Donor Wall 2019-20

MSM MUSIC A L THE AT RE

That Certain Feeling: Gershwin in New York O c t 25, 2018

Thank you to our 2018 donors who help MSM students reach for the stars!

Manhattan School of Music

ANNUAL FUND $10 0,0 0 0 a n d a b o ve

Estate of C.J. Stuart Allan Sceneworks Studio $50,0 0 0 t o $99,999

The Joan and Alan Ades-Taub Family Foundation Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Lorraine Gallard & Richard H. Levy Dr. Solomon Mikowsky Michael & Noémi K. Neidorff/ Centene Charitable Foundation Bill and Patricia O’Connor Estate of Harold Schonberg Twiford Foundation $25,0 0 0 t o $ 49,999

Ed Annunziato Augustine Foundation Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke Carla Bossi-Comelli Delin and Abelardo Bru Susan Ennis & Dr. Owen Lewis Donald & Marcia Clay Hamilton Nancy Freund Heller & Jeffrey Heller Brian & Vivian Henderson David G. Knott Ph.D. & Françoise Girard Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Linda & Toby Mercuro The Ambrose Monell Foundation The Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Melody Sawyer Richardson The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Solon E. Summerfield Foundation Swantje & George von Werz

Gifts received in FY 2018 (July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018)

MSM SY M PH O N Y O RCHE S T R A L e o n a r d Sl a t k in (H o n D M A ’13), C o n d u c t o r

Centennial Gala Concert at Carnegie Hall A p r 17, 2019

ANNUAL FUND

$10,0 0 0 t o $24,999

An Anonymous Donor Joyce Aboussie ASCAP Foundation Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Dr. Alejandro Cordero Enoch Foundation Evco Mechanical Corporation First Initiative Foundation Limited Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Raul & Magdalena Gutierrez Jephson Educational Trusts Ruth M. Knight Foundation A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation New York City Council, Coucilmember Mark Levine Leonard Slatkin Mónica & Angel Sosa

Gifts received in FY 2018 (July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018)

MSM O PER A THE AT RE

I due Timidi

J o s e p h Ta n cr e di D e c 5, 2018

(BM ’19)

a n d P o li xe ni Tz i o u v a r a s

(M M ’19)

ANNUAL FUND

$5,0 0 0 t o $9,999

Anonymous Donors (2) Activist Artist Management/Selema “Sal” Masekela Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation Theodore H. Barth Foundation Bloomberg Chartwells Dining Services Michael R. & Nina I. Douglas Educational Assistance LTD. Dianne Flagello Israel Discount Bank Nancy M. Kissinger Charles E. Knapp Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation Charlotte Mathey Linda B. McKean Clement Meadmore Foundation Lloyd Miller James Petercsak Regina & Robert Rheinstein Mari & Kenneth Share Shoshana Foundation Shelley Deal & Claude L. Winfield

Gifts received in FY 2018 (July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018)

MSM JA Z Z O RCHE S T R A J o h n B e a sl ey, C o n d u c t o r

Tribute to Quincy Jones at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola J o s e p h Mill e r N o v 5, 2018

(BM ’21)

THE CENTENNIAL PROJECT DONORS

A n ch o r Gif t

Michael & Noémi K.Neidorff/ Centene Charitable Foundation $2,0 0 0,0 0 0 a n d A b ove

City of New York, Bill de Blasio, Mayor $250,0 0 0 t o $ 499,999

David G. Knott Ph.D. & Françoise Girard Donald & Marcia Clay Hamilton Maecenata Foundation/Peter Luerssen Bill & Patricia O’Connor Melody Sawyer Richardson Sceneworks Studios $150,0 0 0 t o $249,999

Carla Bossi-Comelli & Marco Pecori Lorraine Gallard & Richard H. Levy Ilene & Edward Lowenthal $10 0,0 0 0 t o $149,0 0 0

Ed Annunziato Dr. James Gandre & Dr. Boris Thomas Linda & Toby Mercuro Michelle Ong/First Initiative Foundation Limited $75,0 0 0 t o $99,999

Alfredo & Mita Aparicio Jane A. Gross Raul M. and Magdalena Gutierrez Maria E. Salgar Chiona Xanthopoulou Schwarz Maria & Guillermo F. Vogel

The Centennial Project New Campus Entry

THE CENTENNIAL PROJECT DONORS

$50,0 0 0 t o $74,999

Mรณnica & Angel Sosa $25,0 0 0 t o $ 49,999

Delin & Abelardo Bru Margot Alberti de Mazzeri Susan Ennis & Dr. Owen Lewis Richard Gaddes Thomas Hampson Nancy Freund Heller & Jeffrey Heller McKinsey & Company Margot & Adolfo Patron Leonard Slatkin Epp K.J. Sonin $10,0 0 0 t o $24,999

Joyce Aboussie Louis Alexander Sharon E. Daley-Johnson Evco Mechanical Corporation Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.)

Carl and Aviva Saphier Dona D. Vaughn and Ron Raines

MSM SY M PH O N Y O RCHE S T R A G e o r g e M a n a h a n (BM ’73, M M ’76), C o n d u c t o r

Neidorff-Karpati Hall Grand Reopening N o v 17, 2018

GIFTS RECEIVED JULY 1—DEC 31, 2018

$10 0,0 0 0 a n d a b o ve

The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Michael & Noémi K.Neidorff/ Centene Charitable Foundation The Starr Foundation Ann T. Ziff $50,0 0 0 t o $99,999

Alfredo & Mita Aparicio Lorraine Gallard & Richard H. Levy David G. Knott, PhD & Françoise Girard So-Chung Shinn Lee & Tony W. Lee Ilene & Edward Lowenthal Dr. Solomon Mikowsky Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Estate of Harold Schonberg Maria & Guillermo F. Vogel $25,0 0 0 t o $ 49,999

An Anonymous Donor Ed Annunziato Augustine Foundation Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Chisholm Foundation Rochlis Family Foundation Melody Sawyer Richardson Estate of Harold & Ruth Stern

MSM Afr0-Cuban Jazz Orchestra A r tu r o O’Fa r rill, C o n d u c t o r A dis o n Ev a n s (M M M a r 28, 2019

’19)

GIFTS RECEIVED JULY 1—DEC 31, 2018

$50,0 0 0 t o $99,999

Alfredo & Mita Aparicio Lorraine Gallard & Richard H. Levy David G. Knott, PhD & Françoise Girard So-Chung Shinn Lee & Tony W. Lee Ilene & Edward Lowenthal Dr. Solomon Mikowsky Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Estate of Harold Schonberg Maria & Guillermo F. Vogel $25,0 0 0 t o $ 49,999

An Anonymous Donor Ed Annunziato Augustine Foundation Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Chisholm Foundation Rochlis Family Foundation Melody Sawyer Richardson Estate of Harold & Ruth Stern

Centennial Gala Concert at Carnegie Hall Ja s min e Ro g e r s A p r 17, 2019

(BM ’21)

a n d C h a n dl e r Sin k s

(BM ’21)

2019 CENTENNIAL GALA SPONSORS

PL ATINUM

Michael & Noémi K. Neidorff/ Centene Charitable Foundation Ann Ziff G O LD

Lorraine Gallard & Richard H. Levy David G. Knott, PhD & Françoise Girard/ McKinsey & Company SILV ER

International Advisory Board/ Aparicio, Bossi-Comelli, Sosa, & Vogel Families Bill & Patricia O’Connor Lauren & Joe Pizza BRO N ZE

Ed Annunziato Anna Bulgari EVCO Mechanical Corporation Donald & Marcia Clay Hamilton The Lowenthal Family Melody Sawyer Richardson Yorke Construction Corporation — Joyce Aboussie Chartwells Dr. Linda Mercuro & Toby Mercuro So-Chung Shinn Lee & Tony W. Lee Jane Steele & William Sussman

Evening of Duos A o P e n g (BM ’17 ) a n d H a ny u n G u N o v 26, 2018

( P S ’19)

2019 CENTENNIAL GALA HOST COMMITTEE

Joan Taub Ades Bellet Construction Margaret Boulware Bright Power Delin Bru Teresa Bulgheroni Paul & Delight Dodyk Michael & Nina Douglas Susan Ennis & Owen Lewis Tatyana Feldman Dianne Flagello

Dr. Han Jo Kim & Mrs. Regina Kim Patty Kopec Harry T. Lee Arthur Loeb Foundation Lubrano Ciavarra Architects Carolyn Marlow Dr. Solomon Mikowsky John Pagano Margot Patron James Petercsak

Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.)

Rich & Tara Petrocelli

Mr. & Mrs. Aldo Fossella

Susan & David Rahm

Richard Gaddes

Maria Elvira Salgar

Dr. James Gandre & Dr. Boris Thomas

Eduardo Salvati

General Plumbing Corporation

Chiona X. Schwarz

Hans Gesell Ruth Golden David Goodman Raul M. & Magdalena Gutierrez Nancy Freund Heller & Jeffrey Heller Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture Maureen Hynes Israel Discount Bank J&J Flooring Warren Jones Phillip Kawin

Dr. KarinĂŠ Poghosyan

Yolanda Santos Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Rich Seufer Robert Siegel Dr. Marc Silverman Alexa Smith Michael Stewart, MD Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Richard W. Southwick, FAIA Telebeam Telephone Systems Rachel Weinstein Robert Wysocki Shirley Young

MSM JA Z Z A RT S

Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Master Class B e nj a min C o h e n Ja n 8, 2019

(BM ’21)

ANNUAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

An Anonymous Flute Scholarship Richard E. Adams Scholarship for French Horn Joan Taub Ades Scholarship Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation Scholarship ASCAP/Fran Morgenstern Davis Scholarship Augustine Foundation Scholarship Theodore H. Barth Foundation Scholarship Elizabeth Beinecke Scholarship Jordan Berk Scholarship Educational Assistance Scholarship Margaret Enoch Scholarship First Initiative Hong Kong/China Scholarship International Advisory Board Scholarship Janey Fund Charitable Trust Scholarship Jephson Educational Trusts Scholarship JMP Musicial Theatre Scholarship A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation Scholarship Ambrose Monell Foundation Scholarship Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Scholarship Petercsak Percussion Scholarship Presser Foundation Scholarship Sabian/Robert Zildjian Memorial Percussion Scholarship Harold and Helene Schonberg Pianist Scholarship Solon E. Summerfield Foundation Scholarship L. John Twiford Violin Scholarship

Gifts received in FY 2018 (July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018)

T H E 2019 A L A N M . A N D J O A N TAU B A DE S VO C A L C OM PE T I T ION H ye r e e Shin ( P S M a r 28, 2019

’19)

ENDOWED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

Marga and Arthur King Scholarship Kraeuter Violin Scholarship Edith Kriss Piano Scholarship LADO Scholarship Fund Marquis George MacDonald Scholarship Robert Mann Scholarship in Violin & Chamber Music Viola B. Marcus Memorial Scholarship Fund (Graduate) Viola B. Marcus Memorial Scholarship Fund (Undergraduate) Clement Meadmore Scholarship in Jazz Studies Homer and Constance Mensch Scholarship Samuel and Mitzi Newhouse Scholarship Birgit Nilsson Scholarship Scott Oakley Memorial Scholarship in Musical Theatre Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Scholarship Paul Price Percussion Scholarship Rodgers and Hammerstein/Richard Rodgers Scholarship Jay Rubinton Scholarship Leon Russianoff Memorial Scholarship Scott Shayne Sinclair Scholarship in Guitar Joseph M. Smith Scholarship Elva Van Gelder Memorial Scholarship Emily M. Voorhis Scholarship Rachmael Weinstock Scholarship in Violin Avedis Zildjian Percussion Scholarship

Sir James Galway Flute Master Class Juli e N a h Ky u n g L e e O c t 24, 2018

(M M ’20)

ENDOWED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

Joan Taub Ades Scholarship for Musicial Theatre Licia Albanese Scholarship Cynthia Auerbach Memorial Fund Augustine Guitar Scholarship Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Scholarship Frances Hall Ballard Scholarship Artur Balsam Scholarship Hans and Klara Bauer Scholarship Berkman-Rahm Scholarship Fund Selma W. Berkman Memorial Scholarship Vera Blacker Scholarship in Piano Carmine Caruso Memorial Scholarship Edgar Foster Daniels Scholarship in Voice Helen Airoff Dowling Scholarship Baisley Powell Elebash Scholarship Gart Family Foundation Scholarship Lloyd Gelassen Scholarship Rita and Herbert Z. Gold Scholarship Michael Greene Scholarship Charles Grossman Memorial Endowment Scholarship Grusin/Rosen Jazz Scholarship Adolphus Hailstork-Mary Weaver Scholarship William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholarship Margaret Hoswell van der Marck Memorial Scholarship in Opera Helen Fahnestock Hubbard Family Scholarship Alexandra Hunt Endowed Vocal Scholarship Deolus Husband Memorial Scholarship for Composition Eugene Istomin Scholarship in Piano Peter J. Kent Scholarship

MSM O PER A THE AT RE

Suor Angelica G a b ri ell a C h e a D e c 5, 2018

(M M ’20)

and Sasha Gutierrez

(M M ’19)

PRECOLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS A NNUA L

CWKH Precollege Scholarship Hansoree Scholarship Ponsie Barclay Hillman Precollege Scholarship Josephine Luby Precollege Scholarship Alfred and Jane Ross Precollege Scholarship Dr. Theodore G. Wilson Precollege Scholarship END OWED

An Anonymous Jazz Precollege Scholarship Alex Assoian Music Project Precollege Scholarship Dr. Michelle Solarz August Precollege Scholarship in Piano Kate Bamberger Memorial Violin Scholarship Jordan Berk Scholarship Matilda Cascio Precollege Scholarship Cuker/Stern Precollege Scholarship Marion Feldman Scholarship Dianne Danese Flagello Precollege Scholarship Rosetta Goodkind Precollege Scholarship Andrew Goodman Memorial Precollege Scholarship Dorothy Hales Gary Scholarship Jocelyn Gertel Precollege Scholarship Constance Keene Precollege Piano Scholarship Patinka Kopec Precollege Violin Scholarship Mary B. Lenom Scholarship Sassa Maniotis Endowed Precollege Piano Scholarship Nana’s Way Precollege Division Scholarship Carl Owen Memorial Scholarship Maitland Peters and Karen Beardsley Precollege Voice Scholarship Prep Parents Scholarship Rita and Morris Relson Scholarship Paul Stebbins Precollege Scholarship in Bassoon Jonathan and Conrad Strasser Memorial Scholarship Elva Van Gelder Memorial Scholarship

MSM Precollege Philharmonic Orchestra N a t h a n H e t h e rin g t o n S a m a n t h a Fr ei D e c 15, 2018

(M M ’0 4, M M ’0 6),

( P r e c o ll e g e)

Conductor

ENDOWMENT GIFTS An Anonymous Donor Joan Taub Ades Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Alex Assoian Music Project Gabrielle Bamberger Michael A. Bamberger & The Honorable Phylis S. Bamberger Allen H. Berkman & Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation Xilun Chen Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Susan Ennis & Dr. Owen Lewis Eric Fisk Eric Gronningsater & Amy Levine Carol B. Grossman Susan Anne Ingerman Kevin Kang Yiduo Liu Alan Lurie Marquis George MacDonald Foundation Ann M. McKinney Ortega Family Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Maitland Peters and Karen Beardsley Cassie & Billy Rahm Melody Sawyer Richardson Nicolas Rohatyn & Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Irene Schultz Dr. Marc Silverman

MSM JA Z Z O RCHE S T R A Jim M cN e ely, C o n d u c t o r

Manhattan Sings! at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola A p r 8, 2019

GALAXY SOCIETY Anonymous Donors (2) Richard E. Adams Joan Taub Ades Louis Alexander Frank Bamberger Gabrielle Bamberger Renee Bash Peter Basquin William S. Beinecke Yvette Benjamin Blanche H. Blitstein Louis M. Bonifati, Ed. D. Carla Bossi-Comelli James B. Coker Alex Davis Michael P. Devine J. S. Ellenberger Jonathan Fey Dianne & Nicolas Flagello Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.)

Rabbi Mordecai Genn Ruth Golden Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Dr. Heather A. Hamilton Shirley Katz-Cohen Phillip N. Kawin Alan M. & Karen Schiebler Knieter

A Legacy of Support By remembering MSM in their wills or other planned gift vehicles, members of the Galaxy Society create living legacies that will influence both music and musicians for generations to come.

Jane Glover Voice Master Class Alexander Mason Fe b 7, 2019

(M M ’19)

GALAXY SOCIETY Doris Konig Dr. Robert Ira Lewy Shigeru Matsuno Charlotte Mayerson Claire A. Meyer Dr. Solomon Mikowsky Warren R. Mikulka Charles B. Nelson Jr. Barbara & Dermot O’Reilly Duncan Pledger Regina Rheinstein Melody Sawyer Richardson Mary S. Riebold Evelyn Ronell Lesley & Ted Rosenthal Cate Ryan Alex Shapiro Dr. Marc Silverman Amy R. Sperling Carleton B. Spotts Jonathan Sternberg Hetty Te Korte Flavio Varani Dona D. Vaughn & Ron Raines Keith L. Wiggs Dr. Theo George Wilson Carolyn Zepf Hagner

A Legacy of Support By remembering MSM in their wills or other planned gift vehicles, members of the Galaxy Society create living legacies that will influence both music and musicians for generations to come.

The Cello Ensemble Project Ja m e s Kim ( P S Ja n 18, 2019

’19)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Lorraine Gallard, Chair

Edward Lowenthal, Vice Chair and Treasurer

Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17), Secretary Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14) Ed Annunziato Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Carla Bossi-Comelli Susan Ennis James Gandre, President Marcia Clay Hamilton Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Nancy Freund Heller Warren Jones David G. Knott Linda Bell Mercuro Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Bill O’Connor Laura Sametz Melody Sawyer Richardson Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Tr u s t e e s Em e rit i

Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita William R. Miller (HonDMA ’11)

David A. Rahm (HonDMA ’07), Chair Emeritus Robert G. Simon

MSM Philharmonic Orchestra George Manahan Minyo u n g Kw o n Fe b 22, 2019

(BM ’73, M M ’76),

(M M ’19)

Conductor

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Carla Bossi-Comelli, Chair, Switzerland Mita Aparicio, Mexico

Delin Bru, United States Alejandro Cordero, Argentina Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain Lori Harris, United States Michelle Ong, Hong Kong Margot Alberti de Mazzeri, Italy Margot Patron, Mexico Maria Elvira Salgar, Colombia/United States Chiona X. Schwarz, Germany Angel Sosa, Mexico Guillermo Vogel, Mexico

MSM PHILH A RM O NIC O RCHE S T R A Perr y So, C onductor

The Riverside Church O c t 4, 2018

ARTISTIC ADVISORY COUNCIL

Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08) Glenn Dicterow Peter Duchin Richard Gaddes (HonDMA ’17) Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Stefon Harris (BM ’95, MM ’97) Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita Bernard Labadie (HonDMA ’18) Lang Lang (HonDMA ’12) Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Pinchas Zukerman (HonDMA ’93)

MSM MUSIC A L THE AT RE

Fiorello!

S o l a n g e G o s s elin A p r 12, 2019

(BM ’20)

a n d A ri el a Piz z a

(BM ’21)

ALUMNI ADVISORY COUNCIL

Louis Alexander, Chair (MM ’79, Musicology) Justin Bischof, Vice-Chair (BM ’90, MM ’92, DMA ’98, Organ) Paul Beck (BM ’98, Bassoon) Sharon Daley-Johnson (BM ’88, Violin; MM ’89, Music Education) Dianne Danese Flagello (BM ’52, Percussion; MM ’52, Music Education; Hon. DMA ’99) Anthony de Mare (BM ’80, Piano) Salvatore Di Vittorio (BM ’97, Composition) Captain Kenneth R. Force, USMS (Ret.) (BM ’64, Trumpet; MM ’65, Music Education; PD ’70, Music Supervision and Administration) Helena Claesson Hallberg (MM ’20, Musical Theatre), Student Representative Heather Hamilton (MM ’93, Piano Performance; MM ’95, Orchestral Piano) Kathleen Hegierski (MM ’71, Voice) Esther Lee (BM ’98, Voice; MM ’00, Voice) Devin Jonathan Moore (BM ’21, Classical Viola), Student Representative Eganam Segbefia (MM ’18, Trumpet) Kathleen Suss (MM ’89, Voice) Wendy Talio (BM ’83, Piano) Eric Umble (BM ’14, Clarinet; MM ’16, Clarinet)