2014 Wolf Trap Annual Report

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april | may

Summer 2014 interns at the annual intern field day at Wolf Trap National Park

$1 million goal reached! Wolf Trap successfully completed its Artistic Excellence Challenge to raise $1,000,000 towards the Endowment, which was matched by a $500,000 gift by an anonymous donor. Many gifts were made to the Terre and Polly Jones Endowed Fund for Artistic Initiatives and to the new Ann McKee Fund for Opera.

Wolf Trap’s Internship Program skyrocketed, receiving 1,800 applications from 796 students from Fall 2013 to Spring 2014. From this group, 43 students were brought on board for paid internships, receiving hands-on professional

Wolf Trap’s 2014 Legacy Circle Dinner at the Center for Education

experience, mentoring, and networking oppor-

included a presentation by the Lake Braddock Secondary School

tunities to help advance their careers.

Quartet from Burke, Virginia, under the leadership of Orchestra Director Elizabeth Reed. Reed was among six local public school educators who received a 2013–2014 Wolf Trap Grant for High School Performing Arts Teachers. Wolf Trap’s Legacy Circle members are securing the Foundation’s arts and education programs through future estate gifts. Elizabeth Reed at the Legacy Circle Dinner with her students and Arvind Manocha


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