Manhattan School of Music Biennial Report: FY20 & FY21

B I E N N I A L R E P O R T F Y 2 0 & F Y 21

Message from the Board Chair and President Dear Friends, With the magic dust still settling on MSM’s 100th Anniversary, we began FY20 with optimism and hope for the next hundred years of our beloved School. We entered our second century with a campus that had been dramatically enhanced with the completion of the Centennial Project, a $16.5-million initiative of major campus improvements. The project's centerpiece was the transformation of Neidorff-Karpati Hall, our mainstage performance venue, into a state-of-the-art showplace. Enrollment was robust, and a full calendar of performances and master classes showcasing MSM’s exceptional student musicians, distinguished faculty, and acclaimed guest and master class artists was well underway.

Then the unthinkable happened. Not only to us at MSM, not only to New York City, but to the entire world. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the School’s students, faculty, and staff to find extraordinary new ways to adapt. And adapt we did, establishing a hybrid learning model and finding fresh ways to teach and to share music online — all while wearing masks, standing six feet apart, and working from home.

As many things changed, our commitment to providing our students with a music education of the highest quality never wavered. And we continued to respond to the pressing issues of our time, with a commitment to diversity and to the Cultural Inclusion Initiative we began in 2019. In the 2020–21 performance season, we launched Artist Scholar and Black Creators initiatives, programming inclusive content and sponsoring events themed around the artist and social change. In 2021, we launched an important new endeavor, the Global Conservatoire, an ambitious digital learning environment.

We also continued to make much-needed capital improvements, including the new Linda Bell Mercuro and Tobias G. Mercuro Student Union and the renovation of the Neidorff-Karpati Hall Lounge.

During these supremely challenging times, MSM has truly risen to new heights, creatively deploying our expertise to provide a deep learning environment in which our students can flourish musically and as individuals. We are proud of what has been accomplished over the past two fiscal years, not least of which was adjusting to a complex and ever-evolving global health crisis, while keeping our oncampus community safe. At the same time MSM offered a full array of courses to our students here in NYC and in far-flung places around the world, online as well as safely in person. We kept the music playing… abundantly!

This continues to be a historic moment, and MSM will use all that it has learned to inform our future efforts and enhance the educational experience of our immensely talented students. As laid out in this report, the successes of the past two fiscal years have been the result of thoughtful, responsible, and flexible decisionmaking, founded on the resilience and creativity of the entire MSM Community. And so we dedicate this report to MSM’s students, who adapted and thrived when faced with adversity; to our faculty and staff, who worked tirelessly to bring about bold new endeavors when challenged by a global pandemic; and to our trustees and other generous donors, who supported MSM during this challenging period. Throughout, as ever, the MSM Community has been guided and inspired by the love and power of music.

Sincerely,

Lorraine Gallard

James Gandre

Chair

President

Contents Improving Our Campus

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Strategic Plan (2019–24)

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Centennial Book

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Cultural Inclusion Initiative

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COVID-19

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College Highlights

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Distance Learning

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The Global Conser vatoire

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Community Partnerships

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Student Engagement

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Commencement

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Precollege Highlights

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Alumni Highlights

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Fundraising Highlights

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Donor Spotlight: In Memorium

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Financial Report

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Manhattan School of Music Donors

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Manhattan School of Music Leadership

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Improving Our Campus Neidorff-Karpati Hall Lounge Renovation A crowning achievement of the School’s Centennial celebrations was the renovation of our main performance space, Neidorff-Karpati Hall, which reopened in November 2018, thanks primarily to the generosity and vision of alumna Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17) and her husband, Michael Neidorff (HonDMA ’17).

In February 2020, after a six-month, $1.3-million renovation, another architectural jewel at MSM was restored: the Hall’s Art Deco lounge. After falling into disrepair following serious flooding in the early 2000s, the lounge, including restroom facilities, had been closed for nearly two decades.

The original lounge was built in 1931 along with the performance space above that would come to be known as Neidorff-Karpati Hall.

Both spaces were designed by Arthur Harmon of Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, the architectural firm responsible for New York’s iconic Empire State Building.

The goal of the renovation was to keep the spirit and historic details of the original lounge intact while modernizing the space. Amanda Rienth, interior designer with the firm Steinberg Hart, said: “We really elevated the look and feel by installing beautiful glass mosaics and faceted high mirrors, similar to what you may find in high-end music halls such as Radio City Music Hall.” New Art Deco-inspired details included checkerboard wall covering, a walnut sideboard, and a custom-made center banquette. Great care was taken to restore the brass detailing to its original state and to repair the vintage “bubbler” drinking fountain. Equally important to the renovation was the infrastructure layer behind the aesthetics and the repair of very serious plumbing issues. Eco-friendly materials were chosen, including energy-efficient LED lighting, faucets with low flow to conserve water, wall coverings made of a durable, bio-based material, and new carpeting made with recycled products.

“People come to the hall to experience inspiring performances on stage at our beloved School,” say the Neidorffs, “and we wanted to ensure that the overall audience experience included the beautiful historic space downstairs as well.”

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A New Student Union Plans were announced in 2020 for two newly designed campus spaces that would profoundly enhance student life at MSM: the Linda Bell Mercuro and Tobias G. Mercuro Student Union, and its centerpiece, the 2,000-square-foot Baisley Powell Elebash Student Lounge.

The beautifully designed space, which began construction in May 2021 and opened in October of the same year, includes the Student Lounge, a campus store, expanded and redesigned offices for the Student Engagement division, and cafeteria.

Trustee Linda Bell Mercuro and her husband, Toby Mercuro, who both tragically succumbed to COVID-19 in 2021 (see In Memoriam section, page 26), had generously pledged $1 million for the MSM endowment and to name this wonderful new campus space, with additional funds from The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, a longtime supporter of the School.

The much-needed new lounge is a place where students can interact and relax between demanding classes, practice sessions, and rehearsals, or at the end of a long day. It is a new center of gravity for student life that also serves as a gathering place for various student organizations.

This multipurpose lounge features comfortable and movable furniture to support a variety of social, educational, and service activities.

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Strategic Plan (2019–24) MSM’s strategic five-year plan, launched in 2019, has four central goals that support our vision and mission as a leading independent music conservatory: To ensure artistic and academic excellence

To enhance our long-term fiscal well-being

Create time and space for academic and artistic curiosity; develop and recruit faculty to support our students; and design and strengthen pathways to enhance students’ training and experience.

Grow earned revenue from partnerships, strategic alliances, and other opportunities, including degree and non-degree offerings; strengthen connections to alumni, parents, artists, audiences, and the many other friends and benefactors of the institution; and source and execute initiatives that reduce and mitigate costs.

To optimize our human, financial, and physical resources to improve students’ experience Optimize MSM’s resources to enhance efficiency and increase the academic and performance opportunities available to students; develop and invest in our faculty and staff to improve the quality of the education and services MSM offers; and ensure that our costs by function are aligned to the opportunities and responsibilities of our students, faculty, and staff.

Centennial Book Manhattan School of Music: Celebrating 100 years

An award-winning commemorative book, Manhattan School of Music: Celebrating 100 Years (1918–2018), was published as the capstone to the School’s Centennial celebrations. A talented in-house team, spearheaded by project manager and principal author John K. Blanchard (MM ’89), MSM’s Institutional Historian and Director of Archives, prepared the deluxe 304-page book celebrating the School’s history.

Calling the book “stunning,” the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) awarded it a 2020 Circle of Excellence “Grand Gold” Award. The CASE judging panel wrote, “This is a beautiful, well-written commemorative piece of an important New York City cultural institution. Bravo. Any higher-ed institution would be thrilled to show off such a book to showcase school history and accomplishments.”

Decade by decade, year by year, the story of the school is illuminated with more than 690 historical photos and scanned documents, chronicling the growth of the institution from a modest community music program in a settlement house to one of the world’s finest conservatories, and including an architectural history of the campus. More than 200 statements from alumni sharing their personal experiences and giving testimony to the School’s influence are featured, as is an overview of the state of the current institution.

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To increase our visibility and recognition Leverage the communications potential of the wider MSM Community, including alumni, current students, faculty, and staff; ensure a powerful integrated vision for MSM communications across all media; and expand off-site performance and presentation opportunities.

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Celebrating 100 years

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Cultural Inclusion Initiative MSM’s Cultural Inclusion Initiative, launched in 2019 as part of the strategic plan, was designed to foster diversity, equity, and inclusive practices.

An institution-wide program, it includes an audit of current practices, identification of areas where additional attention is needed to achieve change, and regular forums for discussions led by expert consultants. In its first year, the Initiative offered 13 training opportunities for students, faculty, and staff.

Through MSM’s new Black Creators Initiative, all performances at the School in FY21 included a Black artist or an artist from the African diaspora, resulting in programming that presented the work and vision of over 60 composers and other creators, including 2021 Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León, Adolphus Hailstork (BM ’63, MM ’65, HonDMA ’19), Florence Price, Roy Hargrove, William Grant Still, and Julia Perry. (A database of related resources was shared publicly online through the School’s Peter Jay Sharp Library.)

Additionally, MSM commissioned and developed new works that told Black stories, including Iron John: An American Ghost Story by Jacinth Greywoode and Rebecca Hart and Le Comte Noir by the writing team Burwell & Sasser.

In 2020–21, the Initiative expanded to include a new program to highlight artists, administrators, and other creators and bring them to the School. Our inaugural Artist Scholar program included such luminaries as composer Anthony Davis (HonDMA ’21), Oprah Book Club author Tayari Jones, and NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington (HonDMA ’20). Through the program, Artist Scholars contributed panel discussions, special performances, and master classes to the MSM Community.

Promotional slides for Cultural Inclusion Initiative events (above).

MSM Faculty member, composer, conductor, and arts educator Damien Sneed (’06) (right), presented an online discussion entitled, Completing our Education: American Music History on February 25, 2021, as part of the new Black Creators Initiative.

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COVID–19 When the pandemic hit New York City in March 2020 and MSM’s campus was required to close, the School quickly pivoted to online learning and the students completed the spring semester remotely. An internal Restart Task Force created a detailed reopening plan for the fall semester, and the campus reopened on September 9, 2020, with a blended instructional model of in-person and remote instruction. With about 90% of all classes online, MSM students had an opportunity to choose one of four tracks featuring staggered arrival times and varying degrees of on-site and online learning. The previous semester’s robust schedule of live performances shifted entirely online and exciting innovations were the result.

The Restart Task Force worked with faculty and staff and gathered input from local and state agencies, as well as conservatory counterparts in the U.S. and beyond, allowing the School to create engaging experiences for students while ensuring the health and safety of the entire MSM Community. Students had opportunities to present virtual performances working with MSM’s Orto Center and with outside production companies who helped create filmed presentations. New series of virtual content were initiated, such as the Bridging the Distance series, which invited the MSM Community to submit their own vitual performances which were then highlighted on the website, and the MSM Perspectives panel series, where thoughtful discussions were held on a range of topics, such as social change, employment for today’s artists, and practical tips for home recording.

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A total of 36 classrooms on campus were converted into “Zoom Rooms,” and four zero-latency teaching studios were created with highquality audio and video capability for real-time voice lessons. MSM consulted with a mechanical engineer who evaluated all of the various HVAC setups on campus, providing recommendations that aligned with industry guidance to reduce the risk of airborne exposure. We implemented mechanical equipment and 150 air filter units to improve fresh airflow and filtration.

Thanks to extensive safety protocols and health measures, the MSM campus remained open throughout the 2020–21 academic year with no community spread of the disease. These included an on-site COVID testing center, which administered more than 5,000 tests; weekly random testing of the student body, faculty, and staff on campus; and community-wide protocols of physical distancing and restrictions on in-person meetings and gatherings.

MSM faced unprecedented challenges as the threat of the pandemic continued to remain uncertain. While the school made a successful transition to remote learning, experiencing higher than expected enrollment for the College; enrollment declined in our Precollege program. The occupancy rate of MSM’s dormitory, Andersen Hall – 90 to 95% in a typical year – was occupied at 60% capacity, as a significant number of students chose the remote performance track. The School also implemented a number of successful costcontainment measures.

Reflecting the decline in operating revenue, for fiscal 2021, the first time in many years, MSM has an operating deficit inclusive of depreciation and amortization. Despite, the operating deficit, net assets grew from $69.5 million to $78.1 million as of June 30, 2020 to June 30, 2021. The net assets increase is primarily a result of the growth in the endowment. The overall state of the School is strong as we continue to implement long-range plans to grow the endowment, increase contributed income, and build and diversify enrollment.

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College Highlights The cultural enrichment of the larger community is central to Manhattan School of Music’s mission, and the School is a vibrant resource for New York City and the world. Whether in-person or online, hundreds of performances and master classes are brought to thrilling life by our students, faculty, and guest artists.

With many events livestreamed to global audiences, MSM reached 107 countries in FY21.

Vocal Arts MSM Opera Theatre’s 2019–20 season included the mainstage production of a long-forgotten gem of the opera buffa repertoire, I due Figaro by Saverio Mercadante (December 12–15, 2019), a sequel to the plots of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. The Opera Repertoire Ensemble presented two performances of Verdi’s La Traviata, a perennial favorite, in early February 2021. MSM Opera Theatre presented a program of scenes, entitled “Connection/Separation,” in February, followed by the Senior Opera Theatre in March presenting a celebration of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on what would have been her 88th birthday, to honor her love of opera. Then in April, the Junior Opera Theatre presented a unique, livestreamed sung tribute to poet Langston Hughes, conceptualized by faculty member Catherine Malfitano (BM ’71), entitled “Let America Be America Again.” Later that month, MSM Opera Theatre was heard in “The Family Dynamic — Untangling the Ties That Bind,” with scenes from Cendrillon, Idomeneo, Lucia di Lammermoor, Serse, Arabella, Carmen, A Quiet Place, Candide, and William Grant Still’s Highway 1, USA.

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“Being part of MSM Opera Theatre is like being with a family. It is super inclusive, and a lot of work. We have the best faculty to coach us and to direct us to make the music come alive.” ­ Daniel Choi (MM ’21) — Above (center) in I due Figaro

Jazz Arts The MSM Jazz Orchestra presented tributes in October 2019 to two profoundly respected figures in jazz, Art Blakey and Louis Armstrong, featuring artists who carry on the legacies of these musical geniuses. The concert’s second half, “The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong™ All Stars,” was presented as part of the Louis Armstrong Continuum, in collaboration with the Columbia University Center for Jazz Studies and the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. The following November and December saw the celebration of the life and music of the late groundbreaking South African trumpeter and composer Hugh Masekela, who studied at MSM in the early 1960s, given at the School’s Neidorff-Karpati Hall and at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The Spring 2020 calendar included performances of new Big Band works (above) written by student composers. The Spring 2021 ComboFest scheduled five days of performances by student jazz ensembles led by members of the MSM Jazz Arts faculty, including Buster Williams, Dayna Stephens, Theo Bleckmann (’90), and Ted Rosenthal (BM ’81, MM ’83), among others. On April 16, students presented the music of faculty member and MacArthur “Genius” Grant Fellow Miguel Zenón (MM ’01).

“It was without a doubt a very challenging time to be in school, with so many hurdles and restrictions, yet I was constantly encouraged by the indomitable joy and uplifting energy that the students brought to our program.”

—Ingrid Jensen, Interim Dean, Jazz Arts

Contemporary Performance The School’s Contemporary Performance Program hosted an online event on September 14, 2020, with Niloufar Nourbakhsh and Bahar Royaee, members of the Iranian Female Composers Association. The Program’s resident ensemble, Tactus, created MSM’s first on-site Sound/Art installation, which was on display for a week in December. Entitled “Tactus Tetris,” the project took inspiration from the popular video game, exploring the idea of “individuality as we work to fit into a larger whole.”

May 6, 2021 Tactus performance (left) featuring Teagan Faran, violin and Jordan Bartow, cello.

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Musical Theatre MSM Musical Theatre presented the darkly comic Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Sondheim/Wheeler) for three performances in November 2019 on the stage of Neidorff-Karpati Hall. After shifting to online live and recorded film projects, the ensemble premiered Le Comte Noir (above left) by composer Charles Vincent Burwell, with book and lyrics by James D. Sasser (BM ’98). This new musical fuses Classical influences and Afro-Haitian music and dance, while exploring Alexandre Dumas’ unresolved questions of identity. A delayed production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood

by MSM alumnus Rupert Holmes (’67, HonDMA ’20) was brought to life in February 2021, in an inventive film adaptation, with the help of content creators Super Awesome Friends. Declaring the production “miraculous,” Holmes said that “MSM Musical Theatre’s breakout re-conception is as notable an achievement in the history of the show as its original transfer from Central Park to Broadway: a 2021 triumph of vibrant talent, resourcefulness, innovation, and determination over the current pandemic, in responsibly safe yet richly entertaining fashion” (above right). The 2020–21 Musical Theatre season closed with the May 15 broadcast of Starblasters, a new work that explores a generation coming of age “in an America where financial security has never been less certain and childhood dreams feel beyond reach.”

“My Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood has received many honors, including Tony Awards for Best Musical, Book and Score, but no honor or performance could be more meaningful to me than last year’s dazzling and resourceful production of my show—at the very height of a global pandemic—by the vibrant talent of MSM’s unstoppable students under the guidance of their distinguished faculty, many of whom I’ve been honored to work beside during my career.”

—Rupert Holmes (’67, HonDMA ’20)

Classical / Orchestral Performance As part of the MSM Icons series, the MSM Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Distinguished Visiting Artist and trustee Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) on October 18, 2019, in celebration of his 75th birthday. Guest performers included cellist Fred Zlotkin and flutists Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway. The School’s Chamber Sinfonia was also heard in October under the baton of guest conductor Bernard Labadie (HonDMA ’18), Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, in symphonies by Mozart and Haydn. The Symphony then presented a program of works by Ravel and Debussy on November 20 conducted by Director of Orchestral Activities George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76). They were joined on that concert by the MSM Symphonic Chorus, under the leadership of Chorus Master and Director of Choral Activities Kent Tritle, in Stravinsky’s monumental Symphony of Psalms. The 2020– 21 season was filled with numerous performances by new smaller ensembles as the School adapted to distancing protocols — including a String Chamber Orchestra, Brass Ensemble, and Camerata Nova, which played contemporary works. The Percussion Ensemble premiered and later recorded Joe W. Moore’s with liberty…, a work written for the group.

Composition student Yuqin Yi, conducts an original piece during a Student Composers’ Concert, October 21, 2019

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Master Classes MSM has a rich history of bringing music’s most distinguished artists to teach master classes and share their expertise and knowledge with our students and an interested public. Vocalists were treated to mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves (left, October 17, 2019), countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08), baritone Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09), tenor Lawrence Brownlee, and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard (PC ’98, HonDMA ’21). Instrumental classes featured pianist Richard Goode; violinist Glenn Dicterow (center, November 6, 2019); cellist Clive Greensmith; and guitarists Pepe Romero, Eliot Fisk, and Manuel Barrueco. Barrueco gave a three-part series in The Augustine Foundation Virtual Master Class Residency. MSM Musical Theatre students also had a marvelous opportunity to learn from Tony and Emmy Award-winner and MSM trustee Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) (right, February 10, 2020).

Special Concerts MSM Icons, a new performance series celebrating acclaimed MSM alumni and trustees with exceptional international music careers, launched on October 18, 2019, with a salute to conductor Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) (above, left) on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Maestro Slatkin conducted the MSM Symphony Orchestra in a concert that featured actor Alec Baldwin (HonDMA ’12) narrating Slatkin’s arrangement of The Raven and a flute performance by Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway. On January 24, 2020, the series continued with a concert featuring the MSM Studio Orchestra with award-winning jazz trumpeter, educator, and MSM trustee Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) (above, right). They performed A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) from Blanchard’s Grammy-winning 2007 album by the same name, which featured songs written for Spike Lee’s HBO documentary on Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, in November and December 2020, special concerts were held in Sakura Park, located across Claremont Avenue from the School. These concerts were meant to “create an open space defined by both artistic performance and shared experiences,” said series organizer Reiko Füting (DMA ’00), Chair of MSM’s Composition and Theory and Aural Skills departments. The filmed projects, available on the School’s website, were part performance and part installation, where socially distanced students were positioned around the park, merging sounds with the environment and with movement.

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Distance Learning The School’s groundbreaking Distance Learning Program, launched in 1996, was the first of its kind at a major conservatory. By using state-of-the-art interactive videoconference technology, MSM has developed increasingly effective means of connecting students, educators, and distinguished artists around the globe, thereby enhancing the curriculum and learning experience for its students. Recently named after Christianne Orto, the program’s founding director (see In Memoriam section, page 26), the Orto Center focuses on the local and international connections between e-learning and teaching pedagogy with digital media and recording arts.

As the School needed to shift to fully online instruction in midMarch 2020 due to the pandemic, the Center was already poised to assist with the transition. The advanced technology that MSM has developed — a dedicated fiber-optic network for music instruction and the optimization of video technology for live music transmission — has become increasingly vital, especially in this time of social distancing and curtailed public performance. All mainstage concerts at MSM for the past two years were streamed live on the School’s website and archived for future viewing. Students had numerous opportunities to create and present virtual performances working with the Center’s staff, including a new series­­­– conceived by MSM's Media and Commuications department – entitled MSM Bridging the Distance. This initiative provided an opportunity for students, faculty, and alumni to share their performances “from home” with the wider MSM Community. Many of the resulting recorded performances were shared on social media and distributed to the School’s internet-based audiences.

Our higher education partnerships span from Austria to Australia and have connected to all five continents, exchanging artistic resources and providing a truly global music education in 48 states and 43 countries.

The Distance Learning Program gives remote communities — many of which have little access to music education and enrichment programs — access to MSM’s digital library, which archives over 5,000 hours of past classes and events. Over the past two years, MSM students have had the opportunity to learn from master teachers from conservatories and orchestras around the globe.

MSM’s Distance Learning Program also creates online music enrichment programs for K–12 students in the U.S. and Canada, many living in rural communities without any access to music education. Throughout the pandemic, our programs reached

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1,020 K–12 students, in 140 schools, in 10 U.S. states and Canada.

Partner schools could choose from 25 individual 45-minute interactive programs, all providing meaningful, interactive learning experiences for schoolchildren throughout a challenging, uncertain time. Highlights of our K–12 partnerships over the past year included connecting with approximately 200 public schools in Kansas during Black History Month with a “History of Jazz” program. In working with Connected North, a nonprofit that fosters student engagement and enhanced education outcomes in remote indigenous communities, MSM brought the program “Musical Math” to several schools in Nunavut, Canada.

The Global Conservatoire In April 2021 Manhattan School of Music announced an innovative online program in collaboration with three other prominent international conservatories: the Royal College of Music (London), the Royal Danish Academy of Music, and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. The Global Conservatoire, conceived and initiated by MSM, deepens the existing collaboration between these partner institutions and allows students participating in the program access to specially created courses from each college.

The program launched as a pilot program in 2021–22 with one course from each institution in the fall semester and additional offerings in the spring. It brings faculty and students from each of the four institutional partners into the same classroom, cultivating an international exchange of ideas. The Global Conservatoire’s asynchronous design allows both undergraduate and graduate students from four conservatories in three different time zones to

work at their own pace, completing courses around busy rehearsal and practice schedules.

This new digital learning environment expands each partner college’s course offerings, opening up new possibilities against a rich cultural backdrop, allowing students to pursue their studies in an international ‘classroom’ without having to leave their home institution.

Center for Music Entrepreneurship Our Center for Music Entrepreneurship (CME) — a standard-setting initiative that grew out of MSM’s long history of career development initiatives — provides students and alumni the resources, “next step” mentoring, and inspiration to build successful and rewarding lives as musicians.

Over the past two fiscal years, a suite of required coursework, electives, and internships provided invaluable preparation. The CME coordinated with a range of campus partners to offer “Setting the Stage” career development workshops, featuring students, faculty, staff, distinguished alumni, and other industry leaders, averaging 30 events a year (only four had to be cancelled in 2020 because of COVID-19). Highlights included a two-part discussion focusing on the experience of Black performers entering into and expanding the opera and theater industries, with Jasmine Muhammad (MM ’12) and Tesia Kwarteng (MM ’13); a discussion on creating art, expanding your horizons, and truly thriving, with Broadway actress Kimberly Marable and composer/lyricist, writer, and Broadway actor Douglas Lyons; and

Met Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin led a discussion about social media and audience engagement in a CME event on Zoom on November 20, 2020.

“Social Media as Direct Audience Engagement,” a conversation with Met Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and MSM faculty member and MET Orchestra clarinetist Jessica Phillips.

The Center also provided one-on-one entrepreneurial coaching and career advising, varied referral services, and an Online Opportunities Board that shared performance, teaching, arts administration, and production jobs, as well as competitions, grants, and training opportunities.

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Community Partnerships MSM Community Partnerships, a highly regarded engagement program, provides high-quality musical performances and instruction to more than 3,500 New York-area residents annually, by training talented undergraduate and graduate students to bring music to Pre-K programs and K–12 schools, senior living residences, and community centers.

In the 2019–20 school year, more than 300 MSM students performed and gave music lessons to over 2,600 children in under-resourced schools in and around New York City, including several Title I schools, in programs that met New York State Learning Standards for the Arts. The Partnership program continued to provide music education programming to 13 partner schools throughout the 2020–21 school year via Zoom. Additionally, these children learned from pre-recorded educational performances, including Grimm Reality, an original opera written and performed by MSM students. The videos were followed

by Q&A sessions between participating schoolchildren and the MSM casts and creative teams. In total, more than 1,700 students saw these performances in Spring 2021. MSM Jazz Arts students (above) visited elementary schools in New York City on February 20, 2021, in celebration of Black History Month.

The Partnership program also gives MSM college students the opportunity to expand their performance techniques in nontraditional settings, bringing the transformative power of music annually to more than 1,000 homebound individuals, including the elderly, the blind, developmentally disabled adults, and patients with Alzheimer’s disease — sharing the healing power of music as medicine.

Community partners included the Lighthouse Guild, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Medical Center, and DOROT’s “University Without Walls” program. A successful pilot program in 2021 served Mandarin-speaking individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, delivered entirely in their arterial language. Another exciting initiative was with the Columbia University Medical Center’s Music and Movement Disorders outpatient program, where MSM students gave performances to Parkinson’s patients at the Center via Zoom to help improve their mood and mobility.

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Virtual Concerts

Columbia University Department of Neurology’s Division of Movement Disorders, in partnership with Project: Music Heals Us (PMHU) and Manhattan School of Music (MSM), will be offering interactive ZOOM concerts each month to movement disorders patients.

MSM: May 3, 2021 10-11AM EST PMHU: May 12, 2021 4-5PM EST regular bi-monthly concerts the first Monday (6-7PM) and Third Thursday (4-5PM) of each month Participants should have their own iPad or listening device, and use of headphones is encouraged Registration is required as space is limited. For more information or to register, please contact Elizabeth Delaney at ead2179@cumc.columbia.edu or 212-305-5779

Flyer (above) for a series of virtual performances for patients with movement disorders co-presented with Columbia University, Project: Music Heals Us, and the Parkinson’s Foundation.

Student Engagement MSM’s Student Engagement department seeks to foster a nurturing and supportive environment through a variety of services and programs that help students thrive musically, socially, and personally. The challenges of the past two years brought new and important responsibilities, in addition to our long-established student engagement programs, residence life activities, and counseling initiatives.

In 2020, Student Engagement tracked where students were living (whether on campus, off campus, or remote) and when they were arriving.

They also managed the required travel quarantine; the on-boarding COVID-19 test; weekly testing of part of the faculty, staff, and student community each week; and quarantine/isolation when an individual either tested positive or was a close contact of someone who had. MSM’s campus nurse checked in daily with students who tested positive or had been exposed to someone who had, monitoring their physical and mental health. They put together special COVID-19 safety regulations, communicated them regularly to the community, and enforced them among our students. We are very pleased that since the initial “hybrid” return to campus in fall 2020, MSM has not come near the New York State threshold for moving to fully online instruction.

Residence Life and Student Engagement found creative ways to engage students and keep them connected socially, lifting spirits

MSM WELLNESS WEEK 2021 Mindful Monday April 5, 2021 *Wellness Week Giveaway: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Student Lounge

"Let's Talk" Tuesday April 6, 2021 *Relaxation Journaling: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sakura Park Host: Student Government

Pick up a free tote bag, journal, and a free smoothie voucher from Student Engagement. First come, first served!

Receive a free self-care kit and engage in mindful journaling at the park!

Alexander Technique Workshop:

*Positivity Grams:

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Zoom Code: 963 3104 6659 Host: Barbara McCrane

Relax your mind & body during this restorative break! Bring a towel or yoga mat to your Zoom session.

*Navigating the MSM SHIP 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Zoom Code: 475 680 4399 Host: Dr. Cai McPhee

Understand how to navigate the Student Health Insurance Plan at MSM.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Student Lounge Host: MSM Womxn

Send a kind message to a friend!

*Let's Talk: Wellness for Students of Color 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Zoom Code: 910 6138 7847 Host: Dr. Vanessa Bing

Discuss how to maintain mental wellness in today's racial climate.

Workout for Wishes All Week Event Sponsored by: Make A Wish Foundation

Workout, Donate, and change the life of a Wish-Kid Ambassador.

Wellness Wednesday April 7, 2021 *Consultations with Kai 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Student Lounge Host: Kai Santiago

Get free 5-10 minute skincare or makeup consultations to update your self-care routine!

*Plant Care is Self Care: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Student Lounge Host: Environmental Awareness

Learn about plant care & participate in EAC's giveaway!

Herbal Tea Tasting: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Student Lounge Host: MindfulMSM

Sample herbal teas and learn about tips to incorporate mindfulness into your daily routine.

when necessary, in spite of the limitations of masking and social distancing required for safety reasons. Our Campus Health Office and Counseling Center provided support to students through telehealth.

MSM’s English as a Second Language department (now part of Student Affairs) was able to provide support to our students, wherever they found themselves in the world, through remote instruction and tutoring. New student organizations were founded, including one that celebrates the diverse cultures and backgrounds of MSM students, and an environmental awareness club. A pop-up art gallery was created in Fall 2020, allowing students to stretch their means of artistic expression: “Painting is a creative outlet outside of music that I find to be very therapeutic and relaxing,” explains Niav Maher (BM ’23). “It’s a great way to de-stress and take a few minutes to check in with myself and focus on my overall wellness.”

APRIL 5-9, 2021 Activities supported by the Ruth M. Knight Foundation

Thoughtful Thursday April 8, 2021 Creating a Community of Care & a Culture of Consent at MSM 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Zoom Code: 475 680 4399 Host: Columbia Health Sexual Violence Response

Learn about sexual violence prevention, consent & creating a culture of care!

*Let's Talk: COVID-19 Navigating the Final Stretch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Zoom Code: 910 6138 7847 Host: Dr. Michael Alcee

While we're still in this pandemic, let's figure out how to continue navigating it together!

Fun Friday April 9, 2021 *Astrology Event 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Student Lounge Host: MSM Womxn

Astrology & Crystals & Tarot Readings, oh my! Come learn about holistic healing practices & learn about your inner-most self.

*The Tissue is not the Issue: Physical Therapy Workshop 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Zoom Code: 475 680 4399 Host: Dr. Eduardo Pereira

Learn about pain science & how movement can improve the body.

PRIZES!

*Participate in many of our programs,get entered into raffles & win prizes all week!

MSM's annual Welcome Cruise (top, in 2019) was replaced with oncampus Orientation events in 2020 (above).

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Commencement 2020 & 2021 The School’s ninety-fourth graduating class was honored with a Commencement toast on May 15, 2020. Students’ academic accomplishments in all divisions were recognized, with 22 graduates receiving commencement awards named in honor of distinguished faculty and figures in music. Honorary doctorates were conferred upon soprano Martina Arroyo, President of the New York Philharmonic Deborah Borda, philanthropist and MSM Trustee Carla Bossi-Comelli, jazz artist Terri Lyne Carrington, Broadway star Kelli O’Hara, and choreographer/stage director Susan Stroman. MSM trustee and Emmy/Tony/Drama Desk-winner Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) was the commencement speaker, and Helena Claesson was selected as the 2020 student commencement speaker. Graduating students were able to continue the celebration with their department chairs and faculty in Zoom sessions with their colleagues.

The Class of 2020 totaled 382 graduating students: 142 received a Bachelor of Music (BM) degree; 183 received a Master of Music (MM) degree; 17 received a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree; 38 received Professional Studies (PS) Certificates; and 2 received an Artist Diploma (AD). They hailed from 31 countries and nearly every U.S. state.

Due to the pandemic, formal Commencement ceremonies for both the ninety-fourth and ninety-fifth graduating classes were held as a combined virtual ceremony on May 20, 2021. Students’ academic accomplishments in all divisions were recognized, with 30 graduates receiving commencement awards named in honor of distinguished faculty and figures in music. Honorary doctorates were conferred upon composer Anthony Davis, pianist Kirill Gerstein (BM ’99, MM ’00), composer Rupert Holmes (’67), Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard (PC ’98), jazz artist Wayne Shorter, violinist Yoonshin Song (PS ’09, AD ’10), and Metropolitan Opera bass Hao Jiang Tian.

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Retiring faculty members Michael Brown, June Murano-Murray, Stephen Norrell, Christopher Oldfather, Frances Patrelle, AndréMichel Schub, and William Tracy were recognized, and the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service was conferred upon Michelle Baker, Melanie Dorsey, Cynthia Hoffmann, Warren Jones, Michael Lockhart, and Marlena Malas. Veronica Mak (BM ’19, MM ’21) was the student speaker, and Grammy Award winning Metropolitan Opera mezzosoprano J’Nai Bridges (BM ’09) gave the Commencement address.

The Class of 2021 totaled 283 graduating students: 105 received a Bachelor of Music (BM) degree; 138 received a Master of Music (MM) degree; 9 received a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree; 30 received Professional Studies (PS) Certificates; and 1 received an Artist Diploma (AD). They hailed from 30 countries and nearly every U.S. state.

“Music is in you! It is a fundamental part of your identity. Not even a pandemic can take that away, so let it give you strength not only to cope, but to carry you through life’s toughest moments. You are here today because you are resilient.”

—J’Nai Bridges (BM ’09)

Student commencement speakers Helena Claesson, 2020; Veronica Mak, 2021

“I admire you from afar.

Working as hard as you have and completing your studies is an especially astounding achievement given our current, otherwise devastating, circumstances. That you’ve been able to keep your focus, stay the course, and serve your art is nothing short of remarkable.”

—Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15)

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Precollege Highlights MSM honors its founding legacy of teaching music to schoolchildren through its Precollege Division. Offered on Saturdays during the academic year, the program provides music education of the highest quality to aspiring young musicians ages 5 to 18. The rigorous curriculum includes weekly private lessons, multiple performing opportunities, classes in theory and ear training, and various electives. Enrollment has averaged 435 students annually for the past two years.

The performing ensembles the Precollege offers have included five jazz combos, a jazz big band, three choirs, a musical theatre ensemble, an opera workshop, four orchestras, and dozens of chamber groups. Despite the pandemic, each of our students participated in a full and enriching virtual program, presenting a number of concerts for the 2020–21 school year.

These included performances by the Precollege Symphony on Zoom (top), 35 recitals via Zoom, 6 master classes, and 33 layered virtual projects, as well as 121 performance videos featured on Canvas.

Precollege graduates have gone on to attend prestigious conservatories, including New York City conservatories MSM, Juilliard, and Mannes, every Ivy League university, and other great institutions of higher learning. Of the 70 Precollege graduates who received their diplomas in May 2021, 50 were awarded named scholarships. The Precollege has proven to be a wonderful asset to students applying to college, whether they choose to major in music or not, as their participation in MSM’s program is a testament to their discipline, drive, and creativity.

Precollege students, sisters Kearston Gonzales (PC ’22), violin, and Kendall Gonzales (PC ’24), cello, perform for MSM’s 2021 Virtual Gala from Miller Hall, May 19, 2021.

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MSM Summer & MSM Fall MSM Summer provides immersive instruction for young musicians ages 8 to 17 for five weeks from mid-July to midAugust. Since 1999, this program has offered private lessons and a wide array of courses to help students develop their musical skills and knowledge while being part of a fun, music-making community.

MSM Summer went completely virtual last summer, allowing students to participate in performances from their homes via Zoom (above).

Despite the pandemic (or perhaps because of it), enrollment reached a record-breaking 187 students. In 2019, the musicals Annie, Jr. and Cinderella were staged, a master-class series sponsored by the ASCAP Foundation featured Puerto Rican-born composer and multiinstrumentalist Angélica Negrón, and six concerts were presented. MSM Summer ensembles included the Philharmonic Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Flute Choir, Clarinet Choir, Latin Jazz Band, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, R&B Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble, and various other chamber music groups. The 2020 virtual program featured an ASCAP master class with composer-lyricist Sam Willmott, 14 showcases for student performances, and 10 special online events.

MSM Fall, initiated in October 2020, was a trial program providing online music instruction to instrumentalists, singers, and composers ages 8 to 17. The 10-week program offered an exciting array of remote courses with dynamic faculty; private lessons once a week; and virtual performance opportunities for all students. Classes took place Monday to Thursday in the afternoons and evening.

In addition to the basics of musicianship and theory, they covered subjects such as audition techniques, pop music production, film scoring, female composers, music technology, Latin music, notation software, video game sound design, and African American music history. Chamber music coaching was offered to students and family members in the same household. top and above: MSM Summer students participating in performances from their homes via Zoom.

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Marina Aikawa (MM ’19) Violinist Marina Aikawa was appointed to the National Symphony Orchestra in 2019.

A native of Japan, Aikawa was previously a member of the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra and the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Switzerland.

Jared Bernstein (BM ’78) Jared Bernstein is currently serving as a member of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers. A former senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, he also served in the Obama administration as Executive Director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class.

Brandon Patrick George (MM ’10) Flutist Brandon Patrick George has joined the Grammynominated quintet Imani Winds, a group formed in the 1990s by other MSM alumni. He was recently featured on WQXR as a member of their Artist Propulsion program.

Blake-Anthony Johnson (MM ’16) In 2020, Blake-Anthony Johnson was appointed chief executive officer of the Chicago Sinfonietta, having most recently been the Louisville Orchestra’s director of learning and community. The Sinfonietta’s mission over its past 32 seasons has focused on representation and celebration of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Alumni Highlights The success of our graduates attests to the quality of the music education MSM provides. MSM’s accomplished and award-winning alumni are active in every aspect of contemporary musical life, working at the highest levels of musical, educational, and cultural institutions. Many are among the most distinguished artists performing in concert halls, opera houses, and on jazz stages throughout the world today, while others have gone on to successful careers in education, law, television, government, information technology, and medicine. Here are just a select few from the past two years.

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Julia Ahyoung Choi (PS ’17) Korean-American violinist Julia Choi won a coveted position with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, having performed with such ensembles as the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, and Atlanta Symphony.

Rachel Easterwood, MD (BM ’06) After pursuing a post-MSM medical degree at Columbia University, Dr. Easterwood was working in a New York City hospital at the height of the pandemic in 2020. A New York Times feature spotlighted a concert series that she initiated to provide comfort and solace to COVID-19 patients.

Enrique M. Márquez (MM ’04) Enrique Márquez was named the new Director of Music for the Interlochen Center for the Arts in 2021. An accomplished educator, arts leader, and musician, he leads music programming, pedagogy, and curricula at Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen Arts Camp, Interlochen Online, and Interlochen College of Creative Arts.

Alexa Smith (MM ’10) MSM’s Chief of Staff and Assistant Vice President for Special Initiatives led MSM’s multi-faceted Cultural Inclusion Initiative, including the new Black Creators and Artist Scholars initiatives. She was also chosen to participate in the Sphinx LEAD leadership program.

Manhattan School of Music alumni continued to give back to their alma mater by participating in the new MSM Perspectives Series. On June 11, 2020, MSM alumni Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08), Kelly Hall-Tompkins (MM ’95, HonDMA ’16), and Damien Sneed (’06) discussed The Artist and Social Change in a live Zoom event with MSM Students.

The talk also included Associate Dean and Director of MSM Musical Theatre, Liza Gennaro.

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Fundraising Highlights Our wonderful recent campus improvements, as mentioned previously, were made possible by generous gifts from Noémi K. and Michael Neidorff, Linda Bell Mercuro and Toby Mercuro, and The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund. Other donors and trustees kept fundraising strong and fruitful in FY20 and FY21. Virtual galas and other special events held patrons engaged throughout the pandemic.

A 75th birthday concert and dinner was held on October 18, 2019, for MSM Distinguished Visiting Artist and trustee Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) as part of the new MSM Icons series. Maestro Slatkin conducted the MSM Symphony with guest performers narrator Alec Baldwin (HonDMA ’12), cellist Fred Zlotkin, and flutists Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway. Our 2020 Virtual Gala, with performances by students, alumni, and faculty, was held on October 2 and raised over $380,000. Performers included Pinchas Zukerman (HonDMA ’93), Ron Carter (MM ’61, HonDMA ’98), J’Nai Bridges (BM ’09), and Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08).

Scholars from South Africa in 2019 and 2020 to our Jazz Arts program — tenor saxophonist Zeke Le Grange, alto saxophonist Nhlanhla Mahlangu, drummer Kabelo Mokhatla, and pianist Zoe Molelekwa — who received full scholarships thanks to a generous grant from The ELMA Philanthropies, established in 2019 in memory of MSM alumnus Hugh Masekela.

Giving Tuesday 2020 was invigorated by a $50,000 matching gift from trustee Bill O’Connor and his wife Patricia, bringing the total raised by the one-day campaign to more than $160,000. A Back-to-School Appeal in August 2021 raised more than $63,000 to support students’ technology needs during the pandemic when so much learning took place online.

“Together Wherever We Are” was the theme of our 2021 Virtual Gala, held on May 19 and featuring performances by trustees Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) and Bernie Williams (BM ’16), Imani Winds, and students from the College and Precollege. Greetings and special messages were given by Alec Baldwin (HonDMA ’12) and several distinguished alumni, including Jared Bernstein (BM ’78), Cynthia A. Boxrud, MD (BM ’78), Soloman Howard (MM ’10), Charlene Huang (BM ’03), and Robert Lopez (PC ’93). Grammy Award winning opera singer Isabel Leonard (PC ’98, HonDMA ’21) MC’d the event with hosts President James Gandre and Board Chair Lorraine Gallard.

In FY20 and FY21, more than $5.1 million was raised for the School’s endowment, including a $2.7-million bequest from the late Cate Ryan, a long-time donor who briefly served on the Board of Trustees, to establish an endowed scholarship in memory of her beloved friend Masolinar “Mackie” Marks. The fund will support scholarships for gifted MSM Precollege students with financial need from communities historically underrepresented in classical music who have been accepted into MSM’s College program. Additionally, The Gart Family Foundation made a grant of $250,000 to augment an endowed fund that supports an opera scholarship and master class series, bringing the fund to $1 million. We also welcomed Hugh Masekela Heritage 24

at top (left to right): Richard Gaddes, Ann Ziff, Robert Wysocki, Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’13), Donna Wilkinson, and Darryl Redhage on the occasion of Maestro Leonard Slatkin’s 75th Birthday concert and dinner celebration. above: President James Gandre (top, center) is joined by Walt C. Sayre, III (BM ’74, MM ’79) and Elizabeth Sayre during a special performance and reception celebrating their $100,000 donation to establish a named trombone scholarship.

A performance (bottom) by Edmonda Lam (BM ’21, Piano), Bryan Li (BM ’24, Viola), and Timothy Tse (BM ’22, Clarinet) under the guidance of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra principals Andrew Simon and Andrew Ling at the 2021 Virtual Gala.

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(1) MSM trustee Maestro Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13), composer Cindy McTee, acclaimed flutist Sir James Galway, President James Gandre, and Lady Jeanne Galway at the 75th Birthday concert and dinner celebration for Maestro Slaktin; (2) MSM Voice faculty member and Precollege alumna Isabel Leonard (HonDMA ’21), Emcee for MSM’s 2021 Virtual Gala; (3) Susan Graham (MM ’87, HonDMA ’08) offering a special tribute for MSM’s 2020 Virtual Gala; (4) Kevin E. Newton (MM ’20) performing with Grammy-nominated ensemble Imani Winds for MSM’s 2021 Virtual Gala; (5) Robert Lopez (PC ’93) offering a special greeting to guests attending MSM’s 2021 Virtual Gala; (6) Michelle Ong, Chairman, First Initiative Foundation, and member of MSM’s International Advisory Board, offering a special greeting to guests attending MSM’s 2021 Virtual Gala; (7) Soloman Howard (MM ’10) offering a special greeting to guests attending MSM’s 2021 Virtual Gala; (8) Damien Sneed (’06) and J’Nai Bridges (BM ’09) performing for MSM’s 2020 Virtual Gala.

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Donor Spotlight: In Memoriam Christianne Orto Christianne Orto (1965–2020) was the Dean of Distance Learning and Recording Arts at Manhattan School of Music until her passing in February 2020. Because of a generous donation to our School through her estate planning, her pioneering work will continue to strengthen and grow, based in its newly named home, the Orto Center. Early in her career, her fascination with the recording process led to positions as producer for classical recording labels such as Sony Classical, Angel EMI, and BMG Classics.

In 1996, then-MSM President Marta Casals Istomin recruited Christianne to head the School’s recording department and to develop a distance learning program. Initially, she worked closely on technology that would allow Pinchas Zukerman to teach his students remotely when he was out of town, expanding the program to include livestreamed master classes from other great artists. Collaborating with musical institutions around the world, Christianne developed programming that provides primary, secondary, and higher education schools with instruction in a wide range of musical genres, reflecting the diverse offerings at MSM. A more recent focus has been the creation of an online degree completion program that is geared toward performing artists who left their formal collegiate studies early due to professional opportunities and is planned to be launched in the next academic year.

The first of its kind at a major conservatory, MSM’s Distance Learning Program is now regarded as “the gold standard in music distance learning” and has had a wide-reaching and enormous impact on professional music education. In recognition of Christianne’s work, which has enabled untold thousands across the world to connect and experience the power and beauty of music, she was presented with the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service at the 2016 MSM Commencement ceremony. Shortly before her death, Christianne wrote: “Manhattan School of Music has been central to my life for almost 25 years, and my abiding joy comes with the knowledge that I have built a global arts community.”

Linda Bell Mercuro and Tobias G. Mercuro Manhattan School of Music lost trustee Linda Mercuro and her beloved husband Toby to COVID-19 early in 2021, within days of each other. Linda (1938–2021) joined the School’s Board of Trustees in 2011 and most recently served on the Board’s Executive Committee and as Founding Chair of the Academic Affairs and Student Success Committee.

Linda’s remarkable life and career, which was marked by a no-nonsense intelligence that also defined her time at MSM, included her work as Director at the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the Office of Water. She served on a special task force with former Vice President Al Gore to develop the Clean Water Action Plan to fulfill the goals of the Clean Water Act. She received the award for the Office of Water Excellence in Management and the EPA medal for distinguished service for her work with the Nation’s Indian tribes on pollution issues. Her love of the arts was exemplified in her support of many institutions; in addition to MSM, Linda was on the Board of the Kennedy Center’s National Symphony Orchestra, where she served as Secretary, and of the Levine School of Music. Linda earned her Master’s degree and doctorate in political science from New York University, where she taught courses in comparative politics. She was also a pianist.

Linda and Toby provided generous support to the School for many of MSM’s most important initiatives. They gave generously to the Centennial Project, which included the renovation of MSM’s principal performance space, Neidorff-Karpati Hall. Most recently, they provided leading support and lent their names to the Linda Bell Mercuro and Tobias G. Mercuro Student Union, the beautifully designed new space that has greatly enhanced on-campus student life at MSM.

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William R. Miller Bill Miller (1928–2020) was a transformative force at MSM over many years, serving on the School’s Board of Trustees from 1990 to 2012, and then as a trustee emeritus. Through the Miller Family Foundation, he and his late wife, Irene, provided generous support for many of MSM’s most important initiatives, including the building of MSM’s Andersen Hall (opened in 2001) and a state-of-the-art new performance space (opened in 2007) named in the Millers’ honor. The William R. and Irene D. Miller Recital Hall, an intimate, 137-seat jewel-box of a performance space, has been a mainstay of MSM’s performance season ever since.

The Millers also provided major early support for MSM’s pioneering Center for Music Entrepreneurship, a standard-setting initiative that provides students and alumni with resources and inspiration to build successful and rewarding futures. In his career in the pharmaceutical industry, Bill went from a senior role at Pfizer to BristolMyers in 1964, serving as Vice Chairman of the Board at Bristol-Myers Squibb from 1985 until his retirement.

In addition to his generous support of MSM over the years, he was on the boards of several organizations, including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and served as an Advisory Director of the Metropolitan Opera. British-born and educated, he was a member of the University Bach Choir and the College Music Society and Singing Club as a student at Oxford, and later became a member of the Court of Benefactors and was named a Distinguished Friend of Oxford. Bill was a stalwart within the Anglo-American community of New York, elected Chairman of the American Fund for Westminster Abbey and a member of the Board of Americans for Oxford. He was appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth in 2000 and Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2011. That same year, Manhattan School of Music awarded him an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Bill Miller’s legacy will be long-lasting and his life and work will provide inspiration to the MSM community for years to come.

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Financial Report FY20 & FY21 Statement of Financial Position This statement most notably includes MSM’s assets, liabilities, and net assets as of the last day of the fiscal year. An asset is a resource with service capacity that MSM presently controls. A liability is a present obligation to sacrifice resources that MSM has little or no discretion to avoid. Net assets are the residual of all other elements presented in the Statement of Financial Position.

2019–20

2020–21

Assets

Assets

$105,386,278

Liabilities

$110,734,113

Liabilities

$35,845,741

Net Assets:

$32,623,696

Net Assets:

Without Donor Restrictions

$35,429,029

Without Donor Restrictions

$33,893,145

With Donor Restrictions

$34,111,508

With Donor Restrictions

$44,217,272

Total with Donor Restrictions

$34,111,508

Total with Donor Restrictions

$44,217,272

Total Net Assets

$69,540,537

Total Net Assets

$78,110,417

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$105,386,278 As of June 30, 2020

$110,734,113 As of June 30, 2021

Endowment MSM’s endowment has grown 75% from June 30, 2011, increasing from $20.4 million to $35.5 million. $35,000,000 $30,000,000 $25,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 $5,000,000 0

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2012

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2015

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2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

As of June 30, 2021

Capital Expenditures Over the past six years, Manhattan School of Music has allocated nearly $40 million of capital funding to address deferred maintenance and to improve the student experience. More than 40% of capital projects have been funded by generous private and public gifts. Campus transformations included the complete renovation of Neidorff-Karpati Hall, the School’s 626-seat mainstage performance space; the new Linda Bell Mercuro and Tobias G. Mercuro Student Union and the Baisley Powell Elebash Student Lounge; relocating the School’s main entrance and lobby from 122nd Street to 130 Claremont Avenue; the addition of 28 new state-of-the-art acoustically controlled practice rooms; and the creation of two new dance studios. Additionally, heating and air conditioning systems were upgraded and a fire safety system was replaced.

Linda Bell Mercuro and Tobias G. Mercuro Student Union and the Baisley Powell Elebash Student Lounge opened in the fall of 2021

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Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets This statement focuses on the costs of MSM’s activities, which are supported substantially by student tuition and fees.

2020–21

2019–20 Operating Activities

Operating Activities

Revenue

Revenue

College tuition and fees Less scholarships Net college tuition and fees Precollege tuition and fees Less scholarships

$48,394,586 -$18,319,668 $30,074,918 $5,065,101 -$625,800

College tuition and fees Less scholarships Net college tuition and fees Precollege tuition and fees Less scholarships

$45,119,086 -$18,279,929 $26,839,157 $4,413,690 -$519,025

Net precollege tuition and fees

$4,439,301

Net precollege tuition and fees

$3,894,665

Auxiliary services

$5,998,521

Auxiliary services

$3,893,551

Annual fund revenue

$2,131,336

Annual fund revenue

$2,214,385

Investment return appropriated for operations

$1,364,917

Investment return appropriated for operations

$1,398,324

Other revenue

Total operating revenue

$524,203

$44,533,196

Other revenue

Total operating revenue

Expenses

Expenses

Program services

Program services

Instruction

$19,673,388

Instruction

$262,250

$38,502,234

$14,600,090

Academic support

$4,898,396

Academic support

$4,352,244

Student services

$3,525,164

Student services

$2,688,393

Auxiliary services

$3,712,095

Auxiliary services

$7,226,937

Total program services

$31,809,043

Fundraising Total supporting services

Total operating expenses Excess of operating revenue over expenses

$6,563,385 $936,044 $7,499,429

$39,308,472 $5,224,724

Government grants Investment loss in excess of amount appropriated for operations Depreciation and amortization expense Other

Net nonoperating activities Change in net assets

General and administrative Fundraising Total supporting services

Total operating expenses Excess of operating revenue over expenses

$6,444,447 $825,260 $7,269,707

$36,137,371 $2,364,953

Nonoperating activities

Nonoperating activities Contributions and private grants

$28,867,664

Supporting services

Supporting services General and administrative

Total program services

$2,945,366 $711,604 -$2,744,977 $3,117,144 $454,531

-$2,659,682 $2,565,042

Contributions and private grants Government grants

$5,050,230 $940,101

Investment gain in excess of amount appropriated for operations

$3,901,112

Depreciation and amortization expense

$3,207,707

Other

$478,809

Net nonoperating activities

$6,204,927

Change in net assets

$8,569,880

Net assets, beginning of year

$66,975,495

Net assets, beginning of year

$69,540,537

Net assets, end of year

$69,540,537

Net assets, end of year

$78,110,417

As of June 30, 2020

As of June 30, 2021

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Where Do MSM’s Operating Revenues Come From? fig. 1a & 1b

Student services – Provides assistance in the areas of

College and precollege tuition and fees are net of scholarship.

Auxiliary services are primarily residence hall room and board fees.

Annual fund revenue does not include $7.4 million of endowment and restricted gifts included in nonoperating activities. Investment return is based on MSM’s spending policy of appropriating for distribution each year five percent of the endowment fund.

Management and general – Includes expenditures for

Where Does The Money Go?

figs. 2a & 2b

admissions, financial aid, registrar and international advising, student affairs, scheduling, house staff, recording studio, and alumni affairs.

administrative activities that support the entire institution. Examples include administrative offices, information technology, media and communications, campus store, and the box office.

Auxiliary services – Building maintenance activity costs that are necessary to keep the physical facilities open and ready for use.

Fundraising – Includes expenditures to raise funds including

Instruction – Activities dealing directly with the teaching of

labor and costs of fundraising events.

students such as labor, services, equipment, materials, and supplies.

MSM monitors its efficiency in terms of what percentage of its operating expenses are allocated to both management and general overhead and fundraising. At 17% and 2% for FY20 and 22% and 3% for FY21, respectively, MSM is efficient according to benchmarked standards.

Academic support – Activities designed to provide support services for MSM’s primary mission of instruction. Includes performance operations, production, library, distance learning, community partnerships, and piano technology.

Operating Revenues 2020

Operating Expenses 2020

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Annual fund revenue 5%

Investment return 3%

Auxiliary services 14%

Auxiliary services 9%

Fundraising 2%

Management and general 17% Colllege net tuition and fees 68%

Precollege net tuition and fees 10%

Instruction 50%

Student services 9% Academic support 13%

Operating Revenues 2021

Operating Expenses 2021

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fig. 2b Annual fund revenue 6%

Management and general 22%

Auxiliary services 10%

Precollege net tuition and fees 10%

Auxiliary services Fundraising 2% 3%

Investment return 4%

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Instruction 49%

Colllege net tuition and fees 70% Student services 9% Academic support 15%

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Manhattan School of Music Donors FY20 (July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020) $1 million and above Michael and Noémi K. Neidorff / Centene Charitable Foundation $500,000 to $999,999 The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund $100,000 to $499,999 Bill and Patricia O’Connor $50,000 to $99,999 Joan Taub Ades Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Dr. David G. Knott and Ms. Françoise Girard Michelle Ong/First Initiative Foundation Limited The Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation, Inc. Joe and Lauren Pizza Estate of Harold Schonberg Chiona X. Schwarz Michelle Deal Winfield and Claude L. Winfield $25,000 to $49,999 Augustine Foundation Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke Carla Bossi-Comelli Susan Ennis and Dr. Owen Lewis Eric Gronningsater and Amy Levine* Estate of Louis W. Halk Marcia and Don Hamilton Nancy Freund Heller and Jeffrey Heller Han Jo Kim Ruth M. Knight Foundation Edward Lowenthal Linda Bell Mercuro* and Toby Mercuro* The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Twiford Foundation $10,000 to $24,999 An Anonymous Family Foundation Margot Alberti de Mazzeri The ASCAP Foundation Ed Annunziato Bettina Baruch Foundation The Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Delin and Abelardo Bru/ Kimberly-Clark Foundation The Chisholm Foundation Dr. Alejandro Cordero The Enoch Foundation The Eric and Margaret Friedberg Foundation Edith Hall Friedheim EALgreen Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund Jephson Educational Trusts Warren Jones† Nancy M. Kissinger The Arthur Loeb Foundation Robert and Amy McGraw

The Clement Meadmore Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Orin Y. O’Brien† Margarita M. Patron Ruesch Family Foundation Carl and Aviva Saphier Estate of Rabbi Abraham Sheingold So-Chung Shinn and Tony W. Lee Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Mónica and Angel Sosa Michael G. Stewart Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Mary Vinton Maria and Guillermo Vogel $5,000 to $9,999 An Anonymous Donor Alfredo and Mita Aparicio The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation The Theodore H. Barth Foundation Matt and Andrea Bergeron Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Chartwells Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.)

Joyce Griggs J & J Flooring Shirley Katz-Cohen* Diane Kettering Ron Losby, Steinway & Sons Marquis George MacDonald Foundation Linda McKean The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation New York State Council on the Arts Susan and David Rahm Saul D. Raw Melody Sawyer Richardson The Rochlis Family Foundation Ted and Lesley Rosenthal Paul and Joanne Schnell Mari and Kenneth Share Arthur T. and Beverly Shorin Jane E. Steele and William Sussman The Rubin-Ladd Foundation Frank and Jean Zhang $2,500 to $4,999 An Anonymous Donor Matt and Miki Ambrogi Pamela Averick Bond Schoeneck & King Bright Power Elizabeth A. R. & Ralph S. Brown, Jr. Sir Cesare L. Santeramo KCSJ Mr. and Mrs. Ulf Claesson The Crichton Family Fund Dianne Flagello† Richard Gaddes General Plumbing Corporation Robert A. Siegel/Ghent Realty Services Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Gottschalk Jane A. Gross Sylvia Hemingway Phillip N. Kawin†* Elton King *Deceased

Barbara and Dermot O’Reilly Joan Patenaude-Yarnell† The Presser Foundation Ashley Putnam RIK Electric Corporation Lois Roman Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation Irene Schultz Thomas P. and Cynthia Sculco Susan and Laurence Shiff Richard W. Southwick FAIA Steinberg Hart Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture Christopher W. Welch and Katherine L. Hosford $1,000 to $2,499 Anonymous Donors (5) Steve Acunto Richard E. Adams Gabrielle Bamberger Michael A. Bamberger Bellet Construction Marion Tyler Blake Trust Kevin M. Bohl The Barbara Brookes Trust Diana and Marc Chazaud Mr. and Mrs. James Clarke Tony Converse Frank D’Amelio Talitha W. and Marc E. Day Glenn Dicterow† and Karen Dreyfus† Paul M. Dodyk Michael R. and Nina I. Douglas Eagan Family Foundation Emerson, Reid Judith Friedman Daniel F. Dolgin & Loraine F. Gardner Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner Hans Gesell Joanne Greenspun Sarah Gronningsater Raul M. and Magdalena Gutierrez Hansoree Lori and Alan Harris Karen Hartman Charles Hirschler Peter Horvath Guan-Kooi and Cecile Jim Susan Jolles† Robert and Susan Kaplan Jack and Helga Katz Millen Katz and Patricia Anders Sungrim Kim and Wonsuk Chang Sidney Knafel and Londa Weisman Michael J. Kokola Patinka Kopec† and Jay E. Selman Anna Levine-Gronningsater and Nathaniel Hall The George A. Long Foundation Alan Lurie Thomas Maguire Alta T. Malberg The Merck Company Foundation Dr. Solomon Mikowsky† †MSM Faculty/Staff

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Manhattan School of Music Donors FY21 (July 1, 2020–June 30, 2021) Philippe Muller John Neumaier Dr. and Mrs. James A. Newcomb Mary Ann Oklesson James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation James Petercsak Dr. Jeffrey Langford† and Dr. Joanne Polk† Amy Pollick and Joshua Lipman Linda and Kalmon Post Susan Quittmeyer and James Morris† Rahm Family Fund Jonathan Raskin James H. Reiss and Luce Reiss Barbara L. Reissman Regina J. Rheinstein and Robert Rheinstein The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization Roberta Rust Andy Zildjian / Sabian LTD Richard & Bette Saltzman Foundation Ilse Gordon-Shapiro Robert A. Siegel Dr. Marc Silverman† Steven P. Singer and Alan S. Salzman Robert and Victoria Sirota Ted Smith Annaliese Soros The Stecher & Horowitz Foundation Kathleen Byrum Suss John Sweeney Nickolas and Liliana Themelis Dace Udris Dona D. Vaughn and Ron Raines Nils Vigeland Mr. and Mrs. George Vos Mallory and Diana Walker Ronald G. Weiner and Vicki Weiner Daniel E. Weiss Elizabeth V. White* Keith L. Wiggs †

We also gratefully recognize the 718 donors of gifts under $1,000.

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$1 million and above Linda Bell Mercuro* and Toby Mercuro* Michael and Noémi K. Neidorff / Centene Charitable Foundation Estate of Cathleen A. Ryan $500,000 to $999,999 Estate of Christianne Orto $100,000 to $499,999 Estate of Lynda Ciolek Gart Family Foundation Bill and Patricia O’Connor Elizabeth and Walter Sayre $50,000 to $99,999 Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke Delin and Abelardo Bru / Kimberly-Clark Foundation Estate of Shirley Katz-Cohen Estate of Maurice Eisenstadt Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Marcia and Don Hamilton William Randolph Hearst Foundation David G. Knott and Françoise Girard / McKinsey & Company Edward Lowenthal The Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Paul and Joanne Schnell / Skadden Estate of Harold Schonberg $25,000 to $49,999 An Anonymous Donor Joyce Aboussie The Achelis and Bodman Foundation Augustine Foundation Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation The Chisholm Foundation Susan Ennis and Owen Lewis Estate of Jonathan Fey Edith Hall Friedheim Eric Gronningsater Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund Nancy Freund Heller and Jeffrey Heller Han Jo Kim Estate of Robert I. Lewy Joe and Lauren Pizza Lois Roman The Rubin-Ladd Foundation The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Twiford Foundation Flavio Varani

*Deceased

$10,000 to $24,999 The Joan and Alan Ades-Taub Family Foundation The ASCAP Foundation Alfredo and Mita Aparicio The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation The Barker Welfare Foundation The Theodore H. Barth Foundation Carla Bossi-Comelli Alejandro Cordero Estate of Alex Davis The Enoch Foundation The Eric and Margaret Friedberg Foundation Jane A. Gross Raul M. and Magdalena Gutierrez Lori and Alan Harris Elinor and Andrew Hoover J.C.C. Fund Jephson Educational Trusts Nancy M. Kissinger Ruth M. Knight Foundation Margot Alberti de Mazzeri New York City Council Margarita M. Patron Saul D. Raw The Rochlis Family Foundation So-Chung Shinn and Tony W. Lee Epp Sonin Mónica and Angel Sosa Michael Stewart Maria and Guillermo Vogel The Young Family Frank and Jean Zhang $5,000 to $9,999 Annunziato Family Charitable Gift Fund The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation Matt and Andrea Bergeron Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Bond Schoeneck & King Chartwells Dining Services EALgreen Richard Gaddes Ruth Golden† Joan Gordon Hagner Family Charitable Fund Max Kade Foundation Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation Gerda Lissner Foundation The Arthur Loeb Foundation Marquis George MacDonald Foundation The Clement Meadmore Foundation New York State Council on the Arts Chiona X. Schwarz Mari and Kenneth Share

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Applause Society

Arthur T. and Beverly Shorin Jane E. Steele and William Sussman Dorothy Strelsin Foundation The Tang Fund Michelle Deal Winfield and Claude L. Winfield Yorke Construction $2,500 to $4,999 An Anonymous Donor Averick Philanthropic Foundation Bright Power Elizabeth A. R. and Ralph S. Brown, Jr. Eagan Family Foundation Emerson, Reid Corporation Evco Mechanical Corporation Dianne Flagello† General Plumbing Karen and Phil Glick J & J Flooring Chloe Kiffer† The Merck Company Foundation Solomon Mikowsky† Barbara and Dermot O’Reilly Jim Petercsak The Presser Foundation Susan and David Rahm RIK Electric Corporation Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation Irene Schultz Marc Silverman† Nils Vigeland The Widder Foundation Keith L. Wiggs David J. Wolfsohn

$1,000 to $2,499 Anonymous Donors (5) JJ and Ralph Allen American Elevator & Machine Corporation Ellen Babbitt Michael A. Bamberger Gabrielle Bamberger Maitland Peters† and Karen Beardsley-Peters Elaine L. Bearer Karen Bedrosian-Richardson George S. Braverman Brody Family Fund Teresa Bulgheroni Kathleen Check Julia Cox Glenn Dicterow† Shirley Brumbaugh Dillard Michael R. and Nina I. Douglas Donis G. Flagello Daniel F. Dolgin and Loraine F. Gardner Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner Timothy F. Geithner Hans Gesell The Giordano Family Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Gottschalk Joanne Greenspun Madelon and Jerald Grobman Hansoree Sylvia Hemingway Stephen A. Hoffman Peter Horvath IBM Guan-Kooi and Cecile Jim Jacqueline M. Johnson Susan Jolles Susan and Robert Kaplan Millen Katz and Patricia Anders Phillip N. Kawin*† Judith Klotz Knafel Family Foundation Michael J. Kokola

Patinka Kopec† and Jay E. Selman Eun Jung Lee Christiana M. Leonard Lubrano Ciavarra Architects The Madon Family Thomas Maguire The Marc and Alta Malberg Foundation Michelle and John Morris Mary Ann Oklesson Jonathan Raskin Regina J. Rheinstein Mary S. Riebold The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation Sabian Sir Cesare L. Santeramo KCSJ The Thomas P. and Cynthia D. Sculco Foundation Ilse Gordon-Shapiro Susan and Laurence Shiff Mr. and Mrs. Howard Solomon Annaliese Soros Richard W. Southwick FAIA The Melvin Stecher & Norman Horowitz Foundation Steinberg Hart | Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture Andrea Stevens Henry Sung John Sweeney Dace Udris Vos Family Fund Voya Financial Mallory and Diana Walker Ronald G. Weiner Daniel E. Weiss Allen and Laura Yang Ellen and Bill Yeckley We also gratefully recognize the 506 donors of gifts under $1,000.

The Applause Society, launched in 2021, recognizes the steadfast and loyal support of foundations and individuals who have made gifts to the School each and every year for ten years or more. *Deceased

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(1) Bill O’Connor and Matt Holman (MM ’10, DMA ’18) at a reception for the performance of Terence Blanchard’s A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina), January 24, 2020; (2) Ron Carter (MM ’61, HonDMA ’98) performs at the 2020 Virtual Gala; (3) Jeff and Nancy Heller, Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy at January 24 reception; (4) Warren Jones and Hilda Harris at the January 24 reception; (5) Michele Wright, Terence Blanchard, and Elio Villafranca at the January 24 reception; (6) Precollege violin student SoHyun Ko performs at the 2020 Virtual Gala; (7) Bernie Williams (BM ’16) performs at the 2020 Virtual Gala; (8) Vocal Performance student soprano Luxana Lozano Zepeda at the 2021 Virtual Gala; (9) Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, Leonard Slatkin, and James Gandre at an event honoring Maestro Slatkin, October 18, 2019; (10) Brian Wagorn (DMA '13), piano, and Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08), countertenor, perform at the 2020 Virtual Gala.

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Manhattan School of Music Leadership Board of Trustees

Lorraine Gallard, Chair Edward Lowenthal, Vice Chair James Gandre, President David G. Knott, Treasurer Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17), Secretary Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Laurie Carney Delano R. Copprue Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08) Susan Ennis

Edith Hall Friedheim (MM ’72) Eric Gronningsater Marcia Clay Hamilton Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Nancy Freund Heller Han Jo Kim Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Bill O’Connor Lois Roman Paul Schnell

Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Bernie Williams (BM ’16)

Alejandro Cordero, Argentina Eric Gronningsater, United States Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain Lori Harris, United States Margot Alberti de Mazzeri, Italy Michelle Ong, Hong Kong

Margot Patron, Mexico Maria Elvira Salgar, Colombia/United States Chiona X. Schwarz, Germany Angel Sosa, Mexico Guillermo Vogel, Mexico

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)

Blair Cagney (BM ’18, MM ’20) Marc Day (MM ’11), Assistant Vice President of Advancement Michael Fahie (BM ’02) Heather Hamilton (MM ‘93, MM ’95) Brian Holman (MM ’04) Eunbi Kim (MM ’12)

Yahan Liu (MM ’19) Christopher Nappi (BM ’86, MM ’88) Penny Prince (BM ’74, MM ’76) Jeffrey Scott (BM ’90) Eganam Segbefia (MM ’18) Chandler Sinks (BM ’21) Jarrett Winters Morley (BM ’20)

Trustees Emeriti Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14) Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20) Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita David A. Rahm (HonDMA ’07), Chair Emeritus Robert G. Simon

International Advisory Board Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20), Chair, Switzerland Mita Aparicio, Mexico Delin Bru, United States Luisa G. Buchanan (BM ’63), Peru/United States

Artistic Advisory Council Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08) Glenn Dicterow Peter Duchin Richard Gaddes (HonDMA ’17)

Alumni Advisory Council Justin Bischof (BM ’90, MM’92, DMA ’98), Chair Wendy Talio (BM ’83), Vice-Chair Elaine Alvarez (BM ’02, MM ’04) Chira Bell, Student Representative Luke Breton (BM ’18), Alumni Engagement Coordinator

President’s Council James Gandre, President Joyce Griggs, Executive Vice President and Provost Jeff Breithaupt, Vice President for Media and Communications Monica C. Christensen, Dean of Students Melissa Cocco, Vice President and Dean of Enrollment Management Bryan Greaney, Associate Vice President for Facilities and Campus Safety

Susan Madden, Vice President for Advancement Tangella S. Maddox, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Carol Matos, Vice President for Administration and HR Kelly Sawatsky, Dean of Academic Affairs Alexa Smith, Chief of Staff and Assistant Vice President for Special Initiatives Madeline Tolliver, Dean of Performance and Production Operations

Department Chairs and Program Directors Michelle Baker, Chair, Brass Linda Chesis, Chair, Woodwinds Mark Delpriora, Chair, Guitar Glenn Dicterow, Chair, Orchestral Performance John Forconi, Chair, Collaborative Piano Reiko Fueting, Chair, Composition and Theory & Aural Skills Liza Gennaro, Dean of Musical Theatre Carleen Graham, Dean of Vocal Arts Andrew Henderson, Chair, Organ Ingrid Jensen, Dean of Jazz Arts Margaret Kampmeier, Artistic Director and Chair, Contemporary Performance Program

Christopher Lamb, Chair, Percussion Jeffrey Langford, Associate Dean of Doctoral Studies and Chair, Music History George Manahan, Director of Orchestral Activities Nicholas Mann, Chair, Strings John Pagano, Chair, Humanities Marc Silverman, Chair, Piano Kent Tritle, Chair, Choral

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