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Volume 4 Number 2
Those of us who have been lucky enough to have graduated from Walnut Hill will likely agree with me: we are who we are and what we are — in large part
— because we are
artists first.
Kalahn Taylor-Clark ’95, alumna
I love that everyone in the Walnut Hill community is bound together by a
PA S S I O N for the arts.
I was open enough to just be there and say ‘YES!’ to things that were right for me, and I have been teaching and choreographing ever since.
Diane Arvanites, faculty
Jennifer Elowitch, faculty
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Volume 4 Number 2
Celebrating the Voices of Walnut Hill Our community is made up of faculty, staff, students, alumni, parents, and friends, each with their own special story to tell and their own unique worldview. In conjunction with this edition of our magazine, which celebrates the varied voices of Walnut Hill, we invite YOU to share your story. Email one photo and a 200-to-300-word story related to your Walnut Hill experience to voices@walnuthillarts.org. Be sure to visit voices.walnuthillarts.org to see the full collection!
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Betsy Blazar Director of Marketing & Communications Amanda Grazioli Director of Content Marketing DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Bruce Smith Chief Development Officer Jennifer TumSuden Director of Annual Giving Jillian Kohl Director of Alumni Relations Alicia Kim-Shen Data and Research Manager
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A NOTE FROM STOWE
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FACULTY VOICES
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CLASS NOTES
SEEN ON THE HILL
PLANNED GIVING
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Anonymous Bequest
FAMILY WEEKEND
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FACULTY & STAFF VOICES
STUDENT VOICES
Justin Showell ’15 Sophia Jakobson ’16
EDITORIAL TEAM Judy Kiviat Editorial Assistant
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PHOTOGRAPHY Joe Cabral Coffee Pond Photography David Elmes Amanda Grazioli Jen James Kelly O Liza Voll Photography
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SUMMER PROGRAMS
Jennifer Elowitch Diane Arvanites Tom Keenan Antonio Viva
Lindsay Moncrieff Development Associate
Betsy Blazar Fyfe Design Design
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ALUMNI VOICES
IN MEMORIAM
Artistic Pursuits of the Past
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ANNUAL REPORT
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FIRST-SEMESTER PERFORMANCES
Samantha Bottom-Tanzer ’13 Kalahn Taylor-Clark ’95
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A NOTE FROM STOWE
Voices from the Hill
David Elmes
One of the first pieces of advice I received as Head of School when I arrived on the Walnut Hill campus five years ago was to spend time listening. It was a simple and straightforward suggestion, but taking it to heart has paid off in rich dividends. The voices around me—those of my dedicated colleagues, our incredible students and their parents, our remarkable alumni, and others I’ve encountered through my work here—never fail to remind me that Walnut Hill is a community made stronger by diverse ideas and unique perspectives. I’ll never forget one particular afternoon last winter, just before break. I was meeting in my office with a team of staff members when we were suddenly interrupted by a knock at the door. To our surprise, it was Science faculty member Tom Keenan and members of his Physics class playing holiday songs on handmade instruments crafted to demonstrate what they had learned about sound waves that semester. Each student wore a glowing smile—the entire class was totally immersed in the collective experience of sharing what they had created. In that moment, I realized that without the innovative teaching voice of Tom Keenan as part of our faculty, that engaging learning opportunity might not be part of our students’ experience, and Walnut Hill would be a different place. From the pages of this issue of Behind Stowe burst forth a series of vignettes, each offering a window into the passion and work of members of our Walnut Hill family. It’s a scrapbook of sorts, filled with stories of journey, celebrations of success, and reflections on art, learning, and life. I hope that you’ll enjoy reading about how our new Director of Music, Jennifer Elowitch, and longtime Dance faculty member Diane Arvanites have enriched the School with their professional arts experience. You will also see how students, like Senior Class President Justin Showell ’15, and alumni, like Samantha BottomTanzer ’13 and Kalahn Taylor-Clark ’95, have had their philosophies and career paths shaped by lessons they learned on the Hill. I’ve even contributed my own voice to the issue through a collection of photographs that capture a year through my eyes as Head of School. Read on, and be inspired to share your Walnut Hill story by emailing us at voices@walnuthillarts.org.
Antonio Viva Head of School
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Totally Steeped in Art by Amanda Grazioli
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hen I met up with Walnut Hill Director of Music Jennifer Elowitch to prepare for this story, she greeted me with a smile, handed me a blackand-white photo of a tiny brown-haired girl (her!) holding an equally tiny violin, and apologized for quickly running down the hall to post the anxiously awaited student orchestral placements before beginning our conversation. Those few moments revealed so many of the traits that I’ve come to appreciate in her—her warmth, love of music, commitment to her students, and, of course, boundless energy!
I assured her that if it was “steeped in art” she wanted, she had landed in the right place. And luckily for us, she has brought a wealth of experience as a performer and a teacher to contribute to our unique creative mix. Elowitch is co-founder and artistic director of Maine’s Portland Chamber Music Festival, now in its 22nd season. In addition to being a noted educator and arts leader, she is also an accomplished violinist. Her multifaceted career and active engagement in the arts has already made her a fantastic resource for Walnut Hill students, especially since her educational path shares some similarities with theirs.
Since joining the faculty of Walnut Hill, Elowitch has jumped in with both feet. She already knows all of the student musicians by name, has presented a master class for the department, and has enjoyed many a dinner in the Dining Hall with her husband and their seven-year-old twins. “Now that we’re living here on campus, one of the really great things is that my kids will get to grow up totally steeped in art.”
From Show Tunes to Suzuki
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It probably comes as no great surprise to learn that a musician like Elowitch can trace the influence of music in her life back to a very young age. Her dad majored in musical theater at Amherst College and also played the piano. Her childhood was filled with show tunes—dad would play and little “Jenny” would sing along, and they would often take trips to see the latest productions to hit The Great White Way.
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an incredible body of work from past musical eras, but there are also fantastic pieces being created today,” she pointed out. “It’s a challenge, of course, because the test of time has not had a chance to evaluate this new music. Since we don’t know which pieces will become the gems, it’s our duty as musicians to let it all out there so history can find it.”
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In addition to classes focusing on technique, Elowitch has included some less traditional workshops in the schedule—classes on topics like improvisation, musical health and wellness, and entrepreneurship. For example, Dr. Steven Rauch of Harvard Medical School spoke with students in October about hearing health, and in December Elowitch presented a class about the importance of intentional practice. This focus on educating the whole artist is equally at the heart of Walnut Hill’s mission and Jennifer Elowitch’s own personal approach: “I want to be able to relate to my students first as people, before the instrument even comes into the picture. It’s about demanding excellence in a way that inspires and supports.” Equal parts challenging and nurturing? Sounds like music to our ears. ♦
I love that everyone in the Walnut Hill community is bound together by a passion for the arts.
Growing up as a public school student in Maine, Elowitch would board a bus each weekend from 7th to 12th grade to commute to New England Conservatory Preparatory School. She credits NEC Prep, the same organization that Walnuts attend as part of the joint NEC at Walnut Hill program, with shaping her as a musician. “I love that everyone in the Walnut Hill community is bound together by a passion for the arts,” she mused. “The fact that Walnut Hill students don’t need to spend hours upon hours on a bus to get the life-changing artistic training that I received at NEC prep is amazing. Their artistic learning and academic learning are woven into one singularly powerful experience.”
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Though Elowitch’s life was accompanied by a spirited soundtrack from birth, classical music did not make itself known to her until first grade. “I remember that two young boys, Suzuki violinists, visited our classroom one day and played Allegro. I was captivated. I went home and asked my mom if I could play,” remembered Elowitch. “My mother called Sarah Minton, the mother of the two students, and found out she taught her two sons herself.” Minton took Elowitch on as her first private student and was enthusiastic about her development. “I was lucky to be brought to conferences, festivals, and concerts by my teacher. I even got to meet Suzuki!” Elowitch recalled.
Elowitch invited to campus two musicians whose careers focus on contemporary music, soprano Tony Arnold and violist Ralph Farris ’89, as part of the newly reenergized master class series she launched this school year. “I heard from students that they wanted to have more opportunities to play for one another and to be musicians right here on their own campus,” Elowitch explained.
Beyond Technique: Educating the Whole Musician As Director of Music, Elowitch hopes to find opportunities to share her enthusiastic support of new music with students and to communicate to them the unique importance of bringing modern compositions to life. “We have
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ABOVE LEFT A young Jennifer Elowitch with her violin, second from front ABOVE (L-R) Members of the Hikari Trio: violinist Jennifer Elowitch, pianist Yuri Funahashi of the Colby College faculty, and cellist Elizabeth Anderson of the Cassatt Quartet OPPOSITE PAGE Walnut Hill Director of Music Jennifer Elowitch leading a performance at the Portland Chamber Music Festival, where she serves as Artistic Director
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Possibilities of the Now by Lindsay Moncrieff
Many of us face the challenges of wistfulness and expectation on a daily basis. We are in a constant cycle of analyzing how we could have done things differently in the past, or we are caught up in excessively planning for the future. Thus we diminish our ability to embrace everything that the here, the now, the present has to offer. In comparison, Diane Arvanites, Walnut Hill Dance Department faculty member since 1987, has built her life on relishing the present and by saying “YES” to every opportunity. This unique outlook has carved her path to success as a dancer, a choreographer, an artistic director, and a teacher. Though she may not have taken a traditional route, she took one full of important stories and experiences that many of us would be very fortunate to have. After receiving a degree in dance from the Boston Conservatory, Arvanites found herself in Caracas,
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Venezuela, where she met Carlos Orta—of the José Limón Company—in an elevator, of all places. Orta had a small company in the poor neighborhoods of Caracas at the time, but when other obligations forced him to leave, he was desperate to find a replacement. So without hesitation, Arvanites stepped up to the plate and offered to fill the role. She could not speak a word of Spanish, but was responsible for going to small towns and villages and interacting with children to educate them about dance. She learned how to speak Spanish, make drums, and dance salsa, which was “an invaluable experience that shaped a lot of my future, being forced into that access and awareness.” While in Caracas, she also danced for Axium Colectiva, and upon her return to the United States, she started a family, a company, and her teaching career at Walnut Hill. It all began when Ellen Sinopari, who was leaving the Dance Department, asked Arvanites to teach for the summer program. At the end of that summer of 1987, Walnut Hill was in need of a full-time teacher, so there she was, ready at the right place and the right time once again—and the rest is history. “I fell into everything unexpectedly, so my life unfolded in an unusual way,” noted Arvanites. “I was open enough to just be there and say ‘YES!’ to things that were right for me, and I have been teaching and choreographing ever since.”
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During that same time, Arvanites started her own professional dance company, Prometheus Dance. In 1994, Tommy Neblett, now her husband, became co-artistic director, and the two of them have refined their signature creative style of presenting collaborative full-length works. “You get to make people laugh, cry, run the gamut of a journey because they are involved in a transformative artistic event. Everyone is experiencing it together—it is bonding in the moment in an internal way (for the dancers), and enjoyable externally for the audience.” Arvanites finds inspiration through collaboration and tries to avoid planning movement in advance. She will be in a room with Neblett, her dancers, her students, whomever it may be, and it is through collective experimentation that the magic happens and a work is able to evolve. As Arvanites explained, everyone feeding off of each other’s ideas has proved so much more effective. That is when a work becomes whole, has its own personality, and can elicit emotion from its viewers. Amid the bumps and bruises as well as the successes of life, Arvanites has never stopped living in the moment. From teaching the language of dance before even knowing the mother tongue of her students in Venezuela, to taking her company to Spain with $200 in her pocket, to receiving an award for her first choreographed work for Walnut Hill, each experience has been a learning process, which in turn has enabled her to constantly strive for more. As she encounters new students, sends them into the professional world, or collaborates with them in her company, her strongest piece of advice never wavers: “I like to encourage dancers to be honest with themselves, so they can be honest in presenting themselves in the moment. Whether onstage, at an audition, or in class, you can’t be thinking about another time, another place that you want to be or have to get to. You have to be in the moment where it is unfolding at the time.” ♦
ABOVE Diane Arvanites dancing OPPOSITE PAGE Top: Diane Arvanites; Bottom: Fink Shadow, choreography by Arvanites
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ABOVE Dancer Kate Desi, a member of Prometheus Dance, performing in works choreographed by Arvanites
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Ahead of the Learning Curve by Tom Keenan
The stark white paper looked sculptural and elegant, yet sturdy. As the students counted down “3, 2, 1,” the pearly orb plummeted off the precipice and collided full force with the beautiful conglomeration of paper. A gasp. A moment of anticipation, while waiting with bated breath. Did the egg survive its perilous flight? The artists and engineers who designed this contraption looked inside. Their egg emerged unscathed—and there was much rejoicing. While designing and building a novel device to catch an egg dropped from two stories high might be one of the highlights of Physics class at Walnut Hill, it really only scratches the surface of what physics in particular, and science in general, is all about. Arts classes often emphasize the importance of process over product. Mastering your brush technique, skill with a bow, and plié form is considered as important as, if not more important than, the resulting painting, song, or dance. Likewise, in the Science Department, we believe that the process is more important than the product. Getting students 6 | Behind Stowe
to understand the methods behind logically analyzing problems, and using both observations and deductive reasoning to address these problems, is the true content of the Physics coursework. And while that is a mind-set that is easily accepted at Walnut Hill, thinking of science learning as teaching a set of skills instead of a set of facts is actually a departure from the content-heavy, test-driven curricula that have dominated most school settings in recent years. The good news is that the notion of scientific process trumping rote memorization is slowly gaining traction beyond the Hill. In 2014, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will be adopted by 26 states, including Massachusetts. NGSS seeks to enhance student learning by allowing budding scientists to test their own hypotheses, rather than blindly accepting on faith what some authority figure says. Though these standards are widely considered the most innovative teaching techniques in the country, Walnut Hill students have been experiencing science education this way for years. In the classroom and the lab, we provide students with tools to use and we www.walnuthillarts.org
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teach them how to use them, rather than asking them to memorize tables or equations. My colleague, Science Department Head Kathy Liu, has been at Walnut Hill for just about 20 years, and during that entire time Walnut Hill science teachers have been asking students to design their own experiments. Kathy has said, “I think that having a hand in the construction of the parameters of an experiment really empowers students in their learning. In addition to having students collect and analyze data, draw conclusions, and present their results, we also add a reflective element to the process. Not all labs turn out as expected, so trying to figure out what went wrong and what improvements could be made is also a skill set that we work to build.” When Kathy asks her Chemistry students to determine the amount of vitamin C in various drinks, or when students try to solve a crime based solely on physical evidence in faculty member Carrie Hanover’s Forensics class, or when my Physics students sled down the hill on campus to determine if their motion follows a linear or exponential pattern, all of these are examples of what is on the horizon for American science education. Luckily, at Walnut Hill, this engaging approach to science learning is already business as usual. ♦
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We believe that the process is more important than the product.
ABOVE Clockwise from top: Experimentation in Kathy Liu’s Accelerated Chemistry class; Physics Fest: Tom Keenan’s students performing songs they composed about physics properties, using instruments they created; two glimpses of a crime scene lab in Carrie Hanover’s Forensics class OPPOSITE PAGE Clockwise from top: Tom Keenan teaching; students in the Accelerated Chemistry class determining the number of calories in a cheese doodle versus a potato chip; hot-air balloon lab in Keenan’s Physics class, with the help of David Tanzer P’13
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A Year Through the Eyes of a Head of School by Antonio Viva Photographer Chase Jarvis once wrote that “the best camera to have is the one you have with you.” While my day-to-day tasks as Head of School range in complexity and diversity, I have found that if I can pause and enjoy a particular moment, the opportunity to capture the essence of Walnut Hill emerges through photographs. This small collection of images from the past year is a window into those moments when I am reminded how special a place Walnut Hill is, and how fortunate I am to be charged with leading it today and into the future. The variety of shots were taken throughout 2014 with a range of cameras, including an iPhone, a vintage 35mm film camera, and a DSLR. I hope you enjoy them, and I look forward to sharing more in the future.
The countless events my wife, Maria, and I host at the Head’s House wouldn’t be complete without opportunities to share the talent and passion of our students. Ben Khalil ’14 provided an unforgettable performance at one such event.
It’s easy to focus on the amazing productions that Walnut Hill students and faculty present every year, but it’s equally as important to recognize all the hard work that happens behind the scenes to make it possible.
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This shot confirms why opting for a window seat versus an aisle seat is a good move. It can give you a view into how amazing and awe-inspiring our world can be.
When I travel on behalf of Walnut Hill, one of the small rituals I have is to stop into local bookstores. I couldn’t help but marvel at the collection of opera, photography, and art books at this shop, all waiting to become part of someone’s library.
One of the greatest gifts we give our students is the opportunity to work and study within a community of artists. I love this display from the Winter Visual Art Show in January 2014.
We were fortunate to have been awarded a $50,000 grant from the E.E. Ford Foundation to help us launch our new Writing, Film & Media Arts major. This photo was taken in New York City while I was en route to a meeting with the foundation’s director, John Gulla.
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Walnut Hill is located in the heart of New England and regardless of the season, the natural landscape is both inspiring and breathtaking.
Capturing small moments on campus helps remind me that in training and educating talented young artists, we realize our vision that art and creative thinking can make the world a more beautiful, tolerant, and mindful place.
Over Spring Break, members of the Walnut Hill faculty travel to Asia to visit with families and alumni of the School. This photo was taken on an early March morning last year as I walked to a nearby Buddhist temple.
Every year, we welcome back our Leadership students to campus a week early to help us with the opening of school. They truly exemplify our motto, Non Nobis Solum.
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STUDENT VOICES: JUSTIN SHOWELL ‘15
It’s Not Normal. It’s Extraordinary. Justin Showell ’15 can be heard all over campus— in both the literal and the figurative sense of the word. Theater major and Senior Class President, Showell possesses a smile, charisma, and sheer talent that will remain indelible as he moves on to greater successes. His voice, as shared here, serves to motivate his class as they face the unexpected, to encourage younger and future students to be tenacious, and to inspire the community to take nothing for granted, for each individual is a part of something sacred and special—Walnut Hill. BE INSPIRED “Compete with yourself. Let go of your expectations, be yourself, and let your work speak for itself. By allowing yourself to be affected and inspired by others is much more productive than spending your time thinking about how someone else is doing something better or how you can better yourself over someone else.”
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BE GROUNDED “As an artist you have to be grounded, you have to be able to relate. That is how you relate with humans and are able to connect with a lot of other things. By being grounded and not so self-indulgent, you are able to connect with what is real.” BE GRATEFUL “It’s disheartening when you are given something so precious, and for a finite amount of time, to not be grateful. The workload is hard, it gets cold, you miss home, and it’s tiring. But then you get to sit outside and see the buildings and fields and you think, ‘Wow! This is not normal. It’s extraordinary.’” BE THANKFUL “Thank your teachers, thank your parents, thank your friends for being your friends, but most importantly, thank yourself for allowing you to move forward and for working as hard as you do.” BE OPEN “Lead the example of letting everyone in, but most importantly, let yourself be let in.”
ABOVE Top to Bottom: Justin Showell's senior headshot, Showell performing at Walnut Hill’s 2014 Gala, and Showell (center) with classmates leading a junior class service activity at Cradles to Crayons
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STUDENT VOICES: SOPHIA JAKOBSON ‘16
Not Your Average Bathroom Remodel by Jennifer TumSuden
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What do you get when you take a dingy bathroom, an innovative teacher, a helpful facilities team, and 10 visual art students?
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A mosaic masterpiece!
The bathroom in the Dartley Visual Art Center had become dreary and only semifunctional, but in it Visual Art faculty member Richard Schwartz saw a unique opportunity for his ceramic students. The focus of the spring semester was mosaics, and since most students had only a minimal exposure to the medium, Schwartz searched for a vehicle to create a mosaic on a larger scale—to explore its fuller potential. Schwartz notes, “Mosaics are an interesting medium— they have a permanence that is awesome and have the ability to engage the senses in the best possible way.” The practical and artistic challenge began with a review of the works of famed Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and additional individual research for source materials. Multiple minds coming together to develop a design scheme was both frustrating and rewarding. Ultimately, the students were most inspired by Gaudí’s Parc Güell and Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Sophia Jakobson ’16 described the project as unlike anything she had done before. Identifying herself as a painter, she found designing and installing a full-room mosaic to be a very different experience. “Some parts really came together, but others were a bit disconnected. I learned through the process to be more communicative. Collaboration was the most important part in taking this from concept to installation.”
ing was actually one of my favorite parts. It was really a mess—there was so much grout everywhere. But it was also amazing. We chose a black grout, and when you wiped it away, the colors revealed themselves and the design came together for the first time.”
Students had a hand in everything from rolling, cutting, and glazing tile, to creating the layout in the bathroom, to grouting the mosaic. Jakobson admits that parts of the project were tedious and difficult, but one of the most physically demanding aspects was a highlight. “Grout-
Schwartz adds, “The result is not as perfect as the students imagined—but it is not a pristine showroom, it is a bathroom used every day. Before the project it was a space no one really thought about, but now it is a place to be engaged with.” ♦
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ALUMNI VOICES: SAMANTHA BOTTOM-TANZER ‘13
Strings and Synapses: A Harmonization
When Samantha (Sammi) Bottom-Tanzer ’13 started her Walnut Hill career as a sophomore violin major, she had it all planned out: attend a boarding arts high school, participate in extracurricular performance opportunities (such as a New England Conservatory Preparatory School ensemble), become a professional musician. What she didn’t expect was that her arts education would spark an interest that would lead her down a totally unexpected path—that of neuroscience. The turning point for Bottom-Tanzer came during her junior year at Walnut Hill when she took a science elective in psychology with Allison Posey. From Bottom-Tanzer’s first taste of neuroscience, she began to learn about chemical interactions in the brain and was fascinated by the area of study. It wasn’t long until she was hooked and began researching colleges where she could continue exploring this realm of scientific study, while still continuing to play the violin. She was accepted into her initial first-choice school, Bard College, where she met Laurie Smukler, who teaches violin and chamber music there. Bottom-Tanzer was also accepted at Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard, and Mannes. But with her newfound interest, she was very tempted by an acceptance at Columbia College. She notes of her choices, “I thought I’d end up at Bard and really wanted to work with Laurie, but when Columbia became an option, Laurie said she’d still teach me even if I went to Columbia. So I was able to essentially create my own program. I’m so grateful to Laurie for that opportunity.”
will allow her to research how to modify proteins on an amino acid level, while at the same time studyABOVE Samantha Bottom-Tanzer, ing with Smukler left (in top photo) and center and playing in the Columbia Orchestra and the Bach Society. “Music is a very important part of my life, even though I am no longer planning to pursue it full-time,” says Bottom-Tanzer. As if she doesn’t have enough to keep her busy, Bottom-Tanzer still manages to find time to attend live concerts, run along the Hudson River, and meet up with Walnut Hill friends. Most recently, she participated in the Bowdoin Music Festival this past summer with fellow Walnut Hill music alumni Seowon Kim ’12 (who has spent the past two Thanksgivings with Bottom-Tanzer) and Matthew Woodard ’12. Bottom-Tanzer is currently interested in studying proteins and drug administration and how they affect people’s behavior. Everything came full circle when she realized that Walnut Hill taught her to think in a nonstandard way, which has proven extremely beneficial in her college courses. She is able to see things with an awareness and perspective that other classmates cannot. From strings to synapses, the key constant is Bottom-Tanzer’s tenacity, which will undoubtedly continue to enable her to achieve the goals she sets forth for herself. ♦
From one end of the spectrum to the other, BottomTanzer, now in her sophomore year at Columbia, is managing to effectively harmonize both her passions. She is in the process of applying for a lab position that
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ALUMNI VOICES: KALAHN TAYLOR-CLARK ‘95
Think Differently by Jillian Kohl
Late last winter, Kalahn Taylor-Clark ’95 hosted an alumni event at her home in Arlington, Virginia. The event not only demonstrated Taylor-Clark’s generosity and warm feelings toward her alma mater, but was also a great chance for her to share the latest updates on her life and career. In the following Q&A, Taylor-Clark shares her perspective on arts education and how she applies it to her career in health-care policy. Her unique path has informed her voice, and as you will see, she has a lot of remarkable things to say.
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Please give us a snapshot view of the work you do.
Most of my career has been focused on advancing racial, ethnic, and gender equity in health and health care. The work has ranged from promoting state and federal policies that improve health-care equity, to engaging patients, communities, and other stakeholders to ”think differently“ about the health-care system. I have been frustrated, like many others, that we spend so much money on providing health care once people are sick—even when we talk about ”prevention,“ we actually mean catching a disease before it gets worse—instead of stopping it from happening in the first place. It is my goal to support work that seeks to transform the sick-care system into one that pays for preventing disease and illness, while actually enhancing well-being in all communities, domestically and abroad.
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What are your thoughts on arts education?
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In my view, arts education is the foundation of a humanist society. Sharing one’s thoughts, dreams, and feelings through artistic expression provides an unparalleled sense of freedom for individuals, but it also unlocks the potential of societies to communicate with and learn from one another in the most fundamental sense. Arts education has created everything that I am, and everything I think about. Well, maybe it hasn’t created everything I think about, but it certainly has created the way that I think about everything.
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Did your experience at Walnut Hill affect the career you currently have? How?
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Were it not for Walnut Hill, I would have found the subject of health-care policy equivalent to watching paint dry. I wasn’t interested in the numbers and the data . . . I am not interested in tweaking the question to get a slightly different outcome . . . but I am interested in people, in strategy, and in persuading “naysayers” to at least participate in difficult conversations. My career has been completely defined by my experience at Walnut Hill. I am able to tell a story, capture an audience, and translate complicated information into consumable strategies for action. Walnut Hill gave me the confidence to speak up for what I believe, but more importantly to always question the status quo (our peers at Walnut Hill were anything BUT status quo). While many of my colleagues in health and health-care policy are still stuck on tweaking how health care is delivered and paid for, I truly believe that my background as a dancer and theater major at Walnut Hill has made me think “outside the box.” Those of us who have been lucky enough to have graduated from Walnut Hill will likely agree with me: we are who we are and what we are—in large part—because we are artists first.
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Who is your role model and why?
My mother is my role model. Although she passed away a couple of years ago, her spirit lives brightly inside of me and my children. She taught me that karma is real . . . and perseverance always wins. But she really taught me most about being a “mom.” In the winter of our junior year (1993), students came down with what we called “The Plague,” a nasty flu-virus that rendered nearly 70% of the student body unable to attend classes. North House, with only 14 girls, was totally germriddled. Since I am from Maine, my mother was one of the closest boarder parents. One Saturday night, all the members of our dorm huddled in the living room area of North House, pained and feverish. We heard the door open, and we looked up to see my mom with what appeared to be, in our ill-fated state, a golden halo over her head . . . bearing 14 servings of chicken soup, fresh orange juice, and cookies. She was my champion, but more importantly she pushed me to pursue excellence in whatever made me happy. And no matter what track I ended up on, she was ready with chicken soup. ♦
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ummer 2014 was a busy one here on the Hill! We welcomed 199 students to campus for intensive study in dance, theater, visual art, writing, and opera, punctuated by field trips, fun in the sun, and plenty of chances to make friends with fellow artists from around the country. It was especially great to have several of our young alumni back on campus as Resident Assistants in the dorms or as Program Assistants.
Does this fun look too good to pass up? Our summer programs in Dance, Theater, Visual Art, and Writing & Film offer artists ages 10–17 a challenging and fun experience, surrounded by supportive faculty and other young artists who share their passion.
For more information, please visit: summer.walnuthillarts.org
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1948
CORNELIA BROWN donated a scrapbook of incredible Walnut Hill memories to the School. This photo was taken in the winter of 1948 on campus. Maybe our modern Walnuts will attempt to ski down the hill this winter!
1954
JUDITH PERRY CONNOLLY spent the summer in Maine, but frequently travels with her husband, David, to visit family members. She is excited to announce the arrival of her first great-grandson, Gabriel David.
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1955
ROSEMARIE STRAUS ROTH has been re-elected to her fifth year as president of the Collaborative Family Law Council of Florida and has been engaged in training professionals through the Florida Collaborative Trainers. She and her husband are blessed with two wonderful children, Jeff Roth and Julie Paikowsky, fabulous in-law children, Ginny and Steve, and amazing grandchildren! She is very excited that their oldest grandson will be married in Plattsburgh, NY, next summer! Of the six grandchildren, four have graduated from college, one is a junior at Florida State, and the youngest, a sophomore in high school, is involved in musical theater.
1976
LISA LEINBACH HUERTAS is honored and excited to join the Board of Directors at Career Transition For Dancers. She is currently the director of development at Palm Beach Opera and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of fundraising. She volunteers at many organizations and remains a sustaining member of the Junior League of the Palm Beaches, as well as serving on the boards of Miami City Ballet and the Yale Club of the Palm Beaches.
1991
CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN performed this summer in the New York debut of HA! The Musical, a tune-filled take on the behind-the-scenes of stand-up comedy.
ABOVE Christian Finnegan ’91, who with wife Kambri Crews recently opened a theater in Astoria, Queens, called Q.E.D.: A Place to Show & Tell
1992
KATHERINE SCHLAIKJER moved to Ontario, Canada, to join the Penderecki String Quartet in residence at Wilfrid Laurier University.
1993
Congratulations to SARA DENSLOW-GONZALEZ DOWNING, who was recently hired by Tuell + Reynolds in Cloverdale, CA, as its new product line director. She is currently working on expanding the company’s showroom presence in other countries and is thrilled to be back in the creative sector in a role she can really sink her teeth into.
ROZ FULTON-DAHLIE is now an assistant professor of lighting design and technology at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. This past summer, she and husband Chris backpacked through Cambodia and Thailand, and the pair welcomed their first child this October! Her upcoming design work includes a new play, The Perfect Detonator, at Duke University.
1995
LISETTE SAND-FREEDMAN visited campus this summer with her parents and her sixmonth-old son, Dillion, who impressed everyone with his adorable smile. She also stopped by the Business Office to visit her former Dorm Parent, Laure Smith Joy.
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1997
After a 12-year break from school, VANESSA JOHNSON is working on her master’s degree in Latin American border studies, with a focus on agricultural policy. She recently spent four months in Valparaiso, Chile, and while there, she had the opportunity to reunite with her best friend from Walnut Hill, YU-TONG YEN ’98. ZOE SCOFIELD was awarded a work-in-progress residency grant from the Princess Grace Foundation.
BELOW Lia (Kessel) Ices ’98
1998
Congratulations to LIA (KESSEL) ICES on her recent United States tour to perform her new album, Ices, which debuted on September 16!
DR. JAMES ELLIS is now clinical director of the Comprehensive Addictions Treatment Center at Jacobi Medical Center in New York and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. CHARLIE HODGES was featured as “L.A. Dance Project’s Leading Man” by L.A. Weekly in May, acknowledging his work as dancer, ballet master, and rehearsal director for the dance company.
2000
MARY GARCIA CHARUMILIND married Sarun Charumilind at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia (and then again in Bangkok, Thailand) in June 2014. KATE HUTTER, co-founder and artistic director of L.A. Contemporary Dance, will be turning over her directorship to Genevieve Carson in 2016. Kate stressed the importance of this transition “in order to keep the artistic vision of the company contemporary and relevant to the times, while allowing
the organization to embrace change and celebrate continued innovation.” She will continue on as co-president of the company. Additionally, Kate has been named as a new member of the Board of Trustees at Walnut Hill. We are excited about the passion for and knowledge of artistic excellence that she will bring to our community. BETH LASSNER continues to live in the Greater Boston area, and this past July, she and wife Laura welcomed twin sons Ben and Teddy!
Notes from the Hill Student and Faculty Accomplishments Diane Arvanites, Dance faculty member, won an artist fellowship in choreography from the Massachusetts Cultural Council with her Prometheus Dance co-artistic director, Tommy Neblett.
2001
JOHN “JOBY” EARLE performed the role of Ferdinand in American Repertory Theater’s production of The Tempest. Congratulations to KEE-HYUN KIM on his recent engagement! As part of the Parker Quartet, the group has welcomed a new member and has moved to Cambridge to begin a prestigious appointment in the Department of Music at Harvard University.
The dual caddy dream-time of Mojo Krome, by Ken Tighe
Works by Walnut Hill’s own Visual Art faculty members Jim Woodside and Ken Tighe were selected for the Danforth Museum’s juried exhibition Community of Artists, which showcased new and exciting works from emerging and established artists this past summer.
Barn wall & 4 Assassinated (Presidential Series Quadriptych), by Jim Woodside
ABOVE Katherine Schlaikjer ’92 (standing) with the Penderecki String Quartet Fall 2014 & Winter 2015
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MEAGAN HAYES received a degree in biology, with minors in applied mathematics and chemistry, from Virginia Commonwealth University and went on to do postgraduate work in gross human anatomy and human physiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. She is now working for WorldWide Life Sciences, a biotechnology and laboratory manufacturing/distribution company. Congratulations to Meagan, who will be getting married to her boyfriend of nine years this coming January.
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2002
CHRISSY ANGLIKER exhibited her newest paintings alongside those of Meguru Yamaguchi at Kinfolk 94 in Brooklyn, NY, in September. The artists developed an immediate connection and recognized essential parallels between their works. One review noted: “The analogous nature of their paintings was evident and essential, with a shared infatuation with acrylic paint, impressionistic influence, and psychedelic and textural nature of their paintings.” Violinist PEI-LING (JULIANA) LIN is a member of the Grand Prize–winning
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Telegraph Quartet in the Senior Division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. The win will be a boost for both her and her husband, Joseph Maile, second violinist of the quartet, who live and perform professionally in San Francisco.
2003
SARAH PETERSON McGOVERN is living in Michigan and teaching at a private school for students with learning challenges in grades 1–12. Sarah and her husband recently bought their first home and are enjoying spending time with their one-year-old daughter, Matilda, whom they adopted in the summer of 2013.
A stunning photo of ASAMI SEKI was featured on Pointe magazine’s Facebook page. (see opposite page)
2005
A Q&A with BRIGA HEELAN was featured in Improper Bostonian’s May 2014 issue, in which the up-and-coming actress dished about the red carpet, her most awkward audition, and little résumé fibs. ANTHONY PINA has risen right to the top. He was recently promoted to the rank of principal dancer with one of Europe’s most prestigious companies, Compañía Nacional de Danza in Spain.
2004
DANIEL COLSON recently accepted a visiting faculty position in the Department of Music at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA.
ASHLEY WILLIAMS BLANCHET (above) is currently starring on Broadway in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
BELOW Painting Hot and Sunny by Chrissy Angliker ’02
ZOE FRIEND was featured in an article in the Boston Globe this summer. She shared the insight behind her creative process as well as the inspiration behind her work, which was described as having “whimsical and seductive human-meetsnature elements.”
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musical by the writers of Memphis, David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA, this past summer. BARRETT WEED is starring in the new Off-Broadway show Found, produced by the Atlantic Theater Company.
2009 ABOVE Asami Seki ’04 seems to take flight on Pointe magazine’s Facebook page.
LAUREN WYNER received her M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Teachers College, Columbia University, this past spring. She is continuing on at Columbia in the applied linguistics doctoral program while working as the academic manager of the program in bilingual/ bicultural education. After five years of living and working in Brooklyn, NY, GEORGIA LASSNER has relocated to Los Angeles to attend the California Institute of the Arts for an M.F.A. in the art program.
We wish JOE WALSH the best of luck as he joins San Francisco Ballet, first as a soloist and now as a principal, for the 2014–2015 season. Joe was also featured in the 2014 August issue of Dance Magazine’s “Why I Dance.”
2007
PATRICK DILLON CURRY performed in the premiere of Chasing the Song, a new
Notes from the Hill Jim Woodside, Director of Visual Art, shared his work with his seasonal neighbors in Nova Scotia through an exhibition in Scott’s Bay this past summer. The display was dedicated to Woodside's paintings of the Scott’s Bay landscape.
Congratulations to MORGAN BECKWITH on her newly appointed position as the gallery director of Arader Galleries in NYC. As a member of the Segway Ladies, KATE HARKNESS and her team captured the essence of New London, CT, with their winning video New London Is. With only four short days for the challenge, the team created this video to depict why the unique city is everyone’s favorite place to visit. Their video was a featured trailer in New London’s Summer Cinema Series at the Garde Arts Center.
Violist Chris RogersBeadle ’15 has been named First Place winner in the Leonard D. Wood Awards division of the Young Artist Competition of the Philharmonic Society of Arlington.
2006
Clarinetist LIAM BURKE performed with one of the world’s most sought-after string quartets, the Borromeo String Quartet, as part of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival in August. JACLYN WALSH was named by Dance Spirit Magazine as one of “13 Hot Young Choreographers.”
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2007 Clark Feeny directed a short film
titled Life in a Box, which was accepted to the Hoboken International Film Festival and won Best Short Film at Film Fest Twain Harte. The film was co-written by fellow Walnut Hill alumnus Owen Stroll Cooper. Alumni Jordan and Scott Shedenhelm were also members of the production team.
Alexandra “Zan” Berube ’16 and Samantha Flahive ’15 starred as Wednesday and Morticia, respectively, in the Boston Children’s Theatre production of The Addams Family this summer.
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Notes from the Hill Olivia Flowers ’17 appeared in Boston Children's Theatre's production of Fame. Writing, Film & Media Arts faculty member Kori Feener’s documentary film Hard Way Home was screened at the Awareness Festival in Santa Monica, CA; the Queen City Film Festival in Cumberland, MD; the Utopia Film Festival in Greenbelt, MD; and the Mt. Hood Independent Film Festival in Hood River, OR. Additionally, she is moderating panels and blogging for the Camden Film Festival in Camden, ME. Mary Koppel, composer and Walnut Hill Music faculty member, had her piece Crystalline for organ solo premiered by Carson Cooman at the LaVerna International Organ Festival this past August. Her piece Nokomis’ Fall was also premiered by the Lorelei Ensemble in November.
CASSANDRA LEVINE is headed to Florida to open a new show called Stars of David. While singing the music of many awardwinning composers, she will be playing multiple famous Jewish women, including Fran Drescher, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Natalie Portman, among others. The show will tour South Florida starting in December. During the past year, SCOTT SHEDENHELM has been fortunate to perform in various shows at the Arizona Broadway Theatre: Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby Tucker), 9 to 5, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Benjamin), Hairspray (Sketch), The Sound of Music (Rolf), and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Gideon). During July 2014, Scott also appeared in Disney’s The Little Mermaid at North Shore Music Theatre.
ABOVE Barrett Weed ’07 in the Atlantic Theater Company’s production of Found
Congratulations to TRAVIS WARD-OSBORNE for landing his first Broadway gig as the vacation swing in Aladdin!
2010
Congratulations to ASHLEIGH CHUANG, who joined Ballet Theatre of Indiana for the company’s inaugural season upon her graduation from Butler University this past spring. Visual artist and aspiring textile designer SARAH DINGLE was featured in the Boston Globe’s Style Section and was designated Instagram’s “Style star of the week” for her unique “cuteness, Japanese street style, and crossdressing her 18-month-old Chihuahua.”
Composition major Si Hyun Uhm ’17, a student of Whitman Brown, won the senior division of the Music Teachers National Association’s composition competition for Massachusetts for her piece String Quartet.
After graduating from Northwestern University in 2014, ALISON MAHONEY moved to NYC to co-found Bluelaces Theater Company, a company that produces theatrical experiences for ABOVE Jaclyn Walsh ’06 featured in Dance Spirit Magazine, photo by Jayme Thornton
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people with developmental disabilities such as autism, Down syndrome, and multiple or complex disorders.
ABOVE Sarah Dingle ’10
After graduating magna cum laude from Piedmont College with a double B.A. in theatre for youth and psychology, KATIE ROBINSON was one of 15 students accepted into the master’s program in drama therapy at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. To add to that, she was the recipient of the Jack Kent
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Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship, a grant awarded to students attaining master’s degrees in various fields within the arts and sciences. Congratulations, Katie! LAURA LOVE and her sister Natalie were featured as “The Muses of 90027” in Town & Country magazine, in which they were dressed by the sister-duo designers Laura and Kate Mulleavy. Growing up fully immersed in Los Angeles fashion and style (their mother, Lisa Love, is the West Coast editor of Vogue), the sisters shared with the magazine fun facts about some of their interests and favorite designers. CONOR RYAN made his Broadway debut this summer in Cinderella, just one month after graduating from the University of Michigan in May 2014 with a B.F.A. in musical theatre. He is
also now performing as the Radio Guy in the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of The Fortress of Solitude at the Public Theater in NYC.
2011
In May 2014, LAURA SKOLD had the opportunity to travel and dance in Zaragoza, Spain, with the Character Dance Ensemble from the University of Utah. While in Spain, she took ballet company class with Lamov Comapñía de Danza, and also studied traditional Jota dance from the region.
Abigail Keefe ’15 and Mara Milner ’15 earned recognition from the National Merit Scholarship Program.
2014
ABOVE Laura Love ’10 (second from right) featured in Town & Country magazine
ROSEMARY SALVUCCI was very excited to be heading overseas to pursue her master’s in music performance at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel, Switzerland, this fall.
NICOLE BURKE stunned national audiences with her performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a Patriots game at Gillette Stadium this season. EMILY MEREDITH starred as Liesl in The Sound of Music this past summer at the New Bedford Festival Theatre as part of its 25th Anniversary season. Congratulations to Emily on her debut performance as an alumna!
2009 & 2012 Edward Spots ’09 and Daniel Salas ’12 performed at the June 12 inaugural Ailey Spirit Gala at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. Daniel danced as part of the Ailey School, Edward danced with Ailey II, and then they finished the evening by dancing in Alvin Ailey’s Revelations.
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Andrew Purdy ’16 was awarded the Distinguished Achievement and Special Honor (DASH) Award by the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres (EMACT) for the 2013–2014 season. Purdy won the award for Best Youth Actor (Musical) for his portrayal of Mr. Mistoffolees in the Star Players of Bristol County’s 2013 summer production of CATS. Theater faculty member Liz Hayes will be playing Cinderella’s Stepmother and Jack’s Mother in the Roundabout Theatre’s production of the beloved Stephen Sondheim musical Into The Woods.
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(L-R) Mina Samalya ‘13, Alex Zaslav ‘12, Dana Vanderburgh ‘13, Maddie Verbica ‘12, and Delaney Waldron (an alumna of the Walnut Hill Community Dance Academy) are working to promote dance for social change with the organization Movement Exchange. Way to go, ladies!
Notes from the Hill Many Walnut Hill students competed in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competition, held at the Boston Conservatory in November. Sara Hargrave ’17 won First Place for the Classical Division (ages 13–15), while Erica Maul ’17 received an honorable mention in the same category. In the Classical Division (ages 16–18), Mats Roolvink ’16 won First Place, Teddy Edgar ’16 won Second Place, Maddy Meyer ’15 won Third Place, and Mary Buckingham ’16 received an honorable mention. In the ages 13–15 Musical Theatre Division, Gabrielle Corsino ’17 won First Place and Best Belter Award, and Jenna Howard-Delman ’18 received an honorable mention. In the ages 16–18 Musical Theatre Division, Teddy Edgar ’16 won First Place and Chloe Savit ’17 won Second Place, with an honorable mention going to Katherine Scherer ’17. Finally, in the Contemporary Commercial Music Division, Thalia Cook-Hansen ’18 won the Shows Great Promise Award, given to the best 14-year-old in encouragement of future development and competition.
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A Reflective Birthday Speech by Alice Dodds ‘42 Alice Dodds celebrated her 90th birthday on July 13, 2014, with a gathering of friends and family. She spoke beautifully and with gratitude about her life, her education, and her experience of World War II as a young woman. Here is a small excerpt that touches on the impact that Walnut Hill had on this remarkable alumna: “My parents were ahead of their times when it came to the education of women. They thought that education for women was just as important as education for men, and they lived their lives to prove it. . . . So when they came to planning my learning, they gave me the best education that was available for women in the 1930s and ’40s. They sent me to Walnut Hill, for wonderful college-preparatory work, and then they sent me to Wellesley College. Somewhere along the line in those years of my formal education, somebody pushed a button that opened the doors of my mind. . . . It happened at the school we’re all talking about this evening, Walnut Hill. It was my remarkable history teacher, Catherine Nevius. . . . She presented a vivid panorama of colorful, powerful personalities engaged in tumultuous interaction with each other, and with the forces of nature—to survive, to excel, to rise to the top and be the strongest, and change the world! . . . The second most important thing I have learned, or have had given to me, has been the opening of the doors of my heart to the best of friendship. And this too happened to be at Walnut Hill.”
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In Memoriam
We fondly remember the following members of the Walnut Hill community.
Louise Barnes Adams ’36 Louise Barnes Adams passed away peacefully on July 13, 2014, at the age of 96. She was an inspiration to many regarding how to live life to the fullest, with a positive attitude and a smile for everyone. She was full of fun, fun to be with, and usually the last to leave a party. She was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Paul Winfrey Adams; her brother, Edward F. Barnes; her sister, Aurelia B. Bristow; her brother, Carlyle (Hap) F. Barnes; and her son, Edward M. Adams. She is survived by her daughter, Sally A. O'Connor, and her husband, Terrence, of East Hartland, CT; her son, Thomas F. Adams, and his wife, Julie, of Evergreen, CO; a daughter-in-law, Leonora (Lorie) Adams, of Johns Island, SC; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, and cousins; a goddaughter; and close friends from all over the world. Born in Bristol, CT, on October 29, 1917, she was the eldest daughter of the late Myrtle Aurelia Ives and Fuller Forbes Barnes. Voted most popular student, Louise graduated from Bristol High School and Walnut Hill School, then went on to attend Webber College in Babson Park, FL, where she started the golf team. Louise loved being outdoors among nature, and was often found at the Bok Tower Gardens at dawn visiting the Window-by-the-Pond. She was instrumental in starting and supporting the nature center at Indian Rock Nature Preserve in Bristol, CT (now part of Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut). Indian Rock had been her parents’ summer home. Always up for an adventure, Louise traveled all over the world: photographing birds and animals in Costa Rica; going on safaris in Kenya, Tanzania, and Borneo; trekking in the Himalayas of Nepal. She enjoyed sailing with her husband, and their family and friends, on the Scandinavian archipelago as well as along the Atlantic coast. She was the only one in the family who was never seasick. Louise served on the Walnut Hill Board of Trustees from 1993 to 2010. She was a wonderful friend to her fellow trustees, as well as to faculty, staff, and students, and was an avid supporter of student financial aid. Upon hearing of her death, her former colleague on the Board Chip Wright and his wife, Martha, sent in this glowing word collage that eloquently captures Louise’s spirit:
There will never be another Louise.
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DOROTHY ARNZEN SOULE ’32, of Concord, MA, passed away on June 17, 2014. She was born on November 4, 1914, in Fall River, MA. Dorothy was educated at Walnut Hill School, Bryn Mawr College, and the Nursery Training School of Boston (now the EliotPearson School at Tufts University). She was a preschool teacher until her marriage in 1942 to Robert M. Soule. From 1957 to 1977, Dorothy was employed by the Massachusetts Audubon Society as the director of membership. In 1977, she and her husband retired to Hopkinton, MA, and were in the antiques business, participating in shows as well as running a small shop in their home. She was part of the Advisory Committee that started the Hospice Program in Concord, as well as a Concord Hospital volunteer. Surviving Dorothy are a daughter, a son, a nephew, two grandsons, a granddaughter, and several great-grandchildren, greatnieces, and great-nephews. RUTH MEISENHELDER “MEISY” HOWLAND ’36 passed away on March 23, 2014, at the age of 95. Born in 1918, she grew up in York, PA. Her father owned and operated a private hospital, where he carried on his surgical practice. Her mother was a former nurse who was very active both in her family and in her community. Meisy did well in school—but not so well that she didn’t have time for fun. After she graduated from Walnut Hill School and Radcliffe College, she remained lifelong friends with
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those who knew her well. In Boston, she met an MIT graduate student, James Chase, and they were married in 1941. With a nod to family medical tradition, she earned a license as an X-ray technician and worked in that field during World War II while her husband was with the U.S. Army in the Pacific theater. The war over, Meisy and Jim moved to Corvallis, OR. She discovered her calling as a wife and a mother, first to her children, then to the children of others, and finally to her community. She also delighted in gardening, reading, and volunteer work. Her role as secretary of the Alpha Phi sorority alumnae was recognized with a 1967 Women of Achievement Award. Her 20 years of service to the area Girl Scouts were recognized by the Santiam Council, and she later earned the coveted “Twenty Four Carrot Volunteer Award” from the Old Mill School. Always unassuming, Meisy didn’t work for recognition. Whatever she did, in public or private, she brought to the task her extensive intellectual ability, her huge heart, and her generosity. Meisy was preceded in death by her husband, parents, sister, and brothers. She is survived by her four children, five grandsons, and two great-grandchildren. JEANNE TRONE MUNDAY ’38, of New Oxford, PA, passed away on June 27, 2014, at the age of 95. After graduating from high school in Hanover, PA, Jeanne continued her studies at Walnut Hill School and Mount Holyoke College, where she obtained her B.S. degree.
She was then employed as a medical lab technician in Boston. Several years later, she returned to Pennsylvania and helped run the jewelry store owned by her parents. After marrying, Jeanne enjoyed assisting her husband, who was a touring and club pro golfer. They moved to a farm near Gettysburg, which has been home base for the family ever since. Jeanne balanced country life with travel and golf. She was a member of the Hanover Hospital Auxiliary and the Hanover Historical Society, and she volunteered at several senior care facilities. An accomplished watercolor artist, she won several awards in state art competitions for the Pennsylvania Office of Aging. She was also a first-class amateur golfer, earning the title of Hanover Country Club Champion numerous times during her career. Preceded in death by her husband and her sister, Jeanne is survived by her two daughters, a son-inlaw, two grandchildren, their spouses, one greatgrandson, and a niece. ENID MEYMARIS GEROU ’41 passed away peacefully at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Lakewood, CO, on August 8, 2014, surrounded by many of her loving family members. Born on January 28, 1924, in Natick, MA, Enid was a graduate of Walnut Hill School. Living on Cape Cod in the 1950s and early 1960s, she assisted husband James with his construction business, raised their three children, and honed her tennis skills.
In 1964, the family moved to Colorado, but after vacationing in Scottsdale, AZ, Enid and James moved permanently to Arizona in 1987. While there, Enid played tennis and golf regularly until well into her 80s. She was always very social, loving to have friends over for coffee, lunch, or card games. Her sense of humor was everpresent and her laugh infectious. In 2009, Enid returned to Colorado and lived at the Golden Pond Retirement Community. Predeceased by her husband in 2005, she is survived by two sons and a daughter, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, who had just visited with Enid at the end of July. CAROLYN CHESNEY ’45 died at age 86 on January 16, 2014, comforted by her caregivers and the loyal staff at the National Arts Club, her home of the past 50 years. She was born on July 4, 1927, in Pittsfield, MA. Carolyn was a graduate of Walnut Hill School and continued to study art her entire life. In addition to being a prolific sketcher, her work included oil portraits, watercolor landscapes, and sculpture. Professionally, she was an editor at House Beautiful magazine. Predeceased by her parents and two of her brothers, Carolyn is survived by one brother in addition to nieces and nephews around the country. MAYFLOWER DAY BRANDT ’46, one of the East Bay’s most respected psychotherapists, died at her home in Oakland, CA, on September 3, 2014. Born to a diplomatic family in Johan-
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nesburg, Mayflower grew up in South Africa and later during wartime in Toronto and Wellesley, MA. She attended Walnut Hill School and afterwards joined her family at the newly opened American embassy in New Delhi. Back in the United States, she enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a degree in English. She had four children with her husband, William J. Brandt. After earning a degree in psychology, she opened an office in 1972 and soon had a flourishing practice. Her signature was the use of sand trays for diagnostic purposes, and she amassed a large and curious collection of figurines to populate them. Her children and grandchildren were her deepest passion. Divorced in 1981, Mayflower was also loved by her longtime companion, George Hochfield. KATHERINE WATSON MASYN ’46, of Oakton, VA, passed away on August 13, 2014, at the age of 84. Born in Massachusetts on February 1, 1930, the daughter of Frank and Ann Watson, she lived most of her adult life in Washington, DC, and northern Virginia. While a proud Washingtonian, she remained true to her New England roots in spirit and culinary cravings—she recently savored a dish of full-bellied fried clams with a glass of wine. Predeceased in 2003 by Bill Masyn, her husband of 30 years, she is survived by her devoted daughter, cherished corgi, and a host of loving cousins, brothers-in-law, sisters-inlaw, nieces, and friends.
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SHIRLEE JEANNE HAMILTON ’48 died of natural causes on January 14, 2014, at age 82. She was born to Henry and Louise Hamilton on May 8, 1930, in Great Falls, MT. She was raised and educated there and later moved to Natick, MA, graduating from Walnut Hill School. She continued her education at Harcum Junior College in Bryn Mawr, PA. After receiving her teaching degree, she moved back to Great Falls and began her career as a third-grade teacher at Meadow Lark Elementary School, working there until her retirement in 1977. Shirlee was a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ and many teachers’ organizations. A devoted daughter, she traveled extensively with her parents, including to Europe, and became her parents’ caregiver later in life. We only recently learned of the passing of ANN GREENHALGH SACHS ’53, of Madison, CT, who died peacefully on September 10, 2012, at her home. She was 77. Ann was born in Pawtucket, RI, and grew up there and in Seekonk, MA. She attended Walnut Hill School and then earned her B.A. at Wheaton College. She wed K. Norman Sachs on August 10, 1957, a marriage that lasted 54 years. After residing in Potomac, MD, they settled in Madison, CT, in 1972, where they remained for the rest of their lives. Having volunteered her time and talents to the American Red Cross, Meals on Wheels, and other organizations in her earlier years, Ann now served on
the board of Madison Community Services and was a member of the Madison Garden Club, the Madison Beach Club, the Winter Club, and the Madison Congregational Church. She was an avid bridge player and an amazing crossword puzzle solver. She loved to play the piano, which she practiced daily, and was also an accomplished seamstress. She had many friends whom she loved dearly, and she adored the various pets she had throughout her life. Ann was predeceased by her husband, a brother, and a sister. She is survived by her children, two brothers, her grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Former staff member AGNES SILVER DOYLE, of Maynard, MA, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2014, in the loving arms of her best friend and husband of 53 years, Robert E. Doyle Sr., after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was 73. Born in Newton, MA, on October 9, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Agnes (Bolduc) Silver. She graduated Phi Theta Kappa from the University of Massachusetts with her associate degree in accounting. Agnes loved the great outdoors and all of its wonder. She marveled at lovely sunrises, the wild bear and deer roaming around her, and enjoyed walking the beaches of Gloucester, MA. She was an avid gardener, gifted painter, stained-glass artisan, and friend to everyone she met. Agnes derived the most pleasure from spending time with her family: Fourth of July
cookouts, birthday parties, Christmas celebrations, and travel to distant lands. MARY ELIZABETH “BUFF” ROWELL PAINE, the mother of our Board of Trustees President, Betsy McClendon ’65, was 93 years old and passed away following a period of declining health. She was born in Akron, OH, on June 23, 1921, and spent her formative years there. She received her associate degree from Stephens College in Missouri. A resident of Wayland, MA, for over 64 years, she worked for L. Davenport Boyd for over 25 of those years selling real estate in Wayland and neighboring Weston and Sudbury. In her earlier years, she was a Girl Scout leader for her daughters. In the 1950s, Buff also performed in several productions put on by the Vokes Players in Wayland. Buff was an active member of the Trinitarian Congregational Church, participated in the church choir, and was a member of the church’s Flower Guild. She also belonged to the Wayland Garden Club and enjoyed her bridge groups. Buff lived a full and active life and will be greatly remembered by all who knew her and the many lives that she touched in her 93 years. She is survived by her loving and devoted children, six grandchildren, six greatgrandchildren, and six nieces and nine nephews.
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www.walnuthillarts.org ANSWERS A. Bekka Goldberg, Associate Director of College Counseling: Bird Girl #2 in the Omaha Theater Company’s production of Seussical the Musical (2004). B. Lindsay Moncrieff, Development Associate: Dancer with Colorado Ballet (2012). C. Bruce Smith P’16, Chief
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SEEN ON THE HILL
A Mountain of Wisdom Nancy Scranton Sporborg ’72, author of It’s Not About the Hike (Bauhan Publishing), and her climbing partner, Pat Piper, presented at an all-School Assembly, sharing their powerful experiences from hiking the highest 100 peaks in New England as the senior class prepared to take on Mount Monadnock for Mountain Day.
(L-R) Pat Piper, Walnut Hill Director of Alumni Relations Jillian Kohl, and Nancy Sporborg ’72
Mary Mitchell Campbell, musical director and conductor whose credits include Finding Neverland (American Repertory Theater, 2014), Big Fish (Broadway, 2013), Carrie (OffBroadway, 2012), and The Addams Family (Broadway, 2010), worked with theater students on approaching the song. As founder of ASTEP (Artists Striving To End Poverty), she then spoke about her work with the organization, focusing on the role of the artist in bringing attention to, and working for, social change.
Senior theater students have been enjoying the benefits of several master classes by leading theater educators. Brent Wagner, Chair of Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan, led a class on analyzing the music under the lyrics, and on song and presentation. Cary Libkin, Head of Musical Theatre at Penn State University, held a class on audition technique and critique. Mary-Joan Negro, Director of Acting at the University of Southern California, conducted a class on monologue preparation and presentation.
Brian Brooks, a New York– based choreographer and 2013 Guggenheim Fellow who has performed at Jacob’s Pillow, the Chicago Dancing Festival, and the American Dance Institute, recently gave a master class to the Dance Department. Brooks has been commissioned to create new works for The Juilliard School and the Vail International Dance Festival. The Dance Department recently hosted Omar Carrum and Claudia Lavista, founding members of the internationally touring dance company Delfos Danza Contemporanea, for a master class. Carrum has been a featured performer in more than 60 works of dance, theater, and opera, working with an international roster of choreographers and performing in some of the world’s most prestigious theaters and festivals for dance. Lavista has received many awards for her outstanding artistic works, including the prestigious National Arts Creators Fellowship from the Mexican National Endowment for the Arts.
A Visit from Walnut Hill‘s New Dance Partner As part of the new strategic partnership between Walnut Hill and Ballet Austin, Michelle Martin, Associate Artistic Director of Ballet Austin, came to provide master classes for the Dance Department this October. Martin began her tenure at Ballet Austin in 1991 and became ballet mistress and curriculum director of the Academy in 1992, after performing in numerous ballet companies in the United States and Canada.
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Music Master Classes
(L-R) Tony Arnold, Walnut Hill Director of Voice Angela Gooch, and Walnut Hill Director of Music Jennifer Elowitch
The Music Department has revitalized its master class offerings this fall with visits from accomplished musicians from New England Conservatory and beyond. Among the distinguished participants are Max Levinson (Boston Conservatory and NEC faculty), recipient of the Andrew Wolf Award, Avery Fisher Career Grant, and First Prize in the 1997 Dublin International Piano Competition; Ralph Farris ’89, founding member of the band ETHEL, Grammynominated arranger, and an original member of the Broadway orchestra of The Lion King; soprano Tony Arnold (University of Buffalo faculty), an internationally recognized proponent of new music in concert and recording; Julianne Lee (NEC faculty), Acting Assistant Concertmaster for the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Natasha Brofsky (NEC faculty), who as cellist of the Naumburg award–winning Peabody Trio has performed across the United States and Europe; Alexander Velinzon, former Assistant Concertmaster for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and now Concertmaster for the Seattle Symphony; and Lisa Saffer (NEC faculty), a soprano who has performed on opera and concert stages worldwide.
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Tommy Neblett, Assistant Director of the Boston Conservatory’s Dance Division and co-artistic director (with Diane Arvanites of our dance faculty) of Prometheus Dance, held a master class for the Dance Department. While Neblett has previously worked with the department as a guest choreographer, we are excited to host him as part of our new partnership with the Dance Division at The Boston Conservatory.
answered questions about experimental fiction and the writer’s life.
Maria Stenzel, an experienced National Geographic photojournalist who has covered stories from Antarctica to Madagascar and a recent Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, is conducting a six-week course with students in the Writing, Film & Media Arts Department, exploring Walden Pond as the landscape changes from fall to winter. Each student will produce a photoessay with text excerpts.
Sheri Sanders, musical theater actress and author of Rock the Audition: How to Prepare for and Get Cast in Rock Musicals, led an audition workshop with theater students at Walnut Hill.
Georgetown professor and Walnut Hill alumna Jennifer Natalya Fink ’84 visited the Writing Studio on October 17 to teach a master class. She worked with the writers on several “disruptive” prompts, and
Jennifer Fink teaching in the Writing Studio
Emily Hatch ’07, currently a Bereavement Counselor at Care Dimensions (an organization that provides hospice and palliative care, as well as grief support), spent time on campus with Walnut Hill music students to talk about music and healing. The musicians whom Hatch spoke with then played chamber music for a service of remembrance hosted by Care Dimensions in early November.
Teacher and theater artist Fran Charnas (middle row, center) stopped by a rehearsal for the Theater Department’s production of The All Night Strut! to chat with the cast about her creative process. Charnas, who conceived and choreographed The All Night Strut! and who teaches at The Boston Conservatory, also attended the closing matinee of the show in the Keiter Center. She is the former teacher of Kirsten McKinney, who directed the Walnut Hill production.
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PLANNED GIVING
The Beatrice Edgerly Ellison Circle An Invitation to Join the Ellison Circle The Ellison Circle was created in honor of Beatrice Edgerly Ellison, Class of 1911, whose bequest was the largest Walnut Hill had ever received at the time and continues to deliver significant funds to the School every year as part of its endowment. Walnut Hill created the Ellison Circle in 1994 to recognize those like Beatrice who have expressed their commitment to the School through a very special and important form of financial support. These donors have named Walnut Hill School for the Arts as the beneficiary of a planned gift. Such gifts might include a bequest, appreciated securities, gifts of real estate, or gifts of life insurance and/or charitable income gifts, such as charitable remainder unitrusts and/ or charitable remainder annuity trusts. For many, a planned gift offers the opportunity to make the gift of a lifetime. By informing the School, donors enable Walnut Hill to recognize their support and encourage others to join in the effort. You may learn more about planned giving at Walnut Hill by visiting our website at walnuthillarts.plannedgiving.org or by calling Bruce Smith, Chief Development Officer, at 508.650.5019.
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Walnut Hill Receives Anonymous $150,000 Bequest “In honor of my good friend, Meg Wheeler”
Meg Fallon Wheeler circumstances. He ’62 has been an also understood active Walnut Hill the need for young alumna for five artists to receive decades. She served specialized trainon the Board of ing in a focused Trustees from 1991 environment. A to 2002, including a true philanthropist, term as President, he once made a and has helped gift to Walnut Hill to lead her class by surreptitiously reunions, most placing a check ABOVE Meg Fallon Wheeler ’62 at Walnut Hill Gala 2013 recently her 50th in into Meg’s purse at 2012. Meg has been a church gathering. such a wonderful contributor to Walnut Hill for so many years that This recent gift serves as a reminder it is hard to imagine even one more as well that planned gifts, whether way in which she could help the they are outright bequests, chariSchool thrive. table remainder trusts, or gifts of real estate, are a way for any donor to Yet Meg has managed to do just make an impactful gift above and that. Her passion for Walnut Hill is beyond his or her annual support. an ever-present part of her life, and In 2014, Walnut Hill received five that passion inspired a dear friend bequests for a total of $231,635. of hers to designate a portion of Most of these gifts came from his estate to Walnut Hill. He had no alumni who contributed modestly other connection to the School. His but consistently over many years to family asked to remain anonymous, the Annual Fund. We are grateful but they authorized the telling of this for these donors’ foresight, commitstory as a tribute to Meg. She comment, and generosity. bines a kind and generous nature with a bountiful gift for friendship, Meg says that when this gentleman and Walnut Hill is the beneficiary. really approved of something, he would exclaim, “Well, 23 skidoo!” In 1994, Meg arranged for her Now it is our chance at Walnut Hill friend to meet then–Head of School to say, “Meg Wheeler, 23 skidoo! Stephanie Perrin and invited him to Thank you! You have been one campus for musicals and masof Walnut Hill’s most ardent and ter classes with Ben Zander. The articulate advocates for so long, and welcome visitor loved the risk-taking once again the inspirational light that adventurousness of Walnut Hill—that shines in you will illuminate Walnut a girls’ school with a strong tradition Hill School for the Arts.” would take the courageous step of changing its mission to adapt to new
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FA M I LY W E E K E N D
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The Gift “The artist’s gift refines the materials of perception or intuition that have been bestowed upon him; to put it another way, if the artist is gifted, the gift increases in its passage through the self. The artist makes something higher than what he has been given, and this, the finished work, is the third gift, the one offered to the world in general.” — Lewis Hyde, The Gift (p. 248) The existence of Walnut Hill is a gift. It has been bestowed upon the current generation by past generations and will in turn be given to future generations by those of us—students, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and friends—who are charged with its care today. Our young artists form part of a succession of Walnuts who have taken their gifts into myriad fields of endeavor, making the world a richer, more humane and tolerant place. The 2013–2014 Report of Gifts lists all those who helped make this succession possible this past year. By almost every measure, 2013–2014 was one of the most successful fundraising years in the history of Walnut Hill School for the Arts: • • • • • • • •
$4.4 million in total giving (new pledges and cash gifts) $3 million for capital projects, including two $1 million pledges $539,000 raised through the Gala, both for the Annual Fund and for the Steinway Fund 91% faculty and staff participation 100% senior class participation for the second year in a row 271 new donors 185 donors of $1,000 or more 181 gifts on Give Day totaling $48,567
So much remarkable work happens at Walnut Hill every day that it is easy to lose sight of how unique it is. Walnut Hill is a place where gifts are shared in abundance: from the playing of a concerto, to the performance of an original dance, to the mounting of a musical with 35 performers, to a quiet reading of lines written in reflection. There are few places in the world that are dedicated to nurturing the creative work of young people. We at Walnut Hill are grateful for the gifts—your gifts—that have made and continue to make this possible. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you on the Hill this year!
With deep thanks,
Bruce E. Smith Chief Development Officer
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Donors With Gratitude to Our Trustees, Alumni, Parents of Alumni, and Friends We are most grateful to the following donors who made philanthropic gifts and new capital pledges in support of Walnut Hill between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. Thank you for helping to ensure the stability and progress of our school. We extend special thanks to those who have contributed for at least 10, 20 or 30 consecutive years. They are recognized with a notation after their names. $500,000+ Anonymous Sandra Delbridge T and Kevin Delbridge P’00/’05 10
$250,000–$499,999 Jennifer Toolin McAuliffe T and Edward McAuliffe P’15 Janet Pattillo T and John Pattillo 10
$100,000–$249,999 Anonymous George Brett and Deborah Brett Estate P’73 * Cox Foundation, Inc., and Martha Whiting Cox ’51 Hugh Gelch T and Deborah Gelch P’13 Robert E. Keiter *30 Elizabeth Paine McClendon ’65 T and Lawrence McClendon *20 Anne Morgan T 10
$50,000–$99,999 Catherine Chan T 10 Edward E. Ford Foundation Nathena Fuller ’37 Estate *
$25,000–$49,999 Anonymous Diane Sheaffer Anderson ’49 Estate * Mollie Tower Byrnes ’63 T and John Byrnes Marcia Hall ’58 *10 Jonathan Ledecky Scott Malkin and Laura Malkin Morgan Palmer 20 Dewey Shay and Carolyn Shook Peter Tollman T and Linda Kaplan P’13 Gwill York and Paul Maeder
$10,000–$24,999 Anonymous Jennifer Caldwell ’78 Kathryn Cook T and John Cook Constance Allen Eastburn ’54
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Jeffry Flowers T and Laurie Flowers P’17 Jane Oxford Keiter ’60 *30 Daehum Kim T and Hyun Joo Kim P’14 Lois Aronson Lopatin ’58 *20 Suzanne Comins Meijerink ’55 Stephen Oler T and Leigh Oler P’13 Charles Thacher T and Ann Thacher 10 Elizabeth Wijkman Treitler P’88 Elizabeth Allen Wheeler *D Suzanne Smith Yeaw ’49 *20
$5,000–$9,999 Mary Hunter Dobson ’40 *30 Lenira Fleck T and Hugo Fleck P’11 Zoe Ghertner ’02 Charlotte Hall ’50 T *20 Elizabeth Hunnewell Collie Hutter and Charles Hutter P’00 Stewart Lassner and Rhonda Lassner P’05 M. Steinert & Sons John McCollough ’97 Linda Harper McLane ’66 *30 Gary Mikula and Holly Mikula Judith Kalloch Racely ’51 *20 Pixley Lewis Schiciano ’78 Theresa Wadsworth and Robert Wadsworth Hansjorg Wyss
$2,500–$4,999 Anonymous Elizabeth Spiegel Anderson ’83 20 Jane Stocker Barrett ’56 * Patricia Davidson ’83 T and Howard Caplan 10 Richard Faulstich and Ann Faulstich 10 Maura Flaherty Sarah Winter French ’49 and Holger Nissen *20 Hottle Family Foundation and Sally Schwabacher Hottle 10 Baila Issokson Janock ’58 * Elizabeth Lummus Keenan ’53 *20 Pamela Apostol Kukla ’63 *20
Cheryl Boudreau Marotto P’99 *20 Dorothy Bigelow Neuberger ’54 T *30 Sayles and Maddocks Family Foundation 10 Antonio Viva and Maria Freda Margaret Fallon Wheeler ’62 *30 Bethany Andres Zaheer ’00
$1,000–$2,499 Victoria Alhamoodah P’08 Deborah Babson Robin Rolfe Bagley ’53 and John Bagley P’78 30 Lola Fortmiller Baldwin ’51 *20 Kenneth Bartels and Jane Condon Bay State Federal Savings Charitable Foundation Daniel Bernstein and Ann Bernstein 10 John Berylson Blue Bell Foundation Katharine Colt Boden George Bradt and Meg Bradt Charlotte & William Hinson Charitable Foundation T. Daly and Karen Lieberman-Daly P’03 Peter De Masi DesignLab Architects Mark Director and Shari Director Alice Dodds ’42 *20 Fred Drake and Paula Drake Wendelyn Duquette and Don Duquette P’12 Eaton Vance Management Christopher Eklund Flooring Designs, Inc. Carolyn Fleming Fruci ’81 Nicole Gakidis ’81 10 Garden City Landscape Olive Milne Glaser ’47 *20 Kathryn Orbeton Greenberg ’65 Justine Hand ’88 T and Chad Updyke *20 Kristin Harkness and Dawn Harkness P’09 Helen Burghardt Hayashi ’90 Mingde Hong and Kun Yan P’11 Amos Hostetter and Barbara Hostetter
Katherine Hutter ’00 Cynthia Rolfe Jones ’50 20 Martha Legg Katz ’48 10 Gordon Kingsley and Mary Ford Kingsley Judith Spicer Knutson ’61 10 Sabreena Kiviat Kropp ’94 * Marianne Durham Lakatos ’37 * Sandra Stone Linker ’53 20 Melissa Lucas and W. Boutie Lucas Marcia Hunter Matthews ’63 20 Huston McCollough and Joan McCollough P’97/’02 John McGlone and Celeste McGlone P’13 Franklin Mead and Penelope Bragonier 20 Lyle Micheli and Anne Micheli Robert Miklos Nancy Nevius Milczanowski ’53 20 Kristin Mumford Carrie Nedrow ’84 Arthur Nelson *20 Sara Newkirk ’95 Janet Carol Norton ’88 Yea In Park ’14 Joanne Holbrook Patton P’80 20 Charles Rappaport and Penny Hall P’96 Mary Bartlett Reynolds ’48 * DeAnne Rosenberg ’57 *10 Margaret Sarkela and John Curtis P’04 10 Emily Weissman Schindler ’89 Richard Shapiro P’13 Laura Shucart and William Shucart Bruce Smith and Kate Malin P’16 Patricia Delaney Snider and William Snider 10 Charles Stolper and Christina Stolper P’09 Rosamund Stone The Baupost Group, LLC UG2 LLC Consecutive Donor for 30+ years Consecutive Donor for 20–29 years 10 Donor for 10–19 years * Member of the Ellison Circle T Trustee D Deceased 30 20
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Kristine Keefe Van Amsterdam and John Van Amsterdam James Vernon Richard Walsh and Jeanette Walsh P’06 10 Kathleen Wells and Donald Wells P’87/’90 Wells Fargo Bank Linda Roberts Williams ’70 Mary Mitchell Williams ’42 * Royce Wolfe and Donna Harris P’12 Peter Wright Julie Nevius Young ’56 Benjamin Zander
$500–$999 Jill Springer Andrews ’86 Joseph Bonis and Betty Ann Bonis P’11 Melissa Cassel 10 Chih-Tang Chang and Jee-Min Hu P’08 Matan Chorev ’01 T and Claire Putzeys Citizens Charitable Foundation Barton Clark and Sharon Clark P’83 Crowne Plaza Hotel Jessica Delbridge De Kler ’00 Kristine Dillon and John Curry P’07 Kathleen Emrich and Robert Sherwood Andrew Faulkner Julie Faulstich 10 Bruce Figueroa T and Elizabeth Figueroa Margaret Finch ’63 * Jennifer Fink ’84 Mary Forsberg ’69 20 Virginia Turner Friberg ’62 30 Constance Fulenwider and Michael Fulenwider Anne Havens Fuller ’49 20 Margaret Funkhouser and Jason Stumpf Louisa Hammond Garrison ’67 *20 Gail Kleven Gelb ’65 Jane Gilday ’64 * Elizabeth Haartz ’75 Randall Hansis and Roma Hansis P’00 Harriet Lipton Harris ’54 Carol Hauptfuhrer ’65 * Babette Henagan and Bill Henagan Ronald Herath P’12 Hess & Helyn Kline Foundation 10 Lisa Leinbach Huertas ’76 10 Oakes Hunnewell T Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Alice French Jacobs and Jeremy Jacobs Jennifer Jewiss ’84 *
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Chuck Joseph and Kathy Joseph Kimball Farms Ariadne Kimberly-Huque ’86 Martha Berger Kleinman and Ronald Kleinman *20 Lisa Love P’10 Matthew Construction Company, Inc. Jordan McCullough ’94 10 Michael McGovern ’99 Susan Scott McInnis ’56 10 Louis Meeks and Berneda Meeks MS Painting Joel Nelson and Joyce Nelson P’94 20 Susan Rothschild Peirson ’55 * Conrad Radcliffe and Amanda Radcliffe Susan Ratnoff and Lynda Beck T 10 Linda Reineman Rockport Music Sarah Tracy Russell ’56 20 RV Leonard Shaun Santello Sarnie Electrical Contracting Ruth Stoller Scheer ’57 * Nancy Stone Shilts ’59 Ellen Simon P’13 Carolyn Kinsey Singers ’42 *30 Sodexo Samantha Lipsitz Stanlaske ’94 Michael Thonis and Susan Thonis P’12 Frank Tietje and Margaret Tietje Tilly & Salvy’s Bacon Street Farm, Inc. Washington Women’s Foundation 10 David Whitney and Roberta Whitney P’10 Kenneth Zaslav and Erica Mindes P’12
$100–$499 Carrie Hubbard Adams ’47 30 Susan Little Adamson ’46 *20 Alchemy Foundation Leila Alhamoodah ’08 Elizabeth Amsbary Raymonde Arseneau James Atwood and Kristen Atwood Jennie Lee Colosi Balboni ’73 Isabel Curtis Baldridge ’68 Ellen Brooks Baldwin ’54 *20 Jocelyn Scheffel Ballantine ’89 Natalie Bigelow Barlow P’65/’66 Nancy Ober Batchelder ’51 Jeffrey Becker and Barbara Becker Kristin Eaton Bell ’89 Elizabeth Bellino P’11 Benedict-Miller Foundation
Deborah Benjamin John Benker and Deborah Benker P’12 Evan Bennett and Su Lian Tan Lois Rozefsky Berg ’54 10 Eve Berman 10 Betsy Blazar Sarah Dewey Blouch ’60 30 Steve Bonifede and Rhonda Bonifede P’02 Constance Judkins Bowman ’40 *20 Margaret McNeil Boyer ’54 *20 Marc Brierre and Arlyn Brierre P’12 David Brooks and Diane Brooks P’99 10 Whitman Brown Mike Bucco Joe Cabral Laura Cahners-Ford ’66 10 Nancy Wiggin Cameron ’50 Anne Winslow Carlson ’65 Susanne Charbonneau Carpenter James Carragher and Dana Dee Carragher P’96 10 Ann Winans Carson ’49 10 Jane Carver and Steven Carver Mary Turner Cattan ’60 20 Jennifer Caudle ’95 T Ward Chapman and Judith Fullerton P’03 Sarah Chasin ’04 F. Sargent Cheever Elizabeth Ellis Cherry ’52 Fonghsiang Cho and Xiaoliang Chiu Elisabeth Christensen EuRim Chun Mark Churchill Marlene Cipriano and Edward Cipriano Alison Clapp ’68 Priscilla Clapp ’59 Caroline Brawner Clifford ’80 Martha McCully Cobbs ’47 Anne Gagnebin Coffin ’57 30 Carol Cronk Cole ’50 *20 Joseph Comito and Margaret Ann Comito P’93 10 Frances Fuller Connelly ’39 and William Connelly P’66/’70* Judith Perry Connolly ’54 20 Lucy Lee Coombs ’42 20 Prudence Costa ’58 Rory Coughlan Corey Cowper ’84 Jay Crawford-Kelly and Diane Crawford-Kelly 10 Martha Flynn Cunningham ’63 Patrick Curry ’07 Sue Ellen Taylor Damour ’60 Maria D’Angelantonio Wayne Davies and Elizabeth Davies P’12 Ann Gouger Davis ’57 * Alexandra De Collibus ’93
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Gary Herbst and Alice Elliot P’09 Jason Hersom Janet Cook Hicks ’62 William Higgins Helen Platt Higgs ’53 20 Miriam Elder Hilton ’42 Susan Roberts Hines ’64 Gerald Holling and Betty Holling P’83 Laura Barnes Hollon ’64 Isabel Holmes Belinda Horton ’89 Randall Hummer and Jane Hummer P’01 H. Hollis Hunnewell and Edie Hunnewell Anne Clarke Hunt ’68 Allison Perry Iantosca ’90 T and Philip Iantosca 20 Benny Ibarra De Llano ’89 Sheldon Jacobson and Harriet Jacobson Jennifer James Ann Brawner Jeffries ’52 Vanessa Johnson ’97 Joseph Keefe and Barbara Keefe Thomas Keenan Richard Kittredge and Tatiana Korelsky P’05 10 Rebecca Tannebring Kling ’51 10 Margaret Eaton Koerner ’42 Jillian Kohl and Bryan Kohl Maureen Kohl Anthony Komlyn and Mallen Komlyn P’88 10 Catherine van de Velde Lambe ’68 Keats Johnson Landis ’70 Eve Larner ’86 * Dawnette LaRose and John LaRose Janet Murphy Leavitt ’62 10 Elise Legere ’74 Sara Backes Leighton ’48 Cordelia Seeley Lenz ’45 20 Laurence Lesser and Masuko Ushioda Elaine Johnson Levine ’61 Michele Levy J. Reilly Lewis and Beth Lewis P’96 Katie Li and Xiaojian Li P’13 Virginia Rouse Lippetz ’63 10 Judith Blustein Liss ’64 10 Kathy Liu and Jonathan Zalesky 10 Susan Livingston ’56 30 Marjorie Loeb and Michael Loeb Nancy Wyeth Long ’62 Judith Hedstrom Loomis ’55 10 Alberto Lopez ’92 Gonzalo Lopez and Judy Cascales P’92 Cynthia Lord ’66 10 Lissa Loucks ’84 Laura Love ’10 Fall 2014 & Winter 2015
Joan Deveney Lovejoy ’64 Sarah Hoenig Lovely and Greg Lovely LUBO Fund, Inc. Mary MacCready ’67 10 George Malin and Nancy Malin Pamela Fineman Maltz ’63 Donna Gagliardi Marinofsky ’57 Amelia Marks ’66 *10 Meghan Hoover Maughan ’97 Diane McCullough and Richard McCullough P’94 10 Jeannie McIntyre and Sandy McIntyre Sally Burch McLagan ’49 30 Florence Metcalf and Lee Carmichael MFS Matching Gift Program Sarah Cross Mills ’62 *20 Alice Burr Mobley ’63 Margaret Cowan Moller ’40 *10 Susan Evans Moncrieff and Thomas Moncrieff Mary Silton Moran ’65 Cherry Talbott Morjikian ’56 Douglass Morse and Elizabeth Morse P’89 Barbara Holden Moulton ’49 20 Jane Moffat Mueller ’48 Mary Barlow Mueller ’65 10 Deborah Murray ’76 Katie Myer and Mike Myer Anne Siedenburg Noser ’53 Susan Earl Novelli ’65 Siobhan O’Neill ’84 Lilia Ortega Heilbron Michael Owen and Roberta Benson 10 Christina Pastan Nancy Pawle ’47 10 Jorge Pérez de Acha ’11 Stephanie Bonnell Perrin and Jessie Shefrin * Finley Perry and Patricia Perry P’90 30 Carol Alger Peschel ’62 Deborah Lawton Petruccy ’63 Mary Jo Phillips Kim Pike and Brian McCormick P’12 Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz ’66 *10 Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate Doreen Quintiliani David Ramsey and Jean Ramsey P’99 Jonathan Rappaport Patricia Blanchar Redstone ’58 Heather Reid and Ron Reid Lori Renn Parker and Marsten Parker P’06 10 Jean Rowley Robertson ’83 Ruth Rose Robins ’49 Suzanne Hiss Roos ’51 20 Cheryl Finkelstein Rosenberg ’70 Arlene Saxe Rothschild ’51 20 Luke Rothschild ’89
Ruth Rothseid ’70 20 Julie Rubinger ’05 Richard Rubinger and Noriko Rubinger P’05 10 Elizabeth Ruff Laura Rutherford and John Sisson Donna Sacco ’78 Joseph Salmon and Cynthia Salmon P’05 Mary Hyman Samuels ’36 Sylvia Burleigh Sanchez ’46 *10 Eleonore Phillips Sanderson ’52 *20 Anne Fairbanks Sayers ’60 20 Jo Anne Jolicoeur Schiller ’56 10 Tony Schwartz and Claudia Schwartz Ann Schwarz and Thomas Schwarz P’81 * Angela Serig and Daniel Serig Sara Sessions ’87 Nancy Patterson Sharp ’44 10 Laura Shedenhelm P’09 Alan Siegel and Judith Siegel P’02 Sally Butler Signore ’67 20 Doina Simovici and Dan Simovici Angela Cox Smith ’79 Barbara Faden Smithson ’64 Mary Ellen Murphy Stahlman ’80 Charles Stampler P’64 10 Ellen Van Alstyne Starratt ’55 20 Constance Stebbins and Richard Stebbins P’09 Heather Stebbins ’09 Pamela Garland Stebbins ’59 Jonathan Steele Carolyn Suffern ’62 Target Corporation 10 Charles Tauber ’90 Hope Fitzgerald Taylor ’60 Marianna Bate Taylor ’44 * R. Nathan Taylor and Sally Taylor P’11 Elizabeth Taylor-Huey ’62 William Tessmer Laura Thielke Robert Thiltgen and Louise Thiltgen P’87 20 Patty Thom Carol Skillin Thwaits ’54 and John Thwaits P’76 20 Suzanne Tisne ’61 Richard Trant Nancy Connelly Truesdell ’66 10 Carol Trust ’61 30 Jennifer TumSuden Hillery Barker Tura ’68 Susan Senecal Turner ’63 Ruth Van Doren and Harold Van Doren P’86 * Leah Poole Vartanian ’65 Patricia Smith-Petersen Ventry ’64 20 Deborah Viles ’63 Anthony Vizy ’87 Louisa Hunnewell von Clemm
Carolyn Waters P’87 Jane Hahn Watkins ’88 * Barrett Weed ’07 Janet Weinstein P’03 Murray Wheeler Hilary Fearon White ’62 Joan Gagnebin Wicks ’59 Jane White Wilcox ’49 Benjamin Williams 20 Marilyn Falk Wolpert ’57 *20 Paige Yates Kristin Yensen ’76 Jonathan Young and Susan Young P’01 Edward Zaritt and Shoshanah Zaritt P’96 10 Nancy Zwieback ’82 10
$99 and under Nadine Abigaña Korbi Adams ’04 Nancy Beetham Aiello ’53 Kori Alston ’14 Mariam Altynbaeva ’14 Burleigh Anderson and Joan Anderson P’86 Aloysius Ang ’14 Edouardo Armendia ’89 Alexa Aron ’10 Diane Arvanites P’05 Juliet Morse Aucreman ’89 Amanda Bertone Avalos ’05 Naomi Bailis Brandon Ball ’14 Virginia Barry Courtney Hand Bassett Julia Baylis ’14 Emily Wells Bechtold ’40 Sue Beebee and Joe Gagne 20 Leo Belanger Rose-Antoinette Bellino ’11 Mary Bens P’79 Shayna Bentkover ’04 Lisa Bianco ’84 Kim Bonasera Bickford ’76 10 Elisabeth Brawner Bingham ’47 Holloway Bird ’14 Lauren Bisio ’01 John Bissell and Melissa Bissell P’13 Jean Gyger Black ’48 20 Danielle Bolduc-Degrazia ’80 Carol Booth ’63 Maria Braga Kate Braland ’06 Mayflower Day Brandt ’46 Susan Brauner ’62 Elizabeth Ahr Bright ’63 Consecutive Donor for 30+ years Consecutive Donor for 20–29 years 10 Donor for 10–19 years * Member of the Ellison Circle T Trustee D Deceased 30 20
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Anita Ruiz Brittingham ’84 Hannah Brotherton Elisabeth Brown ’14 Barbara Schulz Brown Watts ’46 10 Paula Jacobson Bryman ’83 Brenda Buhler ’80 30 Nicole Burke ’14 Anne Buschenfeldt 20 Ian Buttermore Carolina Caban ’13 Jennifer Guzman Cafarella ’94 Sam Calow ’14 Elizabeth Main Cannon ’45 *20 Versee Carter ’97 Catherine Chaffee Ka Man Chang ’14 Szu-Ting Chen ’14 Elise Chessman ’14 You Hyun Cho ’14 Lauren Chuang ’14 Breanne Starke Clarke ’04 and Russell Clarke Priscilla Coffin ’62 Brooke Lieberman Collins ’01 Judith Neely Coltman ’75 Liberty Bradford Conboy ’88 Maura Conry Stephanie Williams Convey ’57 Christie Coon ’60 * Amanda Correa Sarah Lord Corson ’59 20 Leah Keever Cotton ’43 Meredith Crawford ’05 Martha-Ann Robinson Crevier ’65 Nicole Gallant Criss ’92 * Constance Cross ’59 *20 Veronica Cuccurullo ’89 Kay Brown Cunningham ’46 20 Hope Yeager Cushman ’53 Angela Dai ’14 Karen Daniels ’66 Martha Nagle Dare ’56 Antonia DaSilva ’14 Kelli Davies ’14 Mary Jane Kase Davis ’55 Sandra Hall Davis ’60 Margaret Day ’02 Alyce Delbridge ’05 Evangeline Delgado ’11 Karen Demasco and Patrick Demasco P’13 John DeMusis and Mary DeMusis P’88 Andrea Denny-Brown ’87 Mary Lane Donoghue ’58 Scott Doughty and Wylie Doughty P’87 Kacie Dragan ’10 Drake Driscoll ’14 Consecutive Donor for 30+ years Consecutive Donor for 20–29 years 10 Donor for 10–19 years * Member of the Ellison Circle T Trustee D Deceased 30 20
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Agatha Poor Drummond ’65 Liam Duggan John Dwyer ’15 Mary Dye Dye/Dunham ’51 30 Trevor Efinger ’05 Fiora Elbers-Tibbitts ’14 Kirsten Patches Ellis ’88 Robert Emerson and Jeanette Emerson P’13 Catherine Epstein ’03 Constance Crehore Ezer ’50 *10 Dana Farnan P’11 Kori Feener Kelly Wells Feeney *10 Susan Enders Feldheim ’56 Susan Wells Ferrante ’63 Richard Ferrari Gabrielle Fleck ’11 Jim Fleming Olivia Flowers ’17 Megan Flynn ’14 Linda Foster ’58 Sarah Pieksen Foster ’75 Catherine Layne Frank ’60 Janis Franklin and Jonathan Hufstader Ty Freedman ’03 Jane Guyer Fujita ’99 John Funkhouser Anna Weaver Gabbett ’45 Leonardo Galletto ’14 Niall-Conor Garcia ’06 Allen Garcia Southern ’14 Mary Heinrichs Garner ’46 20 Marjorie Coon Gauley ’63 Miranda Gelch ’13 Natalie Sperduti Gentile ’02 Daphne Gerling ’95 Catherine Giarrusso ’99 Christine Gill ’07 Joan Girgus and Alan Chimacoff 20 Kathy Glista and Robert Glista P’09 Amber Gode Joan Goldthwait ’62 Mario Gonzalez ’11 Mario Gonzalez and Lisa Weber-Gonzalez P’11 Angela Gooch Amanda Grazioli Ann Livingston Gregg ’55 30 Jennifer Grossman ’01 Denise Lewis Grothman and Mark Grothman Michael Guilfoil Ashley Ingram Gunning Joan Mayer Haber ’37 Sofia Haines ’14 Elizabeth Doonan Hampton ’70 Greg Hampton John Haney and Elizabeth Haney P’90 Carrie Hanover Adrienne Watkinson Harmon ’03 Freddie Hart P’92 *
Sarah Watson Healy ’63 20 Logan Hedgepath ’14 Briga Heelan ’05 Andrea Herrick ’87 Ping Wei Ho ’14 Janet Holly ’56 * Nicholas Hooks ’14 Yuki Hori ’14 Yiou Huang ’14 Yu-Tang Huang ’14 Stephen Hughes Susan Wickenden Hunter ’65 10 Daria Ilina ’14 Theodora Hughes Jackson ’61 20 Arnold Jacobson P’84 Sophia Jakobson ’16 Nancy Bere Janus ’55 Margit Johansson ’57 Elizabeth Pool Johnson ’56 30 Paul Kahane and Starr Taylor P’09 Elissa Katz and Henry Katz Karen Katz Laurence Katz ’04 Susan Wenman Kavalew ’84 Erica Wareham Keller ’04 Kristin Kelly ’06 Sam Kennedy Marily McCoid Kerney and John Kerney Emily Kessler ’14 Bernard Khalil ’14 Changyoung Kim ’14 Il Ha Kim ’14 Juree Kim ’14 Seung Joo Kim ’14 Michael Kishinevsky and Bracha Kishinevsky P’01/’02 Lisa Kissel Judy Kiviat and Steven Kiviat P’94 Barbara Knickerbocker ’68 Mary Montgomery Koppel Kristin Koritansky ’89 Emmanuel Krasner and Patricia Frisella P’05 Maya Hancock Kraus ’01 An-An Kuo ’14 An-Chi Kuo ’14 Yi-ting Kuo ’14 Frances Bailey Lalley ’59 Maura Lamont ’89 Constance Waterman Lampert ’59 Elana Lanczi ’90 Marie Dresser Larsen ’62 Michael Lascoe and Suzanne Lascoe P’06 Nancy Cooke Latta ’57 Ann Burrage Laughlin ’70 Erinn Leahey Marzo ’97 Elizabeth Fryling Lechner ’65 Barbara Kapelson Lee ’63 Monica Lee Yoo Min Lee ’11
Craig Leon and Laura Donoso P’12 Amanda Leshowitz Lauren Lewis ’96 Noah Lewis ’14 Yage Li ’14 Katharine Ann Lieberman Daly ’03 Alexa Lieberthal ’14 Chung-ha Lim ’14 Todd Lindamood Farin Loeb ’02 Jane Logan ’14 Anne Delamater Lovaas ’50 Nicholas Love P’10 Rebecca Britten Lovingood ’57 10 Christine Luciano ’08 Jane Noble Lundy ’58 10 Beverly Smerdon Luongo ’64 10 Kristin Vinje Lyden ’83 Carol Ring Lynch ’64 Kathleen Lyons ’08 Bruce MacDougall and Margaret Hawthorn P’99/’02 Jill Mack David Macklem ’89 Caroline Maloney ’14 Christina Hill Maloney ’68 Allison Mansour Eduardo Maruri ’14 Bryce McAllister ’14 Hunter McCormick ’12 Judith Moser McCutcheon ’52 20 John McGlone ’13 William McGovern ’14 Allyson McGrath ’99 Kirsten McKinney Julia McLain Sarah McLellan ’99 Lauren Mefferd ’99 Eleanor Sager Mercer ’58 Emily Meredith ’14 Merrill Lynch Gene Meyers and Christy Meyers P’97 10 Michael Micucci David Miller and Norma Miller P’03 Emily Miller ’04 Emily Monich ’07 Bailey Moon ’11 Nancy Porter Morrill ’56 *10 Cynthia Mulder Katherine Myles Mullen ’56 Anne Murphy 20 Cynthia Watts Murphy ’81 Madison Murray ’14 Karin Jones Myers ’84 Jake Nahor ’14 Kaori Nakagome ’14 Keeler Near ’14 Amy Nelson ’07 Nils Neubert ’03 Carol Neuls-Bates ’57 Dylan Newcomb ’89 www.walnuthillarts.org
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Linda Newkirk P’95 Daphne Nichols ’05 Jane Cushman Nickerson ’53 10 Rosa Noreen ’99 Cornelia Thompson Northrop ’58 10 Wendy O’Hara-Cohen ’76 Haley Olmstead ’14 Ana Osgood ’89 Ann Ostergaard ’54 Joo Youn Park ’14 Mi Joung Park ’14 Moscelyne ParkeHarrison ’15 Mary Drexler Parker ’56 Jonathan Parks-Ramage ’02 Nancy Parsons and William Parsons Martha Corbosiero Patrick ’72 Joan Wilson Payne ’51 10 Sharyn Peavey ’90 Lois Bouthillier Perkins ’56 Merle Perkins ’81 Jordan Piantedosi ’06 Emily Place ’14 Carolyn Brastow Pledger ’51 20 Shayna Plotnik ’14 Joan Potter ’49 20 Brooke Powers ’90 Carolyn Mock Pruyne ’53 Stacey Coffin Rahm ’84 Andrew Ramsey ’14 Meg Ramsey Madeleine Rassaby ’14 Jennifer Raymond ’89 Jonathan Richter Claire Rindenello and Bernd Janssen P’07 Maria Rindenello-Parker ’07 Phyllis Tater Ritvo ’54 Ashley Robillard ’13 Gabriella Rocha ’14 Louise Romanow ’68 Susan Haynes Roos ’77 Colin Roshak ’14 Laura Rossi Garcia ’05 Leah Rothschild ’03 Thomas Rudd and Joan Rudd P’09 Jennifer Salamone Amy Salas and Ralph Salas P’12 Daniel Salas ’12 Rosemary Salvucci ’10 Gabrielle Samels ’14 Ann Samuels P’88 20 Carl Saslow and Joan Saslow P’01 10 Ryan Saucier Jessie Schell and David Schell P’98 Ruth Milne Schifani ’66 Adam Schnell ’99 Hannah Schott ’14 Barbara Schade Schwallie ’54 20 Richard Schwartz Charles Sciascia ’14
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Simone Senibaldi ’14 Sarah Shechtman ’05 Ninger Shen ’14 Gina Shiotani ’00 Elizabeth Reinke Siegel ’55 10 Rosie Silverstein ’14 Bosbapan Sisombat ’15 Bertine Willis Slosberg ’62 10 Caleb Smith ’16 Helen Bryan Smith ’49 Laure Smith Walker Smith ’16 You Joung Sohn ’14 Nancy Gilday Spark ’68 Nancy Scranton Sporborg ’72 JoEllen Staub and David Staub P’13 Joan Corcoran Steiger ’56 Melanie Stern ’71 Charmian Stewart ’89 Nancy Littlefield Stine ’51 and Frederick Stine P’78 Carolyn Rolfe Stopford ’62 Susan Fish Strayer ’69 Angela Stucchi Avery Stump ’14 Jason Stumpf and Margaret Funkhouser Amelia Sturt-Dilley ’11 Nobuo Suganuma ’14 Julia Howe Sullivan ’03 Elizabeth Bundy Taft ’53 Susan Webster Talbott ’57 Sam Talmadge ’14 George Teng ’14 Joan Blustein Tepper ’64 Joan McMaster Terry ’64 Lucy Terzis Dorcas Thete ’14 Benjamin Travers ’14 Alayne Tresch and Richard Tresch 20 Nicholas Tuozzolo Susan Woodward Twing ’63 Mattijs van Maaren ’14 McKenzie Van Oss ’14 Kathleen Jewiss Vander Eyk P’84 Dana Vanderburgh ’13 Jaime Vanderburgh ’14 Ashley VanEgeren ’00 Jaclyn Matayoshi Vary ’02 Susanna Vennerbeck ’83 Teal Vickery ’14 Gretchen Hug Vienna ’58 Sarah Vollmann ’88 Qianshan Wan ’14 Katherine Ward ’14 Elyse Wasserman Tiffany Watson ’00 Jennifer Wells ’87 * Sloane Wesloh ’14 Mary Munroe West ’51 10 Thomas Whiteside and Bonnie Whiteside Lorna Whittemore ’89
Summary of Income and Expenses As a nonprofit institution, Walnut Hill manages its finances with the goal of achieving a balanced and responsible budget that enables us to maximize our resources for our strategic priorities.
Income
Expenses
Income Tuition & Fees Other Income Current Use Gifts Interest & Dividends Endowment Draw Restricted Gifts
80% 10% 5% 2% 2% 1%
$14,472,906 $1,824,269 $1,024,914 $344,558 $320,036 $165,363
Total Income
$18,152,046
Expenses Educational Expenses 32% $6,136,315 Administrative Expenses 22% $4,217,816 Financial Aid 18% $3,316,160 Facilities 14% $2,615,739 Debt Service & Fees 7% $1,283,936 Other Income Expenses 7% $1,259,847 Total Expenses $18,829,813
Dorothy Ritter Widergren ’46 20 Randall Wilkening and Greta Wilkening P’12 Katherine Wilkins ’12 Anne Craig Wilson and John Wilson Mara Wilson ’14 Nancy McClelland Wilson ’50 Taylor Wolfe ’12 Hannah Wood ’14 Katherine Wood ’14 Craig Woodard and Martha Woodard P’12 Jim Woodside and Holly Worthington P’05
Ruby Woodside ’05 Ciara Wright ’14 Siqi Xu ’14 Suzanne McCabe Yamarone ’75 20 Janet Elder Yeutter ’62 Megan Yip ’14 Taeyoung Youn ’14 Sunil Yu ’14 Hyunjeong Yun Diane Zelickman ’03 Qiao Zhang ’14 Shengliang Zhang ’14 Yiqiao Zhou ’14
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IN HONOR OF Gifts were made in honor of the following individuals and groups. In honor of Tess Bissell ’13 John and Melissa Bissell P’13 In honor of Russell Bonifede ’02 Steve and Rhonda Bonifede P’02 In honor of Biance Carragher Bryan ’96 James and Dana Dee Carragher P’96 In honor of Samantha Chiu and Melinda Chiu Fonghsiang Cho In honor of Patrick Dillon Curry ’07 Kristine Dillon and John Curry P’07 In honor of John Curtis ’04 Margaret Sarkela P’04 and John Curtis In honor of Sandra and Kevin Delbridge P’00/’05 Maria D’Angelantonio Jessica Delbridge De Kler ’00 Elissa Katz Dawnette LaRose In honor of Nikki Florimbi ’13 Ellen Simon P’13 In honor of Nancy Fraser Nicole Gakidis ’81 In honor of Sally French ’49 and Holger Nissen Alice Jacobs In honor of Van Hansis ’00 Randall and Roma Hansis P’00 In honor of Helen Hegenaur Pamela Kukla ’63 In honor of Marcela Heilbron ’09 Lilia Ortega Heilbron In honor of Kate Hutter ’00 Adam Schnell ’99 In honor of Kyra Kissel Lisa Kissel In honor of Laura Love ’10 Lisa Love P’10 Nicholas Love P’10 In honor of Jan MacBeth Courtney Greene ’94
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In honor of Jenny and Tony McAuliffe P’15 Kenneth Bartels and Jane Condon Danielle Dyer In honor of Morgan Palmer Gordon Kingsley In honor of Janet Pattillo Martha Kleinman In honor of Helen Patton ’80 Joanne Patton P’80 In honor of Jordan Piantedosi ’06 James and Giselle Piantedosi P’06 In honor of David Requiro ’03 Janet Weinstein P’03 In honor of Ed and Mary Ann Reynolds Ellen Reynolds P’16 and Raymond Launer In honor of Dr. and Mrs. Albert Rothseid ’70 Ruth Rothseid ’70 In honor of Victoria Stolper ’09 Charles and Christina Stolper P’09 In honor of Patty Thom Helen Burghardt Hayashi ’90 In honor of Meg Fallon Wheeler ’62 Sarah Cross Mills ’62 In honor of Anya Wilkening ’12 Randall and Greta Wilkening P’12 In honor of Richard Winslow P’65/’68 and Edward Carlson Anne Winslow Carlson ’65 In honor of Benjamin Zander Elizabeth Christensen In honor of Alex Zaslav ’12 Kenneth Zaslav and Erica Mindes P’12 In honor of Class of 1950 Nancy Wiggin Cameron ’50 In honor of Class of 1957 Ruth Stoller Scheer ’57 In honor of Class of 1994 Courtney Greene ’94 Diane McCullough P’94 Samantha Lipsitz Stanlaske ’94
In honor of Class of 1999 Sarah McLellan ’99 In honor of Class of 2012 Hunter McCormick ’12 In honor of Class of 2013 JJ McGlone ’13 In honor of Class of 2014 Rachel Diamond-Calow and Jeff Calow P’14 In honor of Walnut Hill Faculty and Staff Gulzhan Altynbaeva P’14 Nora Ambrosio and David Skeele P’15 Alexa Aron ’10 Eve Berman Carrie and Stephen Berube P’16 Betsy Blazar Deanna and James Bodenstedt P’16 Gerard and Maryann Burdi P’15 Jane and Steven Carver John Coakley and Teresa Triana P’16 Carol Davies P’14 Kristine Dillon and John Curry P’07 Julianne and Tim Dwyer P’15 Cheryl Ferrari P’15 Leonardo and Cynthia Galletto P’14 William and Hilary Gibson P’16 Jeffrey Gilmore and Mindy Grodofsky-Gilmore P’15 Amanda and Bob Howe P’17 Joseph and Wendy Kahn P’16 Betsy and Andrew Kessler P’14 Maureen Kohl Michael and Abby Legaspi P’15 Jill Mack Neal and Marilee Mackertich P’16 Joseph Maloney P’14 Lisa and Alex Mastorakos P’17 Kim Pike and Brian McCormick P’12 Mark and Elizabeth McGovern P’14 Anya McGuirk P’14 Sarah Mills ’62 Elizabeth and William Near P’14 Carol and Tim Olmstead P’14 Lori and David Place P’14/’17
Lincoln and Nancy Purdy P’16 Kishore Ramachandran and Vrinda Ashoka P’16 Rosemary Salvucci ’10 Maria and Mark Shepherd P’15 Bruce Smith and Katherine Malin P’16 Peter Stastny and Iona Aibel P’15 Felisa Tibbitts P’14 Kristine Van Amsterdam Dana Vanderburgh ’13 Kyle and Kristen Wesloh P’14 Philip and Donna Wilson P’14 David and Hyun Yeo P’16
Current Students In honor of Walnut Hill Students Kristin Eaton Bell ’89 Amanda Grazioli In honor of Kori Alston ’14 Joseph and Heather Alston P’14 In honor of Claire Banse ’16 Sarah Banse P’16 In honor of Maria Baquerizo ’15 Rodolfo Baquerizo P’15 In honor of Alexandra Berube ’16 Carrie and Stephen Berube P’16 In honor of Elise Chessman ’14 Clayton and Margaret Chessman P’14 In honor of Hannah Cyr ’17 Steven Cyr and Shannon Martin-Cyr P’17 In honor of Kelli Davies ’14 Carol Davies P’14 In honor of Teddy Edgar ’16 Theodore Edgar P’16 In honor of Odessa Ernst ’17 Matthew Ernst P’17 In honor of Hana Gottlieb ’16 Shari Gottlieb P’16 In honor of Emily Cao ’15 Hao Jin and Guoxiang Cao P’15
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In honor of Brianna Kahn ’16 Joseph and Wendy Kahn P’16 In honor of Patrick Kyle ’16 Michael and Elizabeth Kyle P’16 In honor of Noah Lewis ’14 Adam Lewis P’14 In honor of Ashlynn ’13 and Aubrianna Majewski ’17 Lawrence and Shannon Majewski P’13/’17
In honor of Bryce McAllister ’14 Mellissa McAllister P’14 In honor of Tijs van Maaren ’14 Karen McConomy P’14 In honor of Caroline Maloney ’14 Joanna Wills P’14 In honor of Mara Milner ’15 Chris and Cheri Milner P’15
In honor of Moscelyne ParkeHarrison ’15 Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison P’15
In honor of Madison Vomastek ’17 Edward and Tamara Vomastek P’17
In honor of Emily Place ’14 and Hayley Place ’17 Lori and David Place P’14/’17
In honor of Qianshan Wan ’14 Du Rong P’14
In honor of Alejandro Prado ’16 Gerardo Prado and Margaret Sanchez P’16
IN MEMORY OF The following members of the Walnut Hill community are remembered by friends and famiy through gifts to the school they loved.
In memory of Betsey Berg and Jonathan Berg Lois Berg ’54 In memory of Eric Bradbury ’89 Ralph Farris ’89 In memory of Daphne Brown ’66 Johnathan Steele In memory of Aroline Chaplin ’35 Peter Wright In memory of Sarah Emily Clark Sarah Lord Corson ’59 In memory of Michele Dionne P’14 Michael Wright P’14 In memory of Carolyn Fleming Carolyn Fleming Fruci ’81 In memory of Sarah Gordon Gayley ’93 John Haverly In memory of Tracy Gilday ’73, John Gilday P’64 Jane Gilday ’64
Fall 2014 & Winter 2015
In memory of Patricia Hall ’62 Deborah Benjamin In memory of Paula Hand ’84 Corey Cowper ’84 Jennifer Fink ’84 Lissa Loucks ’84 Siobhan O’Neill ’84 In memory of Butch Hunnewell Berneda Meeks In memory of Margo Huntsman Janet Leavitt ’62 Carol Alger Peschel ’62 Bertine Willis Slosberg ’62 Carolyn Suffern ’62 Hilary Fearon White ’62 In memory of Suzanne Jolicoeur Katsikas ’59 Jo Ann Jolicoeur Schiller ’56 In memory of Sam Kurkjian Sue Beebee and Joe Gagne Melissa Cassel Laura Rossi Garcia ’05 Christine Luciano ’08 Allyson McGrath ’99 Bailey Moon ’11 Deborah Murray ’76
Leah Rothschild ’03 Julie Rubinger ’05 Adam Schnell ’99 Amelia Sturt-Dilley ’11 In memory of Ann Lacy ’49 Joan Potter ’49 Helen Bryan Smith ’49 In memory of Jared Nathan ’04 Naomi Bailis Shayna Bentkover ’04 Jane and Steve Carver Sarah Chasin ’04 Breanne Starke Clarke ’04 and Russell Clarke Julia Howe Sullivan ’03 Elyse Wasserman In memory of Mary "Buff" Paine P’65 William Higgins Florence Metcalf In memory of Kathi Moss Quinn Barrett Weed ’07 In memory of Joanna Rappaport ’96 Damien Carter ’97
In memory of Joanna Rappaport ’96, Amanda Burr ’98, Chandler Braley ’01 Jane and Steve Carver In memory of Delores M. Sayles Sayles and Maddocks Family Foundation In memory of Cordelia Morris Seeley 1911 Cordelia Seeley Lenz ’45 In memory of Barbara Hill Style ’43 Leah Keever Cotton ’43 In memory of Margo Sweet ’63 Martha Cunningham ’63 In memory of Marie Emmott Tessmer ’44 William Tessmer In memory of Wendy Wheeler Charlotte Hall ’50 Stephanie Perrin
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Parents contributed $606,911 in 2013–2014. Thank you for your generosity!
Parent Donors 2013–2014 Thank You for Your Continued Investment Parents make a significant investment in Walnut Hill every day. We are most grateful to the following families for their support and charitable commitments last fiscal year.* Suk Joon Ahn and Yun Jung Lee P’17 Joseph Alston and Heather Alston P’14 Gulzhan Altynbaeva P’14 Nora Ambrosio and David Skeele P’15 Keefe Bangert and Candice Bangert P’17 John Banse P’16 Sarah Banse P’16 Rodolfo Baquerizo and Priscilla Trinchet P’15 Tony Beadle and Eleanor Rogers P’15 Matthew Benz and Nancy Kelly P’17 Carrie Berube and Stephen Berube P’16 Thaddeus Bird and Sondra Bird P’14 Susan Blaisdell P’16 Deanna Bodenstedt and James Bodenstedt P’16 Joanne Brown and James Brown P’14 Jeff Bruce and Aura Bruce P’16 Gerard Burdi and Maryann Burdi P’15 Guoxiang Cao and Hao Jin P’15 Bing Chen and Jingfeng Li P’17 Clayton Chessman and Margaret Chessman P’14 Thomas Chong and June Chong P’15 Sangyun Choung and Hyun Joo Park P’17 Giovanni Cimino and Kristine Cimino P’15 John Coakley and Teresa Triana P’16 Bruce Cook and Karla Cook P’15 John DaSilva and Sharon DaSilva P’14 Carol Davies P’14 Wilfrid Decossard and Alice Decossard P’17 Rachel Diamond-Calow and Jeff Calow P’14 Laura Decocker P’16 Julianne Dwyer and Tim Dwyer P’15 Theodore Edgar P’16 Doreen Edgar and Kathryn Curry P’16 Scott Ellis and Donna Swift P’16 Matthew Ernst P’17 Sonya Ernst P’17 Cheryl Ferrari P’15 David Flahive and Catherine Stramer P’15 Jeffry Flowers and Laurie Flowers P’17 Alan Freedman and Jennifer Freedman P’15 Jason Freeman and Ann Freeman P’16 Leonardo Galletto and Cynthia Galletto P’14 William Gibson and Hilary Gibson P’16 Jeffrey Gilmore and Mindy Grodofsky-Gilmore P’15 Mark Goldfarb and Diane Genninger P’16 Mary Gordon and Steve Gordon P’15 Shari Gottlieb P’16 Lester Grinnings and Jennifer Grinnings P’16 Julia Hale and Alan Hale P’16 Tim Hansen and Jonathan Zand P’17 Shintaro Hori and Setsuko Hori P’14 Amanda Howe and Bob Howe P’17
Patrik Jakobson and Tracy Jakobson P’16 Sven Jensen and Carol Schumacher P’15 Jacqueline Joyner and William Joyner P’15 Joseph Kahn and Wendy Kahn P’16 Dong Woo Kang and Hye Kyung Baek P’16 Karen Katz and Chris Mears P’16 Betsy Kessler and Andrew Kessler P’14 Daehum Kim and Hyun Joo Kim P’14 Eunyung Kim and Soonsung Park P’16 Sin Jo Kim and Se Kyung Lee P’14 Sungil Kim and Sehee Park P’14 Eun Jeong Koo and Gyu Seok Oh P’17 Oseong Kweon and Eunsun Kang P’16 Michael Kyle and Elizabeth Kyle P’16 Ho Jin Lee and Soonyoung Lee P’16 Myoung-goo Lee and Haekyung Kang P’17 Michael Legaspi and Abby Legaspi P’15 Adam Lewis P’14 Chae-Sung Lim and Soo-Jung Lee P’14 Douglas Logan and Melissa Logan P’14 Sheng Luo and Gue Hui P’17 Yingjie Ma and Xin Chen P’17 Jerome Maas and Margaret Maas P’16 Neal Mackertich and Marilee Mackertich P’16 Lawrence Majewski and Shannon Majewski P’13/’17 Joseph Maloney P’14 Shannon Martin-Cyr and Steven Cyr P’17 Lisa Mastorakos and Alex Mastorakos P’17 Mishelle Maul and Joe Maul P’17 Melissa McAllister P’14 Jennifer Toolin McAuliffe and Edward McAuliffe P’15 Karen McConomy and Jan Paul van Maaren P’14 Mark McGovern and Elizabeth McGovern P’14 Anya McGuirk P’14 Mark Meredith and Stacey Meredith P’14 Frederick Meyer and Abbie Meyer P’15 Chris Milner and Cheri Milner P’15 Joel Moerschel P’97/’16 Jeffrey Montgomery P’17 Stacy Moseley and Joe Scherer P’15 Peter Munstedt and Anne Munstedt P’15 Gretchen and George Murnane P’15 Orna Nahor and David Nahor P’14 Elizabeth Near and William Near P’14 John Norris and Mary Norris P’15 Ellen O’Connor and Michael Haire P’14 Carol Olmstead and Tim Olmstead P’14 Randel Osborne and Molly Osborne P’17 Caroline Pallat and John Pallat P’17 Amy Palmer and Andy Palmer P’17
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50% of families made a gift last year—a nearly 10% increase over FY13! Joung In Park and Young Sil Jeong P’14 Robert ParkeHarrison and Shana ParkeHarrison P’15 Mark Paul and Tammy Paul P’17 Lori Place and David Place P’14/’17 Karina Plaza and Marcos Espinel P’14/’15 Robert Porter and Sarah Porter P’16 Gerardo Prado and Margaret Sanchez P’16 Lincoln Purdy and Nancy Purdy P’16 Geumjoo Ra P’16 Wendy Ractliffe and Hugh Ractliffe P’16 Kishore Ramachandran and Vrinda Ashoka P’16 Peter Ramsey and Isabel Phillips P’14 Ellen Reynolds and Raymond Launer P’16 Eileen Samels and James Samels P’14 Robert Scherer and Marcia Reni P’17 Jared Schott and Katherine Schott P’14 Michele Senibaldi P’14 Maria Shepherd and Mark Shepherd P’15 Jeffrey Silverstein and Ahn Silverstein P’14 Bruce Smith and Katherine Malin P’16 Peter Stastny and Iona Aibel P’15 Scot Stewart and Lisa Perrone-Stewart P’15 Sam Talmadge and Eloise Carriére P’14 Merten Thurmann and Jeongeun Lee P’16 Felisa Tibbitts P’14 Ken Tighe and Linda Tighe P’16 Gerry Tuffy and Carmel Tuffy P’15 David Van Oss and Zoe Van Oss P’14 Daryl Vanderburgh and Linda Vanderburgh P’13/’14 Abbas Vazin and Tina Vazin P’16 Craig Voelker and Marcy Voelker P’15 Kurt Volker and Karen Volker P’17 Tamara Vomastek and Edward Vomastek P’15 John Walter and Sandra Van de Kauter P’15 Songzhu Wan and Rong Du P’14 Wenbin Wang and Juan Liu P’16 Mark Ward and Kathleen Ward P’14 Kyle Wesloh and Kristen Wesloh P’14 Joanna Wills P’14 C. Andrew Wilson and Darys Estrella P’16 Philip Wilson and Donna Wilson P’14 Elaine Wong and Moji Leung P’15 Jong Bin Woo and Soon Ja Kim P’15 Michael Wright P’14 David Yeo and Hyun Yeo P’16 Joonkyu Yeo and Hyunjoo Kim P’17 Joseph Yip and May Yip P’14 Joseph Zaia and Jeanne Cahill P’16 Yongtai Zhang and Ningxin Zhang P’15 Hong Zhou and Jiangfan Li P’16
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By the Numbers Annual Highlights
Annual Fund Leadership Donors Increase by 35% LEADERSHIP GIFTS:
$687,776 $559,664
The Walnut Hill Gala at WGBH Studios raised
$550,000 including $180,000 for the Steinway Fund. $371,000 Table, ticket, and tribute gifts
$117,000 Auction total
$62,000
FY13 142 Donors
FY14 192 Donors
A 35% increase in donors at this level, a 23% increase in dollars at this level
At Walnut Hill, a Leadership gift is a contribution of $1,000 or more. Thank you to our 192 Leadership donors, who choose to make Walnut Hill a top philanthropic priority. Their generosity has expanded opportunities for our students and enabled us to
Two Transformative Gifts: Walnut Hill Receives Two $1 Million Pledges Walnut Hill received two commitments of $1 million toward capital initiatives. One is an anonymous contribution from a proud and devoted alumna of the Class of 1963. The other is a gift from Sandra and Kevin Delbridge, parents of Jessica Delbridge De Kler ’00 and Alyce Delbridge ’05. Sandra has served on the Board of Trustees since 1999 and is one of Walnut Hill’s most passionate advocates. With these catalyzing pledges, both the Delbridges and our anonymous alumna are challenging Walnut Hill to think boldly and ambitiously about the future. We are grateful beyond measure for this cornerstone support!
deliver on the promise of our mission.
Trustee Leadership Steinway Fund Since 2010, Walnut Hill has added 18 new Steinway pianos to its campus facilities. With this year’s gifts for the Steinway Fund, Walnut
A New Tradition
Hill was able to purchase three new pianos:
For the second year in a row, the senior class reached 100% in the Annual Fund. Thanks to Simone Senibaldi ’14 and Emily Kessler ’14 for leading the effort.
a Steinway B Grand for Amelia Hall, a Steinway A for the Head’s House, and an upright model 1098 for the music composition classroom. The 2014 Gala’s success would not have been possible without the superb leadership of Gala Co-Chairs Jenny Toolin McAuliffe P’15 and Anne M. Morgan.
Fall 2014 & Winter 2015
Faculty & Staff Give Back in a Big Way 91% of Walnut Hill’s faculty and staff made a gift to the Annual Fund. Their contributions totaled $14,971. This level of support is especially meaningful, as they already give so much to the Hill each day.
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PERFORMANCES
A Sampling of Our First-Semester Performances
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e’ve experienced a lively fall season of wonderful performances and look forward to many more in 2015. For a full performance review, stay tuned for our Spring/Summer 2015 issue. We hope you’ll join us for a show or event in the year to come. For more details, visit walnuthillarts.org/calendar.
Liza Voll Photography
Liza Voll Photography
ABOVE Clockwise from top left: Chamber Music Concert, New Ink, Laundry and Bourbon, Voice Recital, Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music,
The Nutcracker, All’s Well That Ends Well, The All Night Strut!
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Sydney Shepard ’15
EVERY SUNRISE USHERS IN A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES. YOU CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS MAKE THE MOST OF EACH NEW DAY.
From dawn till dusk, the Walnut Hill campus is energized and united by a passion for making and celebrating art. Our students are actively engaged with their craft, one another, and our faculty each moment of the day—well beyond traditional school hours. Providing a 24/7 program of the highest caliber relies on the generosity of donors like you. Make a gift to the Annual Fund today and give our young artists the tools to develop their talents and pursue their own personal expression. Let’s help our students reshape the world one creative idea at a time!
Make your gift to the Annual Fund today.
walnuthillarts.org/annualfund Fall 2014 & Winter 2015
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