To provide intensive, performance-based instruction to promising young musicians by immersing them in a professional, mentoring environment.
Welcome to Birch Creek!
Welcome to Birch Creek Music Performance Center. We are very happy to have you join us for an evening of outstanding entertainment.
You help us achieve our mission of providing performance-based instruction for our promising young musicians by attending these student and faculty concerts. Whether you join us for our Percussion, Steel Pan & World Music; Symphony, or Big Band Jazz session, you will surely be delighted.
The Birch Creek staff and Board of Trustees are devoted to continually improving the experience for both our students and concert audiences. Birch Creek is a special type of music camp that provides our talented young musicians with the opportunity to learn from outstanding teachers and performers, as well as the chance to entertain an audience multiple times over a two-week period. Each time you attend a concert at Birch Creek, you will see and hear something new with a consistently high level of musical quality. Our unique barn venue offers you a concert experience like no other.
I would like to personally thank you for your attendance and financial support to Birch Creek. Each of you is so very important to keeping Birch Creek strong and growing into the future.
Enjoy the concert!
President, Birch Creek Board of Trustees
Steven Gomoll, President
Scott Brunswick, Vice President
Lyn Huber, Secretary
Stephen Kase, Treasurer
Patti Vickman, Development Chair
Miriam Erickson, Past President
John Belmont, President, The Associates Volunteers
Jane Berg
Jim Blair
Carla Byrnes
Jim Flint
Joan Guasta
of Trustees 3821 County Rd E, PO Box 230, Egg Harbor, WI 54209 • Phone: (920) 868-3763
Steven Johnson
Lynn Kaczmarek
Steven Kane
Bob Lindahl
David Long
Raymond Moulis
Carl Shakal
Fax: (920) 868-1643 • Email: MainOffice@BirchCreek.org • Website: BirchCreek.org
Dear friends and music lovers,
This is our 49th season! We are thrilled that you are here for today’s concert. As we count down to next season’s milestone 50th season, we hope your experience today inspires you to return next year to celebrate with us.
Birch Creek’s unique setting, its unparalleled performancebased music education, live performances in a concert barn, and the amazing career paths our students take after leaving Birch Creek speak to the resonance of Birch Creek’s educational experiences. Our expert music faculty provide a wealth of knowledge and model the life of a professional musician. Your attendance here today fulfills our mission to provide a live audience for our performing students and faculty.
It is important to note that each one of our two-week sessions is comprised of students and faculty completely different from the others. Check out all four sessions! From Percussion, Steel Pan & World Music to Symphony to Big Band Jazz, the students and faculty performers provide musical excellence and mentoring in all facets of teaching and performance. Our staff, faculty, Board of Trustees, and Associates Volunteers work tirelessly to provide the most outstanding and rewarding musical experience for friends and music loving concertgoers like you.
With strong enrollments this year, Birch Creek students and faculty will perform nearly 30 concerts in the Dutton Concert Barn and another 30 free outreach concerts both on the campus and within the villages on the Door County peninsula.
Check inside this program book for free adult retreat concerts in August, an exceptional artist lineup for the Fall Concert Series in September and October, and sell-out special holiday concerts. We are hopeful that you will join us often.
We know this 49th season will be tremendous because of you and your confidence in us. Thank you for joining us today and for your ongoing support of this unique, life-changing, and inspiring place.
From all of us at Birch Creek, enjoy the concert!
Musically Yours,
Mona Christensen, Executive Director The Steve and Jackie Kane Chair
Friday, June 28 | 7:00 PM
James Dutton Memorial Concert
Join us for this special Percussion, Steel Pan & World Music concert in honor of Birch Creek’s Founder, the late James Dutton.
Thursday, July 4
2:00 PM Social | 3:00 PM Concert
Independence Day Concert with Free Pie and Ice Cream Social
Celebrate the 4th of July with our famous pre-concert pie and ice cream social at 2:00 PM followed by a 3:00 PM concert. Patriotic music including Stars and Stripes, Armed Forces Salute, along with musical theater favorites from West Side Story and the Prince of Egypt.
Children ages 11 and under are free.
Saturdays — June 29, July 13, July 27, August 10 | 1:00 PM
Free Family Community Concerts
Open to the public at no charge for family community concerts sponsored by the Town of Egg Harbor.
Wednesdays — July 24 & August 7
2:30-4:30 PM
Free Outreach Concerts
The Jazz Ambassadors with the Lab and Studio Bands from the Big Band Jazz Sessions (Jazz I and Jazz II) will each perform free concerts for the community at the Sister Bay Pavilion.
Thursday — July 25 | 5-7 PM
Harbor View Park, Egg Harbor Concerts in the Park
The Jazz I Ambassadors will perform in Egg Harbor as part of the Concerts in the Park series. For the full Jazz Ambassadors schedule, visit BirchCreek.org.
Groundwork for comprehensive infrastructure and technology capital improvements at Birch Creek began in 2015; by 2016, actual projects were underway. Each year—we call them Phases—Birch Creek repaired, upgraded, or completely replaced electrical, Internet, water, and technology systems through the contributions from donors who shared our vision.
Of Phase I, Infrastructure and Technology Plan 2.0 of implementing campus upgrades. With much anticipation after a pause due to the pandemic, professional audience lights were installed for the 2024 season in the Dutton Concert Barn. Concert goers long into the future will experience the fruits of this reinvigorated project that provides industry standard audience lighting. In addition, new flooring was installed in six sleeping rooms used to house teaching assistants and summer staff. Both significant projects speak to the overwhelming generosity and dedication of our donors listed (right) and to all those many Birch Creek friends whose gifts have helped us raise more than $420,000 over the last nine years for infrastructure and technology upgrades.
Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Private Family Fund
Raibrook Foundation
Charlotte Lukes
Building for Tomorrow Fund in the Birch Creek Endowment
WPR Music offers beautiful, locally-hosted classical music seven days a week with jazz, world and folk music each weekend.
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1977 The Granary is renovated for use as a student dorm, the barn for performances. First performance held in the barn.
1978 Student enrollment is 53; 11 concerts are performed over a 5-week session.
1979 Enrollment is 103, and faculty includes Russell Dagon, principal clarinetist with the Milwaukee Symphony, Lovel Ives, founder of the jazz program at UW-Green Bay, and UWGB marimbist Gordon Stout.
1980 Twenty-two concerts are performed in a full summer season including four free Sunday family matinee concerts.
1982 G. Allan O’Connor from Northern Illinois University begins the Steel Band program at Birch Creek; enrollment is 143, concert attendance 3,950.
1984 A new dormitory capable of housing 38 students and 6 faculty is built.
1986 Birch Creek’s 10th anniversary is celebrated with performances by Woody Herman And The Thundering Herd, and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra conducted by Buddy Morrow.
The Duttons begin a music school in their A-frame home with 12 students. The A-frame is also the site of the first public concert. That winter, the 19th century farmstead that is Birch Creek’s home was purchased from the Tischler family of Baileys Harbor.
1988 The Birch Creek Associates volunteer group is formed.
1990 The Picnic Grove is planted and the Gazebo is built by the Associates.
1991 Popcorn sales begin with all proceeds helping underwrite student scholarships.
1992 Birch Creek management passes to a reorganized Board of Trustees after the campus is purchased from the Duttons.
1994 A new administration building and a faculty dorm are built.
1995 20th Anniversary celebration includes dedication of the James N. Dutton Concert Barn.
1998 A new kitchen/dining room is added to the Student Dorm. Student enrollment is 178; overall concert attendance exceeds 9,000.
1999 A music listening library opens in the Farmhouse. Jazz pianist Marian McPartland continues the tradition of great guest artists at Birch Creek. The Jazz Ambassadors band is formed. Jim Dutton passes away.
2000 Birch Creek celebrates its 25th season, welcoming guest artists Peter Schickele, Gene Bertoncini, Harold Jones and Freddy Cole.
2001 A piano lab, popcorn stand and gift shop make their campus debuts.
2002 The Associates Bench Project begins. A stage extension is added and the Dutton Concert Barn gets a new roof.
2003 The Farmhouse undergoes major refurbishment.
2010 The Final Pitch Campaign is launched to close out the Capital Campaign.
2011 “Jazz at Birch Creek” is recorded by Wisconsin Public Television in August and airs in 2012 throughout Wisconsin and in Rochester, NY.
2014 The Final Pitch campaign concludes.
The Associates new concession stand in the Middle Granary opens in celebration of their 25th season.
Wisconsin Public Television records Symphony and Percussion & Steel Band sessions for broadcast in 2015.
2015 Birch Creek celebrates its 40th season. The Fall Concert Series is introduced.
2016 The Dutton Concert Barn’s south wall is replaced, and projects identified in Infrastructure and Technology Plan 1.0 begin.
2017 New electrical service to the West Campus and an improved water filtration system are completed; the barn receives theatrical stage lighting.
2018 Adult Band Camp returns for second year. Office systems are moved to the Cloud.
2004 Cliff Alexis, world-renowned steel pan builder and tuner, comes for a weeklong residency.
2005 Birch Creek celebrates its 30th season.
2007 Perfect Pitch Capital Campaign begins on Opening Night.
2008 Three new buildings, The Miller Music Center, Faculty Dormitory and Maintenance Building, are dedicated on June 30.
2019 Chamber Music Retreat for adults is offered for the first time in August. The performance stage is named “Stage of Stars” and the gazebo named by Jackie and Steve Kane.
2020 COVID-19 pandemic causes Academy sessions and all summer concerts to be cancelled. Birch Creek Online is launched.
2021 Howard and Miriam Erickson Listening Library is dedicated in the farmhouse. Academy reopens at half capacity student enrollment with outdoor concerts.
2022 Campus fully reopens. The Concerto Competition is named by Laurey and Phil Clampitt. A new fire alert system is installed in the West Dorm Building. 2023 Student enrollment rises to 186, surpassing pre-COVID-19 attendance. Adult Piano Retreat is launched in September.
Dan Moore, in his 26th year at Birch Creek, has served as Director of the Percussion, Steel Pan & World Music program since 2016. Dr. Moore, Professor of Percussion and Director of the award-winning percussion program at The University of Iowa, received the Iowa Regents Award for Faculty Excellence in 2018. An internationally known musician, composer, and educator, Moore is a Yamaha international performing artist, Innovative Percussion signature mallet artist, and a performing artist for Sabian Cymbals, Gon Bops Percussion, and Grover Pro Percussion. Moore leads the Birch Creek faculty ensemble and teaches marimba/vibes performance, improvisation, snare drum technique, and ensemble performance.
Scott McConnell marks his tenth season with Birch Creek this year. He is an active steelpan/percussion performer in a variety of styles throughout the Chicagoland area. McConnell has performed with the Illinois Festival Orchestra, the Harper College Orchestra, South East Steel Orchestra, Starlift Steel Orchestra, and the Carpe Diem String Quartet to name a few. He is also an educator, serving as the Director of Steel Orchestras with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and as percussion faculty and rock ensemble instructor at Lewis University. Alongside McConnell’s ensemble teaching he maintains a private lesson studio teaching students of all ages.
In 2024, Anthony Di Sanza marks a decade at Birch Creek. A UW-Madison Professor of Percussion, he’s a global performer and educator, having held residencies in North America, Europe and Asia. A visiting artist at over 45 colleges, universities, and conservatories, Di Sanza has performed in some of the world’s most important concert halls. He can be heard on over 25 internationally distributed recordings, including Union Duo, Don’t Look Down, Ensemble Duniya, Keiko Abe and the Michigan Chamber Players and Galaxy Percussion. At Birch Creek, Di Sanza’s a faculty artist, teaching diverse percussion styles and directing ensembles.
With a dazzling improvisational style, renowned steelpan virtuoso
Victor Provost is recognized globally for seamlessly blending Bebop, contemporary flair, and Caribbean roots. Hailing from the US Virgin Islands, he’s a six-time “Jazz Percussionist of the Year” awardee by The Washington D.C. City Paper. Provost’s latest album, “Bright Eyes,” debuted at #5 on the iTunes Top 40 Jazz Charts. Having collaborated with jazz luminaries like Wynton Marsalis and Paquito D’Rivera, he’s a rarity in the jazz ecosystem, as noted by Downbeat Magazine.
Michal Brauhn Damm, Norman, OK
Wesley Morgan, Brookfield, IL
Peter Naughton, Platteville, WI
Emily Roane, Philadelphia, PA
Brad Stirtz, Naperville, IL
Rodrigo Villanueva, Janesville, WI
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Ricardo Castañeda Program Director, Sarah E. Wright Chair
2024 marks Ricardo Castañeda’s 27th year at Birch Creek. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music performance from Northwestern University, studying under Ray Still. Castañeda, a Northwestern University Concerto Competition winner and Wade Fetzer award recipient, made his solo debut at age 15 with the National Symphony of El Salvador. He’s since soloed globally and serves as Principal Oboist with the Lake Forest Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Sinfonietta. Additionally, he’s solo English Horn with The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and performs with the Chicago Ensemble and Barossa Woodwind Quintet. Castañeda’s freelance work includes collaborations with renowned orchestras and ballet companies.
Taka Matsunaga, 2021 Conductor of the Year granted by the Illinois Council of Orchestras and 2020/2021 American Prize winner, directs orchestras and teaches at Elmhurst University. He founded and directs the Midwest Philharmonic Orchestra and conducts at Birch Creek. Studying violin in the United States since 1998, he played with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, performing at Carnegie Hall under Daniel Barenboim. He joined esteemed orchestras and conducted at renowned venues like Carnegie Hall and Symphony Center. Matsunaga shares his expertise through workshops and festivals nationwide and is active in music education associations. A member of CODA, NAfME, ILMEA, and ASTA, he enriches the musical journey of aspiring musicians.
Alan Snow, Minnesota Orchestra’s Associate Concertmaster since 2022, previously held the same role at the Omaha Symphony. He’s performed globally since debuting at 13 with the Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra. Snow’s extensive experience includes concertmaster roles, collaborations with esteemed musicians, and recordings. Awards include top prizes at prestigious competitions. He’s also recorded chamber music albums and served on faculty at the University of Evansville. A Chicago native, Snow trained at Midwest Young Artists and studied at Northwestern University and Indiana University. He was a Birch Creek student and concerto competition winner in 2010.
2022
Principal Second Violin
Marcia Henry Liebenow, Peoria, IL
Violin
Betty Lewis, Wilmette, IL
Elizabeth York, St. Paul, MN
Viola
Susan Bengston Price, Chicago, IL
Cello
Mary Moster and Lou Williams Chair
Sonia Mantell, Minneapolis, MN
Oboe
Ricardo Castañeda, Oak Park, IL
Clarinet
Nancy Grimm Chair
Daniel Williams, Chicago, IL
Bassoon
John Gaudette, Chicago, IL
Horn
Dan O’Connell, Chicago, IL
Trumpet
Percussion
Robert Everson, Oak Park, IL
Piero Guimaraes, Providence, RI
Piano
Stanley R. and Robert E. Wright Chair
Jodie DeSalvo, Naples, FL
Harp
Faye Seeman, Palatine, IL
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Jeff Campbell Program Director and Academy Jazz Orchestra Director, Jazz I & II
2024 marks Jeff Campbell’s 36th year at Birch Creek, 28th as Jazz Program Director. Dr. Campbell is Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media and department chair at Eastman School of Music. He has carved out an impressive career as a bass player fluent in both the jazz and classical idioms. As a jazz bassist, Campbell has performed with Marian McPartland, Gene Bertoncini, Rich Perry, Harold Jones, and others, and played at esteemed jazz festivals worldwide including in the former Soviet Union and the Baltic Republics. Additionally, Campbell is a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra bass section. He has numerous CDs to his credit.
Gil Wukitsch Lab Band Director, Anthony and Judith Licata Chair
Gil Wukitsch has been teaching at St. Charles East High School since 1997, where he directs the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Workshop, and extra-curricular pit orchestra, as well as co-directing the marching and pep bands. He also serves as the Fine Arts Department Chair, overseeing both Performing and Visual Arts. Wukitsch has a degree in music education from DePaul University, and a master’s in educational leadership from Aurora University. Since attending Birch Creek as a student from 1989 to 1992, he has been a Birch Creek trumpet teaching assistant and faculty member and has directed both the Lab and Studio Bands.
Jim Stombres Studio Band Director Chair named in his honor
2024 is Jim Stombres’ 36th season with Birch Creek. He directed bands for more than 30 years in three suburban Chicago high schools, finishing his career at St. Charles North High School. Under Stombres’ direction, the Naperville North Wind Ensemble performed at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival and received the DownBeat Student Music Award for Outstanding Wind Ensemble. Stombres holds degrees from the Moody Bible Institute, Illinois State University, and Northwestern University. He is active in the Illinois Music Educators Association and the Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators. Stombres also co-directs Birch Creek’s Wind Ensemble Retreat.
Big Band Jazz I faculty performer Scott Burns commands the stage with his alto saxophone solo on the Stage of Stars inside the Dutton Concert Barn.
Steve Sveum Lab Band Director
Steve Sveum is the retired Director of Bands at Sun Prairie High School in Sun Prairie, WI, where jazz ensembles under his direction were selected 13 times as finalists in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Essentially Ellington” national jazz competition, placing third three times. Sveum has been a faculty member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Band Director Academy and has worked as a clinician at festivals around the United States. He is a 2014 recipient of the DownBeat Jazz Education Achievement award. The 2024 season marks 21 years for Sveum at Birch Creek’s summer music academy. Sveum also co-directs Birch Creek’s Wind Ensemble Retreat.
Nic Meyer serves as Director of Jazz Ensembles at New Trier High School. He oversees a comprehensive jazz program consisting of four large jazz ensembles and many jazz combos. Under his direction, New Trier’s Jazz Ensemble 1 has performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival, Jazz Education Network Conference, and Illinois Music Educators’ Conference. His groups have opened for Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra and Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. While on tour, the band has participated in workshops with The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and members of the Juilliard Jazz faculty. 2024 is Meyer’s 10th summer at Birch Creek.
Ambassador Director
Marty Robinson, Appleton, WI
Alto Saxophone
David Bixler, New York, NY
Tenor Saxophone
Todd Williams, McCordsville, IN
Trumpet
Matt Anklen, Columbus, OH
Tanya Darby, Boston, MA
Clay Jenkins, Rochester, NY
Steve Horne, Glenview, IL
Clarence Hines, Jacksonville, FL
Piano
Jane and Gerry Berg Chair
Reggie Thomas, DeKalb, IL
Piano
Adaron Jackson, St. Louis, MO
Bass
Jeff Campbell, Rochester, NY
Drums
Dennis Mackrel, Flushing, NY
Guitar
Forever in Time Chair
Rick Haydon, Edwardsville, IL
Vocalist
Mardra Thomas, DeKalb, IL
The Birch Creek Student Awards are presented at the end of each two-week session and are based on musicianship and leadership. First-place winners are eligible for a partial tuition scholarship for the following season. In the event that a first-place winner cannot return, the runner-up or honorable mention is eligible for the scholarship. The two first-place winners of the Clampitt Concerto Competition are eligible to perform one movement of a concerto on opening night of the following season. In the event that a first-place winner cannot perform, the runner-up or honorable mention is eligible for the honor. An asterisk (*) indicates the award recipients who you will see on stage at Birch Creek in 2024.
Percussion, Steel Pan & World Music
Outstanding Performer
Winner: Ryan Gomez
Runner-up: Jenna Zimmerman*
Most Improved Student
Winner: Sydney Nichols*
Runner-up: Sydney Almquist
Symphony
Outstanding String Student
Winner: Mateo Estanislao*
Honorable Mention: Lily Yoshihara*
Honorable Mention: William Maeda*
Outstanding Woodwind Student
Winner: Owen Driscoll*
Honorable Mention: Asha Sundaram*
Outstanding Brass Student
Winner: Callie Widi
Honorable Mention: Matthew Markwald*
Honorable Mention: Trista Schepp*
Outstanding Percussion / Harp / Piano Student
Winner: Ayden Hunt*
Honorable Mention: Matthew Tian*
Honorable Mention: Walter Lopez
2023 Clampitt Concerto Competition
Winner: Callie Widi
Winner: Lily Yoshihara*
Honorable Mention: Asha Sundaram*
Honorable Mention: Mateo Estanislao*
Jazz I
Dutton Memorial Scholarship
Winner: Ryan Cooper*
Runner-up: Tai Wieler
Outstanding Rhythm Section Player
Winner: Ryan Weaver*
Runner-up: Adam Blendermann
Most Improved Rhythm Section Player Winner: Maggie Crichton*
Runner-up: Max Ryan
Outstanding Wind Instrument Player Winner: Tai Wieler
Runner-up: Luke Fuller
Most Improved Wind Instrument Player Winner: Grace Fuller
Runner-up: Omar Rodriguez
Jazz
Outstanding Rhythm Section Player Winner: Simone Dunai* Runner-up: Vincent Anderson
Most Improved Rhythm Section Player Winner: Destanē Williams* Runner-up: Lauren Higgins* Runner-up: Drevian Fuller
Outstanding Wind Instrument Player Winner: Owen Ruszczyk* Runner-up: Robert Baur*
Most Improved Wind Instrument Player Winner: Clarice Naumann
Runner-up: Joseph Edgar
Founded in 2002, Birch Creek’s Artists in the Schools outreach program (AIS) brings nationally acclaimed Birch Creek faculty members back to Door County after the summer performances have concluded to serve as clinicians for Door County public school music students. In 2023, two faculty from the Percussion, Steel Pan & World Music Session and a guest artist and former Birch Creek student went to three Door County schools where students were engaged in a rhythmic musical adventure celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Faculty members offered powerful insights into music practice and performance and demonstrated techniques that can be immediately applied in the classroom. Students are encouraged to unlock their own unique voice as they learn these important musical skills.
Birch Creek Music Performance Center campus is located on the ancestral homeland of the Menominee, Oneida and Ho-chunk nations. As an organization that stewards our land and educates generations of music students, we acknowledge these nations who have stewarded this land throughout generations. We acknowledge the history of genocide and the forced cessation of their lands and pay respect to their elders past and present. This acknowledgment does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities; it serves as the first step in honoring this land and the people who cared for it.
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Perform at the world’s premier percussion event, the 2024 Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis, by entering this year’s Concert Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competition. Plan now for the competition, as registration opens May 1st on a first-come, firstserve basis for just 20 high schools.
Discounted badges to PASIC Winners play in the NEW Showcase Concert High School Competition is Friday, November 15
May 1st, 2024
Questions? Email membership@pas.org
Birch Creek recognizes faculty members who have dedicated 20 and 30 seasons or more to serving the academy. “20 Year Club” and “30 Year Club” inductees include the following:
Tom Streeter Jazz
Jeff Stitely Percussion
Jim Warrick Jazz
Robert Chappell Percussion
Mardra Thomas Jazz
Mike Lee Jazz
Joey Tartell Jazz
Liam Teague Percussion
Emily Mantell Symphony
Jodie DeSalvo Symphony
Marcia Henry Liebenow Symphony
Dan Moore Percussion
Matthew Mantell Symphony
Brian Groner Symphony
Vicki Peterson Jenks Percussion
David Bixler Jazz
Rick Haydon Jazz
Marty Robinson Jazz
Robert Everson Symphony
Steve Horne Jazz
Alan Steiner Symphony
Ricardo Castañeda Symphony
Tom Garling Jazz
Michael Stryker Jazz 2022
Steve Sveum Jazz
Steve Sveum, Jazz II faculty, receives recognition for 20 years of teaching and performing at Birch Creek. Congratulating him is Executive Director Mona Christensen during the August 11, 2023 concert.
New inductee in 2024 into the Birch Creek “20 Year Club” is:
Shannon Finney is the Associate Principal Flutist for the Kansas City Symphony. She is also a member of the Kansas City-based chamber music ensemble, Summerfest. Early in her career, Finney was a winner of the National Flute Association’s “Piccolo Artist Competition” and was awarded a fellowship at Tanglewood. She has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, and the Chicago Sinfonietta. Her teachers included Walfrid Kujala, Mary Stolper, and Karla Flygare. Finney earned her degrees from Northwestern University.
New inductees in 2024 into the Birch Creek “30 Year Club” are:
Matthew Lee is a freelance trumpet player and teacher in the Chicago area. He serves as Principal Trumpet with the Chicago Sinfonietta and Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and performs with renowned ensembles such as the Chicago Brass Quintet and Millar Brass Ensemble. Lee has garnered accolades as a soloist, winning competitions and performing globally. Committed to music education, he mentors through initiatives such as the Chicago Musical Pathways and the SEED program through Chicago Sinfonietta. Lee has performed on several Chicago Symphony Orchestra recordings, including two Grammy Award winners.
Betty Lewis received her B.M. from Chicago Musical College at Roosevelt University as a student of Elaine Skorodin. She’s an active violinist and violist in the Chicago area, serving as concertmaster of the Bach Cantata series at Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest. Lewis substitutes with the Chicago and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras and performs in Broadway in Chicago productions. Summers find her in Door County where she’s on faculty at Birch Creek and a member of the Peninsula Music Festival. Lewis maintains a private teaching studio at home. At Grace Lutheran School in River Forest, she teaches violin and viola lessons, and conducts the orchestra. She is also the violin, viola and ensemble teacher at the Chicago School of Violin Making.
Mona Christensen Executive Director, the Steve and Jackie Kane Chair
Mona Christensen became Birch Creek’s Executive Director in 2015 after a 27-year career at UW-Green Bay as the Director of Camps and Conferences. In addition, she served as Ministries Director at a large church in Green Bay for five years. Her lifelong administrative work engaged administration, faculty, staff and volunteers to serve youth to senior citizen clientele in both credit and non-credit programming environments. She is experienced in meeting the educational needs of musicians and students, as well as technologies needed to operate a music education program. Mona holds a music degree and an advanced degree in Administrative Science-Management. As a flautist, she taught flute privately for 20 years and has performed in a number of community and church bands, flute choirs, and orchestras over the years.
Kate is an arts educator with teaching experience in a variety of environments. She brings decades of grant writing expertise and community involvement to Birch Creek, working closely with Executive Director Mona Christensen to introduce and reinforce sustainable giving programs, along with Infrastructure and Technology Plans that undergird Birch Creek’s mission. Kate first joined the Birch Creek staff in 2005 as Marketing Director, becoming Grant Writer and Development Manager in 2011. In October 2023, Kate was appointed by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers to serve on the Wisconsin Humanities Council.
Michelle started with Birch Creek in 2015 as Administrative and Office Support Assistant and she is currently the Academy’s Registrar and Office Manager. She holds an Administrative Professional Associate Degree from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College–Green Bay. Michelle has 10 years of experience as a law office clerk. A musician herself, she played the trumpet throughout middle school and high school.
Laura Smith joins the Birch Creek Staff with six years of marketing experience in the jewelry insurance industry. Her past work also includes a 15-year career as a TV news reporter and anchor serving Northeast Wisconsin. She is experienced in building relationships, communicating with people, video production and photography. She holds degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Paul joined Birch Creek in late 2022 as facilities manager. With degrees in engineering and medicine, he brings a desire to ensure Birch Creek’s facilities work appropriately to allow the music and learning to continue. Paul played percussion in high school and as an undergraduate student.
Bob returned home to Door County and joined Birch Creek in the spring of 2024 as Development and Operations Manager. After a 40-year career in Arizona as a public school teacher and administrator, governor’s office staff, and as a nonprofit director, he looks forward to learning his new role and helping to make Birch Creek an exceptional experience for everyone. Bob plays tenor saxophone, ukulele, and Navajo flute, and he’s been a mobile DJ for many years.
Office Support
Nicholas Anderson, Public Relations Intern, Libertyville, IL
Ellen Fredrich, Bookkeeping and Operations Assistant, Volunteer Liaison, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Kelly Robinson, Box Office Intern, Appleton, WI
Robin Walker, Administrative Assistant, Egg Harbor, WI
Maintenance
Bill Schutté, Lead Maintenance Technician, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Kitchen
Tony Hintz, Manager, Egg Harbor, WI
Mary Niedzwiecki, Cook, Baileys Harbor, WI
Nick Szoblik, Kitchen Assistant, Palatine, IL
Devin Fisher, Kitchen Assistant, Chicago, IL
Production Crew
Jake Seiber, Sound, Lights, House Management, Dawson, IL
Dominic Bouffard, Sound, Lights, House Management, Cedar Rapids, IA
Residential Living
Emily Brewer, Residential Manager/Head Counselor, Minneapolis, MN
Samantha Jeanquart, Co-Head Counselor, Appleton, WI
Maxwell Volk, Co-Head Counselor, Combined Locks, WI
Olivia Garcia, Counselor, Beloit, WI
Drew Hansen, Counselor, Winnetka, IL
Aaron Marin, Counselor, Glendale Heights, IL
Jamin Stolze, Counselor, Waco, TX
Paulina Walczak, Counselor, River Grove, IL
Eric Wolf, Jeff Umland, and Peter Grimyser make a great team in the Associates Play It Again Stand on Percussion Opening Night.
Our dedicated volunteers - The Associates Volunteers - are the friendly faces you see greeting you around campus. For more than 30 years, the Associates Volunteers have supported Birch Creek’s educational mission by helping with campus beautification, ushering at concerts, staffing the concession stand, assisting with registration, tending to our gardens, doing office work and preparing the campus for students, faculty and patrons. In a typical season, members provide more than 3,000 hours of service. The Associates Volunteers have raised more than $400,000 for scholarships, equipment purchases and capital projects. This group of volunteers are an integral part of Birch Creek’s success.
Photo by Heidi Hodges PhotographyIf you would like to learn more about the Associates Volunteers or become a member, please see one of the volunteers, a staff member or contact us at Associates@BirchCreek.org or 920-868-3763.
2024 Birch Creek Associates Volunteers
(as of April 30, 2024):
Roy and Terri Back
Steve and Sandy Bader
John and Alice Belmont
Jane Berg
John and Kathy Campbell
Rudy Carl
Sam and Vicky Carmen
Dave Christensen
Laurey Clampitt
Trissa Crowley
Charlene Cutler
Laura DeGrange
Steve and Jackie Draws
Mary Dunworth
Fran Dutton
James and Barbara Erlenborn
Chris Fenner
Chuck and Lynn Grebus
Peter Grimyser
Joan Guasta
Doug and Barbara Henderson
Bill and Jane Hensge
Thomas Hopfensperger
Karl and Lyn Huber
Dick Johnson
Steve and Dawn Johnson
Roger and Katherine Jones
Lynn Kaczmarek
Thomas and Judith Kapellen
Tom and Brenda Koch
Gary and Carol Kreml
Larry and Carol Lacombe
Carmen Lang
Jeffrey and Brenda Lange
David and Pat Long
Charlotte Lukes
Katie Maples
Sharon Michalsen
Bill and Raetta Mirgain
Jim and Gwen Mitsche
Fred and Laurie Mohr
Mary Moster
Curt and Pat Neudecker
Camille Orgel
Frank Pammer
Denny and Sandy Pearson
Joan Pleuss
Mary Reinsmoen
Jim and Marianne Richards
Robert Ross
Terry Schneider
Ron Schweigert
John and Jacquelyne Sepsey
Bryon Shea
Norene Swaney
Marti Thompson
is ready to greet and assist concertgoers in the
Jeffrey and DeAnn Umland
Betty VanBellinger
Steven and Patti Vickman
Sue Vineyard
Donna Wilkinson
Jim and Bonnie Wirth
Mark and Sarah Woerfel
Eric Wolf
Nancy Wolff
David Wolowitz and Tammie Grossman
Hugh and Cheryl Zettel
Experience the joy of learning and enhancing your music performance skills in the supportive, encouraging and peaceful environment of Birch Creek Music Performance Center. With a full daily schedule of rehearsals, sectionals, ensembles and masterclasses, you will refine your music performance skills and still have time to enjoy the allure of quintessential Door County.
August
Chamber Music Retreat Director: Ricardo Castañeda
Wind Ensemble Retreat
Co-Directors
Jim Stombres
Steve Sveum
Piano Retreat Director: Susan Tang
Assisted by: Jodie DeSalvo
Soo Young Lee
Anonymous Donor
Anthony and Priscilla Beadell
Charles Beasley
Birch Creek Board of Trustees
Jane and Gerry Berg
Jim and Pat Blair
Laurey and Phil Clampitt
Dr. Dennis and Bonnie Connolly
Fran Dutton
Miriam Erickson
Jim and Barbara Flint
Joan Guasta
Steve and Dawn Johnson
Kane Family
Stephen and Kathryn Kuhn
Anthony and Judith Licata
Charlotte Lukes
MMG Foundation
Fred and Christi Moritz
Audrey Morrison
Mary Moster
Ray and Claire Moulis
Jim and Peggy Ryan
Ben and Jane Stephen
Tim and Sue Stone
Marti Thompson
Roger and Lynn Van Vreede
For more information on concert sponsorship opportunities, contact us at (920) 868-3763 or email MainOffice@BirchCreek.org. Birch Creek is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation; your donation will be receipted for tax purposes.
Thursday | June 20
Percussion at the Disco: I just want to celebrate the 70s!
Thursday | June 27
Holiday for Percussion
Percussion: Greatest “Hits” Closing Night with Special Guest Victor Provost All concerts at 7:00 PM unless noted below.
Friday | June 21
Holiday for Percussion
Friday | June 28
Caribbean Cruise with Steel Pan Super Star Victor Provost
3:00 PM Matinee & 7:00 PM Concert
Friday | July 5
Rising Stars: 2023 Clampitt
Thursday | July 4
A Birch Creek Symphonic Fourth
3:00 PM Matinee Only
Thursday | July 11
The Romantics: The Music of Rachmaninoff and Verdi Verdi, Overture to “La Forza del Destino” Rachmaninoff, “Symphony No. 2 in E Minor”
Concerto Competition Winners Sibelius, “Violin Concerto” Hüe, “Fantasie for Flute and Orchestra”
Cesár Franck, “Symphony in D Minor”
Friday | July 12
A Pastoral Evening
Beethoven, “Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastorale’”
Vaughan Williams, “The Lark Ascending”
Elizabeth York, Violin Faculty
Wednesday | July 17
Swing into Summer
Wednesday | July 24
The Styles and Sounds of Big Band Jazz
Wednesday | July 31
Swing and The American Songbook
Wednesday | August 7
Big Band Jazz Summer Favorites
Thursday | July 18
Friday | July 19
Basie, Miller, and Ellington
Thursday | July 25
Friday | July 26
The Joyous Sounds of Swing
Thursday | August 1
Friday | August 2
Jazz & Blues: Big Band Style
Thursday | August 8
Friday | August 9
Swing, Blues, & Big Band Jazz
Saturday | June 22
Percussion at the Disco: I just want to celebrate the 70s! 3:00 PM Matinee Only
Saturday | June 29
Saturday | July 6
American Masters
Leonard Bernstein, Overture to “Candide”
George Gershwin, “Piano Concerto in F” Jodie DeSalvo, Piano Faculty
Saturday | July 13
Symphonic Highlights
Smetana, “The Moldau” Delibes, Music from the Ballet “Coppélia”
Saturday | July 20
Swing into Summer
Saturday | July 27
The Styles and Sounds of Big Band Jazz
Saturday | August 3
Swing and The American Songbook
Saturday | August 10
Big Band Jazz Summer Favorites
Juniper Hall | All concerts at 7:00 PM unless noted below.
September 7
Talk of the Town
featuring Kevin Van Ess and his Dixieland Jazz Band
Nationally recognized Bourbon Street Dixieland Jazz group returns to fill the air with infectious energy and upbeat rhythms.
September 14
Jodie and Colin Dueling Pianos
Join us to experience hilariously invigorating works by master performers Jodie DeSalvo, Birch Creek Faculty and Colin Welford, Guest Performer.
September 21
Marty Robinson Jazz Quartet
The Art of Jazz Standards
Exceptional jazz performers from the Fox Valley showcase timeless classics, including the enchanting “Autumn Leaves” and other beloved standards.
October 12
The Road Scholars: Spyro Gyra Tribute featuring Dan Moore and Damani Phillips
An electrifying musical journey! The Road Scholars pay homage to the legendary Spyro Gyra, delivering an unforgettable performance that captures the essence of jazz fusion.
A Birch Creek Associates Fundraiser
Social | 5:30 PM
Heavy Hors d’oeuvres and Cash Bar | 6:00 PM
Concert | 7:00 PM
Reservations at BirchCreek.org/Tickets
December 7
Christmas at Birch Creek
featuring Birch Creek Symphony Brass, Dan Moore, Percussion, Door County Community Handbell Choir and Guest Performers
Family Matinee | 2:30 PM Evening Concert | 7:00 PM
A planned gift is any major gift made during one’s lifetime or in their will that is part of a donor’s overall financial and/or estate planning. Planned giving allows donors to keep their philanthropic values alive and active through Birch Creek’s mission. Planned Giving categories include The Endowment, The Legacy Circle and Named Gifts.
The Birch Creek Board of Trustees began the process of building an endowment of permanently held funds in 2000. They designated four funds for donors’ gifts within the Birch Creek Endowment, each focusing on different aspects of Birch Creek’s mission. A donor may place contributions in one of the four funds, thereby restricting how earnings from their gifts may be used. The Endowment principal (the gift itself) is everlasting. Listed here are the Funds and the sub-funds within them where a donor has met the minimum gift requirement needed to establish a sub-fund; or, a donor has pledged a significant contribution to name a building, place within a building, faculty chair, or one of Birch Creek’s flagship programs. In italics are the names of those whose gifts were received between May 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024.
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BUILDING FOR TOMORROW FUND
Capital campus improvements
Gifts to the Fund Principal
Anonymous
Nancy E. Hughes
Charlotte Lukes
Sub-funds
Joan Guasta Capital Sub-fund
Joan Guasta
Robert Koehler Memorial
Brad and Mary Koehler
Kaye M. Wagner Memorial In Memory of Kaye M. Wagner
John and Sherry Adams
LIFETIME FOR EDUCATION FUND
Curriculum components including faculty and guest artist fees
Gifts to the Fund Principal
Roy and Betsy Gill
Sub-Funds
Greg and Becky Britton
Lucile Grams Memorial
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BUILDING FOR TOMORROW FUND
LIFETIME FOR EDUCATION FUND
NOW & FOREVER FUND
FOREVER FUND
LIFETIME FOR EDUCATION FUND (continued)
Howard and Miriam Erickson Jazz II Drum
Faculty Chair honoring Bob Chmel
Nancy Grimm Symphony Clarinet Faculty Chair In Memory of Nancy Grimm
Dana Becker
Mary and David Bell
David and Suzy Boerke
Dianne Bradley
Myles Dannhausen
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Forbes/Berend Family Fund Care of Jim and Nancy Forbes
Johnet and Bailey Grimm; Johnathan Tate and Family
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Permanently Named Faculty Chairs
Jane and Gerry Berg Jazz II Piano
Faculty Chair
Jane and Gerry Berg
Leslie Grimm
Peter Grimm Jr.
The Grimm Family
Barbara K. Hogle
Scott and Susie Hudspeth
J and H James Foundation EJ-DAF at The Chicago Community Foundation
Wendy and Keith Jackson
Erica and Ken McElhaney and Family
Bob Meagher
Lou and Sylvia Nyberg
Robert and Margaret Shade
Gordon and Grace Gunnlaugsson
Jazz 1
Piano Faculty Chair
In Memory of Grace Gunnlaugsson
Dale and Martha Altmin
Eileen A. Bartelt
Blue Mound Golf and Country Club
Mrs. Marcia Borgie
Janet and Ray Chesner
Mrs. Pam Danielian
Richard and Sandra Dirks
The Dyer Family
Gordon Gunnlaugsson
Bruce Jacobs
Mrs. Robin Johnson
Mary and Ted Kellner
Melanie Koch
Jack and Jill Langemak
Mrs. Micki Lubcke
David Ratajczak and Family
Mrs. Nancy Reiff
William and Mary Jo Schaars
Kathleen Tusing
Anthony and Judith Licata Jazz I
Lab Band Director Chair
Charlotte Lukes Concertmaster Chair
Mary Moster and Lou Williams Symphony
Cello Faculty Chair
Joan and Robert Schaupp Symphony
Trumpet Faculty Chair
Shirley Stolley Symphony Flute
Faculty Chair
Jazz I Studio Band Director Chair honoring James Stombres
Bill and Marti Thompson Jazz I Trombone
Faculty Chair honoring Audrey Morrison
In Memory of Bill Thompson
Deborah Day
Marty Krebs
Forever in Time Jazz II Guitar Faculty Chair
Permanently Named Programs
Laurey and Phil Clampitt Concerto
Competition
Laurey and Phil Clampitt
Permanently Named Places on Campus
Jackie and Steve Kane Gazebo
Faculty Dorm Room #108 In honor of Don Makuen and Charlie Dickson, a gift of
Tom and Marlys Regan
NOW and FOREVER
Revenue stream which supplements the cost of day-to-day operations
Gifts to the Fund Principal
Anonymous
Sub-funds
Alan and Virginia Eades
Joan Guasta
Wes and Cookie Kramlich Memorial
Roy and Charlotte Lukes
William and Ruth Melzer Memorial
Bonnie and Peter Platten
Robert and Catherine Tilden
SCHOLARSHIPS
Jean and Dave Lauer 4
Wright Housing, In Memory of Sarah E. Wright
Scholarships for students of high musical skills, personal merit, and financial need
Gifts to the Fund Principal
Robin R. and Robin J. Engl
Marian Miller
In Memory of Lolly Ratajczak
David Ratajczak and Family
Alberto and Lisa Segre
Sub-funds
Otto and Jean Andreae Memorial
George (Lee) Bourassa Memorial
William and Nancy Carpenter
Connolly Family
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis and Bonnie Connolly
Donald and Lois Deane Memorial
Lucile Grams Memorial
Richard and Jan Johnson
In Memory of Jan Johnson
Bob and Marge Agnew
Anonymous
Jane and Gerry Berg
Donna Bock
Scott and Lynn Brunswick
Dave and Mona Christensen
Ken and Catherine Ford
James and Judith Francois
Jennifer Hansen
Dick Johnson
Kaitlyn Johnson
Lynette and Thomas Johnson
Matthew and David Johnson
Cherryl Jostad
Charlotte Lukes
Jane Moeller
Tom Pollock and Christine Gritzmacher
Bruce and Mary Richardson
Thomas and Julianne Shannon
David and Liz Story
Karen and Roger Utnehmer
Steve and Patti Vickman
Joy and David Woelfel
John and Barbara Young
Maihaugen Foundation
The Maihaugen Foundation
MMG Foundation
Allan Peterson Memorial
Joseph and Marian Phelps Memorial
David and Peggy Babb
In Memory of Bette Fry Dunbar
David and Peggy Babb
In Memory of Kathleen Ann Ecob
David and Peggy Babb
Ernest Seeman Memorial
Linda Clarke
Larry Seeman
A Scholarship In Cherished Memories of Florence Spanbauer
Suzi Spanbauer Schmidt Jones
William and Ann Taylor Memorial
Elliott and Shyla Wollman Memorial
In Memory of Elliott and Shyla Wollman
E. and S. Wollman Trust
Permanently Named Scholarships
Anonymously Named Scholarship
Bert, Marianne, and Ben Scholarship
James Dutton Merit Scholarship
In Memory of James Dutton
Anonymous
Janet E. Bulin
Frances Dutton
Jean J. Wittner
In Honor of Frances Dutton
Janet E. Bulin
In Memory of Sonja Stork
Don Stork
Brian T. Hynes and Barry J. Hynes
Memorial Scholarship
Alan and Virginia Eades
Phyllis C. and James Ingwersen Scholarship
George Kress Foundation Scholarship
Ralph Pratt Memorial Scholarship
Sylvia K. Pratt
Bill Vineyard Memorial Scholarship
Sue Vineyard
Frank and Carol Weber Scholarship
Stanley R. and Robert E. Wright Scholarship
In the early years of establishing the Birch Creek Endowment, many memorial gifts were made to honor a donor or designee. Although these funds are no longer active, Birch Creek Board of Trustees recognizes the gifts that were so vital in beginning the Endowment. The principal remains in each fund as restricted by the donor and continues to generate earnings.
Lifetime for Education Fund, honoring Dick and Kit Conner
Erik Eriksson
Robert Hohman
G. Allan (Al) O’Connor
Now & Forever Fund, honoring Dick and Kit Conner
Mark and Ann Jinkins
John and M. Lynn Lees
Donald Makuen
John Pfeifer
Scholarships Forever Fund, honoring Robert Borgstede
Jay Dorschel
Marilyn Hanford Goldman and Harris Goldman
William Grimes
John Leick
Nancy Makuen
John (Jack) Mitchell
Irving Moberg
Eugene Stevens
Reverend William White
We first attended a Birch Creek Big Band Jazz performance over 30 years ago. The excitement and passion of that evening were inspiring, and we have returned every year since, often multiple times. Our discovery of Birch Creek was an awakening to what students can achieve with guidance from the magnificent faculty here.
As music lovers and musicians ourselves, we were impressed with the obvious connection between the students and faculty. Everyone was working diligently and having a great time. We could see the students’ lives were being transformed and each year we hear the performance level of the students rise. We both wish Birch Creek would have been available to us when we were high school students and would have loved the Birch Creek experience, especially Christi, who has a degree in music. We know that many Birch Creek students have gone on to careers in music with the wonderful foundation that has been laid for them here.
And what an opportunity Birch Creek has afforded us by establishing the Wind Ensemble Retreat (formerly Adult Band Camp). Fred has played trumpet in this program and Christi has attended most of the rehearsals and all performances over the last four years. With our participation in Wind Ensemble Retreat, we consider Mona, Jim, Chip, Steve and Michelle our Birch Creek family. Wind Ensemble Retreat has become the highlight of our summers. Here at this magical place, we all share the joy that music brings to our lives.
For these reasons, and many more, we are honored to be members of the Legacy Circle and to help support Birch Creek now and well into the future.
Fred and Christi Moritz, 2024
With admiration, we present the names of Legacy Circle members.
Buffy Andreae
Anonymous (3)
Anthony and Priscilla Beadell
Charles Beasley and Fred Mann*
Jane and Gerry Berg
Bert*, Marianne*, and Ben*
Carla Byrnes and Sara Oswald
Sam and Vicky Carmen
Dave and Mona Christensen
Peter and Myra Cristall
Frances Dutton
Virginia T. Eades
Miriam Erickson
Lucile M. Grams Charitable Lead Annuity Trust*
Joan Guasta
Phyllis C.* and James Ingwersen
Vicki Peterson Jenks
Steve and Jackie Kane
Stephen and Wendy Kase
Irene Daniell Kress Revocable Trust*
Henry and Dorothy Kuettner Endowment Fund*
Marguerite L. Lembke and Lillian A. Lembke Revocable Trust*
Anthony and Judith Licata
Charlotte Lukes
Fredric and Christi Moritz
Mary Moster and Louis Williams*
Thomas Regan
Estate of Ernell F. Rothe*
Cynthia Stiehl
Diane (Di) Taillon
Bill* and Marti Thompson
Steven and Patricia Vickman
Adolf and Ursula Walser Revocable Trust*
Anne* and Jim White
Sarah E. Wright Charitable Trust* *deceased
Fran Dutton greets faculty and concertgoers at the Annual James Dutton Memorial Concert at Birch Creek.
The names of many places on our idyllic campus have become familiar and easily identified by all who come to Birch Creek. For many donors, a meaningful step in their philanthropy is to name a scholarship, a room, building or faculty chair in the endowment.
This year, we are excited to announce that the Green Room, where performers eagerly await their turn to perform on the Stage of Stars, many for the first time, will now be known as the Frances Dutton Green Room in the historic James Dutton Concert Barn. Fran Dutton knows more about the impact Birch Creek has on students’ lives than anyone. In 1976, she and her husband, Jim Dutton, founded Birch Creek.
In Fran’s own words, “If Birch Creek helps students decide that they want to go into music, these are great opportunities.” What better way to celebrate her vision than naming the room after her that sets the stage for those musical careers.
For more information on Legacy Circle membership or Named Gifts, please contact Mona Christensen at Birch Creek at (920) 868-2240.
The Play It Forward Annual Fund is used for operational expenses and bridges the gap between tuition paid by families and the true cost of program delivery. See page 53 for more details.
Scholarship donations provide sustaining, continuing tuition support enabling Birch Creek to recruit promising young musicians, encourage students to return in following years, and, for some families, remove barriers to a Birch Creek education that tuition imposes. See donors list on page 52.
Concert sponsorship allows Birch Creek to continue attracting some of the finest musicians and performers in the country, as well as providing our students with the invaluable experience of performing before live audiences. See page 37 for more information.
Capital Gifts
Capital gifts support campus infrastructure projects essential to ongoing student, faculty, and concertgoer safety, and necessary for planning for Birch Creek’s future. See page 8 for more information.
Birch Creek is privileged to receive many gifts throughout the year; listed here are gifts received between May 1, 2023 and April 30, 2024. Birch Creek is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and donations are receipted for tax purposes.
Leadership Circle
$10,000 & above
Encore
$250 to $999
Leadership Circle
Anonymous (2)
Laurey and Phil Clampitt
Susie Gebhardt
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Private Family Fund
Leslie Grimm
Joan Guasta
Gordon Gunnlaugsson
Henry and Dorothy Kuettner Endowment Fund
Anthony and Judith Licata
MMG Foundation
Nicholas Family Foundation
Suzi Spanbauer Schmidt Jones
Director’s Circle
$2,500 to $9,999
Mentor’s Circle
$100 to $249
Roger and Lynn Van Vreede
Charitable Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Sue Vineyard
Adolf and Ursula Walser
Revocable Trust
Wisconsin Arts Board
Director’s Circle
100+ Women Who Care Door County Charitable Fund
Jane and Gerry Berg
Dave and Sue Bohl
Glenn N. Bruck
Faculty Circle
$1,000 to $2,499
Bravo
$1 to $99
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis and Bonnie Connolly
Frances Dutton
Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation
Irene M. Fox
Bob and Nancy Gellman
J and H James Foundation
EJ-DAF at The Chicago Community Foundation
Matthew and Donna Johnson
Barbara Keller
Jim Kinney
Charlotte Lukes
The Maihaugen Foundation
Charles McKee
Karen Mehigan and Jim Friel
Mary Moster
Sargent Family Foundation
Connie Sweeney
Town of Egg Harbor
Faculty Circle
John and Sherry Adams
Mary Anderson Charitable Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of the U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
Katy Andino
Nancy Andriacchi
Anonymous (2)
Paul Aspinwall
Pamela Blanchard
David and Suzy Boerke
Nancy T. and David A. Borghesi Fund
Joel Brown and Julie Strauss
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Anthony and Andrea Bryant Family Fund
David Burke and Wendy Lukes
Sam and Vicky Carmen
Linda Clarke
Chris Cramer
Peter and Myra Cristall
Jane Dalton
Robert and Lynn Doneff
Door County Medical Center
Alan and Virginia Eades
Buzz and Sue Enroth
Robert and Terri Esposito
Jim and Barbara Flint
Greater Milwaukee
Foundation’s Forbes/Berend Family Fund Care of Jim and Nancy Forbes
Roy and Betsy Gill
Joseph and Gwenn Graboyes
Charitable Fund of the Door County Community Foundation, Inc.
Timothy and Barbara Graul
The Grimm Family
Tom and Carole Guyette
Barbara and James Hansen
Patti Jo Hedeen
Roger and Denette Hilbert
Marian Hislop Charitable Lead Trust
Nancy E. Hughes
Roger Johnson
Steven and Dawn Johnson
Steven and Jackie Kane
Dennis and Barbara Kessler
Brad and Mary Koehler
Karen and Peter Kritsch
Steve and Kathy Kuhn
Walter and Mary Langbein
Jerry and Carolyn Langley
Bob Lindahl and Wilma Van Arragon
David and Carrie Link
Greg Macola and Mary McEnerney
Chip and Mary Jo McCarthy
David and Marion Meissner
Fred and Christi Moritz
Denny and Sandy Pearson
Anita Petersen
Ellsworth and Carla Peterson
Charitable Foundation
Pioneer Acres Cottages
Tom Pollock and Christine Gritzmacher
David Ratajczak and Family
Ron Rozmarynoski
Carl and Barbara Shakal
Robert and Carol Sorrentino
Marti Thompson
Chris and Lori Tolle
Karen and Roger Utnehmer
Steve and Patti Vickman
Kim Viney
Carol Wakeman
John and Roberta Walgren
Christ and Robin Walker
Jim White
White Gull Inn
Carl and Sandy Zapffe
Encore
Theo and Jan Abrahamson
Mary Andrus
Anonymous (6)
Dave and Peggy Babb
Charles and Stephanie Baer
Larry and Joan Balistreri
Nancy Bauer
Anthony and Priscilla Beadell
Tom and Penny Beerntsen
John and Alice Belmont
Jim and Pat Blair
John and Linda Blossom
Blue Mound Golf and Country Club
Ken and Marie Bohnen
George and Twila Braden
Scott and Lynn Brunswick
The Bublik Family
Jim and Barbara Bunning
Carla Byrnes and Sara Oswald
Susan Caldwell
Dave and Vonnie Callsen
John and Kathy Campbell
Doug and Janie Carlson
Patrick and Mary Cerra
Don and Deb Chapman
Donald and Beverly Chappie
Dick and Kit Conner
Peter and Beverly Conroy
Karen and Andrew Cook
Charitable Fund of the Door County Community Foundation, Inc.
Elise Cutler-Dysart and Theodore Dysart
Rob Davis
John and Pat DeLeonardis
Door County Coffee & Tea Co.
Adrian Duszynski
Michael Elkow
Scott Ellington
Connie and Bob Erickson
Karin Erickson
Miriam Erickson
Gretchen and Dan Farwell
The Feldman Family Charitable Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Paul and Sandy Fernstrum
Jack and Cindy Follick
Matthew and Linda Frank
George and Bernie Freeman
Tim and Marsella Fults
Nat Geissel and Lisa Brewster
Dottie Gerrits
Kelly and John Godawski
Steven and Mary Gomoll
Al and Pam Goodwill
Gould Family Fund of the Door County Community Foundation, Inc.
Jack and Nancy Greenwood
Carl and Donna Hanson
George and Judy Harmon
Paul Heim and Julie Watkins
Barbara and Gary Henkelmann
Bill and Jane Hensge
Herb Kohl Philanthropies
Mark and Michaela Holey
Karl and Lyn Huber
Mary Jelinek
Dennis and Donna Joannides
Ron and Carol Jochimsen
Albert Johnson
Debbie and Gary Jones
Lynn Kaczmarek and Mack Bonk
Stephen and Wendy Kase
Mary and Ted Kellner
Melanie Koch
David Kowalski
Martin Krebs
Rod and Carol Krueger
John Landwehr
Jeffrey and Brenda Lange
Charitable Fund of the Door County Community Foundation, Inc.
Beatrice Lapp
Jean and Dave Lauer
Charles and Estella Lauter
Lynn Lees
John and Jill Levi
David and Pat Long
Robert Loss
Douglas MacNeil
Mike and Liz Mahoney
Main Street Market
Patricia Malkemus
Pam and Ron Maloney
John Mangan
Kevin and Wanda McDonald
Erica and Ken McElhaney and Family
Scott and Christine Miller
Frank and Sherry Moon
Mary J. Moore
William and Nancy Moore
Michael and Ann Morgan
Audrey Morrison
Raymond and Claire Moulis
John and Nancy Munch
Charitable Fund of the Door County Community Foundation, Inc.
Tom Munns
Eric and Michelle Naese
David and Gail Nelson
David and Carol Nestingen
Newport Resort
Nicolet National Bank
MJ O’Brien Family Foundation
On Deck Clothing Company
Bill and Betty Parsons
Joan Pleuss
Larry and Devon Polly
Sylvia K. Pratt
Jeanne E. Reichert
Kate Rericha
Paul and Barb Ristau
Robert and Katie Robbins
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C. Robinson
Todd and Sheryll Rockway
Ross & Liebmann Legal Group, LLC
Jim and Peggy Ryan
Rae Sanders
Randy and Sandy Sannes
Marcia K. Sarvela
Martha Sauter
Larry Seeman
Ben and Jane Stephen
Brad and Mary Stirtz
Tim and Sue Stone
Don Stork
Diane Taillon
Tannenbaum Holiday Shop
Gabriel Tawil
Paul Teetor and Anna Speicher
Michael Thomas
Thrivent Matching Gift Fund
John and Joan Tierney
Laurie Tremain
Roger and Beth VanGroll
Bob and Tina Wagner
David and Nancy Wahlert
Deborah Webber and David Alley
Tom and Lee Weikert
Welsing’s Foodland, Inc.
David and Sharon Wester
Paul and Beth Weyna
David and Barbara Wilda
Gene and Carmen Witt
Jean J. Wittner
Sarah and Mark Woerfel
Nancy-Leigh Wolff
John and Barbara Young
Ann Abbott Charitable Trust Fund of the Door County Community Foundation
Thomas L. Aerts
Bob and Marge Agnew
Dale and Martha Altmin
Gail and Nick Anderson
James H. and Sara Ellen Anderson
Rick and Jan Anderson
Buffy Andreae
Anonymous (11)
Bud and Marilyn Barta
Joseph Bass
John Beck
Greg and Peg Berezewski
Ken and Janet Berggren
Donna Bock
Mrs. Marcia Borgie
Dianne Bradley
The Brookby Foundation
Janet E. Bulin
Tom and Elaine Burzinski
Roger and Doris Butz
Dave and Kathy Cecil
Carlyle and Patricia Chan
Robert Clark
Steven and Marjorie Cooper
Greg and Lorna Cote
Karen Cowan
Trissa Crowley
Mitch and Sandie Custer
Verne and Charlene Cutler
Sandy Dagon
Mrs. Pam Danielian
Jane Darling
Deborah Day
Tom and Judy DeMint
The DeSalvo Family
Bob and Liz Dickson
Richard and Sandra Dirks
Door County Ice Cream Factory
Doug and Angela Dowell
Charles and Rita Doyle
Gracia Drew
Bernard and Barbara Dunn
The Dyer Family
Anne and Richard Egan
Charitable Fund of the Door County Community Foundation, Inc.
Ellison Elder
Robin R. and Robin J. Engl
Jim and Barbara Erlenborn
Tom and Andrea Esau
Hank and Mary Fasciotti
Larry and Linda Fass
Elizabeth Forbes
Fred and Barb Frey
Jim and Iris Friedlieb
Jerry and Lois Garrity
The Gover Family
Larry and Julia Griffith
Jiwoong and Sally Oh
Johnet and Bailey Grimm;
Johnathan Tate and Family
Peter Grimm Jr.
Glen and Nancy Guszkowski
Terrence Heidenreiter and Jeanne Rabel
Joseph Hetherington
James and Ina Heup
Rachel A. Hickson
Bernard Hlavac
Barbara K. Hogle
Jim Holland
Susan M. Horner
Scott and Susie Hudspeth
Fergus and Bonnie Hughes
Wendy and Keith Jackson
Bruce Jacobs
Andrew and Victoria Jicha
Dick Johnson
Kaitlyn Johnson
Lynette and Thomas Johnson
Mrs. Robin Johnson
Lois Kania
Jack and Cathy Keller
Edward Kelly
Benedict and Lee Kordus
Gary and Carol Kreml
Paul and Dianne Larson
Brenda and Bud Lenahan
Betty Lewis and Paul Zafer
Rev. Thomas Lijewski
Kenneth Lindberg
Peggy Lott
Mrs. Micki Lubcke
Jacquie Luke and Ken Rice
Jack and Sandy Mason
Bob Meagher
William and Raetta Mirgain
Mike and Babs Mortl
Bob and Louise Motel
Tom and Jan Myers
Lou and Sylvia Nyberg
Don and Carol Olson
Frank and Kathy Pammer
Ted Pappas and Fe Quejada
Pink Bakery
Thomas Prebble and Claudia Trimarco
John and Lynn Pullan
Taran A. Radloff
Mrs. Nancy Reiff
Renfro Brands
Megan Repar
David and Ann Riley
John and Mary Rooks
Mark and Cathy Runion
Stanley and Dorothy Russell
Margie and Dave Saksewski
Kirk and Donna Scattergood
William and Mary Jo Schaars
Jeff Schmeckpeper and Susan Ramsey
Terry J. Schneider
Paul Schubert and Debra Merkle-Schubert
Laura and Eric Schulz
Carol Scott
Seaquist Orchards Farm Market
Clinton Booth Seely
Jeffrey Charles Sernatinger
Robert and Margaret Shade
Art and Sharon Shoener
Sister Bay Bowl, Inc
Barb Skaer
Elaine Stenzel
John and Jane Stevenson
Charitable Fund of the Door County Community Foundation
Harriet Stoll
Bob and Rita Sullivan
Thomas Sutter
Tom and Bozena Swiderski
James Szantor
John Templer
Dorothy Tevoert
Bill Tiedeman and Pat Harding
Kathleen Tusing
Kevin Van Ess
Andrea Wagoner and Roger Ruggeri
Gary and Linda Wallace
Ken Warren and Gwen Larson
Christine and William Wehrs
Jim and Susan Westhoff
Doug and Suzanne White
William Wildman
Dave and Donna Wilkinson
Joy and David Woelfel
David Wolowitz and Tammie Grossman
Henk and Buttons Wolst
Norb and Judy Wolter
Fred Young
Bob Zabkowicz
Jerry and Joan Zaug
Jack and Barbara Zilavy
Bravo
Tina Abert
Amazon Smile
Jill and Bruce Anderson
Robert and Melanie Andres
Anonymous (7)
Judy Antos
Beverly Armstrong
Roy and Terri Back
Robert Barbolini
Kathleen Barry and Richard Sternkopf
Eileen Bartelt
Bea`s Ho-Made Products
Dana Becker
Mary and David Bell
Robert Berkley
Katherine Billingham
Hendrix Bodden
Rita Bogosh
Terry Brandner and Gay Pustaver
Carelyn Campbell
Curt Carlson
Roberta Case
Daniel Chamberlain
Nicholas Cheeseman
Janet and Ray Chesner
Robert Cleasby
Marjorie Cooper
Sandie Custer
Donna Danielson
Myles Dannhausen
John Dew
Dixner Young Family
Anne-Marie Douglas
Douglas and Iris Dowden
Dale Ducat
The Duncan Family
Brian Earl
John Eichholz
Pat Engler-Parish
Ivan Facsko
Heidi and Ed Fallone
Ken and Catherine Ford
James and Judith Francois
Troy and Ellen Fredrich
Julie Gall
David George
Matt Gosser
Chuck and Lynn Grebus
Sheldon Gulinson and Carol Sobel
Steve and Peggy Handrich
Jennifer Hansen
Doug and Barbara Henderson
Dale and Linda Hernandez
Sharon Himes
Nancy Holm
Jim and Pat Hughes
Bernard Jastrzembski
Wanda John
Jon and Sally Jonas
Cherryl Jostad
Judith and Thomas Kapellen
Elizabeth Katzelnick
Patrick Kenney
Andrea Kinsey Jauquet
Marcia Kohler
Les and Gail Kottke
Jeffrey and Taylor Kroma
Carmen Lang
Ruth Langehough
Jack and Jill Langemak
Anne Larson
Lautenbach’s Orchard Country
Skip and Annette Lee
Sean and Diem Lieu
Laura Lijewski
Mark and Kelly Lindekugel
Paul Luce
Robert and Donna Lucht
Louise Lueck
Mary Luzinski
Helen Madsen
Wayne and Judith Marik
Jim and Judy Mayer
Gary McCurdy
Richard and Jean Mehring
James and Sally Mergener
Jennifer Merry
Christine Miller
Marian Miller
Sue and Mike Miller
Zoe Miller-Lee
Jane Moeller
Janet Nedoba
Matt Neu
Ken Nurnberg and Ron Brown
Jean Nye
PayPal Giving Fund
Terry Pestlin
Amy Phimister
Piggly Wiggly
Carolyn Post
David and Anne Powling
Suzanne Quinlan
Mark Reese
Jim and Marianne Richards
Bruce and Mary Richardson
David Riley
Susan Rorison
Stephen Saindon
Scaturo`s Baking Co & Café
David and Marilyn Scherer
Greg and Renee Schmill
Dave Schonberg
Lawrence Schulman
Richard Schultz
Alberto and Lisa Segre
Thomas and Julianne Shannon
Ann Sheridan
John Smentowski
Ellen Smith
Bob and Chris Snyder
Dick Snyder
Richard and Annette Steinke
David and Liz Story
Chuck and Carol Stout
Sweetie Pies
Gina Thor
James and Susan Thorsen
Carol Tishler
Jeanne Topic
Linda Utz
Ronald and Janet Wanek
Bravo (continued)
James Weinberger
Scott Weyda
Mary E. Wilson
Terry and Debbie Wolf
Wood Orchard Market
Shirlee Yeary
In memory of Bette Fry Dunbar
Dave and Peggy Babb
In memory of Jim Dutton
Anonymous
Janet E. Bulin
Jean J. Wittner
In memory of Kathleen Ann Ecob
Dave and Peggy Babb
In memory of Nancy Grimm
Dana Becker
Mary and David Bell
David and Suzy Boerke
Dianne Bradley
Myles Dannhausen
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Forbes/ Berend Family Fund Care of Jim and Nancy Forbes
Johnet and Bailey Grimm; Johnathan Tate and Family
Leslie Grimm
Peter Grimm Jr.
The Grimm Family
Barbara K. Hogle
Scott and Susie Hudspeth
Wendy and Keith Jackson
J and H James Foundation EJ-DAF at The Chicago Community Foundation
Erica and Ken McElhaney and Family
Bob Meagher
Lou and Sylvia Nyberg
Robert and Margaret Shade
In memory of Grace Gunnlaugsson
Dale and Martha Altmin
Eileen Bartelt
Blue Mound Golf and Country Club
Mrs. Marcia Borgie
Janet and Ray Chesner
Mrs. Pam Danielian
Richard and Sandra Dirks
The Dyer Family
Gordon Gunnlaugsson
Bruce Jacobs
Mrs. Robin Johnson
Mary and Ted Kellner
Melanie Koch
Jack and Jill Langemak
Mrs. Micki Lubcke
David Ratajczak and Family
Mrs. Nancy Reiff
William and Mary Jo Schaars
Kathleen Tusing
In memory of Dorothea Hilliker
Marcia K. Sarvela
In memory of Jan Johnson
Bob and Marge Agnew
Anonymous
Jane and Gerry Berg
Donna Bock
Scott and Lynn Brunswick
Dave and Mona Christensen
Ken and Catherine Ford
James and Judith Francois
Jennifer Hansen
Dick Johnson
Kaitlyn Johnson
Lynette and Thomas Johnson
Matthew and Donna Johnson
Cherryl Jostad
Jean and Dave Lauer
Charlotte Lukes
Jane Moeller
Tom Pollock and Christine Gritzmacher
Bruce and Mary Richardson
Thomas and Julianne Shannon
David and Liz Story
Karen and Roger Utnehmer
Steve and Patti Vickman
Joy and David Woelfel
John and Barbara Young
In memory of Marilynne Kowalski
David Kowalski
In memory of Doris E. Loss
Robert Loss
In memory of Dale Norris
Kim Viney
In memory of Lon Radloff
Taran A. Radloff
In memory of Lolly Ratajczak
David Ratajczak and Family
In memory of Barbara J. Saindon
Stephen Saindon
In memory of Melvin Sarvela
Marcia K. Sarvela
In memory of Lois Schmitz
Steve and Patti Vickman
In memory of Sonja Stork
Marcia K. Sarvela
Don Stork
In memory of Bill Thompson
Deborah Day
Martin Krebs
In memory of Elsie Tischler
Carol Tishler
In memory of Henry Tischler
Carol Tishler
In memory of Dale Tremain
Laurie Tremain
In memory of Kaye M. Wagner
John and Sherry Adams
In memory of Anne T. White
Jim White
In honor of Marcell Bellinger
Ann Abbott Charitable Trust Fund of the
Door County Community Foundation
In honor of Fran Dutton
Janet E. Bulin
In honor of Kevin Grohskopf’s Retirement
Steve and Patti Vickman
In honor of Bill Hensge
John Dew
In honor of Kate Rericha
Dave and Mona Christensen
In honor of Cynthia Stiehl
Pioneer Acres Cottages
Deborah Webber and David Alley
Bea`s Ho-Made Products
John and Alice Belmont
Jane and Gerry Berg
Dave and Mona Christensen
Door County Ice Cream Factory
Frances Dutton
Robert and Terri Esposito
Karl and Lyn Huber
Lautenbach’s Orchard Country
Betty Lewis and Paul Zafer
Main Street Market
Eric and Michelle Naese
Ted Pappas and Fe Quejada
Piggly Wiggly
Pink Bakery
Renfro Brands
Scaturo`s Baking Co & Café
Seaquist Orchards Farm Market
Sweetie Pies
Michael Thomas
Christ and Robin Walker
Wood Orchard Market
Theo and Jan Abrahamson
Nancy Andriacchi
Mary Andrus
Anonymous (4)
Charles and Stephanie Baer
Joseph Bass
Nancy Bauer
Tom and Penny Beerntsen
Ken and Janet Berggren
Pam Blanchard
Ken and Marie Bohnen
George and Twila Braden
The Brookby Foundation
Glenn N. Bruck
The Bublik Family
Tom and Elaine Burzinski
Susan Caldwell
John and Kathy Campbell
William and Nancy Carpenter
Carlyle and Patricia Chan
Laurey and Phil Clampitt
Dick and Kit Conner
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis and Bonnie Connolly
John and Pat DeLeonardis
Tom and Judy DeMint
John Dew
Robert and Lynn Doneff
The Duncan Family
Adrian Duszynski
Buzz and Sue Enroth
Jim and Barbara Erlenborn
Tom and Andrea Esau
Heidi and Ed Fallone
Paul and Sandy Fernstrum
George and Bernie Freeman
Roy and Betsy Gill
Kelly and John Godawski
Timothy and Barbara Graul
Tom and Carole Guyette
Steve and Peggy Handrich
George and Judy Harmon
James and Ina Heup
Rachel A. Hickson
Fergus and Bonnie Hughes
Mary Jelinek
Andrew and Victoria Jicha
Dennis and Donna Joannides
Herb Kohl Philanthropies
Benedict and Lee Kordus
Les and Gail Kottke
Jeffrey and Taylor Kroma
Walter and Mary Langbein
Lynn Lees
Anthony and Judith Licata
Sean and Diem Lieu
Peggy Lott
Patricia Malkemus
Karen Mehigan and Jim Friel
MMG Foundation
William and Nancy Moore
Janet Nedoba
David and Carol Nestingen
Anita Petersen
John and Carolyn Peterson
Charitable Foundation, Inc
Larry and Devon Polly
Thomas Prebble and Claudia Trimarco
Taran A. Radloff
Raibrook Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C. Robinson
John and Mary Rooks
Ron Rozmarynoski
Rae Sanders
Marcia K. Sarvela
Jeff Schmeckpeper and Susan Ramsey
Scholarships Forever Fund in the Birch Creek Endowment
Anonymous
Bert, Marianne, and Ben Scholarship
James Dutton Merit Scholarship
Brian T. Hynes and Barry J. Hynes Scholarship
Phyllis C. and James Ingwersen Scholarship
George Kress Foundation Scholarship
Ralph Pratt Memorial Scholarship
A Scholarship in Cherished Memories of Florence Spanbauer
Bill Vineyard Memorial Scholarship Sub-Fund
Frank and Carol Weber Scholarship
Stanley R. and Robert E. Wright Scholarship
Paul Schubert and Debra Merkle-Schubert
Barb Skaer
Connie Sweeney
James and Susan Thorsen
John and Joan Tierney
Jonathan Tobias Music Memorial
Roger and Lynn Van Vreede Charitable Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Kim Viney
Doug and Suzanne White
David and Barbara Wilda
Sarah and Mark Woerfel
Norb and Judy Wolter
Bob Zabkowicz
The Play It Forward Annual Fund is used for operational expenses and is the fund that bridges the gap between tuition paid by families and the true cost of program delivery.
Each student’s program cost is underwritten by $2,700 through gifts to Play It Forward.
True Cost of Program Delivery: $5,100 Play It Forward Donor Support: -$2,700
Remaining Student/Family Tuition Cost: $2,400
We want to ensure that our tuition fees are affordable to most families by covering the gap between the cost of educating a Birch Creek student and the family’s out-ofpocket costs, while also raising additional tuition assistance dollars to help those for whom even our subsidized tuition is a challenge.
Your gift, in any amount, will ensure affordability to a broad and inclusive spectrum of promising young musicians. Donate online at BirchCreek.org/Support or contact the office at (920) 868-3763 or MainOffice@BirchCreek.org.
Watchhouse
Sam
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Eilen Jewell & Chris Smither July 30
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Aug. 2
SistaStrings Aug. 4 • Graham Nash Aug. 18
Angel Olsen Sept. 20 • Meshell Ndegeocello Sept. 29
Madeleine Peyroux Oct. 27
Situated on the pristine shores of Egg Harbor, the Alpine Resort offers championship golf, exceptional dining, outdoor recreation, and live entertainment Stay in our newly renovated cottages and discover the best of Door County
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Hearty breakfasts, sumptuous lunches, quiet candlelight dinners, and famous traditional Door County fish boils. Restaurant open to the public all year. 4225 Main Street • Fish Creek, WI 54212
800.624.1987 • 920.868.3517
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Birch Creek has policies in place on several important subjects. Please comply with instructions provided.
• Birch Creek concerts are professionally recorded for educational purposes. Due to copyright and performance contract restrictions, personal electronic devices including phones, tablets, recording or personal communications must be turned off once the concert has started. Recording during a concert is strictly prohibited.
• Service Animals that serve as active guides are permitted. Therapy animals and pets are not allowed on Birch Creek grounds.
• Weapons are prohibited without exception. As an educational institution, violators will be subject to law enforcement action.
• Weather alert information will be provided by Birch Creek staff in the event of potentially dangerous weather conditions.
• To ensure the health of our residential living environment for our faculty and students, we ask that the public and volunteers remain distanced from nonpublic areas.
