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WELCOME As I write this, I am in New York City for the annual Association of Performing Arts Professionals conference. Here, we talk to agents about booking next season and beyond, see artists perform, and hear about industry trends from colleagues across the county. Of course it’s also a time to experience the amazing offerings of the global cultural capital that is NYC. I hope you join me in the idea that we shouldn’t have to fly across the country just to experience great art. As this evening’s performance proves, you don’t have to. When the Utah Symphony visits us from just down I-15, it’s easy to take for granted our access to an ensemble of national renown and reputation. This evening I am headed to a club to see Luca Stricagnoli perform, just a couple weeks before he joins us at Peery’s Egyptian Theater for International Guitar Night. From where I sit right now, Lincoln Center is an eleven minute drive through big city traffic. I imagine many of you joining us for Jazz at Lincoln Center likely had a similar if not shorter commute to the performance. Lone Piñon’s performance at The Monarch will be an intimate and culturally resonant experience—a truly cosmopolitan evening right in Ogden, UT. Great communities deserve great performances, and Ogden has them through a coalition of donors, family foundations, government entities, and ticket buyers. Whatever role you played in making this and future performances possible, thank you. My time here in New York reminds me of just how good a thing we’ve got going in Ogden with performances set on a landscape of sage and snowy peaks rather than skyscrapers and steel. Thanks for proving concerts like tonight belong in both. James Fredrick Executive Director, Onstage Ogden 801-399-9214 / 3
BOARD & STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jean Vaniman President
Cirilo Franco At-Large Member, Executive Committee
Christina Myers President-Elect
Wendy Roberts At-Large Member, Executive Committee
Jennifer Webb Vice President
Deborah Uman Taylor Knuth Kate Holbrook Clark Daniele Bendinelli John Fromer Rosemary Lesser
Joyce Stillwell Secretary Roger Christensen Treasurer
FOUNDATION Russel King Chair
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Russel King Ex-Officio Member Onstage Ogden Foundation
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In 1949, Beverly Lund and Ginny Mathei decided they wanted to add even more culture to Weber County. So, for the small fee of $400, they brought the Utah Symphony to Ogden for a single performance. Three hundred people attended the concert. This 1949 concert was a big success, so the women decided to present even more concerts in Ogden. They organized a committee within the Welfare League (later the Junior League) to raise funds for the Symphony Concerts. Then, in 1957, this committee reformed and incorporated as the Ogden Guild. After a few more name changes and the addition of Ballet West performances in 1982, the organization became the Ogden Symphony Ballet Association. Under the direction of numerous board members and long-serving Executive Directors like Jean Pell (27 years), and Sharon Macfarlane (14 years), Onstage Ogden has expanded our programming to include internationally renowned classical dance, vocal, and chamber music. Since our inception, we have presented over 800 performances to tens of thousands of Utahns. In addition, Onstage Ogden actively works to engage and educate younger patrons. For example, our Youth Guild has provided generations of high school students with opportunities to serve. We also offer a variety of education classes, from Masterworks Music Detectives to Music and Dance Explorers. And we are partnering with several local community organizations to expand these programs to reach even more children and students. Onstage Ogden is proud to celebrate over 70 years sponsoring only the finest music and dance in the Greater Ogden area. We believe the arts have the power to inspire and uplift, and we are firmly committed to providing everyone in our community with greater access to the arts.
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CASABLANCA IN CONCERT February 8, 2024 / 7:30 PM BROWNING CENTER AT WSU MATTHEW STRAW, conductor UTAH SYMPHONY
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ARTISTS’ PROFILES As the new Assistant Conductor of the Utah Symphony, Matthew Straw will work with Creative Partner David Robertson and Music Director Emeritus Thierry Fischer, and will conduct the orchestra in over 70 performances during the 2023-24 season. A twotime winner of the Career Assistance Award from the Solti Foundation US, Straw became the youngest awardee in the history of the foundation in 2022. In addition, he received the Helen F. Whitaker Conducting Fellowship at the 2019 Aspen Conducting Academy.
MATTHEW STRAW Conductor
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As assistant conductor he has worked with Kazushi Ono and the Brussels Philharmonic, and Ilan Volkov and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Salzburg Festival. He has conducted the Des Moines Metro Opera, New World Symphony, and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and has participated in masterclasses with Stéphane Denève, Cristian Măcelaru, Yannick NézetSéguin, Neeme and Paavo Järvi, Michael Tilson-Thomas, and Robert Spano. He is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music where he received an MM in conducting and holds degrees in music and philosophy from the Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music.
UTAH SYMPHONY Thierry Fischer Music Director Emeritus Matthew Straw Assistant Conductor
VIOLA* Brant Bayless Principal The Sue & Walker Wallace Chair
OBOE Zachary Hammond Principal The Gerald B. & Barbara F. Stringfellow Chair
David Robertson Creative Partner
Yuan Qi Associate Principal
James Hall Associate Principal
Sharon Bjorndal Lavery Chorus Director & Opera Assistant Conductor
Julie Edwards Joel Gibbs Carl Johansen Scott Lewis John Posadas Leslie Richards~ Whittney Sjogren
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VIOLIN* Madeline Adkins Concertmaster The Jon M. & Karen Huntsman Chair, in honor of Wendell J. & Belva B. Ashton Kathryn Eberle Associate Concertmaster The Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Chair Laura Ha 2nd Associate Concertmaster Claude Halter Principal Second Wen Yuan Gu Associate Principal Second Evgenia Zharzhavskaya Assistant Principal Second Karen Wyatt 2nd Assistant Principal Second Sara Bauman~ Erin David Joseph Evans Lun Jiang Rebekah Johnson Tina Johnson~ Alison Kim Amanda Kofoed~ Jennifer Kozbial Posadas~ Veronica Kulig David Langr Hannah Linz Yuki MacQueen Alexander Martin Rebecca Moench Hugh Palmer David Porter Lynn Maxine Rosen Barbara Ann Scowcroft Ju Hyung Shin Bonnie Terry Julie Wunderle
ENGLISH HORN Lissa Stolz
CELLO* Matthew Johnson Acting Principal The J. Ryan Selberg Memorial Chair
CLARINET Tad Calcara Principal The Norman C. & Barbara Lindquist Tanner Chair, in memory of Jean Lindquist Pell
Andrew Larson Acting Associate Principal
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TRUMPET Travis Peterson Principal Jeff Luke Associate Principal Seretta Hart~ Peter Margulies# Paul Torrisi TROMBONE Sam Elliot Acting Principal Andrew Zaharis~ Acting Second Trombone BASS TROMBONE Graeme Mutchler TUBA Alexander Purdy Principal TIMPANI George Brown Principal Eric Hopkins Associate Principal PERCUSSION Keith Carrick Principal Eric Hopkins Michael Pape KEYBOARD Jason Hardink Principal LIBRARIANS Clovis Lark Principal Claudia Restrepo
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Edmund Rollett Associate Principal
Hannah Thomas-Hollands Orchestra Personnel Manager
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INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT February 15, 2024 / 7:30 PM PEERY’S EGYPTIAN THEATRE
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ARTISTS’ PROFILES LUCA STRICAGNOLI Mesmerizing Italian Guitarist
Luca Stricagnoli is a world-renowned guitarist known for his innovative fingerstyle techniques and genre-blending musical arrangements. Hailing from Italy, but now based in Nashville, Luca’s
THU LE Vietnamese Classical Guitarist
Thu Le, an internationally acclaimed classical guitarist, started her love affair with the guitar at the age of four. An awardwinning artist, she became the youngest ever student admitted to the National
MARCO PEREIRA Brazilian Composer and Guitarist
Marco Pereira is a brilliant solo guitarist who has collaborated with top Brazilian singers and composers. Influenced by jazz, Latin-American, and Brazilian music, Marco’s compositions have won
MINNIE MARKS Australian Blues Slide Guitarist & Singer
Minnie Marks is more than just an electrifying guitarist; she is a triple threat - singer, songwriter, and multiinstrumentalist. Armed with an old Goldtop and a revolutionary Farmer Foot Drum,
mesmerizing performances have earned him a massive social media following and critical acclaim from fellow musicians and critics alike worldwide. He performs songs from contemporary rock, film scores and mind-bending originals with double and triple neck guitars he himself designed. His website is LucaStricagnoli.com
Conservatory of Music, Hanoi, at the age of seven. Thu Le’s passion for the guitar has taken her around the world, hosting successful master classes and performing solo. Regularly featured in prestigious festivals, she remains close to her cultural roots, performing regularly in her native Vietnam. Learn more at ThuLeGuitarist.com
international acclaim. His compositions, published globally, have been played and recorded by countless guitarists, including Yamandu Costa and the Assad Brothers. Marco is a professor emeritus at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. You can learn more about him at MarcoPereira.com.br.
Marks consistently pushes musical limits with her mind-blowing guitar wizardry and a powerful voice. From winning prestigious competitions to creating bone-shaking grooves with her Foot Drum kit, Minnie Marks is a force to be reckoned with. Explore her world at MinnieMarks.com 801-399-9214 / 15
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OUR AMERICAN SONGBOOK February 17, 2024 / 7:30 PM BROWNING CENTER AT WSU
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Let Me Off Uptown (Earl Bostic) Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin) Our Love is Here To Stay (George Gershwin) And Then She Stopped (Dizzy Gillespie) Change Partners (Irving Berlin) I Wish I Hadn’t Forgotten (Bria Skonberg) Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington) Stompin’ At the Savoy (Duke Ellington) Medley: I Can’t Get Started (Vernon Duke & Ira Gershwin) / Embraceable You (George Gershwin) The Nearness of You (Hoagy Carmichael) Third Time’s the Charm (Benny Benack III) Banana Split For My Baby (Louis Prima) Comes Love (Sam Stept) In a Mellow Tone (Duke Ellington)
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ARTISTS’ PROFILES BRIA SKONBERG Trumpet, Vocals, Co-Music Director
Born in British Columbia, Canada and now residing in New York City, Bria has been a featured artist at hundreds of festivals and stages the world over, including New Orleans Jazz & Heritage, Kobe, Monterey, Breda, Newport and Montreal Jazz Festivals. Described as “one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” (Wall Street Journal), she has performed with Jon Batiste, Wycliffe Gordon, Stephane Wrembel, Steven Bernstein, U2 & Sun Ra Arkestra, The BENNY BENACK III Trumpet, Vocals, Co-Music Director
By age 31, Emmy-nominated trumpeter and singer Benny Benack III has proven to be that rarest of talents: not only a fiery trumpet player with a stirring command of the post-bop trumpet vernacular in the vein of Kenny Dorham and Freddie Hubbard, but also a singer with a sly, mature, naturally expressive delivery in the postJON THOMAS Piano
Thomas has played in jazz festivals around the world, and has performed with Charles Toliver, Marquis Hill, Bruce Williams, Richie Goods, Jazzmeia Horn, and the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, among many others. Thomas graduated from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in 2015 and The Juilliard School in 2019. He has been a student to pianists Aaron Goldberg, Dan Nimmer, Aaron 18 / OnstageOgden.org
American Pops and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras, The Blacksmiths “We Insist” Band, and once sang the “Star Spangled Banner” at Madison Square Garden for a NY Rangers game. The “shining hope of hot jazz” (NY Times) has been at the forefront of a revival of classic American music as both a performer and educator, programming concerts and workshops for students of all ages. She is an active member of the Women in Jazz Organization, Jazz Education Network, a Bach Conn-Selmer artist, a board member of the International Trumpet Guild, and a new mother. Sinatra mold, performing standards and his own astute songs with a thrilling sense of showmanship. This duel-threat ability was recognized by the 2022 Downbeat Critics Poll where he appeared as not only the #2 Rising Star Male Vocalist, but a top Rising Star Trumpeter as well. His superb intonation and bracing virtuosity enable him to handle astounding feats of originally composed vocalese (complex solos with written lyrics). Parks, and Taylor Eigsti. In 2012 he was awarded The ASCAP foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award and hosted a bi-weekly session at Smalls Jazz club from 2015-2019. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he benefited from the city’s wide range of jazz veterans and swing-rooted tradition. Sonically his sound hearkens to the creative influences he’s adopted. Influences such as Kenny Kirkland, Wynton Kelly, and Mulgrew Miller are apparent muses and thus lend their sound to his style.
ARTISTS’ PROFILES JOCELYN GOULD Guitar
2021 JUNO Award winner Jocelyn Gould has been called “a leader in the next generation of great mainstream jazz guitarists” by Howard Paul, CEO of Benedetto Guitars. Her joyful energy has captivated audiences around the world and her passion for music is as MARK LEWANDOWSKI Bass
Award winning New York City based bassist and composer Mark Lewandowski originally hails from Nottingham, England. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music in London and New York’s prestigious Juilliard School, he has earned the respect of his peers and elders alike as a creative, supportive and individual sideman and bandleader. Lewandowski has also performed frequently as a member of Pulitzer Prize winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ quartet including performances in such esteemed CHARLES GOOLD Drums
Charles Goold is one of New York City’s hardest working jazz drummers of his generation. Born to an American jazz saxophonist father and a Haitian immigrant mother, Goold has used these influences to shape his voice and message in the jazz community. Finding success after years of hard work through teaching and performing, Goold auditioned and
infectious as her unique ability to connect with audiences. Jocelyn has absorbed the influences of the jazz guitar greats and has woven them into an exciting personal sound, citing Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Joe Pass and Kenny Burrell as primary influences on the guitar. Jocelyn is a Professor and Head of Guitar Department at Humber College in Toronto. She is a Benedetto-endorsed artist. venues and festivals as London’s Barbican Hall, Cheltenham Festival and The Institute of Peace, Washington D.C. Mark’s work as a bandleader include two releases, Waller (2017), an exploration of the music of one of the early innovators of the jazz genre, Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller, and Under One Sky (2021), comprised of exclusively original material. Lewandowski’s unique and personal compositional style is at the foreground of this album which was described by the UK’s renowned critic, John Fordham (The Guardian, Jazzwise Magazine) as ‘a sublime confection on compositional class and individual improv skill.” received a full scholarship, subsequently graduating from the Juilliard School along with being awarded the JCAF grant. Goold has performed with a wide variety of acts across varying styles from Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, John Hendricks and Johnny O’neal to rap icons Cam’ron, Talib Kweli, and Ghostface Killah. Goold uses these experiences to propel the sound of his group Nubopcity, a blend of hard bop, hip hop, funk and AfroCaribbean influences. 801-399-9214 / 19
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LONE PIÑON March 1, 2024 / 7:30 PM THE MONARCH
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ARTISTS’ PROFILES Lone Piñon is a New Mexican string band, or “orquesta típica”, whose music celebrates the integrity and diversity of their region’s cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, guitars, accordions, vihuela, and bilingual vocals, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional music that is at home in New Mexico. In 2014, Lone Piñon was founded as a platform for creativity around the oldest sounds of traditional New Mexico string music, sounds that had all but disappeared from daily life in many Northern New Mexico communities. Through relationship with elders, study of field recordings, connections to parallel traditional music and dance revitalization movements in the US and Mexico, and hundreds of local and national performances, they have brought the
TANYA NUÑEZ (upright bass, guitar, vocals) was born in southern New Mexico. Growing up in a musical family, no celebration was complete without music and dance: rancheras, polkas, valses and cumbias. She has worked as a bassist in a variety of traditions from classical, tango,
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language of the New Mexico orquesta típica back onto the modern stage, back onto dance floors, into a contemporary aesthetic/artistic conversation, and into the ears of a young generation. The musical landscape of Northern New Mexico bears the record of interconnecting musical movements that cross state, national, generational, and ethnic borders. Lone Piñon’s active and recorded repertoire reflects that complexity, and has included a wide range of regionallyrelevant material (Western swing, conjunto, New Mexican Spanish and Mexican ranchera, Central Mexican son regional, country, onda chicana, etc.) around the core New Mexican violin and accordiondriven polkas, cunas, inditas, valses, and chotes learned from elders.
Persian and Arabic, to country, rock and funk/soul. Though she plays many styles, the beautiful and diverse music of the Southwest US and Mexico holds a special place in her heart and she is honored to study and share it.
ARTISTS’ PROFILES SANTIAGO ROMERO (guitar, vihuela, vocals) grew up in the village of Agua Fria, New Mexico, on land where his family has lived for many generations. He began learning the guitar at the age of 6 from older musicians in his community and began working as a mariachi in Las Cruces, El Paso, and Ciudad Juárez in his early twenties. He has performed and served as creative
director in a variety of ensembles, taught as part of several educational initiatives and in 2005 was appointed by Governor Bill Richardson as the first New Mexico state representative of Mariachi music. In addition to his work with Lone Piñon he has served for 13 years as the director of Mariachi Sonidos del Monte, one of New Mexico’s premiere Mariachi ensembles.
JORDAN WAX (violin, piano- and three-row accordions, mandolin, guitar, vocals) grew up in Missouri and was traditionally trained by master Ozark fiddler Fred Stoneking and Central Missouri dance fiddler John White. He worked as bandleader and accordionist for a Yiddish dance band before his work with Missouri and New Mexican fiddle styles inspired him to travel to Mexico for a 6-month immersion in Mexican huapango fiddling, where he studied with Rolando “El Quecho” Hernandez of Trio Chicontepec, Casimiro Granillo of Trio Chicamole, and a variety of local fiddlers in the Huasteca region of San
Luis Potosí. His studies of traditional New Mexico dance music have been guided and inspired in the past years by Tomas Maes (mandolinist of Santa Fe, NM) and Antonia Apodaca (late accordionist and guitarist of Rociada, NM). In 2018 he travelled to Morelia, Michoacan for a few weeks of intensive study with master son calentano violinist Serafin Ibarra Cortez and P’urepecha elder and composer Tata Pedro Dimas. He serves the Manitos Community Memory Project as a Community Archivist digitizing and archiving New Mexico music-related documents, sound recordings, and oral histories.
KARINA WILSON (violin, viola, vocals) grew up in Glorieta, New Mexico, where she was surrounded from an early age with traditional music and dance. In addition to professionally performing and teaching classical violin and viola, her passion for traditional dance music and the roles it plays in cultural context has
taken her to 23 countries/territories to work with musicians from Alaska to the Ukraine and Iceland to Guinea. She is in high demand at dances and workshops across the US and at home teaches and performs honky-tonk, old-time, classical, international folk, and regional Mexican and New Mexican traditions.
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Diana & Ralph Dunkley James & Nicole Fredrick* Donna and Ralph Friz Kay Hoogland & James O’Brien Marlin & Kathleen Jensen Russel R. and Jane T. King* Jan and Jerome Luger David and Linda Lundstrom
Robert and Sally Neil Dr. Deborah Uman and Mr. Michael Sander* Jean Vaniman* Janice and Sheldon Ward Jennifer & Dr. Michael Webb* Kent and Trudy Whiteman
Joan Ahlf Roger Christensen* Dr. Ann Ellis Sean Bishop & Taylor Knuth* Beth Mannino Mary L Mathewson
Andy and Susan Mccrady Madeline & Alex Mcdonald Gary and Marilyn Newman Paul and Sandra Perkin Laurie & Greg Rives Eileen & Steve Santella
Juergen Sass Keith and Marlys Sorbo Ned and Sheila Stephens Jeane Taylor Carl and Helgard Wolfram
DONOR ($100–$249) Marlene Barnett David Bauch Phil and Melanee Berger Yaeko Bryner Edwin Cannon Brad and Lynn Carroll Kitty Chatelain Aaron Clark Phillip & Gail Coleman Dean & Karen Cooper Ludene Dallimore Katrina Daniel Lynn and Natalie Dearden Darin and Deborah Deem Douglas Deis Gaye and Robert Delange Carolyn B. Deru Gloria Dixon Sherry Eckert Steve Ericson Byron Espinoza
Janet and Steven Evans Pat Fuller Dixie Funk Karen Gall Greg and Caitlin Gochnour Cliff and Elizabeth Goff Dana & David Gossner Scott and Deborah Greenwell Josh Grimaud Kim and Becky Hale Holly and Stephen Handy Terry Hartman-Smith Ron Harward Tina and Robert Herman Jon Higginbotham Jon Higginbotham Amy Huntington Carol Jackson Alisa Jenney Melba and Denis Kirby Paul Kriekard
Betsy Oppenheim Leve Charles Lindquist Camille Loffredo Debra Marin Frank and Sharon Markos Rand and Cynthia Mattson Sandy and Phillip Maxwell James and Jennifer McGregor Karen Miner Roland & Amy Miller George Muller Garrett Murphy & Esther Ahn Maurine Naisbitt Brian & Marsha Namba Claude & Barbara Nix Kim Odell Ogden Chapter of MacDowell Ensemble Cheryl Orme Donald Pantone Jeff Paulson
PATRON ($500–$999)
Kay A. Ballif Amber Blackhurst in memory of Frank S Blair Brian & Vicky Boyle Raymond and Betty Christian Brent and Vicki Cox Tim and Candace Dee Allan & Kellie Diersman
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FRIENDS OF ONSTAGE OGDEN DONOR ($100–$249) contintued… Janet A. Petersen Bobbie Ramer Wendy and Cary Roberts* Mary and Howard Schuyler Shane and Pamela Schvaneveldt Kathy Sedgwick Denise Sly Michael Smith Carol and Paul Sonntag Jonathan and Beverly Souder MEMBER ($50–$99) Clyde Baker Laura Barker Daniel Bedford Danielle Bendinelli* Brad and Madeleine Sharon Charley Michael and Susan Deyoung Gloria Dixon John Dobson & Kathryn Philpot Janice Grajek Mira Green
Sandra Sowerby Dorothy & Dan Steimke* Edna Stratford Nikki Thon* Robert Tillotson Kelly VanNoy Lucinda and Phillip Wagner Jack and Bonnie Wahlen Andrew and Suzanne Wall
David Walling in memory of Grace Ann Hall Walling Linda Watson Paula Weick and Carl Stuart Barbara & Gerald West Aloha Whitney Marilyn Woodbury Douglas Yonemura Larry Zaugg
David and Joan Hadley Austin Halbritter Mary Hargis Kimberly and Christian Hearn Linda Hearn Jon Higginbotham Jason Lew Gale Livingston Kathryn MacKay Jose Mathews Alice Mulder
Joseph Orozco Matt & Camille Pollard Joan and Paul Powell Mindy Steele Julie Stoddard Dixie Vandyke Ron and Sandy Waite Gerald and Ann Walters Jackie Watson
OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE: DONOR ADVISED FUNDS Onstage Ogden gratefully accepting donations made through a DAF account, or Donor Advised Funds. It’s a great way to accomplish your philanthropic goals and easily manage your charitable giving. Giving through a DAF, which is like a charitable savings account, gives you the flexibility to recommend how much and how often money is granted to Onstage Ogden. You can recommend a grant or recurring grants now to make an immediate impact or use your fund as a tool for future charitable gifts. You can also create a lasting legacy by naming Onstage Ogden the beneficiary of the entire account or a percentage of the fund. With a percentage, you can create a family legacy of giving by naming your loved ones as your successor to continue recommending grants to charitable organizations. Contact your fund administrator for a beneficiary form.
Please contact Onstage Ogden Development Coordinator, Sarah Bailey, at 801.612.0757 or sarah@onstageogden.org, if you would like to make a donation or if your name has inadvertently been left off or is misspelled.
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