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Academy pianist Eriko Darcy at the 2019 Anniversary Gala

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2019 IMPACT REPORT

Dear Friends, On behalf of the Music Institute of Chicago’s faculty, staff, and board of trustees, we are pleased to share the 2019 Impact Report. Highlights of the year included an exciting performance at Nichols Concert Hall by alumna violinist Jennifer Koh, a spectacular Gala with special guest Wynton Marsalis, and the launch of our Music as Service initiative.

The Music Institute leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music.

Since 1931, we have provided high quality music instruction to people of all ages and levels of ability. We are especially proud of our work in bringing access to music and music education where opportunities are limited.

The Music Institute of Chicago is one of the nation’s leading community music schools because of our extraordinary faculty, beautiful performance space at Nichols Concert Hall, and commitment to sharing our music as a service to the wider community. Your friendship and involvement make it all possible and we thank you!

Enclosed you will find information and stories on the many activities of the Music Institute’s students, faculty, staff, and alumni. We hope you enjoy the report and look forward to another great year. Again, thank you for your support of our school.

MIC Jazz Ambassador saxophonist Mitchell Nakamoto with Wynton Marsalis at the 2019 Anniversary Gala

Scott Verschoor Chair, Board of Trustees

Mark George President and CEO

MIC STUDENTS 75 FROM mmunities Illinois Co

MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 2018-2019

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42,196 Hours taught 20 National music competitions won

$197,500 Financial aid awarded

87

 MIC

concerts  at Nichols Concert  Hall

44 Chicago zip codes

1,225 Free tickets distributed

15,000

3,500

Nichols Concert Hall attendees

ArtsLink recipients

6,000 Community Engagement participants

2,219 MIC Students

217

4 States

3 Counties - Lake - Cook - DuPage

3 Countries

8

Campuses

Faculty & Staff

In making music, we build community. The Music Institute of Chicago is dedicated to engaging and enriching our communities by empowering people of every age and ability to express, listen, communicate, and connect through music.

During fiscal 2019, the Music Institute of Chicago participated in 83 total outreach events serving 42 different organizations. Through outreach recitals, Instrument Petting Zoo demonstrations, and community awareness events, Music Institute students of all ages and abilities shared the power of music to educate, inspire, and bring comfort. Every MIC student - beginner and virtuoso, child and adult - can share their ability to make music with others. As MIC founder David Dushkin said, “music is not a calling to be pursued in solitude by the talented.” Rather, it is meant to be shared and enlarges our circle of friends and enriches the greater community. Music challenges our mind and opens our heart, building confidence, compassion, and connection.

LIFELONG BENEFITS Adult Studies at the Music Institute of Chicago One of the beautiful things about music is that it benefits people of all ages.

That is certainly the case at the Music Institute, where there are numerous opportunities for adults. Students choose from a wide variety of lessons, classes, and ensembles that cross many musical genres and include offerings as disparate as family-style ukulele, viola da gamba consort, jazz combo, the MIC Chorale, and Community Symphony. With nearly 600 adult students making up 26% of MIC’s total student population, it’s clear the message is out.

Henry Scheff, a clarinetist with New Horizons Band, a program designed for adults ages 50 and up, rediscovered his instrument after retiring from full-time employment. “I had essentially stopped playing when I went off to college,“ he said. “I was unsure if I had retained much knowledge of how to play, but after hiring a teacher and working for a couple of months, I could see that my mental/muscle memory was there!”

A 2015 Arts in Aging report from the National Endowment for the Arts describes how, “involvement in participatory arts programs has been shown to have a positive effect on mental health, physical health, and social functioning in older adults, regardless of their ability.

The report goes on describe how the arts “build a sense of identity, preserve or restore social capital, and strengthen social networks in communities.” As Northwestern University neuroscientist and MIC ex-officio board member Dr. Nina Kraus commented in a 2013 New York Times article, “our general thinking about [music] education is that it is for our children. But in fact we are setting up our children for healthy aging.” Whether neurological or psychological, the ongoing lifelong benefits of music are clear.

Mr. Scheff offers an additional analysis: “Flash forward seven years, and I’m first chair. Conductor Paul Hefner gets us to sound pretty darn good! As a retiree, my only metric is, ‘Is this fun?’ And New Horizons Band is fun!”

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: FRANK WINKLER After twenty years at the Music Institute, Frank Winkler retired from the piano faculty and conducting this summer. During his tenure, he led nine adult and student ensembles. Known for performing and teaching a wide range of musical styles, he explained that his specialty was “diversity of repertoire—contemporary as well as classical.”

In addition, he worked well with students of all ages. For a period, he served as Program Director of the Music Institute’s Adult Studies Program and he always had a robust contingent of adult students during his tenure. “The aging mechanism and what it does to the body created different physiological problems for my older students. They definitely have to be a little more regulated and work harder, but it’s also very exciting because their minds are so sharp. With young people, you see unbounded energy and sometimes very little discipline, but with my older students, there is so much discipline.”

In addition to his work with the Music Institute, his long and varied musical career included conducting appearances with the Grant Park Symphony, a cameo as the orchestra conductor in the movie Home Alone II, and time as director of the Elgin Choral Union. As a pianist, he performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Royal English and Bolshoi Ballets, and with artists including Kathleen Battle, Sammy Davis Jr., Buddy Rich, and Frank Sinatra.

Despite retirement, he’s already looking forward to returning to MIC to conduct the Music Institute of Chicago Chorale’s 2020 Summer Sing-Along. “Sometimes we have more than 100 people singing music they know and love. It’s wonderful for those who are used to large choruses but don’t have time to commit to something ongoing. This gives them a chance to reacquaint themselves with repertoire and sing with a full orchestra.”

THIRD COAST SUZUKI STRINGS 13 String players ages 5-15 received 290 hours of instruction

7 West, northwest, and southwest Chicago neighborhoods represented

2 MIC faculty directors, Karin Addis and Carrie Anselmo

Support provided by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Instruments provided by William Harris Lee & Co.

A Letter from a Third Coast Suzuki Strings Parent My son has been in the Third Coast Suzuki Strings program since October of 2018. It has been a bit frustrating trying to find things he could do well within my financial reach. My son is a good kid, but has his setbacks. He's easily distracted and struggles with staying focused.

This opportunity has filled in gaps in his life.

His school academics have improved and he is  more focused than ever before. He is a “perfect  attendance” and honor roll student. I'm so proud of his achievements. I cannot be more thankful for the influence the program has had on his growth and success. My son has always been a good kid, but it’s evident he has become better and more attentive doing something he really truly enjoys.

As for myself, words cannot express how I feel when he gets excited and his eyes light up about a lesson, class, or performance. I really appreciate the help Karin and Carrie have dedicated to their students.

They need to know that their work is highly valued and appreciated. incerely, Third Coast Suzuki Strings Parent

“To me, playing the violin means dedication, hard work, setting goals and practicing. One of my goals is to have a solo part in orchestra and, with the help of Ms. Carrie, it will be easy to achieve my goal.” ~ Zakiya Reed Zakiya has been with Third Coast Suzuki Strings since 2009. She has steadily improved her confidence, concentration, academic performance, and, of course, her musical skills. Along with twelve of her peers, Zakiya takes private and group violin lessons at no cost on Saturdays throughout the school year and into the summer. The lessons take place at the McCormick YMCA of Metro Chicago in the Logan Square neighborhood.

When Zakiya started high school in 2018 at Lane Tech, she had never played in an orchestra before. She was initially placed into the third level orchestra. She describes playing in the orchestra as “inspirational,” loving when all the parts come together. Midway through her freshman year, she was motivated to audition for the top orchestra. She successfully passed the audition and was accepted.

Soirée On March 15, 2019, a group of dedicated MIC trustees - Renée Parquette, Ross Updegraff, and Courtney Holohan – created the Music Institute’s first Soirée, a festive event designed to help raise funds toward the repair and maintenance of Nichols Concert Hall. The evening raised nearly $30,000 for the historic Evanston building as the lobby was transformed into an elegant party space where more than sixty guests enjoyed Asian-inspired cuisine and listened to cool jazz played by pianist Fred Simon and bassist Stewart Miller.

The following main stage musical program featured MIC faculty performers and highlighted the diversity of genres and teaching areas at the school. The alternately virtuosic, heartwarming, and thrilling performances were followed by more food, fun, and libations.

Designed in 1912 by renowned Chicago architect Solon S. Beman as First Church of Christ, Scientist, the Classical Revival-style building was acquired by the Music Institute in 2001 and transformed into an acoustically perfect, 550-seat performance space on the upper level and the Evanston East Campus on the lower level. Home to a fully restored 1914 E. M. Skinner pipe organ, the hall received the Richard H. Driehaus Award for best adaptive use by the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.

Ongoing renovations include replacement of the original roof, restoration of the interior walls and ceilings, and construction of a new steel frame under the existing limestone entrance façade. Since 2015, the Music Institute has completed a full replacement of the HVAC system, repairs to twelve original wooden entrance doors, restoration of all exterior window lintels, and restoration of the parquet floor in the main lobby. Phase II of this important project includes the masonry restoration of the original front steps, installation of replacement railings, and addition of new lighting – a feature the original staircase lacks entirely. The total cost is estimated at $750,000.

Courtney Holohan, Soirée co-chair and MIC trustee, remarked from the stage: My personal experience as an MIC parent has been that my children have received more than a first rate musical education. The caliber and beauty of Nichols Concert Hall has played an important role in imparting key and unspoken values.

For example, that their hard work matters and is cause for elevated and formal celebration; respecting, appreciating, and celebrating the hard work of others is equally important; and that the gift of learning about, listening to, and participating in music is to be revered.

Every year when I see the three- and four-year-old Suzuki Twinklers perform on the Nichols Concert Hall stage, they look smaller and smaller as my kids grow older, and every year, I remain totally convinced that these early experiences in such a beautiful (and large from their perspective) hall will make any presentation of any kind later in life – no matter what the context or chosen profession – feel very doable.

So really, the hall itself contributes to our kids’ life-long self-esteem and success.

Charlene Kluegel and Sixto Franco, members of the Fifth House Ensemble, in residence at MIC.

Roots & Rock faculty member Megon McDonough.

Jazz faculty members Fred Simon, piano; Victor Garcia, trumpet; and Stewart Miler, bass.

ACADEMY 31 Academy Fellows 3

International String Competition winners

Academy Cellist Cameron Chiu Takes a Collaborative Approach Cameron Chiu introduced an innovative idea to his Academy colleagues and the Evanston community this past season through Melodies on Canvas, a new project that aims to bring music and visual art together. The first collaboration included three Academy string quartets performing in January at the Evanston Art Center.

An addition performanced followed in March at the Music Institute’s Puth Family Theater.

2 National YoungArts Foundation winners

5 Graduates 1

to national conservatories Graduate to an international conservatory

95% Attend conservatory following Academy graduation

80% Enjoy postgraduate music study and careers

“I started Melodies on Canvas because I wanted to show the community how impactful the arts have been on my life,” said Cameron. “In the summer of 2018, I attended the Center Stage for Strings music camp in Ann Arbor. They directed a series of memorable events, but the most prominent to me was a collaborative concert with the local art museum. Chamber groups from the camp selected individual paintings that they felt connected to the piece they were to perform. As I listened to the groups play, I watched the painting come to life. The experience was surreal. I talked to the director of this concert and she encouraged me to bring this idea to Chicago. The pairing of art and music is simple, yet incredibly powerful. It transforms simple listening or viewing into a cathartic experience quite unlike any other.”

Melodies on Canvas continues this year and features collaborations with WFMT, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education, the Evanston Art Center, and more. “I hope that this and other events under the Melodies on Canvas banner show my appreciation for art’s impact, while allowing students, adults, musicians, and artists to learn something new about the world.”

Academy Alumni Triumph at Tenth International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart Mothers Melanie Brown and Inah Chiu held hands nervously, as the muggy air of the unair-conditioned German concert hall weighed upon them and furrowed brows dripped with anticipation. After ten demanding days, their children—best friends—stood on stage with just one other young competitor, waiting to be named winners in the tenth International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart in Augsburg, Germany.

To have two students reach the semi-finals in a competition of this scope from the same precollege program is a testament to the quality of excellence in the Academy. To have those same students, the only contestants from the United States, advance to the finals was amazing. And then the announcement was made: First Prize, the “Mozart” Prize, Joshua Brown; Second Prize, Karisa Chiu. It was an extraordinary feat. In addition, Joshua won four more prizes including including the Audience Award and the Chairman of the Jury Special Prize.

Both Joshua and Karisa spent five years in the Academy where they studied with Almita and Roland Vamos. They are now at the New England Conservatory of Music and Curtis Institute of Music, respectively. “To me, the best part of the competition wasn’t winning, it was having made it to the finals together,“ Joshua said. “We’ve grown up learning, performing, and competing together, so it was a really great feeling to succeed together in perhaps the most important competition we’ve ever done.”

“It was so exciting to learn that Josh and I were even competing in the same competition, and to win the top two prizes with none other than my best friend is really special, “ Karisa added. “I am so grateful to our incredible teacher Mrs. Vamos and to the Academy, which provided an intense yet encouraging environment where young musicians like me could thrive.”

INNA FALIKS COMES HOME This past February, Inna Faliks, alumna of the Music Institute of Chicago, returned home to bring her autobiographical concertmonologue to Nichols Concert Hall. Poloniase-Fantaisie: The Story of a Pianist traces Inna’s journey from the former Soviet Union to the freedom of the United States and a life in music.

She tells her incredible story while playing music spanning 289 years—from Bach to contemporary composer Jan Fredilin— interspersed with her own writings chronicling her upbringing in Odessa, Ukraine; her musical and romantic awakenings; and her immigration to the U.S. as a Jewish refugee.

After studying at the Music Institute with Emilio del Rosario, Faliks continued with such towering figures as Leon Fleisher, Ann Schein, and Gilbert Kalish, eventually earning a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University in New York.

She has performed in some of the world’s most distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Concert Hall, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paris’ Salle Cortot, Chicago’s Symphony Center, and many more. Currently a Professor of Piano and Head of Piano at UCLA, she is also founder and curator of the award-winning series Music/Words, creating performances in collaboration with distinguished poets.

Inna returns to Nichols Concert Hall July 17, 2020 to perform Mahler’s Sixth Symphony with Daniel Schlosberg as part of the annual Chicago Duo Piano Festival.

Inna offered this reminicence about her experiences as an aspiring young pianist and the lasting impact Emilio del Rosario (“Mr. D”), her teacher and mentor, has had on her life: The Music Institute and its myriad activities was my whole world, quite literally.

In addition to my family, “Mr. D” was the most important person in my life.

From the very beginning, he made me into a performer through his Saturday night workshops and the endless opportunities he gave me. With him, I had no idea that anything was difficult. I just did it. He gave me technical freedom as a pianist, so crucial, at a young age. He took me to concerts and introduced me to many recordings. He made me constantly aware of the beauty of sound.

He made me realize how much I love to share music with others, but also the inevitable discipline that comes with being a concert artist. With him, there was simply no other way than to be the absolute best you can be.

After I had gone on to Peabody, and all the other places where I studied and lived, I always came back and played for him. We would go to Homer's for ice cream (sugar-free, for him) and joke around, tease each other, gossip about music—and things felt like they hadn't changed in years. I always felt like that child who first entered his studio. Besides being the most dedicated teacher I have ever met, and a deeply sincere musician, he was a real goofball. I think this combination made it easy for him to connect to his students.

I miss him more than words can say. It is hard for me to walk by what used to be his studio—room 106—when I am in the building. His picture is in my studio at UCLA, and he always looks out at my students as they play. In my mind, he is very much alive.

2019 FISCAL YEAR REPORT

2019 ANNIVERSARY GALA MAY 20, 2019

Net Assets $7.13 Million 2019 Operating Revenue and Support $6.2 Million   

22.8%

Net Tuition and Fees Contributions Earned Income & Other

75.2%

2019 Operating Expenses $6.8 Million    

2.0%

Program Costs Management & General Occupancy Fundraising

(unaudited)

8.4%

HONORARY CHAIRS Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Dan and Karen Pritzker, The Jay Pritzker Foundation Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell GALA CO-CHAIRS Jeff and Christine Morse Scott and Areta Verschoor DUSHKIN AWARD Wynton Marsalis

6.9%

10%18.9% 65.8% 23%

60.8%

CULTURAL VISIONARY AWARD FOR CHICAGO Caryn and King Harris RICHARD D. COLBURN AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE Susan Charles, voice faculty

The Music Institute of Chicago welcomed 300 guests to its 2019 Anniversary Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. The event raised more than $850,000 from a combination of table sponsorships, ticket sales, and outright contributions.

The festive evening featured a New Orleans brass band procession, young string players from Third Coast Suzuki Strings, jazz musicians of all ages from the Community Music School, award-winning Academy students, and a surprise finale performance by Wynton Marsalis alongside Music Institute students.

Susan Charles

Christine and Jeff Morse

Eli Goroff, Gage Bachmann, Wynton Marsalis, and William Feeney

Alexandra Nichols, Caryn and King Harris

Mark George, Jason Rubinstein, Areta and Scott Verschoor

John Woolley and Paul DiLorenzo

FRIENDS OF THE MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO The Music Institute gratefully acknowledges the friends who contributed $100 or more between September 1, 2018 and August 31, 2019. $50,000 to $99,999 The Grainger Foundation Illinois Tool Works Susan Kiphart The Negaunee Foundation Alexandra C.* and John D. Nichols Dan and Karen Pritzker

$25,000 to $49,999 Abbott Comer Family Foundation Constance and David Coolidge The Crown Family Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur H. Gantz Mrs. Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and Mr. John H. Krehbiel Jr. Harris Family Foundation Kay and Fred Krehbiel Polk Bros. Foundation Andrew M. Rosenfield Mr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan Scott* and Areta Verschoor Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell The Wallace Foundation

$10,000 to $24,999 A.D. Johnson Foundation AbbVie Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

BMO Harris Bank Gil Bowen* The Canning Foundation Catherine and Bryan Daniels The Howard & Ursula Dubin Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas* L. Gahlon Bev and Warren Hayford Courtney Holohan Mueller* and Wesley Mueller Tom Hurvis Illinois Arts Council Agency Irving Harris Foundation Loretta N. Julian Ethelle Katz KPMG Jim and Kay* Mabie Marmon Holdings, Inc. Jeff* and Christine Morse Northern Trust Corporation Cathy and Bill Osborn Jane Di Renzo Pigott Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation The Rhoades Foundation Lois M. Steans Liz Stiffel Lee Anne* and Rich Stoddart Mr. and Mrs. John W. Taylor David* and Eileen Zampa Helen and Sam Zell

$5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous Harriet Bernbaum Margot Bowen Carlos R. Cardenas* CIBC Bank USA Catherine S. Downey Sonia Florian Robert W. Galvin Foundation Elliott*† and Mona Golub Andi and Jim Gordon, The Edgewater Funds John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Jane Irwin Chris* and Laura Janssen Michael Keiser Mrs. Paul Klimstra MacLean-Fogg Company Joseph Madigan Mr. and Mrs. Bill McIlvaine Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group Sylvia Neil Mr. and Mrs. John D. Nichols III Renée Parquette* John and Kathy Piepgras John and Betsey* Puth J. C. Reyes Kitty R. Rothschild

John W. Rowe Gene Schmitt Sidley Austin LLP Ms. Jennifer Steans and Mr. James P. Kastenholz Zalman and Karen Usiskin Wintrust Bank Florian Zettelmeyer*

$1,000 to $4,999 3Points Anonymous (6) Paul J. Adams The Allyn Foundation, Inc. Apex Landscaping Inc. Stuart Berger and Julie Biller Mr. and Mrs. Gershon Berkson Ann and Arnie Berlin Christopher G. and Anne Bird* Michael G. Boutross Susan Bowey R.J. Bukovac Tim Cawley Ms. Susan Charles and Mr. Gerald Rosenband A. Alyce Claerbaut Scott Corley Lawrence O. Corry James H. Davis Mr. and Mrs. David Dees

Stephanie Ettelson City of Evanston Sharon Feather Norman D. Finch Mr. and Mrs. John N. Fix Suzanne S. Garvin* Mark A. George* and Elizabeth W. Calihan Mr. and Mrs. Hans* J. Germann Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Norman Goldring Mr. and Mrs. John* C. Goodall, Jr. Karen and Jay Goodgold Rabbi Samuel Gordon and Patty Gerstenblith David Goroff Dan* and Yoo M. Hahn David C. Hanold Highland Park Community Foundation Erin and Wellington Hsu Charles M. Jaffe Lisa Karahalios Martin Katz Rod Keith Kohl Feinerman Family Charitable Trust Allen Kohl Josef Lakonishok James Landman Catherine Liggett Janet Love Judy Marth Robert Moriarty Kristen Murtos

Kenneth R. Norgan Drs. Funmi and Sola Olopade Mrs. Katherine L. Olson PJH & Associates, Inc. Jonathan C. Puth Diana and Bruce Rauner Earl Rubinoff Candace Rudmose Ms. Deborah F. Rutter* Sargent Family Foundation Roger Schmitt Matthew Sennett Bill and Stephanie Sick Mary Beth Siddons John Q. Smith Ross R. and Emily Updegraff* Penny and John Van Horn Cynthia S. Van Osdol Richard Vaughan John A. Washburn Audrey L. Weaver Susan G. Wenzel

$500 to $999 Anonymous (2) Keiko and Jeff Alexander Douglas Balsam Tina Barr Gail E. Belytschko Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock Philip E. Cable William Coughlin Debora de Hoyos and Walter Carlson Brigitta Denning

Peter B. Dushkin Ceylan Eatherton Anthony F. Fata Patricia Felker Dr. and Mrs. Sanford I. Finkel Sara Fischer Kris and Ken Fishman Patrice Fletcher Mr. and Mrs.* Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr. Stephanie Hickman Susan Julian Larry Katz Walter M. Kelly Mr. William H. Lee Michael C. Litt Jessica Littmann Michael Merlo Marc and Sandra Micek Diana and David Moore The Paul Nebenzahl Co. Tom Phillips PianoForte Chicago, Inc. Jason Rubinstein Kathleen Rundell Brenda Russell Erik Scheier Schultz Strings Mary Ellen Snyder Matthew Snyder David Stowell Kelly Tanaka Eley Thompson MIC Suzuki faculty Gretchen Rebar Katherine Todd leads a community engagement Katherine Van Vlack program at the Evanston Public Library.

Axel Vargas

Diane J. Vlcek Colleen Walker Lorraine Waller Paul S. Watford Diane K. Welnhofer Edward Winslow

$100 to $499 Anonymous (6) Emily and Alejandro Abraham Robert Albertson Kate Ancell Jan Baer John* and Patricia Berwanger Robert and Susan Bowker Julia Brueck Suzanne Bunge Susana Cavallo Georgia Cohen Gianna Colzi Jerome Conlon Gia Conti Dina and Ares Dalianis Laurie and Bruce Davidson Peg and Lee Doctor Alison Donnelly Bruce Feay Roger G. Fein Daniel and Sharona Feller Sheldon Fink Mr. and Mrs. W. Reed Foster Susan Frohling Ronald J. Furth George and Ellen Galland John R. Gast

Anne and George Gingold James Ginsburg and Patrice Michaels Victor J. Goldberg and Patricia A. Waldeck John Gong Sara M. Gotheridge, M.D. Chris Gould Lee Hamilton William H. Hammett Blake Harper Ken Harris Beth Hart Robin and Edrene Heiss Margaret Herrmann Jeannie and Ed James Mr. Kris Jarantoski Howard E. Jessen Rebecca Kahn Donna M. Kaitchuck Heather and Stuart Katz Esther G. Klatz Jeanette Krstolich Theresa Kuritza Ron and Nancy Kurz Henry Laxgang Clem Leek Beatriz and Roberto Levi Elaine Z. Lewis Katherine Liao Carol and David Liner Kate Liu Judy and Maynard Louis William Mason and Diana Davis Meagan McCanna

Nan Miller Rhonda F. Miller Daniel L. Morriss Darryl Newman Kathy Nordmeyer Durga Nyayadhish Jonah Orlofsky David Parks Perlman Family John Robertson Gloria V. Rolighed Laura Roney Beth Rusie Emilio Salvi Bert R. Saper Christine Schulz Farid Shafaie Tom and Pam Sheffield Louise Silberman Steven Sklar Brian Smith Mary Ellen and Dean Snyder Priscilla Sperling Rebecca Spizzirri Lavanya Srinivasan Ann Stevens Audrey Tai Tamar Productions, Inc. John Treumann Carol A. Wagner J & P Wahlstrom Weinstein Family Mark Winski Alice P. Wirtz Michael Wislek

Brenda Wong Lora Zhizhin John and Laura Zielinski Kristin and Brian Ziv

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF Dr. K. Simon Abraham Chris Bird Patricia Erenburg Elliott Golub Ilan Hurtado Ted Kaitchuck Ann Lagerbom Doug Meis Mildred Robbins Rick Rohrer Barb Schmitt Edward F Scott Tiffani Fisher Thomforde Gee Gong Vaughan

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF Sister Mary Hueller, SSSF Ethelle Katz Shelly Keefer Sang Mee Lee Bonnie and Jay Lipe Frank Little Alexandra Nichols Fiona Queen Lee Ann Stoddart Frank Winkler Laura Zhizhin * Trustee †Deceased

The Music Institute lost two close friends in 2019. Each made formidable contributions to the Music Institute of Chicago. Their dedication, wisdom, and good humor will be remembered fondly.

RICHARD ROHRER

ELLIOTT GOLUB

Rick Rohrer served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the Music Institute from 2001 until his retirement in 2016. He played an instrumental role in the purchase, renovation, and ongoing maintenance of Nichols Concert Hall.

Elliott Golub, a Music Institute of Chicago trustee since 2004, was an accomplished violinist and tremendous advocate for music education, especially the Music Institute’s Academy program. He sponsored a number of promising young violin students known as Elliott’s Academy Fellows, and those young musicians regularly matriculated to the nation’s finest conservatories.

Born in Moline, Illinois, Rick graduated from Western Illinois University in 1968 and became a Certified Public Accountant four years later.

Prior to joining the Music Institute, Rick worked for Consolidated Foods, the Tribune Corporation, and Jet Lithocolor. A superior accountant, he managed the financial affairs of the Music Institute with uncommon dedication and care.

Rick loved music and never missed an opportunity to chat with young Music Institute students. He had a wonderful singing voice and performed with many choral ensembles throughout his life, including the Moline Boys Choir, a variety of barbershop choruses and quartets, and the Music Institute of Chicago Chorale. Rick was also an avid reader and loved aviation.

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Elliott Golub, Jane Glover, and Larry Block at a 2006 Patron Society Event

Elliott spent a large part of his career as concertmaster of Music of the Baroque, an ensemble he co-founded in 1972. He had previously performed with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe Opera, the Robert Shaw Chorale, and the Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago, among others. Beginning in 1995, and in cooperation with the Department of State, Elliott founded Trio Chicago & Friends, an ensemble that performed hundreds of concerts as part of ambassadorial trips to countries throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Elliott was a musical connoisseur, collector of fine art, and owner of the 1734 Guarneri ‘Del Gesù’ violin known as ‘Spagnoletti.’ As violinmaker Gregg Alf remarked, “to know Elliott was to know an artistic soul, a sharp mind, and a true gentleman.”

TRUSTEES

Scott Verschoor, Chair Alexandra C. Nichols, Chair Emerita Thomas Gahlon, Treasurer Jeffrey J. Morse, Secretary Lee Anne Stoddart, Vice Chair Christopher G. Bird Carlos R. Cardenas Hans Germann Dan Hahn Courtney Holohan Chris Janssen Kay Mabie Renée Parquette Barbara Sereda Ross Updegraff David Zampa Florian Zettelmeyer

LIFE TRUSTEES John J. Berwanger Gilbert W. Bowen Mitzi Freidheim Suzanne Spencer Garvin John C. Goodall, Jr. Brooks Morgan Susan B. Noyes Rachel Barton Pine Carl M. Plochman, Jr. Betsey L. Puth Priscilla F. Richman William N. Topaz

EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Steve Hagerty Jennifer Koh Nina Kraus Christopher Rintz Deborah F. Rutter

Founded in 1931, the Music Institute of Chicago is dedicated to providing everyone in our communities with lifelong access to, and engagement with, music. We believe that enjoying and understanding music, and developing the skills to create and perform music, enhance the quality of life and nourish the human spirit. This belief motivates the Music Institute’s dedicated faculty to provide the highest quality musical instruction at eight locations in the Chicago area and to reach individuals with music education in neighborhoods where opportunities are limited.

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As part of MIC’s new Music as Service initiative, Ekua Norkett provides music for a Welcome Meal at Epiphany United Church of Christ in Chicago.