Neighborhood Music School Impact Report 2021-2022

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Amity Doolittle

Board Chair

Lynn Andrewsen

Vision & Impact Co-Chair Stephanie Boms Secretary / Vision & Impact Co-Chair

Alan H. Bowie, Jr. Governance Chair

Mohit Sarin

Treasurer

Alexis Smith Development Chair

Cindy A. Crusto

Anne Curtis

Bernadette Huang

Vladimir Korobov

Kathrin Day Lassila

Stephen Latham

Gregory P. Muccilli

Kristen Nwanyanwu Sara Ohly Randy Teel

DEAR FRIENDS

Recently, while meeting with a group of parents, we discussed which colleges might best prepare their children for the workforce. As we reviewed the essential skills employers seek, one parent enthusiastically commented, “My child learned all of those things as a student at NMS!”

That parent’s realization struck a chord with me. The seeds of discipline, collaboration, time management, leadership, and growth mindset were all planted early on in my own music study, beginning as a six-year-old music student at NMS. Later, as a performing musician and bandleader, I added to my skill set by learning about team building, communication and presentation, marketing, and fiscal management. These skills are just the tip of the iceberg of how my own participation in the arts prepared me for my career and impacted my life. I am honored to now be in the position to give back to my community by creating arts education opportunities for others.

The arts impact us in deeply personal and undeniable ways.

Throughout the pages of this book, you will learn how these impacts manifest in our hallways and continue to grow. NMS is a vital contributor to the New Haven community, and our success relies on sustainable funding, inspirational teaching artists, impactful partnerships, and continually evolving strategic vision.

Over the last three years we have seen tremendous growth from individuals and foundations, allowing us to stabilize our organization while greatly increasing financial aid for those who need it the most.

Your support makes our impact possible.

We hope you share our belief in the power of the arts, and our conviction that everyone deserves equal access to arts education opportunities. We know you have a choice in how your philanthropic dollars are spent, and we are grateful you have chosen to support Neighborhood Music School.

With sincere gratitude, Noah Bloom, Executive Director

We offer programs for everyone

PERFORMING ARTS FOR YOUTH

Our wide range of performing arts programming for youth in music, dance, drama, and film is unparalleled throughout the state, giving students an opportunity to dip their toes in the water or dive deep into comprehensive study.

* One-on-one Lessons

* Group Classes

* Performance Ensembles

* Young Artist Diploma Program

CREATIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

This emerging focus for our school aims to cultivate young people’s artistic voice and develop their life skills, inspiring social change through creative expression.

* DELTA

* After School Arts Academy

* Premier Ensembles

* Recording Studio

* The Word

* Equitone Records

By providing opportunities for youth to participate in the arts, we are giving them the tools to envision a better future and create change.

By connecting academics to artistic production, we challenge our students to examine the human experience, so that they can shape their own.

We offer programs for everyone

EXPERIENTIAL, ARTS BASED SCHOOLS AND SUMMER PROGRAMS

Through immersive, project-based education, our students expand their capacity for learning. At NMS, they experience a safe, supportive learning environment with room to question, experiment, change, and grow. The arts are more than extracurricular they are the perfect platform for learning about life and developing the skills to be successful.

* Preschool & Toddler Program

* ATLAS Middle School

* Audubon Arts

* Summer Jazz

* KinderArts

ADULT PROGRAMMING

NMS’s holistic approach to arts engagement for our adult students promotes health and wellness, combats social isolation, and encourages camaraderie and community.

* Lessons

* Music Ensembles

* Singing

* Steel Pans

* Dance & Wellness

* Dance for PD®

Our teaching artists do so much more than teach

Since NMS’s founding in 1911, an extraordinary group of teaching artists has been the driving force behind the school’s mission. Our first teachers were members of Yale School of Music and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and were dedicated to providing unencumbered access to music education. Today, our teaching community has expanded to include educators from all over the globe who bring a wide range of educational, performing, and teaching experience. This special combination of skills and backgrounds, coupled with a relentless dedication to meet the individual and ever-evolving needs of students, is what teaching artistry is all about.

* 110 teaching artists year-round, plus 40 more each summer

* 50% of our teachers have been at NMS for 10+ years

* 32,000 hours of instruction are provided each year

Our talented and passionate teaching artists engage each student’s interest and enthusiasm, providing the tools they need to reach their unique potential.

We interact in classrooms, hallways, and on stage. We encourage and inspire each other. We gather, learn, and grow together.

We are an amazing community

One of the most unique aspects of the NMS experience is coming together under one roof with others from different communities to learn, perform, and build lasting friendships.

* 2,500 students ages 6 months to 97 years old

* From 80+ cities and towns

* 25% are adults

* Multi-generational interactions

* Beginners to professionals

* A wide range of backgrounds and orientations

We are stronger together

PROGRAMMATIC PARTNERS INCLUDE:

* New Haven Public Schools

* Yale’s Music in the Schools

* Public Allies of Connecticut

* The Word

* Educational Center for the Arts

* New Haven Promise

* Long Wharf Theatre

* New Haven Symphony Orchestra

* Creative Arts Workshop

* International Festival of Arts & Ideas

* City of New Haven’s Dept. of Arts, Culture & Tourism

* Arts Council of Greater New Haven

Supporting our community requires forging strong partnerships with other organizations to create an ecosystem of support and enrich the learning experience for all our students.

By bringing programming to the community, NMS is a creative home, no matter where we are.

We are here and there

Over the years, NMS has expanded beyond our main campus on Audubon Street in downtown New Haven to 12 other locations across the state, offering access to high quality arts programming while building connections and trust with a broad cross section of the community.

* Main Campus on Audubon Street in New Haven

* First Congregational Church in Guilford

* First Church of Christ in Woodbridge

* Hamden Hall

* Roberto Clemente School

* Dance for PD® locations

Middletown Senior Center

Connecticut College

Trinity Episcopal Church of Branford

Whitney Center

Hartford HealthCare (Cheshire, Mystic, Vernon)

From preschoolers to our most advanced students, performing is central to the NMS ethos. Learning to perform in front of an audience builds confidence and prepares our students to present their work a critical skill for future success.

We share our joy!

Investing in access

ENGLISH FAMILY LEAVES LEGACY

In June, NMS received an extraordinary gift of $3.5 million from the estate of James D. English. Invested for long-term growth in a trust at the Community Foundation, this gift will produce more than $100,000 per year.

The English family has a long history of philanthropy in New Haven and has been associated with NMS for more than 80 years. In 1948, James’s mother, Katharine Dana English, was the chair of the Board of Directors. At that time, the Board (with limited resources in hand) was faced with an important decision whether to provide a professional salary for a new director or continue providing free instruction. They did not have the resources to do both. At this critical time, Katharine English stood up and said, “If we can’t maintain our commitment to access, we should close our doors.”

Those words ring true today. This incredible gift will allow us to further strengthen our commitment to equity in arts education, broaden access, and remove barriers to learning and participation. This work is at the center of our mission and core values. As a community school for the arts, we strongly believe equity is the foundation of the social contract we must uphold.

We actively promote equity in arts education, enable broad access through financial aid, and remove barriers to learning and participation.

Professional Fees & Contracted Services $0.04

Occupancy $0.07

Financial Aid $0.10

Administrative Salaries & Benefits $0.18

Office Expenses $0.04

Program Expenses $0.02

Advertising & Development Expenses $0.02

Income and Expense Report

REVENUE AND SUPPORT

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EXPENSES

Faculty Salaries & Benefits $0.53

Tuition and Fees $ 3,010,356 Contributions and Grants $ 1,206,121 Miscellaneous Income* $ 991,649 Total Revenue and Support $ 5,208,126

Program Services $ 3,102,731 Management and General $ 892,336 Fundraising $ 144,758

Total Expenses $ 4,139,825

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS $ 1,068,301 *includes depreciation and PPP funds For a complete financial statement visit nmsnewhaven.org.

Investing in sustainability

Over the last two years, through generous donations from our community and astute financial management, we have paid off our mortgage and long term debt and rebuilt a working capital reserve. We are now in a position where all donations will go toward creating the impacts our donors intend, not just organizational survival.

“As a senior finance professional and a veteran of various boards, I find very impressive the fiscal discipline with which NMS business is conducted by Noah and the NMS management. Funds are allocated to strategic and operational programs with considerable due diligence. Donors should feel confident that their investment return is being maximized every day.”

MOHIT SARIN, NMS BOARD TREASURER

Investing in instruments of learning

RECORDING STUDIO

NMS has a 112-year history of learning, teaching, and performing. With the addition of our new state-of-the-art audio and video recording studio, we can document and share our work in new ways. Students and teachers will now be able to record and produce audition material, videos, podcasts and other instructional materials. We will create educational programming as well as launch our new label named Equitone Records, with an inaugural cohort of ten BIPOC artists.

BÖSENDORFER PIANO

NMS is now the proud owner of a 1938 Bösendorfer Imperial Grand Piano, gifted to us by a wonderfully generous donor. It stretches an impressive nine feet eight inches, has 92 keys (four more than most pianos!) and is an extraordinary instrument. It has taken its rightful place as our premier concert piano. Bösendorfers are extremely rare and we are so fortunate to have this instrument at NMS.

PIANO LAB

Built in the summer of 2021, our Piano Lab has become one of the most active rooms within our school. With an ever-expanding curriculum, the multi-tiered programming developed by Mary Bloom, Director of Music Education, uses the keyboard to explore literacy, composition, and improvisation at all levels of study. The lab is a great resource for every musician, no matter their instrument or skill level.

RECITAL HALL

With newly installed cameras and microphones in our Recital Hall, NMS will be able to livestream and record our 200+ performances a year, to reach a wider audience and create an important cultural archive.

Instruments were among the first technological tools ever created. NMS continues to expand the ways we serve our students by adding to our toolbox.

Sharing knowledge over many years builds joyful relationships that last a lifetime.

Investing in teaching

Our teachers are the lifeblood of NMS. Investing in their growth is an investment in our entire educational ecosystem.

* Pedagogical trainings

* Mentorship opportunities

* Teaching Artistry Lab, led by Tina Hadari

* Dance and Wellness program

* Cultural Equity seminars

* ABAR workshops

* Technology and recording support

“NMS teaching artists have a collective experience of over 3,000 years of teaching! Organizing a way for teachers to share this rare treasure trove of knowledge is an investment in the future of our community.

The mentoring program not only shapes the work of our newer teachers, giving them skills that will last throughout their careers, but also invigorates new thoughts and methods for our experienced teachers.”

MARY BLOOM, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION

Thank you for investing in NMS!

NMS gratefully acknowledges the many generous donors, institutions, businesses and foundations listed here who thoughtfully supported our students and programs from July 2021 through June 2022.

$50,000 + up

Alexander & Jennifer Clark

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Connecticut Humanities Council Amity & Michael Doolittle James English Firebird Foundation

Small Business Administration State of Connecticut —Dept. of Economic and Community Development

$25,000–$49,999

Oechsle Family Foundation State of Connecticut —Dept. of Education State of Connecticut—Office of Early Childhood

$15,000–$24,999

The Barnes Foundation, Inc. Dr. Elizabeth Beirne & Doc Hermalyn City of New Haven—Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism Anne Curtis Echlin Foundation

The JANA Foundation, Inc.

$10,000–$14,999

John Bianchi & Alexandra Shor Grace & Jay Bright

Bernadette Huang & Geert Rouwenhorst

Carol Ross

Smart Family Foundation United Illuminating Company

$5,000–$9,999

Anonymous Douglas Barnes & Kathrin Lassila Charlie & Sarah Boynton

Connecticut Parkinson's Working Group Rachel Doft & John Wareck

Anne-Marie Foltz

The Claudia Hearn and Edward Stern Foundation

Susan Holahan

Stephen Latham & Fiona Scott Morton Martha & Terry Maguire

The Charles A. Mastronardi Foundation

George Miller

New Haven Festivals Inc

Kenneth Rosenthal and Catherine Forman Philanthropic Fund

Janet Saleh Dickson Memorial Fund Mohit Sarin Jennifer & Richard Siegel

$2,500–$4,999

Donna Birchard Elon & Stephanie Boms

Branford Community Foundation

Anne & Guido Calabresi

Ania Drejer Teel & Randy Teel Dana Eisenstat Vladimir Korobov George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation

$1,000–$2,499

Jean-Christophe Agnew & Rita Rack Lynn & Raymond Andrewsen Joanne & Paul Bailey Noah Bloom & Alice Rosenthal

Alan H. Bowie, Jr. Perry Brass & Hugh Young Gene Burger & Alida Engel

Linda Burt

Elizabeth Cayer

Karen Clute

The Jane and William Curran Foundation

Michael Dimenstein & Hedda Rubenstein

Judith Dozier Hackman

Emily Fine & Stephen Stein

Susan Forster & William Riley

Guilford Savings Bank

Wendy Haskell & Marshal Mandelkern

Sandy Jedziniak & Jeremy Mellitz

Paula Kavathas

Karel Koenig

Richard Lalli & Michael Rigsby

The Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation

Karla Lindquist & Alex Sulpasso

Henry Lord

Anita McCall & Felix Proto

Ellen & Leonard Milstone

Gregory Muccilli

David Newton

Eileen O'Donnell & Anthony Skrip

Sara Ohly

Josephine Shepard

The Shepard Gusfield Family

Timothy Snyder

Peggy & Peter Vermilya Mary-Jo Warren

$500–$999

Alton & Rachel Allen

Danielle Antin-Ozerkis & Eric Baum Diane & Walter Ariker

The Avni-Singers

Leon Bailey

Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP

Ursula Brewster & Mark Gahm

Constance Clement

James Coatsworth

Charles Cullen

Connie & Peter Dickinson

Christine Dokko & David Stein

Katie Feidelson

Sally Fleming

Daniel Fleschner

The Hagani Foundation, Inc.

Alice Hallaran

Elizabeth Hammond & Andrew Schwartzell

Elizabeth Hellwig & Diane Krause

Aliina Hirschoff Hopkins

Taya Hirschoff Mergott

The Kathryn and Kyle Jensen Family Fund

Amy Kapczynski & Alice Miller

Catherine Liddell

Susan Linsley

Barbara Mackintosh

Paul McGuire

Laurence Nadel

David & Margaret Phelps Christina Schenker

$250–$499

Rebecca Abbott

Cecle Adler Music Fund

Elizabeth Auld

Christopher & Katherine Berman

Steven Berry & Lauren Pinzka

Meg Bloom & Linda Drazen

Julia Blue Raspe

Dana Campbell

Pamela Carley & Lawrence Zukof

Susan Cayer & Robert Stout

Jenny Chou & Nicholas Parrillo

Frank Cochran & Stephanie FitzGerald

Matthew & Michele Cohen

Liz Cox & Dave Gibson

Cox/Nadel Family

Faust Harrison Pianos, Inc Harvey & Susan Feinberg

Grace Feldman

Penelope Fitzgerald

Bob Frank & Raffaella Zanuttini

Jeff Fuller

Nathan & Patricia Garland

Caroline Hendel & John Wysolmerski

Paula Hirschoff & Charles Ludlam

Miranda Ip

JLY Construction Managers

Helen Kauder & Barry Nalebuff

Mary & Richard Lee

David Lewin & Suzanne Sobel

Mark & Mary Magri

Peggy & Ramsay MacMullen

Craig McPherson, M.D.

Ruby Melton

Deborah Meredith

Dr. & Mrs. David Merrick

Marvin & Sheila Michalsen

Eileen O'Donnell

Renee Perroncel

Leon Plantinga & Ellen Ryerson

Randall Rode

Carol & Peter Sepowitz

Robert Shulman & Stephanie Spangle

Marsha Zimmermann

under $250

Leah Abbott

Marilyn Acquarulo

Michelle Adessa

Andrew & Tracey Albert

Isla Alexander

Harriet Alfred

Burton Alter & Lisa Horowitz

AmazonSmile Foundation

Anonymous

Brian Ardon

Louis Audette

Andrew Auerbach

John & Melissa Augenstein

Norma Augenstein

Stephen August

Istvan B'Racz

Paul Bae

Carla Baker

Karen & Stephen Baranski

Michael Barnes

Brian Barsalou

Lynda Bassani

Donna & William Batsford

Larry & Phyllis Bausher

Bonnie Becker Krystal & John Krystal

Andrew Bedford & Rebecca Levy

Barbara Beitch

Morris Bell & Raina Sotsky

The Benevity Community Impact Fund

Michael Bergman & Deborah Teason

Jennifer Berkett

The Berkman-Hill Family Charitable Fund

Art & Donna Blank

David & Mary Bloom

Paul Bloom & Mildred Grenough

Ruth Blue

Patty Boczer

Lois Bordner

Julie Bossenberry

Maria Brandriff

Kim Braun

Kristen Braun & John Robinson

Frances & Jonathan Brent Derek & Jennifer Briggs

Allan Brison & Betsy Goldberg

Eric Brook

Jamie Bruce

Anton Bures & Jenya Weinreb

Mia Burgess

Berclee Cameron

Francine Caplan

Diane & James Charney

Daniel & Ginnie Chase

Michael & Sarah Jane Chelminksi

Bernice Chen

Carol Cheney

Jane Christie

Cheryl & Remo Christie Collett

Alicia Clapp

Frances Clark

Michael Cocchi

Sue Cohen

Jeanette Compton

Sally Connolly & Semeon Tsalbins

Nancy & Nathaniel Cooke

Lynn Cooley & Ted Killiam

Ellen Cordes & Henry Haskell

Candis Cousins

Douglas & Roseline Crowley

Alice & Pete Cruikshank

Barbara D'Ambruoso

Lisa Dabkowski

Rachel Davies

Edward Davis & Susan Leff

Susan Davison

Mira Debs

Robert & Virginia DeLuzio Eric & Liz Dieckman

Elisabeth & Richard Dobbins

Donna Doherty Eliza Doolittle

Georgia Doolittle

Greg & Jacqueline Downing

Thomas & Valerie Duffy

Justin & Natalie Elicker

Deborah Elkin

Pamela Elliott

Portia Elmer

Johanna Epperson

Aaron Eversman

Darrell Eversman

Gillian Eversman

Marilyn Fagelson & Anthony Kaplan

Kelly Fan

Barbara & Richard Feldman

Marion Feldman

Deborah Ferholt

Bennie Finch

Jennifer & Steven FitzGerald

Patricia FitzGerald

Lily Forbush

Brin & Joy Ford

Geoff & Helaine Fox

Eckart Frahm & Kathryn Slanski

Terri Fried & Michael Green

Mischa Frusztajer & Edina Torgyekes

Brandon Gallego

Tim Gara

Shantel Garcia

Tamar Gendler & Zoltan Szabo

Chris & Toddie Getman

Stefano Giglio

Elizabeth & Joshua Gleason

Joyce Goldberg

Carlos Gonzalez

Jon & Michele Goode

Barbara Goren & David Rosen

Linda Gottlieb

Andrew & Elizabeth Graham

Tamra & Ronald Green

Cheryl & Paul Grigsby

Ronnie Grinel

Frances & Stephen Grodzinsky

Erin Guerrera

Netta & Tina Hadari

Bret Halpern & Kimiko Ishiguro

The Hameen Family

Paul & Serena Hatch

Anneke Hathaway

Andreas Hayden & Emily Thompson

Sarah Heath

Arena Herrin

Mary-Michelle Hirschoff

Margaret & Robert Hodge

The Hoffmann Kamrat Family

Frank & Bonnie Hole

Cathryn Holinger

Rebecca Homiski

Carlos & Jan Hortas

Carla & Robert Horwitz

Christine Howe

Angela Hudson Davis

Joseph Huether & Katharine Sacks

Nicole Hunter

Caroline & William Jacobs

Lissa Johnson

Rachael & Steve Jungkeit

Jaehong & Yanghee Kim

Joanne Klein

Alan & Joan Kliger

Sara Kohane & Michael Reifler

Theodore Kusio

John & Patricia Koskinen

Mickey Koth

Mary Lachman & Dom Scaramuzzino

Diana Lager

Melanie Lahti

Barbara Lamb

Ross M. Lanius, Jr.

Lauren Lavoie

Richard Lavoie

Maryann Leach

Michel Ledizet

Ann Lehman

Elizabeth Lemons

Lora LeMosy

Robert & Ruth Lesser

Anna Lincoln-Barnes

Allyson & William Long

Yao Lu & Bo Zhang

Michelle Maitland

Marc & Margaret Mann

Amy March

Tom Martin & Harold Spitzer

Eugene Massey

A. Howard & Jane Matz

Ginger May Janet May

Pamela Mclaughlin

Frank & Lynne McPeake

Meryl Menon

Ravenna Michalsen

Yair Minsky

Christine Missakian & Carlos Pinela

Jessica Missios

Anna Moldawa-Shetty & Roshan Shetty

Kate Monahan

Ruth Montgomery & John Platoff

Edward Moore

Julie & William Moore

Jorge Moreno & Cynthia Tanon-Santos

Ros Morley & Robert Storr

Alison Murdock

Charles & Charlotte Murphy

Theresa Nast

Rennie Negron

Brian Nekoloff & Wesley Wright

Deanna Nemec

Elizabeth Neuse

The Nyguen Family

Greg & Jennifer O'Hara

Gladys O'Sullivan Finnerty

Ruth Anne Olson

Diana Pacetta-Ullmann

Jeffrey Park

Elizabeth Payne

Bonnie Pepper

Tracy Peters

Angela & John Philbin

Patricia Pierce & Marc Rubenstein

Thalia Pitti

Elana & James Ponet

Alexander Purves

Shelly Quiala

Analis & Andrew Quintman

Peggy & Peter Rae

Nancy-Jo & Patrick Renna

Laura Richling

Mark Rike

Kristin Rinaldi

Jaime Robero

Kate & Timothy Rodgers Claire & Mark Roosien Erik & Jean Rosenthal

The Rosenthal & Purvin Family

Ola Rountree

Jody Rowitsch

Robie Roy

David Sasso & Dana Small

Barbara & Michael Schaffer

Anne Schenck

Ingeborg & Russell Schimmer

Wilhelm Schlag

Clifford Schloss

The Schwartz/Babbin Family

Laurel Shader & Jon Zonderman

Phyllis Shetty

Virginia Shiller

Betsy & William Sledge

Alexis & Ken Smith

Kerala & Richard Snyder

Robert Spang, Jr. Kathleen Spencer

Susan Stevens

Eleanor Stewart

Amanda Stiewing

Douglas & Mary Stone

Louisa H. Stone

Kimberly Stoner R. Lee Stump James Takami

Maria Tangredi

Lynn Tanoue & Lawrence Young

Elaine Thoma

Paul Thoma

David & Lisa Totman

Anne & John Tubis

Jessica Tubis

UnitedHealth Group

Alida & Chris van Almelo

Marion & Peter Van Ness

Martha Venter

Alfred & Linda Vigorito

Alexander Vlassenkov

Jenna Vollono

An & John Wan

Carol & Marvin Warshaw

Suzanne & Timothy Waters

Carla Wheeler & Jack Wolfenden

Elizabeth & James Whitney

Andrew & Paige Williams

Jean Willliams

Alicia Wilson

Jennifer & Larry Wissink

Marian Wittink

Steven Wolfson

Amy Wrzesniewski

Reza Yaesoubi

Hamid & Manijeh Zehtabchi

Tingyun Zhang

Amanda & Richard Zubek

To make a gift In Memory or In Honor, please donate at nmsnewhaven.org.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

In Memory of J. P. Feldman Grace Feldman

In Memory of Terry Hallaran Alice Hallaran

In Memory of Colin Hichkey-Schiappa Michelle Adessa

In Memory of Jon Hirschoff Aliina Hirschoff Hopkins Taya Hirschoff Mergott

In Memory of Lawrence W. Iannotti Mary-Michelle Hirschoff

In Memory of Anita Kerbeshian McPherson Pamela Mclaughlin

In Memory of Martha King Loew Elizabeth Lemons

In Memory of Jeffrey LaGrange Connecticut Parkinson's Working Group

In Memory of Mark Lindquist Alison Murdock

In Memory of Arlette Miller George Miller

In Memory of Roland Pepin Anita McCall & Felix Proto

In Memory of Heather Peters Tracy Peters

In Memory of Betty Shambroom Elon & Stephanie Boms

In Memory of Katherine E. Taffel Margaret & Robert Hodge

In Memory of Frank Tirro Dr. & Mrs. David Merrick

In Memory of Michael and Catherine Visconti The Charles A. Mastronardi Foundation

HONORARY GIFTS

In Honor of Tracey Albert Diane & James Charney Sandy Jedziniak & Jeremy Mellitz

In Honor of Tracey Albert & Clare Byrne Brian Nekoloff & Wesley Wright

In Honor of Rachel Balaban Diana Lager Eugene Massey Marsha Zimmermann

In Honor of Marshall Barron Edward Davis & Susan Leff Elizabeth Hellwig & Diane Krause

In Honor of Marshall Barron & Phoebe Barron Peggy & Peter Vermilya

In Honor of Mary Bloom Barbara Beitch Amity & Michael Doolittle

In Honor of Noah Bloom Susan Davison

In Honor of Julia Blue Raspe Ruth Blue

In Honor of Sean Cauvel A. Howard & Jane Matz

In Honor of Ted Chen Perry Brass & Hugh Young

In Honor of Christine, Serena, Erica Eileen O'Donnell & Anthony Skrip

In Honor of Grace Feldman Morris Bell & Raina Sotsky

Julia Blue Raspe Dana Campbell Elizabeth Cayer Bernice Chen Edward Davis & Susan Leff Connie & Peter Dickinson Marion Feldman

Joyce Goldberg Tamra & Ronald Green

Richard Lalli & Michael Rigsby Kate Monahan Kathleen Spencer Peggy & Peter Vermilya

In Honor of Grace Feldman & Phoebe Barron Tingyun Zhang

In Honor of Jeff Fuller Candis Cousins

In Honor of My Grandmother Clifford Schloss

In Honor of Jesse Hameen Jon & Michele Goode

In Honor of Eben Pariser Martha Venter

In Honor of Leslie Prodis Alicia Clapp

In Honor of Rebecca Raffaelli Betsy & William Sledge

In Honor of Laura Richling Eileen O'Donnell

In Honor of Alyssa Rinaldi Kristin Rinaldi

In Honor of Shayna Roosevelt Kim Braun

In Honor of Carol Ross Penelope Fitzgerald

In Honor of Jody Rowitsch Diane & James Charney

In Honor of Jody Rowitsch & Elaine Thoma Christine Dokko & David Stein

In Honor of Ingeborg Schimmer Elizabeth Auld Kimberly Stoner

In Honor of Janelle Schlaudt Laura Richling

In Honor of Debby Teason Berclee Cameron Francine Caplan Frank Cochran & Stephanie FitzGerald Sally Fleming Sarah Heath

In Honor of Thomas Thoma Elaine Thoma

What your investment means

THE GROWING SUPPORT OF OUR DONORS MULTIPLIES OUR IMPACT.

Because of NMS’s exceptional reputation and strong financial position, we know that every dollar given will be invested directly back in the community. This inspires me to give as much as possible!”

YOUR SUPPORT IMPACTS THE LIVES OF SO MANY.

DELTA has taught me how fun it is to be part of a caring community. It has helped me learn a lot of life skills; for example, discovering the qualities of a leader and portraying them in your everyday life, along with teamwork and collaboration skills, allowing me to work with just about anyone.”

NMS COUNTS ON YOUR SUPPORT NOW MORE THAN EVER. In these challenging times, dance has kept an excitement factor in my life and brought me joy!”

THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN NMS AND THE FUTURE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.

NMS provides me so many opportunities to be creative which helps me imagine a better future.”

“The arts are fundamental to our humanity. They ennoble and inspire us fostering creativity, goodness, and beauty. The arts bring us joy, help us express our values, and build bridges between cultures. The arts also are a fundamental component of a healthy community strengthening them socially, educationally, and economically benefits that persist even in difficult social and economic times.”

NEIGHBORHOOD MUSIC SCHOOL

AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS

NEIGHBORHOOD MUSIC SCHOOL

100 AUDUBON STREET NEW HAVEN, CT 06510 www.nmsnewhaven.org

There may be no place in the entire state that brings together so many different types of people to learn side by side. If we look around the country at all the problems we are facing, there is nothing more important than having a place where people of all backgrounds, races, ages, genders, and economic means come together. NMS is that place.

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