It was over a decade ago when The reason was two-fold: research was just beginning to correlate music-making in What Our Data Collection Efforts young children to building academic, social, and emotional skills; and secondly, Have Yielded in Berks County.... a responsibility for RMF to fill audience Unique Number of Students Participating in seats not just today, but also tomorrow. School Music Ensembles (Band, Chorus, and Orchestra) At that time in 2005, music education in Berks County and across Pennsylvania was continuing to strengthen, with full ensembles and full teaching staff. Little did we know that five years after updating our mission, music programs-particularly ensembles-would come under fire due to tightening school budgets and music ensembles being non-mandated coursework in Pennsylvania. Number of Total Number Berks County's music programs were fortunate to withstand this storm with little K-12 Students: of Middle School damage. While there were soft hits along the way, no school district shut down 16,947 and HighSchool its music program completely. Neighboring counties were not as fortunate, with Students:9,253 some districts in PA still musically empty, and others just starting to reinstate music programs, after years of no ensembles. Music advocates knew the situation was dire, but we had no way to truly quantify hits to programs and the effect on students. While there is a lot of data collected at the state level when it comes to • % of Total Student Population • % of Total Student Population public school education, not one single piece of arts education data was collected. RMF Data Collection Study - Berks County Public Schools 2015-2016 RMF started advocating for statewide arts education data two years ago, but little progress has been made. Knowing an immediate statewide solution was unrealistic, RMF began its own data collection two years ago. With support from the Wyomissing Foundation, we invested in a Music Education Advisor, who Dropout rate of students with low arts, began tracking local data on music programs and students served. Because of this low socioeconomic status initiative, Berks County is the first county in the state of Pennsylvania that can accurately state the total number of students who participate in school 25 50 music ensembles and the percentage of music students compared to the References percent of 13-17 year olds who did not graduate from high school. The Arts and Achievement student body, and track movement and trends among thesenumbers. in At-Risk Youth (National Endowment for the Arts) James S. cattera/1, Gillian Hampton-Thompson (2012) Data collection is quite the task for any organization, but the information garnered is worth the work. From this information, RMF now has the ability to help parents Why break out middle school and high school students? and educators advocate for their music programs using actual numbers instead of This number represents the number of students who have committed to their estimates, influence educators to develop recruitment and retention initiatives, and instrument beyond the beginner stage. These students have persevered through study best practices. difficult music, started to master the skills needed for high-level playing, and are For donors like you who invest in RMF's programs, these numbers begin to receiving the full benefit of skills offered through ensemble training : listening to highlight the magnitude of the difference your dollars are making. There are more others, attention to accuracy, reliability, and teamwork, traits that will confidently than 16,000 active young musicians in Berks County who, like you, believe that define them for the rest of their lives. music education is important. They are counting on their teachers, their parents, and their advocates to keep themselves, and the music, moving forward. This Annual Report highlights the work of RMF made possible through our Sincerely, donors over the last year. While we look forward to all we can accomplish in 2017, this report is simply our chance to share our gratitude for /llirllJ/tllf your generosity and support of David W. Swartz, Esq. Keri M. Shultz music education and live music Chair President performance in Berks County.
3 RMF Scholarships Young Music Makers 2016 Over 200 students received need-based and merit scholarships for private lessons, Young Music Makers, a first-of-its-kind event, celebrated RMF merit scholarship instruments, and summer camp, through more than 50scholarship funds held by RMF. winners who have placed every year for at least the last three years. The three-year landmark is significant because students compete in three-year groupings. When a student wins three years in a row, at some point he/she competed against students 2016 SCHOLARSHIP STATS with two more years of private lessons and experiences. RMF doesn't take that hard MERIT AUDITIONS work and musicianship for granted, and created a Celebration of Young Music Makers event to recognize their efforts. Pre-College Awards: 114 Awards totaling $33,850 College Tuition Awards: 14 Awards totaling $49,800 Nearly 30 students celebrated their accomplishments with their families and friends of RMF. Winners received custom awards and heard testimonials from college students and $8,925 increase over 2015, with a 6% increase in the number of awards recent college graduates who have carved their own paths thanks to their musicstudies. NEED-SENSITIVESCHOLARSHIPS Private Music Study: 94 Awards totaling $34,700 WHAT THE YOUNG MUSIC MAKERS HEARD THAT EVENING Instrument Upgrades: 6 Awards totaling $2,400 HOW TO SUCCEED IN MUSIC... FROM THIS MOMENT, Summer Camp Awards: 75 Awards totaling $35,400 Former scholarship winner IT CAN ONLY GET EASIER... $4,585 increase over last year, with a 12% increase in the number of awards and recent Juilliard graduate, Former scholarship winner Katherine Althen and current engineer, Nicole Lacouve 1. Find a great teacher who believes in you There's so much in life I and can help guide can correlate to looking L & NEW SCHOLARSHIP WILLIAM REBECCA GASS BlITLER your goals. at piano music for the first PROGRAMS ACCOMPANIST SCHOLARSHIP time . At first glance, it seems impossible 2. Work diligently- you are in direct ALISA B. VOCAL Say the name "Becky Butler" in any music to master. But with time, practice, control of how much and how PERFORMANCE FUND circle and you're sure to get a smile and a diligence, and hard work, the piece that quickly you progress. Alisa B. Anderson story somehow connected to kindness.Her once seemed impossible now seems was one of RMF's passing in 2014 left a hole in Berks that is 3. Don't be afraid to ask others for easy. I've applied this principle to tough vocal coaches at still noticeable today. A beloved Professor advice and support. math courses and much more inlife. of Music at Albright College for 32 years, the Olivet Boys and RSO's pianist since 1981, and accompanist Girls Club and the for numerous RMF scholarship recipients, LOVE WHATYOU DO... after-school program at Reading High Becky was extraordinary in her commitment Brandon Buterbaugh, former scholarship School before her unfortunate passing to young peopleand her craft. winner and Music Education Major at in September 2015. Alisa performed as Penn State University a solo musician and with groups like Dedicated to promoting the development Use RMF's financial support to explore Bunch-a-Funk during her music career. of young keyboard accompanists in Berks new realms of the music world and This fund was established by Alisa's County, this new fund offers merit awards continue to be musical in everything friends and family to reach students in in keyboard accompaniment, need the Reading School District who have they do. Students should proactively sensitive awards for the private study the same love for singing as Alisa. seek out opportunities to involve of keyboard accompaniment including themselves with programs and summer camp, and compensation to "I try my best and if it's not good enough, ensembles that RMF supports, even students for accompanying children who I try again. Singing lessons will give me the when they embark on their college audition for RMF merit scholarships but push I need to really show the world my experience. Lastly, and the hard truth - are unable to pay for the services of an gift." - Sahara , the very first recipient in order for students to continue to be accompanist. of an Alisa B. Vocal Performance Fund successful, they must remember why scholarship, in her application to RMF. they love what they do.
4 5 GRAVITY STUDIOS - COMING FALL 2016! RMF Music Education The newest Olivet Boys and Girls Club location, Pendora Park, has partnered with Program Highlights• RMF to build our first recording studio. Named after the former Gravity Railroad Line in Mount Penn, Gravity Studios will be state-of-the-art, offering high school Donors make music accessible to kids teens access to systems and technology used by professionals to record and digitize across Berks County through after-school music files. It's our hope that Gravity Studios will provide a unique learning and summer music programs, as well as opportunity for Olivet teens, as well as keep them grounded and connected, curricular-based musicenrichment. much like gravity itself. MUSIC-IN-THE-SCHOOLS This initiative is the most recent music program offered to Olivet through Reading Dr. Willis Rapp, Music-in-the-Schools Musical Foundation. Currently, the Foundation offers over 15 hours weekly to director, and his team of musicians students across various clubs in the city of Reading. These include group lessons on delight elementary school students with keyboard, guitar, percussion, as well as two choruses and a digital music program in assemblies dedicated to showcasing partnership with the computer center at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. instrument families to young children. Combining classical, jazz, and popular Gravity Studios is being developed with the following collaborations and goals in mind: Joyce Chen, student at St. Catharine of Sienna School and RMF songs, assemblies keep students engaged Scholarship Winner, plays alongside her private flute teacher, 1. Mastering the technology needed to run a music studio. and dancing in their seats.Music-in-the Anne Weiser, during a Music-in-the-Schoolsconcert last year. Schools went to 44 elementary schools last 2. Provide in-house recording studio to existing Olivet musicians year. Dr. Rapp has designed an interactive curriculum component for this year, and music programs. which will allow music educators to provide advance and follow-up study of the 3. Business/entrepreneur training for Olivet members. string family, the instrument focus for 2016-2017. 4. Provide link to newly-designed Music Industry Studies major at Albright College. OPERATION REPLAY A total of 199 instruments were collected in 2015-2016! Berks County's Instrument Recycling Program Music and the arts is an essential program Alberta & Thomas Siemiatkowski of Bethlehem activity at the Olivet Boys and Girls club. It found homes for their extensive instrument collection through Operation Replay. Mr. allows our club kids the opportunity to explore Siemiatkowski, a retired music educator, found a their talent:s either in individual guitar or piano new way to make a difference for young musicians sessions or in collaborative groups on stage while by repairing used instruments in his home. A recent medical diagnosis kept him from repairing they are singing, drumming, or tap dandng. the instruments in his workshop. The couple None of this is possible without the support learned about Operation Replay after and partnership of the Reading Musical stopping by Zeswitz during a trip to Foundation. At Olivet, we are very grateful for the Reading, and after exhausting other options closer to their home. Their collaboration, and more importantly, the RMF gifts of 138 instruments, mainly gifr of MUSIC that we share with children and violins but also cellos, keyboards, youth who more than likely wouldn't have access guitars, and band instruments, have Credit: Reading Eagle already found homes in the Reading to specific instrument:s, trained instructors, and School District, Bethany Children's lessons. Home, and the Community Music School. Pablo Tejada CEO/President Olivet Boys and Girls Club
7 RMF Favorite Moments from the Last Year
Funkfest 2015 at the Reading Fightin Year of the Mildred Mogel Engle Phils stadium. The event was almost Scholars hip: This scholarship for cancelled, but instead turned into a college tuition is available only once celebration of life for Alisa B. (Alisa every four years for students majoring Anderson). Musicians and other fans in music. With a dead tie, the award for of Alisa from across Berks County and 2016 was divided between Stephanie beyond came to honor her and the Bonk, violin, and Mikaela Krall, impact she made on young musicians. baritone saxophone . Each of them will Proceeds from the event seeded the receive $17,000 to help cover the cost Alisa B. Vocal Performance Fund. of their college tuition. Updating RMF's mission to advocate Seeing two students who grew up in for and advance music appreciation Olivet's Guitar Club graduate high and education in Berks County. Plain school and begin new music studies English. No jargon. Just the core of our at Kutztown University. These two work at RMF - music appreciation and young men have been a part of Olivet's music education. Guitar Performance Group for years, and have performed at the Reading Concert for Hope (on the list for Fightin Phils, Olivet Steak and Burger a second year!) giving the gift of Dinner, and other community events. Christmas music to the men who live at the Hope Rescue Mission. Student A need-sensitive scholarship recipient recipients of the D'Addesi Homeschool proudly sharing her acceptance letter Fund and other homeschool families to MIT. No doubt her hard work in her shared a special evening of music and music studies will pay off well as she fellowship. begins her studies thisfall!
Realizing 100% of the final 19 RMTA Play-a-Thon for RMF, where students standing (the 1st through students of local Reading Music Teacher 8th Place Finishers) at the 2016 Berks Association members raised over $5,000 County Spelling Bee participate in for need-sensitive scholarships. a school music ensemble, take music lessons, or participate in a music activity. Young Music Makers 2016 - an event, the first of its kind, to celebrate RMF Recruitment and retention workshop merit scholarship winners who have with more than 100 music educators placed every year for at least the last in Berks County's public schools. Led three years. Nearly 30 students received by Mike Buterbaugh, RMF's Music custom awards and heard testimonials Education Advisor, the session focused from college students and recent college on strengthening school music graduates who have carved their own programs as whole, rather than an paths thanks to their music studies. individual school or ensemble. With inaugural support from Watsky Investment Management, and pledged support for 2017, this worthy event is able to continue.
8 9 Your Dollars Making a Difference in Music Thank You to Our Donors Education and Live Music Performance Programs FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC CAMPAIGN 2015-2016 across Berks County GIFTS RECEIVED THROUGH JUNE 30, 2016 $5,000+ PROGRAM VS. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS RMF is fortunate to have the ability to spend 100% of donations on music Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Bengtson programs and projects - and not on administrative costs. Your donations will allow Art & Joanne Haberberger the following music organizations and projects to receive support for 2016-2017: Henry JanssenFoundation Pennsylvania Council on the Arts RMF exhausts 100% Berks Arts Council Penske Truck Leasing of your donations for Berks Opera Company RMFPROGRAMS Reading Eagle Company music programs and Berks Senior Citizen Orchestra Reading Music Teachers projects, with Artists of Tomorrow Concert Association Berks Sinfonietta Gertrude Sternberg Soloist Fund Paul R. Roedel administrative Tompkins VIST Bank costs paid through Berks Summer Band Institute Project Penske Middle School Tom & Dianne Work investments. Berks Summer String Institute Jazz Program The WyomissingFoundation Berks Youth Chorus Parochial School Music Education Initiative Community School of Music $2,500 - $4,999 Music-in-the-Schools Assemblies Friends of Chamber Music Bruce and Renee Dietrich Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Maier II Mr. & Mrs. David L. Kline RMF Scholarship Program East Penn Manufacturing Co. Eric & Georganne Moyer Ollie & Natalie Koehler Full Circle Music Society Student Recognition Awards Martha Hafer Rev. Thomas H. & Amy H. Ed & Brenda Legenski Genesius Theater Jeryln Foundation Reinsel Zeswitz/RMF Operation Replay Kevin & Karen Longenecker GoggleWorks Arts Festival Joyful Blessings Foundation The Russell L. Hiller Music Educators of Berks Marlin & Ginger Miller Charitable Trust Fund of County GoggleWorks Music Project BCCF Jane Runyeon Beth Nelson John & Karen Tripolitis Greater Reading Encore Choral Eric & Jayne Schaeffer The Oxholm Family GRANTS FOR MUSIC PROGRAMS Kristen & Peter Zacharias & Martha and David Swartz Quaker Maid Meats, Inc. Hannahoe Vigil PROJECTS2016-2017 Zeswitz Music Walsky Investment Mr. James M. Savage Lyons Fiddle Festival Management Thomas B. Souder s, M.D. Maidencreek Old-Time Music Festival Wells Fargo Foundation $750 - $1,249 BarbaraSpangenberg Anonymous Grant from Olivet Boys & Girls Club BCCF $1,250 - $2,499 Reading Choral Society Martha & Marc Aynardi $500- $749 Anonymous Bob's Discount Furniture BB&T Reading Philharmonic Orchestra Carl & Holly Altenderfer Bone &Joint Care Center Michael & Diane Duff Michael & Linda Anderson Reading Pops Orchestra Catherine Anderson Chelius Carl & Donna Fiorini Baseballtown Charities Reading Symphony Orchestra The Dopkin-Singer- Ellen & Chuck Gallagher Carpenter Technology Dannenberg Foundation, Arthur & Louise Grim Reading Theater Project Corporation Inc . Dr. & Mrs. John Hampson Ringgold Band Concerned Citizens of Lewis & Karen Freeman Overlook Mountain John R. & Mary A. Hayes Craig & Nancy Hafer Vox Philila Dr. & Mrs. Leonard D'Addesi Fred & Dee Hiehle Erica & Steven Hofmann Friends of Alisa B. Anderson Barbara]. Kline WCR Center for the Arts Mark & Carol Hornberger Charles F. Harenza, Esq. Mr. Robert Kreitz Yocum Institute for Arts Education SuhanaJagadesan Helen M. and Harry 0. Elizabeth McCauley & Lee. G. Kachel Hahn Fund of BCCF Robert Mierzejewski Audrey J. Henderson Noel E. Karasin Thomas M. Moll & Anne L. Overly-Moll William G. Koch & Sandy & Ed Kern Associates Mr. & Mrs. Stephen ]. Kindig Art Moore 10 11 R. M. Palmer Company Masano Bradley Attorneys Peter & Sharon Calder WHAT IS THE GREATEST LESSON YOU'VE LEARNED FROM MUSIC? Paul & Margie Prutzman at Law MaryJo Cannizzaro Elaine M. Rado Cynthia Miller-Aungst Dr. Stuart & Carol Cohn I think the greatest lesson that I've learned from music is that you can accomplish Reading Chapter, American Glenn E. & E. Jane Moyer Greg & Gail Calahan more than you think. When I first look at a new piece, I immediately think, Guild of Organists Janet & Jim Neel John & Marian Connelly "Oh, that's hard." However, when I work at it and get everything up and running, Dr. & Mrs. Dennis T. Roule Ed & Barbara Ogden Gloria dePasquale it doesn't seem all that difficult anymore. Yes, some pieces are der,nitely Randy & Elizabeth Shayler Henry & Janet Peters Charles & June Dunn challenging, but when you work hard at it, it becomes easier and easier. The Uptown Band Tom Sturgis Pretzels Mr. & Mrs. Rod Eaken Elizabeth C. Wolfe Christopher E. Pruitt Millie Eben Curtis V.Rapp Jacqueline Wilson, Grade 10, Exeter High School Thea & Wm. Yeich The Rev . & Mrs. Charles E. Joan E. & Willis M. Rapp Fair $250- $499 David & Dail Richie Janet L. Faust Jane & Marc Althen Dave & Sandie Rick Richard B. Feicht Atonement Lutheran Larry & Alison Rotenberg Marc & Marcia Filstein Church Dr. & Mrs. John F. Russo Robert Flicker C. Jack & Carole Lusch Wendy Holt Schmehl Antoinette & Juanita Brett Bagenstose Kristen Sandel , MD Full Circle Music Society Barbara S. Maxwell Norbert & Linda Schneider Bereczki Steve & Mary Bishop William & Gloria Ballamy MildredJ. Sawers Mrs. Nancy R. Gardner Ann & John Mazzo Robert & Susan Showalter Mrs. Danice Bitting Dr. & Mrs. Richard C. Jill M. Scheidt & Chris Ms. Diane L.Gaul Robert Bruce McLean SandraSittler Baumbach Heslop Irene C. Blatt Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Gerace Mrs. JudithMerkel Miriam K. Smith Aaron & Alexandra Booth Margaret K. Schumo Linda Bordie James A. Gilmartin Roy & Carolyn Mervine Mr. & Mrs. Richard Smith Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bristol The Shapiro Family Penny Golden Bob & Robin Miller Dr. Martin & Julia Spangler Nancy, Rick, and Vanessa Peter & Jane Brye Thomas E. Shultz, MD Boyer Matthew Goldstan Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Jim & Joan Sutton Mike & Carla Buterbaugh & Linda Breyer Barton Kristina Smith Warren & Ina Grapenthin Miller Julia NazimovSwan Anne G. Constein Mark Smith & Lisa Peterson Kathleen A. Brown Greater Reading Economic Bill & Sandie Mills Jim & Donnasue Thompson Dr. Carl F.Constein Donald F. Smith,Jr. John Buccinno Partnership Staff Mountain Folk Youth Bill & Kate Thornton Bill & Susan Coughlin Nancy L. Snyder Bluegrass JamBand ErichCawalla David Lawton & Debbie David L. Thun Louise & Bill Eaken Greenawald Lee & Joy Moyer Walter R. Christ Gopalan Sridhar Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Treat Webster Mr. Clair E. Gross Jane MastersNase SueColon Mr. & Mrs. James B. Elliott Kim Laree M. Trollinger & Peggy & Mike Gumpert NancyO'Neill R.Cunnius Ephrata Farmers Day Dr. Jim Joanne Wells Robert & Mary Ann Ullman Association Andy and Tracy Halsey Maria & Tony Damore Richard G. & Elizabeth Wells Fred & Jan Opalinski Bryan & Karen Wang Sara S. Flowers Hamburg Area HS Tri-M Dr. & Mrs. Paul C. Davis Jane M.Wolfe Clodualdo S. & Kaaren B. Oscar W. Weber Freedom Toyota Music Honor Society Orquiza Patricia M. Diefenderfer Yocum Institute for Arts Charles & Anne Weiser Dr. & Mrs. Harold Fries Education Mrs. Carolyn Hamilton PA Snowsports Museum Debra Dodge Ann Z. Wenrich Mr. & Mrs. James Gavin Allan Meyer Hasbrouck Margaret Patch Ken & Jen Dugan $100- $249 Maura L. Wesner Hazel H. Geracimos Rachel F. Herb Craig & Sue Perrotty Earth Rhythms LLC Anonymous Francis & Lynn Williamson Steven Hahn Kathleen Herber Port Family Endowment David & Judith Feick 12th & Marion Elementary Rick & Marlene Wilson Terry & Ginny Hand Gail Hesser Fund Debra & Theodore School Staff Dr. & Mrs. Randall S. Winn Richard & Sandra Hartman Bernard & Pat Hofmann William R. Post Fetterman Heather Adams Brian & Fianna Holt Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Theodore Wiprud Dr. Dena C. Lebo Funk, William & Dorothy Hartman Janet Anderson Grace R. Kline Purdy Marie & James Wong V.M.D. Priscilla & John Michael A. Baal Greta & Stanley Furrow Hirschenhofer Phil & Mary Lou Kline Mrs. Hugh M. Quigley Katharine A. Work David & Shirley Baker & Rachel & Mike Gambone Judith Kraines & Dr. Neil Ed & Cindy Kowalski Donald Marie Reber Mary Alice Wotring Dr. Elaine Balkiewicz Mark A. Gerhard Hoffman Nancy B. Kuhlman Gladys M. Rentschler Mr. & Mrs. Stratton P. I. Leon Kaplan Harriet Baskin Taylor & Betty Lamborn Mark & Deanna Reuben Yatron Drs. Jaylaine Ghoubrial & Kenneth & Kristel Kemmerer Lorraine & Robert Bell Jim Landrigan Scott & Maxine Rhoads E. R. Yeager Michael Bohrn Eve & Dan Kimball John & Nancy Berry Runyeon Kalvelage Family PegGill Dr. & Mrs. Kerry Lanza $10 -$99 Mr. Irvin M. Loose Chris Carl Botterbusch Cindy & Bill Laubach Bill & Diane Runyeon Shari Gleason-Mayrhofer Anonymous & Phyllis Luppold Dan & Ute Boyer Mrs. Diane Lilarose Frank & Ann Runyeon Dr. Louise H. Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Charles Andre Gerald & Sydney Malick Rev. & Mrs. J. Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Bill Litvin Paul L. Schell Jackie Haeckler AnneAngstadt Brubaker Mr. & Mrs. G. David Schlegel Richard & Nancy Hampton
12 13 Mary Kate & Paul Hoh Michelson Geoff &Judy Stoudt Barbara & Marlin Houck Mary Beth Myford AnnaStroback Gifts for Scholarship, Education Garrett & Joann Hyneman Rev. Charles & Geri Nease George E. Strobel, Jr. M. Ayub & Najma Iqbal Hien & Khanh Nguyen J. Richard Strunk and Outreach Programs Darryl S.Jeffries The Nolte Family LenStump GIFTS RECEIVED THROUGH JUNE 30, 2016 Jong-Dii & Ming-MiinJiang Kris & Sarah Nygard Stephanie Sweigart Dr. & Mrs. Steven P. Michael & Mary Alice Palm Noel B.Szundy RMF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PETER J. BRYE CELLO & Mountain Folk Youth Kat zenmoyer & Family Margitta Pfleger Nettie J. Thomas Anonymous HARP FUND Bluegrass Jam Band Nancy Keller George & Debbie Pyle LindaTomlinson Harriet Baskin Peter & Jane Brye PA Snowsports Museum Meggan Kerber Eleanor Trimbur Caroline Reese J. BarbaraSpangenberg Marlin & Debra Kerchner ErichCawalla Paul & Margie Prutzman Jay & DianeRoberts Madlyn E. Umbenhouer David & Judith Feick Howard R. Kline Mr. & Mrs. Warren Rohd e Yolanda Vitulli CHAIRMAN'SFUND Caroline Reese Mr. & Mrs. James Kurtz Mr. & Mrs. John Sallade Keri L. Wagner Hazel H. Geracimos Linda Breyer St. John 's CenterLutheran Barbara B. Leinbach Church Mr. & Mrs. William P. Sandel Kathleen A. Wagner Jackie Haeckler Millie Eben Joanne Lendvay Judy &Jim Schwank Jiang Wang & DiYou Mrs.Judith Merkel Greater Reading Economic ROBERT R. KREnz - MARK Eileen M. LePage Dr. & Mrs. David M. Setley Dennise M. Shinn& Mary Art Moore Partnership Staff A. HORNBERGER PIANO Mrs. Ruth E. Levan Wanner SCHOLARSHIP Ruth Shaffer Jane MastersNase Helen M. and Harry 0. Hahn Robin Lilarose Ronald & Shirley Weitzel Mark & Carol Hornberger Dale & ChristineShuey Hien & Khanh Nguyen Mr. & Mrs. Alfonso Llpawen Marianne Westendorp Fund of BCCF Mr. Robert Kreitz Keri & Nathan Shultz Kris & Sarah Nygard John Loos & Ericka Mr. Edward H. Wiswesser SuhanaJagadesan In memory of Richard Kreitz Evans-Loos Bruce & SueSmith Sandra A. & Stewart E. Wolf Michael & Mary Alice Palm Reading MusicTeachers from: Peggy Manbeck Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Smoker Association Robert I. Work Margitta Pfleger Ann Gagliano Russell & Evelyn Marker St. John 's CenterLutheran Harriett L. Ziegenfuss Mr. & Mrs. John Sallade Hazel Geracimos Mary Ann McDonald Church Mrs. Hugh M. Quigley Barbara Spangenberg JaneGoodman Rabbi Brian & Holly St. John 's Reformed Church Robert & Susan Showalter Keri L.Wagner Richard G. & Elizabeth Wells John & Bobbie Hampson Katharine A. Work ANN L. CUSANO & KIM Walter Petroski WEBSTERDOUBLE REED Jeanne Scheneman ALISA B. ANDERSON VOICE SCHOLARSHIP John Scheneman SCHOLARSHIP FUND Kim Webster Lynne & Otto Voit, Jr. Friends of Alisa Geraldine Weaver Baseballtown Charities D'ADDESI HOMESCHOOL I would like to thank the Reading Musical FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP Foundation for all of their support over the Catherine Anderson Chelius PROGRAM SALLY S. BREIDEGAM The Uptown Band Dr. & Mrs. Leonard D'Addesi MIKSIEWICZ VOCAL MUSIC years. Through their generosity, I was able to SCHOLARSHIP attend Penn State's summer music camp in AGO YOUNG ORGANISTS AWARD GLADYS & CARL JENSEN East Penn Manufacturing Co. the summers of2011 and 2012. Never in my Reading Chapter of AGO SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM Eve & Dan Kimball LEWIS "SKJP" NORCOTT Ill LOW wildest dreams would I have thought back then ATONEMENT BACH BRASS SCHOLARSHIP that one day I would not only beattending SCHOLARSHIP LEE G. & MARIAN KACHEL Anonymous Penn State for music, but also be a counselor Atonement Lutheran Church ORGAN SCHOLARSHIP Lee. G. Kach el ELAINE BAUSHER POST for that very same camp! It was such a joy to Darryl S.Jeffries SCHOLARSHIP be on the other side and help give the students Barbara B. Leinbach DAVID L. KLINE FAMILY William R. Post Mary Ann McDonald MOUNTAIN FOLK SCHOLARSHIP the same wonderful and inspiring experience I WILLIS M. RAPP Noel B.Szundy Concerned Citizens of had when I attended the camp! It really brought PERCUSSION FUND Overlook Mountain everything "full drcle" as they say, and has truly BRUCE P. BENGTSON KEYBOARD Joan E. & Willis M. Rapp been a highlight of my musical journey thus far. & ORGAN SCHOLARSHIP Ephrata Farmers Day Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Bengtson Association Noah Breneman Mr. & Mrs. David L. Kline Grace R. Kline
14 15 HOW DO YOU BALANCE MUSIC INTO THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? Special Gifts I don't really think that I balance music with the IN MEMORY OF rest of my life as much as music is the rest of my In memory of Julia Angstadt Jill Riggles by Carl & Donna Ollie & Nat Koehler life. Aside from my daily practice, I'm always byAnne Angstadt Fiorini Betty Lehr thinking about music as I'm listening for odd Mrs. Josephine Eakenby Dr. William K. Runyeon by Eleanor Schoener time signatures in pop music, figuring out certain Mr. & Mrs. Rod Eaken Jane Runyeon GinnyStahl intervals in songs on the radio, and playing Wes Fisher by Barbara & Jessie Schell by Paul L.Schell polyrhythms in my head while sitting in English Marlin Houck Wayne "Al" Seifarth by Dr. & IN MEMORY OF RAY SCHACHT class... while still paying attention to the teacher, Wes Fisher by Brian & Mrs. Dennis T. Roule Foster Hanson Fianna Holt ofcourse... Kenneth A. Smith by Miriam Steve & Nancy Hanson Edna Frantz Springer by K.Smith Gail Hesser Wayne Salmon Brarmon Rowins, Grade 9, Exeter High School Gary Trollinger by Laree M. Mrs. Ruth E. Gross by Trollinger IN MEMORY OF FRED WITTICH Mr. Clair E. Gross James Troutman by Peggy David Addison & Kim L. Heist byBarbara Manbeck Susan Maack Addison Spangenberg Gene R. Umbenhauer by Martha & Marc Aynardi Yori S. Kitagawa by The Madlyn E. Umbenhauer Brian Clements Shapiro Family Wallburga E. Weber by The ShapiroFamily John R. and Mary A. Hayes Terry & JoAnn Dowling KATHLEEN REINSEL & KARIN Richard Kreitz by Phil & Mary Oscar W. Weber ALLMENDINGER EARLY Mary AliceWotring Rachel F.Herb Lou Kline Joyce Gromis INSTRUMENT SCHOLARSHIP Reverend Richard Wolf by WORK FAMILY The Rusell L. Hiller Jacob Krumholz by Anna Stroback Gregory & Lynn Ramsey Rev. Thomas H. & Amy H. Charitable Trust Fund WOODWIND FUND Dr. Stuart & Carol Cohn Thomas B. Work by Gregory & Alice Reich Reinsel ofBCCF Martha Hafer Robert (Bobby Raye) Lilarose Robert I. Work RUNYEON PIANO FUND Priscilla & John Friends of Carlyn at SCU William G. Koch & by Mrs. DianeLilarose Ralph]. Ziegenfuss by Harriett Bill & Diane Runyeon Hirschenhofer Superior Credit Union Associates Charles Lohin by L. Ziegenfuss Frank & Ann Runyeon Eileen M. LePage Steven & Andrea Zebert Tom & Dianne Work Earth Rhythms LLC Elizabeth Zug by Donald & Jane Runyeon Eric & Georganne Moyer Betty Lou McLean by Robert Marie Reber IN MEMORY OF RICHARD KREllZ Runyeon Kalvelage Family SUMMER CAMP FELLOWSHIPS Mary Beth Myford BruceMcLean Elizabeth Zug by George & Ann Gagliano Theodore Wiprud AudreyJ. Henderson Penske Truck Leasing Gerald & Ann Meyer Debbie Pyle HazelGeracirnos Mr. & Mrs. Stephen ]. Kindig Port Family Endowment Fund Hasbrouck SCHEID-THESLOPJAZZ.FUND JaneGoodman Ollie & Natalie Koehler Music Wendy Holt Schmehl by Allan Meyer Hasbrouck IN MEMORY OF Masano Bradley Attorneys MADELINE NAWROCKI John & BobbieHampson at Law Educatorsof Berks C.ounty Ruth Shaffer Mrs. Doris Miller by Hazel H. Geracimos Holly H. Graff Walter Petroski Jill M. Scheidt & Chris Heslop Martha and David Swartz EDUCATION & OUTREACH Phyllis Hafer Glenn Pfleger by Margitta Wells Fargo Foundation Jeanne Scheneman ANN W. SOUDERS PIANO PROGRAMS Pfleger Alice Hummel SCHOLARSHIP Anonymous John Scheneman RINGGOLD BAND Hugh M. Quigley by Debra Orbach Anne G. Constein 12th & Marion Elementary Staff Lynne & Otto Voit, Jr. Steven Hahn Mrs. Hugh M. Quigley Dr. Carl F.Constein Carpenter Technology IN MEMORY OF MILDRED SAWERS Geraldine Weaver Rick & Marlene Wilson Joseph Rado, Jr.by Mildred J.Sawers Corporation Elaine M. Rado Gordon and Rigmor Anke DR. THOMAS B. SOUDERS Earth Rhythms LLC Loretta A. Rapp by Curtis V. Grace Delong STRING SCHOLARSHIP FUND Hazel H. Geracirnos Rapp Jane B.Hirnmelreich Erica and Steven Hofmann Richard & Nancy Hampton Beth Nelson Joyful Blessings Foundation
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