2013 Annual Report

annual report

annual report 2013 FISCAL YEAR

OCTOBER 1, 2012, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 ROBERT SPANO Music Director ALAN FLETCHER President and CEO

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO

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2013 SHINING MOMENTS ON STAGE

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2013 NOTABLE ALUMNI APPEARANCES

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2013 EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES

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BUCKSBAUM CAMPUS OPENING

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WHERE DREAMS BEGIN CAMPAIGN PROGRESS

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2013 STUDENT EXPERIENCE

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MEDIA AND BROADCASTS

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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AMFS student violinist Fabiola Kim and student conductor Lee Mills

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FAMILY OF SUPPORTERS

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2013 REVENUE AND EXPENSES

AMFS PHOTOS ALEX IRVIN

LYNN GOLDSMITH

letter from the president and CEO The 2013 season stands out as a historic one for the Aspen Music Festival and School. The opening of the Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Campus represents not only a vast step forward in the institution’s infrastructure but also a bold statement about its commitment to excellence now and in its future.

The AMFS is indeed a place of dreams, as referenced in our campaign name of “Where Dreams Begin.” Aspen’s extraordinarily generous supporters believe in making dreams possible for young musicians with fragile, developing, but powerful talents; as well as for audiences looking for sophisticated, nuanced, and wide-ranging programming.

Aspen is unique in what it brings to the music world, as a look back through the 2013 season in this annual report illuminates.

I remain deeply grateful for the faculty, artists, donors, patrons, staff, volunteers, and community members who give their all to make the Aspen Magic happen each summer.

Alan Fletcher

2013 shining moments on stage The 2013 season offered a veritable feast of musical delicacies with riveting performances delivered by student musicians, artist-faculty, and guest artists alike. With a theme of “Conscience and Beauty,” the season focused on the powerful compositions musicians have penned as social commentary with a special emphasis on the genius of Benjamin Britten. More than twenty-five works by Britten were programmed throughout the season.

One of the outstanding highlights of the Festival’s 2013 season—some called it the Festival highlight of the decade, others called it out as the best performance they had ever seen at the Festival—was the semi-staged performance

on July 27 of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes.

Maestro Spano led the Aspen Festival Orchestra along with Anthony Dean Griffey as Peter Grimes and Susanna Phillips as Ellen Oxford, and Brian Mulligan, Meredith Arwardy, students from the Aspen Opera Theater Center, and the 100-voice Colorado Symphony Chorus. AOTC Director Edward Berkeley’s spare concept and direction were especially powerful when combined with the light drizzle that began to fall on the Tent toward the end of the production, as if on cue.

Other concerts of note include a performance by the Emerson String Quartet, in its thirty-seventh season as an ensemble, playing with its new cellist Paul Watkins. Of the performance in Harris Concert Hall on August 8 of Beethoven’s first “Razumovsky” quartet, Haydn’s String Quartet in G minor, and Britten’s String Quartet No. 3, Watkins commented that as a longtime admirer of the Quartet, realizing he is actually in the Quartet “makes me want to smile the whole time.” Musicians and audience were similarly enraptured with this evening.

Another new face on Aspen stages was the magnificent soprano and reigning Metropolitan Opera star of the moment Joyce DiDonato, who was electrifying as she sang arias and art songs in the intimate space of Harris Concert Hall on July 23. Another first was Aspen’s own alumnus violinist Gil Shaham performing Bach’s Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin on July 24. A marathon evening, Aspen Times reviewer Harvey Steiman called it “an irresistible outpouring of gorgeous sound and glory.”

Joyce DiDonato

Philip Glass

HARRIS CONCERT HALL 20TH ANNIVERSARY EVENING

Nancy Goeres

Two Russians each wowed audiences: Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko, 26, whose recital on August 15 included several rarely heard Rachmaninoff transcriptions of works by Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Tchaikovsky; and Daniil Trifonov, whose commanding performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, “Jeunehomme,” on August 16 caused audience members to leap to their feet.

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Harris Concert Hall, there was a special concert on August 13 featuring classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, violinist Robert McDuffie, and conductor Joshua Weilerstein (a recent participant in the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen program). Supporters enjoyed a beautiful reception ahead of time featuring a film capturing the thoughts of Aspen musicians, some of whom have played in the hall for decades, with comments like “an acoustical marvel” and “one of the world’s great halls.”

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On the same program, a beautiful moment of music and friendship was realized in the lyrical Bassoon Concerto written by AMFS President and CEO Alan Fletcher for longtime artist-faculty member Nancy Goeres who performed its premiere in Pittsburgh and reprised it in Aspen.

Sharon Isbin

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Pages could be filled describing the musical delights of the 53 days and nights of the 2013 Festival—the unique multi-media blend of music and physics in Brian Greene and Philip Glass’s Icarus at the Edge of Time (June 27), the complete cycle of Bartók quartets presented by the Takàcs Quartet over two concerts (July 2 and 9), a sugar-sweet fully staged Candide by Bernstein (July 11, 13, and 15) and a smoking hot staging of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (August 15 and 17). Collectively the season’s concerts offered a wide-ranging and nuanced artistic experience.

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2013 notable alumni appearances

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The week before the Festival started, an Aspen alumna, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton (Aspen Opera Theater Center, 2008), won the prestigious Cardiff “Singerof-the-World” competition—a rigorous, high-profile event known for launching the careers of Bryn Terfel and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Barton came to Aspen in a triumphant “victory lap” on August 9 and sang Elgar’s “Sea Pictures” to a rapt audience that was also there to see alumna-success-story Sarah Chang perform later on the program. Barton went on after the season to success in Norma at the Met and was heralded as “a revelation” by the New York Times.

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Aspen’s concerts are filled with dozens of alumni returning to perform, in every age group and era of the Festival’s past sixty-four summers. One aspect of this broad-scale homecoming that greatly energizes the Aspen program is the return of recent alumni still making their transition from student to star. One such artist, pianist Conrad Tao, at age 19, opened the season with Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (June 27) in his fourth time back to Aspen as a guest artist, after studying with artist-faculty member Yoheved Kaplinsky from 2004 to 2009. Tao commented in a 2013 interview that coming to Aspen each summer is “a bit like going back to a second home.” Audiences responded to his performance with an enthusiastic mix of astonishment at his prodigious artistry and warm, familial pride.

Joyce Yang

Jamie Barton

Other youthful alumni who performed include pianist Joyce Yang, who played Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on July 7 with the Aspen Festival Orchestra and cellist Alisa Weilerstein, not yet 30, who spent every summer of her life in Aspen until she was 18 and has returned as a guest artist many of the seasons since. Recent alumni of the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen program led many successful programs, including Mei-Ann Chen on June 27, Tomás Netopil on July 26, James Gaffigan on August 2, Federico Cortese on August 7, James Feddeck on August 9, Joshua Weilerstein on August 13, and Christopher James Lees on August 14.

Alisa Weilerstein

Composers’ panel

2013 educational initiatives In 2013, chamber music specialists David Finckel and Wu Han established an intensive chamber music program in Aspen for piano trios. For the first time spending more than a month together in Aspen, the duo selected students from their own studios, plus those of their highly regarded colleagues, to form ensembles that they mentored three or four times a week over the course of a month. The program culminated in an artistically exciting performance, presented to a packed house in Harris Concert Hall on July 10.

Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky joined the composition faculty in 2013 to be a part of a recalibrated composition program. Students benefitted from instruction from a wide variety of compositional voices as well as many additional readings and interaction with the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen Orchestra. A new component, a public workshop that was held on August 11, featured a panel comprising many of today’s composition luminaries: Stucky, Robert Spano, John Corigliano, John Harbison, Alan Fletcher, and George Tsontakis.

Student composer Alex Burtzos and Steven Stucky

William Hagen, Sarina Zhang, and Austin Huntington

Wu Han, David Finckel, and students

bucksbaum campus opening On July 8, the newly redesigned Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Campus officially opened after more than ten years of planning and 301 days of construction. Phase One included the Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson Hall and Scanlan Hall for rehearsals, the Harry Teague Pavilion, sixty-seven practice rooms, a music library, and the Betty A. Schermer Percussion Building.

During the summer, workers completed the interior of the Lower School classroom building in time for the start of the school year for CamAlan Fletcher, Kay Bucksbaum, pus partner Aspen Country Day School. It will Robert Spano, and Robert Hurst be available as teaching studios for the Festival in summer 2014. The Aspen Music Festival and School is tremendously grateful to everyone for supporting the Where Dreams Begin campaign and making the newly redeveloped Campus a reality.

AMFS Trustee Kay Bucksbaum, who with her husband Matthew generously provided the lead gift for the redevelopment of the Campus, gave remarks at the July 8 ceremony and cut the ceremonial ribbon for the new facilities.

Phase Two is due to open in 2016 with the largest rehearsal structure, Hurst Hall, to be built next to the current location of the Business Building. The historic Hardy Administration Building will be restored and an addition will house the administrative offices and a new cafeteria; two additional buildings constructed along Castle Creek will bring more teaching studios and an assembly hall, as well as new maintenance and bike facilities.

Campus Opening, July 8

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By the end of the 2013 fiscal year, the AMFS had raised $52,089,232 toward the $75 million dollar campaign goal.

The Where Dreams Begin campaign includes goals of $35 million for the Campus reconstruction and $40 million for the expansion of the AMFS endowment.

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Other campaign achievements in 2013 included: • A one-million-dollar challenge created by AMFS Trustee Ann Friedman and her husband, Tom, to complete the capital portion of the Where Dreams Begin campaign. The Friedmans have generously offered to contribute the final million dollar capital goal once the Festival reaches the $34 million mark. he creation of a planned giving society named • T to honor the legacy of Gordon and Lillian Hardy.

The Gordon and Lillian Hardy Society will honor those donors who have given the AMFS the highest compliment: including the organization in their estate plans.

Any planned gifts made during the duration of the Where Dreams Begin campaign will be counted towards the Campaign’s fundraising goals.

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• A new fellowship created in honor of the Bucksbaum family and their significant contributions to the Aspen Music Festival and School during the AMFS Season Benefit on Monday, July 29, 2013.

AMFS National Council members and longtime donors Vicki and Edward Bass made a significant gift toward the capital portion of the Where Dreams Begin campaign. In lieu of personal recognition, Ed and Vicki chose to name the former “Pond Studio” building the Harry Teague Pavilion in honor of Ed’s Yale classmate and long-time AMFS architect, Harry Teague.

Pictured above, left to right, Ed Bass and Harry Teague.

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one-million-dollar matching grant from the Irving • A Harris Foundation given to support theWhere Joan and Dreams Begin Irving Harris Concert Hall’s supplementary maintenance and the annual Winter Music concert series in Aspen. We applaud Honorary Trustee Joan W. Harris for taking the lead, once again, to support this wonderful, jewel-box performance venue. The Joan and Irving Harris Concert Hall 20th Anniversary Fund will afford the AMFS the opportunity to undertake larger, supplemental projects that will improve the continued performance and comfort of the Hall, increase its energy and water efficiency, and ensure that it retains—and even gains—state-of-the-art features that will keep it a premier venue for decades to come. The gift requires a 1-1 match.

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he creation of the Nancy Goeres Bassoon Fellow• T ship, established in 2013 in honor of long-time artist-faculty member Nancy Goeres. The Aspen Music Festival and School thanks the fifty-three supporters who raised more than $160,000 for this fellowship.

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2013 student experience A student class of 630 talented musicians—with an average age of 22—traveled to Aspen from 29 countries, including Finland, Venezuela, the Netherlands, and Turkey, and from 41 states. Of the entire student population, 72 percent received financial aid, either in the form of a scholarship or fellowship. The total amount of financial aid given in 2013 was $2,062,170.

At the end of each season, students are asked to fill out a survey that gauges their overall satisfaction with their Festival and School experience. Yet again, students provided overwhelmingly positive feedback, with 92 percent of 2013 students rating their overall experience as “excellent” or “good.”

As in previous years, students also reported that the three main reasons they chose to attend the AMFS are the faculty members, the opportunity to participate in a high-level orchestra program, and the amount of financial aid offered.

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Returning students comprised more than 42 percent of the 2013 class. “This was my third, and best, summer in Aspen. My experience in AACA was the closest I’ve ever had to holding a professional orchestra job,” wrote one student. “Maestro Spano was a joy to work with, and the new facilities are amazing. Bravo, AMFS. You gave me the best summer of my life this year!”

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media and broadcasts The 2013 season included a visit from the New York Times, which printed a feature story that called the newly opened Bucksbaum Campus “a potent symbol of the dawning of a new era” for the Festival and School. Times classical music critic James R. Oestreich also wrote of the summer’s emphasis on Britten, noting the Festival’s “superb” and “powerful production” of Peter Grimes, and calling it a highlight of the season.

America’s most popular classical radio program, Performance Today, returned to Aspen for its annual week-long residency, broadcasting hours of AMFS-centric programming to its national audience of more than 1.3 million listeners. Also visiting the Festival was NPR’s From the Top, hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher O’Riley, which later broadcast a one-hour showcase of top young AMFS musicians to its more than 700,000 listeners.

Other media coverage included Sunset Magazine naming the AMFS as one of the “top summer events of 2013,” and Musical America, among several others.

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Performance Today’s host Fred Child interviews pianist Steven Osborne in Harris Hall

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benefits Benefit evenings over the 2013 season together netted $674,888 in support of the Festival and School’s programs.

The glamorous Season Benefit, held on July 29, honored Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum, whose nearly sixty-year involvement with the Festival has transformed the AMFS. In celebration of the newly opened Bucksbaum Campus, the reception and sell-out dinner took place in the beautiful new Edlis Neeson Hall and Scanlan Hall, which both overlook the revitalized Great Pond.

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The 2013 season also marked the occasion of the AMFS’s 10th Annual Opera Benefit. Held on July 11, the evening included an elegant cocktail reception at the home of Benefit Chair Richard Edwards, dinner at the renowned membersonly Caribou Club, and the opening night of the Aspen Opera Theater Center’s production of Bernstein’s enchanting Candide.

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The Festival and School’s special benefit events also included the Winter Benefit on February 4, featuring special guest Gil Shaham, with accompanist Akira Eguchi, as well as Artist Dinners and House Music concerts throughout the summer. The 2013 Artist Dinners featured pianist John O’Conor, the Emerson String Quartet, and bass-baritone Eric Owens, with each event including cocktails, a musical presentation, and an intimate seated dinner with the night’s featured artist. The House Music series gave AMFS supporters an opportunity to interact with some of our most talented student performers at chamber or opera performances in private homes.

Gil Shaham and Akira Eguchi perform at the Winter Benefit, held at the home of Mike Goldberg

Kay Bucksbaum, at the Season Benefit honoring Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum

Clancy Joe and Linda Vitti Herbst, and Merbie and Tom Payne

Bettie Miller and Richard Edwards at the 2013 Opera Benefit

Mel and Meg Knyper with bass-baritone Eric Owens at an Artist Dinner hosted by the Knypers

Nic DuBrul, Anna-Lisa Klettenberg, Alan Brookes, and Maja DuBrul at the 2013 Opera Benefit

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Harp music performed during the Season Benefit dinner

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Soledad Hurst, Sydney Wells, and Carrie Wells at the 2013 Opera Benefit

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board of trustees

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LISTS AS OF JULY 22, 2013 VOICE

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Nadine Asin Thomas H. Baer Edward C. Berkeley Sandra K. Bishop Sam Brown, Treasurer Kay Bucksbaum Martin Carver Stephen Drimmer James Dunham Jerry Eberhardt Stefan Edlis Gail Engelberg, Secretary Alan Englander Nanette Finger Alan Fletcher, President & CEO Jane Frazer Ann Friedman Jessica Fullerton Mary Giese Sanford Grossman Jonathan Haas Connie Heard Linda Vitti Herbst Sydney Hodkinson Robert J. Hurst, Chair Allison Kanders Michael Klein, Vice Chair Cathy L. Koplovitz Fred Kucker Jonathan Lee Espen Lilleslåtten Robert Lipsett Anthony Mazza Willem Mesdag Jerry Murdock Michael Murray Stephanie Naidoff Anton Nel

Fonda Paterson Aaron Podhurst Dana Powell John Rojak Arlene Lidsky Salomon Danner Schefler Caryn Scheidt Jane Sherman Gillian Steel Alison Teal Joaquin Valdepeñas Carrie Wells Walter Isaacson, ex-officio HONORARY TRUSTEES

Gordon Hardy Joan W. Harris Itzhak Perlman Robert Spano Pinchas Zukerman LIFE TRUSTEES

Paula Bernstein William Bernstein Matthew Bucksbaum Noël Congdon Marian Lyeth Davis Al Dietsch John Doremus Martin Flug Gerri Karetsky Nancy Odén Charles Paterson Betty Schermer Ford Schumann Dennis Vaughn Ken Whiting

Vinson Cole Elizabeth Hynes Stephen King W. Stephen Smith ASPEN OPERA THEATER CENTER

Edward Berkeley, director Elizabeth Buccheri, head of music William Billingham Garnett Bruce Brian DeMaris Timothy Long James Marvel Kenneth Merrill Dan Renkin Jeanne Slater Mary Duncan Steidl Diane Zola PIANO

Misha Dichter Richard Dyer Choong Mo Kang Yoheved Kaplinsky Anton Nel John O’Conor Ann Schein Virginia Weckstrom Wu Han COLLABORATIVE PIANO

Anne Epperson VIOLIN

Renata Arado Earl Carlyss Laurie Carney Laura Chen Robert Chen Ellen dePasquale Herbert Greenberg David Halen Robert Hanford Cornelia Heard Paul Kantor Masao Kawasaki Alexander Kerr Espen Lilleslåtten Robert Lipsett Robert McDuffie Sylvia Rosenberg Naoko Tanaka Bing Wang Peter Winograd VIOLA

Daniel Avshalomov Catharine Carroll

Victoria Chiang James Dunham Masao Kawasaki Sabina Thatcher Thomas Turner Stephen Wyrczynski CELLO

Richard Aaron Darrett Adkins David Finckel Alan Harris Desmond Hoebig Michael Mermagen Brinton Smith DOUBLE BASS

Bruce Bransby Christopher Hanulik Albert Laszlo Edgar Meyer FLUTE

Nadine Asin Bonita Boyd Jeffrey Khaner Mark Sparks OBOE

Robert Atherholt Elaine Douvas Ariana Ghez Richard Woodhams Pedro Diaz, English horn CLARINET

Scott Andrews Burt Hara Bil Jackson Joaquin Valdepeñas BASSOON

Nancy Goeres Per Hannevold Michael Sweeney FRENCH HORN

Andrew Bain William Caballero Erik Ralske David Wakefield John Zirbel TRUMPET

David Bilger Kevin Cobb Thomas Drake Mark Inouye Alex Jokipii Raymond Mase

Susan Slaughter TROMBONE

Per Brevig Nitzan Haroz Michael Powell John D. Rojak, bass trombone Colin Williams TUBA

Warren Deck PERCUSSION

Frank Epstein Jonathan Haas Douglas Howard Thomas Stubbs Mark Yancich Paul Yancich HARP

Nancy Allen Gillian Benet Sella Kathy Kienzle GUITAR

Sharon Isbin, director CHAMBER MUSIC

Darrett Adkins Per Hannevold Cornelia Heard Anne Epperson CENTER FOR ADVANCED QUARTET STUDIES

Earl Carlyss, director James Dunham Sylvia Rosenberg ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

Lauren Schiff Joan Balter AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CONDUCTING AT ASPEN

Robert Spano, director Asadour Santourian, program administrator Federico Cortese, visiting faculty Nicholas McGegan, visiting faculty Larry Rachleff, visiting faculty Hugh Wolff, visiting faculty

Steven Stucky, composer-in-residence Sydney Hodkinson, composer-in-residence

Sydney Hodkinson, conductor ENSEMBLE-IN-RESIDENCE

American Brass Quintet American String Quartet Jupiter String Quartet Takács Quartet

One of the Festival’s greatest strengths is its deeply talented and devoted artist-faculty members. On June 30, the Festival unveiled a large-scale plaque in the Benedict Music Tent, honoring the teachers who have served the institution for twenty-five years or more.

More than seventy-six names were inscribed on the plaque, with room to add names for years to come. Together the initial honorees represented a colossal 2,460 years of service to the AMFS and about half of those listed were still faculty in 2013.

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Adele Addison, voice Robert Biddlecome, trombone Gabriel Chodos, piano Carole Cowan, violin Michael Czaijkowski, composition John Graham, viola William Grubb, cello Irene Gubrud, voice Thomas Haines, film scoring and audio recording Gordon Hardy, in memoriam Jennifer John, violin Joseph Kalichstein, piano Eugene Levinson, bass Jorge Mester, music director Theodore Oien, clarinet Antoinette Perry, piano Sylvia Plyler, Aspen Opera Theater Center Louis Ranger, trumpet Christopher Rouse, composition Dennis Smylie, bass clarinet Paul Sperry, voice Viviane Thomas, voice Martin Verdrager, theory Dick Waller, clarinet Won Bin Yim, violin

PICTURED WITH THE PLAQUE ARE ARTIST-FACULTY WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON IT: Earl Carlyss, Ann Schein, Kenneth

Merrill, Joan Balter, Bruce Bransby, Edward Berkeley, Sylvia Rosenberg, Joaquin Valdepeñas, Jonathan Haas, Nadine Asin, Per Brevig, Alan Harris, David Finckel, and Raymond Mase.

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SUSAN AND FORD SCHUMANN CENTER FOR COMPOSITION STUDIES

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PLAQUE INSTALLED HONORING LONGTIME ARTIST-FACULTY

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George Tsontakis, composer-in-residence John Corigliano, guest composer-in-residence John Harbison, guest composer-in-residence Stephen Hartke, guest composer-in-residence Joan Tower, guest composer-in-residence Paul Dooley, visiting composer Hannah Lash, visiting composer Adam Schoenberg, visiting composer

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family of supporters The Aspen Music Festival and School gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following individuals to the 2013 Annual Fund, memorial and honorary gifts, Winter Music and Benefit sponsorships, ticket purchases of $1,000 and more to our benefits, and special projects.

Annual contributions are the backbone of support for the realization of the Festival and School’s mission. With these gifts donors support artist-faculty teaching, concert performances, opera productions, student education, guest artist musician appearances, community outreach, and many other essential projects. We remain profoundly grateful to each donor listed here.

$75,000 and above INDIVIDUALS

Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Lisa and Will Mesdag Becky and Mike Murray Soledad and Robert Hurst Nancy and Charles Wall Kelli and Allen Questrom BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS

City of Aspen The Aspen Times Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation

$50,000 and above

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Anonymous (2) Kay Bucksbaum Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy Ruth and Martin Carver Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson Ann and Tom Friedman Jessica and John Fullerton Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr. Joan Fabry and Michael Klein Dana and Gene Powell FOUNDATION

Sidney E. Frank Foundation

$30,000 and above INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous Richard Edwards Jane and Michael Eisner, The Eisner Foundation

Gail and Alfred Engelberg Linda and Alan Englander Mary E. and Erik Giese Meg and Bennett Goodman Sanford and Naava Grossman Jane and Gerald Katcher Barbara Koval Leonard A. Lauder Barbara and Jonathan Lee Toby Devan Lewis Mona Look-Mazza and Tony Mazza John P. and Anne W. McNulty Foundation Ron Miller Janet and Tom O’Connor Patricia M. and Emanuel M. Papper Foundation Alice and Lew Sanders Betty and Lloyd Schermer June and Paul Schorr Jane and Larry Sherman Eva and Marc Stern Beatrice and Anthony Welters BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS

JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery Landmark Vineyards Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts Louis & Harold Price Foundation, Inc.

$17,000 and above INDIVIDUALS

Barbara and Bil* Dunaway Thomas H. Baer Susan Beckerman Bishop Family Foundation Jackie and John Bucksbaum The Crown Family Antonia Paepcke DuBrul Margy and Jerry Eberhardt Marcy and Leo Edelstein

Nanette and Jerry E. Finger Lillian Hardy Judith Z. Steinberg and Paul J. Hoenmans Steve Marcus Judith E. Neisser Judy and Werner Neuman Lynda and Stewart Resnick Nancy and Richard Rogers Mary and Patrick Scanlan Caryn and Rudi Scheidt, Jr. Gillian and Robert Steel Carrie and Joe Wells Martha Yocum BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS

LLWW Foundation Fondation Princesse Grace de Monaco Viceroy Hotels Resorts Residences Snowmass

$11,000 and above INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous Katie and Carl Bergman Rita and Irwin Blitt Susan and Richard Braddock Sam Brown and Alison Teal Centennial Partners Noel and Tom Congdon Sylvie and Gary Crum Mr. and Mrs. David Dreman/ The Dreman Foundation Jane and Bill Frazer Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Harriett and Richard E. Gold Merle C. Chambers and Hugh A. Grant Ellen and Irv Hockaday Mary Ann Hyde Gerri Karetsky and Larry Naughton

Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and Donald Kaul Anna-Lisa Klettenberg Cathy and Jonathan Koplovitz Holly and John Madigan Alexandra Munroe and Robert Rosenkranz David Newberger Arlene and Chester Salomon Gail and Dan Schmidt, IV Isa Catto Shaw and Daniel Shaw Melani and Rob Walton BUSINESSES

Alpine Bank of Aspen Aspen Public Radio Aspen Square Condominium Hotel Buccellati Carl’s Pharmacy The Gant Condominium Association Hotel Jerome The Little Nell Maja DuBrul Miners’ Building Ski.com

$7,000 and above INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous (2) Tracy and Dennis Albers Nadine Asin and Thomas van Straaten Marilyn and George Baker Vivian and Norman Belmonte Barbara and Bruce Berger Giancarla and Luciano Berti Deborah and Gabriel Brener Stephen Brint and Mark Brown Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Bucy Mr.and Mrs. Richard Cantor Patricia and Gustavo Cisneros Bunni and Paul Copaken * Deceased

Student Austin Huntington

BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Asian Cultural Council Chateau Roaring Fork Condominium Assn.

Colorado Creative Industries First Republic Bank Fred and Elli Iselin Foundation Frias Properties of Aspen, Chuck Frias & Tim Clark Galerie Maximillian John P. McBride Family and the ABC Foundation Kuyper Foundation Meridian Jewelers Miners’ Building Mountain Chalet-Aspen Related Westpac Investments, LLC

$3,500 and above INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous Penny and Fred Abrams Ronald Ager, in memory of Ellie Ager Pamela Alexander Jeannette and Tom Anderson Janice and Philip Beck Sue and Jock Bickert Nancy and Bob Blank Mark A. Bradley Jon Busch Newton Bartley and Eric Calderon Ann Schein and Earl Carlyss Janet F. Clark Eleanore and Domenico De Sole

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Kathy Mayer Leslie and Mac McQuown Nancy and Peter Meinig Meinig Family Foundation Gail and Alec Merriam Diane and Mead Metcalf Bettie McGowin Miller Diane Morris Stephanie and Michael Naidoff Ilene and Jeff Nathan Ann and Bill Nitze Nedra and Mark Oren Julie and Doug Ostrover Judith Swift and Dick Osur Mary K. Oxley Foundation Cathryn and Victor Palmieri Jean and Allen Parelman Fonda and Charles Paterson Merbie and Tom Payne Pat and Ed Peterson Amy and John Phelan Pauline Pitt Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst Kathryn and Richard Rabinow Catherine and Tom Reagan Lecie and Jack Resneck Anne and Chris Reyes Myra and Robert Rich Carolyne Roehm and Simon Pinniger Phil Rothblum Sandy and Mark Rothman Nancy and Miles Rubin Lois and Tom Sando Gloria Scharlin Danner and Arno Schefler Phyllis and David Scruggs Lois Siegel The Simms/Mann Family Foundation Mary and David Solomon/ Goldman Sachs Gives Nancy and Bruce Stevens Gayle and Paul Stoffel Helen E. Stone Curt Strand Marcia Strickland Marion W. Weiss Betty J. Weiss Elle and Phil Winn Ruth Winter Tamara and Frank Woods Andrea and Marshall Yablon Paula Paepcke Zurcher Wells Fargo Private Bank Kim and Mike Taets

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Margit and Lloyd Cotsen Alex Dell Claire Dewar Fund of the Dallas Foundation Marcia and John Donnell Donald G. Drapkin Nadia and Stephen Drimmer Pamela and Kenneth Dunn Lee and Mel Eagle Sandy and Paul Edgerley Gail and Richard Elden Debbie and Jerry Epstein The Honorable and Mrs. Melvyn J. Estrin Anne Farish Deborah and Richard Felder Esther and James L. Ferguson Alan Fletcher and Ron Schiller Alex Furlotti Barbara and Richard I. Furman Julie Gerson, in memory of Peter Gerson Sissy and George Gibson Sandy and Lee Godfrey Barbara Gold Michael Goldberg Andi and Jim Gordon Jan and Ronald Greenberg Celeste C. and Jack J. Grynberg Vinod and Laurel Gupta Julia Hansen Patricia and Rodes Hart Linda Vitti and Clancy Joe Herbst Student Dinners Deborah and Larry Hoffman Janet A. and Robert B. Hoffman Ann F. and Edward R. Hudson, Jr. Debbie and Richard Jelinek Tina Chen and Marvin Josephson Sally B. Kaplan Sylvia and Dick Kaufman Don Keltner Thomas S. Kenan, III Marianne and Richard Kipper Ann and Tom Korologos Linda and Gary Krat Ellen and Fred Kucker Katharine and James Kurtz Judy and Sam Linhart Marianne and Sheldon Lubar Charitable Fund Bette and James MacDonald Marlene and Fred Malek

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The Patricia Dedman Family Foundation Brian and Susan Dickie Germaine and Al Dietsch Muffy and Andy DiSabatino Laura Donnelley Sherri Draper Judith Barnard and Michael Fain M. Joan Farver Mary and Paul Fee Anne and Alan Feld, Communities Foundation of Texas Theba and Buster Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Owen O. Freeman, Jr. Honorable Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Barbara and Gary Goldstein Richard Goodwin Marilyn and Dean Greenberg Mary Farver Griffith Brenda and James Grusecki Marianne and John Gunzler Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gutner Lynette Gutner Memorial Piano Scholarship Sarah and Joel L. Handelman Lita Warner Heller Juliane Heyman Phyllis S. Hojel Erica Hartman-Horvitz and Richard Horvitz Dorothy S. Jacobs Dr. Jane Jenkins Linda and Eugene Kalnitsky Lisa See and Richard Kendall Hyunja and Jeff Kenner Sally and Jim Klingbeil Meg and Mel Knyper Mary Jo and Dick Kovacevich Joe LaDou Mimi and Don Leslie Bertel M. Lewis Mary Ralph Lowe Phyllis and Saul Lowitt Dr. and Mrs. R. Joseph Marilley, Jr. Carol Maxon Betty and Jim McManus Ellie and Bob Meyers-Harvey B. Levin Charitable Trust Renee and Bruce Michelson Sue Miller Robert Prentis Morris and JoAnn Ross Marcie and Robert Musser Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Nelson Essie and Jordon Perlmutter Karen and Don Ringsby Marilynn and Charles Rivkin Phyllis and Sidney Rodbell

Michael and Debbi Fields Rose Advised Fund at Aspen Comm. Fdtn.

Gary Rosenau Berns-Rothchild Foundation Judy and Gary Rubin Jessica and Philip Salet Clare and Marius Sanger Lisa and David T. Schiff, The Schiff Foundation Barbara and Gene Schmitt Alece and David Schreiber Karen Setterfield and David Muckenhirn Irene and Phil Shiekman Evelyn Siegel Judith Cott and Ric Silverberg Shirley and Albert H. Small Billy Stolz Vivian Sweeney Linda and Dennis Vaughn Sue and Dick Volk Barbara and David Zalaznick BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS

The ASCAP Foundation Joseph & Rosalie Meyer Fund Aspen Magazine Clark’s Market Community Banks of Colorado, a division of NBH Bank, N.A. European Caterers, Ltd. FIJI Water Fusion Design and Catering Les Dames d’Aspen Pitkin County Dry Goods The Thrift Shop of Aspen US Bank Vectra Bank Colorado

$1,750 and above INDIVIDUALS

Cornelia and Nathaniel Bates Jill and Jay Bernstein The Honorable and Mrs. Stuart Bernstein Janet and Robert Blaich Irja Brant Deborah Breen Catherine and Bill Cabaniss Drs. Janet and Henry Claman Maja and Nicholas DuBrul Caroline W. Duell Charles B. Edison Memorial, Mrs. Charles B. Edison Susan and George Fesus Mary Ann Frenzel Virginia and Gary Gerst Nancy Goeres and Michael Rusinek Renie and David Gorsuch

Robert S. Graham Paula and David Harris Alexander Henkin Dorene and Frank Herzog Ruth and George Hopfenbeck Tom Isaac Cathy and Walter Isaacson Bonnie Levinson and Dr. Donald Kay Harriet Washton and George Kaye Martha and Garnett Keith Mollie L. and Garland M. Lasater, Jr. Charit. Fund Bruce Lee for the Rockwood Charitable Trust Jeanne and Richard Levitt Linda Dresner and Ed Levy, Jr. Perry J. Lewis Drs. John J. Lilley and Mary L. Sanfelippo Sylvia and Jaime Liwerant Anne and Austin Marquis Joyce McGilvray Linda and Gary Nathanson Robert Norris Charitable Foundation/ Donald and Judith Norris Nancy Odén Virginia Pearce Christy and Bill Pope Margot and Tom Pritzker Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Pugh Ellen Roeser Helen and Marc Rubenstein Ammanda and Jeff Salzman Linda and Jay Sandrich Jan and John Sarpa Lorraine and Mark Schapiro Carole and George Shaw Harriet Silverman Michael Silverman Sandy and Stephen Stay Alana Spiwak and Sam Stolbun Andrea and Lubert Stryer Tamara and Scott Stuart Ellen and Steve Susman William T. Van Lieshout Patricia and Jerome P. Webster Sallyann Wekstein Judith and M. Richard Wyman Alison and Boniface Zaino Zanin Family Foundation Barbara and John Zrno BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS

America-Israel Cultural Foundation Aspen Self Storage Warehouses Basalt Gallery, LLC Canyon Road Collection Harriman Construction, Inc. Nina McLemore

$700 and above INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous Ruth C. Abramson - Stephen Abramson Scholarship Shari Applebaum Becky Ayres Helen Badt Chuck Bellock Judy B. Biondini Glenn Bucksbaum Shirley Chann, In Memory of Earl Kai Chann Phyllis M. Coors Patricia O. Cox Lucy and Thomas E. Creighton Mary and Jack Cronin The Vicino Family Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation at Broward Marian Lyeth Davis Dudley and Michael Del Balso Elaine and Claiborne Deming Mary Dominick and Sven Coomer Milton H. Dresner DuBose Family Foundation Merle Dulien Bernice and Loyal Durand Cindy and Jeff Ernst Ricki and Peter Fuchs Donna Genet Elvie and Yale Gieszl Frances and Darby Glenn Cheryl and Stephen Goldenberg Lynda M. Goldstein Christine Grad, M.D., in memory of John Andrea de Lancie Sally and Gilbert Gradinger Lenore and Bernard Greenberg Arthur Greenberg and Elaine Hoffman Sally and Steve Hansen Nancy and Robert Hatch Ellen Bronfman and Andrew Hauptman Connie Heard and Edgar Meyer Linda and Steven Hill Liba Icahn Susan A. Ingerman and Arlene Siegelman Janet and Wallie Jeffries Laura and Michael Kaplan Anne Kaplan Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jackie and Jerry Kehle Kathleen and Ken Kliewer Ruth Kruger Valerie and Patrick Lally Mr. and Mrs. John S. Lillard Margaret and Daniel Loeb

Aspen Sports Medicine, BJ Williams Casa Tua

$350 and above INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous June and Hovik Abramian The Abramson Family Foundation Marsha and Bill Adler Joan M. Angotti Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Carole and Arnold Bailis Michael Behrendt and Ivan Cassar Phyllis and Sanford Beim Peggy Scharlin Ben-Hamoo and Shlomo Ben-Hamoo Edward C. Berkeley Carol and Mark Berliant Anne and Clarence Blackwell Rita K. Bloom Sandra M. Moses and Harvey S. Bodker Dr. Eugene L. Brand Dr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Brener Arlene and Keith Bronstein Laurene B. Brooks Liz and Brooks Bryant Patsy and Ron Buckly Dr. Bonnie Camp Nancy and Richard Carrigan Clarissa H. and Henry T. Chandler Carol and David Clemons Sheila M. Cleworth Nancy Manderson Willow and Bob Connery Claire and Wayne Dailey Alice Davenport Dr. Sandra and Mr. Lynn Davis Nancy Thomas and Roger Davis Lee W. Dorsey Martha Drake Susan and James Dubin Eliza and Johnny Duncan Deborah and James Dunham Delia Duson Julia and Michael Fink Pamela and Roy Finkelman Edmund Frank and Eustacia Su David Frantz F. Charles Froelicher Richard Garvin Gabriella and Ramiro Garza Ethel and Bill Gofen Jean Golden

in memoriam It is with sadness we note the passing of AMFS alumnus and staff member Ray Adams; longtime conductor and guest artist James DePreist; longtime supporters the Honorable Richard M. Fairbanks, III, Peter Gerson, Esther Kartiganer, Paul and Bunny Krausch, and Maurice Nessen; and former longtime AMFS President and Dean Gordon Alfred Hardy (see more on Hardy, below).

remembering

GORDON HARDY

(1918-2013) A longtime administrator and key supporter of the Aspen Music Festival and School, Gordon Alfred Hardy was truly a foundational figure in the organization’s history. He came to the AMFS in 1962, serving as dean before becoming president in 1977. During his 28-year tenure, the Aspen Opera Theater Center, the Aspen Center for Advanced Quartet Studies, the Edgar Stanton Audio Recording Institute, and the Guitar Studies program, among other programs, were all launched.

Gordon is remembered especially for his deep devotion to music students; the erection of the Bayer-Benedict Music Tent in 1965; the development of the first Campus, also in 1965; the creation of the Friday Aspen Chamber Symphony in 1968; and the engagement of legendary violin pedagogue Dorothy DeLay in 1971.

The administration building on the Bucksbaum Campus is named in his honor.

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BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS

Neil-Garing Insurance Oates, Knezevich, Gardenswartz, Kelly & Morrow, P.C. Pfizer Inc. Sigma Alpha Iota The Arts Federation two leaves tea company

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Michael and Karyn Lutz Family Foundation Mr. Lee R. Lyon Nancy and Robert Magoon Denise Malcolm Nicola and Jeffrey Marcus Tita and Dan McCarty Suzanne and Taber Meyers Robbie and John Michelman Bette and Donne Moen Paula and Herbert R. Molner Betty Kelly Moore Caroline Y. and John Moore Betty Naster Jack Nicholson Glenda and Doug Otten Drs. Amy D. Ronner and Michael P. Pacin Mr. and Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr. Marilynne Paspaley and Garry Grbavac Hensley and James Peterson Ghislaine Polak Cyrena and Lee Pondrom John S. Price Harold and Robin Quinn Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Valerie Richter Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Elaine and Marvin Rosenberg Sarah Broughton and John Rowland Loie Rudge Jo and Dick Sanders Sally Saunders Kitty P. Sherwin Ellen and Mort Silver Mr. and Mrs. Heinz K. Simon Susanne and Jack Sogard Audrey Spiegel Elaine Stertzer Norma and Don Stone Lucia Swanson Barbara and Bob Sypult Carol and Mack Trapp Mi Hyon and Joaquin ValdepeĂąas Chrisopher Walling Sheila and Jack Weinberg Jo and Howard Weiner Myriam Weinstein Norman Werbner Laura Werlin Nancy and Ed White Mary and Hugh Wise Bruce H. Wolf, MD King R. Woodward Margaret York

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Heathstone House Marcy and Howard Gross Lulie and Gordon Gund Arjun Gupta Per Hannevold Mary Ann and James R. Harris Stephanie and Kyle Heckman Rosemary Heffley Kristen Henry Casady M. Henry, In memory of Lenore and Felix Pogliano Barbara and Gerald D. Hines Dale and Stephen Hoffman Dr. Leonard Horwitz Hunt Family Foundation Kay and David K. Ingalls Virginia and Richard Irwin Sandy and Charles Israel Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Cathy Jankovic Kathy and Brian Johnson Ann and Doug Jones Meg and Ralph Jones Veda Kaplinsky Kerma and John Karoly Eva and Peter Kaus Dr. Edith W. King and Matthew King Elizabeth and Michael Klump Carmen and Jeff Kobacker Gloria and Robert Koenig Christa Kohler Marilyn and Earl Latterman Judith and Robert Layton Nancy R. Levi Ann C. Levy Curt Lyon Laura Maggos Properties Peggy and David Marks Roberta McCoy C. Glenn McLoughlin Sally and Bruce McMillen Nancy and Charles Mitchell Dr. and Mrs. William Mitchell Ann and Barney Mizel Shelah and Marc Moller Beth and Josh Mondry Debbie and Bill Montgomery Eudice and William Morse Jane Moy and Paul Ruid Dr. Stan and Nancy Muenzler Bert Neirick Mary and Mark Neustrom Jeannette Nichols Naughton-Nicholson Foundation Jane and Carroll Novicki Jane and Dan Och Karin Reid Offield Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Kathryn Olson Eric Owens

Dr. and Mrs. David S. Pearlman Bernard R. Phillips Michael Pogliano, in memory of Felix Pogliano Joyce and Ken Polse Pamela and James Porter, III Pearl and Stephen Renaker Edie and Donn Resnick Melanie and Myron Roschko David A. Roth Priscilla A. Sadler Karen and Nathan Sandler Robin and David Savitz Debra and Dennis Scholl Joseph W. Serene Jean and Mike Sewell Joyce and Charles Shenk JoAnn C. Skillett Susan Bromberg Skolnick and Robert Skolnick Lorraine and Pat Spector Phyllis and Ron Steinhart Ann and Daniel Stern Fund of the Jewish Comm. Fdtn. of Greater KS City Austine Stitt Stephanie Stokes Freddie and Arthur Stromberg Judith and John Taubman Mimi C. Teschner Anne and Bill Tobey Cathy Toren Charlotte Wandell Terrie and Perry Waughtal Sam and Marshall Webb Rivka and Seth Weisberg Janice and Nat Weisler Kent Whinnery BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS

Aspen Maintenance Supply, Inc. Earth-Wise Horticultural, Inc. Environmental Services, The Heydenberks Independence Press, Inc. Jack Wilkie Builder, Inc. Land Title Guarantee Company Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation National Federation of Music Clubs

$175 and above INDIVIDUALS

Marcella W. Ach BJ and Michael Adams Dr. John E. Amos Robert C. Anderson Fran and Dr. Dan Arnold Joan Balter

Lisa and Joe Bankoff Carol T. Batchelder Christine S. and Leif C. Beck Barbara and Karl Becker Susan and Steven Beebe Marcia Bishop Lois and Robert Bland Frances Freedman Blum and Jon Blum Dorothy Fait and David Borenstein Rochelle Bouchard Joe Brazie Harriett and Bob Breihan Linda and Bob Brining K. Dane and Carter Brooksher Marian and Buzz Brown Shelley Burke Constance and Douglas Cain Rebecca Callahan Jill and Allen Chozen James D. Clark Peter R. Cohn Wini and Jack Colleran Carol and Walt Culin Catherine Cussaguet John Czuwak Douglas B. Day Sheryl and Michael DeGenring E. Lee DeGolyer, III Kara Horner and Spencer Denison Ina and Jan Dlouhy Penny and Charles Donelan Susan and Drew Drazin Mary Elizabeth Droste Nancy S. Dunlap Joan and Leonard Eisen Peter Emily Sylvia and George Falk Ellie and Stuart Fine Tom Franks Mary and Gib Gardner Sara Garton Sally and Alan Gass Ingrid A. Gillette Shirley and David Ginzberg Tamara Goldstein Ann and Jim Goodman Joan Gordon Dr. Charles and Madeline M. Greeb Nanette and Irving Greif, Jr. Elise and Allan Hall Bunny and John Harrison Marianne and George Hartnett Leslie Hatfield Sally Greer and David Heil Sue and Bob Hess Cindy and Bill Hippel Betty and Syd Hodkinson Vicki and Thomas Horwich

Elizabeth Katz and Reed Hundt Barbara Reid and David Hyman Denise and Erv Jindrich Kenneth L. Jue Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kaplan Kathy and Richard Kaplan Polly and Frank Kemp Meg and Phil Kendall Sylvia Blau and Rabbi Samuel Kenner Dr. Gilbert Klapper and Ms. Judy Kamin Janet Korenblat Margaret Kromer Doris and Bob Latousek DeDe and Moses Lebovits Angi Lester Ethel and Allen Levantin Marilyn and Robert Levin Denison Levy Janet and Gary Link Kristin and Chuck Lohmiller Mikey and Marty Lustberg Sydney S. Macy Ginnie and Tom Maes Evi and Evan Makovsky Nancy and Richard Maltrud Jeannette and Mervyn Mandelbaum Phyllis and Paul Marcus Cindy Kahn, Steven Marker, and Ruby Marker Joelle McDonough Virginia and William McGehee Mary and Kiefer Mendenhall John Menninger Trudy Ann Milcan Barb and Dick Moebius Deinse Monteleone Peter Muncie Bob Murray Ricki and Kerry Newman Frances Jean Norris Miriam and Peter Orleans Peggy and Paul Pace Frank Pajerski Jan and Jim Patterson Susan and Paul Penn Joyce and Roger Perry David K. Perry Sarah and David Pesikoff Marjorie Musgrave and Frank S. Peters Stephen Pinksy Deborah Prince Gloria and Joe Pryzant Faith and David Rachofsky Joe Randall Sue Lavin and Jack Real Clare and Dr. Charles C. Reel Ann and Gene Reiling Joel Reynolds

BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous Carol and Ken Adelman Sarah C. Brett Smith and Stephen L. Adler Nina Albert Deborah and Joseph Amato Mary Ellen Anderson, Ed.D., In Memory of Bruce C. Anderson, Ph.D., concert pianist Gregg R. Anderson Susan and James Arterburn Carole and Paul Auvil Kristin Balko Phoebe Barnard Cathrine Blom and Gordon Baym Daniel Becker Dr. Barbara Berkman Richard Berkshire Dr. William J. Bertschy Nancy and David Billings Sandra Blake Carol and Morton Blumberg Karen M. Johnson and Steven Blumenkranz Nancy and Evan Boenning Annette and Lacy Boggess Patrick Bory Jonathan Boxer Julia and Merrill Bradley Lotta and Stuart Brafman Kathleen and Howard Brand Natalie and Alfred Brenner Hansi Brenninger Berit and Per Brevig Wendy and Dale Brott Elizabeth Buccheri Anne and Wayne Buckley Brigitte E. and Peter C. Bunevich Sally M. Campbell Susan Carter Emma Casson Jennifer M. Causing Joseph Chalal Lynda and Ronald Charfoos Rika and David Charley Caroline Christensen Virginia A. Clark Jan and Ned Cochran NancyBell Coe and William Burke Mimi and Marty Cohen Barbara and John Cohn Judy Collins Diane Cooper Emily and Rick Corleto Linda and Clay Crossland

Sue Crowley Anna Beth Culver Pam Cunningham Lisa Dancing-Light Juana Rosa and Ron Daniell Bonnie and Mike Daniels Sandy Simpson and Don Davidson Adelaide and James Davis Sue and Richard de Campo Sonnie and Bill Dockser E. Marjorie Dolstra Pamela Toon and John Doremus Paul Dragoumis

Lauren Garrity Barbara Gilmore Joyce L. Ginsberg Betsy Schwarm and Rick Glesner DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Robert Goldstein David V. Gollon Sylvia and Marvin Gordon Betty and Bernard Greenwald Dean Gresk Mary and Rick Griffin Sue Anne Griffith Lori Guilander

Mr. and Mrs.Aaron Edelstein Charlene and Pierre Eilian Jan and Norty Eisenberg Libby and Ken Elbaum Lucy and Dan Ellerhorst Jennifer Engel Ashley and Andrew Ernemann Nancy and Mike Estrada Patti and Joe Farago Jane and Gerald Feibusch Margie and Larry Feinberg Dr. Kathleen W. McGinnissFeinzig and Mr. Herbert Feinzig Mynan and Sam Feldman Nighi Tran Barbara and Leslie Fox Drs. Barbara and Len Frank Ruth Freeman Kay and Harry Freyer Kathy and Jeff Friedland Sandra and Harold Friedman Dorothy Frommer Jody and David Gardner Kelli Gardner Katharine and Alfred Gardner

Jody and Robert Gurtler Jean Guyton Anna and Jonathan Haas Greg Hales Jo-Ann Hall Randi and Ed Halsell Anne and Jon Halverson Alicita and Warren Hamilton Georgia and Andy Hanson Roslyn Harkavy Judi and Wayne Harris Fran Harvey Constance Harvey Vera Haubensak Nancy B. Heldman Lawrence J. Hergott Judith B. Herman Julia Herman Suzanne and Lawrence Hess Anne W. Hetlage Susan and Chuck Hiller Elizabeth Hirsch Susanna Hoeppli Liza Hogan Shirley Holst, in memory of Jack Holst

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Garfield and Hecht, P.C. Hetta and Jesse Heath Michael A. Vernon & Co. C.P.A., P.C. Taylor Foundation

$100 and above

ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL

Lynette Richardson Barbara Riddell Wilhelmina E. Robertson Jim Robbins Dr. and Mrs. Reuven Rosen Sylvia Rosenberg Christopher Rouse Jo Anne and Dick Rubinoff Wm. E. Russell Sharyn and Nathan Sadownik Mark Salkind Mary Salton Anne Schnader Susan and Sheldon Schneider Merle and Dr. Joel Schneider Elyse and Jerry Schostak Leah and Billy Schultz George Seifert Pamela Shockley-Zalabak Dr. and Mrs. William F. Short Gloria and Marvin Siegel Bobbi and Gary Siegel Alicia and Alan Sirkin Mindy Wexler and Steven Small Rona and Norman Smith Fred G. Smith Diane and Jack Smith Freda Gail Stern Dr. and Mrs. Robert Stonerock, Jr. Stephanie and Arthur Strasburger Joyce and Ben Swartz Kathy Hansen and Edward Sweeney Katherin Tachau Shelly and Pete Thigpen MaryAnn Tittle Pegi and Michael Touff Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation, Inc. Joyce L. Watson and Martin R. Warshaw Karen and Dale Weaver Nancy and Jerry Weil Tina and Brian Weiner Linda and David Weiss Hans Widmer Lee and Jim Wockenfuss Edie and George Wombwell Melinda and John Wright

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James Honkisz Carlton J. Hunke Paul W. Husted Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Isenhart, Jr. Ms. Martie A. Moreno and Dr. Roger L. Johnson Shael Johnson Sandy and Peter Johnson Kathleen and Warren Jones Suellen and Larry Kadis

Jeri and Ron Loser Traudl and Chuck Lyons Kristen Maley Jocelyn S. Malkin, M.D. Donna and Mickey Mandel Carolyn and Martin Manosevitz James Marcus Julia Marshall/Mt. Daly Enterprises Susan and William Mason

Tracy and Brian Kapiloff Karen and Michael Kaplan Peter Kelley Stacey Kelly Chris and Gary Kelly Karen and Phillip Kelton Maria Kernahan Soon Duck Kim and Kang Il Kim Krista Klees Roberta and Mel Klein Kathryn and John Koch Carol Ann and Don Kopf Helen and Kurt Kornreich Judy Kravitz Alexia Lalli Doris LaMar Stephen LaMar Pat Lampton Sherri and Robert Langley Marian and Leonard Lansburgh Thomas Latousek Michael Latousek David Y. Lee Rose Ann and Michael Leiner Lynne and Dan Levinson Mark Lewis Alexis Loeb Jennifer and Greg Long Claudia and James Looney

Peggy and Hugh McGee Bruce McIntyre Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Mehl Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation Mary Anne Meyer Wendy and Don Milliman Cynthia Milling Jean and Saul Mintz Tim Mooney Leah and Bill Moriarty Lydia Morrongiello Stephen D. Morton Betsy and Gary Nabel Drs. Richard and Liz Naftalis Margaret S. Nagengast Werner Neff Lyn and Doug Nehasil Drs. Sarah and Harold Nelson Lucy and Gary Nichols Ronald Nordgren Winifred and George Norman Patricia and Hiram Nowlan Deb and Keith Oates Theresa O’Keefe Samantha and George Olenik Casey Ornstein The Rev. and Mrs. William J. Paran

Judith Parkinson, in memory of Scott Parkinson Jerrold J. Parrish, MD Becky and Bill Parzybok Ginny Car-Skaden Passoth Catherine and John R. Pearson Sandra and Fred Peirce Forest O. Peneton Hon. Vicki Reynolds Pepper and Murray Pepper Terry Lee and Bill Perich Sara M. Peterson Anne Powell-Riley Amanda and Kirk Prichard Wanda Wray Putnam Andrew L. Quiat and Jane Keener Quiat Janet and Joe Raczak Ewald Rainer Dr. and Mrs. Pablo Ramos Ellen and Milton Reitman Kay Richter and Stephen Buchmann Michele and Richard Right Shirley and Dave Ritter SRJ and (PLJ) in honor of DWR Thorn C. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Robinson, Jr. Dan Roin Mark Ronay Ruth and Mel Ronick Joyce and Herb Rosenblum Sandra and Paul Rudnick Louisa and James Rudolph Patti and Greg Rulon Suzanne Barber Ryan James Santelli Nina and Joshua Saslove Judith C. Schalit Donald Schiff Lyn Rosensweig and Bruce Schnelwar Kathleen and John Schoenecker Judith J. Schramm Debbie and Lenny Schreier Debra and Gerald Schwartz Constance M. Seay Gerda and Harold Seifer Joel R. Seligman Reina and Alberto C. Serrano Earlene and Herb Seymour Nancy and Philip Shalen Karlyn and Don Shapiro Carla J. Shatz Boyce and Daniel Sher Bonnie and Terry Shetler Carolyn and Dick Shohet Jill Shore and Harry Feldman Ruth L. Shuman Patricia and Robert Silverman Jo Ann and Samuel Silverstein

Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Simpson, lll Elaine Douvas and Robert Sirinek Stanley Sloss Evelyn Chen and Brinton Smith Sandy Smith Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Smith Julie and Barry Smooke Bernice Snow Jacqui Solodar Mark Sparks Sally Spindel Pat Spitzmiller Randal Stahl Barbara Sternberg Ella Sternberg Diane Stewart Corey Strahm Dr. and Mrs. Barry S. Strauch Dolores Stutsman Michelle Sullivan Alicia and James Sweeny K. M. Tafejian Melissa J. Temple Charlotte and Dale Toetz Marie Torreano Glynn B. Tucker Mickey and David Unger Sandra, Stephen, Max, Jonathan, Lindsay, Andrew and Mara Vinnik Julian Vogt Carol and Hulse Wagner Mary Ann and Ted Wallace Wilson Wampler Becky and Craig Ward Donna and Tom Ward Hanna M. Warren Jane Wasson Irene Weinrot Wendy and Elliott Weiss Emily and Fred Weitz David Welsh Ann and Al White Marj and Bill Wise Rotraut and Reinhard Wolter Elilza Yeager Cindy and Ed Zasacky Robert Zupancis BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS

Appraisal Office Aspen, Ltd. Aspen Animal Hospital Aspen Graphic Solutions, Inc., Marjorie DeLuca Austin, Peirce & Smith, P.C. Bethel Party Rentals Dixie Dog Ventures, LLC Lyn Segal Fine Art, Ltd. Network for Good Sherry Achi

revenue and expenses 2013 was a successful year for AMFS both artistically and financially. The institution made major leaps in fundraising, kept operating expenses under control, and finished the year with a surplus of $115,377. As in past years, the Board of Trustees has moved these funds to the organization’s endowment to be used in the future at the Board’s discretion.

STUDENT ENROLLMENT

DEVELOPMENT

Student enrollment was at 629 in 2013 on a budget of 634. This is an increase from the 2012 enrollment of 613.

The biggest change in 2013 was a significant increase in students requesting AMFS student housing. The Festival quickly sold out of dorm units and was able to rent thirty beds at another facility to accommodate requests.

This was not unexpected since, as the rental market in Aspen modulates, there are major swings in housing requests.

In 2013, there were increased contributions from Board, National Council, and individuals by $198,336, or 5.6 percent, over 2012. The number of annual fund donors increased by 10 percent in 2013. The season benefit, in honor of Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum, was held in three new buildings on the Bucksbaum Campus. This event was very successful and in total all of our special benefits netted $674,882, which was a 114 percent increase over 2012.

TICKET SALES

INVESTMENT INCOME

In 2013, the Festival programmed a slightly higher concentration of contemporary music. Part of this programming was our celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten. While we did budget for a 3 percent decrease in sales, the actual decrease was approximately 8 percent. Our ticket sales for special events, however, were approximately $60,000 higher than 2012 due to the success of collaborations with the Aspen Institute and Jazz Aspen Snowmass as well multiple successful AMFS events in Harris Concert Hall.

The AMFS’s endowment policy is to draw 5 percent of a rolling average, net of fees, for operating expenses, scholarships, faculty salaries, and other designated uses. The AMFS’s invested endowment had a return of 12.2 percent for fiscal year 2013 to end at a balance of $59.6 million. In the past ten years, the AMFS’s average annual return was 7.2 percent as compared to the S&P average annual return of 7.5 percent. For both the oneand ten-year period, AMFS’s return was achieved with significantly lower standard deviation as compared to the broader S&P 500.

revenue

Other income

expenses

1.2 PERCENT

Investment income 18.6 PERCENT

Marketing Student fees

2.9 PERCENT

27.4 PERCENT

Management and general costs 15 PERCENT

Cost of sales-other earned income

Student assistance and other school costs 25.8 PERCENT

2.2 PERCENT

Development (operating)

Ticket sales

Program service compensation

9.9 PERCENT

8.5 PERCENT

Faculty compensation Administrative compensation

39.3 PERCENT

16.6 PERCENT

Other earned income 3.5 PERCENT

Guest artist compensation 3.6 PERCENT

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23.3 PERCENT

ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL

Programs 1.9 PERCENT

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revenue & expenses

ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL | STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES

As of September 30, 2013

2013 Actual REVENUE Student fees Ticket sales Other earned income Development (operating) Investment income Other income

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TOTAL REVENUE

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NET FROM OPERATIONS Capital Improvements – Unfunded Senior Staff search expenses Transfer of staff salaries to capital campaign and project budgets Contingency NET REVENUE

Variance of Actual to Budget

2012 Actual

$3,772,767

$3,574,700

$198,067

$3,401,870

1,371,402

1,546,000

(174,598)

1,445,960

487,782

486,300

(6,842)

479,563

5,422,884

4,987,200

393,166

4,749,080

2,570,161

2,567,750

(2,971)

2,557,661

166,000

181,300

(9,620)

373,585

13,790,996

13,343,250

397,202

13,007,719

EXPENSES Student assistance and other school costs: Student assistance Other school costs TOTAL Faculty compensation: Base Travel Housing Shares, classes, coachings TOTAL Guest artist compensation Administrative compensation Program service compensation Cost of sales-other earned income Marketing Programs Management and general costs TOTAL EXPENSES

2013 Budget

2,177,091

2,130,000

47,091

2,009,988

1,390,352

1,206,800

182,783

1,149,549

3,567,443

3,336,800

229,874

3,159,537

1,572,883

1,573,800

(917)

1,507,253

31,856

22,900

8,956

25,224

641,905

637,000

4,905

627,573

49,075

48,900

175

42,650

2,295,719

2,282,600

13,119

2,202,700

499,086

506,600

(7,514)

527,217

3,223,445

3,229,400

(6,772)

3,096,007

1,176,870

1,182,000

(12,108)

1,140,399

307,607

310,300

(4,419)

302,271

407,365

421,400

(17,937)

331,131

265,100

323,000

(59,901)

149,605

2,079,931

1,843,050

244,207

2,074,421

13,822,567

13,435,150

378,549

12,983,288

(31,571)

(91,900)

18,653

24,431

(44,959)

(44,959)

(93,686) (16,265)

191,906

$115,377

192,000

(94)

(100,000)

100,000

$100

$73,600

179,363

$93,843

Aspen Music Festival and School 225 Music School Road Aspen, CO 81611

Student horn player Alexander Kienle