Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center
The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion JUNE 24–28
2025/2026 Season Dedicated to the Memory of Glorya Kaufman
Photo by Erin Baiano.
RACHEL S. MOORE
Welcome to The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the long-awaited return of New York City Ballet, which is appearing at The Music Center for the first time in more than 20 years. We are thrilled to welcome one of the world’s most influential dance companies back to Los Angeles as we launch “A Summer of Dance at The Music Center,” a vibrant season of performances and participatory experiences that celebrate the joy, beauty and power of movement.
This extraordinary residency honors both ballet’s rich heritage and its ever-evolving future. Across these two remarkable programs, audiences will experience the enduring brilliance of Co-Founder George Balanchine and Co-Founding Choreographer Jerome Robbins, whose visionary works transformed the art form and continue to shape generations of dancers and choreographers around the world. At the same time, these performances reflect New York City Ballet’s deep commitment to new voices and the future of ballet with works by today’s leading choreographers, including artists who represent a broad range of perspectives, backgrounds and generations and whose creativity is expanding what ballet can be and to whom it can speak.
The two programs in this residency offer a powerful portrait of a company that continues to evolve while remaining grounded in its extraordinary artistic legacy. We are also delighted to welcome the acclaimed New York City Ballet Orchestra, whose artistry and longstanding collaboration with the dancers embody the company’s celebrated relationship between music and movement. This residency marks the exciting start of summer at The Music Center, with dance and dancing experiences across our campus. That includes The Music Center’s Dance DTLA, which invites Angelenos of all ages and abilities to dance together under the stars on most Friday nights from June 26 through August 8, 2026. We hope you will join us as audiences and communities come together to experience dance not only as performance, but also as participation, connection and celebration.
Following New York City Ballet, our dance season continues with the return of The Music Center’s BalletNOW® : Superstars of Paris featuring Hugo Marchand & Friends at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall from July 31–August 2, 2026. Curated by Paris Opera Ballet Étoile, (Principal Dancer) Hugo Marchand, this intimate and unforgettable program brings together internationally celebrated étoiles and soloists for a rare opportunity to experience ballet in one of the world’s great concert halls.
We are deeply grateful for the generosity of our Ballet Circle donors and Center Dance Arts, founding supporter of Dance at The Music Center, for their enduring passion and advocacy. We proudly dedicate this season in memory of Glorya Kaufman, whose visionary generosity helped make Los Angeles a destination for world-class dance.
Thank you for being with us for this landmark engagement. Enjoy the performance!
Warmly,
Rachel S. Moore President & CEO, The Music Center
THE MUSIC CENTER 2025/2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Robert J. Abernethy
Chair
Cary J. Lefton
Darrell D. Miller
Vice Chairs
Rachel S. Moore
President & CEO
Michael J. Pagano
Secretary
Susan M. Wegleitner
Treasurer
William Taylor
Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Charlene Achki Repko
Charles F. Adams
William H. Ahmanson
Romesh Anketell
Jill C. Baldauf
Phoebe Beasley
Kristin Burr
Alberto M. Carvalho
Elizabeth Khuri Chandler
Terri B. Childs
Cástulo de la Rocha
William E. Dolan
Amy R. Forbes
Greg T. Geyer
Joan E. Herman
Jeffrey M. Hill
Jonathan B. Hodge
Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen
Maria Rosario Jackson
Ronald D. Kaplan
Richard B. Kendall
Lily Lee
Keith R. Leonard, Jr.
Kelsey N. Martin
Elizabeth Michelson
Cindy Miscikowski
Teresita Notkin
Karen Kay Platt
Susan Erburu Reardon
Joseph J. Rice
Beverly P. Ryder
Thomas L. Safran
Maria S. Salinas
Corinne Jessie Sanchez
Mimi Song
Johnese Spisso
Michael Stockton
Jason Subotky
Timothy S. Wahl
Jennifer M. Walske
GENERAL COUNSEL
Rollin A. Ransom
DIRECTORS
EMERITI
Peter K. Barker
Judith Beckmen
Darrell R. Brown
Ronald W. Burkle
John B. Emerson **
Richard M. Ferry
Bernard A. Greenberg
Kent Kresa
Mattie McFaddenLawson
Fredric M. Roberts
Richard K. Roeder
Joni J. Smith
Lisa Specht **
Cynthia A. Telles
James A. Thomas
Andrea L. Van de Kamp **
Thomas R. Weinberger
** Chair Emeritus
Current as of 6/4/2026
Photo by Mario de Lopez.
Ballet Festival: Jerome Robbins
CURATED BY TILER PECK
October 23–25, 2026
The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O’Connor
January 15–17, 2027
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
March 31–April 4, 2027
The Joffrey Ballet in The Sleeping Beauty
June 24–27, 2027
Compañía Nacional de Danza in Don Quixote
July 15–18, 2027
Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center
Support for this presentation is provided, in part, by:
Season Sponsors
Glorya Kaufman Foundation
Center Dance Arts
Dorothy B. Chandler Program Fund
Elisabeth Katte Harris
Moss Foundation
The Music Center Foundation 2025/2026 Season Dedicated to
New York City Ballet Engagement Sponsors
The Blue Ribbon
Brad and Claire Brian
Terri Childs
Jane Jelenko
Sandra and Lewis Kanengiser
MaddocksBrown Foundation
Alfred E. Mann Charities
the Memory of Glorya Kaufman
Munger Tolles & Olson
Bonnie Nash and Donald Wing
Olivia and Anthony Neece
Cynthia Watson M.D. and David B. Katzin M.D., Ph.D.
Dianna Wong
Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia (center) with New York City Ballet in George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante. Photo credit Erin Baiano.
Founders: George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein
Founding Choreographers: George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
Ballet Master in Chief from 1983–2017: Peter Martins
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jonathan Stafford
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Katherine E. Brown
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Wendy Whelan
RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER AND ARTISTIC ADVISOR
Justin Peck
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Alexei Ratmansky
REPERTORY DIRECTORS
Jean-Pierre Frohlich Craig Hall Lisa Jackson
Glenn Keenan Rebecca Krohn Christine Redpath
Craig Salstein Kathleen Tracey Andrew Veyette
NEW YORK CITY BALLET ORCHESTRA MUSIC DIRECTOR: Andrew Litton
THE COMPANY
Tyler Angle Gilbert Bolden III Chun Wai Chan Adrian Danchig-Waring
Jovani Furlan Emilie Gerrity Joseph Gordon Anthony Huxley
Isabella LaFreniere Sara Mearns Roman Mejia Miriam Miller
Mira Nadon Tiler Peck Unity Phelan Taylor Stanley Ryan Tomash
Daniel Ulbricht Emma Von Enck Peter Walker Indiana Woodward
Victor Abreu Sara Adams Dominika Afanasenkov India Bradley Preston Chamblee Harrison Coll Naomi Corti David Gabriel Ashley Hod Emily Kikta
Alec Knight Ashley Laracey Jules Mabie Mary Thomas MacKinnon Olivia MacKinnon
Alexa Maxwell Erica Pereira Brittany Pollack Davide Riccardo Aarón Sanz
Troy Schumacher KJ Takahashi Sebastián Villarini-Vélez Andres Zuniga
Devin Alberda Olivia Bell Olivia Boisson Christina Clark Lauren Collett
Nieve Corrigan Gabriella Domini Savannah Durham Meaghan Dutton-O’Hara Oscar Estep
Owen Flacke Peyton Gin Christopher Grant Sierra Griffith Eli Raphael Gruska
Laine Habony Sarah Harmon Kennard Henson Spartak Hoxha Allegra Inch
Baily Jones Becket Jones Claire Kim Charlie Klesa Ruby Lister Malorie Lundgren†
Alston Macgill Shelby Mann Jenelle Manzi Noah McAuslin Samuel Melnikov
Hugo Mestres Maya Milić Vanessa Mlyniec Lars Nelson Alexander Perone Lucie Richard
Ava Sautter Grace Scheffel Kristen Segin Mary Elizabeth Sell Anna Snellgrove
Mckenzie Bernardino Soares Quinn Starner Kennedy Targosz Rommie Tomasini Kylie Vernia
Claire Von Enck Kloe Walker Cainan Weber Kylie Takeno Williams Mia Williams Shane Williams
†Janice Levin Dancer Honoree
APPRENTICES:
Ariel Erez, Corbin Holloway, Keenan Kiefer, Laina Mae Kirkeide, Simeon Daniel Neeld, Huscia Waldman
SOLO PIANISTS:
Elaine Chelton, Stephen Gosling, Alan Moverman
Children’s Repertory Director: Dena Abergel
Associate Children's Repertory Director: Arch Higgins
Travelers is the Global Sponsor of New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is one of the foremost dance companies in the world, with an unparalleled active repertory of more than 150 works — most of them created for NYCB — many of which are considered modern masterpieces. The company was established in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and arts aficionado Lincoln Kirstein at the City Center of Music and Drama and quickly became known for pure neo-classicism, which resonated with modern audiences. In 1949, Jerome Robbins joined the company as associate artistic director and, with Balanchine and many guest choreographers, created a varied repertory that expanded each season. In 1964, NYCB moved to its current home at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater (formerly the New York State Theater), where it grew into one of the world’s great dance companies. NYCB continues to be inspired by its founders who envisioned an authentically American expression of ballet with a company that reflects the rich cultural diversity of our
city and nation. Today, the company has over 90 dancers, a 62-member orchestra, an official school (the School of American Ballet), an institute for choreography (the New York Choreographic Institute) and an annual 21-week season in New York. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford, Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan and Executive Director Katherine Brown, NYCB remains dedicated to its primary objectives: to preserve the ballets, dance aesthetic and standards of excellence created and established by its founders; to develop new work that draws on the talents of contemporary choreographers and composers and speaks to the time in which it is made; and to make ballet accessible to the widest possible public through touring, education programs, the creative use of media and other outreach efforts.
Mira Nadon (center) with New York City Ballet in Tiler Peck’s Concerto for Two Pianos. Photo credit Erin Baiano.
PROGRAM
Wednesday, June 24, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 25, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 26, 7:30 p.m.
Signs
Music by Philip Glass
Choreography by Gianna Reisen
Costumes by Marc Happel
Lighting by Mark Stanley
Music: “Wichita Vortex Sutra,” Etude 2 and Etude 3 by Philip Glass, used by arrangement with Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.
Major support for NYCB’s production of Signs was provided by Christine M. Cumming, with additional support from Jonna Mackin, Ph.D.
New work commissions are made possible in part by generous support from donors to the New Combinations Fund.
World premiere: June 4, 2022, School of American Ballet Workshop
New York City Ballet Premiere: October 9, 2024, David H. Koch Theater
Gianna Reisen’s Signs was originally created for the School of American Ballet Workshop in 2022 and is set to music by Philip Glass. Signs is the fourth work by Reisen to enter NYCB’s repertory, following Composer’s Holiday (2017), Judah (2018) and Play Time (2022), which were all created for NYCB. With a cast of 10 dancers, Signs features costumes by NYCB Director of Costumes Marc Happel and lighting by NYCB Resident
Lighting Director Mark Stanley.
INTERMISSION
Red Angels
Music by Richard Einhorn (“Maxwell’s Demon”)
Choreography by Ulysses Dove
Costumes by Holly Hynes
Lighting by Mark Stanley
New work commissions are made possible in part by generous support from donors to the New Combinations Fund.
World premiere: May 19, 1994, New York State Theater, The Diamond Project, sponsored by Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Created for New York City Ballet’s Diamond Project in 1994, Red Angels was the first work created for NYCB by the late choreographer Ulysses Dove. An abstract work for four dancers, Red Angels is set to Richard Einhorn’s “Maxwell’s Demon,” a solo for electric violin performed by innovative American violinist Mary Rowell.
PAUSE
A Suite of Dances
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Selected movements from the Six Suites for Solo Cello)
Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
World premiere: March 3, 1994, White Oak Dance Project, New York State Theater
New York City Ballet Premiere: May 10, 1994, New York State Theater
Towards the end of his life, Jerome Robbins was especially inspired by his love for Bach’s music, and he choreographed three of his late works to Bach. A Suite of Dances is set to the Six Suites for Solo Cello, composed during Bach’s time as Kappellmeister in Köthen and which covers a broad emotional range. In the early 1990s, when Mikhail Baryshnikov expressed interest in working with Robbins again, the choreographer called to say he had “an idea for a little dance.” This charming, naturalistic ballet was the result; the solo dancer and cellist act as partners, playing off each other with easy-going camaraderie.
INTERMISSION
The Times Are Racing
Music by Dan Deacon
Choreography by Justin Peck
Costumes by Humberto Leon
Costumes supervised by Marc Happel
Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker
Sound by Abe Jacob
Music: “USA I: Is A Monster,” “USA II: The Great American Desert,” “USA III: Rail” and “USA IV: Manifest,” published by Original Beatles Compositions (SESAC).
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The Times Are Racing was made possible by a leadership gift from the Geoffrey C. Hughes Foundation, with additional support from donors to the New Combinations Fund.
World premiere: January 26, 2017, David H. Koch Theater
Justin Peck’s The Times Are Racing is set to the last four tracks of Dan Deacon’s expansive 2012 album America. The ballet for 20 dancers premiered in 2017. The Times Are Racing was the second collaboration between Peck, who is New York City Ballet’s resident choreographer and artistic advisor, and fashion designer Humberto Leon of Opening Ceremony, and the lighting is by Peck’s frequent collaborator Brandon Stirling Baker.
Saturday, June 27, 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 27, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28, 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 28, 7:30 p.m.
Concerto Barocco
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach “Double Violin Concerto in d minor”
Choreography by George Balanchine*
Lighting by Mark Stanley
*© The George Balanchine Trust
World premiere: June 27, 1941, American Ballet Caravan, Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro
New York City Ballet Premiere: October 11, 1948, City Center of Music and Drama, New York
Concerto Barocco had its beginnings as a School of American Ballet exercise and was
first performed for the LatinAmerican tour of the American Ballet Caravan in 1941. When it entered the repertory of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1945, the dancers were dressed in practice clothes, probably the first appearance of what has come to be regarded as the modern ballet costume pioneered by Balanchine. Concerto Barocco was presented on the first performance of New York City Ballet in 1948, along with Balanchine’s Orpheus and Symphony in C. It is considered the quintessential Balanchine ballet of its period, its manner entirely pure, its choreography no more, and no less, than an ideal response to its score, Bach’s “Double Violin Concerto in d minor.” About the ballet, the critic Clive Barnes wrote: “The three hallmarks of the American classic style are poetry, athleticism, and musicality and these three graces are exquisitely exploited by Concerto Barocco.”
INTERMISSION
Allegro Brillante
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Choreography by George Balanchine*
Costumes by Karinska
Lighting by Mark Stanley
*© The George Balanchine Trust World premiere: March 1, 1956, City Center of Music and Drama, New York
One of George Balanchine’s most joyous, pure dance pieces, Allegro Brillante is characterized by what Maria Tallchief—the ballerina on whom the bravura leading role was created—called “an expansive Russian romanticism.” The ballet is set to Tschaikovsky’s
“Piano Concerto No. 3,” a work that the composer created from sketches for a composition that was intended to be his sixth symphony, but which instead served as a single movement work published posthumously in 1894. Balanchine described this ballet as a concentrated essay in the extended classical vocabulary, in which a maximum amount of choreographic development is contained within a rather restricted area of time and space.
PAUSE
This Bitter Earth
(Excerpt from Five Movements, Three Repeats)
Music by Max Richter and Clyde Otis (from the motion picture soundtrack for Shutter Island)
Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
Costumes by Reid Bartelme
Lighting by Mary Louise Geiger
Five Movements, Three Repeats was co-commissioned by FangYi Sheu & Artists and the Vail International Dance Festival.
Music by arrangement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC.
All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC.
This Bitter Earth performed by Dinah Washington.
New work commissions are made possible in part by generous support from donors to the New Combinations Fund.
World premiere: August 6, 2012, Vail International Dance Festival
New York City Ballet Premiere: September 20, 2012, David H. Koch Theater
This Bitter Earth is a pas de deux from Christopher Wheeldon’s Five Movements, Three Repeats. The full work was originally created for Fang-Yi Sheu & Artists, a group led by former Martha Graham
Dance Company star Fang-Yi
Sheu that included NYCB dancers Wendy Whelan, Tyler Angle and Craig Hall. Set to a remix of Dinah Washington’s performance of Clyde Otis’ “This Bitter Earth” and Max Richter’s “On the Nature of Daylight,” the ballet had its company premiere at NYCB’s 2012 Fall Gala.
INTERMISSION
Concerto for Two Pianos
Music by Francis Poulenc
Choreography by Tiler Peck
Costumes by Zac Posen
Costumes supervised by Marc Happel
Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker
Music: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor, used by arrangement with Boosey and Hawkes, Inc., Sole Agent in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for Editions Salabert, a Universal Music Publishing Group company, publisher and copyright owner.
Leadership support for Concerto for Two Pianos was provided by Jeff and Susan Campbell, with principal support from Christine M. Cumming and additional support from Robert DeBitetto, in loving memory of Caroline Rogers, LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, The Macallan, National Endowment for the Arts and donors to the New Combinations Fund.
World premiere: February 1, 2024, David H. Koch Theater
Tiler Peck’s Concerto for Two Pianos, set to Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, premiered during NYCB’s 2024 Winter Season.
Her first work for New York City Ballet, Concerto for Two Pianos, for 19 dancers features costumes designed by fashion designer Zac Posen and lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker.
DANCE NOTES: URBAN BUSH WOMEN
GEORGE BALANCHINE transformed the world of ballet. He is widely regarded as the most influential choreographer of the 20 th century and he co-founded two of ballet’s most important institutions: New York City Ballet (NYCB) and the School of American Ballet (SAB). Balanchine was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1904, studied at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg and danced with the Maryinsky Theatre Ballet Company, where he began choreographing short works. In the summer of 1924, Balanchine left the newly formed Soviet Union for Europe, where he was invited by impresario Serge Diaghilev to join the Ballets Russes. For that company, Balanchine choreographed his first important ballets: Apollo (1928) and Prodigal Son (1929). After Ballets Russes was dissolved following Diaghilev’s death in 1929, Balanchine spent the next few years on a variety of projects in Europe and then formed his own company, Les Ballets 1933, in Paris. Following a performance of Les Ballets 1933 at the Savoy Theater in London, he met American arts connoisseur Lincoln Kirstein, who later persuaded him to come to the United States. In 1934, the pair founded the School of American Ballet, which remains in operation to this day, training students for companies around the world. Balanchine’s first ballet in the U.S., Serenade, set to music by Tschaikovsky, was created for SAB students and was first performed on June 9, 1934, on the grounds of the Warburg estate in White Plains, N.Y. Balanchine and Kirstein founded several short-lived ballet companies before forming Ballet Society in 1946, which was renamed New York City Ballet in 1948. Balanchine served as the company’s ballet master from that year until his death in 1983, building it into one of the most important performing arts institutions in the world and a cornerstone of the cultural life of New York City. He choreographed 425 works over the course of 60plus years, and his musical choices ranged from Tschaikovsky (one of his favorite composers) to Stravinsky (his
compatriot and friend) to Gershwin (who embodied the choreographer’s love of America). Many of Balanchine’s works are considered masterpieces and are performed by ballet companies all over the world.
ULYSSES DOVE, a native of Columbia, South Carolina, began his dance training at Boggs Academy in Georgia, and continued studying modern dance and ballet at Bennington College in Vermont, where he received a B.A. in dance. After finishing college, Dove moved to New York City, where he performed with the companies of Mary Anthony and Pearl Lang. In 1970, he received a scholarship to the Merce Cunningham School and subsequently joined the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. In 1973, Anna Sokolow asked him to perform her classic Rooms After seeing Dove’s performance, Alvin Ailey invited him to join Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Dove quickly rose to principal dancer, and, in 1979, he made his choreographic debut. From 1980 to 1983, Dove was the assistant director of the Groupe de Recherche Choreographique de l’Opéra de Paris. Until his death in 1996, Dove worked as a freelance choreographer, creating numerous works for ballet and modern dance companies throughout the world.
JUSTIN PECK is the resident choreographer and artistic advisor of New York City Ballet (NYCB). He has created more than 50 works for NYCB and other dance companies around the world, including the Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, L.A. Dance Project and The Juilliard School. His works have also been performed by Dutch National Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Acosta Danza and Hong Kong Ballet, among many other companies. A native of San Diego, California, Peck studied at California Ballet before enrolling at the School of American Ballet (SAB) in 2003. He joined NYCB as a dancer in 2007 and was promoted to soloist in 2013. Peck first choreographed as a student at SAB in 2005. He participated in a working session at the New York Choreographic Institute (NYCI), an affiliate of NYCB, in the fall of 2009 and received NYCI’s first year-long choreographic residency in 2011. He was named NYCB’s resident choreographer in July 2014, the second
in the company’s history, and was also appointed as artistic advisor in February 2019. Peck retired from dancing following NYCB’s 2019 spring season. He was the subject of the 2014 documentary Ballet 422, which followed him for two months as he created NYCB’s 422nd original ballet, Paz de la Jolla. In 2015, his ballet Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes won the Bessie Award for Outstanding Production, and he is also the recipient of the 2018 Ted Arison Young Artist Award. Peck is a three-time Tony Award® winner for his choreography for the 2018 Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel; the 2024 production of Illinoise, based on Sufjan Stevens’ album Illinois, which Peck also directed; and the 2025 production of Buena Vista Social Club, which he co-choreographed with Patricia Delgado. Peck also choreographed Steven Spielberg’s award-winning film adaptation of West Side Story and Bradley Cooper’s film Maestro
TILER PECK is a choreographer and principal dancer with New York City Ballet (NYCB). She made her choreographic debut at the Vail Dance Festival in 2018 and has choreographed two works for NYCB: Concerto for Two Pianos (2024) and Symphonie Espagnole (2026). She has also made ballets for Boston Ballet, BalletX, Cincinnati Ballet and Northern Ballet and for her curated evening Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends, which has toured internationally, earning an Olivier Award nomination and two National Dance Awards, presented annually in the U.K. She is the recipient of the 2026 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. Peck choreographed for the feature film John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum and has choreographed and appeared in the TV series Tiny Pretty Things and Ray Donovan. In 2017, she also curated the BalletNOW ™ program for The Music Center in Los Angeles, which was captured in the feature documentary film Ballet Now. Peck began her dance training at the age of two at her mother’s dance studio Bakersfield Dance Company and studied ballet in the Los Angeles area before entering the School of American Ballet. She joined New York City Ballet in 2005, was promoted to soloist in 2006 and to principal dancer in 2009. Peck’s repertory at NYCB includes featured
roles in numerous works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, and she has originated roles in works by many choreographers including Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Kyle Abraham, Mauro Bigonzetti, Wayne McGregor, Peter Martins, Benjamin Millepied, Angelin Preljocaj, Susan Stroman and Christopher Wheeldon.
GIANNA REISEN is a choreographer based in New York City. As a student at the School of American Ballet (SAB), she studied the Balanchine technique for seven years. Her passion for dance-making developed during the creation of her first piece for the School of American Ballet’s Student Choreographic Workshop. Soon after showcasing her work at the school, she was invited to participate in the Fall Session of the New York Choreographic Institute, where she presented her first ensemble ballet. After graduating from SAB in 2017, Reisen was commissioned to choreograph an original work for New York City Ballet’s Fall Fashion Gala— making her the youngest choreographer in NYCB’s history to create a ballet for the company’s storied repertory. Following its premiere at Lincoln Center, her debut work Composer’s Holiday was also staged at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. To date, Reisen has also created Judah (2018) and Play Time (2022) for NYCB and has collaborated with notable artists such as Virgil Abloh, Alejandro Gómez Palomo and Solange Knowles. Reisen has also developed and created work for Los Angeles Dance Project (LADP), Carolina Ballet, Vail Dance Festival, The Juilliard School, Columbia University, Indiana University and SAB. Her first full-length narrative production Alice premiered at Carolina Ballet in 2025. Reisen directed and choreographed two short films for SAB and has worked as a movement director on several music videos, narrative shorts, editorials and fashion campaigns. As a professional dancer, Reisen performed with Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, Germany, and later with the LADP, with which she toured internationally, performing works by Benjamin Millepied, Martha Graham, Bella Lewitzky and Kyle Abraham, among many others.
JEROME ROBBINS was born in New York City in 1918 and took an interest in music, dancing and acting from a young age. While still a teenager, he began dancing and choreographing at Tamiment, a resort in the Poconos and appearing in the choruses of Broadway shows. In 1940 he joined Ballet Theatre, where he choreographed his first work Fancy Free (1944) with music by a young up-and-comer Leonard Bernstein. The ballet was an instant success. That same year, Robbins and Bernstein teamed up with Betty Comden and Adolph Green to turn the ballet into a Broadway smash, On the Town. Robbins went on to create some of Broadway’s most legendary shows, including Billion Dollar Baby, The Pajama Game, Peter Pan, West Side Story, Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof Robbins had an equal impact in the ballet world. In 1949, he joined New York City Ballet as associate artistic director, and he spent much of the rest of his life affiliated with the company, creating such ballets as Afternoon of a Faun, The Cage, The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, The Goldberg Variations and Glass Pieces. Robbins formed a touring company, Ballets: U.S.A., in 1958, for which he created N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz and Moves. In the last decade of his life, Robbins looked back at his Broadway career with the staging of Jerome Robbins’ Broadway in 1989 and with West Side Story Suite, staged for NYCB in 1995. He also explored his fascination with the music of Bach in a series of significant ballets: A Suite of Dances for Mikhail Baryshnikov and 2 & 3 Part Inventions for the School of American Ballet, both in 1994, and Brandenburg for NYCB in 1997. Shortly after staging Stravinsky’s Les Noces for NYCB, Robbins died at his home in New York, on July 29, 1998. Robbins established the Archive of the Moving Image in the Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts by gifting, in perpetuity, a share of his royalties from Fiddler on the Roof. In 1999, the division was renamed The Jerome Robbins Dance Division in his memory. His awards include four Tony Awards®, two Academy Awards®, an Emmy Award® as well as the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur and the National Medal of Arts.
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON was born in Yeovil, Somerset, England, and attended The Royal Ballet School. In 1991 he joined The Royal Ballet and, that same year, won the Gold Medal at the Prix de Lausanne competition. In 1993 Wheeldon joined New York City Ballet; his first ballet for this company was Slavonic Dances for the 1997 Diamond Project. In spring 2000, he retired from dancing and during the 2000–2001 season served as the company’s first-ever artist in residence before being named its first resident choreographer, a position he held until 2008. In 2007 Wheeldon founded Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, serving as the company’s artistic director until early 2010. Among his works for NYCB are After the Rain, Carnival of the Animals, Carousel (A Dance), Estancia, From You Within Me, Liturgy, Mercurial Manoeuvres and Polyphonia. In addition, Wheeldon has created works for the Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet, among others. Outside of the ballet world, Wheeldon choreographed Dance of the Hours for The Metropolitan Opera’s La Gioconda, as well as ballet sequences for the 2000 film Center Stage and choreography for the 2002 Broadway production of The Sweet Smell of Success, both directed by Nicholas Hytner. Wheeldon directed and choreographed the 2016 Broadway production of An American in Paris and is the director and choreographer of MJ the Musical, both of which he received the Tony Award® for Best Choreography. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2016 and is currently the artistic associate of The Royal Ballet. Among Wheeldon’s other honors are Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, the American Choreography Award, the London Critics’ Circle Award, the Olivier Award, the Dance Magazine Award and the Benois de la Danse.
DANCE NOTES: URBAN BUSH WOMEN NEW YORK CITY BALLET WHO’S WHO
JONATHAN STAFFORD
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jonathan Stafford was appointed artistic director of New York City Ballet in February 2019 and also serves as artistic director and chair of faculty of the School of American Ballet (SAB). Upon retiring as NYCB principal dancer in May 2014, Stafford was named one of NYCB’s ballet masters. In December 2017, he was appointed to lead NYCB’s interim artistic team. As a dancer with NYCB, Stafford performed an extensive repertory of featured roles in numerous ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins and Christopher Wheeldon and also originated featured roles in works by Mauro Bigonzetti and Alexei Ratmansky. As an educator, Stafford joined SAB’s permanent faculty in 2007. Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Stafford studied at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet before entering SAB in the summer of 1996. Stafford was named an apprentice with NYCB in 1998, joined the corps de ballet in 1999 and rose through the ranks to become a principal dancer in 2007.
WENDY WHELAN
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Wendy Whelan was named New York City Ballet associate artistic director in February 2019. One of the most acclaimed dancers of her generation, Whelan danced principal roles in more than 125 ballets in NYCB’s repertory, performing virtually all of the major Balanchine roles, working closely with Jerome Robbins and originating roles in more than 50 ballets by such choreographers as William Forsythe, Twyla Tharp, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon and numerous others. Following her retirement from NYCB in October 2014, she has cultivated multi-disciplinary performance projects with a wide range of collaborators. Whelan began studying dance in Louisville with Virginia Wooton, a local teacher, and at the Louisville Ballet Academy before first studying at the School of American Ballet in the summer of 1981. She was named an apprentice with NYCB in 1984, joined the corps de ballet in 1986 and was promoted through the ranks to be elevated to principal dancer in 1991. She is the recipient of a Doctorate of Arts, honoris causa, from Bellarmine University.
KATHERINE BROWN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Katherine Brown is executive director of New York City Ballet and the David H. Koch Theater, overseeing the management and administrative functions of both institutions. Prior to her position at NYCB, Brown was the chief operating officer of WNYC Radio from 2008–2009. She served as executive director at Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) from 2005–2007 and as vice president of development from 1997–2004, where she led a capital campaign raising $132 million to design and construct JALC’s new home Frederick P. Rose Hall. Brown also held senior positions in fundraising at The New York Public Library and NYCB and served in various capacities at the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a past member of the Board of Trustees of Dance/USA. In 2017, Dance Magazine named Brown as one of the most influential people in dance and, in 2024, City and State Magazine recognized Brown as a key figure in the cultural life of New York by naming her to its inaugural Arts & Culture Power 100 list.
ANDREW LITTON MUSIC DIRECTOR
Andrew Litton, music director of New York City Ballet since 2015, has also served as principal guest conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, conductor laureate of Britain’s Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and music director laureate of Norway’s Bergen Philharmonic. For his work in Bergen, Litton was knighted with the Norwegian Royal Order of Merit. Litton also led the Dallas Symphony as music director from 1994 to 2006. Each season, he also guest conducts leading orchestras and opera companies around the globe and adds to his discography of more than 140 recordings, which have garnered a Grammy® Award, France’s Diapason d’Or and other honors. Litton’s work in ballet began while he was a Juilliard student, performing as onstage pianist for Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia Makarova and Cynthia Gregory. An accomplished pianist, Litton is an acknowledged expert on George Gershwin and has performed and recorded Gershwin widely as both pianist and conductor. For more information visit andrewlitton.com.
TYLER ANGLE
Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania
Joined NYCB 2004
Principal Dancer 2009
GILBERT BOLDEN III
Born in San Diego, California
Joined NYCB 2018
Principal Dancer 2025
CHUN WAI CHAN
Born in Guangdong, China
Joined NYCB as Soloist 2021
Principal Dancer 2022
ADRIAN DANCHIG-WARING
Born in San Francisco, California
Joined NYCB 2003
Principal Dancer 2013
JOVANI FURLAN
Born in Joinville, Brazil
Joined NYCB as Soloist 2019
Principal Dancer 2022
EMILIE GERRITY
Born in Danbury, Connecticut
Joined NYCB 2010
Principal Dancer 2023
JOSEPH GORDON
Born in Phoenix, Arizona
Joined NYCB 2012
Principal Dancer 2018
ANTHONY HUXLEY
Born in Walnut Creek, California
Joined NYCB 2007
Principal Dancer 2015
ISABELLA LAFRENIERE
Born in Lambertville, Michigan
Joined NYCB 2014
Principal Dancer 2023
SARA MEARNS
Born in Columbia, South Carolina
Joined NYCB 2004
Principal Dancer 2008
ROMAN MEJIA
Born in Fort Worth, Texas
Joined NYCB 2017
Principal Dancer 2023
MIRIAM MILLER
Born in Iowa City, Iowa
Joined NYCB 2016
Principal Dancer 2025
MIRA NADON
Born in Boston, Massachusetts
Joined NYCB 2018
Principal Dancer 2023
TILER PECK
Born in Bakersfield, California
Joined NYCB 2005
Principal Dancer 2009
UNITY PHELAN
Born in Princeton, New Jersey
Joined NYCB 2013
Principal Dancer 2021
TAYLOR STANLEY
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joined NYCB 2010
Principal Dancer 2016
RYAN TOMASH
Born in Toronto, Ontario
Joined NYCB as Soloist 2025
Principal Dancer 2026
DANIEL ULBRICHT
Born in St. Petersburg, Florida
Joined NYCB 2001
Principal Dancer 2007
EMMA VON ENCK
Born in Cleveland, Ohio
Joined NYCB 2017
Principal Dancer 2024
PETER WALKER
Born in Fort Myers, Florida
Joined NYCB 2012
Principal Dancer 2022
INDIANA WOODWARD
Born in Paris, France
Joined NYCB 2012
Principal Dancer 2021
Malorie Lundgren (center) and New York City Ballet in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco. Photo credit Erin Baiano.
Lynn J. Good Treasurer
Anu Aiyengar
Maria-Cristina Anzola
JT Batson
Donya Archer Bommer
Carmen Busquets
Susan J. Campbell
Whitney Clay
Paul M. Donofrio
Barry S. Friedberg
Melanie Hamrick
Diana L. Taylor, Chair
Jeffrey M. Peek, President
Sarah Jessica Parker, Vice Chair
Alan D. Schnitzer, Vice Chair
Franci J. Blassberg Secretary
Jessica Hopfield
Jennifer Lipschultz
Alison Mass
Virginia A. Millhiser
Stacey C. Morse
Ellen Moskowitz
Karen Murphy
Gordon B. Pattee
Jenny Paulson
Brynn Putnam
Mark S. Melodia Counsel
Stephen Kroll Reidy
Fernando Rivas
Deborah Roberts
Paula Campbell Roberts
Denise Saul
Bonnie Strauss
Cathinka Wahlstrom
William H. Wright II
Strauss Zelnick
Chairmen Emeriti: Jay S. Fishman*, Barry S. Friedberg, Eugene P. Grisanti*, Theodore C. Rogers, Howard Solomon*, John L. Vogelstein
Directors Emeriti: Gillian Attfield, Frederick W. Beinecke, Daniel Brodsky, Randal R. Craft, Jr., Mary Sharp Cronson*, Lawrence Herbert, Nancy Lassalle*, Robert I. Lipp, David H. Mortimer, Marie Nugent-Head*, Barbara J. Slifka*, Edward J. Toohey*
Members Ex-Officio: Honorable Zohran K. Mamdani, Mayor of the City of New York; Honorable Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Manhattan Borough President; Honorable Julie Menin, Speaker, New York City Council; Honorable Diya Vij, Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs
* In Memoriam As of May 2026
NEW YORK CITY BALLET SPECIAL THANKS
Major support for New York City Ballet’s 2025-2026 Season is provided by Aquarian Holdings, Miss Gillian Attfield, Bank of America, Emily Blavatnik/Blavatnik Family Foundation, The Berry Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Jeff and Susan Campbell, Chanel, Whitney F. Clay, Barry S. Friedberg and Charlotte Moss, Holland & Knight, JPMorgan Chase, Elysabeth Kleinhans, Lincoln Center Corporate Fund, Mastercard, Karen and Tommy Murphy, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Lynne and Richard Pasculano, The Ted and Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund, The Shubert Foundation, Joseph and Silvia Slifka Foundation, The Travelers Companies, Inc., and Wells Fargo.
New York City Ballet’s programs are made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
New York City Ballet Staff
Katherine E. Brown
Executive Director
Farang Azari
Senior Director, Finance & Administration/Chief
Financial Officer
Robert Daniels
Managing Director, Communications and Special Projects
Judy Elliott-Pugh
Senior Director, Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion
Karen Girty
Senior Director, Marketing and Media
Joshua Lenihan
Senior Director, Development
Sarah Marcus
Senior Director, Education and Engagement
Marquerite Mehler
Senior Director, Operations
Touring Staff
OPERATIONS AND COMPANY MANAGEMENT
Gregory Russell Company Manager
Thomas A. Lemanski Director of Rehearsal Administration
Julianne Maeda Senior Artistic Coordinator
PRODUCTION AND DESIGN
Jacqueline Reid Production Stage Manager
John Cuff Lighting Director
Apriah Williams Technical Director
Angelina Pellini Stage Manager
Emily Clarkson Associate Lighting Director
Megan Dechaine Assistant Stage Manager
Mark Walters Master Carpenter
Joe DeGeorge Fly Man
Andrew Hill Master Electrician
TJ McEvoy Sound Man
Norman (Skip) Kirtland Prop Master
Shane Cassidy, Chris Robinson Assistant Electricians
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Michael Scales Rehearsal Pianist
WARDROBE
Norma Attride Women’s Wardrobe Supervisor
Keith Coultas Men’s Wardrobe Supervisor
Monika Bellucci Assistant Women’s Wardrobe Supervisor
Jon Stewart Assistant Men’s Wardrobe Supervisor
Maria Maio Hair and Makeup Supervisor
Daniel Wong Shoe Department Manager
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Marika Molnar, PT, LAc Health and Wellness Coordinator
Christopher Boehmer Massage Therapist
New York City Ballet Orchestra
Musicians Appearing at The Music Center
First Violins
Kurt Nikkanen, Concertmaster
Nicolas Danielson, Assistant Concertmaster
Michael Roth, Associate
Alexander Simionescu, Associate
Emma Meinrenken
Bin Lu
Andrew Schaw
Nelly Kim
Wei Yi Wang
Derek Ratzenboeck
Second Violins
Lydia Hong, Principal
Conway Kuo, Associate Yeojin Cho
Jiye Lee
Emilia Laity
Helen Strilec
Laura Oatts
Karen Karslrud
Violas
William Hakim
Cyrus Beroukhim, Associate
Chihiro Allen
Alexis Sykes
Christoph Chung
Michael Davis
Cellos
Stephen Perkyns, Principal
Eugene Moye, Associate
Peter Sanders
Hannah Holman
Joseph Lee
Sofia Nowik
Double Basses
Ron Wasserman, Principal
Stephen Sas, Associate
Wan Hao Xu
Grey Fulmer
Flutes
Scott Kemsley, Principal
Rie Schmidt
Lauren Scanio Kelly
Oboes
Alexandra Knoll
Associate
Andrew van der Paardt
Clarinets
Danny Mui
Nuno Antunes
Bassoons
Ethan Silverman Associate
Erik Holtje
French Horns
Dan Wions, Principal
Liana Hoffman
Zohar Schondorf, Associate
Will De Vos
Trumpets
David Puchkoff, Principal
Jonathan Heim, Associate
Trombones
Carlos Jiménez
Fernández, Principal
Theodore Swanson
Nicholas Schwartz, Bass Trombone
Tuba
Dan Peck
Timpani
Ian Sullivan
Percussion
Tarun Bellur, Principal
Orchestral Keyboard
Hanna HyunJung Kim
Orchestra Manager
David Titcomb
SUPPORT DANCE AND DANCING
As a cultural anchor in Los Angeles, The Music Center is home to some of the world’s greatest and most highly regarded artistic programs and events. The Music Center’s programming arm, TMC Arts, presents and produces arts experiences that reflect and serve the diverse populations of Los Angeles, including programming infused with the idea that dance and dancing is for everyone. Offered year-round, these programs are anchored by Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center and include arts learning programs in schools and neighborhoods, free participatory events on campus like The Music Center’s Dance DTLA and immersive encounters and experiences that challenge expectations and bring communities together. Ticket sales and subscriptions alone cannot sustain this work. Your gift makes it possible.
The Music Center’s Dance DTLA. Photo by Will Yang for The Music Center.
Your Gift Ignites Brilliance on Stage and Dancing for All
Friends of The Music Center
Friends of The Music Center directly supports the Annual Fund, powering the full spectrum of dance in Los Angeles. From Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center to The Music Center’s Dance DTLA and arts learning programs reaching over 150,000 students and educators annually, your support fosters creativity and connection through dance. Every gift, at every level, is essential.
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Ballet Circle | Gifts of $25,000 or More
This exclusive circle of philanthropists generously enhances The Music Center’s ability to bring the world’s most celebrated companies and innovative artists to Los Angeles. In return, donors enjoy bespoke, curated events; behind-the-curtain access; and intimate gatherings with world-class artists. To make a gift or for more information, contact: Jenny Rivera jrivera@musiccenter.org | (213) 972-3353.
The Music Center Gratefully Acknowledges our Inaugural Ballet Circle Donors:
Linda Brown
Terri Childs
Brian Duck & Chad Olsen
Lisa Field
Jane Jelenko
Sandra & Lewis Kanengiser
Jennifer & Stephen Maguire
Anita Mann Kohl & Allen D Kohl
Bonnie Nash & Donald Wing
Olivia & Anthony Neece
David Niemetz & Noriko Tachibana
Cynthia Watson & David Katzin
Sue Tsao
Jennifer & Steven Walske
Dianna Wong
(Right): Compañía Nacional de Danza’s Don Quixote. Photo by Alba Muriel. Top Right: Students enjoying a free student matinee, one of The Music Center’s many school programs that expand access to dance. Photo by John McCoy for The Music Center.
Center Dance Arts (CDA) is the founding sponsor of Dance at The Music Center. For over 25 years, it has been a dynamic community of patrons with a passion for dance. CDA strives to elevate and advance Los Angeles as a vibrant hub of exceptional dance, supporting Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center’s world-class performances, building a community of dance throughout Los Angeles County and offering impact, access and fun!
IMPACT
Support extraordinary performances on The Music Center’s stages and dance company residencies offering student matinees, panel discussions and workshops.
ACCESS
Enjoy behind-the-scenes access such as salons, receptions and artist talks featuring dance luminaries.
FUN
Connect with arts patrons and dance enthusiasts in inspiring and fun social settings around Los Angeles.
Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s Meet The Artists Reception Q&A. Photo by Michelle Shiers.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Ashley Kaylynn Green. Photo by Andrew Eccles.
The Music Center Thanks Center Dance Arts
From all of us at The Music Center, we thank Center Dance Arts members for their unwavering support of dance. We welcome you and look forward to many seasons of dance ahead!
Center Dance Arts Board of Directors
Charlene Achki Repko President
Jane Jelenko* Founding President
Liane Weintraub† Founding Chair
Mattie McFadden Lawson Chair Emerita
Catharine Soros Chair Emerita
Jane ArnaultFactor, Ph.D.†
Susan Baumgarten
JoAnn Bourne
Robert Braun, M.D.
Mira Hashmall
Joan Herman
Liz Levitt Hirsch† In memoriam
Edward Lazarus
Judith Reichman, M.D.
Julia Strickland
Sue Tsao
Cynthia M. Watson, M.D.
†Founding Member
Center Dance Arts
Center Dance Arts Members
BALLET CIRCLE
($25,000+)
Brian Duck and Chad Olsen
Jane Jelenko
Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D Kohl
Olivia and Anthony Neece
Cynthia M. Watson, M.D. and David B. Katzin M.D., Ph.D.
DANCE AMBASSADOR
($10,000 – $24,999)
Charlene Achki Repko
Jane Arnault-Factor
Susan Baumgarten
JoAnn and Wayland Bourne
Sara Chameides and John McFadden
Lisa Field
Joan A. Friedman, Ph.D. and Robert N. Braun, M.D.
Mira Hashmall, Esq.
Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej
Gail Hershowitz
Carol and Patrick Kinsella
Norman and Sadie Lee
Foundation
Edward Lazarus and
Amanda Moose
Renae Williams Niles and Greg Niles
Judith Reichman, M.D.
Koni Rich
Julia Strickland and Timothy Wahl
Sue Tsao
DANCE ADVOCATE
($5,000 – $9,999)
Libbie Agran
Jim Bright and Lucy Farber
Anita Lorber
David Minning and Diane Wittenberg
Mary Nichols
David and Janet Polak
Audrey Prins and Josh Trachtenberg
Jeffrey Winant
DANCE ENTHUSIAST
($2,500 – $4,999)
Nicole and Paul M. Barkopoulos, M.D.
Josephine Baurac
Terri Childs
Allison Clago
Aviva Covitz
Sharon and Gray Davis
Beverly and Stuart Denenberg
Jennifer Diener
Brack and Elizabeth Duker
Gerry Friedman
Leslie and Frederick Gaylord
Marcy Gross
Penny Haberman
Robert Heron
David and Susan
Hirsch Household
AC Hoffing
Bonnie Oda Homsey and Philip R. Homsey II
Linda and David Kagel
Jay Kinn and Jules Vogel
Christopher Lavagnino
Stephen and Jennifer Maguire
Beth and Leslie Michelson
Kathy and Michael Moray
Ellen Pansky
Helene Rosenzweig, M.D.
USC Glorya Kaufman
School of Dance
I.H. Sutnick
Catharine and Jeffrey Soros
Karen and Les Weinstein
Dianna Wong
DANCE PATRON
($1,000 – $2,499)
Alexis Deutsch-Adler and Robert Adler
Joanne Baizer
David Shaw and Sheila Blackwell
Judith Blumenthal
Irene and Stuart Boyd
Cheryl and David Brickey
Anne Brilliant
Rose Chan and Warren Loui
Marlene Chavez, Ph.D.
Lillian Chin
Nancy Cotton
Nancy Neal Davis
Judy and Arnie Fishman
Tony Foster
Susan Friedman
Susan and Alan Friedman
Katherine Gavzy
Andrea Ghez
Paul Greenberg
Household
Christine M. Hessler
Mary Ann HuntJacobsen
Martin and Cari Kavinoky
Vivian Krepack
Carl Large
Rhonda Leal
Paula Marcus
Kim Margolin
Julie McDonald
Dr. John Miller
Vibiana Molina
Diane Morton
Beatrice H. Nemlaha
Joan Oliver
David Richard Pullman
Richard Rho and Steven DeMille
Desiree Samuels
Kirsten Sarkisian
Maxine Savitz
Bob and Helene
Schacter
Sherie and Alan Schneider
Sabrina Heron Strong
Joanne Takahashi
Daniel and Janice
Wallace
Laura Wallace
Lydia Theon Ware i Marcia and Charles Wasserman
Photos (from left to right): Center Dance Arts President Charlene Achki Repko (far left) with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Associate Artistic Director Matthew Rushing (far right); annual season brunch at the Jonathan Club; CDA Meet the Artists Q&A with Rachel S. Moore and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s new Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack.
Thank you to our Dorothy Chandler Society members, who have generously established a lasting legacy of support for The Music Center inspiring and uplifting future generations of patrons, students and young artists.
At The Music Center, we believe the arts have the power to inspire, unite and transform lives.
Dorothy Chandler Society members’ commitments ensure that future generations will experience world-class dance performances, innovative arts education programs and vibrant community events — nurturing creativity for decades to come.
We thank our generous Dorothy Chandler Society members and invite you to join us in establishing a legacy of support for the arts.
WAYS TO GIVE:
• Make a future gift through your will or living trust
• Designate The Music Center as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, life insurance policy or donor-advised fund
• Receive income for life, while supporting The Music Center in the future, via a charitable gift annuity or charitable remainder trust
• Create an endowed fund, which exists in perpetuity and can be named after you
If you are interested in learning more, or if you have already included The Music Center in your estate plans, please contact: Becky Birdsong at (213) 972-3358 or legacy@musiccenter.org.
PLANNED GIFTS AND ENDOWMENT GIFTS
$1 MILLION+
The Ahmanson Foundation
The Ashkenas and Fabian Family Bank of America Foundation
Samir Bitar
The Blue Ribbon
Terri and Timothy Childs
David Conlon
Jill and Curtis Kaufman
Diane and Leon Morton
Merle and Peter Mullin
National Endowment for the Arts
Robert Olsen
Fredric M. Roberts
Frank J. Sherwood
Dorothy C. Waugh
PLANNED GIFTS AND ENDOWMENT GIFTS UP TO $999,999
Anonymous (5)
Phyllis Abrams and Jules Smith
Caroline L. Ahmanson
The Annenberg Foundation
Kathryn A. Ballsun
Pamela and Dennis Beck
Judith and Thomas Beckmen
Miriam Birch
Judith Blumenthal
Borden-Rozner Trust
Linda and Maynard Brittan
Maurice and Jane Cattani
Club 100
Margaret Sheehy Collins
Dorothy and Sherrill Corwin
Mary Levin Cutler
James A. Doolittle Foundation
Kimberly Marteau and John Emerson
Sylvia Kunin Eben
Carolyn Dirks/Joseph B. Gould Foundation
Thomas F. Grose
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Joan E. Herman and Richard M. Rasiej
Ann and Steve Hinchliffe
Joan E. and John Hotchkis
Freya and Mark Ivener
Samira Jackson
Robert Jesberg and Michael J. Carmody
Carrie and Stuart Ketchum
Joyce and Kent Kresa
Helen Lamm
Dr. Stephen Lee
Mrs. J. Hart Lyon
Rachel S. Moore and
Robert Ryan
Stephen D. Moses
Olivia and Anthony Neece
Robin and Gerald Parsky
James B. Pendleton Foundation
Cheryl Petersen and Roger Lustberg
Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk
Nan Rae
Lee and Larry Ramer
Penelope C. Roeder
Eric Rolnick
Constance E. Ropolo
Mimi Rotter
Barbara & Charles Schneider
Mary Shambra
Howard Sherman and J. Gregg Houston
Lisa Specht
I.H. Sutnick
Gretchen Valentine
Andrea and John Van de Kamp
Dietrich Eugene Wagner
Washington Mutual
The Music Center’s Spotlight Grand Prize Finalist Minji Choi. Photo by John McCoy.
The Music Center thanks for its generous gift to support the New York City Ballet engagement.
Terri and Tim Childs
In Loving Memory of Tim Childs
Terri and Tim Childs shared a devoted partnership and lifelong commitment to the arts. Their impact spans creative communities from Los Angeles to New York to London. Their thriving careers producing on Broadway took them to New York for over 30 years where they produced more than 15 shows. Upon their return to Los Angeles, they renewed their active involvement as supporters and volunteers at The Music Center where Terri currently serves on the boards of The Music Center and The Blue Ribbon and was formerly on the board of The Joffrey Ballet. As passionate advocates of dance, they are proud to have created a legacy to ensure dance will thrive in Los Angeles for generations to come. Terri is honored to dedicate their support of New York City Ballet in memory of her beloved husband.
“We love the arts, and The Music Center holds a special place in our hearts. The arts have brought so much joy to our lives, and we want others to have that experience.”
THE MUSIC CENTER THANKS ITS SUPPORTERS
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS
Donors from 1/1/2025–3/16/2026
$1,000,000 AND ABOVE
Terri and Timothy Childs
Glorya Kaufman Foundation
Cindy Miscikowski/ The Ring Foundation
Moss Foundation
Fredric Roberts
Mimi Song
$100,000–$999,999
Robert J. Abernethy
Pamela and Dennis Beck
Helen and Peter Bing
The Blue Ribbon
Louise Bryson
Cástulo de la Rocha
Dorothy Chandler Program Fund
Edgerton Foundation
Helen Funai Erickson
Faye Greenberg and David Lawrence
Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen and Eric Jacobsen
Victoria Jenkins
Alfred E. Mann Charities
Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D Kohl
Tatiana Pavlova-Coleman and Keith Coleman
Sascha Brastoff Foundation
Cathy Stone
$50,000–$99,999
Gregory Adams
Margaret Sheehy Collins
Robert Gold
Marcia Israel Foundation
Heather and Ronald Kaplan
Marla and Cary Lefton
Shannon and Darrell D. Miller
Abby and Alan Myerson
Teresita and Shelby Notkin
Ann Park
Nan Rae
Thomas Safran
Lisa See and Richard Kendall
Marie Song
Julia Strickland and Timothy Wahl
Jennifer and Steven Walske
Kurt and Susan Wegleitner
$25,000–$49,999
Kathy and Charles Adams
Susan Baumgarten
Claire and Brad Brian
Kristin Burr
Elizabeth and Otis Chandler
Maria and Riley Etheridge
Richard Ferry
Lisa Field
Shelby and Greg Geyer
Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej
Erika and Jeff Hill
Tomoko Iwakawa
Jane Jelenko
Sandra and Lewis Kanengiser
Terri and Jerry Kohl
Lily Lee and Tom Chang
Stephen and Jennifer Maguire
Susan and Steven Matt
Beth and Leslie Michelson
Bonnie Nash and Donald Wing
Olivia and Anthony Neece
Michael Nissman
Chad Olsen and Brian Duck
Rose and Michael Pagano
Karen Kay Platt and Lawrence B. Platt
Lois Rosen
Wendy Ruby
Johnese Spisso and Ross Hartling
Julie and Michael Stockton
Cynthia M. Watson, M.D. and David B. Katzin, M.D., Ph.D.
Dianna Wong
$10,000–$24,999
Charlene Achki Repko
Maria V. Altmann
Foundation
Jane Arnault-Factor
Jill Baldauf and Steven Grossman
Maralee Beck and Andrew Safir
Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen
JoAnn and Wayland Bourne
Marcy Carsey
Sara Chameides and John McFadden
Thomas Chou
Joan A. Friedman, Ph.D. and Robert N. Braun, M.D.
Mira Hashmall, Esq.
Gail Hershowitz
Paul A. James
Lisa Hofert Kasimow and Lawrence Kasimow
Jackie and Gerald Kehle
Carol and Patrick Kinsella
Kent Kresa
Edward Lewis
Amanda Moose and Edward Lazarus
Renae Williams Niles and Greg Niles
The Albert Parvin Foundation
Cynthia M. Patton
Phyllis Present
Rollin A. Ransom, Esq.
Judith Reichman, M.D.
Monica and Joseph Rice
Koni Rich
Robert Ronus
Melissa Rosenberg and Lev L. Spiro
Beverly Ryder
Corinne Sanchez and Efren Cruz Manjarrez
Jenny Schwing
Lynne Silbert and Seth Weingarten
Eric Simon
Lisa Specht
Sue Tsao
Andrea Van de Kamp
Leslie Vermut and Thomas Weinberger
Jennifer and Ken Waltzer
Mary Ann Weisberg and Bryce Perry
Sheila and Wally Weisman
The Wetsman Foundation/Janis Wetsman
Wendy and Jay Wintrob
$5,000–$9,999
Libbie Agran
Maynard and Linda Brittan/Traub-Brittan
Family Foundation
Renate and Mel Cohen
Nadine and Harold Davidson
Michael Dreyer
Lucy Farber and James Bright
Amy Forbes and Andrew Murr
Gerry Friedman
Cindy and Robert Gelber
Cynthia Griffin
Laura C. Guthman
Judith Jenkins
Randi and Richard Jones
Linda and Bill Krantz
Lisa and Howard King
Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald
Deborah B. Lewis
June Li
Anslyene Lloyd
Anita Lorber
Marlene Louchheim
Kelsey and Jennifer Martin
Jennifer and Mark McCormick
David Minning and Diane Wittenberg
Wendy Stark Morrissey
Merle Mullin
Jose Luis Nazar
Mary D. Nichols
David and Janet Polak
Audrey Prins
Susan and George Reardon
Ricki and Marvin Ring
Rosemary and Robert Risley
Steven Rosen
Howard Sherman and Gregg Houston
Noriko Tachibana and David Niemetz
Josh Trachtenberg
Jeffrey Winant
Ellen and Arnold Zetcher
$1,000–$4,999
Laura and Kenneth Adler
Michelle Alfonso
Donna Altmann
Romesh Anketell
Robert Attiyeh
Susan Avila
Joanne Baizer
Howard Banchik
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Barkopoulos
Josephine Baurac
William Bergens
Susan and Jeffrey Berman
Beverlee Bickmore
Beverly Bittle
Sheila Blackwell and David Shaw
Judith Flinder Blumenthal
Irene and Stuart Boyd
Paula Brand
Cheryl and David Brickey
Anne Brilliant
Darrell R. Brown
Anne Bruner
Diana Buckhantz
Mary Lou Byrne and Gary Kearney
Reynolds Cafferata
Marlene and Lee Canter
Rose Chan and Warren Loui
Susan and Stephen Chandler
Marlene Chávez
Lillian Chin
Allison Clago
J.Renée Cline
Traci Coble
Jacqueline Cochran
Marilyn and Don Conlan
Janet Cooper
Nancy Cotton
Aviva Covitz
Sharon and Gray Davis
Nancy Neal Davis
Sherwin Dela Cruz
Stephanie Dencik
Beverly and Stuart
Denenberg
Loraine Despres and Carleton Eastlake
Alexis Deutsch-Adler and Robert Adler
Julia Diamond
Jennifer Diener
Laura Donnelley
Brack and Elizabeth Duker
Jackie and Don Feinstein
Joyce Fienberg
Judy and Arnie Fishman
Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy
Penelope D. Foley
Elizabeth Fowler and Gary Sumer
Susan and Alan Friedman
Susan R. Friedman
Wallace E. Fullmer
G!
Constance Gavin
Katherine Gavzy
Leslie and Frederick
Gaylord
Terri Gedo
Matthew Gelfand
Andrea Ghez
Patricia Glaser and
Sam Mudie
Roslyn and Abner
Goldstine
Kelly and Louis Gonda
Diane Green
Paul Greenberg
Marcy Gross
Penny Haberman
Meloni Hallock
Sylvia and Steven Harrison
Mitchell Heeger
Diane J. Henderson
Claire and Robert Heron
Christine M. Hessler
Kenneth and Freddi Hill
Lowell Hill
Susan and David Hirsch
Jonathan B. Hodge
Fritz Hoelscher
AC Hoffing
Greg Holcomb
Katie and Philip Holthouse
Bonnie Oda Homsey and Philip R. Homsey II
Virginia Huey
Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D.
Samira Jackson
Linda and David Kagel
Cari and Marty Kavinoky
Todd Kirshner
Kathleen Komar and Ross Shideler
Vivian Krepack
Debi and Scott Kroman
Carl W. Large
Grace Latt
Rosalyn Laudati and James Pick
Christopher Lavagnino
Rhonda Leal
Aliza Lesser
Adriana Lim and Stephen Smith
Leigh Lindsey and Andrew Blaine
Alan and Helen Lowy
Henry Lubow
Paula Marcus
Kim Margolin
Pauline Marks
Julie McDonald
Beth McGlynn and James Zapp
Diane G. Medina
Jodie Mendelson
John Miller
Vibiana Molina
Rachel S. Moore and Robert Ryan
Kathy and Michael Moray
Diane Morton
Angella Nazarian
Beatrice H. Nemlaha
Michael I. Nissman
Judi and Franklin Niver
Dustin Nunez
Frank O’Dea
Margaret O’Donnell
Joan Oliver
Ellen Pansky
H. Scott Partridge
Tanvi Patel
Susan and Michael Patzakis
Debbie and Rick Powell
Samuel Price
David Richard Pullman
Harold and Penny Ray
Dr. Richard Rho and Mr. Steven DeMille
Margaret and Robert Rodgers
Jaclyn Rosenberg
Helene Rosenzweig, M.D.
Brandi Roth and Bruce Clemens
Mimi Rotter
Carol Saikhon
Maria and Raul Salinas
Desiree Samuels
Kirsten and Keith
Sarkisian
Maxine Savitz
Mariette and Alexander Sawchuk
Helene and Bob Schacter
Sherie and Alan Schneider
William Shipman
Michelle and Robert Shipp
Joan Snyder
Catharine Soros
Ronald B. Stein
Rosa Stevens
Sabrina Strong
Susan and George Sugarman
I.H. Sutnick
Joanne Takahashi
Barbara Augusta Teichert
Cynthia Telles and Joseph Waz
Linda and Sorrell Trope
Elinor and Rubin Turner
Scott Vandrick and Tony Foster
Bonnie Vitti
Jules Vogel and Jay Kinn
Janice and Daniel Wallace
Laura Wallace
Lydia Theon Ware i Hope Landis Warner
Marcia and Charles Wasserman
Martin Wechsler
Karen and Les Weinstein
Susan and Josh Wieder
Hashim Williams
Libby Wilson
Albert Wolsky
Jeff Wood
Sharon and Fillmore Wood
Adrianne and Robert Zarnegin
Special thanks to our donors who wish to remain anonymous. The Music Center strives to acknowledge all our supporters appropriately. If your name has been misspelled or omitted from this list in error, please contact the Advancement Office at (213) 972-3333.
THE MUSIC CENTER THANKS ITS SUPPORTERS
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT
$1,000,000 AND ABOVE County of Los Angeles
$100,000–$999,999
Agog, LLC
The Ahmanson Foundation
AltaMed Health Services
Bank of America
Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Max H. Gluck Foundation
Hearst Foundations
The Music Center Foundation
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Perenchio Foundation
$50,000–$99,999
Colburn Foundation
Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture
Nestle Premium Waters
Snap Foundation
Superior Grocers
Anonymous
$25,000–$49,999
Baldwin Group
CA Office of the Small Business Advocate
The Capital Group Companies City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation
Harry Winston, Inc.
KPMG LLP/Greg Geyer
The Robert Nelson Foundation
The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
The Music Man Foundation
Edward A. and Ai O. Shay
Family Foundation
U.S. Bank / William E. Dolan
U.S. Bank Foundation
Anonymous (2)
$10,000–$24,999
Amazon
Edison International
David Geffen Foundation
Honda
HUB International Insurance Services, Inc.
Kaiser Permanente
Fox Rothschilld, LLP
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
The Louis and Harold Price Foundation
The Sidley Austin Foundation
Muriel F. Siebert Foundation
The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation
Sony Pictures Entertainment
UCLA Health
Villa Gardens
$5,000–$9,999
Friars Charitable Foundation
I.A.T.S.E. - Local 33
Morrison & Foerster Foundation
PNC Bank
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
$1,000–$4,999
Anthem Blue Cross
Bessemer Trust Company, N.A.
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
Justin Construction
M.J. Hellmuth Plumbing, Inc.
Macy’s
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation / Romesh Anketell
SJM Industrial Radio
Sunrise Window Cleaners, Inc.
Whittier Trust Company of California
Anonymous
THE MUSIC CENTER
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Rachel S. Moore
President & CEO
Howard Sherman
Executive Vice President & COO, TMC Ops
William Taylor
Senior Vice President, Finance / CFO
Susan Avila
Senior Vice President, Advancement
Shelby D. Boagni
Senior Vice President, People & Culture
Julia Diamond
Senior Vice President, TMC Arts
Bonnie M. Goodman
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Communications
TMC OPS
BUILDING SERVICES
Carlos Acosta Engineer
Eduardo Aguilar Arreola Engineer
Emmanuel Campos Engineer
Ramon DeLeon Assistant Chief
Erik Ekserjyan Mailroom Clerk
Ruben Enriquez Mailroom Clerk
Nick Garcia Engineer
Jose Godinez Engineer
Damon Joseph Engineer
Adrian Martinez Engineer
Adrian Padilla Engineer
Jorge Padilla Engineer
Jose Quintero Landscaping
Alex Romero Lead Engineer
Jose Santillan Lead Engineer
Edgar Vasquez Coordinator
Brandon Villalobos Engineer
FOUNDERS
Daniel Cristante Coordinator
Lisa King Manager
Georgi Nikolov Director
Elia Ortega Coordinator
GUEST RELATIONS
Peggy Alvarez Head Usher
Gabriel Figueroa Head Usher
Abraham Gonzalez Head Usher
Adrian Romero Head Usher
Alvin Broussard Assistant Director, Guest Services
Christine Cox House Manager, Ahmanson Theatre
Robert Devis House Manager, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Omar Garcia Head Usher
Jose Agustin Garibaldi Head Usher
Sydney Ko Uniform Attendant
Alexander Mochizuki Event Staff Coordinator
Seng Neth Head Usher
Steve Olear Logistics & Scheduling Manager
Courtney Rabena Head Usher
Jose L. Rivas Head Usher
Santa Roman-Garcia Head Usher
Carolyn Van Brunt Vice President
Jeanice Williams Coordinator, Tours & Special Events
Demetra Willis Head Usher
OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION
Carol Zamora Executive Assistant
PRODUCTION
Shawn Anderson Head Carpenter, Ahmanson Theatre
Shane Anderson Head Flyman, Ahmanson Theatre
Jared Batty Head Electric, Ahmanson Theatre
Jason Clark Director, Production
Marcus Conroy Head Electrician, Walt Disney Concert Hall
Timothy Conroy Head Carpenter, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Noah Hollander Production Assistant
Emmet Kaiser Head Carpenter, Mark Taper Forum
Ryan Lebetsamer Head Electric, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Christian Lee Head Audio/Video,
Mark Taper Forum
Scott Lucas Head Property, Ahmanson Theatre
Charlie Miledi Head Property, Walt Disney Concert Hall
Katie Miller Production Manager
Serge Quintanar Head Carpenter, Walt Disney Concert Hall
Lisa Quang Senior Production Coordinator
Mary Romero Head Property, Mark Taper Forum
Lee Smilek Head Wardrobe
Robert Smith Head Audio/Video, Ahmanson Theatre
Aaron Staubach Head Electrician, Ahmanson Theatre
Kevin Wapner Head Audio/Video, Walt Disney Concert Hall
SCHEDULING & EVENTS
Liliana Gonzalez Assistant Director, Events
Ruben Lopez Event Conversions Coordinator
Jenny Calvo Mackay Events Operations Coordinator
Marisol Moro Garcia Scheduling & Lease Events Administrator
Colin Perkins Lease Events Manager
Felipe Roque Events Operations Coordinator
Sharon Stewart Director
Britani Washington Scheduling & Lease Events Administrator
SECURITY MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
Brenda Hernandez Commander FSD
Bedros Ohanian Director, Security & Life Safety
Scott Pollack Commander, Events Operation Group
Vivian Sanchez Adjutant
Gonzalo Silva Assistant Director of Security
Edward Too Commander, Field Services
Curtis Vanterpool Logistics and Scheduling Manager
THE BLUE RIBBON
Suzy Boyett Director
Cinda Rosenberg Senior Coordinator
TMC ARTS
CIVIC STRATEGIES, PARTNERSHIPS & IMPACT
Caroline Chang Program Manager
Letitia Fernandez Ivins Senior Director Civic Strategy, Partnerships & Impacts
Cristina Lucio Program Manager
Victoria Perera Rojas Associate Director, Evaluation & Learning
DANCE & DANCING PROGRAMS
Jocelyn Garcia Program Manager
DIGITAL INNOVATION
Beata Calinska Associate Director
EDUCATION/SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS
Keith Wyffels Associate Vice President
Patrice Cantarelli Associate Director, School Programs
Ebony Ruffin Manager, Professional Development
Monk Turner Director, Performing Artists in Schools and Neighborhoods
Vincent Lopez Coordinator
Juan Sanchez School Programs Coordinator
Jill Sowell Program Manager
GLORIA MOLINA GRAND PARK
Cristabel Campos Ruiz Marketing Manager
Cara Delaporta Senior Coordinator Leave Events & Locations
Adam Epelbaum Senior Digital Marketing Coordinator
Brian Foreman Production Manager
Robert Gonzalez Director
Anna Morrison Events Promotion Coordinator
Angela Tsai Business Manager
Carolina Xique Senior Programming Coordinator
PRODUCING & CONCERTS
Taylor Comen Senior Director, Producing
Lauren Evans Business Manager
U-Jung Jung Coordinator
Patrick Traylor Producing Production Manager
SPOTLIGHT & CREATIVE WORKFORCE READINESS
Jeri Gaile Fredric Roberts Senior Director, Spotlight program
Monique Carroll Program Manager
BUSINESS RESOURCES
ADVANCEMENT
Belby Aguillon Manager, Advancement Business Operations
Becky Birdsong Director, Legacy Giving
Colleen Blackler Senior Manager, Center Dance Arts
Cheryl Brown Vice President, Advancement
Corinne Burch Program Coordinator, Advancement
Hillary Chisum Senior Director, Advancement & Board Relations
The stage crew, wardrobe crew and box office staff are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States of America and Canada, AFL-CIO, CKC, Local Numbers 33, 768 and 857, respectively.
The house managers employed by The Music Center are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers.
Jason Frazier Assistant Director, Corporate Giving
Rosalind Grush Assistant Director of Grants & Philanthropy
Valeryee Jimenez Senior Coordinator, Advancement Events
Mayra Medina Gift Administration Manager
Chelsea Onyeokeziri Coordinator, Advancement & Board Relations
Jennifer Rivera Director of Major Gifts and Dance Philanthropy
Laurie A. Selik Senior Director, Institutional Giving
Heather Siemienas Senior Director, Principal Giving
Shelby Wuitschick Program Coordinator, Individual Giving
FINANCE
Michelle Alfonso Controller
Laura Canon Accounts Payable Specialist
Jazmine Centeno Payroll Clerk
Maria Justo Clerk, Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable
Andrew Kayano Manager, General Accounting and Financial Systems
Jane Lin Senior Payroll Specialist
David Modisett Manager, Financial Planning
Kirman Ng Staff Accountant
Cindy Rauch Manager, Accounts Payable /Accounts Receivable
Sandra Wright Director of Payroll Services
PEOPLE & CULTURE
Carol Farag HR Manager
Patty Ortega HR Generalist
Melody Signater HR Director
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Danielle Bliss Marketing Specialist, Ticketing & Marketing Strategy
Gil Diaz Manager, Media Relations
Lisa Ducore Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Brand Communications
Stephanie Kao Manager, Web Content and Digital Analytics
Hillary Litherland Manager, Social Media & Content Creation
Mike Mancillas Manager, Digital Programming
Daniela Messarina Marketing & Communications Manager
Sofia Saenz Marketing Specialist, Marketing & Brand Communications
Marielle Shrock Marketing Communications Manager, Brand & Marketing Communications
Melissa Tan Assistant Vice President, Ticketing and Marketing Strategy
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Susan Hutcheon Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
CREATIVE SUPPORT
Keith & Co. Graphic Design
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
As a steward of The Music Center of Los Angeles County, we recognize that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh and Chumash Peoples. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants — past, present and emerging — as they continue their stewardship of these lands and waters. We acknowledge that settler colonization resulted in land seizure, disease, subjugation, slavery, relocation, broken promises, genocide and multigenerational trauma. This acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and commitment to truth, healing and reconciliation and to elevating the stories, culture and community of the original inhabitants of Los Angeles County.
We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these ancestral lands. We are dedicated to growing and sustaining relationships with Native peoples and local tribal governments, including (in no particular order) the:
• Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
• Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council
• Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians
• Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians-Kizh Nation
• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
• San Fernando Band of Mission Indians
Kathryn Barger Supervisor, Fifth District
Janice Hahn Supervisor, Fourth District
Hilda L. Solis Chair, First District
Lindsey P. Horvath Supervisor, Third District
Holly J. Mitchell Chair Pro Tem, Second District
(From left to right)
This acknowledgment, however, is empty without our efforts to counter the effects of structures that have long enabled injustice against Native Americans. The Music Center is committed to working with First Peoples to build and sustain partnerships and grow collaborations that engage and respect the knowledge, expertise and agency of First Peoples, past, present and future. The Music Center strives to be a champion of the arts in Los Angeles for all people. We are listening, learning, unlearning, and will evolve in the work ahead.
To learn more about the First Peoples of Los Angeles County, please visit the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission website at lanaic.lacounty.gov
Photo Credit: David Franco, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Photographer.