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2025/26

YUNCHAN LIM

SEASON IN REVIEW

THE 2025/26 SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

CONTENTS

Welcome Letter

05 Rebrand Update 06–07 Leadership Transition 08

Marylen Sternweiler Award for Dedicated Service

09–17

Community Engagement Programs

Celebrating America 250

19–23 The 2025/26 Season in Review 24–25 Financial Results 26–36 Gratitude 37–38

Board and Staff Listings

Membership & Aaron Richmond Legacy Society

2025/26 SEASON SPONSORS

CRESCENDO DONOR ADVISED FUND AND THE THONIS FAMILY

PHOTO CREDITS: Cover photo, Yunchan Lim performance at Symphony Hall: Robert Torres. All photos Robert Torres Photography except: Pg 11, Castle of our Skins: Paul Mardy Photography. Pgs 11, 12 & 16, AileyDance for Active Aging: Ernesto Galan Photography. Pg 13, Jonathan Suazo & Pg 18, I Dream a World: Taylor Rossi Photography. Pg 21, Chucho Valdés: Martin Espino Garcia Photography. Pg 29, Vivo Brand Launch Party: Kristín Otharsson.

MISSION To enrich and inspire our community through exceptional live performances.

VALUES

VISION We envision a community of Greater Boston where the performing arts are a valued, life-long, shared experience—on stages, on streets, in neighborhoods— everywhere.

Collaboration Curiosity Equity Integrity Joy

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY We recognize that equity is crucial to the long-term viability of both the arts and culture sector and communities-at-large. We are committed to ensuring that everyone who wants has equal access to a full, vibrant, creative life, which is essential to a healthy and democratic society.

We hold ourselves accountable through regular internal meetings, data collection and analysis, and by soliciting feedback from a variety of our key stakeholders: our colleagues, artists, supporters, and audiences. We look forward to continuing this work and learning in partnership with these communities.

Our equity-centered approach informs how we structure the organization, how we deliver our programs and services, how we engage with the broader community, and how we support our audiences. We seek to be a community that works against racism, religious intolerance, and discrimination based on gender, sexuality, class, age, and ability.

To learn more, visit vivoperformingarts.org/mission

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WELCOME A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO

Dear Friends, A year ago, I was studying the previous annual report, discerning if I might be suited to lead Celebrity Series in its next chapter. Now here I am, in the blink of an eye, offering this introduction to the subsequent report for Vivo Performing Arts. This esteemed organization has simultaneously adopted three significant changes. In addition to its new name and CEO, Vivo also has a new Board Chair, Cherié Butts. This notable trio of changes sets a pace as we march toward Vivo’s tenth decade and centenary milestone. Everything is aligned for the future, and now is a good time to envision and resource big ideas. Before getting ahead of myself, the present moment is pivotal and offers opportunity to define our new name. “Vivo” signals our commitment to the ongoing value of the performing arts in a time when the virtual and artificial dominate daily life. Algorithms versus audiences, screens versus stages—our purpose is clear: in an era of scrolling alone, the collective awe shared at a performance is essential for all Boston-area residents, all ages and backgrounds. In next year’s annual report, I hope to be more definitive. For now, I offer gratitude to those who have supported Vivo with treasure, talent, and time, especially Vivo’s strong support base and exemplary staff. Above all, Gary Dunning and Joshua Boger are owed outsized credit. I look forward to building upon all that brought us to this moment. Warmly,

Thor Steingraber President & CEO

A NAME FULLY ALIVE

“ If I have to choose between being a celebrity, and ‘Vivo,’ I choose Vivo!”

Vibrant, Vital, Alive, Vivacious, Vivid. Many words are derived from the one, each that captures the qualities represented by our new name. Vivo Performing Arts, debuted in January 2026, is a name that fulfills our strategic vision and expresses the inclusivity and artistic excellence that defines our work. It is not a departure. It is an inflection point, when our name and our work come into alignment. Vivo embraces everyone we serve and celebrates the spectrum of performing artists we present, from household names to the newest emerging talents.

18 months of reflection and deliberation provided us 300 options for our new name, but only one reflected both who we have become and what we aspire to be—a thriving performing arts organization in the 21st century. Our new brand is distinctive, with a vibrant color palette that reflects our creative energy and a dynamic design that serves us in all our venues, from grand stages to neighborhood parks throughout Boston. Vivo—it is past and future, innovation and tradition.

– Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, March 2026

A NEW CHAPTER, A LASTING LEGACY The 2025/26 season marked a significant milestone in Vivo Performing Arts’ history. After nearly two decades leading the Board of Directors, Joshua Boger, PhD, announced he will be stepping down as Chair, and the Board unanimously elected Cherié Butts, PhD as the Chair-Elect of the Board. Dr. Boger, founder of Vertex Pharmaceuticals and a revered biopharma luminary, led the organization through a period of tremendous expansion. During his tenure as Chair, Vivo Performing Arts launched its acclaimed Arts for All! community engagement programming, expanding free offerings exponentially. Additionally, the organization completed the $23 million LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All capital campaign in 2019, quadrupling net assets and establishing the Amy and Joshua Boger Innovation Fund. Dr. Cherié Butts serves as Senior Medical Director of the West Coast Hub at Biogen, leading clinical trial activities for the treatment of diseases with great unmet need. Dr. Butts earned bachelor's and master's degrees from The Johns Hopkins University, a PhD from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and completed a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health studying neuroendocrine regulation of immunity. A lifelong Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater fan, Dr. Butts joined the Board of Directors in 2023 and chaired the 2025 Executive Search Committee.

Joshua Boger, PhD

Dr. Butts will formally begin her term on September 29, 2026.

“It is an honor to step into the role of Board Chair at such an exciting moment for Vivo Performing Arts. This organization has long played a vital role in bringing transformative artistic experiences to our community. I am deeply grateful to Joshua Boger for extraordinary leadership as Board Chair. I look forward to partnering with fellow board members to build on that legacy, expand our impact, and ensure the performing arts remain accessible, innovative, and relevant for years to come.” – Dr. Cherié Butts

Cherié Butts, PhD

FAREWELL TO GARY DUNNING   After 15 years as President & Executive Director, Gary Dunning retired from Vivo Performing Arts on June 30, 2026. In a season marked by artistic triumphs, well-deserved accolades, and an organizational name change, Gary’s final Vivo Performing Arts season truly cemented his legacy as one of Boston’s most impactful arts leaders.   Among the many accolades that he enjoyed in his final year, Gary received the International Society of Performing Arts Presenters (ISPA)

Patrick Hayes Award for transformative leadership and innovation in the performing arts; received an Honorary Doctorate from New England Conservatory; and was honored by the Rose Kennedy Greenway for his extraordinary leadership alongside Cheryl Cronin of Boston Public Market and Carole Charnow of Boston Children’s Museum (who also retired this year).

Performing Arts friends, supporters, staff, and artists gathered to celebrate Gary’s achievements. The evening included a surprise performance from a local jazz “supergroup” curated by Ken Field (on saxophone and flute) featuring Jesse Taitt on keyboard and Max Ridley on acoustic bass. They were also joined by Christylez Bacon, hip-hop artist, who performed a “freestyle” rap in honor of Gary. Joshua Boger, Chair of the Board, presented a certificate of recognition on behalf of the City of Boston and distributed red noses to the crowd in a hilarious reference to Gary’s prior tenure at the Big Apple Circus.   Gary’s many achievements during his tenure will reverberate at Vivo Performing Arts, and throughout Boston, for many years to come. Thank you, Gary, for everything.

The organization officially bid farewell to Gary on Tuesday, May 19 at the Exchange Conference Center at the Seaport. Vivo

MARYLEN STERNWEILER AWARD FOR DEDICATED SERVICE 2026 RECIPIENT: VALERIA LOWE-BAREHMI For more than two decades, Valeria LoweBarehmi has been a dedicated champion of arts access for Boston’s young people through her enduring partnership with Vivo Performing Arts. Her relationship with our organization began around 2000 while serving as Principal of the Timilty Middle School in Roxbury, a longtime Take Your Seat partner. In that role, she ensured that students, many encountering classical music, jazz, or concert dance for the first time, were welcomed into concert halls and introduced to the transformative power of the arts. Valeria’s commitment has extended well beyond her school leadership. As a member of the Vivo Performing Arts Board of Advisors since 2018, she has contributed her perspective as an educator, advocate, and community leader. Most recently, she became one of Vivo’s first Con Vivo multiyear donors—an important milestone in our growing individual giving program—and generously allowed her pledge to serve as a matching challenge for the 2025 yearend campaign, inspiring broad community participation. Her passion for this mission is deeply personal. As a Boston Public Schools student, Valeria benefited from school-based music opportunities at a time when private lessons were beyond her family’s means. She believes that when students are given access to the arts, they begin to imagine new possibilities for themselves and their

future. Throughout her career, she witnessed that same sense of discovery among her own students, many of whom visited downtown Boston for the first time to attend a performance made possible through free tickets. Now in retirement, Valeria remains an active and committed supporter, encouraging school engagement and continued student attendance at performances such as Alvin Ailey each spring. Her leadership and generosity continue to affirm the belief that access to the arts expands horizons and creates lasting impact.

VALERIA LOWE-BAREHMI

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS Vivo Performing Arts’ free community engagement activities collaborate with 100+ community partner organizations to engage people of all ages, harnessing the creative energy of the performing arts to build thriving neighborhoods and cultivate the next generation of artists and audiences. In 2025/26 we offered 99 free activities that reached 8,624 people through the following programs: • N EIGHBORHOOD ARTS presented 25 family-friendly performances featuring 100 professional Boston-affiliated artists in neighborhood venues, reaching 2,798 audience members. • A RTISTS IN COMMUNITY offered 35 master classes, talkbacks, and open rehearsals reaching 969 students and adults alike with touring artists such as Théo Ould, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Chucho Valdés.

THÉO OULD ARTIST TALK AT DARBY VASSALL UPPER SCHOOL, DECEMBER 2025

TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY CLASS AT BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY, FEBRUARY 2026

REACHING THE NEXT GENERATION From lecture-demonstrations in front of packed school assemblies, to student interviews with Neighborhood Arts artists, to observing sound checks and meeting the artists afterward, in the past season, Vivo: • E ngaged 5,041 youth through 46 opportunities with 25 schools and youth-serving organizations. • P resented five Neighborhood Arts performances featuring seven youth arts organizations alongside professional musicians. • C ommunity Partner Tickets distributed 4,646 free or $10 tickets to community partner groups whose members would otherwise not be able to afford to attend.

This array of programming ensures that every youth participant finds their most comfortable and meaningful way to engage with the arts.

ZAHILI ZAMORA & FRIENDS AT ARLINGTON STREET CHURCH, MAY 2026

“ The coupling of the concert series with educational activities is CRUCIAL and much appreciated. I wish, as a young aspiring musician, to have been exposed to professional musicians as these young students are today...” – Zahili Zamora, Neighborhood Arts artist

ROXBURY INITIATIVE The Roxbury Initiative builds upon 12 years of Vivo Performing Arts’ Community Engagement activities by deepening impact within a single neighborhood. Our threepronged approach expands program offerings, broadens partnerships, and in 2026/27 will introduce our first-ever Roxbury Artist-in-Residence program. Artists, venues, and audiences within Roxbury receive production, marketing, and curatorial support. Partnerships with social service organizations as well as faith-based, youth, and educational institutions amplifies the visibility of these programs. Our community engagement team is dedicated to building meaningful relationships with Roxbury’s artists, residents, and institutions. With philanthropic support sustaining a fouryear commitment in Roxbury, this pilot program will evaluate shared outcomes to assess the new model for future replication in other neighborhoods. The second year of this initiative saw the following results for our key goals:

SHOWCASE ROXBURY AS A DESTINATION FOR THE ARTS FOR LOCALS AND VISITORS ALIKE: • Through intimate experiences, in the 2025/26 season we reached over 1,500 people through 27 concerts, workshops, and school visits in Roxbury. • First Church Roxbury was added as a venue in our Neighborhood Arts season, joining Roxbury Community College and the Shaw-Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library.

CASTLE OF OUR SKINS & BOSTON CHILDREN’S CHORUS AT SALVATION ARMY KROC CENTER, MARCH 2026

AILEYDANCE FOR ACTIVE AGING WORKSHOP, MARCH 2026

JEAN APPOLON EXPRESSIONS AT ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 2025

STRENGTHEN THE ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD’S CULTURAL SECTOR’S RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, AND CONNECTIONS: • Developed partnerships with 21 distinct Roxbury-based organizations across a range of programs serving different audiences and interests. • I ncreased our commitment of resources to the Roxbury Concert Series at the Shaw-Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library. • D rove economic activity to the neighborhood through our Catalyst Grants and by featuring Roxbury partners in our Giving Tuesday campaigns. • P artnered with Central Boston Elder Services, Dewitt Center, Roxbury YMCA, and UU Urban Ministry/First Church Roxbury to bring the AileyDance for Active Aging program to seniors (see page 16 for more information).

AILEYDANCE FOR ACTIVE AGING WORKSHOP, MARCH 2026

ALVIN AILEY DANCE WORKSHOP AT JEAN APPOLON EXPRESSIONS DANCE CENTER, MAY 2026

Thanks to Lizbeth & George Krupp for their leadership support of Vivo Performing Arts’ programming in Roxbury.

“ You all are great at fulfilling our needs and adapting as necessary. It can be challenging to be a liaison between arts organizations and community partners, but you all do a great job managing this to make it as easy as possible for community partners.” – Yawkey Boys & Girls Club of Roxbury

JONATHAN SUAZO & FRIENDS AT ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MARCH 2026

ROXBURY INITIATIVE CATALYST FUND The Catalyst Fund supports projects and programs implemented in Roxbury by organizations that partner with Vivo Performing Arts. Investing in their work raises the profile of Roxbury’s cultural offerings and deepens our collaboration. In this first year, we supported four partners with their Roxbury-based projects: • CITY STRINGS UNITED: Upgrades to using iPads instead of printed music sheets, and to assist youth in their mentoring program. • COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF BOSTON: Purchasing equipment for youth to use in their new Roxbury location’s production studio. • JEAN APPOLON EXPRESSIONS DANCE CENTER: Supporting free programming during Haitian Heritage Month in May, encouraging more people to see their new studio and increasing visibility. • Y AWKEY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: Supporting their art week program in May, including costumes for youth dancers and panel discussion with local artists talking to youth about their careers.

MOVEMENT WORKSHOP WITH MUSIC FROM THE SOLE AT ROXBURY YMCA, OCTOBER 2025

2025/26 ARTISTS: ROXBURY INITIATIVE & NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS Olivia Pérez-Collellmir Quartet, Flamenco-influenced Latin jazz Jason Palmer & Kevin Harris, jazz Manuela Sanchez Goubert Sextet, South American jazz Kaila Vandever & Charles Overton, jazz Adrian Anantawan, Jennifer Hsiao & Berklee Inclusion Ensemble, classical/contemporary Nino de los Reyes, Leo Blanco, Rafael Heredia, Flamenco dance and Latin music Kevin Harris, Sheryl Bailey, & Jean Strauss, jazz Biribá Union trio, global music Sol y Canto Quintet, pan-Latin music Jean Appolon Expressions, Haitian contemporary dance Zakiyyah Septet, “hip hopera” Edmar Colón Ensemble & Friends, Puerto Rican jazz Christopher Elchico & Boston Conservatory String Quartet, classical

Castle of our Skins, Black classical Juan Ruiz & Camila Cortina, Itay Dayan Quintet, & Celine Ferro, Latin/Klezmer/jazz Christopher Elchico, Christine Lee, & Randall Hodgkinson, Classical chamber music Eduardo Betancourt, Leo Blanco, Carlos Capacho, Carlos Sulbaran, Venezuelan folk/jazz Jonathan Suazo & Friends, Puerto Rican jazz B.E. Boykin, composer, contemporary classical choral Mike Block & Ricardo Sardinas, cello John Paul McGee Sextet, Gospejazzical Zahili Zamora Ensemble, Cuban/traditional jazz & originals Carlos Vargas, Mickey Katz & Sophia Szokolay, classical chamber music

THANK YOU TO 2025/26 COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

SCHOOLS

826 Boston, Ágora Cultural

Age Strong Commission, Arlington Street Church, Asian American & Pacific Islanders Commission, Bethel A.M.E. Church, Boston Fire Fighters, Boston Public Library, Boys and Girls Club of Boston - Blue Hill, Boys and Girls Club of Boston - Orchard Gardens, Brighton Branch, Boston Public Library, Central Boston Elder Services, City Hall Plaza, City Life/Vida Urbana, Dewitt Center, Eastern Mass Big Brothers & Sisters, Extinction Rebellion, The Foundry, Goddard House, Grove Hall Community Center, Hearth at Olmsted Green, Japan Society of Boston, LGBTQ Senior Housing The Pryde, Local 26, Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition, MIT Arts Scholars, MIT Ashdown House, Pine Street Inn, Prison Book Program, Refuge Point, Rian Immigrant Center, Roxbury YMCA, Salvation Army Kroc Center, Shaw-Roxbury Branch, Boston Public Library, Twelfth Baptist Church, Union Church, Upstander Project, UU Urban Ministry/First Church Roxbury, Wellness Collective, Winchester A Better Chance, Women’s Lunch Place, Woods Mullen Shelter, Yawkey Boys & Girls Club of Roxbury

Amigos K-8 School, Berklee College of Music, Boston Arts Academy, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA), Boston Latin School, Boston Renaissance Charter School, Boston University Choral Department, Conservatory Lab Charter School, The Croft School, Darby Vassall Upper School, Eliot School, Fenway Pilot High School, Hurley K-8 School, International Institute of New England, John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics & Science, Josiah Quincy Lower and Upper Schools, Longy School of Music of Bard College, Margarita Muñiz Academy, New England Conservatory, North Bennet Street School, Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School, Rivers School, Roxbury Community College, Ruth Batson Academy, Sarah Roberts K-6 School, Sumner Upper School, Winship School

Architects, BalletRox, Boston Children’s Chorus, Boston City Singers, Boston Music Project, Boston String Academy, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Brighter Boston, Circus Up, City Ballet of Boston, City Strings United, Community Arts Center Cambridge, Community Music Center of Boston, Front Porch Arts Collective, Handel + Haydn Youth Chamber Choir, Huntington Theater Community Membership Initiative, Hyde Square Task Force, Jean Appolon Expressions Studio, Jo-Mé Dance, MIDDay Movement, Mission Hill Arts Festival, Multicultural Arts Center, musiConnects, Opening Doors to the Arts, Project STEP, The Record Company, Inc., Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts, Roxbury Concert Series, Shelter Music Boston, Sociedad Latina, Veronica Robles Cultural Center, ZUMIX

AILEYDANCE FOR ACTIVE AGING Vivo Performing Arts brought AileyDance for Active Aging to Boston for the first time—a free dance program for adults 65 and older, led by teaching artists Amos Machanic, Jr. and Jessica St. Vil from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Through 14 classes at eight locations across Dorchester, Hyde Park, Roxbury, and the South End, 202 participants discovered that dance is not a spectator sport. In each class, participants brainstormed words that came to mind when they thought of “dance,” then worked with the teaching artists to choreograph an original piece built from those words. Many also learned excerpts from Revelations, Ailey’s iconic 1960 ballet, connecting their own life experience to a masterpiece nearly seven decades old. Modifications throughout meant no one was left out: participants could sit or stand and move at their own pace.

The response spoke for itself. One participant attended at least five classes across different neighborhoods, telling teaching artists the experience “made her feel good.” Others who arrived saying “I’m just going to watch” ended up joining in. As one teaching artist put it, “I still feel the joy two weeks later.” This program builds on relationships Vivo began through last year’s Ailey Revelations Celebration project, deepening our roots in Boston neighborhoods where creative, dignified programming for older adults is too often out of reach. We’re grateful to the Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation and Lizbeth and George Krupp— both supporting this work as part of the Roxbury Initiative—as well as Cherié Butts, PhD and Point32Health, whose generosity made this program possible. To see the full impact report, visit us online at: vivoarts.org/adaa-impactreport

“ I would just like to emphasize how beneficial this partnership has been. The dancers brought a skill and a lightness to our program and the members are still raving about it today.” – Ayana Green, Boston Center for Youth & Families - Grove Hall Senior Center

AILEYDANCE FOR ACTIVE AGING WORKSHOP, MARCH 2026

AILEY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM In spring 2026, our Ailey Ambassador program had its most successful year yet. Seventeen community-rooted leaders from across Greater Boston joined the effort—five of them new to the program, twelve returning for another season— each equipped with a social media toolkit and a personal discount code to share with their networks. The result: 655 tickets sold to several groups including schools, libraries, university student groups, and dance organizations like Abilities Dance, Evolve Dynamicz, Monkey House, and Novum Dance Collective. Along the way,

ambassadors heard from Tonya Cook of Atlanta’s Ailey Ambassador program, connecting our efforts to a wider network doing similar work across the country. More than ticket sales, the Ailey Ambassador program strengthens relationships with community leaders and opens doors into neighborhoods Vivo Performing Arts hasn’t always been able to reach on its own. Each ambassador is a trusted connector, bringing Vivo Performing Arts, the Ailey company, and new audiences together—one invitation at a time.

THANK YOU TO 2025/26 AILEY AMBASSADORS Adrienne Hawkins

Boston Dance Studios/DCA Artistic Director, Impulse Dance Company of Boston

Allison Rebecca Penn

Writer and Creative Movement Artist Member, Novum Dance Collective Member, Improv Dynamicz

Amir Tadmor

Member, Board of Advisors, Vivo Performing Arts Program Manager, The Kalaniyot Foundation

Angie Dickerson

Boston Rhythm Riders Line Dance Movement

Berline Thermidor

Dancer, Choreographer, and Educator Faculty, Urbanity Dance

Dayenne C. Walters

Dillon Rogers

Boston-based Dancer

Jenny Oliver

Meg McGrath

Executive Director, Jean Appolon Expressions

Educator, Performer, Choreographer, Arts Advocate Founder, Modern Connections

Olawumi Akinwumi

Katie Logan

Executive Artistic Director, The Dance Complex Artistic Director, Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion

Dancer, Choreographer, Educator

Leland Owen Clarke, EdD

Professor of the Practice, Musicology & Ethnomusicology, Boston University College of Fine Arts Member, Board of Advisors, Vivo Performing Arts

Madison Wagaman

Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer

CEO & Creative Director, AfroDesiaCity

Peter DiMuro

Sharon Montella

Hip Hop Ballerina Singer

Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga

Founding Artistic Director, OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center Founder and CEO, ShapeUp with Shaumba

Madi Beumee

Social Media/Manychat Strategist, Content Creator

Arts Liaison, Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry Founder, Billboard Hope

CELEBRATING AMERICA 250 As the nation marked its 250th anniversary, we turned to the stage to reflect on what that history means today: bringing communities together with Yo-Yo Ma, honoring Boston’s own Phillis Wheatley through a new choral commission, and tracing two and a half centuries of American song with Ruckus and Davóne Tines. We the People: A Night to Remember Yo-Yo Ma believes music is “an engine for our imagination.” For We the People: Celebrating our Shared Humanity, he brought that vision to Symphony Hall, performing Bach’s suites for unaccompanied cello to a sold-out audience including 1,000 free ticket holders from 54 community organizations, many attending their first concert there. A simulcast reached thousands more across the Commonwealth. Audience members exchanged handwritten hopes for 2050 on seed paper, and Ma’s surprise encore guest—Boston Mayor Michelle Wu— brought the house to its feet. We the People was made possible by Barbara & Amos Hostetter and the Barr Foundation with additional support provided by the Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation.

YO-YO MA WE THE PEOPLE, NOVEMBER 2025

I Dream A World Youth Choral Festival For America’s 250th anniversary, three Boston youth choirs—Boston Children’s Chorus, Boston City Singers, and Handel + Haydn Society Youth Chorus—filled Roxbury Community College’s Media Arts Center with free music, including choral settings of Langston Hughes’ poem “I Dream a World.” The performance culminated in a 100-singer world premiere: Freedom Hymn (A Cento): Ode to Our Muse of Morning, composer B.E. Boykin’s tribute to Phillis Wheatley, Boston’s own poet and the first published African American author. Ruckus and Davóne Tines, Bass-Baritone, What Is Your Hand In This? Bass-baritone Davóne Tines brings razorsharp curiosity to stories of perseverance and identity; early music band Ruckus plays period instruments and works with the spontaneity of a jazz session. Together, marking the Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary, they wove Revolutionary-era hymns and ballads through the pre-Civil War period, the Civil Rights era, and today.

I DREAM A WORLD YOUTH CHORAL FESTIVAL, APRIL 2026

THE 2025/26 SEASON IN REVIEW 2025/26 SUBSCRIPTION SEASON BY THE NUMBERS

ticketed performances

Vivo Performing Arts Debuts

50,039 in-person attendees

CLASSICAL HIGHLIGHTS Classical music in 2025/26 offered a panoramic view of brilliance and artistic achievement from returning artists and exciting newcomers alike. Two themes stood out, spanning the musical spectrum from Bach’s clarity to Romantic symphonic majesty.

Orchestras In February, Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra performed Mahler’s Third Symphony, featuring mezzo-soprano Gerhild Romberger, Boston Lyric Opera chorus members, and boys of the St. Paul’s Choir School, in a sublime, overwhelming evening.

BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA AND IVÁN FISCHER, FEBRUARY 2026

1,572

student tickets distributed

7,641

new audience members welcomed

In March, the Vienna Philharmonic, led by Andris Nelsons and co-presented with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, made its first appearance on our season in over 20 years. A capacity crowd heard Mahler’s First Symphony and Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto with Lang Lang as soloist. We also got a thrilling preview of one of American music’s most electrifying partnerships, as Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC WITH CONDUCTOR ANDRIS NELSONS AND PIANIST LANG LANG, MARCH 2026

BACH BY THE BOOK Complete suites by J.S. Bach, in the hands of brilliant soloists, offered clarity, elegance, and the satisfaction of journeying through works that laid the foundation of European classical music. Pianist Yunchan Lim performed Bach’s Goldberg Variations in his solo recital debut at Symphony Hall, offering a luminous reading of the work’s architecture and emotional landscape.

YUNCHAN LIM, OCTOBER 2025

Yo-Yo Ma shared Bach’s Six Suites for unaccompanied cello at Symphony Hall and with simulcast audiences across the Commonwealth, inviting more than 6,000 participants to reflect on community and hope. Mayor Michelle Wu was his surprise guest for a charming encore. (see page 18) French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard made a long-awaited company debut with a bold account of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, at NEC’s Jordan Hall.

YO-YO MA, NOVEMBER 2025

PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, APRIL 2026

JAZZ HIGHLIGHTS This season’s jazz performances spanned generations and styles, from the contemplative rigor of the Tyshawn Sorey Trio to the exuberant piano and percussion of Alfredo Rodríguez and Pedrito Martínez.

TYSHAWN SOREY TRIO, JANUARY 2026

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Meshell Ndegeocello’s Gospel of James Baldwin, and Isaiah Collier’s tribute to the late Coltrane offered searching, exacting music that demands your attention and surprises you with its detours and subversions. Embodying the art form’s long history as a platform for exhilarating virtuosity and communal expression, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Alfredo Rodríguez/Pedrito Martínez duo brought big-band showmanship and Afro-Cuban joy, built to dazzle and delight.

CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT, NOVEMBER 2025

Chucho Valdés brought it all together: audacious, varied musicianship delivered with irrepressible warmth, leading his Royal Quartet expressly built to showcase next-generation Cuban talent.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS, JANUARY 2026

CHUCHO VALDÉS

DANCE HIGHLIGHTS This season celebrated dance as a living, collaborative art form and as a platform for a choreographer’s vision and singular point of view. Two works pushed co-creation to new frontiers: Music From The Sole returned with House is Open, Going Dark, an intimate look at musiciansturned-dancers and dancers-turned-musicians building a piece together. In Metamorphosis, Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion teamed with choreographers Lil Buck and Jon Boogz to fuse live music and street-dance styles into a meditation on human duality and growth. The season also spotlighted visionary American choreographers. Camille A. Brown & Dancers brought the emotionally rich I AM., embodying and exploring Black joy and self-becoming. Trisha Brown Dance Company made its long-awaited debut on our stages with a three-work survey of the postmodern icon’s career. And Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater—the choreographerfounded company that has grown into a global institution—returned under new Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, with local premieres, revivals, and Revelations.

MUSIC FROM THE SOLE, OCTOBER 2025

THIRD COAST PERCUSSION WITH MOVEMENT ART IS, NOVEMBER 2025

CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS, NOVEMBER 2025

TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY, FEBRUARY 2026

IN GOOD COMPANY A season at Vivo Performing Arts is measured in more than performances. Three times this year, our community gathered for its own sake—Members, artists, staff, and friends in one room—to say hello, to celebrate, and to say a fond farewell.

Hello, Vivo On a cold January evening, we said our new name out loud, in public, for the first time. Vivo means “I live” in Spanish and Italian; vivace, its musical cousin, is what a composer writes when the music should move. Among friends old and new, the room lived up to the name. It’s Time to SHINE! Co-chairs Debra and Joseph Corrado welcomed 300 guests to the April 2026 SHINE! Gala, where sponsors and ticket buyers shared tables with artists, community members, and people attending their first Vivo performance. Together they raised more than $1 million in support of our work on and off the stage. See pages 32–33. Thank You, Gary Fifteen years takes a while to toast. In May, Board Chair Joshua Boger went first, and then it was everyone else’s turn: artists Gary Dunning brought to Boston, the staff he hired, and supporters who have been part of our community since his first season.

2025/26 FINANCIALS Vivo Performing Arts realized an operating surplus of $75,852 in the 2025/26 season, buoyed by a strong fundraising year and a record-breaking gala. Those gains, however, were offset in part by lower-than-expected ticket sales as well as one-time non-operating expenses (not illustrated here) that act as investments in the organization’s future, including executive search and organizational re-brand. Multi-year major gift fundraising through the launch of the Con Vivo fundraising initiative (see page 29) and strong investment returns added more than $3M to the balance sheet.

2025/26 BY THE NUMBERS Operating Expenses by Category

Operating Revenue & Support

Free vs. Ticketed Events

8% 13% 79%

61%

40%

Program Costs

Earned Revenue

Free Events & Activities

Administrative Costs

Contributed Revenue

Ticketed Events

Fundraising Costs

60%

39%

2025/26 FINANCIALS FY2026

FY2025

Operating Revenue and Support Operating Revenue Performance Revenue (Gross) (Commissions and Fees) Stabilization and Processing Fees Total Operating Revenue

$4,194,443 $(342,400) $214,819 $4,066,862

$4,738,109 $(433,901) $285,965 $4,590,173

Operating Support General Contributions and Special Funding Special Events (net) Endowment and Other Income Total Operating Support

$3,919,256 $566,646 $1,822,304 $6,308,206

$3,355,486 $488,831 $1,727,368 $5,571,685

Total Operating Revenue & Support

$10,375,068

$10,161,858

$8,154,374 $817,545 $1,327,297

$7,858,684 $860,785 $1,152,507

$10,299,216

$9,871,976

$75,852

$289,882

Operating Expenses Performance and Community Engagement Management and General Fundraising Total Operating Expenses Net for FY

GRATITUDE Vivo Performing Arts thanks our communities of individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies who made possible our work in the 2025/26 season. The lists that follow reflect gifts as of June 30, 2026. If your name is missing, or if you believe you were listed in error, please contact the Advancement department at: advancement@vivoperformingarts.org or (617) 598-3232.

2025/26 Corporate, Foundation, and Government Support Principal Producers ($50,000+) Anonymous Barr Foundation Crescendo Donor Advised Fund Google Liberty Mutual Foundation Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation Mass Cultural Council Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation Producers ($25,000–$49,999) Anonymous Klarman Family Foundation Schrafft Charitable Trust Angels ($10,000–$24,999) Arts Consulting Group The Catered Affair GBH Music Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation Port Lighting Systems Royal Little Family Foundation Stifler Family Foundation

Sponsors ($5,000–$9,999) AVFX Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation The Frederick Loewe Foundation M&T Bank Rafanelli Events Management Partners ($2,500–$4,999) Biogen Foundation Cambridge Arts Council The Colonnade Hotel Egloff & Wood, LLP Elphaba Fund PEAK Event Services Table & Tulip

MARTHA H. JONES SOCIETY FOR LIFETIME GIVING The Martha H. Jones Society for Lifetime Giving was established in 2018 in honor of former President & Executive Director Martha H. Jones. The Society honors the following individuals and institutions whose cumulative gifts to Vivo Performing Arts have met or exceeded $100,000. INDIVIDUALS $2,000,000+ Amy & Joshua Boger Stephanie L. Brown Jann E. Leeming & Arthur D. Little Eleanor & Frank Pao The Thonis Family $1,000,000–$1,999,999 Anonymous (2) Leslie & Howard Appleby Donna & Michael Egan Susanne Marcus Collins Belinda Termeer $500,000–$999,999 Jill & David Altshuler Amy & Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes Yvette & Lawrence Hochberg Paul L. King Lizbeth & George Krupp Rabb Family Foundations Cynthia & John S. Reed Reuben Reynolds & Bill Casey Dr. Lawrence Stifler & Mary McFadden Dorothy & Stephen Weber Miriam M. Wood & Charles O. Wood, III $250,000–$499,999 Anonymous (2) Dr. Harris A. Berman & Ruth Nemzoff Michael & Adrianne Canning Caroline & Bob Collings Frances DeMoulas Kettenbach Kathleen & Chris Gaffney Gabor Garai & Susan Pravda Drs. Joan & Alfred Goldberg Harriet & David Griesinger Kathleen & Steven Haley Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin Andrea & Frederick Hoff

Peter & Anna Kolchinsky Nancy & Richard Lubin Susan Matz Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford Sally S. Seaver, PhD Samuel & Gretchen Shubrooks Marylen Sternweiler Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy Sanjay & Sangeeta Verma Nancy Richmond Winsten $100,000–$249,999 Anonymous Paul Belanger & Teri Groome Joan & Steven Belkin Ann Bitetti Katie & Paul Buttenwieser Julia Byers & Steven Holtzman Joseph & Kathleen Cefalu Joanne & Larry Cheng Rosalie Cohen Debra & Joseph Corrado Ms. Dale Coxe JoAnne & Charles Dickinson Timothy W. Diggins & Deborah Coleman Diggins The Goldenheim Family Rosalind Gorin & Matthew Budd Garth & Lindsay Greimann Zachary R. Haroutunian Barbara & Amos Hostetter Ilene & Richard Jacobs David R. Janero & Jeffrey A. Thomson Martha H. Jones & Christine Armstrong In memory of Blanche & George Jones Paul & Elizabeth Kastner Kate & Tom Kush Sheila Landay Stephen Leonard Alexander Levine Paul F. Levy & Farzana Mohamed Robert & Syrul Lurie

Marilyn Miller Charlotte & Gordon Moore Stewart Myers, in memory of Maureen McGuire Myers Norman & Eleanor Nicholson John David Ober John D. Patterson, Jr. & Michele Demarest Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett Michael & Debra Raizman Sharon & Howard Rich Abby & Donald Rosenfeld Jeremy Silverman & Mary Sutherland Margaret & Michael Simon Spring Sirkin & Arthur Frank Mary Elisabeth Swerz & Robert S. Sherman Barnet & Sandra Weinstein Peter J. Wender Ellen & Arnold Zetcher

INSTITUTIONS $2,000,000+ Bank of America Barr Foundation Mass Cultural Council Royal Little Family Foundation U.S. Small Business Administration $1,000,000–$1,999,999 The Boston Foundation FleetBoston Financial Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation Tufts Health Plan $500,000–$999,999 Anonymous Foley & Lardner LLP Krupp Family Foundation Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation Stifler Family Foundation

$250,000–$499,999 Anonymous Collings Foundation Deloitte LLP DeMoulas Foundation Fidelity Investments Google Liberty Mutual Foundation Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation PTC Talbots $100,000–$249,999 Anonymous (2) Joan and Steven Belkin Foundation Boch Center The Catered Affair Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC Clipper Ship Foundation Comcast Cable Emerson College The Garbis & Arminé Barsoumian Charitable Foundation Linde Family Foundation Klarman Family Foundation P&G Gillette Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation New England Foundation for the Arts New England Center For The Performing Arts Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation The Peabody Foundation Philanthropic Advisors Port Lighting Systems Mabel Louise Riley Foundation Schrafft Charitable Trust  Deceased The listings in this publication reflect activity through June 30, 2026.

CELEBRATING EXTRAORDINARY GENEROSITY In an extraordinary act of generosity, two generous donors came forward this season to invest in the future of Vivo Performing Arts: Amy & Joshua Boger and Susie & Mike Thonis. In another “first” for Vivo Performing Arts, these two gifts represent the first seven-figure gifts the organization has received outside of a capital campaign. Amy and Joshua, longtime season sponsors and devoted leadership volunteers (see page 6), committed $2.5 million to support Vivo Performing Arts through leadership and organizational transitions. Amy and Joshua’s gift will support both annual operations and the Amy & Joshua Boger Innovation Fund, a special quasiendowment fund launched in 2017 to support new and bold artistic programming. “Amy and I believe wholeheartedly in the future of this organization,” says Joshua Boger. “As we pass the baton to new leadership, we can’t think of a more important moment for us to invest generously in Vivo’s future vision and commitment to continued innovation.” Inspired by the Con Vivo multi-year giving initiative, Susie and Mike gave a special, unrestricted $1 million gift of annual operating support for the next five years. Longtime Director and Patron Engagement Committee Chair Susie Thonis and her husband Michael have also served as season co-sponsors for the past two seasons, and are deeply committed to nurturing new works and artists.

“Vivo Performing Arts holds such a special place in our hearts,” says Susie Thonis. “Mike and I are inspired by the artists, the performances, and, most importantly, the people who make this extraordinary organization so special and unique. Our family couldn’t be prouder to support the Vivo family, and we were honored to support the Con Vivo initiative this season.”

SUSIE AND MIKE THONIS

AMY AND JOSHUA BOGER

CON VIVO SUPPORTERS Thank you to our Con Vivo donors, who have pledged annual fund support of $5,000 or more for multiple years to the organization. Con Vivo, a musical notation which means “with life,” demonstrates that this group of committed supporters is enthusiastically “with Vivo.” We thank these generous donors for committing annual general operating support at the following levels for multiple years: $100,000+

Amy & Joshua Boger Lizbeth & George Krupp The Thonis Family

$50,000–$99,999

Anonymous Jill & David Altshuler Barr Foundation Liberty Mutual Foundation Lawrence T. Stifler & Mary McFadden, in honor of Gary Dunning

$25,000–$49,999

Anonymous Klarman Family Foundation Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford Sally S. Seaver, PhD Samuel & Gretchen Shubrooks Jeremy Silverman & Mary Sutherland

$5,000–$24,999 Paul Belanger & Teri Groome Cherié Butts, PhD Debra & Joseph Corrado Alexandra Fuchs & Gideon Argov Garth & Lindsay Greimann Paul V. Kastner Valeria Lowe-Barehmi Marilyn Miller Drs. John Mordes & Regina Yando Eleanor & Frank Pao, in honor of Gary Dunning Chrissie & Rich Parker, MD Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett Charlie Popper, MD Margaret & Michael Simon Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy Sharon R. Weinstein, MD and Peter B. Finn Listing as of June 30, 2026

If your name was inadvertently omitted or misspelled, we apologize and ask that you contact us at advancement@vivoperformingarts.org so that we may correct your listing for future programs. Want to learn more? Reach out to eborababy@vivoperformingarts.org.

AMY D’ABLEMONT BURNES, RYAN EDWARDS, & DR. BETH PINALS

GARY BAILEY, DHL, MSW, ACSW & CHERIÉ BUTTS, PHD

ENDOWMENT FUND SUPPORTERS Thank you to the generous supporters of the Vivo Performing Arts Endowment Fund which provides long term financial support of the organization’s mission to enrich and inspire our community through exceptional live performances. Anonymous (7) Leslie & Howard Appleby Keith Backman, in memory of Dr. Ulla Hansen Dr. Harris A. Berman & Ruth Nemzoff Roz & Wally Bernheimer Ann Besser Scott Amy & Joshua Boger Nadine & Paul Broude Stephanie L. Brown Katie & Paul Buttenwieser Michael & Adrianne Canning Joseph & Kathleen Cefalu Stuart Cohen Mark H. Cooley, MD Jolyon Cowan & Vanessa Trien Timothy W. Diggins & Deborah Coleman Diggins Anne & Gary Dunning Donna & Michael Egan Dr. Mary Jane Ferraro Kathleen & Chris Gaffney Alfred Goldberg The Goldenheim Family Rosalind Gorin & Matthew Budd Garth & Lindsay Greimann Stephen C. Harrison & Tomas Kirchhausen Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin Yvette & Lawrence Hochberg Ilisa Hurowitz & Nicholas Alexander Ilene & Richard Jacobs In memory of Blanche & George Jones Paul & Elizabeth Kastner Lisa Kelly-Croswell & Tom Croswell

Kate & Tom Kush Stephen M. Leonard Alexander Levine Cerise Lim Jacobs, for Charles Theresa C. McLoud, MD Marilyn Miller Charlotte & Gordon Moore Norman & Eleanor Nicholson Eleanor & Frank Pao John Patterson & Michele Demarest Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford Drs. Stuart & Barbara Pizer Suzanne Priebatsch Melinda & James Rabb Reuben Reynolds & Bill Casey Sharon & Howard Rich Malcolm & Mona Roberts Royal Little Family Foundation Sally S. Seaver, PhD Sandra Shapiro & John Kirsch Samuel & Gretchen Shubrooks Nancy Stavis Catherine & Joel Stein Lawrence T. P. Stifler & Mary McFadden Mary Elisabeth Swerz & Robert S. Sherman The Thonis Family Drs. Elizabeth & Stephen Tréhu Eric & Sarah Ward Dorothy & Stephen Weber Peter J. Wender  Deceased

If your name was inadvertently omitted or misspelled, we apologize and ask that you contact advancement@vivoperformingarts.org so that we may correct your listing for future programs. Listing as of June 30, 2026

AMY & JOSHUA BOGER INNOVATION FUND SUPPORTERS Thank you to the generous supporters of the Vivo Performing Arts Amy & Joshua Boger Innovation Fund which provides funding for innovative programming central to the organization’s vision for the future. Boger Innovation Fund gifts support projects such as artist debuts, new initiatives that enhance our community engagement work, and investments in personnel and infrastructure to ensure industry-leading live performance experiences. Anonymous (5) The Aliad Fund Jill & David Altshuler, in honor of Joshua Boger Leslie & Howard Appleby Dr. Gary Bailey Cornelia Barloiu Paul Belanger & Teri Groome Dr. Harris A. Berman & Ruth Nemzoff Amy & Joshua Boger Emily Borababy & Adam Einhorn Nadine & Paul Broude Karen Brown & Michael Plum Stephanie L. Brown Julia Byers & Steven Holtzman Martin Carmichael & Dr. Lisa Gruenberg Fernadina Chan & Albert Wong Dr. Ginger Chappell Joanne & Larry Cheng Jolyon Cowan & Vanessa Trien Dale & Peter Coxe Amy & Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes Anne Doremus

Anne & Gary Dunning Cathy Edwards & Mike Wishnie Susan Y. Friedman & Norm Appel Kathleen & Chris Gaffney Susan, Charles, & David Gessner Alfred Goldberg Garth & Lindsay Greimann Stephen C. Harrison & Tomas Kirchhausen Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin Andrea & Frederick Hoff Heidi Hutton, in honor of Gary Dunning Martha H. Jones & Christine Armstrong Paul & Elizabeth Kastner Peter & Anna Kolchinsky Nathan & Jacqueline Kono Kate & Tom Kush Valeria Lowe-Barehmi Glenda Mattes & Steve Corbin Andrew Moreau Norman & Eleanor Nicholson Eleanor & Frank Pao Chrissie & Rich Parker, MD

SHINE! GALA PRODUCING SPONSORS AMY & ETHAN D’ABLEMONT BURNES CELEBRATE WITH THEIR GUESTS

Ellen & James Perrin Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford Melinda & James Rabb Michael & Debra Raizman Sharon & Howard Rich Malcolm & Mona Roberts Millard Rose & Elizabeth Lacey Dr. Michael & Brenda Silverman Margaret & Michael Simon Allen & Margaret Steere Catherine & Joel Stein Marylen Sternweiler Belinda Termeer The Thonis Family Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy Paul & Jennifer Sudduth Walsh Eric & Sarah Ward Barnet & Sandra Weinstein Sharon R. Weinstein, MD Madeleine Wing Adler & Frederick S. Lane Nancy Richmond Winsten  Deceased

Listing as of June 30, 2026

2026 SHINE! GALA Named Boston magazine’s Best of Boston 2026 Best Gala, the 2026 SHINE! Gala took place on Saturday, April 25, 2026 at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts. The event, produced by Rafanelli Events, featured a cocktail hour, beautiful decor, delicious dinner and dessert by The Catered Affair, and an unforgettable live performance. The gala raised more than $1 million in support of Vivo Performing Arts. Many thanks to cochairs Debra & Joseph Corrado and the support of our many attendees. Three hundred people filled the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, with over 44 cultural and community organizations represented. The night’s most quintessential moments of live performance joy included a room of dinner guests spontaneously dancing to Tony-award winner LaChanze’s uninhibited energy and a DJed after-party with DJ Chris Roxx, augmented with live musicians on percussion and electric guitar.

$1M+

raised for Vivo Performing Arts

300

guests at the Cyclorama

organizations represented through SHINE! for All

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS! Thank you to our generous 2026 SHINE! Gala supporters who celebrate the impact of exceptional live performance and valued, life-long experiences for our Greater Boston community. Listing as of June 30, 2026. Co-Chairs Debra & Joseph Corrado

Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford Reuben Reynolds

SHINE! Gala Presenting Sponsors Amy & Joshua Boger Crescendo Donor Advised Fund

SHINE! Gala Partygoers American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Christopher Barton Boston Common Asset Management Sharon Chirban Tim Deryaga Margaret Eagle Alexandra Fuchs & Gideon Argov Rosalind Gorin & Matthew Budd Teri Groome & Paul Belanger Paul & Kay Hartung Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin Joan Helpern Goldberg Ilisa Hurowitz & Nicholas Alexander Maurice Peter Joffe Rachel V. Kemp Kate & Tom Kush Israel Meir & Steve Rivera Gordon & Charlotte Moore

SHINE! Gala Producing Sponsors Amy & Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes SHINE! Gala Supporters Leslie & Howard Appleby The Thonis Family GLOW! Gala Supporters BioStrategics Consulting Ltd and Brenda & Michael Silverman C. Butts and Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett Michael & Adrianne Canning Debra & Joseph Corrado Dr. Ivana Magovčević-Liebisch & Lars Liebisch

John D. Patterson, Jr. & Michele Demarest Jeremy Silverman & Mary Sutherland Margaret & Michael Simon Lori & John Solon Dr. Lawrence Stifler & Mary McFadden Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy Dr. Sharon Weinstein & Mr. Peter Finn Janet & Ron Zwanziger SHINE! Cabaret and SHINE! Young Professional Cabaret Partygoers Anonymous AAFCPAs Alexis Bader Dr. Gary Bailey Brenna Eagan & Jacob Goldman Emily Eagan Deborah Friedman & Dr. David Hoffman, in honor of Barbara Hoffman Ellen Glanz & Richard Berger Meghan Klaric

Matt Martin Elsa Mosquera Sterenberg/ Ágora Cultural Architects Rich Parker, MD Charlie Popper Kristin Qian, PhD Amir Tadmor & Ido Sagi Gala Donations, Paddle Bids, and SHINE! for All Donations Anonymous (16) Nicole Agois & Pierre Hurel Jill & David Altshuler, in honor of Gary Dunning Beatrice Anantawan Leslie & Howard Appleby, in honor of Gary Dunning Jean Appolon Dr. Gary Bailey, in honor of Gary Dunning Chris Bardon Meryl Beckingham, in honor of Gary Dunning Adam & Jacqui Bispham Dr. Cheryl Blanchard & Mr. Ramsey Railsback Amy & Joshua Boger, in honor of Gary Dunning In honor of Josh Boger In honor of Joshua & Amy Boger Susanna Bonta Emily Borababy & Adam Einhorn, in honor of Gary Dunning Sara & Matt Brookner, in honor of Gary Dunning C. Butts, in honor of Gary Dunning Adrianne & Michael Canning, in honor of Gary Dunning Central Boston Elder Services Joanne & Larry Cheng, in honor of Gary Dunning John & Barbara Chickosky, in honor of Gary Dunning Dr. Sharon Chirban Kendrick Chow & Ellie Choi Debra & Joseph Corrado, in honor of Gary Dunning Jeff Corrado & Sara Pleskow Crescendo Donor Advised Fund, in honor of Gary Dunning Tom & Lisa Croswell Amy & Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes, in honor of Gary Dunning Michel & Audrey Dahan Priscilla Douglas In honor of Gary Dunning (5) Brenna Eagan & Jake Goldman Emily Eagan, in honor of Gary Dunning Margaret Eagle, in honor of Gary Dunning Eastern Bank Nancy Fisher, in honor of Gary Dunning The Flier Family Fund Angela Flores, in memory of Ruben Canales Elkan & Zelda Gamzu, in honor of Gary Dunning

Simon & Cindy Gerlin Rosalind Gorin & Matthew Budd, in honor of Gary Dunning Norm & Amy Gorin, in honor of Susie Thonis Garth & Lindsay Greimann Groome/Belanger Family Fund Teri Groome & Paul Belanger, in honor of Gary Dunning Susanne Guyer & Thad Carpen Tom Harrington & Carol Rose Mary & Tom Harrison Paul & Kay Hartung, in honor of Gary Dunning Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin, in honor of Gary Dunning Yvette & Lawrence Hochberg, in honor of Gary Dunning Andrea & Fred Hoff, in honor of Gary Dunning Ilisa Hurowitz & Nicholas Alexander Tom Huth & Bruce Danzer Heidi Hutton, in honor of Gary Dunning David R. Janero & Jeffrey A. Thomson, in honor of Gary Dunning Charles “Cap” Kane, in honor of Gary Dunning The Kelleher Family Saralyn Klepaczyk & Sean Meyers, in honor of Gary Dunning Nathan Kono, in honor of Gary Dunning Kate & Tom Kush, in honor of Gary Dunning Harrison Lee Becky & Mark Levin Valeria Lowe-Barehmi, in honor of Gary Dunning Dr. Ivana Magovčević-Liebisch & Lars Liebisch Ritika Mahal & Shyam Iyer Bonnie H. Margulies, in honor of Gary Dunning Jose Mateo & Scott Fraser Holly & Dana Mattson Meg McGrath Jeannie & Sandy McIntyre Israel Meir & Steve Rivera, in honor of Gary Dunning Allentza Michel & Family Chiara Migani James & Adam Monroe Mooraj Family Charlotte & Gordon Moore Jodie & Ken Morrison Mark & Gayle Namchuk Vawnya Nichols, in honor of Gary Dunning Regie & Katie O’Hare Gibson, in honor of Gary Dunning In memory of Althea Osterheldt Eleanor & Frank Pao, in honor of Gary Dunning Rich & Chrissie Parker Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford, in honor of Gary Dunning Colette Phillips Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett, in honor of Gary Dunning

Charlie Popper Priebatsch Family Fund, in honor of the exceptional work of all of the Vivo Performing Arts performers and staff and all that they do to enrich the Boston community. Jane Puffer Rabb Family Foundations, in honor of Gary Dunning Rafanelli Events Michael & Debra Raizman Ron Reid’s Liberty Quartet Reuben Reynolds, in honor of Gary Dunning Julian & Meryl Rich Christine & Tim Ritchie Malcolm & Mona Roberts, in honor of Gary Dunning Mark & Etta Rosen Liz & Zack Rosenthal, in honor of Gary Dunning Mama Roxx Stan & Carol Saulny Christine & Eric Savage David & Sarah Setboun Sandra Shapiro & John Kirsch Ashley & Linda Shih Sarah & Jason Shoffner Samuel & Gretchen Shubrooks Jeremy Silverman & Mary Sutherland, in honor of Gary Dunning Brenda & Michael Silverman Michael & Peggy Simon Francisco Šinigoj Sarah Spinella, in honor of Gary Dunning Blair Spotswood & Evan Lieberman Lee & Lorraine Steele Vincent L. Stephens, in honor of Jazz artists everywhere! Courtney & Benjamin Summers Mary Elisabeth Swerz & Robert Sherman Amir Tadmor & Ido Sagi, in honor of Gary Dunning The Thonis Family, in honor of Gary Dunning In memory of Ruth VP Thorne Kathryn Tyler Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy, in honor of Gary Dunning Susan & William Wagner Bianca Sigh Ward & John Ward Dorothy Altman Weber, in honor of Gary Dunning Sheryl White Vincent The Yemaya Fund Robin Young Elizabeth Zachos Janet & Ron Zwanziger Event Supporters AVFX The Catered Affair PEAK Event Services Port Lighting Systems Rafanelli Events Table & Tulip

ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS WALTER PIERCE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE FUND & HARRIS A. BERMAN AND RUTH NEMZOFF FUND FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Gifts listed here reflect commitments to the Vivo Performing Arts’ 2025/26 season as of June 30, 2026. Season Sponsors Crescendo Donor Advised Fund and The Thonis Family Founders Circle ($100,000+) Amy & Joshua Boger Stephanie L. Brown Barbara & Amos Hostetter Lizbeth & George Krupp Nancy & Richard Lubin The Estate of Marylen Sternweiler The Thonis Family Virtuoso Circle ($50K–$99,999) Anonymous Leslie & Howard Appleby Nancy Richmond Winsten* Sponsors Circle ($25K–$49,999) Anonymous (2) Jill & David Altshuler Yvette & Lawrence Hochberg Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford* Rabb Family Foundations Reuben Reynolds Sally S. Seaver, PhD* Jeremy Silverman & Mary Sutherland Dorothy & Stephen Weber* Angels Circle ($10K–$24,999) Ann Bitetti Cherié Butts, PhD Michael & Adrianne Canning Joanne & Larry Cheng Kendrick Chow & Ellie Choi Debra & Joseph Corrado Amy & Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes Sasha Ebrahimi & Andy Chess Dr. Joan Helpern Goldberg* Rosalind Gorin & Matthew Budd Andrea & Fred Hoff Paul L. King* Marilyn Miller* Drs. John Mordes & Regina Yando* Eleanor & Frank Pao John D. Patterson, Jr. & Michele Demarest Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett Michael & Debra Raizman* Samuel & Gretchen Shubrooks* Margaret & Michael Simon Marylen Sternweiler* Dr. Lawrence Stifler & Mary McFadden* Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy

Artists Circle ($5K–$9,999) Anonymous (2) Amy & David Abrams Paul Belanger & Teri Groome Robert Binney & Janet Veasey Drs. Andrea & Brad Buchbinder* Katie & Paul Buttenwieser* John & Barbara Chickosky Ms. Dale Coxe Tim Deryaga Alexandra Fuchs & Gideon Argov Garth & Lindsay Greimann* Peggy Hanratty Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin Peter E. Hornstra* Heidi Hutton Maurice Peter Joffe Paul & Elizabeth Kastner* Sheila & Charles Landay Stephen Leonard* Debbie-Joy Lipsett Valeria Lowe-Barehmi Kenneth Madden & Susan Sloane Israel Meir & Steve Rivera* Stella Owen & Geoff Chasin Steve Pittman & Jenifer Handy Charlie Popper, MD* Paul Rabin & Arlene Snyder Sharon & Howard Rich* Ann L. Rosoff Gordon & Barbara Russell Mark & Marie Schwartz Mary Elisabeth Swerz & Robert S. Sherman Eric & Sarah Ward Peter J. Wender* Leadership Circle ($2,500–4,999) Anonymous (8) James E. Aisner Lloyd Axelrod, MD* Keith Backman*, in memory of Ulla Hansen Joan & Steve Belkin Marilyn Benson* Paula & Peter Bentinck-Smith Wally & Roz Bernheimer Diana Bourgeois Vanessa M. Britto, MD Martin Carmichael & Dr. Lisa Gruenberg* William C. & Carol Beth Carroll* Fernadina Chan

Sharon Chirban John Clippinger Mary E. Darmstaetter JoAnne & Charles Dickinson* Anne & Gary Dunning Kathy & Martin Fogle Harvey & Brenda Freishtat Ms. Deborah Friedman & Dr. David Hoffman* Susan Y. Friedman & Norm Appel Mrs. Nicki N. Gamble Ellen Glanz & Richard Berger Mark Glasser & Frank McWeeny Michael Goldstein & Allison Picott Jacqueline & Peter Gordon* Marjorie & Nick Greville Harriet & David Griesinger Stephen Harrison & Tomas Kirchhausen* Paul & Kay Hartung Dr. Horacio Hojman & Natalia Golova Ilisa Hurowitz & Nicholas Alexander David R. Janero & Jeffrey A. Thomson* Hugh Johnston & Erica Johnson* Martha H. Jones* Barbara & Gerry Katz Rachel V. Kemp Eric Klotch Kate & Tom Kush* Drs. Maydee G. & Nelson P. Lande* Fred & Tamara Ledley Rebecca A. Lee Mark & Becky Levin Glenda Mattes & Steve Corbin Theresa McLoud, MD Drs. Michael & Irina Merport Donna & Robert Metafora Charlotte & Gordon Moore* Robert & Jane Morse* Ruth Nemzoff, in loving memory of her husband, Harris A. Berman, MD Norman & Eleanor Nicholson* Melody Pao Chrissie & Rich Parker, MD* Ellen & James Perrin* Suzanne Priebatsch Libby Roberts Malcolm & Mona Roberts* Elaine & Art Robins* Etta & Mark Rosen Allison K. Ryder & David B. Jones Robert N. Shapiro*

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shope* Robert Siefert & Maureen Shea-Siefert Dr. Michael & Brenda Silverman Peter M. Solomon Lori & John Solon Catherine L. & Joel A. Stein* Lorraine Vekens* Sharon R. Weinstein, MD Christopher Welles Ms. Mary Allen Wilkes* Marvin & Katherine Wolfthal Xiaohua Zhang Dress Circle ($1,250–$2,499) Anonymous (7) Tracy & Ken Accardi Jillian Alpert & Jeff Goldman Gary Bailey, DHL, MSW, ACSW Martha Bailey & Lewis Sudarsky Peter Barrett Madelyn Bell* Emily Borababy & Adam Einhorn Alan Brock Victoria Buckley & Robin Lovett Steve Calvin F. Javier & Josée Cevallos Robert Coren & John Gintell Eugene Cox Kenneth Douglass* Dr. Jane Duvall Downing Barry & Eleanor Elkin Marie-Pierre & Michael Ellmann Ruth P. Fields & Gerald McCue* Meri Fox* David & Tracey Frankel Blaine & Nancy Gaustad Susan & Charles Gessner Mary & Steven Goldring Kathleen Henry & Kim Marrkand Cynthia & John Hughes* Ilene & Richard Jacobs* Robert Jesurum & Christine Petrucci In memory of Blanche & George Jones* Hubie Jones Peter Jordan & Barbara Palmer* Mieko Kamii & Donald Hafner* Dr. Yasuko Kanno Michael & Claire King* Dr. John C. Klensin* Holly Laurent Annie Lenox & Jim Sersich Fred & Jean Leventhal, in memory of Dr. Harris Berman* Angela Lewandowski Clare & Ken Livak Gerald & Jeannie Lloyd Mary & Mike McConnell Eugene B. Meyer Sharon Miller

Daniel Newton & Christopher Flynn Deval & Diane Patrick Susan Pauker Dr. Mark A. Richardson & Dr. Martha C. Tompson Mr. Michele Rosiello Arlene Rubin Carol Saivetz & Harry Penn * Christine & Eric Savage Sandra Shapiro & John Kirsch* Shemin Family Susan Simon Glassberg Barbara Snow & J. Robb Dixon* Dr. Vincent Stephens Anne Symchych* Harriett Tee Taggart & Jack Turner Richard & Yvette Tenney* Jane M. Timken Paul Tung Karl Von Frieling Wendy L. Watson Bruce Zetter & Sally Ourieff Patrons Circle ($500–$1,249) Anonymous (15) Morton Abromson & Joan Nissman Sara Ader Albert-Lyons-Rozenberg Family* Marion Annau Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Arons* Arlene & Jeremy Barnard Paul M. Barringer Chris Barton Sue Bass Amy Battisti-Ashe & Michael Muehe Elana & Evan Beckman Mary Beckman Lawrence Bell Ann Besser Scott Judy Bigby* Alexandra Bowers & James Liu Alisa Braithwaite Roger E. Breitbart Carrie Burr Chloe Campbell Anmarie Ciccolo Christopher Clark Leland Owen Clarke, Ed.D. Joanne Creedon André and Marilyn Danesh Camille DeLaite & Akhill Chopra Roberta and Richard Denault Judy Dorf* Paul Eldrenkamp & Anne Bark Stephen Elman Alexander Falk Athanasios and Foteini Filippou Louis Fink & Pamela Grich

Glenda & Robert Fishman Leslie Fishman Sula Fiszman & Jack Bergman Fabian Fondriest Edward N. Gadsby & Nancy Brown* Ursula Germann & Karl Munger Peter M. Ghiloni Karen Gilman Daniel & Merrily Glosband Joe Gratta Kai Grunewald Cynthia Haines & Edward Mueller Ms. Stella M. Hammond Henry & Elizabeth Harrison Ellen & Kalman Heller Marjorie Hess & Rudolph J. Talaber Erin Higgins Rich & Maddie Hjulstrom Kalon Ho Ms. Ellen Hoffman Katherine Hope & Ron Blackman Robert Houghton & Carrie Bolster Nanette & Daniel Jacobson Dr. Leonard Jokubaitis Jean & David Jones Dr. Neal S. Kass Elin Kaufman Stephen M. Kelley Mrs. Joan Kinne John & Artemis Kirk Yosef Klein Henry Korman & Ann Houston Kasumi Koseki Dr. Angelika Kratzer Bernard Y. Kwan Yuen Kwan Amy Lam & Charlie Breckling Dr. John & Randi Lapidus Sarah & William Leaf-Herrmann Eddington & Gloria Lee* Barry & Nancy Levy Marla & Ricardo Lewitus, in memory of Hans Lewitus John Loder Joelle Lurie Michael & Meghan Lytton Alex MacDonald Bonnie & Alfred Margulies Dr. Andrew McLeod Elisabeth Morris & Michael O’Callaghan Jill Myers Julie Nadal Deborah Navedo, in honor of Steve Massey Constance L. Otradovec* Mark Parenti Dr. Joseph L. Pennacchio

Melanie Pong Louise Popkin R. Lynn Rardin & Lynne A. O’Connell* Barbara Reade Andrew Reschovsky & Julia K. Murray Fran Rivkin & Amy MacDonald Bob & Gabriela Romanow Paul Rosenberg & Harriet Moss Sally Rubin & Arthur Applbaum* Fran Sabshon Nancy Seidman Phyllis & Lawrence Selter Varda & Israel Shaked* In memory of Freema Shapiro* Katharine Shapleigh Jane Shaw In memory of George Shur John D. Sigel Ms. Ellen L. Simons Thomas Slavin David & Suzette Standring Dr. James L. Stansfield Lee & Lorraine Steele* Molly Stifler Jason Sundram Amir Tadmor Margie Talcoff Catherine Truman Paul Tung Paula & Peter Tyack Andrew Viles Marjorie & Thomas Walsh* Amy & David Wanger Irene & Lynn Weigel Margot A. Welch Madeline Wharton Robin M. Williams Nina Willis Mary & Gary Wolf Joel Wolff Julia Wong Elaine Woo Judith J. Wurtman Laura Yanchenko Elizabeth Zachos

*indicates a 25+ year subscriber  Deceased

AARON RICHMOND LEGACY SOCIETY The Aaron Richmond Legacy Society was established in 2001 and honors the memory of Celebrity Series of Boston (now Vivo Performing Arts) founder Aaron Richmond (1895-1964). The Society recognizes the following individuals who have notified Vivo Performing Arts of estate provisions including bequest intentions, charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, and other forms of deferred support. Anonymous (3) Albert-Lyons Family Dr. Harris A. Berman & Ruth Nemzoff Robert Binney & Janet Veasey Diana Bourgeois Mark H. Cooley, MD Peter Coxe Martin Gantshar Gabor Garai & Susan Pravda Alfred Goldberg Groome/Belanger Family Fund Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin Ellen S. Heller David R. Janero & Jeffrey A. Thomson Martha H. Jones & Christine Armstrong Paul & Elizabeth Kastner Mary Ellen Kiddle Joan Lebach Margot LeStrange & Andrew Stern Susan Matz Marilyn Miller

Charlotte & Gordon Moore Stewart Myers, in memory of Maureen McGuire Myers John David Ober Rich Parker, MD Drs. Stuart & Barbara Pizer Mr. Jonathan Scott Reichner Libby Roberts Sandra Shapiro & John Kirsch Marylen Sternweiler Diane B. Tavitian Peter J. Wender Constance White Nancy Richmond Winsten Marvin & Katherine Wolfthal Miriam M. Wood & Charles O. Wood, III Ron & Janet Zwanziger  Deceased

The listings in this publication reflect activity through June 30, 2026.

IN MEMORIAM Gone but Never Forgotten The Vivo Performing Arts community dearly misses, recognizes, and holds tremendous thanks for the following family members and supporters who brought their energy, commitment, enthusiasm, love, and support to Vivo Performing Arts and the performing arts in Greater Boston, whom we lost during the 2025/26 season. Benjamin H. Lacy Eddington Lee Syrul Lurie Gail S. Neff Kathleen Radcliffe Boyce Diane Tavitian

2025/26 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADVISORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joshua Boger, PhD, Chair+ Cherié Butts, PhD, Chair-Elect+ Stephanie L. Brown, Vice Chair+ Melinda Rabb, Vice Chair+ Jill S. Altshuler+ Howard Appleby Michael S. Canning+ Joanne Cheng Joseph Corrado Amy d’Ablemont Burnes+ Margaret Eagle Rosalind E. Gorin Randolph Hawthorne Dr. Joan Helpern Goldberg* Yvette Hochberg Andrea Hoff+ Rachel V. Kemp York Lo Israel Meir* Dr. Gordon Moore* John D. Patterson, Jr. Stephen C. Perry* Dr. Beth Pinals+ Leontyne Price, Honorary Director Michael Raizman*+ Reuben Reynolds Jeremy Silverman Margaret Simon, ex officio Lawrence Stifler* Susan Thonis+ Yukiko Ueno+ Dorothy Altman Weber* BOARD EMERITI Caroline Collings Jann E. Leeming* Norman C. Nicholson, Jr.* Eleanor Y. Pao Nancy Richmond Winsten* Mary Elisabeth Swerz Belinda Termeer Arnold B. Zetcher

BOARD OF ADVISORS Dr. Margaret Simon, Chair Gary Bailey, DHL, MSW, ACSW Chris Barton Meryl Beckingham Marilyn Benson* Judy Bigby, M.D.* Diana L. Bourgeois Joseph C. Cefalu Fernadina Chan Geoff Chasin Sharon A. Chirban, PhD Ellie Choi, PhD Leland Owen Clarke, Ed.D. Debra M. Corrado Jolyon Cowan Tim Deryaga JoAnne Dickinson* Kenneth Douglass* Amy C. Egloff Peter Finn C. Nancy Fisher Deborah Friedman* Susan Y. Friedman Alexandra Fuchs Elkan Gamzu Ellen Glanz Dr. Peter H. Gordon* Harriet Griesinger Teri Groome Stephen C. Harrison* Paul Hartung Horacio Hojman, MD Ilisa Hurowitz Heidi Hutton Olu Ibrahim Maurice Joffe Gerry Katz Nathan Kono Kate Kush* Alesia Latson Sarah Leaf-Herrmann Fred Ledley Stephen Leonard* Margot LeStrange* Julia LeStrange Stern Debbie-Joy Lipsett

Valeria Lowe-Barehmi Joelle Lurie Bonnie H. Margulies Glenda Mattes Theresa C. McLoud, MD Dr. Charles Chip Mc Neal Dr. Michael Merport Marilyn Miller* John P. Mordes, MD* Elsa Mosquera Sterenberg Ruth Nemzoff* James L. J. Nuzzo Ovie Paul Ojeni Stella J. Owen Rich Parker, MD* James Perrin Charlie Popper, MD* Suzanne Priebatsch Kristin Qian, PhD Oliver Radford* Sharon L. Rich* Mona J. Roberts* Abby Rosenfeld* Barbara Russell Sally S. Seaver, PhD* Sandra Shapiro* Susan Shapiro Magdanz* Dr. Samuel J. Shubrooks, Jr.* Dr. Michael Silverman Lori Solon Joel A. Stein* Molly Stifler Amir Tadmor Jeffrey A. Thomson* Sheila P. Thorne Sarah Rainwater Ward Wendy L. Watson Barnet Weinstein Sharon R. Weinstein, MD Peter J. Wender* Elizabeth Zachos Listing as of June 30, 2026 + Denotes Executive Committee * Denotes 25+ year subscriber 37

VIVO PERFORMING ARTS STAFF Thor Steingraber, President & CEO Gary Dunning, President and Executive Director 2011–2026

ADVANCEMENT Emily Borababy, Chief Advancement Officer Sara Brookner, Senior Associate Director of Institutional Giving and Impact Sarah Spinella, Associate Director of Leadership Giving Sean Meyers, Associate Director of Annual Giving and Operations Anya Hess, Senior Manager of Events and Donor Relations Miranda McLean, Manager of Advancement Operations Mia Straccia, Assistant Manager of Annual Giving and Membership Zoé Ducroux, Advancement Coordinator

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Heather Clark, Chief Financial Officer Colleen Murray, Associate Director of Finance and Administration Tibria J. Brown, Business Manager Hailey Stebner, Executive Support Manager

MARKETING AND AUDIENCE SERVICES Courtney Burke, Chief Marketing Officer Ellen Rogoz, Associate Director of Marketing Vawnya Nichols, Associate Director ofTicketing and Audience Services Gillian Morrison, Associate Director of Communications and Digital Robert Torres, Senior Graphic Designer and Photographer Kristín Otharsson, Senior Manager of Multimedia and Design Angela Flores, Manager of Digital Communications Nicole Putnam, Audience Services Manager Lilli Samman, Group Sales and Marketing Event Manager Patrick Smith, Marketing Analytics and CRM Manager Emily Vath, Assistant Manager of Audience Services Susanna Bonta, Program Book Associate Lisa Feingold, Senior Audience Services Representative Constance Cifelli, Audience Services Representative Dillon Rodgers, Audience Services Representative

PERFORMANCE OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Karen Brown, Former Chief Operating Officer Liz Rosenthal, Acting Director of Artistic Operations Robin Baker, Associate Director of Community Engagement Elizabeth Kracunas, Senior Manager of Performance Operations Walter Yee, Former Manager of Performance Operations Aneesh Kumar, Manager of Community Concerts Carmen Hernandez, Community Partnerships Liaison Hope Aubrey, Program Administrator Meghan Young, Dance Production Manager Evan DelGaudio, Production Advisor, Dance & Special Projects

USHERS Estrella Alves, Zoe Chau, Robert Faulkner, Molly Hitt, Declan Rockett, Nicoleta Savvidou, Anne Sergi, Sarah Stephenson, Jeffrey Wang

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Stephanie Janes PR, Media Relations John Michael Kennedy - JMKPR, Media Relations for Dance Performances AAFCPAs, Audit Firm BernsteinShur, Law Firm JPMorgan Chase, Banking Boston Common Asset Management, Wealth Management Advisors

MEMBERSHIP

Dive deeper into the joy, connection, and discovery of live performance. Join Membership with a tax-deductible donation of $25 or more and enjoy a full year of benefits, including: • A ccess to tickets before the general public • I nvitations to Members-only events and behind-the-scenes experiences • D onor recognition in programs and our Annual Report

… AND MORE! Learn more and join today at vivoperformingarts.org/membership

AARON RICHMOND LEGACY SOCIETY GIVING PEOPLE PERFORMANCE FOREVER.

In April 1938, the Boston impresario Aaron Richmond formally announced the creation of the Aaron Richmond Celebrity Series. He went on to run the organization for 27 years, and left a remarkable personal legacy of music, dance, and performing arts for our community. Thanks to Aaron Richmond’s vision and passion, audiences from Boston and beyond have experienced renowned artistic talent from around the world. Fittingly, our planned giving society is named in his honor. Vivo Performing Arts accepts a range of planned gifts including bequests, life income plans, charitable lead trusts, and retirement plans. Regardless of the type of contribution, all planned gifts are appreciated, and serve as a powerful expression of your commitment to live performance in our community. We recognize members of the Aaron Richmond Legacy Society in several special ways: • R ecognition in digital performance programs throughout the season • R ecognition in our Annual Report (see page 36) • I nvitations to special events such as artist Q&As, masterclasses, and workshops in the community • I nvitation to Town Hall and Annual Meeting with Vivo Performing Arts leadership • C oncierge ticketing services and early access to purchase tickets before the public • O pportunity to request a holiday video message from a Neighborhood Arts artist

Learn more about planned giving at vivoperformingarts.org/arls or by reaching out to legacy@vivoperformingarts.org.

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