THE 3RD ANNUAL MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC/ LEONARD SLATKIN CONDUCTORS’ PROJECT Leonard Slatkin, Distinguished Visiting Artist in Conducting and Orchestral Studies

MSM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leonard Slatkin, Conductor Ken Yanagisawa (MM ’19), Conductor Bryan Zaros (DMA ’19), Conductor

Andi Zhang (PS ’19), violin Wenqiao Jiang (BM ’20), piano Devin Moore (BM ’21), viola

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018 | 7:30 PM THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018 | 7:30 PM THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH

THE 3RD ANNUAL MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC/ LEONARD SLATKIN CONDUCTORS’ PROJECT Leonard Slatkin, Distinguished Visiting Artist in Conducting and Orchestral Studies MSM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leonard Slatkin, Conductor Ken Yanagisawa, Conductor Bryan Zaros, Conductor Andi Zhang, violin Wenqiao Jiang, piano Devin Moore, viola

PROGRAM CAMILLE Introduction et Rondo capriccioso in A Minor, Op. 28 SAINT-SAËNS Bryan Zaros, Conductor (1835–1921) Andi Zhang, violin

FRANZ LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, LW H4 (1811–1886) Allegro maestoso Quasi adagio Allegretto vivace – Allegro animato Allegro marziale animato Ken Yanagisawa, Conductor Wenqiao Jiang, piano

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HECTOR BERLIOZ Harold in Italy, Op. 16 (1803–1869) Harold in the Mountains The Pilgrims’ March Serenade At the Orgy of the Brigands Leonard Slatkin, Conductor Devin Moore, viola PROGRAM NOTES

Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A Minor, Op. 28 Camille Saint-Saëns By the time Saint-Saëns met him, Pablo de Sarasate was already an established violin virtuoso, though he was only fifteen years old. Saint-Saëns wrote: It is a long time ago now since I first saw Pablo de Sarasate call at my house. Fresh and young as spring itself, the faint shadow of a mustache scarcely visible on his upper lip, he was already a famous virtuoso. As if it were the easiest thing in the world he had come quite simply to ask me to write a concerto for him. Flattered and charmed to the highest degree I promised I would, and I kept my word with the Concerto in A major. The First Violin Concerto, written in 1859, was only the beginning of their long artistic relationship. In 1863 Saint-Saëns wrote the present Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Sarasate, who for unknown reasons did not give the first performance until April 4, 1867; the composer waited until 1870 to publish the piece, but meanwhile Sarasate performed it throughout Europe and in the United States. In 1880 Saint-Saëns honored him again with the Third Violin Concerto. These works were ideally suited to Sarasate’s style of playing—technically perfect, with an unusually sweet and pure tone and a wider vibrato than was common at the time—all of which he reportedly achieved without practicing scales or exercises. The Introduction and Rondo capriccioso is a brilliant showpiece and perhaps the most famous of Saint-Saëns’s lighter compositions. Frequent performances were facilitated by Bizet, who made the violin and piano arrangement, and Debussy, who made a version for two pianos. In Sarasate’s honor, Saint-Saëns gave the one-movement work a pronounced Spanish flavor. The rhapsodic violin passages of the Introduction are accompanied by pizzicato strings, suggesting a guitar. The Rondo theme with its “Spanish” syncopations alternates with contrasting episodes guaranteed to show off the violinist’s virtuosity. The work ends with a whirlwind coda that dazzles with its pyrotechnical display of scales and arpeggios. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, LW H4 Franz Liszt As a celebrated young piano virtuoso, Liszt made a few sketches for his First Piano Concerto in 1830. He did not begin work in earnest, however, until 1849 in Weimar, where he had accepted the position of Court Kapellmeister the previous year. Still not satisfied, he reworked the Concerto in 1853 and finally prepared it for a public performance on February 17, 1855. On this auspicious occasion Liszt himself was the soloist with none other than Berlioz as conductor. The Concerto met with great enthusiasm, although it must be said that Liszt was such a persuasive performer that the audience would have adored anything he played. He felt, however, that further revisions were necessary, which he undertook in 1856. Critics have periodically taken the work to task for empty virtuosity, and the opinionated Viennese critic Eduard Hanslick lampooned it as a “triangle concerto,” simply because Liszt had written a triangle part when traditional concertos had none. Fashions and tastes change, however, and the compelling Concerto has triumphantly survived them all. Liszt was extraordinarily preoccupied with both the idea of combining several movements in one and the related idea of cyclic form, in which the same musical material appears in more than one movement. In both regards he was profoundly influenced by the example of Schubert, whose celebrated Wanderer Fantasy for piano four hands Liszt knew well and had arranged for piano and orchestra in 1851. He was also well aware of the cyclic properties of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, which he had transcribed for piano in 1834. Liszt’s Concerto No. 1 consists of four sections played continuously. The sections resemble the forms of a Classic symphony and indeed Liszt referred to them as such in his correspondence. None is developed completely in the Classic style, however, and throughout Liszt ingeniously transforms and develops themes that have been heard before. The bold opening theme sets the bravura tone of the work but also prepares the listener for a harmonic adventure, since it immediately changes keys. The phrase also serves as a motto that unifies the entire Concerto. Apparently Liszt and the conductor Hans von Bülow fit words to it—“Das versteht ihr alle nicht, haha!” (None of you understand this, haha!)—which may refer to the form, harmonies, or the challenging piano part. This section has hardly begun when the pianist plays a brilliant cadenza, only one of many such passages of virtuosic display. 4 The strings briefly present the lovely melody of the “slow movement” (Quasi adagio) before the piano alone plays a fuller version. The atmosphere of serenity undergoes an amazing transformation when Liszt reuses the theme in the final section. After the appearance of contrasting material, the return of the lyrical theme in the clarinet suggests a ternary shape. In Liszt’s condensed form, however, the “scherzo” begins instead, signaled by the triangle that so provoked Hanslick. The “scherzo” is also truncated, in this case by a piano cadenza and a transition, both of which develop the motto theme from the opening. The main theme of the Quasi adagio returns in the guise of a spirited march to begin the finale. “The fourth movement of the Concerto,” the composer wrote to his cousin with pride, “is only an urgent recapitulation of the earlier material with quickened, livelier rhythm, and it contains no new motives. . . . This kind of binding together and rounding off a piece at its close is somewhat my own, but it is quite organic and justified from the standpoint of musical form.” Motives from the Quasi adagio reappear, the main scherzo motive is treated extensively, and finally the motto theme returns. With a torrent of pounding octaves the soloist concludes the Concerto in a blaze of glory.

Harold in Italy, Op. 16 Hector Berlioz Following a triumphant performance of his Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz was enthusiastically accosted by violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini, who begged him to write a work he could play on the wonderful Stradivarius viola he had recently acquired. Berlioz reports in his often unreliable Memoirs that this meeting occurred following the December 22, 1833, performance of the Symphonie, though biographer David Cairns suspects it actually took place after the successful December 9, 1832, performance. Berlioz tried to write a solo part that would please the virtuoso but said he was “on fire” to carry out an idea that treated the viola and orchestra as equal partners. Paganini saw the first movement and exclaimed, “That’s not it at all! I am silent too long in that; I must be playing the whole time.” With that, Paganini disappeared from the scene, leaving Berlioz free to work on the composition without worrying how to make the viola shine. Berlioz continued in his Memoirs: I conceived the idea of writing a series of scenes for the orchestra, in which the viola should find itself involved, like a person more or less in action, always preserving his own 5 individuality. By fitting the viola into my poetical memories of my peregrinations in the Abruzzi [section of the Apennines northwest of Rome], I wanted to make the instrument into a sort of melancholy dreamer, in the style of Byron’s Childe Harold. Hence the title of the symphony, Harold in Italy. As in the Symphonie fantastique, one principal theme (the first melody of the viola) is reproduced throughout the work, but with this difference, that the theme of theSymphonie fantastique—the idée fixe—intrudes itself obstinately, like a passionate, episodic idea, into scenes wholly foreign to it, disrupting them, whilst Harold’s strain is added to the other orchestral strains, with which it contrasts, both in movement and character, without hindering their development. Berlioz had spent a year in Italy, 1831–32, having won the Prix de Rome. As with many other composers—Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, to name only a few—Italy had a profound effect on him. By borrowing Byron’s concept of the melancholy Romantic commentator rather than any specific text from the poem, Berlioz could comment musically on his own Italian memories. Though he provided no specific program for his Harold “symphony” other than the descriptive movement titles, he detailed his programmatic inspirations in his Memoirs: his wanderings in the Abruzzi, a distant procession of monks, an impromptu evening serenade, and an imagined—not actually seen—brigands’ orgy. Berlioz completed Harold in 1834; it was first performed on November 23 that year, conducted by Narcisse Girard with Chrétien Urhan, a Conservatoire classmate of Berlioz, playing the solo part Paganini had turned down. The performance was an enormous success, fulfilling Berlioz’s prediction that the Pilgrim’s March (second movement) would have to be encored. Problems with this encore and with the fourth performance of Harold made Berlioz resolve to conduct his own works in the future: mixed up cues had ruined the encore, and Girard had difficulties conducting the ending of the Serenade (third movement) at the fourth performance. As for Paganini, when he finally heard Harold in Italy in 1838 he was so moved that he made Berlioz a handsome monetary gift that subsequently enabled him to compose his next “symphony,” Romeo and Juliet. Harold in Italy, like many of Berlioz’s major works, defies classification. It takes its four-movement structure from the symphony, its descriptive movement titles and a certain structural freedom from the tone poem, and its prominent, though nonvirtuosic solo viola part from the concerto 6 or sinfonia concertante. From Berlioz’s own description of the viola in his orchestration treatise, one understands how well suited he found it to depicting his melancholy observer. “The sound of its low strings has a particular pungency, its high notes sparkle by their sadly impassioned accent and its sonority, deeply melancholic, differs from that of the other bowed instruments.” Among the countless striking features of the work is the fugal orchestral opening, which anticipates the Harold theme as presented by the viola. Berlioz scholar D. Kern Holoman points out its curious “ahistoric purpose”—it is used to evoke wandering, whereas fugues traditionally symbolized erudition and formality. The recurring Harold theme, incidentally, and one other first-movement theme originated in Berlioz’s withdrawn Rob Roy overture. Berlioz’s interest in timbre and spatial effects are particularly evident in the slow movement, in which he succeeds in depicting the chanting pilgrims and tolling bells instrumentally, almost creating a great Doppler effect to represent the passing of the procession. In the scherzo-like Serenade, Berlioz imitates the music of the pifferari he had heard in Italy—street musicians playing rustic shawms and bagpipes—with piccolo, oboe, and divided violas; the “singing” of the serenade begins with the English horn melody. A wonderful example of the rhythmic ingenuity that permeates the work occurs in the three- way reunion of themes in the final section of the Serenade. Here when the pifferari rhythmic pattern, the serenade melody, and the Harold theme come together, the violas play two measures to every one for the remainder of the orchestra—the precise spot that brought disaster to conductor Girard. In the Orgy of the Brigands, Berlioz recalls all of the previous movements, in the self-referential manner of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which he idolized. The solo viola has little to do in this movement after the reminiscences except for a fleeting bit of Harold’s evening hymn heard in the distance as he flees in terror. Highly organized, rhythmically vital orchestral “pandemonium” (Berlioz’s word) predominates. —Program notes ©Jane Vial Jaffe

7 ABOUT THE ARTISTS Leonard Slatkin Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin, Distinguished Visiting Artist in Conducting and Orchestral Studies at MSM, is Music Director Laureate for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and current Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL). He also maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting and is active as a composer, author, and educator. Mr. Slatkin led the MSM Symphony in its Carnegie Hall debut on April 13, 2014, with Glenn Dicterow as soloist. Highlights of the 2018–19 season include a tour of Germany with the ONL; a three-week American Festival with the DSO; the Kastalsky Requiem project commemorating the World War I Centennial; Penderecki’s 85th birthday celebration in Warsaw; five weeks in Asia leading orchestras in Guangzhou, Beijing, Osaka, Shanghai, and Hong Kong; and Manhattan School of Music’s 100th anniversary gala concert at Carnegie Hall. He will also conduct the Moscow Philharmonic, Balearic Islands Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Louisville Orchestra, Berner Symphonieorchester, Pittsburgh Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, RTÉ National Symphony in Ireland, and Monte Carlo Symphony. Slatkin has received six Grammy awards and 33 nominations. His recent Naxos recordings include works by Saint-Saëns, Ravel, and Berlioz (with the ONL) and music by Copland, Rachmaninov, Borzova, McTee, and John Williams (with the DSO). In addition, he has recorded the complete Brahms, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky symphonies with the DSO (available online as digital downloads). A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has received Austria’s Decoration of Honor in Silver, the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton Award, and the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his book Conducting Business. His second book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry, was published in 2017 by Amadeus Press. Leonard Slatkin has conducted virtually all of the leading orchestras in the world. As Music Director, he has held posts in New Orleans; St. Louis; Washington, DC; London (with the BBC Symphony Orchestra); Detroit; and Lyon, France. He has also served as Principal Guest Conductor in 8 Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Cleveland. Ken Yanagisawa (MM ’19), Conductor Japanese-American conductor Ken Yanagisawa is an active performer based in New York City. A recipient of the Yale University Joseph Lentilhon Selden Memorial Award and the Stanton Wheeler Award, Mr. Yanagisawa served as Music Director for the Saybrook College Orchestra as well as Coup de Brass, Yale’s premier all French Horn ensemble, and worked as assistant conductor for the Yale Symphony Orchestra and Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Yanagisawa was recently selected as one of three Fellows to attend the Pacific Music Festival Conducting Academy in 2017 where he studied with Jun Märkl and made his European debut with the Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2018. As an ensemble musician, Mr. Yanagisawa has regularly performed with the Yale Symphony Orchestra, Yale Concert Band, Berkeley College Orchestra, Saybrook College Orchestra, Yale Medical Symphony, and Aeolus Wind Quintet. Mr. Yanagisawa holds a Bachelor of Arts in music (intensive) from Yale University and is pursuing a Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting at Manhattan School of Music with George Manahan. Prior to attending Yale University, he attended the New England Conservatory as an undergraduate diploma candidate for oboe performance under the tutelage of John Ferrillo. Yanagisawa works as the Special Projects Assistant for the New York Philharmonic and as a freelance photographer. His work has been published in TIME, the New York Times, Huffington Post, Boston Globe, Playbill, Chronicle of Higher Education, YES! Weekly, and Yale Daily News.

Bryan Zaros (DMA ’19), Conductor Bryan Zaros is the Associate Choirmaster at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and made his conducting debut with the cathedral choirs at Westminster Abbey, London. He is also the Music Director of the Pro Arte Chorale, an ensemble with a 55-year legacy specializing in the performance of choral/orchestral masterworks. Recent conducting engagements have included invitations with choirs and orchestras in England, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, Argentina, Greece, Slovenia, Ireland and Romania. Most notably he has conducted concerts at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and recently led the United Nations Orchestra in a ceremony commemorating the opening of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. He is a recipient of several conducting awards, including an American Prize in Conducting. A 9 native New Yorker, Bryan began his professional musical training as a member of the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus and as a boy chorister at the Church of the Transfiguration NYC. Currently a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting at Manhattan School of Music, Bryan received a Bachelor of Music in sacred music from Westminster Choir College, and a Master of Music in conducting from the University of Michigan.

Wenqiao Jiang (BM ’20), piano Born in China in 1997, Wenqiao Jiang began her piano studies at age 6. She began to perform publicly at age 9, winning the Helen Cup national competition and performing across China in six cities. After studying for a year at the Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, she entered the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division on full scholarship as a student of Solomon Mikowsky, with whom she studied for the next six years. Under Dr. Mikowsky’s tutelage, Wenqiao Jiang won the Precollege Concerto Competition, performing as soloist with the Precollege Symphony Orchestra in 2014, and was a recipient of the Constance Keene and Rosetta Goodkind memorial awards and the Sydney Frank Foundation Scholarship. She participated twice in Dr. Mikowsky’s International Piano Festivals in Spain and Cuba, including performing the Schumann Concerto with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. She also won first prize at the New York International Competition, performing at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall with the Youth International Orchestra under Zhiliang Yu. In 2016 she received another full scholarship to study with Dr. Mikowsky in Manhattan School of Music’s College Division and won the Alternate Prize in the College Division Concerto Competition with a performance of the Prokofiev Concerto No. 3. Since 2017 she has continued her studies with Mr. Alexandre Moutouzkine. Under his tutelage, she was invited to perform the Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 with the Dalian Symphony Orchestra in Beijing and, as the winner of the 2018 MSM/Leonard Slatkin Conductors’ Project Concerto Competition, she performs the Liszt Concerto No. 1 tonight.

10 Devin Moore (BM ’21), viola Devin Jonathan Moore is pursuing his Bachelor of Music degree in classical viola performance under the instruction of Samuel Rhodes at Manhattan School of Music. In high school, Devin was concertmaster and principal violist of the Chartiers Valley High School Orchestra and both Co-Principal Violist and Co-Principal Second Violinist with the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, Devin, alongside his colleague and friend James Cunningham, performed as a duet with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. In 2016, Devin was awarded the Gene Kelly Award for Best Actor in a High School Musical for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and named a finalist in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, for which he received a $2500 scholarship. As a violinist in the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America of 2016, he performed with Christoph Eschenbach, Emanuel Ax, Valery Gergiev, and Denis Matsuev in venues such as Purchase College, Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, Opera Berlioz, Tivoli Hall, and Smetana Hall. This past semester, Devin was awarded a George and Kay Bucksbaum Orchestral Viola Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival and School of 2018 and accepted into the esteemed Finckel-Wu Han Chamber Music Studio. At Aspen, Devin was a member of the Aspen Festival Orchestra and performed as a chamber musician/soloist with Augustin Hadelich and Sarah Chang. At MSM, Devin has held the position of Co-Principal Violist of many of the school’s orchestras and participates in chamber music and contemporary ensembles. His sextet performed in the Solo and Chamber Music Concert of MSM’s Centennial Opening Day Celebration. Devin is honored and thrilled to perform with the MSM Symphony and work with the phenomenal Leonard Slatkin.

Andi Zhang (PS ’19), violin Violinist Andi Zhang is a student of Pinchas Zukerman and Patinka Kopec in the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at Manhattan School of Music. She was chosen to participate in Leonidas Kavakos’s master class held earlier this month at Manhattan School of Music.

11 MSM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leonard Slatkin, Conductor VIOLIN I Huier Yiu CELLO Maki Omori, Taipei, Taiwan Laura Andrade, principal concertmaster TaTan Huang Austin, Texas Okazaki, Japan Hubley, Canada Georgia Bourderionnet Ziqing Guo Yiran Chen Rochester, New York Luoyang, China Yueyang, China Emma Kato You Jin Choi Yiyang Li New York, New York Seoul, South Korea Hangzhou, China Amanda Laborete Jisu Choi Eliane Menzel San Diego, California Ridgefield, New Jersey Zetel, Germany Nicholas Burkel Ahra Cho Chenxiang Wang Sayville, New York Seoul, South Korea Beijing, China Niles Luther Jeehyun Park Adrianne Mundon-Dixon Fairfield, Connecticut Seoul, South Korea New York, New York Juhyeon Kim Aleksandra Li Seoul, South Korea Moscow, Russia VIOLA Jonathan Lin Tian Qiu Joshua Gomberoff, San Diego, California Beijing, China principal Hyeunji Lee Elizabeth Beck Vancouver, Canada Seoul, South Korea Oil City, Louisiana Mookun Jang Miguel Cegarra Ke Zhu Busan Haewoondae Gu, Orlando, Florida Beijing, China South Korea Xin Shao Amos Lee Ramon Carrero Martinez Changsha, China Long Island City, New York Caracas, Venezuela Guolong Wang Jarred Cianciulli DOUBLE BASS Beijing, China Harleysville, Pennsylvania Andrew Behrens Chala Yancy Rui Song Huntington, New York New York, New York Xuzhou, China John VanDuzer Heather Frank Olsen Dudley Raine Oakville, Ontario, Canada New York, New York Lynchburg, Virginia Gabriel Harris Marina Aikawa Toby Winarto Easton, Pennsylvania Fujisawa-shi, Japan Los Angeles, California Ryan Sujdak Hao-Yuan Hsu Gainesville, Florida Taipei,Taiwan VIOLIN II Conor O’Hale Yena Lee, Samuel Omalyev Maplewood, New Jersey Newtown, Connecticut Seoul, South Korea Kyung Won Park Francesca Abusamra Myeonghoon Park Seoul, South Korea Pusan, South Korea Rochester Hills, Michigan Yoojeong Kim Bin Gui Yangzi Wang Seoul, South Korea Qingdao, China Qingdao, China Julian Barrera Margaret Baker Zhen Huang Medellin, Colombia Lynchburg, Virginia Hangzhao, China Lulu Huang Chongqing, China 12 FLUTE HORN TUBA Julie Nah Kyung Lee* Jisun Oh+* Brandon Cazden* Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea Dorval, Canada Lucija Stilinovic+ Torrin Hallett^ Varazdin, Croatia Oconomowoc, Wisconsin TIMPANI Michelle Pokley Victoria Drexler Tae McLoughlin+^ Clarkston, Michigan Brooklyn, New York Maplewood, New Jersey ^ Seo Hee Choi Eli Pandolfi Madison Shake* Seoul, South Korea Webster Groves, Missouri Indianapolis, Indiana Jonathan Sales New Providence, OBOE PERCUSSION + New Jersey Joel Roches Cooper Martell+^* Chicopee, Massachusetts Albany, New York TRUMPET Yawen Guan Yi-Chen + Beijing, China Gustavo Araujo Leite Taipei, Taiwan ^* Sao Paulo, Brazil You Joung Sohn Riley Barnes * Seoul, South Korea Caleb Laidlaw Flower Mound, Texas Levittown, New York Changhyun Cha^ CLARINET HARP + Busan, South Korea Martina Morello Sonia Bize* Pordenone, Italy Benjamin Lieberman Commack, New York Toronto, Ontario, Canada David Jung Woo Lee^ Flushing, New York Scott Chiu* TROMBONE Denver, Colorado Spencer Chapman+ The Woodlands, Texas * BASSOON Kevin Casey Winter Park, New York Cheryl Fries+* Red Creek, New York Jacob Rogers BASS TROMBONE Hamburg, New York Patrick Crider Wenchao Fang^ Chambersburg, Qingdao, China Pennsylvania Jordan Dreyer West Milford, New Jersey

Brass and Wind Principals + Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S.124 ^ Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 * Berlioz Harold in Italy, Op. 16 13 ABOUT THE CONDUCTORS’ PROJECT Maestro Leonard Slatkin, MSM Distinguished Visiting Artist in Conducting and Orchestral Studies and a member of the School’s Board of Trustees since 2009, chooses two conducting students each year to participate in the Conductors’ Project. Working with MSM Director of Orchestral Activities George Manahan and the students in the MSM Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Slatkin offers the selected conducting fellows intensive coaching and invaluable experience leading an orchestra. The Project consists of five days of rehearsals with the MSM Symphony Orchestra leading up to the annual final concert, which features the student conductors joining Maestro Slatkin in taking a turn on the podium. This year’s conductors are a Master’s candidate and a DMA candidate at Manhattan School of Music.

14 THE CENTENNIAL PROJECT Manhattan School of Music’s Centennial Project is an ambitious program of improvements to the School’s architecturally distinguished campus. The centerpiece of the Project is the renovation of Neidorff-Karpati Hall, MSM’s principal performance space, which has been transformed into a state-of-the-art venue to showcase our talented students. Built in 1931 and designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, the architects of the Empire State Building, the hall has been called “one of the Art Deco treats in the city” by the New York Times. The Project also includes a dramatic and welcoming new campus entrance on Claremont Avenue, new practice rooms, and an expansion of the main entryway and lobby.

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ANNUAL GIFTS

$100,000 and above David G. Knott Ph.D. and New York City Council Estate of C.J. Stuart Allan Françoise Girard Christopher Preiss Sceneworks Studio Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Leonard Slatkin Linda and Toby Mercuro Mónica and Angel Sosa $50,000 to $99,999 The Ambrose Monell Foundation The Joan and Alan Ades-Taub The Arthur and $5,000 to $9,999 Family Foundation Mae Orvis Foundation Anonymous Donors (2) Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Melody Sawyer Richardson Activist Artist Management/ Lorraine Gallard and The Fan Fox and Selema “Sal” Masekela Richard H. Levy Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Louis Armstrong Educational Dr. Solomon Mikowsky† Solon E. Summerfield Foundation Foundation Noémi K. & Michael Neidorff Swantje and George von Werz The Theodore H. Barth and the Centene Charitable Foundation Foundation $10,000 to $24,999 Bloomberg Bill and Patricia O’Connor An Anonymous Donor Chartwells Dining Services Estate of Harold Schonberg Joyce Aboussie Michael R. and Nina I. Douglas Twiford Foundation The ASCAP Foundation Educational Assistance LTD. The Frank and Lydia Bergen Nicolas and Dianne Flagello $25,000 to $49,999 Foundation Israel Discount Bank Ed Annunziato Dr. Alejandro Cordero Nancy M. Kissinger Augustine Foundation The Enoch Foundation Charles E. Knapp Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke Evco Mechanical Corporation Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation Carla Bossi-Comelli First Initiative Foundation Limited Charlotte Mathey Delin and Abelardo Bru Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Linda B. McKean Susan Ennis and Dr. Owen Lewis Raul and Magdalena Gutierrez The Clement Meadmore Donald and Marcia Clay Hamilton Jephson Educational Trusts Foundation Nancy Freund Heller and Ruth M. Knight Foundation Lloyd Miller Jeffrey Heller A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Lane F. Miller Brian and Vivian Henderson Foundation James Petercsak 16 Regina and Robert Rheinstein Ghent Realty Keith L. Wiggs Mari and Kenneth Share Ruth Golden† Laura Yang and The Shoshana Foundation Charlotte Gollubier Dr. Ming-Lung Allen Yang Shelley Deal and David Goodman Claude L. Winfield Greg Grimaldi $500 to $999 Lucie Zippolos Roger* and Joanne Greenspun Richard E. Adams Hansoree Orren Alperstein $2,500 to $4,999 Kathleen F. Hegierski The Bagby Foundation for the Joan Taub Ades Marie Theresa Hermand Musical Arts Candace and de Arango Bruce M. Beckwith Frederick Beinecke Dr. Charles Herring Noma Blechman Robert Bucker Holzman Moss Bottino Dr. Juna Bobby Connie Kanako Clarke and Architecture Dr. Vincent Celenza James Clarke J & J Flooring John Chan and Fan Jiang The D’Addario Music Robert and Susan Kaplan Dr. Monica Coen Christensen† Foundation For The Jack and Helga Katz Sharon E. Daley-Johnson Performing Arts Phillip N. Kawin† Bill Delaney Capt. Kenneth R. Force, Theresa and Roosey Khawly Casey M. Dunn† USMS (ret.) Sungrim Kim and Adrienne Stetson Forrest Dr. James Gandre and Wonsuk Chang Judith Friedman Dr. Boris Thomas† Michael J. Kokola Loraine F. Gardner Mira Goldberg Christiana Leonard Stephen Jacobsohn and Jane A. Gross Lubrano Ciavarra Architects Dr. Maura Reinblatt The Arthur Loeb Foundation Jeffrey Lynford Dr. Herve Jacquet Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Thomas Maguire Cecile R. Jim Barbara and Dermot O’Reilly Mary Moeller Dr. Harriet S. Kaplan The Presser Foundation Marjorie Neuwirth Millen Katz Kathleen Ritch Connie and James A. Newcomb Patinka Kopec and Alfred and Jane Ross Kim and Anthony Papini† Dr. Jay Selman† Foundation Margot and Adolfo Patron Chung Nung Lee Gail Sanders Maitland Peters† Alta T. Malberg Robert Seigel and Kalmon D. Post and Susan Olsen Maren Susan Kargman Linda Farber Post Laurie Margolies Christopher W. Welch and Cassie and William Rahm Elissa and Christopher Morris Katherine L. Hosford Red Hook Management/ Christianne Orto† Dr. Theo George Wilson Thomas Trynin Dr. John Pagano† RIK Electric Corporation/ Naomi Paley $1,000 to $2,499 Richard and Tara Petrocelli The Pfizer Foundation Anonymous Donors (2) Ted and Lesley Rosenthal† Henry C. Pinkham Ralph and JJ Allen Michael de C. Rosenfeld Luis Plaza† Susan Appel Sabian LTD Dr. Kariné Poghosyan† Beekman Housing Ventures Bette and Richard Saltzman Jane L. Polin Joel Bell and Marife Hernandez Eduardo and Antonella Salvati Dr. Bennett Pologe Bellet Construction Morris Sandler Susan L. Quittmeyer and Bond Schoeneck & King Yolanda Santos James Morris† Nick and Melissa Borkowski Cynthia D. and Mary Radcliffe Barbara F. and Thomas P. Sculco Reliable Office Solutions/ Timothy A. Boroughs Karen L. Shapiro Christina Gallo Margaret A. Boulware Richard W. Southwick FAIA Mary S. Riebold Bright Power Annaliese Soros James S. Ritchie Elizabeth A. R. and Special Risk Consultants/ Saremi Health and Ralph S. Brown, Jr. Rich P. Seufer Wellness Foundation Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire Robert Stackpole Israel Schossev† Dr. Robert J. Campbell MD The Stecher & Ilse Gordon and Neil Shapiro KCSJ and Sir Cesare L. Horowitz Foundation Anne Shikany† Santeramo KCSJ Jane E. Steele and Dr. Marc Silverman† Connor Strong & William Sussman Ted Smith Buckelew Companies Sterling National Bank Paul Sperry† Pamela Drexel Linda Stocknoff William M. Stein, Jr. Eagan Family Foundation John Sweeney Kathleen Byrum Suss Epstein Engineering Telebeam Telephone Systems Wendy and Salvatore Talio First American Education Dace Udris Marian Williams Finance Elizabeth R. and Carolyn Zepf Hagner Charles Gardner and Patti Eyler Michael A. Varet General Plumbing Corporation Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini $250 to $499 Geneva Pension Consultants Ronald G. Weiner An Anonymous Donor Hans and Gloria Gesell Vita Weir and Edward Brice Roman Bachli 17 Mary Ellin Barrett Evangeline Benedetti Robert Gorman Louise Basbas Jerome and Judy Benson Dinkin Dr. Richard A. Gradone Paul J. Beck Patricia Berman and David W. Granger Kevin M. Bohl Harvey Singer Laura Greenwald Ronnie Boriskin Susan Biskeborn Wendy Griffiths, DMA Ann and Stanley Borowiec Raymond Bonar Louis Grimaldi Langis Breton Louis M. Bonifati, Ed. D. Madelon and Jerald Grobman Elizabeth Brody Dr. Carlton and Dr. Grace A. Hackett-Faroul Angela Brown Dr. Agnes Boxhill Holly Hall Elizabeth A. Browne Julianne and Dr. Heather A. Hamilton Jennifer M. and Albert Bruno Tallmadge L. Boyd, Jr. Stacie E. Haneline Dr. Gines-Didier Cano Carlvant and Peter A. Boysen Diane D. and John B. Haney Walid M. Dardir Joy Hodges Branagan June and Patrick J. Hannan Rita Delespara Robert Brenner Dr. Carl Hanson Salvatore and Santa Maria Ellen and Douglas Brett Dr. Mary H. Harding Di Vittorio Francine R. Brewer Dr. Andrew E. Henderson and Elaine Enger Walter Brewus Mary W. Huff† Gale Epstein Anthony N. Brittin Amy Hersh Fay Fernandez David Britton Peter T. Hess & Marsha and Frank Bruno Debra M. Kenyon Family Fund Monroe H. Firestone Raymond J. Burghardt Fung Ho Pam Goldberg Louise C. Caldwell Larry Hochman Laurie Hamilton Mabel A. Campbell Judith Hunt Lawrence Indik Sherrie and David Caplan Leon Hyman Robert John Just Filis A. and Judith and Leonard Hyman Andrea Klepetar-Fallek Alexander M. Cardieri Family Fund Warren N. Laffredo Nadine and Norman Carey Michael Ibrahim ’09 and James P. McCarthy H. R. Carlisle Alexandra Hamilton ’08 Linda McKnight Richard Carr Bernard Tamosaitis and Carrie Newman Elizabeth S. and Dalmo Carra Sayuri Iida Lin-Hou Ng-Cheng John E. Carranza* Jonathan A. and Rheva K. Irving Yahui and John Kenneth Olenik Martha Chapo Family Gift Fund Shirley Rosenzweig Jackel Dr. Abby O’Neil and Sandy C. Coffin Peter H. Judd Dr. Carroll Joynes Edward and Annette Cornelius Noreen Kerrigan Susan S. and Kanti Rai Toby and Lester Crystal Ethan Jeon Saul D. Raw, LCSW Helen N. Danehower Daniel Kirk-Foster Irwin L. Reese Dr. David K. Davis Lorinda Klein Frederick B. Rosoff Elizabeth J. de Almeida Lauren and Matthew J. Kluger Thomas L. Schissler Allan J. Dean Kenneth H. Knight Mary Schmidt Robert J. Dell’Angelo Hae Soon Koh Julie and Allen Schwait Theresa and Guy Dellecave Jennifer and Jeffrey Kolitch Glenn Schwartz Mark Delpriora Dr. Michael and Rachel Kollmer Kira Sergievsky Anaar Desai-Stephens Michael Kowal Walter F. and Dr. Nancy Zipay DeSalvo Gene B. Kuntz Margaret M. Siebecker Michael and Ursula Kwasnicka Robert and Victoria Sirota Catherine Diefenbach Tom Landrum Tamara and Michael Sload John Dispenza Robert Laporte Myrna Tanchoco-Rossen and Marjory M. Duncalfe Dr. Ann Lemke Robert Rossen Michael and Marjorie Engber Amy Levine Gordon Turk Carolyn J. Enger Dr. Ira M. Lieberman Elizabeth R. Van Arsdel William R. Evans George Litton John Walton Yingjiu Fan and Zuojun Cao Xin Liu and Hong Chen Daniel E. Weiss Robert Felicetti Edward Loizides Noreen and Ned Zimmerman Elsa H. Fine Eleanor and Mort Lowenthal Alice and Aldo Fossella Carmel Lowenthal† $100 to $249 Paula A. Franklin Melissa M. and Philip Mark Anonymous Donors (4) Caroline and Shlomo Freidfertig Gunther Marx Eileen C. Acheson-Bohn Edith Hall Friedheim Meredith Wood McCaughey Meg Lowenthal Akabas Emanuel A. Friedman Robert D. and Cecile Alexis Cameron Bennett and Judith M. McFadden Alex Alsup Korine Fujiwara Bob McGrath Ari F. Ambrose Esq. Catherine A. Gale Eugene G. McLeod Angelo Badalamenti John and Hannelore Gerlach Theresa McNeil Susan Barbash and Phil Glick Robert and Linda Miller Dr. Eric Katz Nancy and Marc Goldberg Jacqueline R. Miron Barbara and Alan Barry Judith Uman and Nadine Nozomi Mitake 18 Linda Dupree-Bell I. Michael Goodman Frank Montaturo Dr. Andrea H. Morris Mary Jaccoma Rozenberg Jacquelyn Tomlet Mary Anne and Wayne Mueller Reto A. Ruedy Gemma H. Tung Kay C. Murray June Sadowski-Devarez Dawn Upshaw Francisco Nájera and Frank E. Salomon Jill F. Van Syckle Ileana Ordonez Victoria and Anthony Scelba Mark Vandersall and Norma Nelson Alan Schaplowsky Laura Mendelson Richard Niemann Stanley Scheller Jon Verbalis Rebecca Noreen Gil Seadale Dr. Katharina Volk The O’Mara Family William Shadel Jason Wachtler Frederick and Anna Ostrofsky Julie and Steve Sharp Jianlong Wang Duncan Patton† Nancy Covert Sheftel Adam B. Ward Myrna Payne Angela Allen Sherzer Doris Joy Warner Maria Magliaro Politano Amy K. Shoremount Michael Washburn and Jill M. Pollack LCSW BCD Ruth Siegler Nancy Carmichael Gift Fund Dr. Maria Radicheva† Claire Hollister Singer Patricia Weiss Dr. Jonathan Raskin Alice Jane Sklar Jack L. Wenger Mona Reisman Schoen Norman Solomon, M.D. Gabriella R. Will William W. Reynolds Jeanne M. and David E. Sperber Michael C. Wimberly Joyce Richardson Catherine and Carl Stahl Carole M. Wolek Amy Franklin Richter James Stalzer Lam Wong Lindsay Rider Steve Stalzle Dr. Roy Wylie Howard G. Rittner Felice E. Swados Barbara Yahr Carol Robbins Manabu Takasawa Zhendai Yang Lois Roman Sondra Tammam Dr. Velia Yedra-Chruszcz Alex Romanov Bruce Tang and Yi Lu June Zaccone Roger F. Rose Gary Thalheimer Elda Zappi Amy S. Rosen Nickolas Themelis Hongwei Zhou and Stanley Rosenberg Elaine C. Thomas Jianlong Wang Chris Rosenberg† Dr. Barbara L. Tischler

*Deceased 19 TRIBUTE GIFTS

In Honor of Glennie Blanchard by Douglas Rask by Dr. Gladstone Atwell by John K. Blanchard Keith L. Wiggs Richard I. Cooper John E. Carranza by David Reismann by Martin Bookspan’s 91st Birthday by John E. Carranza Barbara L. Reissman Dr. and Mrs. Sidney H. Sobel Cheung Ching Chan by Martha Laredo Salomon by Susan Ennis by Noreen Kerrigan Frank E. Salomon Susan S. and Kanti Rai Audrey Chesis by Anthony Smaldon by Hilda Harris by Noémi and Michael Neidorff Alex Alsup Bruce M. Beckwith Dave Conner by Charlie Small by Isaac Kaplan (BM’11, MM’13) by Rod Thorn Norman Small Susan and Robert Kaplan Nicolas Flagello by Lew Soloff by Melvin R. Kaplan, Grandfather by Dianne Danese Flagello Phillip Namanworth Dr. Harriet S. Kaplan Trudy Hochberg Goldstein by Paul Stebbins by Ed and Ilene Lowenthal by Nancy C. Sheftel April Johnson Margaret M. and Shirley Heller by Kathryn S. Jones Walter F. Siebecker Richard S. Hoffman Emily Kronenberg Bill and Patricia O’Connor by Mrs. Ponsie B. Hillman by Frank E. Salomon Tallmadge and Julianne Boyd Michelle D. Winfield Jonathan Strasser by David Rahm by Everett Holland by Ann M. McKinney Larry B. Hochman Stanley Rosenberg Northwestern Mutual Foundation Elizabeth and Michael A. Varet Trudy Just by Richard Porter Robert J. Just David J. Thompson by In Memory of Danny Kopec by John P. Elliott Rose and Edward Joseph Acheson Carolyn and Richard Glickstein Zane Udris by by Eileen C. Acheson-Bohn Mrs. Betty Wright Landreth by Dace Udris C. Erika Alexis by Laurie Landreth Ludmila Ulehla by Cecile E. Alexis Edyth H. Larson by Anthony Scelba Betty Allen by Mary Kay L. McGarvey William F. Vollinger Lorinda A. Klein Michael “Blair” Lawhead by Neil Warner by Cynthia Auerbach by William R. Evans Robert D. McFadden Dr. Bennett Pologe Choon Hwa Lee by Josephine Whitford by Andre Badalamenti by Juna Bobby Edward L. Cornelius Angelo Badalamenti Stephen Maxym by Dora Zaslavsky by Stanley Bednar by Gines-Didier Cano Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Northwestern Mutual Foundation Francis Pincus by Nancy Nagy Sen Leonard Bernstein—100 years! by Bennett Pologe Ann Stahl

20 ANNUAL NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS

College International Advisory Board Harold and Helene Schonberg An Anonymous Flute Scholarship Scholarship Pianist Scholarship Richard E. Adams Scholarship for Janey Fund Charitable Trust Solon E. Summerfield Foundation a French Horn Scholarship Scholarship Joan Taub Ades Scholarship Jephson Educational Trusts L. John Twiford Violin Scholarship The Louis Armstrong Educational Scholarship Foundation Scholarship JMP Musicial Theatre Scholarship Precollege ASCAP/Fran Morgenstern Davis A. L. and Jennie L. Luria CWKH Precollege Scholarship Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Hansoree Scholarship Augustine Foundation Scholarship Ambrose Monell Foundation Ponsie Barclay Hillman Precollege Theodore H. Barth Foundation Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Josephine Luby Precollege Elizabeth Beinecke Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship Jordan Berk Scholarship Petercsak Percussion Scholarship Alfred and Jane Ross Precollege Educational Assistance The Presser Foundation Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship Dr. Theodore G. Wilson Margaret Enoch Scholarship Sabian/Robert Zildjian Memorial Precollege Scholarship First Initiative Hong Kong/China Percussion Scholarship Scholarship ENDOWED NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS

College Peter J. Kent Scholarship Precollege Joan Taub Ades Scholarship for Marga and Arthur King An Anonymous Jazz Precollege Musicial Theatre Scholarship Scholarship Licia Albanese Scholarship Kraeuter Violin Scholarship Alex Assoian Music Project Cynthia Auerbach Memorial Fund Edith Kriss Piano Scholarship Precollege Scholarship Augustine Guitar Scholarship LADO Scholarship Fund Dr. Michelle Solarz August Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Marquis George MacDonald Precollege Scholarship in Piano Scholarship Scholarship Kate Bamberger Memorial Violin Frances Hall Ballard Scholarship Robert Mann Scholarship in Violin Scholarship Artur Balsam Scholarship & Chamber Music Jordan Berk Scholarship Hans and Klara Bauer Viola B. Marcus Memorial Matilda Cascio Precollege Scholarship Scholarship Fund (Graduate) Scholarship Berkman-Rahm Scholarship Fund Viola B. Marcus Memorial Cuker/Stern Precollege Selma W. Berkman Memorial Scholarship Fund Scholarship Scholarship (Undergraduate) Marion Feldman Scholarship Vera Blacker Scholarship in Piano Clement Meadmore Scholarship Dianne Danese Flagello Carmine Caruso Memorial in Jazz Studies Precollege Scholarship Scholarship Homer and Constance Mensch Rosetta Goodkind Precollege Edgar Foster Daniels Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship in Voice Samuel and Mitzi Newhouse Andrew Goodman Memorial Helen Airoff Dowling Scholarship Scholarship Precollege Scholarship Baisley Powell Elebash Birgit Nilsson Scholarship Dorothy Hales Gary Scholarship Scholarship Scott Oakley Memorial Jocelyn Gertel Precollege Gart Family Foundation Scholarship in Musical Theatre Scholarship Scholarship Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Constance Keene Precollege Lloyd Gelassen Scholarship Scholarship Piano Scholarship Rita and Herbert Z. Gold Paul Price Percussion Scholarship Patinka Kopec Precollege Violin Scholarship Rodgers and Hammerstein/ Scholarship Michael Greene Scholarship Richard Rodgers Scholarship Mary B. Lenom Scholarship Charles Grossman Memorial Jay Rubinton Scholarship Sassa Maniotis Endowed Endowment Scholarship Leon Russianoff Memorial Precollege Piano Scholarship Grusin/Rosen Jazz Scholarship Scholarship Nana’s Way Precollege Division Adolphus Hailstork-Mary Weaver Scott Shayne Sinclair Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship in Guitar Carl Owen Memorial Scholarship William Randolph Hearst Joseph M. Smith Scholarship Maitland Peters and Karen Foundation Scholarship Elva Van Gelder Memorial Beardsley Precollege Voice Margaret Hoswell van der Marck Scholarship Scholarship Memorial Scholarship in Opera Emily M. Voorhis Scholarship Prep Parents Scholarship Helen Fahnestock Hubbard Rachmael Weinstock Scholarship Rita and Morris Relson Family Scholarship in Violin Scholarship Alexandra Hunt Endowed Vocal Avedis Zildjian Percussion Paul Stebbins Precollege Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship in Bassoon Deolus Husband Memorial Jonathan and Conrad Strasser Scholarship for Composition Memorial Scholarship Eugene Istomin Scholarship in Elva Van Gelder Memorial Piano Scholarship 21 ENDOWMENT GIFTS

An Anonymous Donor Xilun Chen Ortega Family Joan Taub Ades Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Licia Albanese-Puccini Susan Ennis and Dr. Owen Lewis Maitland Peters and Foundation Eric Fisk Karen Beardsley† Alex Assoian Music Project Carol B. Grossman Cassie and Billy Rahm Gabrielle Bamberger Susan Anne Ingerman Melody Sawyer Richardson Michael A. Bamberger and The Kevin Kang Nicolas Rohatyn and Honorable Phylis S. Bamberger Yiduo Liu Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Allen H. Berkman & Selma W. Alan Lurie Irene Schultz Berkman Charitable Trust Marquis George MacDonald Dr. Marc Silverman† Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation Foundation Ann M. McKinney

GALAXY SOCIETY Members of the Galaxy Society ensure the future of Manhattan School of Music through inclusion of the School in their long-range financial and estate plans. We are grateful for their vision and generosity, which helps ensure that MSM continues to thrive into the next century and enables aspiring young artists to reach for the stars.

Anonymous Donors (2) Capt. Kenneth R. Force, Regina Rheinstein Richard E. Adams USMS (ret.) Melody Sawyer Richardson Joan Taub Ades Rabbi Mordecai Genn Mary S. Riebold Louis Alexander Ruth Golden† Evelyn Ronell Frank Bamberger Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Ted and Lesley Rosenthal† Gabrielle Bamberger Dr. Heather A. Hamilton Cate Ryan Renee Bash Shirley Katz-Cohen Alex Shapiro Peter Basquin Phillip N. Kawin† Dr. Marc Silverman† William S. Beinecke Alan M. and Amy R. Sperling Yvette Benjamin Karen Schiebler Knieter Carleton B. Spotts Blanche H. Blitstein Doris Konig Jonathan Sternberg Louis M. Bonifati, Ed. D. Dr. Robert Ira Lewy Hetty Te Korte Carla Bossi-Comelli Shigeru Matsuno Flavio Varani James B. Coker Charlotte Mayerson Dona D. Vaughn and Alex Davis Claire A. Meyer Ron Raines† Michael P. Devine Warren R. Mikulka Keith L. Wiggs J. S. Ellenberger Charles B. Nelson Jr. Dr. Theo George Wilson Jonathan Fey Barbara and Dermot O’Reilly Carolyn Zepf Hagner Duncan Pledger

22 FOUNDER’S SOCIETY

The Founder’s Society honors the extraordinary generosity of the following individuals and institutions whose cumulative giving to Manhattan School of Music exceeded $250,000 (as of June 30, 2018). These exceptional donors enable MSM to provide world-class conservatory training to immensely talented students. We are deeply grateful for their special dedication to the School’s mission and culture of artistic excellence and musicianship. $5,000,000 and above William S. Beinecke Rose L. Augustine* and Noémi K. & Michael Neidorff Mary Owen Borden Foundation The Augustine Foundation and the Centene Charitable Estate of Ruth Chatfield Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Foundation The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Michael R. Bloomberg G. Chris Andersen and Lorraine Gallard and Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation SungEun Han-Andersen Richard H. Levy Carnegie Corporation of New York Gart Family Foundation Edgar Foster Daniels $2,500,000 and above Ann and Gordon Getty Ervika Foundation Joan Taub Ades and Foundation Cecilia and John Farrell Alan M. Ades* Michael W. Greene Estate of Ellen G. Fezer Estate of Jacqueline Kacere Marcia and Donald Hamilton Yveta S. Graff* Estate of Dora Zaslavsky Koch Jewish Foundation for Education Estate of Rea F. Hooker Alfred* and Claude Mann of Women Jephson Educational Trusts The Octavian Society Estate of Kellogg Johnson The Stanley Thomas Johnson The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Estate of Marga King Foundation William R. Miller (HonDMA ’11) Estate of Edith Kriss Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Kellen Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Ruth M. Knight Trust $1,000,000 and above Peter Luerssen/ David G. Knott Ph.D. and The ASCAP Foundation Maecenata Foundation Françoise Girard Carla Bossi-Comelli A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Estate of Anna Case Mackay Gordon K. Greenfield* Foundation Linda and Toby Mercuro The Gordon and Harriet Estate of Viola B. Marcus National Endowment for the Arts Greenfield Foundation, Inc. The Andrew W. Mellon New York State Higher Education Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation Foundation Capital Matching Grant Board and Estate of Joseph F. Dr. Solomon Mikowsky† Henry Nias Foundation McCrindle The Ambrose Monell Foundation Bill and Patricia O’Connor Estate of Homer Mensch The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Sceneworks Studio The Miller Family Foundation Samuels Foundation Melody Sawyer Richardson The Arthur and Mae Orvis Estate of Harold Schonberg Jody and Peter Robbins Foundation The Evelyn Sharp Foundation Susan and David Rahm $250,000 and above Harold and Helene Schonberg The Helen F. Whitaker Fund An Anonymous Donor Trust Annie Laurie Aitken The Starr Foundation $500,000 and above Charitable Trust Surdna Foundation Altman Foundation Estate of C. J. Stuart Allan Patrick N. W. Turner Nancy Terner Behrman*/ Amato Opera Theater Gabe Wiener Foundation The Fund for Individual Potential

*Deceased †MSM Faculty/Staff 23 MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC LEADERSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lorraine Gallard, Chair Warren Jones Edward Lowenthal, Vice Chair and Treasurer David G. Knott Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17), Linda Bell Mercuro Secretary Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14) Bill O’Connor Ed Annunziato Laura Sametz Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Melody Sawyer Richardson Carla Bossi-Comelli Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Delin Bru Trustees Emeriti Susan Ennis Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita James Gandre, President William R. Miller (HonDMA ’11) Marcia Clay Hamilton David A. Rahm (HonDMA ’07), Chair Emeritus Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Robert G. Simon Nancy Freund Heller INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Carla Bossi-Comelli, Chair, Switzerland Margot Alberti de Mazzeri, Italy Mita Aparicio, Mexico Margot Patron, Mexico Marcos Arbaitman, Brazil Maria Elvira Salgar, Colombia/United States Delin Bru, United States Chiona X. Schwarz, Germany Alejandro Cordero, Argentina Angel Sosa, Mexico Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain Guillermo Vogel, Mexico Michelle Ong, Hong Kong ARTISTIC ADVISORY COUNCIL Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08) Bernard Labadie (HonDMA ’18) Glenn Dicterow Lang Lang (HonDMA ’12) Peter Duchin Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Richard Gaddes (HonDMA ’17) Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Pinchas Zukerman (HonDMA ’93) Stefon Harris (BM ’95, MM ’97) PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL James Gandre, President Amy Anderson, Dean of Enrollment Joyce Griggs, Executive Vice President and Provost Monica Coen Christensen, Dean of Students Gary Meyer, Senior Vice President and CFO Bryan Greaney, Dean of Academic Operations Susan Madden, Vice President for Advancement Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Jeff Breithaupt, Vice President for Media and Recording Arts Communications Luis Plaza, Director of Facilities and Campus Safety Carol Matos, Vice President for Administration and Kelly Sawatsky, Dean of the Precollege Human Relations Alexa Smith, Chief of Staff DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS Linda Chesis, Chair, Woodwinds Christopher Lamb, Chair, Percussion Glenn Dicterow, Chair, Graduate Program in Jeffrey Langford, Associate Dean of Doctoral Orchestral Performance Studies and Chair, Music History Casey Molino Dunn, Director, Center for Music David Leisner, Chair, Guitar Entrepreneurship George Manahan, Director of Orchestral Activities John Forconi, Chair, Collaborative Piano Nicholas Mann, Chair, Strings Reiko Fueting, Chair, Theory John Pagano, Chair, Humanities David Geber, Director of Chamber Music Liza Gennaro, Associate Dean and Director, Stefon Harris, Associate Dean and Director, Musical Theatre Program Jazz Arts Program Maitland Peters, Chair, Voice Andrew Henderson, Chair, Organ Marc Silverman, Chair, Piano David Jolley, Chair, Brass J. Mark Stambaugh, Acting Chair, Composition Margaret Kampmeier, Artistic Director and Chair, Kent Tritle, Director of Choral Activities Contemporary Performance Program Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director of Opera 24 Kathryn LaBouff, Assistant Chair, Voice CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs Jeff Breithaupt Ruth Golden* Vice President for Media and Communications Voice faculty member Susan Madden Bryan Greaney (BM ’08, MM ’10)* Vice President for Advancement Dean of Academic Operations Joyce Griggs* Vice Chairs Executive Vice President and Provost Kelly Hall-Tompkins (MM ’95, HonDMA ’14) John Blanchard (MM ’89) Institutional Historian and Director of Archives Stefon Harris (BM ’95, MM ’97)* Associate Dean and Director of Jazz Arts Nolan Robertson (BM ’05) Dean of Performance (through 8/31/18) Nancy Freund Heller* Board of Trustees Joseph Joubert (BM ’79, MM ’81) Lou Alexander (MM ’79) Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Chair, Alumni Advisory Council Phillip Kawin (BM ’82, MM ’85) Justin Bischof (BM ’90, MM ’92, DMA ’98) Piano faculty member Vice-Chair, Alumni Advisory Council Monica Christensen* Esther Lee (BM ’98, MM ’00) Alumni Advisory Council Dean of Students Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72) Sharon Daley-Johnson (BM ’88, MM ’89) Secretary, Board of Trustees Alumni Advisory Council * Katharine Dryden* Bill O’Connor Board of Trustees Director of Instrumental Ensembles Kelly Sawatsky (MM ’02)* Lauren Frankovich (MM ’09)* Dean of the Precollege Associate Director for Alumni Engagement Lorraine Gallard Chair, Board of Trustees James Gandre* President *Steering Committee member

We have made every effort to list MSM donors accurately. If your name is not listed as you wish, or if you notice an inaccuracy, please contact Hilary Purrington in the Advancement Office at 917-493-4434, or at [email protected]. 25 CENTENNIAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

LIST IN FORMATION

Richard Elder Adams^ Russell Granet John Musto^ Former Vice President, MSM Acting President and CEO, Composer and Pianist Kara Medoff Barnett Lincoln Center for the Bebe Neuwirth*+ Performing Arts Executive Director, Tony and Emmy American Ballet Theatre David Grusin* Award-winning Actress Leszek Barwinski-Brown Composer and Pianist Amy Niles CEO, Lang Lang Foundation Thomas Hampson*+ President & CEO, WBGO Sian Beilock, PhD Metropolitan Opera Baritone Elmar Oliveira*^ President, Barnard College Shuler Hensley*^ Internationally Acclaimed Terence Blanchard*+ Tony Award-winning Baritone Violinist Composer and Jazz Trumpeter Howard Herring*^ Susan L. Quittmeyer^ Judy Blazer^ President & CEO, Metropolitan Opera New World Symphony Mezzo-Soprano Broadway Performer Deborah Borda Norman Horowitz James Roe Executive Director, Stecher President & Executive Director, President & CEO, and Horowitz Foundation Orchestra of St. Luke’s New York Philharmonic * Ronald Carter*^ Andrew Jorgensen Ned Rorem General Director, Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer Grammy Award-winning Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Jazz Bassist Jesse Rosen^ ^ Anton Coppola^ Aaron Jay Kernis President & CEO, Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer League of American Orchestras Conductor and Composer ^ John Corigliano*^ Nancy Maginnes Kissinger Democratic Leader Philanthropist Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, and Charles E. Schumer Academy Award-winning Lang Lang*+ Peter Simon Composer Grammy Award-winning Pianist President, The Royal Anthony Roth Costanzo*+^ Margaret Lioi Conservatory; Former President, MSM Metropolitan Opera Chief Executive Officer, Countertenor Chamber Music America Robert Sirota Patricia Cruz Robert Lopez^ Composer and Former President, MSM Executive Director, Tony, Grammy, Emmy, and Harlem Stage Academy Award-winning Leonard Slatkin*+ Glenn Dicterow+ Composer Grammy Award-winning Conductor Former Concertmaster, Ron Losby New York Philharmonic President & CEO, Melvin Stecher F. Paul Driscoll* Steinway & Sons Executive Director, Stecher and Horowitz Foundation Editor-in-Chief, Opera News Robert McGrath^ Richard Gaddes* “Bob” from Sesame Street Michael G. Stewart M.D. Founder and Medical Director, Founder and Former General Johanna Meier^ Center for the Performing Artist, Manager, Opera Theatre of Metropolitan Opera Soprano Weill Cornell Medical College / Saint Louis, Former General William R. Miller* New York-Presbyterian Hospital Manager, Santa Fe Opera Alicia Hall Moran^ * Sir James and Lady Galway Limor Tomer Broadway Performer and General Manager of Concerts Founders, Recording Artist & Lectures, The Metropolitan Galway Flute Academy *^ Museum of Art * Jason Moran Paul Gemignani Jazz Pianist and Artistic Tony and Emmy Award-winning Ann Ziff Director for Jazz, Kennedy Chairman, Board of Directors, Broadway Musical Director Center for the Performing Arts The Metropolitan Opera and Conductor James Morris *+ Susan Graham*^ Pinchas Zukerman Metropolitan Opera Bass; Grammy Award-winning Metropolitan Opera MSM Faculty Member Conductor, Violinist, and Violist Mezzo-Soprano

* Honorary doctorate recipient + 26 Artistic Advisory Board member ^ Alumna/alumnus ABOUT MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Founded as a community music school by Janet Daniels Schenck in 1918, today MSM is recognized for its more than 960 superbly talented undergraduate and graduate students who come from more than 50 countries and nearly all 50 states; its innovative curricula and world- renowned artist-teacher faculty that includes musicians from the New York Philharmonic, the Met Orchestra, and the top ranks of the jazz and Broadway communities; and a distinguished community of accomplished, award-winning alumni working at the highest levels of the musical, educational, cultural, and professional worlds. The School is dedicated to the personal, artistic, and intellectual development of aspiring musicians, from its Precollege students through those pursuing doctoral studies. Offering classical, jazz, and musical theatre training, MSM grants a range of undergraduate and graduate degrees. True to MSM’s origins as a music school for children, the Precollege program continues to offer superior music instruction to 475 young musicians between the ages of 5 and 18. The School also serves some 2,000 New York City schoolchildren through its Arts-in-Education Program, and another 2,000 students through its critically acclaimed Distance Learning Program.

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