andrew L. Farkas & Island Capital Group LLC
Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy
Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation
Barbara and Peter Georgescu
John R. and Kiendl Dauphinot Gordon
Mindy and Jon Gray
Agnes Gund
Janet Halvorson
Robert and Monica Hanea
Howard Gilman Foundation
The Keith Haring Foundation
Suzie and Bruce Kovner
Fernand Lamesch and Maria Pisacane
The Lehoczky Escobar Family
Christina and Alan MacDonald
Christine and Richard Mack
Marc Haas Foundation
Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Foundation
Andrew Martin-Weber and Beejan Land
John and Lisa Miller
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
Katharine Rayner
Rhodebeck Charitable Trust
Genie and Donald Rice
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Orville Schell
Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman
Amy and Jeffrey Silverman
Denise Littlefield Sobel
TEFAF NY
Terra Foundation for American Art
Tishman Speyer
Barbara D. Tober
Jane Toll and Robert Toll*
Mary Wallach Wescustogo Foundation
Anonymous (5)
$10,000 to $24,999
AECOM Tishman
Anne-Victoire Auriault / Goldman
Sachs Gives
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Gabrielle S Bacon Foundation
Harrison and Leslie Bains
Agnieszka and Witold Balaban
Mercedes Bass
Noreen and Ken Buckfire
Amanda M. Burden
Mary and Brad Burnham
Sergey G. Butkevich
Tim Cameron
Betsy and Edward Cohen Con Edison
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Antoinette Delruelle and Joshua L. Steiner
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
William F. Draper
Bart Friedman and Wendy A. Stein
Elliot Friman
Sarah Jane and Trevor Gibbons
Harkness Foundation for Dance
Lawrence and Sharon Hite
Claire King
Judy and Leonard Lauder
Leon Levy Foundation
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.
Danny and Audrey Meyer
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Lily O’Boyle
O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation
Michael Peterson
Joan R. and Joel I. Picket
Kathryn Ploss Susan Porter
The Reed Foundation
Fiona and Eric Rudin
Mrs. William H. Sandholm
Christine Schwarzman
Cynthia and Tom Sculco
Denise Simon and Paulo Vieira da Cunha
Brian S. Snyder
Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation
Dabie Tsai
Susan Unterberg
Deborah C. van Eck
Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg
Saundra Whitney
Maria Wirth
Anonymous (4)
$5,000 to $9,999
Donald Allison and Sumiko Ito
Barbara Goldstein Amster
Gina Argento Page Ashley
Stephanie Bernheim
The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation
Nicholas Brawer
Dr. Joyce F. Brown and Mr. H. Carl McCall
David Bruson
Trevor Buchanan
Cindy and Tim Carlson
Arthur and Linda Carter
Orla Coleman and Rikki Tahta
Judith-Ann Corrente
David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation
David Schwartz Foundation, Inc.
FX and Natasha de Mallmann
Jennie L. and Richard K.* DeScherer
The Felicia Fund
Andrew and Theresa Fenster
Nicholas Firth and Sophie de Brignac
Ella M. Foshay and Michael B. Rothfeld
Jill and Michael J. Franco
Amandine Freidheim
Mary Ann Fribourg
Buzzy Geduld
The Georgetown Company Great Performances
Holly and Robert Gregory
George and Patty Grunebaum
Gregory James
Jeanne Kanders
Ann Kaplan
Jane Kober
Lazarus Charitable Trust
Chad A. Leat
Gail and Alan Levenstein
David and Simone Levinson
Gina Giumarra MacArthur
Hon. and Mrs. Earle Mack
Marie Nugent-Head Marlas and James C. Marlas
Joanie Martinez
Beth and Joshua Nash
Helen Nash
Charles and Georgette Mallory
James and Margo Nederlander
Benjamin K. Needell
Jesse and Stéphanie Newhouse
Elyse and Michael Newhouse
David Orentreich, MD / Orentreich
Family Foundation
Richard and Rose Petrocelli
Marnie Pillsbury
Anne and Skip Pratt
Preserve New York, a grant program of Preservation League of New York
Phyllis Posnick and Paul Cohen
Rajika and Anupam Puri
Janine and Steven Racanelli
Richenthal Foundation
Laura and Gerald Rosberg
Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation
Valerie Rubsamen and Cedomir Crnkovic
Jane Fearer Safer
Susan Savitsky
Philip Schmerbeck/Herzog & de Meuron USA
Nicholas and Shelley Schorsch
Sara
David
and Nina Wexler
Cynthia Young and George Eberstadt
Toni Young
Yousefi
Samiah Zafar and Minhaj Patel
Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC
Anonymous (4)
$2,500 to $4,999
Allen Adler and Frances Beatty
Fabrizio and Enrica Arengi Bentivoglio
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Kenneth Ashley Ate Atema
Bard College
Bechara Catherine Behrend Jason Berger
Katherine and Marco Birch
Boissonnas
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Braddock Barbara Brandt
Jordan and Blythe Brock
Stacey Bronfman
Elaine Brownstein
James Buresh
Michael Carlisle and Sally Peterson
Lori and Alexandre Chemla
The Clarence Westbury Foundation
David and Peri Clark
Sana Clegg
Betsy Cohn
Margaret Conklin
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany New York
Ellie and Edgar Cullman
Carol and David Domina
Jason Drucker and Joseph Ortiz
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz
Deborah and Ronald Eisenberg Foundation
Max Ember
Dr. Nancy Eppler-Wolff and Mr. John Wolff
Dasha Epstein
Fiona Morgan Fein
Gwen and Austin Fragomen
Eleanor Friedman and Jonathan J. Cohen
Judith Garson and Steven Rappaport
Heather & Andrew Georges
Phillip Roland Gulley
Pascale and Brian Hainline
Kathleen D. Hale
Barbara Hoffman
Johanna Hudgens and Matthew Wilson
Phyllis Hyde
Shujaat Islam and Fay Sardjono
Adrienne Katz
James and Stephanie Kearney
Lee Kern
Jana and Gerold Klauer
Kordestani Douglas and Judith Krupp Lizbeth & George Krupp
and Dennis LaBarre
Laffont
Laffont
Ledda
LeFrak
Lovejoy, EverGreene Architectural Arts Stephen Ludwig Jeffrey and Tondra Lynford
Robert S. MacDonald
Arielle & Ian Madover
Nancy Maruyama
Bonnie Maslin
Nina B. Matis
Peter and Leni May
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew McLennan
Ryan McNaughton and Anastasia Antoniev
Constance and H. Roemer McPhee
Israel
Virginia
Sanjay
Amy
Ku-Ling
Anonymous
$1,000
Candace
John
Jeff
Jr.
Carola Jain
Weslie and William Janeway
Dimitri Jobert and Frank Bostelmann
Linda E Johnson
Christopher and Hilda Jones
Lisa Kadin and William Spiegel
Li and Bachir Karam
Sharon H. Kim
Elizabeth Kipp-Giusti
Stark D. Kirby, Jr
Brigadier General Edward G. Klein, NYNG (Ret.)
Quentin and Jayee Koffey
Hoda Kotb
Kathryn Kremnitzer
Vinnie Kaur Kumar
Geraldine S. Kunstadter
Landau
Levine
Linda Lindenbaum
Catherine Lipkin and Danae Oratowski
Bill Luby
Bill and Jane Macan
Match65
Diane L. Max
Larry and Mary McCaffrey
Charles McDonald
Whitney and Andrew Mogavero
Julia Moody
David and Casey Moore
D. and Roseline Neveling
Stephanie Neville & Alan Beller
Nancy Newcomb and John Hargraves
Lynn Nottage and Tony Gerber
Dr. Catherine Orentreich
Harlan Peltz
Marc Alexander Perruzzi
John and Marie-Noëlle Pierce Candace Platt
Robert A Press MD Prime Parking Systems
and Leslie Puth
Quezada
Pierre-Antoine Raberin
Martin and Anna Rabinowitz
Joseph Risico
David Ritter
Allen and Heidi Roberts
John and Lizzie Robertshaw
Thomas Rom
Richard and Elisa Rosen
Chuck and Stacy Rosenzweig
Jaclyn and Dan Rottenstreich
Whitney Rouse
Julia and John Ryan
Will
Victoria Schorsch
Halsey Schroeder
David and Whitney Schwartz
Laura Schwartz and Arthur Jussel
The Binkley-Sebring Fund
He Shen & Michelle Mao
Lauryn Siegel
Adrianne and William Silver
Esther Simon Charitable Trust
Brooke and William Sinclair
Mary and Alok Singh
Laura Skoler
Ileene Smith and Howard Sobel
Charlotte Snyder
Andre Spears and Anne Rosen Consuelo Pierrepont Spitler
Lane Associates Heating and Cooling
Marianna and Angelos Stergiou
Michael G Stewart
Bonnie and Tom Strauss
Robert Taft and J. Philip Moloney
Danielle Taubman
Juliet Taylor and James Walsh
Jennifer Tipton
Jean Troubh
Amelia & Steven Usdan
Debra Valentine
Marisa and Robin van Bokhorst
Analia Giorgio
Jennifer Von Post
Kay and Sandy Walker
Caroline A Wamsler & DeWayne Phillips
Andrew and Sarah Wetenhall
Mindy White
Shelby White
Francis H. Williams and Keris A. Salmon
Beverley Zabriskie
Dan and Olivia Zacchei
Jillian Zrebiec
Anonymous (7)
List as of July 31, 2024 * In memoriam
