BRAVO! Annual Report 2023/24 Season by celebrityseries.org

BR AVO!

ANNUAL REPORT

THE 2023/24 SEASON IN REVIEW

THE 2023/24 SEASON

photos by Robert Torres except page 22; JIJI and Nathalie Joachim courtesy of the artists. Page 16, Nicole Taney photo by TheCircleStudio.

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Jordan Hall

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends,

Welcome to BRAVO!, our look back at Celebrity Series’ 2023/24 Season. This publication is many things: a report of our year-end financials, a photo gallery, and a place to reaffirm and state our progress toward becoming a more equitable institution. It’s a reminder of your generosity and all the activities that your support makes possible. We couldn’t have done it without you, and we’re glad you were a part of it.

This was the first full subscription season programmed by Artistic Director Nicole Taney: she put the puzzle pieces of artists, venues, dates, and programs together. Congratulations, Nicole, for a strong season: audiences were delighted with this season’s newcomers and longtime favorites alike. From the showcase of our city’s jazz community in Jazz Along the Charles to the thrilling performances by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, this was a season to remember and celebrate.

We hope you enjoy this look at this season’s highlights and can’t wait to see you when the 2024/25 season begins in September!

Warmly,

Joshua Boger

Gary Dunning Chair, Board of Directors President & Executive Director

To enrich and inspire our community through exceptional live performances.

VISION

We envision a community of Greater Boston where the performing arts are a valued, life-long, shared experience—on stages, on streets, in neighborhoods—everywhere.

Collaboration, Curiosity, Equity, Integrity, Joy.

Collaboration, Curiosity, Equity, Integrity, Joy

To learn more, visit celebrityseries.org/equity

To learn more, visit celebrityseries.org/mission

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Boch Center Wang Theatre

Strategic Plan Update

Working with our pro bono partners at Deloitte, we conducted another refresh of our "Go Deep, Go Broad" Strategic Plan, the essence of which has guided our growth and direction since 2012. To shape the next five years, we have articulated five goals, and laid out five strategies to meet them. Through this work we also refreshed our Mission, Vision, and Values.

Five Key Goals

REACH MORE PEOPLE

Achieve historic high levels in the number of people we impact across all programs within five years

INCREASE AUDIENCE DIVERSITY

Within five years—double the racial diversity by 25%; lower average audience age to 55% below 60 years

IMPROVE AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT

Create a best-in-industry membership program that spans the entire performance experience

GROW ARTS FOR ALL!

Reach more people, deliver maximum social and community impact, and elevate our institutional profile

BUILD A STRONGER FINANCIAL PROFILE

Fuel the successful implementation of our strategy

Five Primary Strategies

Reaffirm quality live performance and programmatic variety as our identity and our core purpose

Increased diversity is key to growing our audience

Align the brand and name with our mission/vision/values to reflect the full range of CS activities

Define and grow community impact

Secure resources (financial and human) to fuel growth

Continuing Our Racial Equity Journey

In the 2023/24 season, Celebrity Series continued to enact our Racial Equity Plan adopted in September 2021, expanding culturally informed and equity-oriented activity in all spheres of our work.

The Racial Equity Committee (REC), comprised of members of the staff and Board, spent the year celebrating and elevating diversity with the goal of ensuring that each member of the broad Celebrity Series community experiences a sense of ownership, voice, and belonging. REC outreach across Celebrity Series has aimed to implement a racial equity lens in our work with artists, audiences, community partners, vendors, and staff.

2023/24 efforts included:

• Transitioning elements of the Racial Equity Plan into standard business operations across departments;

• An all-staff training on Foundations of EDI in the Arts with Kira Troilo from Art & Soul Consulting;

• Piloting efforts through the Audience Development Initiative to reach more diverse audiences; and

• Continuing to listen and learn through surveys and focus groups, analyzing our data, and sharing with stakeholders.

To learn more, visit us online at celebrityseries.org/equity

““Being on the Celebrity Series Board of Advisors is deeply meaningful to me, especially after working with Celebrity Series as a consultant on its racial equity agenda and initiatives. This experience has highlighted the arts' role in sparking dialogue and advancing social justice. As a member of the Board of Advisors, I aim to support the development of programming that entertains while challenging norms and amplifying underrepresented voices. This role aligns with my dedication to fostering an inclusive cultural landscape. My goal is to support world-class performances and promote the arts as a platform for healing and progress. I'm excited to collaborate with others who share my commitment to equity and diversity through the arts.”

– Gary Bailey

Celebrity Series is committed to becoming more equitable and anti-racist by ensuring equal access to creative experiences for everyone. We strive to reflect the diversity of Boston in the people that lead, work, and participate with our organization. We are raising the bar with a goal of 30% of our board, audiences, artists, and employees to be Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)

As we progress towards and beyond our equity milestones, we are committed to transparency and repair so that we can acknowledge our improvements and be open about where we need improvement. Below are the key figures we use to track our progress towards our racial equity goals. Our data collection methodology includes a combination of self-reported survey data, research-based data, and modeled data using TRG’s Data Center.

If you have suggestions or feedback, please reach out to info@celebrityseries.org.

% BIPOC by Stakeholder Category

% BIPOC Artists by Series Board

Note: Artist data is by individual member for groups under 15 and by ensemble leader for groups over 15

Celebrity Series strives to take a broad approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This season, we started tracking gender breakdowns by group in addition to racial equity data.

Increasing Access to the Arts

As part of Celebrity Series’ commitment to providing accessible and affordable arts programming for all, we continued our participation in two Mass Cultural Council initiatives to center our values of equity and inclusion in our operations and business practices.

Card to Culture is a Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) and Mass Cultural Council initiative that provides accessible low-cost arts and culture programming to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card holders and Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program recipients across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. During 2023/24, WIC participants and EBT card holders purchased 850 $20 tickets for 47 concerts in our subscription season.

The 2023/24 season marked Celebrity Series’ second year as an UP-designated organization. The Mass Cultural Council’s Universal Participation (UP) Initiative aims to activate the aspirations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to break down the barriers that prevent full civic participation in Massachusetts’ cultural sector. Both a movement and a designation, the UP Initiative supports organizational change through inclusive design practices, community engagement strategies, and peer learning networks.

To acknowledge the access work being done by cultural institutions across Massachusetts, the UP Initiative has created a community of practice that highlights excellence in the field, provides grants for innovative solutions, and offers stipends for professional development. Thanks to the support of the UP community, Celebrity Series continues to make improvements to our website accessibility and deepen awareness within our staff to ensure our efforts are as inclusive as possible.

$35 UNDER 35

In its first year, $35 Under 35 welcomed a total of 2,336 households who signed up for the program and 784 tickets sold to over 50 performances Our strongest $35 Under 35 sales genre was classical music, with Bamberg Symphony welcoming the most under-35 audience members this season. Celebrity Series hosted two unique social events to build community and raffled off 10 tickets to this group to attend the SHINE! Gala, thanks to an individual donor. We look forward to continuing this program into the 2024/25 season and building on this year's success.

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“As a younger person, it’s a good way to get involved and learn about different things.”

– Zuzanna Kozicka

Audience Development Initiative

During the 2023/24 season, Celebrity Series closely examined elements of our business model that present barriers for access and inclusivity, including:

• Price accessibility, particularly for younger audience members;

• Geographic access for audiences outside of Boston, Cambridge, and the immediately surrounding suburbs;

• Historical underrepresentation of BIPOC audiences among the Celebrity Series subscriber base, and among the larger arts-going audience in Boston; and

• The lack of community for newer audience members at Celebrity Series performances.

As a first step in addressing these barriers, Celebrity Series has centered the concept of “authentic welcoming” as an organizational imperative, seeking to make Celebrity Series performances a place where all people can feel a sense of belonging and connection through the performing arts.

Highlights of the Audience Development Initiative in 2023/24

include:

• Welcomed 9,341 new audience members

• Launched Celebrity Series' inaugural season at Groton Hill Music Center with 4 nearly sold-out performances

• Sold a total of 1,139 Student Rush tickets

• Partnered with 18 Boston-affiliated cultural ambassadors to spark interest and attendance by new audience members at our Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater engagement

• When asked “How welcome do you feel at Celebrity Series performances?” over 4,000 audience members gave an average rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars

“This is exactly what I was looking for.”

– Ryan Suleiman

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Arts for All! Community Engagement Programs

Onstage and off, our Arts for All! community programs engage people of all ages, harnessing the creative energy of the performing arts to build thriving neighborhoods and cultivate the next generation of artists and audiences.

This year, half of Celebrity Series’ programming both on and off the stage was offered for free through Arts for All!. We partnered with artists and more than 40 community organizations to engage people of all ages and increase access to live performance experiences.

In 2023/24 we continued our commitment to creative youth development through our partnerships with Brighter Boston and ZUMIX. Both organizations provide training and mentorship in backstage production and creative employment to Boston-based youth. Celebrity Series’ Neighborhood Arts performances provided excellent opportunities for young creative professionals to develop the skills and experience to grow their careers.

““It was joyful to witness ZUMIX youth audio engineer, Danilo, dancing around the sound check for Greg Groover's show. ... There was a shared appreciation for jazz in the space and a supportive pathway for Danilo and his peers to keep experimenting, forming relationships and building a career in music starting on a rainy Saturday with the Celebrity Series.”

– Brittany Thomas, Director of Creative Media + Technology, ZUMIX

ARTS FOR ALL! IMPACT AT-A-GLANCE

79 free programs

10,382 people engaged across all programs

19 FREE Neighborhood Arts concerts

2,255 Neighborhood Arts audience members

4,000+ youth engaged

Zumix Students

Bethel A.M.E. Church, Jamaica Plain

Jazz Along the Charles

The season kicked off in October with Jazz Along the Charles, a celebration of Boston’s jazz community. Twenty-five ensembles interpreted the same set list—full of Boston-connected tunes composed or popularized by women—outdoors on the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Charles River Esplanade. Saxophonist/flautist/composer Ken Field and pianist/composer/bandleader Zahili Zamora co-curated the set list and helped shape the event.

The great Terri Lyne Carrington’s “Bay Warriors,” a world premiere commissioned by Celebrity Series, kicked off the afternoon. Bands put their own spin on selections by Nnenna Freelon, Esperanza Spalding, Tracy Chapman, and early 20th-century composer Amy Beach, among others.

Each band embraced their own artistic individuality while being part of a collective that celebrated the improvisational and expressive essence of jazz and the thriving jazz community in Greater Boston today.

It was a wet day, but the show went on: nearly 3,000 fans came out to support and enjoy Boston-based and Boston-affiliated jazz artists in one of our city’s iconic public spaces.

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“A harmonious celebration of both music and gender diversity, this series is a must-see for jazz enthusiasts and advocates of inclusivity.”

– Jazz Along the Charles artist

“Inspiring,

uplifting, fun experience, awesome venue! Amazingly talented musicians! Superbly well-organized!”

– Jazz Along the Charles attendee

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Zahili Zamora & Ken Field Charles River Esplanade

Neighborhood Arts

In the 2023/24 Season, our Neighborhood Arts program presented 19 concerts with a total attendance of 2,255 audience members. This represents an 18% increase over last season’s attendance, which saw 1,900 attendees at 22 concerts.

Neighborhood Arts continues its strong partnership with Ágora Cultural Architects, presenting predominantly Latino artists at Arlington Street Church. The season-opening concert by saxophonist Edmar Colón and his Quartet featuring bassist John Patitucci was a great way to kick off the season.

Flamenco standout Nino de los Reyes returned to headline two popular performances at Cambridge’s Multicultural Arts Center. The venue also hosted Hub New Music and a program of Brazilian-inspired selections from Nebulous Quartet

Neighborhood Arts returned to Jamaica Plain’s Bethel A.M.E. Church this season, presenting four concerts, including a Kwanzaa-inspired program from Castle of our Skins and Jazz Along the Charles co-curator Zahili Zamora with her Jazz Ensemble. Events at Bethel A.M.E. offered attendees a reception with food and drink after each performance: a chance to chat with artists, staff, and fellow audience members.

Castle of our Skins

Bethel A.M.E. Church, Jamaica Plain

Nebulous Quartet Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge

Nino de los Reyes Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge

Edmar Colón Quartet featuring John Patitucci Arlington Church, Back Bay

Zahili Zamora's Jazz Ensemble

Bethel A.M.E. Church, Jamaica Plain

2023/24 NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS ARTISTS

Lee Fish Quintet, contemporary jazz

Kevin Harris/Winsor Music, jazz/classical

Edmar Colón Jazz Quartet, Puerto Rican jazz and jazz standards

Gregory Groover Jr. Quartet, Negro spirituals and jazz

Charles Overton, classical, jazz, and contemporary harp

Eduardo Betancourt, Venezuelan folk and jazz harp

Nino de los Reyes Quartet, flamenco

Chelsey Green Quartet, R&B, jazz, pop, classical

Castle of our Skins, Black classical composers

Jenny Oliver, modern dance

Nebulous Quartet, Brazilian, jazz, classical

Fernando Brandão Quartet, Brazilian jazz

Hub New Music, contemporary classical

Zahili Zamora ensemble, Afro-Latin jazz

Soul Yatra Trio, US, Indian, Chinese folktunes and classical

Rasa String Quartet, East Asian folk music and classical

Leo Blanco ensemble, South American jazz and Afro-Latin

THANK YOU TO OUR 2023/24 COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Ágora Cultural Architects

Amigos K-8 School

Arlington St. Church

Arts at the Armory

B.E.A.M.

Bethel A.M.E. Church

Big Sisters of Greater Boston

Boston Arts Academy

Boston City Singers

Boston Conservatory

Boston Latin School

Boston Music Project

Boston String Academy

Brighter Boston

Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School

“City Strings United

Community Music Center of Boston

Conservatory Lab Charter School

CRUZ Management

Hamilton-Garrett Center for Music & Arts

Harvard-Epworth Church

Hernandez K-8 School

Hurley K-8 School

Hyde Square Task Force

Jo-Mé Dance

Mid-Day Movement

Multicultural Arts Center

Mission Hill Arts Festival

Muniz Academy

“As an artist it’s my dream to be able to share my experience as a dancer with the people, the love I have for my art form or arts in general. I want to thank the whole team behind Celebrity Series for their amazing job, I feel related to their mission and I hope we can continue engaging the community with the arts.”

– Nino de los Reyes

Network of Arts Administrators of Color

Project STEP

Quincy Lower School

Roxbury Concert Series

Roxbury Branch Library

Roxbury Community College

Salvation Army Kroc Center

St. Stephens Youth Programs

Sumner Upper School

Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry

Veronica Smith Senior Center

Veronica Robles Cultural Center

Winship School

ZUMIX

“Your programs are free and in nonpretentious spaces spread throughout the city. There’s also a receiving line of people on hand at Celebrity Series events to greet people as they enter. It helps to truly make the space feel warm and invitational.”

– Anonymous artist/partner survey respondent

Artist Connections

Artist Connections extends unparalleled access to world-class artists for students from the elementary through conservatory levels, and beyond. Master classes, lecture-demonstrations and interactive workshops provide opportunities for students to interact with and learn from Celebrity Series artists in intimate settings, while post-performance artist talks offer our audiences the opportunity to connect directly with the artists in a question-and-answer format.

This winter, Afro-Brazilian tap dance and live music company Music From The Sole taught an intergenerational tap and body percussion workshop to 17 attendees at Arts at the Armory in Somerville and presented a school visit and workshop to 64 students from Winship Elementary School at Veronica B. Smith Senior Center. In addition to the students and their teachers, 10 seniors from the center joined, with seven joining in to learn the body percussion that Greg and Leo taught the group.

Celebrity Series presented Time For Three (TF3) at Sanders Theatre, featuring a performance of their composition “Joy” with students and teachers from Boston String Academy (BSA). Before the concert, TF3 held a rehearsal and Q&A session with BSA students, coordinated by Celebrity Series’ Israel Gutierrez.

Boston String Academy, a frequent community partner with Celebrity Series, is a local music education program based in the El Sistema philosophy. Hundreds of music education programs worldwide are based on the El Sistema model, which believes in music as a vehicle for social change, with programs that emphasize social and moral learning alongside musical training.

Programs like BSA provide musical training and opportunities that supplement the lack of materials and resources available to students in public schools.

Celebrity Series’ Israel Gutierrez, Manager of Community Engagement, who organized the collaboration between TF3 and BSA, noted that, “so many young students would quit their instruments if not for their parents’ and teachers’ support and encouragement.”

The impact of the El Sistema philosophy is felt beyond the stage. As Gutierrez explains, “through mastering an instrument, you gain the tools to go anywhere in life and choose any career.”

This sentiment is shared by Time For Three’s members, who believe in the power of music education to make the world a better place. As TF3 violinist Nicolas Kendall said on stage, “If we can impart one little thing … through the voices of these young kids … maybe we’ve done something a little bit right.”

Time For Three with BSA students Sanders Theatre

Music From The Sole Workshop Arts at the Armory, Somerville

Ailey Ambassador Program

This spring, we launched an Ailey Ambassador program in partnership with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) to increase audiences for our annual presentation of AAADT.

Celebrity Series partnered with 18 Boston-affiliated cultural ambassadors to spark interest and engagement within their communities.

Feedback from the ambassadors was positive, with one ambassador saying “I loved the community connection among the ambassadors."

We look forward to continuing the Ailey Ambassador program into the 2024/25 season.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2023/24 AILEY AMBASSADORS

Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga

Founding Artistic Director, OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center

Akiba Abaka Director of Good Trouble, Boston Children’s Chorus

Dr. Charles “Chip” McNeal Brandeis University

Hilina D. Ajakaiye

Executive Vice President, Meet Boston

Sean Webster

Founder, Downtown Boston Business Improvement District

Sharon Montella

Hip Hop Ballerina Singer

Meg McGrath

Executive Director, Jean Appolon Expressions

Adrienne Hawkins Boston Dance Studios/BDA

Jenny Oliver

Artistic Director, Modern Connections Collective Lecturer of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at Tufts University; Faculty, Dance Complex

Ola Akinwumi

Deputy Director of Programs, ArtsBoston

Marissa Molinar

Founder/Director, Midday Movement Series

Mila Thigpen Chair, Dance Division at Boston Conservatory at Berklee; Faculty, Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School

Sophia Haynes-Cardwell Artistic Director, Stajez Cultural Arts Center

Aaron Myers

Executive Director, Boston Dance Alliance

Melisa Valdez

Host, Actor, and Movement Coach

Lisa Kelleher

Program Manager, BalletRox

Bren Atchison Community Organizer

Amir Tadmor

Member, Board of Advisors, Celebrity Series of Boston

Alvin Ailey Dancers with Revelations Workshop attendees Roxbury Community College

2023/24 Subscription Season

A Note From Artistic Director Nicole Taney

I hope you enjoyed the 2023/24 season, my first year of programming as Artistic Director. It’s always a challenge to select and schedule these events, but it is so rewarding to see the performances come to life throughout the season.

It was gratifying to connect with longtime artists: they love performing in Boston for Celebrity Series audiences. This organization has cultivated a lot of wonderful artist relationships, and I can’t wait to see where future seasons take us.

It was a treat to start new artists on their Celebrity Series journey, whether they’re artists I know well from earlier bookings or that I had only seen in videos or in a conference showcase.

Grand or intimate, classic or contemporary: every event added something special to the season and to Boston’s arts community, and there’s much more to come! I look forward to sharing a future performance with you.

Warmly, Nicole Taney

Artistic Director

2023/24

SUBSCRIPTION SEASON BY THE NUMBERS

58 productions for 68 ticketed events

7 Boston Debuts

12 Celebrity Series Debuts

54,647 in-person attendees

1,139 student tickets

Welcomed 9,341 new audience members

Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä Symphony Hall

Student Tickets and Group Sales

Student ticket sales saw an increase this season, with 1,139 student tickets sold. Group sales saw their highest revenue year to date with a 65% increase in group sales compared to last season.

Group sale partners notably include several universities who purchase tickets for their students—including MIT, Harvard University, Boston University, and more—as well as a new partnership forged with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

In our next season, we will continue student ticketing and group sales using outreach efforts that have worked well for us this season, including tabling at local college fairs, and continuing to both grow new connections with universities and nurture existing ones.

Groton Hill Music Center

Celebrity Series launched its inaugural season at Groton Hill Music Center with four nearly sold-out performances in Meadow Hall and commemorated our new partnership with a welcome reception at the Isata Kanneh-Mason performance.

Celebrity Series welcomed a total of 882 audience members to Groton Hill, 34% of whom were new to Celebrity Series. 95% of the Groton Hill audience also attended a Celebrity Series performance in Boston this season.

In a survey of Celebrity Series' Groton Hill audience, over half of survey respondents shared that they chose to attend because they “wanted to explore a new venue,” and over 61% said that Groton Hill was "more convenient than Boston.”

In our 2024/25 season, Celebrity Series will continue presenting at Groton Hill's Meadow Hall and will open the season in its 1,000 seat Concert Hall.

““I greatly enjoyed all four Celebrity Series performances at Groton Hill, and hope you continue to bring artists to this venue.”

– Groton Hill audience member

Isata Kanneh-Mason Groton Hill Music Center's Meadow Hall

Classical Stories

Longtime artists enhancing magnificent performances with moving and powerful visuals and newcomers making stunning debuts stood out on this season’s classical lineup.

Renée Fleming and Inon Barnatan performed Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene before a backdrop of a National Geographic video that highlighted the wonders of our imperiled natural world. Photos and archival footage brought a poignant personal touch to Yo-Yo Ma’s final appearance with pianist Kathryn Stott before her retirement from touring at the end of the season.

Pianists Isata Kanneh-Mason, Hélène Grimaud, and Bruce Liu made exciting solo debuts. In one of the most indemand events of the year, debuting young talent took center stage when Klaus Mäkelä led Orchestre de Paris, featuring 19-year-old pianist Yunchan Lim as the soloist for Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto.

Hélène Grimaud NEC's Jordan Hall

Isata Kanneh-Mason NEC's Jordan Hall

Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä & Yunchan Lim Symphony Hall

Renée Fleming and Inon Barnatan Symphony Hall

Bruce Liu NEC's Jordan Hall

Jazz Stories

Women-led ensembles and female creators made a big impression on this year’s jazz stages.

Charismatic multi-Grammy nominated saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix debuted at Berklee Performance Center to perform selections from their 2023 self-titled album.

Big band leader and composer Miho Hazama and m_unit brought cosmic ideas with the astronomy-inspired Exoplanet Suite. Always brilliant, cool, and theatrical, singer-songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant returned to the Series for selections from her multilingual song cycle Mélusine, among other originals and reinterpreted classics.

Vocalist Luciana Souza appeared with percussionist Dafnis Prieto for Cantar, and three legends shared a stage for DUETS: vocalist Dianne Reeves, pianist Chucho Valdés, and saxophonist Joe Lovano

Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix Berklee Performance Center

DUETS: Chucho Valdés and Dianne Reeves Berklee Performance Center

Cécile McLorin Salvant Sanders Theatre

Dance Stories

This year’s dance events had a multicultural, global outlook, highlighting international companies and cross-cultural collaborations.

At the Boch Center Shubert Theatre, Brazil’s Grupo Corpo returned with selections by company co-founder Rodrigo Pederneiras that explored two distinctly Brazilian cultural elements: musician and activist Gilberto Gil and the rituals of the Afro-Brazilian Umbanda religious tradition.

Jerusalem-based Vertigo Dance Company presented MAKOM, exploring ideas of community and place. Dancers and artistic leaders from Vertigo also presented a lecture-demonstration at Vilna Shul, a Jewish cultural center on Beacon Hill.

At New England Conservatory’s intimate Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre, Music From The Sole performed I Didn’t Come to Stay, an exuberant, high-energy, crowd-pleasing blend of tap dance styles and live music from across the African Diaspora.

Also at NEC, Ashwini Ramaswamy’s thought-provoking Let The Crows Come, created for three dancers and onstage musicians, translated a similar set of gestures through three distinct movement languages: Bharatanatyam Indian classical dance, Afro-Caribbean Modern, and Gaga.

Both productions at NEC’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre featured post-performance gatherings, hosted by Celebrity Series. Audience members were invited to meet the artists, enjoy food and drinks, and talk about the performance they had just shared.

Ashwini Ramaswamy's Let the Crows Come

NEC’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre

Music From The Sole NEC’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre

Vertigo Dance Company Boch Center Shubert Theatre

Grupo Corpo Boch Center Shubert Theatre

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returned with a program of works new and classic, and shared some signature Alvin Ailey choreography with fans at Roxbury’s Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center.

This year’s programs featured a new work created for the company by choreographer Amy Hall Garner: Century, a gift for her grandfather (and a celebration of his favorite music) on his 100th birthday. Choreographer Jamar Roberts, a towering presence for many years as an Ailey dancer, had a delayed premiere: Ode, originally scheduled for the cancelled 2020 performances, was restaged for an all-female cast.

Leading up to their opening night performance, Ailey dancers taught masterclasses for high schoolers at Jo-Mé Dance Studio in Jamaica Plain and Boston Arts Academy (BAA). After Ailey dancer Renaldo Maurice’s 90-minute masterclass, one of the sophomore dance majors at BAA remarked that it was “the best masterclass I’ve ever taken!” Artist Connections activities like these inspire students to continue learning and honing their skills in the arts.

Ailey dancers Solomon Dumas, Alisha Rena Peek, and Hannah Alissa Richardson led a free Revelations for Everyone workshop for movers of all ages and abilities at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury. More than 160 people participated in the workshop, learning excerpts of the choreography from Alvin Ailey’s iconic ballet Revelations. People came from across Boston and from as far away as New Hampshire for this free workshop!

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Boch Center Wang Theatre

AAADT Workshop

Jo-Mé Dance Studio

Alvin Ailey Revelations Workshop Roxbury Community College

Stave Sessions

Stave Sessions returned to Somerville’s Crystal Ballroom with a slate of events that featured two very different guitarists (JIJI and Mark Lettieri) and performances that explored American immigrant and first-generation identities.

Composer, vocalist, and flutist Nathalie Joachim’s Kii Moun Ou Ye? (Who Are You? in Haitian Creole) considered visiting her family’s ancestral community as a Haitian American.

In From Roots We Carry, Chromic Duo’s Dorothy Chan and Lucy Yao explored what it means to be “third-culture kids,” raised in a culture different from their immigrant parents’ upbringings, and which generational legacies to carry forward and which to let go.

Folk/Americana Stories

Two of the brightest lights in the rising generation of bluegrass stars brought personal truths and authenticity to their performances this season.

Singer-songwriter and flat-picking guitar phenomenon Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway stopped by a sold-out Berklee Performance Center on their Next Rodeo tour, with Berklee alum Jobi Riccio supporting.

Mandolin virtuoso and singer-songwriter Sierra Hull made her Celebrity Series debut as a headliner (after sharing a 2019 double bill and appearing in Béla Fleck’s My Bluegrass Heart supergroup in 2021). Hull and her band performed at Sanders Theatre with Cape Cod based singer-songwriter Monica Rizzio supporting.

Molly Tuttle Berklee Performance Center

Nathalie Joachim

JIJI

Sierra Hull Sanders Theatre

Broadway Icons

Broadway royalty, with 10 Tony Awards between them, graced our stages this season.

Audra McDonald, backed by an orchestra of local union musicians, wowed a capacity crowd at Symphony Hall in one of the season’s highlights. The program of stories and songs featured selections made famous on stage and screen (the TikTok screen, in one case), and showed off McDonald’s unparalleled vocals and dramatic insights.

Alan Cumming is Not Acting His Age saw the 59-year-old star ponder aging (the “national pastime”) in his inimitable way with an eclectic and irreverent set that encompassed sex, death, and bacchanalia.

Patti LuPone’s A Life in Notes wove together stories and songs from the iconic singer and actress’ storied career and formative years: her 1960s adolescence and her early career in 1970s New York.

Patti LuPone Symphony Hall

Audra McDonald Symphony Hall

Alan Cumming Sanders Theatre

2023/24 Financials

During the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons, Celebrity Series experienced unprecedented surplus years thanks to the generosity of our donors and the extraordinary federal, state, and local COVID-19 relief programs offered to arts organizations during this period. With this infusion of funding, the organization invested in expansive 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons in order to provide vital post-pandemic employment opportunities to artists, support venue and community partners, and offer a full artistic range to encourage the audience’s return to live performance. Both of these seasons ended in deficits that were sufficiently covered by the working capital accumulated in the prior two seasons, and the organization’s balance sheet remains strong with more than $19M in net assets.

2023/24 By the Numbers

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Financial Details

Operating Revenue and Support

Operating Revenue

Performance Revenue (Gross) (Commissions and Fees)

Stabilization and Processing Fees

Total Operating Revenue

Operating Support

General Contributions and Special Funding

Special Events (net)

Endowment and Other Income

Total Operating Support

Total Operating Revenue & Support

Operating Expenses

Performance and Community Engagement

Management and General Fundraising

Total Operating Expenses

Net

FY2024 FY2023 FY2022

$4,105,484 $(346,891) $228,720

$3,987,313

$3,213,393 $286,147

$1,696,787

$5,196,327

$9,183,640 $7,571,631 $794,996 $1,118,107

$9,484,734

$(301,094)

$3,551,792

$(342,691)

$223,503

$3,432,604

$3,282,647

$188,667

$2,163,867

$5,635,181

$9,067,785 $7,586,044 $930,306

$1,120,920

$9,637,270

$(569,485) $1,779,764 $(171,446) $103,096 $1,711,414 $5,869,282 $180,092 $820,980 $6,870,354 $8,581,768 $5,951,665 $730,915 $1,005,774 $7,688,354 $893,414

Gratitude

Celebrity Series of Boston thanks our communities of individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies who made possible the many performances and moments of connection in the 2023/24 season. Your support each season allows Celebrity Series to create, improve, and grow initiatives that ensure everyone will experience belonging at our live performances.

Your generosity also supports innovative opportunities for performing artists to share their art in unique collaborations beyond stages and within our communities; feedback mechanisms that give

Celebrity Series a thorough understanding of how our communities value their experiences; and ongoing efforts to center equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in our mission as we envision a future that transforms lives and builds better communities.

The lists that follow reflect gifts as of June 30, 2024. If your name is missing, or if you believe you were listed in error, please contact the Advancement department at: advancement@celebrityseries.org or 617.598.3232.

2023/24 Corporate, Foundation, and Government Support

Principal Institutional Producers ($50,000+)

Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative

Stephanie L. Brown Foundation

Deloitte LLP

Esplanade Association

Google

Liberty Mutual Foundation

Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation

Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation

Massachusetts Cultural Council

National Endowment for the Arts

Mabel Louise Riley Foundation

Institutional Producers ($25,000–$49,999)

Anonymous (2)

Klarman Family Foundation

Schrafft Charitable Trust

Stifler Family Foundation

WBUR

Yawkey Foundation

Angels ($10,000–$24,999)

AVFX

The Catered Affair

Meet Boston

Port Lighting Systems

Outside the Box: A Production of the Boston Arts

Summer Institute

Rafanelli Events Management

Royal Little Family Foundation

Sponsors ($5,000–$9,999)

Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation

Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts

Gentle Giant Moving Company

Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation

New England Foundation for the Arts

PEAK Event Services

The Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation

Studio Institute

Table & Tulip

Partners ($2,500–$4,999)

The Colonnade Hotel

Consulate General of Israel to New England

Egloff & Wood, LLP

The Newbury Boston

Performance Recognition

Celebrity Series of Boston thanks 2023/24 Season Sponsors Stephanie L. Brown Foundation and Susan & Michael Thonis and the following donors who received performance-specific recognition in the 2023/24 season.

2023/24 Season Sponsors

Stephanie L. Brown Foundation and Susan & Michael Thonis

2023/24 PERFORMANCE SERIES SUPPORTERS

2023/24 Dance Series Supporters

Leslie & Howard Appleby

Stephanie L. Brown Foundation

Royal Little Family Foundation

Additional support provided by Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation

2023/24 Debut Series Supporters

Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation

2023/24 Stave Sessions Supporters

Susan & Michael Thonis

Aaron Richmond Recitals

Endowed by Nancy Richmond Winsten and the late Dr. Joseph Winsten

2023/24 INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE SUPPORTERS

Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano at Groton Hill Music Center’s Meadow Hall

Susan & Michael Thonis

Jean-Yves Thibaudet | Lisa Batiashvili | Gautier Capuçon

Sally S. Seaver, PhD

Eduardo Betancourt & Charles Overton, harps at Harvard-Epworth Church

Drs. Margaret & Michael Simon

Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

Eduardo Betancourt & Charles Overton, harps at Arlington St. Church

Marylen Sternweiler

Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

Grupo Corpo

LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Leadership Support from Stephanie L. Brown Foundation

Nino de los Reyes Flamenco Quartet

Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow Ladies of the Canyon: the music of Joni Mitchell and Carole King

Amy & Joshua Boger

Chelsey Green and The Green Project

Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

Castle of our Skins

As I Heard When I Was Young Amy & Ethan d'Ablemont Burnes

Stringfest, featuring Chelsey Green and The Green Project

Featuring youth ensembles from Boston Music Project, City Strings United, and Project STEP

John D. Patterson, Jr. & Michele Demarest

Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

Jeremy Denk, piano at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall

Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford

Jeremy Denk, piano at Groton Hill Music Center’s Meadow Hall

Eleanor & Frank Pao

Made possible in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts

Music From The Sole I Didn’t Come to Stay

2pm Performance Supporter: Marilyn Miller

Made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.

Additional support provided by the Amy Lam Fund for Creative Performance.

Ashwini Ramaswamy’s Let the Crows Come

Made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.

Additional support provided by the Amy Lam Fund for Creative Performance.

Hélène Grimaud, piano at Groton Hill Music Center’s Meadow Hall

Mary Sutherland & Jeremy Silverman

Made possible in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Max Roach Centennial Celebration

Jill & David Altshuler and Leslie & Howard Appleby

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Esplanade Association

What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow, featuring A Far Cry Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings Amy & Joshua Boger

Renée Fleming, soprano and Inon Barnatan, piano

Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene

Leslie & Howard Appleby

Additional support provided by a Liberty Mutual Foundation Climate Resiliency Mini-Grant, The Newbury Boston, and Egloff & Wood, LLP

BRAZILIAN WEEKEND

Nebulous String Quartet

Musica sem Fronteiras

LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Leadership Support from Belinda Termeer

Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

Fernando Brandão Quartet

Brazilian contemporary jazz

LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Leadership Support from Belinda Termeer

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

Goldberg Variations

Additional support by the Colonnade Hotel

Justin Austin, baritone

Howard Watkins, piano

Lisa Kirk Colburn

Zahili Zamora's Jazz Ensemble featuring works of Afro Latin Composers

Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett

Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä, conductor Yunchan Lim, piano soloist

LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Leadership

Support from Eleanor & Frank Pao

Nathalie Joachim

Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy

Stringfest, featuring Soul Yatra Trio with young musicians from Boston String Academy and Conservatory Lab Charter School

Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

Bruce Liu, piano

Michael & Adrianne Canning

Isidore String Quartet at Longy’s Pickman Hall

Andrea & Fred Hoff

Isidore String Quartet at Groton Hill Music Center’s Meadow Hall

Cherié Butts

Made possible in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts

Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes

A musical touchstone of a life

Reuben Reynolds

Vertigo Dance Company - MAKOM

Additional support provided by the Consulate General of Israel to New England

LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Leadership

Support from Royal Little Family Foundation

Rasa String Quartet

Impressions: East meets West

Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

Christian Tetzlaff, violin and Kirill Gerstein, piano

Dorothy Altman Weber, in memory of Stephen R. Weber

Yo-Yo Ma, cello and Kathryn Stott, piano

Susan & Michael Thonis

David Sedaris

Julia Byers & Steven Holtzman

Leo Blanco and The Sugar Road Ensemble

The Sugar Road, a musical journey of the African Diaspora through Latin America

Dr. Joan Helpern Goldberg

Duets – Dianne Reeves, Chucho Valdés, and Joe Lovano

Jill & David Altshuler

2024 SHINE! GALA

NATHAN & JACQUELINE KONO

DRS. MARGARET & MICHAEL SIMON, CO-CHAIRS

On Saturday, April 27, Celebrity Series of Boston shone bright with enthusiasm for the performing arts. The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts buzzed with more than 280 guests, hosted by co-chairs Nathan & Jacqueline Kono and Drs. Margaret & Michael Simon with a surprise performance by Davina and The Vagabonds.

The SHINE! for All initiative continued at the 2024 SHINE! Gala for a second year in a row, extending complimentary gala invitations to local artists, cultural leaders, and creative thought leaders as special guests, recognizing the role they play in enriching our city and their impact on Greater Boston’s artistic communities.

The evening raised over $665,000 in support of Celebrity Series’ Arts for All! community programs; ongoing efforts to center equity, diversity, and inclusion in our mission; contributions to Greater Boston’s cultural ecosystem; and innovative programming and collaborations.

We hope you’ll join us on Friday, May 2, 2025 for another unforgettable SHINE! Gala, this time in honor of Joshua Boger, PhD, Celebrity Series’ longstanding Chair of the Board of Directors.

DAVINA AND THE VAGABONDS BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS CYCLORAMA

Annual Fund Supporters

Walter Pierce Annual Performance Fund & Harris A. Berman and Ruth Nemzoff Fund for After-School Arts

Gifts listed here reflect commitments to the Celebrity Series of Boston’s 2023/24 season as of June 30, 2024.

Founders Circle ($100,000+)

Amy & Joshua Boger

Stephanie L. Brown

Susan & Michael Thonis

Virtuoso Circle ($50,000–$99,999)

Leslie & Howard Appleby

Lizbeth & George Krupp

Nancy Richmond Winsten*

Sponsors Circle ($25,000–$49,999)

Anonymous (4)

Jill & David Altshuler

Michael & Adrianne Canning

Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford*

Rabb Family Foundations

Reuben Reynolds

Sally S. Seaver, PhD*

Dr. Lawrence Stifler & Mary McFadden*

Dorothy & Stephen Weber*

Angels Circle ($10,000–$24,999)

Anonymous*

Ann Bitetti

Cherié Butts, PhD

Joanne & Larry Cheng

Amy & Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes

Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin

Drs. Joan Helpern Goldberg*

Yvette & Lawrence Hochberg

Andrea & Fred Hoff

Paul L. King*

Lisa Kirk Colburn

Marilyn Miller*

Eleanor & Frank Pao

John D. Patterson, Jr. & Michele Demarest

Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett

Michael & Debra Raizman*

Cynthia & John S. Reed

Jeremy Silverman & Mary Sutherland

Margaret & Michael Simon

Marylen Sternweiler*

Belinda Termeer

Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy

Artists Circle ($5,000–$9,999)

Anonymous (2)

Paul Belanger & Teri Groome

Joan & Steve Belkin

Robert Binney & Janet Veasey

Katie & Paul Buttenwieser*

Debra & Joseph Corrado

Ms. Dale Coxe

Sasha Ebrahimi & Andy Chess

Gail Goodman & Dave Swindell Peggy Hanratty

Peter E. Hornstra*

Heidi Hutton

Paul & Elizabeth

Leadership

Melody Pao

& Geoff Chasin

Chrissie & Rich Parker, MD* Mary Parrotto

Rebecca Pearson Lo & York Lo

Steve Pittman & Jenifer Handy

Drs. Stuart & Barbara Pizer

Charlie Popper, MD*

Suzanne Priebatsch Kristen K. Reeder Libby Roberts

Malcolm & Mona Roberts*

Millard Rose & Elizabeth Lacey Etta & Mark Rosen

Ann L. Rosoff

Mark & Marie Schwartz

Steve & Mary Shapiro

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shope* Dr. Michael & Brenda Silverman

Peter M. Solomon Lori & John Solon

Catherine L. & Joel A. Stein* Mr. & Mrs. Jay E. Stempel* Eric & Sarah Ward

Sharon R. Weinstein, MD

Peter J. Wender* Marvin & Katherine Wolfthal

Bruce Zetter & Sally Ourieff

Xiaohua Zhang

Dress Circle ($1,250–$2,499)

Anonymous (3)

Lloyd Axelrod, MD* Liliana & Hillel Bachrach

Martha Bailey & Lewis Sudarsky

Michele Beasley Maloney

Madelyn Bell*

Paula & Peter Bentinck-Smith Ed Boesel, in memory of Darrell Martinie

Emily Borababy & Adam Einhorn

Dr. Julie G. Breskin & Jeff Gross

Alan Brock

Victoria Buckley & Robin Lovett

Paul & Grace Burega Kevin & Virginia Byrne F. Javier & Josée Cevallos

Mr. Ronald Chandler

John & Barbara Chickosky

John Clippinger

Eugene Cox James Dalsimer & Ellen Steinbaum*

Martha H. Jones Society For Lifetime Giving

The Martha H. Jones Society for Lifetime Giving was established in 2018 in honor of former Executive Director Martha H. Jones. The Society honors the following individuals and institutions whose cumulative gifts to Celebrity Series have met or exceeded $100,000.

Stephanie L. Brown Foundation

The Catered Affair

Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC

Clipper Ship Foundation

Collings Foundation

Comcast Cable

Deloitte LLP

DeMoulas Foundation

Emerson College

Fidelity Investments

FleetBoston Financial Foley & Lardner LLP

Klarman Family Foundation

Krupp Family Foundation

Liberty Mutual Foundation

Linde Family Foundation

Mabel Louise Riley Foundation

Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation

Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation

Massachusetts Cultural Council

Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

New England Center for the Performing Arts

New England Foundation for the Arts

P&G Gillette

Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation

The Peabody Foundation

Philanthropic Advisors

Port Lighting Systems

PTC

Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation

Royal Little Family Foundation

Stifler Family Foundation

Talbots

Tufts Health Plan

U.S. Small Business Administration

 Deceased

The listings in this publication reflect activity through June 30, 2024.

Belkin Foundation

Boch Center

The Boston Foundation

Aaron Richmond Legacy Society

The Aaron Richmond Legacy Society was established in 2001 and honors the memory of Celebrity Series of Boston founder Aaron Richmond (1895–1964). The Society recognizes the following individuals who have notified Celebrity Series of estate provisions including bequest intentions, charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, and other forms of deferred support

Anonymous (2)

Dr. Harris A. Berman & Ruth Nemzoff

Robert Binney & Janet Veasey

Diana Bourgeois

Mark H. Cooley, MD

Friend of Celebrity Series of Boston

Martin Gantshar

Gabor Garai & Susan Pravda

Alfred Goldberg

Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin

Ellen S. Heller

David R. Janero & Jeffrey A. Thomson

Martha H. Jones & Christine Armstrong

Paul & Elizabeth Kastner

Mary Ellen Kiddle

Joan Lebach

Margot LeStrange & Andrew Stern

Susan Matz

Charlotte & Gordon Moore

Stewart Myers, in memory of Maureen McGuire Myers

John David Ober

Mr. Jonathan Scott Reichner

Libby Roberts

Sandra Shapiro & John Kirsch

Marylen Sternweiler

Peter J. Wender

Constance White

Nancy Richmond Winsten

Marvin & Katherine Wolfthal

Miriam M. Wood & Charles O. Wood, III

Ron & Janet Zwanziger

 Deceased

The listings in this publication reflect activity through June 30, 2024.

In Memoriam

The Celebrity Series community dearly misses, recognizes, and holds tremendous thanks for the following family members and supporters who brought their energy, commitment, enthusiasm, love, and support to Celebrity Series and the performing arts in Greater Boston, whom we lost during the 2023/24 season.

GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN

Henry Bass

Mark H. Cooley, MD

Peter Coxe

Galen Henderson, MD

Dr. Paul Kantrowitz

Eli Rapaport

Jacobus Van Heerden

Constance White

Audience Development Initiative Supporters

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AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE SUPPORTERS

In its inaugural year, the Audience Development Initiative made possible our commitment to attract new audience members among populations that have been traditionally underrepresented at our performances: younger audience members, individuals residing outside of Greater Boston and Cambridge, and BIPOC communities.

Thank you to our 2023/24 Season Audience Development supporters:

Anonymous (3)

Thank you to our 2023/24 Season Audience Development supporters:

Paul Belanger & Teri Groome

Amy & Joshua Boger

Anonymous (3)

Diana Bourgeois

Fernadina Chan & Albert Wong

John & Barbara Chickosky

Paul Belanger & Teri Groome

Peggy Hanratty

Yvette & Lawrence Hochberg

Amy & Joshua Boger

Heidi Hutton

Margot LeStrange & Andrew Stern

Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation

Diana Bourgeois

Theresa C. McLoud, MD

Marilyn Miller

Fernadina Chan & Albert Wong

John & Barbara Chickosky

Charlotte & Gordon Moore

Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford

Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett

Samuel & Gretchen Shubrooks

Dr. Michael & Brenda Silverman

Susan & Michael Thonis

Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy

Lorraine Vekens

Bruce Zetter & Sally Ourieff

The listings in this publication reflect activity through June 30, 2024.

Jazz Along the Charles Sponsors and Supporters

Peggy Hanratty

Yvette & Lawrence Hochberg

Celebrity Series of Boston thanks the following entities who made possible Jazz Along the Charles on October 7, 2023. This event, which was presented for free and open to all, would not have been possible if not for these generous donors. Thank you for making possible our mission to bring the arts to everyone and everyone to the arts.

Heidi Hutton

Listing as of September 14, 2023.

Margot LeStrange & Andrew Stern

Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation

Theresa C. McLoud, MD

INSTITUTIONAL PRODUCER:

Marilyn Miller

Jill & David Altshuler

Charlotte & Gordon Moore

SPONSOR:

SUPPORTERS:

Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford

Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett

Thank

Samuel & Gretchen Shubrooks

Dr. Michael & Brenda Silverman

Susan & Michael Thonis

2023/24 Boards of Directors and Advisors

Board of Directors

Joshua

Board

L. J. Nuzzo

Celebrity Series Staff

Gary Dunning, President and Executive Director

Nicole Taney, Artistic Director

Advancement

Emily Borababy, Chief Advancement Officer

Sara Brookner, Senior Associate Director of Institutional Giving and Impact

Sarah Spinella, Associate Director of Leadership Giving

Sean Meyers, Associate Director of Annual Giving and Operations

Anya Hess, Senior Manager of Events and Donor Relations

Miranda McLean, Manager of Advancement Operations

Mia Straccia, Assistant Manager of Annual Giving and Membership

Zoé Ducroux, Advancement Coordinator

Leo Sarbanes, Institutional Giving Advancement Intern

Finance and Administration

Heather Clark, Chief Financial Officer

Alex Larin, Finance Manager

Colleen Murray, Business Manager

Laurel Sabala, Finance Associate

Marketing and Audience Services

Courtney A. Burke, Chief Marketing Officer

Ellen Rogoz, Associate Director of Marketing

Vawnya Nichols, Associate Director, Ticketing and Audience Services

Gillian Morrison, Associate Director of Communications and Digital

Robert Torres, Senior Graphic Designer and Photographer

Kristín Otharsson, Senior Manager of Multimedia and Design

Patrick Smith, Marketing Analytics and CRM Manager

Angela Flores, Manager of Digital Communications

Nicole Putnam, Audience Services Manager

Stella J. Owen

Rich Parker, MD*

Charlie Popper, MD*

Suzanne Priebatsch

Kristin Qian, PhD

Radford* Sharon L. Rich*

Mona J. Roberts*

Sally S. Seaver, PhD*

Magdanz*

Samuel J. Shubrooks, Jr.*

Lori Solon

Joel A. Stein*

Marylen R. Sternweiler* Amir Tadmor

Jeffrey A. Thomson*

Sarah Rainwater Ward

Wendy L. Watson Barnet Weinstein

Sharon R. Weinstein, MD

Peter J. Wender*

Elizabeth Zachos

Listing as of June 30, 2024

+ Denotes Executive Committee

* Denotes 25+ year subscriber

Lilli Samman, Group Sales and Marketing Event Manager

Saralyn Klepaczyk, Assistant Manager of Audience Services

Susanna Bonta, Program Book Associate

Lisa Feingold, Senior Audience Services Representative

Stephanie Jean Louis, Audience Services Representative

Emily Walker, Audience Services Representative

Performance Operations and Community Engagement

Karen Brown, Chief Operating Officer

Liz Rosenthal, Associate Director of Performance Operations

Robin Baker, Associate Director of Community Engagement

Elizabeth Kracunas, Senior Manager of Performance Operations

Walter Yee, Manager of Performance Operations

Israel Gutierrez, Manager of Community Engagement

Evan DelGaudio, Dance Production Manager

Hope Aubrey, Executive/Contracts Administrator

Ushers

Zoe Chau, Erin Field, Lauren Florek, Molly Hitt, Dekel Luban, Jen Minor,

Sarah Stephenson

Professional Services

Stephanie Janes PR, Media Relations

John Michael Kennedy - JMKPR, Media Relations for Dance Performances

AAFCPAs, Audit Firm

BernsteinShur, Law Firm

JPMorganChase, Banking

Boston Common Asset Management, Wealth Management Advisors