Annual Report 2019 Dear Friends, While wrapping up the incredibly successful 2018-19 school Transforming lives and building year, we surveyed our community to learn more about community through the what draws you to the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Overwhelmingly, we heard that students and families expressive, educational and value our reputation for excellence, as embodied by our therapeutic powers of music world-class faculty. And so, for this year’s annual report, we have chosen to tell the story of the Conservatory by shining a spotlight on some of the remarkable musician-educators whose passion, Photo by Desiree Walters Desiree by Photo energy, commitment and expertise are the building blocks A Message from of our institution.

CHAD COOPER The four individuals featured in these pages–Cleave Guyton Executive Director of the Community Music School, Nora Friedman of the Suzuki Program, Tahira Clayton of Music Partners and Mariana Aslan of Music Therapy–are emblematic of our 180-strong cadre of faculty and staff. They reflect a level of excellence that we strive for in every aspect of our organization, as we enact our new five-year Strategic Plan (explained more fully in the letter from Board Chairman Russ Soper, on page 37).

The Conservatory is reaching more New Yorkers than ever, in deeper, more meaningful ways. In 2019, we reached Table of Contents 7,500 New Yorkers of all ages and abilities, by bringing high-caliber music education and music therapy into 1 LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR public schools and community centers throughout the five boroughs and by increasingly throwing open the doors 2 BKCM BY THE NUMBERS of our beautiful building for lessons, classes, ensemble 4 OUR NEW STEINWAYS rehearsals, concerts, parties and other special events. 6 OUR PRESENCE IN NEW YORK CITY Hearing music, making music, expressing oneself through music–all of this elevates and transforms individuals 8 COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL and, by extension, the world we share. Thank you Thanks 2 1 SUZUKI PROGRAM for your continued partnership as we engage in this transformative work, striving for excellence at every turn. 6 1 MUSIC PARTNERS With gratitude,

02 MUSIC THERAPY Chad Cooper 24 EVENTS 03 SUPPORTERS 6 3 FINANCIALS

7 3 BOARD LEADERSHIP 1 BY THE NUMBERS BY THE NUMBERS Photos by Desiree Walters

Every group class faculty COMMUNITY member received MUSIC SCHOOL 50% of our jazz students are female and 2 of them Private lessons and group classes 750 pieces performed study with Cleave Guyton. E in every major musical instrument hours S at student recitals N E of professional development S E M B L Learn more about Cleave and our CMS students on pages 8-12.

SUZUKI Students practiced Our 25 Suzuki faculty members 16 PROGRAM have undergone 5,066 hours of Suzuki Brooklyn’s top destination specific training. 267 of those hours 3-16Age range of 241Students and their parents for the Suzuki method were completed by Nora Friedman. days 100consecutively Suzuki students participate in our immersive program Turn to pages 12-15 to read Nora’s story. { }

MUSIC More than PARTNERS 121 students performed at our Music Partners Festival, including a One of the largest providers 85 Music Partners Ready Readers teachers enriched by 6 choir from P.S. 246 in the Bronx of music education in New 206UKULELE STUDENTS Music Partners faculty programs, in collaboration York City public schools development workshops with the Chinese-American led by Tahira Clayton. Planning Council To read more about Tahira turn to pages 16-19.

MUSIC THERAPY 5 training affiliations with universities sending clinical interns to BKCM (Berklee College Free parent talks Clinically trained professionals of Music, Molloy College, Montclair State, SUNY 18 1,665 and workshops use the therapeutic powers of Credentialed Clients citywide music to address clients’ needs New Paltz and NYU, Mariana Aslan’s alma mater). music therapists Outreach sites 38across NYC Read about Mariana on pages 20-23.

EVENTS 1 T-Rex Our events each year + performed at inspire, celebrate and 800New Yorkers attended BKCM’s Carolers sang around the the Brooklyn Museum. broaden our community “haunted” mansion for our 104 neighborhood during our Trays of cookies baked for this Con-spook-atory event 2 Holiday Caroling year’s holiday JingleFest To read more about our 3 events turn to pages 24-29. Our 19 New Steinways

Photo by Rathkopf Photography “You have no idea how important these instruments OUR STEINWAYS BY THE NUMBERS ” The pianos were made will be to the students here 8 Upright Pianos possible by Photo by Rathkopf Photography $ BKCM is1 of 3 -KENNY BARRON 10 Medium Grands 1.05 non-profit community NEA JAZZ MASTER AND 1 Model B Grand music schools million nationwide to be an were delivered in November LEGENDARY PIANIST in capital funding from All-Steinway School and December 2019 the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

4 5 OUR PRESENCE IN NEW YORK CITY Music Education and Music Therapy in all Five Boroughs

BROOKLYN QUEENS 1. The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 25. PS 686 Brooklyn School of Inquiry Early 45. Hudde Middle School After-school group 63. PS 384 Q Early childhood music 5555 Home of the Community Music School, childhood music and movement, band, therapy for vulnerable youth and movement the Suzuki program and the on-site recorder 46. PS 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood 64. Jackson Development Center - West Music Therapy program In-school group therapy for pre-K children 26. HASC Men’s 63rd Street Group therapy School After-school group therapy for 2. Old First Nursery School Early childhood for adults with developmental delays vulnerable youth 65. Jackson Development Center - Main MUSIC PARTNERS music and movement In-school group therapy for pre-K children 27. Hand in Hand Day Hab Group therapy for 47. PS 89 Cypress Hills Band 3. Park Slope Center for Successful adults with developmental delays 66. PS 24 Andrew Jackson Violin, drumming, recorder MUSIC THERAPY Aging Seniors choir 48. Vista Academy Band 28. Otsar Group therapy for adults with 67. PS 129 Patricia Larkin Early childhood music 49. PS 235 Janice Marie Knight Early 4. PS 10 Magnet School for Science and developmental delays and movement, ukulele, recorder childhood music and movement Technology Recorder 29. PS 217 Colonel David Marcus Early 68. MS 379 College Point Collaborative Ukulele, chorus 50. PS 299 Thomas Warren Field Clarinet, 5. PS 118 The Maurice Sendak Community childhood music and movement, violin, THETHE BRONXBRONX trumpet, recorder School Band, chorus ukulele, trumpet, musical theater 69. Extreme Kids and Crew at PS 71 Summer camp for children with 51. PS 34 Oliver H. Perry Ukulele 6. PS 372 The Children’s School Band 30. Imagine Academy Group therapy for developmental disabilities children with autism spectrum disorders 52. Madiba Prep Academy Band . 7 Kensington Family Shelter Group therapy 70. Forest Hills School (The Community for vulnerable children and families 31. IVDU Lower School - Girls In-school group 53. Boerum Hill School for International House School) Early childhood therapy for girls with developmental Studies Percussion, chorus music and movement 8. Children of Promise After-school and delays 6060 summer program 54. Hamaspik of Kings County Day Hab 71. Small Wonder Preschool 6767 32. IVDU Upper School - Girls In-school Group therapy for adults with In-school group therapy for . 9 PS 321 William Penn Early childhood music 6868 group therapy for adolescent girls with developmental disabilities pre-K children and movement, violin, band developmental delays 10. Extreme Kids and Crew at PS 15 33. Jewish Union Foundation Group therapy STATEN ISLAND After-school music as therapy for for adults with developmental delays BRONX children with IEPs 72. City Access New York, 34. MS 246 Whitman Middle School Group 55. PS 246 Poe Center Percussion, chorus Inc./ Day Habilitation 11. Helen Keller Preschool Early childhood therapy for vulnerable youth Without Walls Group MANHATTTTAN 6666 6464 6565 music and movement therapy for adults with 35. PS 139 Alexine A. Fenty In-school and developmental disabilities 12. PS 29 John M. Harrigan Band after-school group therapy for vulnerable MANHATTAN 6161 6363 13. Warren Street Development Center youth with emotional, behavioral and 56. Cooke Center Grammar School After-school group and individual therapy learning issues Children with autism and other for vulnerable youth 36. Reach for the Stars Learning Center developmental delays 14. PS 372 @113 The Children’s School In-school group therapy for children with . 57 Ohel Bais Ezra Group therapy for adults 6262 In-school group therapy for children autism spectrum disorders with developmental delays QUEENS 5858 with autism spectrum disorders 37. Adult Resources Center Group therapy for 58. Cooke Center Academy (High School) 15. PS 124 Silas B. Dutcher Early childhood adults with developmental disabilities Children with autism and other 5959 music and movement, guitar, chorus developmental delays 5656 5151 38. PS 114 Ryder Elementary After-school 5757 7070 group therapy for vulnerable youth 16. PS 24 Brooklyn Recorder, drumming 59. PS 130 Hernando De Soto 6969 Ready Readers 5252 7171 17. PS 971 School of Math, Science, and 39. Sunny Skies Prospect Heights Early childhood music and movement Healthy Living In-school group therapy 60. Manhattan Children’s Center 5050 for children with IEPs 40. PS 3 The Bedford Village School After- Children with autism spectrum disorders school group therapy for vulnerable youth 18. PS 102 The Bay View School 61. Cooke Center SKILLS Program 1111 In-school group therapy for young adults 1414 3939 In-school group therapy for children 41. PS 396 @289 In-school group therapy 1212 with developmental delays and with developmental delays for children with intellectual and 53531313 40 visual impairments 88 physical disabilities 62. PS 41 Greenwich Village Elementary 66 48 1010 11 47 19. PS 230 Doris L. Cohen Violin, band School Early childhood music and 42. FirstStepNYC Early childhood music 22 41 movement 55 and movement 99 44 20. Harmony Services Group therapy for 33 adults with developmental delays 43. Flagstone Family Center After-school 1515 43 group therapy for vulnerable youth BROOKLYLYN 21. PS 131 Abigail Adams Band (Music 4 42 Partners); In-school therapy for children 44. PS 396 Ramon E. Betances School In- 1616 49 with learning challenges (Music Therapy) school group therapy for children with 2222 3434 Early childhood autism spectrum disorders and physical 22. Sunny Skies Borough Park 2323 1919 3838 music and movement disabilities 2121 77 3535 23. Human Care Services Group therapy for 1717 2020 46 adults with developmental delays 1818 5454 2929 7272 3333 24. PS 112 Lefferts Park Violin 3737 2626 45 2424 3232 STSTA TENTEN ISLISLAND 3131 3636 2525 3030 6 2727 7

2828 Photo by Desiree Walters THE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL Private Lessons • Group Classes Ensembles • Summer Camps

“Dear Cleave, Thank you SO much for teaching me over the past years. You are wonderful and kind and incredibly talented, and I have learned so much from you. Although I am currently taking a break from BKCM, I am still doing chamber music and practicing clarinet often. I will always be thankful for having you as a teacher. Lots of love,” – UNA, 13 LONGTIME STUDENT OF CLEAVE GUYTON

The Community Music School offers lessons on 28 different instruments including voice. Cleave Guyton has taught 8 of them (piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones) to our students for over 25 years.

8 9 THE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL Private Lessons • Group Classes • Ensembles • Summer Camps Cleave In the 25 years since Cleave Guyton started teaching Our Community Music School’s 800 students descend upon our Park Slope headquarters weekly for private lessons, group clarinet, saxophone and flute at BKCM, he’s shaped the classes, ensembles and workshops in every major musical instrument: piano, strings, voice, woodwinds, brass and percussion. lives and musical trajectories of dozens of students– Our students range in age from 3 months to 80 years old and represent a wide array of backgrounds and abilities. From and, between lessons, traveled the globe performing budding musicians to virtuosos, students are challenged, enriched and inspired by one another and by our world-class with jazz legends including Abdullah Ibrahim, the educators, making for a dynamic and interconnected music community. Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Ray Charles Orchestra We strengthened every aspect of the Community Music School in 2019–starting with our very youngest students, who benefited and the Count Basie Orchestra, just to name a few. Photo by Desiree Walters from an enhanced early childhood curriculum. New additions to our flourishing ensemble scene includepiano, string and drum “Music has taken me all over the world too often to count, ensembles for five- to seven-year-olds. With over 20% of our Piano Friends students transitioning to private lessons, we and over that time I’ve stayed at the Conservatory,” added a Violin Friends track. As the first class of our all-girlsJazz Explorers program graduated into our Amy Winehouse Teen Cleave noted. “I tell my students, ‘You can go to other Jazz program, over 50% of our student body in jazz is now female-identifying. We created a new series of music theory and countries and they may not speak your language, but composition classes and, last but not least, welcomed the accomplished conductor and composer Nick Nicassio as director of you can all get on the stage and play music.’ Music the Brooklyn Conservatory Chorale. brings everybody together.”

Cleave, 58, played the flute and piccolo throughout high school. He taught himself saxophone the summer after Most days, our Community Music School faculty are spread throughout the building, graduating but had to re-learn the where they can be found teaching a range of instruments in one-on-one instrument after winning a scholarship and group settings. But throughout the year, we bring our entire faculty together to the Berklee College of Music. for facilitated development workshops, in which they learn from one another “I felt like throwing my sax out the and from leaders in the field of music education. Through these workshops, we window I was so frustrated, and cultivate the Community Music School’s shared values, develop high-quality that taught me the importance of Photo by Desiree Walters curriculum materials and give our faculty an opportunity to grow and sharpen their skills. having a good, qualified teacher,” he recalled. “I’m very strict about teaching the right fingerings and technique for the right situations. When I have students who are as hungry for music as I was when I was a young man, I feel I owe it to them.”

“When I have a student who really, really loves the music, who has an insatiable appetite for music, seeing the joy that they get from learning to play music is Photo by C. Andrew Hovan the most rewarding thing for me.”

– Cleave Guyton, musician and Community Music School faculty member Photo by Rathkopf Photography Rathkopf by Photo

10 11 SUZUKI PROGRAM Bass • Cello • Flute • Guitar Piano • Viola • Violin

“Nora is the coolest teacher ever. She pays attention to the details, but she knows when to let little things go (to revisit later). She always comes up with new ways to focus on the same skills. Every year she holds a parents only potluck at her house. We talk about the whole experience. We enjoy hearing from other parents, and she enjoys the feedback.” – GEMIE SUZUKI PARENT OF 2 STUDENTS FOR 8 YEARS

The average Suzuki student has been in our program for 4.6 years. Photo by Desiree Walters That number is growing thanks to teachers like Nora, who build a foundation of musicianship and create a warm, safe space, meeting students’ needs as they grow and evolve.

12 13 SUZUKI PROGRAM Bass • Cello • Flute • Guitar • Piano • Viola • Violin Nora Nora Friedman saw the signs of brewing frustration in her BKCM is Brooklyn’s premier destination for the Suzuki method, a nurturing pedagogy based on the concept that all Suzuki violin student’s face as the young girl struggled to children have the ability to master the language of music, just as they master their mother tongue. Our rigorous curriculum immerses 241 students, ages 3-16, in violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, flute and piano instruction, led by faculty trained in the maintain proper posture. Nora thought quickly. She reached Suzuki pedagogy. Students take private lessons as well as group classes, and their parents learn alongside them–providing into her “bag of tricks,” grabbed a koala bear pencil clip and encouragement throughout their musical journeys. attached it to her own nose, vowing to leave it in place as long as the student held her instrument correctly. “It was like Ruth Klukoff took charge of our thriving teen program in 2019, ensuring that we continue to meet the changing needs of our magic,” Nora recalled. “She knew I was suffering with her.” oldest students. We celebrated numerous student successes, including acceptances at the Aspen Music Festival, LaGuardia High School, Special Music School and Mark Twain Middle School. Our students performed at Carnegie Hall, placed in the For Nora, teaching is about creating a “magical mix of rigor, Steinway Piano Competition, premiered a composition with the American Composers Orchestra and performed widely fun and excitement” to break the unique code unlocking each with their own bands and Community Music School ensembles. At the same time, we continued to strengthen our program student’s potential. by holding workshops taught by Suzuki expert Allen Lieb, enhancing our summer camps and separating our popular Suzuki bowed strings ensemble into two more intimate groups. Nora, 41, was introduced to the violin as a first-grader at a New York City public school that happened to have an exceptional music program. After nine years teaching violin at schools in the Bronx and Brooklyn, she discovered the immersive Suzuki method pedagogy and was immediately hooked. “I was like, ‘This is the rest of my life,’” she recalled thinking. Nora joined BKCM’s Suzuki faculty in 2011 and now runs the division’s growing violin program.

“Before every lesson, I’m excited about what’s going to happen in that lesson, and I hope that comes across and infects my students,” she said. “There are students who make you love teaching, and there are students who help you become a better teacher. And there’s really nothing else.”

“I find the work of teaching so profoundly fascinating. The ability to communicate an idea successfully to another person– Our Suzuki faculty members not only work closely with students and their parents– it’s like lighting somebody else’s candle.”

they also work closely with one another, in a team-based approach. Faculty members Photos by Desiree Walters – Nora Friedman, Suzuki violin teacher and collaborate to prepare students for performances and attend not just their own head of BKCM’s Suzuki violin program students’ recitals, but those of every single student in their departments. Photo by Desiree Walters Desiree by Photo

14 15 MUSIC PARTNERS Music Education in Schools and Community Centers

“Tahira is an excellent teacher who has great rapport with our students. She brings professionalism and patience and is a real role model. Over the years, Music Partners has given our children so many musical enrichment opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t have had.” – PAMELA SMITH COMMUNITY LIAISON P.S. 246/POE CENTER THE BRONX

4,398 Music Partners students are in our elementary school

program. At our Music Partners Festival at Roulette, Photo by Desiree Walters Tahira Clayton arranged for 16 of them – choir students from P.S. 246 in the Bronx – to perform alongside her other group, a choir of seniors from the Park Slope Center for Successful Aging.

16 1717 MUSIC PARTNERS Music Education in Schools and Community Centers Tahira

When alarming numbers of New York City public schools eliminated music instruction in the 1970s and 1980s, BKCM created On Tahira Clayton’s first day back teaching at P.S. 246 Music Partners to fill the void. Since then, and for 32 years continuously, we have been placing skilled music educators in the Bronx after her jazz album was released, her in city schools, as well as senior centers, childcare centers and other community settings–expanding our reach to 4,941 chorus students greeted her with a surprise rendition Photo by Desiree Walters students yearly. With options including world percussion, recorder, musical theater, band, strings, guitar, ukulele, chorus and of the title track, “Wait, Till Now.” songwriting, Music Partners works closely with administrators and PTAs to tailor programs to each site’s needs. “They were dancing and laughing and singing, and It was an eventful year for our world-class teaching artists: when not teaching (or enriching their craft through professional there was a kid who was beatboxing,” she recalled. development), they released albums, debuted videos, published articles and performed at venues worldwide. More than 100 “I just sobbed.” students from seven sites wowed their families and one another during our Music Partners Festival. We also created new At P.S. 246 and other schools and community centers opportunities for our students to connect with each other and the wider BKCM community. Students from Vista Academy in citywide where Tahira has taught in her three years East New York visited BKCM for a drumming workshop led by teaching artist Brian Shankar Adler, and ukulele students from on the Music Partners faculty, she makes a point M.S. 379 in College Point visited their neighbors at the HANAC Seniors Center, another Music Partners site. to pull back the curtain on her life as a performer and composer. “I’m really open about everything I’m doing,” she said. “I want them to know that this is real life. It’s attainable. And you can totally do it.”

Tahira, 27, performs at least three times a week, Music Partners embraces collaboration as an important musical value, and we model this feeling a bit like Superwoman as she quickly in our approach to teaching. Many of our Music Partners schools are assigned teams transforms by way of makeup applied on the subway consisting of between three and eight BKCM teaching artists, specializing in different and gowns and heels pulled from her work bag. “The instruments. Working together, the teaching artists develop musically relevant repertoire, call for me to be a performer was presented very co-lead ensembles and create flexible program structures that meet our students’ needs. early in my life, but the feeling I had when I realized I wanted to teach was just as intense,” she said. “When you’ve been given a fortune, I believe you should

Photo by Desiree Walters spread that fortune.”

“I think it’s important for my students to know that I’m out Photo by Rathkopf Photography there chasing dreams, just like I hope they are, too.” – Tahira Clayton, jazz musician and Music Partners faculty Photo by Desiree Walters Desiree by Photo

18 19 MUSIC THERAPY Individual and Group Sessions, at BKCM and in the Community

“It’s Christopher’s first year in college, and he just sang for the first time in front of people he has never met. He said, ‘Mom, I was kind of nervous!’ But it didn’t even show onstage. He got all of that confidence from the work he did with Mariana at the Conservatory.” – LORRAINE, MUSIC THERAPY PARENT

Over the last two years, our onsite music therapy program grew by 55% Photo by Desiree Walters The expansion of this amazing community has inspired us to create more family events like informative parent talks, singalongs and performance opportunities for our clients.

20 21 MUSIC THERAPY Individual and Group Sessions, at BKCM and in the Community Mariana

At the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, we see first-hand the power of music therapy, an established psychotherapeutic Growing up in Argentina, the daughter of a psychoanalyst, Mariana practice in which clinically trained professionals address clients’ emotional, cognitive, social and/or physical needs through Aslan always sensed she’d make a good therapist but was passionate therapeutic treatment that can include singing, playing instruments and moving to music. With 1,665 clients citywide, our about becoming a musician. When she started teaching voice at Music Therapy program is one of the largest and most highly regarded in New York City. BKCM more than a decade ago, she was struck by the ways those two As we further integrate our Music Therapy program into the broader BKCM community, our onsite program has grown so interests converged. much that we hired four new music therapists. We restarted our partnership with Children of Promise to serve children with incarcerated family members. Montclair State University joined the roster of universities whose students train with us (the “The voice is such a strong part of your identity that when you work others are NYU, Molloy College, Berklee College of Music and SUNY New Paltz). The Certification Board of Music Therapists with your voice and it starts changing, a lot of things emerge,” designated us an approved provider of continuing education credits. Music Therapy Sings the 80s, at The Bell House, was Mariana, who trained as an opera singer, reflected. “I became a sold-out success. Client Amoako Buachie leveraged his knockout performance of “Eye of the Tiger” into a gig with his intrigued by the relationship between the voice and the emotions, music therapist, Hannah Hershman, at LIC Bar–actualizing our goal of creating performance opportunities for people with and how much psychological work you can do in a disabilities in typical spaces. voice lesson.”

When Mariana, 49, discovered the field of music therapy, something clicked. “I fell in love with it,” she recalled. Since earning her master’s degree in music therapy from NYU, she has worked with clients ranging from premature babies in the NICU to children on the autism spectrum to adults with psychiatric diagnoses.

“The way you make music reflects and impacts your internal world,” Mariana said. “The principle of music therapy is, ‘What can music do for this person?’ For all of my clients, I have both musical and non-musical goals. I look at their strengths and help them develop their potential.”

“Making music with others, and specifically singing with other people, is one of the most transcendent things that people can do. As a music therapist, I take whatever a client does as an invitation to BKCM’s staff of 18 credentialed music therapists work in our building and at more meet them in music.” than 40 community outreach sites citywide. To support each other, share best practices and test out new ideas, our music therapists get together every couple of – Mariana Aslan, opera singer, voice teacher and music therapist months in an informal setting. (Pizza is often involved.) Photos by Desiree Walters Desiree by Photos

22 23 EVENTS Music is a natural way to build community by enabling New York City residents to connect with our organization, and with each other. Our more than 230 annual concerts, recitals and special events, most of which are free to the public, bring thousands of New Yorkers together to

celebrate the things that make us human. Photo by Desiree Walters

“You see what happens when these young people get up here and become gorgeous performers, brave and courageous, overcoming that fright that everybody has when you step onto a stage. It taps into something in all of us.” – BRAD LANDER NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 39

With the support of the Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation $15,000 worth of tickets to BKCM events were distributed around NYC, making our events more accessible to more New Yorkers.

24 2525 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Just to Name a Few... World Refugee Day Festival

INTRODUCED IN: 2017 HAPPENS EACH YEAR IN: June CELEBRATES: The talent, diversity and beauty that immigrants bring Suzuki Celebration & Benefit to our community through music and the arts. INTRODUCED IN: 2017 HAPPENS EACH YEAR IN: January WHO’S THERE: Immigrant and refugee musicians from Burkina Faso, Cuba, Guinea, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Croatia, Nigeria, Ghana, CELEBRATES: The commitment, hard work and joy that every Syria, Ukraine, Taiwan and more. Suzuki family brings to the program. TRIVIA: In 2019 we took the party to the streets, shutting down the WHO’S THERE: Over 400 Suzuki students, family and faculty. whole block. An outdoor stage was constructed to host performers, TRIVIA: Prior to the benefit, 240 Suzuki students performed including storytellers from The Moth, folkloric dance group Hrvatska in recitals held throughout the day. Ruža and Grammy Award-winning pianist and activist Arturo O’Farrill.

House Party Lunar New Year Party INTRODUCED IN: 2016 HAPPENS EACH YEAR IN: November CELEBRATES: Our amazing musical community, including faculty, INTRODUCED IN: 2019 students and local performers. Now known as one of the best parties HAPPENS EACH YEAR IN: January or February in Brooklyn, the House Party’s musical performances and experiential rooms showcase the full scope of BKCM. CELEBRATES: The turning of the Lunar New Year, Chinese traditions and the idea of bringing good luck and fortune WHO’S THERE: Music lovers from all corners of the BKCM community into our lives. explore our five-story mansion over four hours of non-stop performances and musical experiences. WHO’S THERE: Parents, grandparents and others from the BKCM community, including those who celebrate these ONE HIGHLIGHT: Grammy winner Aaron Diehl, faculty member Yoko traditions regularly and those who are learning about them Yates and student Olivia Okin inaugurating our new Steinway grand for the first time. piano, the centerpiece of our renovated concert hall. TRIVIA: Two BKCM parents conceived of and planned this TRIVIA: 20% of performers were students or faculty, including the event, at which cultural institutions from throughout New members of three rock bands led by teen BKCM students: Gowanus York City present calligraphy, arts and crafts, traditional Grrrl, The Rhetorical Question and Verona. foods and the ever-popular lion dance.

Music Therapy Gala INTRODUCED IN: 2017 HAPPENS EACH YEAR IN: May Music Partners Festival CELEBRATES: The pride, accomplishments and growth of on-site INTRODUCED IN: 2013 HAPPENS EACH YEAR IN: March or Aprill and outreach music therapy clients, unified by shared repertoire– CELEBRATES: The entire Music Partners program community. from the Beatles (2017) to Motown (2018) to the 80s (2019).

WHO’S THERE: Student ensembles from half a dozen schools Photos by Rathkopf Photography WHO’S THERE: Music therapy clients, their families and friends, our and a senior center, performing for their families, elected music therapists and the broader community of BKCM supporters. officials and BKCM supporters at the historic theater TRIVIA: During our 80s party, clients who had finished performing Roulette Intermedium. and those who were waiting to perform started an impromptu TRIVIA: Faculty members Tahira Clayton and Uton Onyejekwe dance party. brought down the house with their performance of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s classic “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.”

26 27 EVENTS 2019

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Presents THE SECOND SEASON OF INSIDE OUT THE BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY CHORALE FEBRUARY an ongoing series of Jazz & Improvised Music INSIDE NELLY VUKSIC, DIRECTOR with a full 14-piece chamber orchestra MUSIC THERAPY CONCERT SERIES OUT featuring Tami Petty Soprano & Kate Maroney Mezzo the MY LIFE ON THE SPECTRUM FACULTY FEATURE FRIDAY: SINGS! IX JAN 13 8PM THE SOLO FESTIVAL STARRING EMILE BLONDEL | CHIQUITA MAGIC VOICE, SYNTHS TOM CHIU | DAN PECK TUBA A concert and party DANE BRANDT-LUBART SEAN ALI BASS LYNDOL DESCANT ANNE RHODES VOICE, ELECTRONICS Suzuki to benefit BKCM GUITAR Friday February 8 at 6:00 pm WENDY EISENBERG WINTER Music Therapy A night of jazz, pop and classical music highlighting our world-class BKCM X FEB 24 8PM APOCRYPHAL Celebration 80s faculty members. VINNIE SPERRAZZA DRUMS, COMPOSITIONS ETHAN IVERSON PIANO EIVIND OPSVIK BASS 28-year-old actor singer Dane shares his funny, uplifting, and FIRE 9PM UNNATURAL WAYS & Benefit poignant story about living with autism and the challenges he and PARLOUR ROOM SESSIONS: AVA MENDOZA GUITAR, VOCALS MODERN REFLECTIONS. TIM DAHL ELECTRIC BASS BAROQUE GLORY. others on the spectrum face and overcome every day. Vignettes about AUTHOR AMY NATHAN SAM OSPOVAT DRUMS, PERCUSSION love and resilience, social isolation, and activism for one’s causes, Sunday February 23 at 5:00 pm January 27, 2019 Excerpts and ideas from Amy’s 2018 book, with music by Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, and more. Making Time for Making Music: How to XI MAR 31 8PM SPOILER Bring Music into Your Busy Life. BRAD HENKEL TRUMPET FEBRUARY 2, 2019 • 3:00 PM LIZ KOSACK SYNTH Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church • 85 S Oxford Street, Brooklyn “THE AUDIENCE LAUGHED, CRIED, AND LEARNED!” SPECIAL GUESTS DRUMS & GUITAR 9PM AIR CEREMONY “POWERFUL AND ENTERTAINING.” DUSTIN CARLSON GUITAR, COMPOSITIONS COME IN FROM THE COLD INSIDE OUT X: MICHAËL ATTIAS ALTO SAXOPHONE ERIC TRUDEL BARITONE SAXOPHONE FOR MUSIC THAT WARMS THE SOUL APOCRYPHAL | DANNY GOUKER TRUMPET Join legendary director Nelly Vuksic in her penultimate UNNATURAL WAYS ADAM HOPKINS BASS KATE GENTILE DRUMS concert, performing works by modern masters Lauridsen, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Sunday February 24 at 8:00 pm Yardley, and Gjeilo, and Vivaldi’s triumphant Gloria 4PM and 7PM | FREE Cutting-edge jazz and improvised music from drummer Vinnie Sperrazza Tuesday, May 7, 2019 XII APR 28 8PM Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall and Guitarist/Vocalist Ava Mendoza J.PAVONE The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY 58 7th Ave, Brooklyn STRING ENSEMBLE JESSICA PAVONE COMPOSITIONS, VIOLA JOANNA MATTREY VIOLA ANGELA MORRIS VIOLIN Learn more: BKCM.ORG/EVENTS ERICA DICKER VIOLIN TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT www.mylifeonthespectrum.com 9PM JAMES BRANDON bkcm.org/events/winter-fire RSVP AT BKCM.ORG/MYLIFE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT LEWIS TRIO My Life on the Spectrum is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts BKCM.ORG/EVENTS JAMES BRANDON LEWIS TENOR SAXOPHONE This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. BKCM’s Community Music School programming is Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, LUKE STEWART BASS made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. BKCM’s 2018-19 concert season is also supported administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. BKCM’s Community Music School programming is made possible by the ALL CONCERTS $20 by a generous grant from the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation. New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. BKCM’s 2018-19 concert season is also supported by a generous grant from the Frank & Lydia Join us for refreshments and musician WARREN G. CRUDUP, III DRUMS Bergen Foundation. Q&A after each event!

TH Join Us! BKCM’S 7 ANNUAL MUSIC PARTNERS FESTIVAL THE BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music & MUSIC DIRECTOR DOROTHY SAVITCH ¡Acompaña Nos! Congregation Beth Elohim invite you to a Yes, my child will attend./Si! Mi hijo/a asistirá.

PRESENT ing C AT OUR 7 TH ANNUAL MUSIC PARTNERS FESTIVAL KLEZMER ing ircl SATURDAY MARCH 23 AT ROULETTE, with Kate RICHARDS geller S e 509 ATLANTIC AVENUE Petra & wolfie Thursday, September 27 | 7pm ON THE CORNER OF 3RD AVENUE. HANUKKAH BKCM COnCert Hall 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY A Modern Brooklyn adaptation of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf 9AM ARRIVAL PROGRAM FROM 10:30AM–12PM, WITH LUNCH FOLLOWING PARTY Stressed? Tired? Are you feeling the “New York Featuring music from: A zany family concert featuring the Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, effect” a little more than usual this year? US TOO! Conservatory’s 65 member orchestra, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition FREE TALK for parents of hilarious comic actors Lorinne Lampert and some of your favorite pop tunes! To counteract all of those late subways and noisy upstairs neighbors, the SATURDAY MARCH 23, 2019 Student name/Nombre del estudiante and Francis Heaney, music videos, Music Therapy division of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music invites you to children with special needs. songs, and a monster! its Fall community circle sing. This joyful, immersive event brings singers of all New Series! Sponsored by BKCM Music Therapy. EL SÁBADO 23 DE MARZO DE 2019 Student school/Escuela del estudiante experience levels together to breathe and create spontaneous musical compositions that will lift you up and energize you. PARTICIPANT ARRIVAL TIME 9AM Parent name/Nombre del cuidador Led by , co-founder of My Time, Inc. Family Concert: Lucina Clarke PROGRAM 10:30AM–12:30PM Led by board-certified music therapist Kate Geller from Los Angeles, the Parent signature/Firma del cuidador BKCM FAMILY CONCERT SERIES: session aims to not only connect and lift up community members through ROULETTE • 509 ATLANTIC AVENUE BROOKLYN singing, but also to use the scientifically-proven power of music to combat FRIDAY APRIL 12 AT 6:00 PM Parent phone/Número de teléfono del cuidador SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2019 the various forms of mental weariness that can come from living in a large Lucina Clarke, Executive Director of My Time, Inc. and Toby Williams, Parent email/Email del cuidador 4:00-6:00pm city. Come Celebrate Our Music Partners Programs with a concert Music Therapy Director, BKCM, lead a workshop of breathing, MEET THE STRINGS featuring bands, choruses and percussion groups from a sampling sounding, positive framing, writing and art to help reduce burnout FEATURING “Music washes away the dust of everyday life” — Art Blakey Student t shirt size (circle one)/ THE BKCM STRING QUARTET THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2019 CONGREGATION BETH ELOHIM BALLROOM and lead to better self care. of our wonderful schools and community sites Meet the Chorus Talla de la camiseta del estudiante (círculo uno) Hear familiar songs, get to know the musicians and see the 274 Garfield Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11215 BiOgrapHy Envision yourself fully by creating pictures from words and positive PS 29/PS 89/PS 246/ PS 321 instruments up close at the instrument petting zoo. youth/juventud: S M L Music by Kate Richards Geller is a singer songwriter, vocal improviser, Led by Steven Herring phrases to maintain positivity and motivation. This keepsake Park Slope Center for Successful Aging “Young at Heart” Singers and music therapist who sings with people who are willing to reminder will allow parents to see and hold onto the beauty within, adult/adulto: S M L Zoe Aque Klezmer Band with say YES to what is happening in the moment. Together they SATURDAY APRIL 6 | 1-2 PM, 3-4PM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM SATURDAY OCTOBER 26, 2019 and envision self. Lunch to follow the performance! students from the Klezmer Community Ensemble create an open environment that invites exploration and Saturday November 16, 2019 • Two shows: 1pm and 3:30pm 58 7th Ave Brooklyn NY expression and collaboration. People who do this work report ¡Almuerzo despues del concierto! feeling heard, accepted, encouraged, inspired, joy, ease, and / / By signing this form, I consent to my child being filmed and having his/her picture freedom. Sing for yourself and let the music change your life. LEARN ABOUT THE VERY FIRST INSTRUMENT BKCM.ORG EVENTS LUCINA-CLARK Recommended for ages 4–10 • Tickets include Museum admission GENERAL ADMISSION: $20 | CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $10 Featuring latkes, cider, Hanukkah crafts and taken. All photos and videos will be the property of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Kate Richards Geller, MA, MT-BC, LCAT is a Board Certified IN EXISTENCE, THAT EVERYONE CAN PLAY —THE VOICE bkcm.org/MPFestival2019 Adults $20 • Ages 18 and under $10 CBE’s gift-wrapping and donation drive with CHIPS Music Therapist & Licensed Creative Arts Therapist BKCM.ORG/MEETSTRINGS A fun, interactive, and educational experience for the whole family. This program is made Al firmar este formulario, consiento a mi hijo ser filmado y tener su foto tomada. bkcm.org/hp19 Her Advanced Training includes Vocal River, Embodied possible by the New York State Council on the Arts Todas las fotos y videos serán de la propiedad del BKCM. Voicework, Vox Mundi Project, and Vocal Psychotherapy. with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Tickets $20 New York State Legislature, and supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Tickets and more info at BKCM.ORG/WOLFIE BKCM & CBE Families $15 Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. bkcm.org/MPFestival2019 bkcm.org/events/circle-sing-2018 GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 / PERSON This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partner- ALL AGES! This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the Children 10 & Under FREE CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $5 / PERSON ship with the City Council. BKCM’s Community Music School programming is made possible by the New York State City Council. BKCM’s Community Music School programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the Tickets $18 in advance, $20 at the door Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.The BKCM support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. BKCM.org/KlezmerHanukkah19 2019-2020 Concert Season is supported by a generous grant from the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation. [KEEP THIS PAGE] [TEAR HERE AND RETURN THIS PAGE TO YOUR TEACHER]

PetraAndWolfie_Kiosk.indd 1 10/18/19 11:59 AM

FALL PARTY

Park Slope's biggest and merriest caroling event! As featured on [NY1 Logo] Park Slope's for DR. SUZUKI’S Brooklyn BKCM Concert Hall Conservatory Biggest58 7th Ave and Merriest FREE BIRTHDAY Community 6:30pm: Group vocal warm-up with hot chocolate Orchestra Caroling7:00-7:45pm: Caroling all around Een! Park Slope! FALL FEST Dorothy Savitch ALL AGES, VOICES AND FAITHS ARE WELCOME, no caroling experience is necessary. As featured on Music Director Con-spook-atory RSVP with your preferred singing repertoire at https://bkcm.org/caroling19 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019 | 6PM BKCM CONCERT HALL 2019 Sunday June 16th, 4:00pm 58[DCLA 7th Ave Logo, NYSCA Logo] This program is supported, in part, by public funds from BKCM CONCERT HALL FREEthe New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. BKCM's Community Music School programming is made possible by the New York State SATURDAY Featuring a special musical performance Congregation Beth Elohim October 31, 2019 6:30pm:Council on Group the Arts vocal with warm-up the support with hot of chocolate Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York 7:00-7:45pm:State Legislature. Caroling The BKCM all around 2019-2020 Park Slope! Concert Season is supported by a generous SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 Drinks & light refreshments for all ages will be served grant from the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation 271 Garfield Place, Park Slope ALL AGES, VOICES AND FAITHS ARE WELCOME! 2:00-5:00PM No caroling experience is necessary. 58 7TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11217 BKCM.org/suzuki-birthday-19 MAHLER RSVP with your preferred singing repertoire at https://bkcm.org/caroling19 Free trial classes Symphony no. 4 in G Major faculty meet-and-greet singalongs Katherine Wessinger This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. BKCM's Community Music School programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The BKCM 2019-2020 ensemble performances Concert Season is supported by a generous grant from the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation Soprano and fun activities for all ages Erik Ryding For more information visit Guest Speaker bkcm.org/event/fall-fest-2019 $20 General Admission This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The BKCM 2019-2020 Concert Season is supported by a generous grant from the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation $15 Students & Seniors bkcm.org/bccospring19

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. BKCM’s Community Music School programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. BKCM’s 2018-19 concert season is also supported by a generous grant from the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation.

a

BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY 3rd Annual COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA Classical Kids Fair The Brooklyn Conservatory Chorale Dorothy Savitch, Music Director Nelly Vuksic, Director Brooklyn Children’s Museum WORLD SATURDAY MARCH 30, 2019 | 7:30PM JANUARY Sunday, November 10th 1pm-5pm CONCERT SERIES A Glorious Finale REFUGEE BROOKLYN HARMONICS 2019 SEASON FINALE: bkcm.org/classicalkids19 music from britain and the americas DAY AN NIGHT G!OF MUSIC & THE BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY FACULTY FEATURE FRIDAY: OF MUSIC PRESENTS Festival JOSH SINTON | JOYRIDE SSATURDAYWI NELLY ROCHA & FEBRUARY 9, 2019 Saturday June 22, 2019 SARAI BUCHANAN | Brooklyn Conservatory of Music’s Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Plymouth Church | 75 Hicks Street, Brooklyn Heights Premiere Contemporary 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Dancing LUIS CASAL Vocal Ensemble led by Broadway music director JEFF KLITZ WITH THE BCCO 58 7th Avenue, Brooklyn NY Friday January 11 at 6:00 pm A night of jazz and classical music 3:00 - 6:00PM FREE highlighting our world-class BKCM COMING YOUR WAY: faculty members. Beethoven TIGHT HARMONIES AND A BRIGHT OUTLOOK. Join legendary director Nelly Vuksic singalong Finale performance at 5:00PM Leonore Overture No.3 to celebrate her final concert as director of by three-time TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH 2019 the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Chorale. GRAMMY Award-winning Old Stone House | 336 3rd St, Brooklyn Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Including works by Britten, Billings, Photo by Laura Mariet Escobar, Barber and Piazzolla. Monday, September 16, 2019 Latin Jazz Orchestra 58 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Rain date: September 23, 2019 Glazunov INSIDE OUT IX: 6:00-7:30PM Saxophone Concerto THE SOLO FESTIVAL Performances at 7:00 and 8:30 PM Live musical acts from around the JUNE 2, 2019 S 3:00 PM world on indoor and outdoor stages Jon De Lucia, saxophone Sunday January 13 at 8:00 pm $20 General Admission Thank you for coming Cutting-edge jazz and improvised $15 Students, Seniors, and BKCM Families (rain or shine) music: solo sets from five innovative Old First Reformed Church and supporting our orchestra! Storytelling by graduates of Brooklyn musicians. 729 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY 11215 This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of The Moth and Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. BKCM’s Community Music School programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the dramatic performances support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. BKCM’s Dvořák 2018-19 concert season is also supported by a generous grant from the Frank & Lydia Bergen by the People’s Theatre Project Symphony No. 8 Foundation. Family activities and crafts for all ages This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City De- $20 GENERAL ADMISSION partment of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. BKCM’s Com- munity Music School programming is made possible by the New York State This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. BKCM’s Community Music School programming Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the $15 STUDENTS & SENIORS is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. BKCM’s 2018-19 concert season is also sup- New York State Legislature. BKCM’s 2018-19 concert season is also supported ported by a generous grant from the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation. by a generous grant from the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation. BKCM.ORG/BCCOSPRING19 bkcm.org/worldrefugeeday19

Learn more: The Libertas Center for Human Rights 28 BKCM.ORG/EVENTS 29

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. BKCM’s Community Music School programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. BKCM’s 2018-19 concert season is also supported by a generous grant from the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation. Molly Hoagland and Rufus Collins Kimberly Brooks Morgan Solomon SUPPORTERS Stephen Horbach Trust Marcia Brown Juliette Spertus and Darby Jack Investors Bank Xhingyu Chen Lita Tandon Vanesa and Jon Treers Elaine Kanak and Michael Overmyer Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Susan and Lawrence Choi-Hausman Treetop Development Tanya Faude-Koivisto and Eric Koivisto Stephen Cohen Dana Tuqan and Paulo Garcia BKCM is grateful for the generous support of the following Pamela Koo Stacy Crowell and Simon Carruthers Adrienne Urbanski and Will Sahlman New York City and State elected officials and governmental agencies: Tanja and Vijay Kumra Lori and David Damrosch Anu Valish Vincent Kyne Patricia and Richard Daskin Paul Wolf New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Justin Brannan, New York City Council Member Aurelie Lang Nancy Davey Yang Yu Peter and Gretchen Lang New York City Mayor’s Office Fernando Cabrera, New York City Council Member Jorge De La Rosa and Karen Tai-De La Rosa $1 - $499 John and Liz Libré Rachel Doft and John Wareck New York City Council Speaker’s Office Mathieu Eugene, New York City Council Member Alexander Abuaita Amy Lu and Charles Greer Sean Duggan and Ann Kohatsu New York City Department of Education Peter Koo, New York City Council Member Charles and Cathy Alexander Arthi Madhusudhan and Madhu Eagan Family Foundation Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President Brad Lander, New York City Council Member Matthew Allain Raghunathan Molly Spindel Flomer and Brandt Flomer Alicka Ampry-Samuel, New York City Council Member Stephen Levin, New York City Council Member Sarah and Peter May Lynn Gaffney and Bill Backus Marisa Allan Allen Murabayashi Bruce Gitelson Kara Allen Carolyn Altman and Susanne Shulman Thank You To Our Generous Supporters* Aditya and Rohip Oomman Shari Goodstein Caroline and Ilia Papas Elissa Gootman and Michael Eichenwald Isabelle Ambler Jonathan and Jennifer Ellis Michael Gorham and Patricia Cone $50,000 + Chiwoniso Kaitano Sunny Park Doug Anderson Brooklyn Events Center Foundation, Inc. Fifth Generation, Inc. Greg Griffith Indra and Raj Nooyi Konrad Payne and Ashima Aggarwal Shani Ankori and David Fenkel The Hearst Foundations Finastra Technology Alice Henkin and John Nicolich Preetha Nooyi Johnatan Perez and Sophie Peresson Anonymous Jerri and Tom Mayer Stephanie Gayden and Marc Miller Ben and Emily Herzog Andrew Ormson and Eileen Shy Iuliana Petrescu Marilyn Aronson The Pinkerton Foundation Tatyana and Oleg Gershkovich Adam and Amy Hirsch Richmond County Savings Foundation Kevin and Andrea Pivnick Eduardo Arribalzaga Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Gregory and Elizabeth Hopper Cynthia and Justin Tatham $25,000 - $49,999 Lawrence Pollack Ashland Maintenance Marie Hill and Tom Xu Gail Ifshin and Steven Salky Barbara and Joseph Ellis Nicholas Tatlow and Linda Hammel Rachel and Matthew Hughes Kathy Park Price and Rob Price Johnson String Instrument and Carriage Kelly AuCoin Thompson Family Foundation Betty Vandenbosch House Violins Jonathan Levey and Melanie Barr Quinn and Feiner Service Company Ruth Axelrod Tiger Baron Foundation Ryan Wilson Eunice Jordan Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Lizzy Ratner and Patrick Markee Rama Balachandran Amy Winehouse Foundation Man and Natalie Wong Doug Kaden Vivek Menezes and Maitri Morarji Ridgewood Savings Bank Sophie Balcoff Youth INC Michele Yamamoto Julie Kay and Thomas Fergus Marcello and Graziano Roviaro Foundation Olivia Sabine Brooke Barr Rich and Gina Kelley $10,000 - $24,999 Richard Shamos $1,000 - $2,499 Kelly Sahner and Pam Sidman Michael and Justianna Kubersky Rebecca Bavinger Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Russ Soper and Selina Strong Jan Ahlberg Susie Scanlon Kuzari Group Davina and Aytan Benaderet Chad Cooper and Claire Ellis South Wind Foundation Anonymous Shearman and Sterling LLP Ann Lee-Karlon Gabriel Benincasa Deutsche Bank J. David Sweeny Dominick Bioh Melanie Smith and Stephen Schulz David Leitch Braden and David Bergan Daniel and Alexis DiPietro Michael Tuch Foundation Godwin Boateng Sarah and George Spencer Tricia Martin and Winston Ely Izabella Berger Kelly Granat and Susan Boland Henry and Christina Wang Charles Schwab Corporation Adam Stein and Susan Parkhill Jessica Merrill Susan Berkowitz The Hyde and Watson Foundation Rob and Wendy Wetstone Seung Woo Choi Mamie and Justin Stewart Kamesh Nagarajan J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Bonnie Besdin $2,500 - $4,999 Dime Bank Alexander and Selene Trivizas James Neu Andrea Knutson Joseph Besdin and Tzirel Kaminetzky Anonymous Harry and Margaret DiOrio Ralph Varano and Malinda Treglia Ting and Ken Nicholds Bernadette Levandowski and Andrew Chipok Bill Bodnar Angela Ortiz and Anik Khambhla William and Ellyn Lindsay Whitney and Becca Bull Nick Falzone Harriet Wetstone Aaron and Liz Oser Joanne Boger Doris and Charles Michaels Frances Calandra Tony Felzen Sue Yoo and Jason Paik Victoria and David Pereira Nora Bojar New York Community Trust Stella Cernak Lourdes Fisher and Lauren Solis-Fisher $500 - $999 Anne-Laure Py and Tim Cotton Amanda Borson Alexandra Tilly Rettler Children’s Foundation Cooperative Laundry Brandon Gardner and Esther Farkas Melody and Kevin Aberg Julian Rampelmann and Lorena Ramirez Geert Bosch May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Ellen F. and Raymond F. Crane Foundation Richard Grellier Cate Ambrose Johnson Robbins Alejandro Botas Milton and Beatrice Wind Foundation Robin Dull and Laurie Kardos Jeffrey Grossman Abigail and Bob Angell Craig and Margaret Roberts Robert and Sheila Bowles $5,000 - $9,999 William Frick Neil and Seema Gupta Anonymous Paul Roeraade Laura and Dan Boylan Natasha Chefer and Joel Tompkins Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher LLP Jayson Halladay and Leah Solomon Caroline and Alexis Berlemont Page Sargisson and Peter Robbins Amy Breen Henry Choi and Sandy Lin Russell Gordon and Raquel Jaramillo C. Richard Hearn Vince Bielski and Christine Borris The Law Offices of Regina Skyer & Carmelette Bresilien David Cone-Gorham and Beth Ricciardone Florence Hutner and David Holmes Olivia Herman and David Nuzum Andrew Birsh Associates, LLP Michael and Alicia Bohlinger SNG Capital Partners David Bressler

30 *Donations made between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 31 Rita Jennings Tara Malone Sunita Paul and Michael Choina SUPPORTERS Franklin Johnson Laxman Mandayam and Puja Vohra Emily Paulsen Slawomir Jusis Joshua Mandelbaum and Suzanne Pettypiece Frank and Patricia Pavlick Matthew Kalish Esar Margolin Amyliz and Monty Pera Ali Kang and Annie Seaton Alisa Margulies Michael and Tina Petridis-Gerling Lucrecia Briceno Sheryle Daniels Hauke Gahrmann Barbara and Frank Kardos Raymond Mari Nyisha Pierre Jane Brill and Adriaan Van der Plas Rachel Dank Gisela Garrett Mitchell and Mary Karlan John Mariani and Daniella Korotzer Janet Pinkowitz Fredrica Brooks Stephane Dapsanse and Gloria Villanueva Ruth Gastel Eileen Keenan Riva and Erica Marker Filippo and Lorena Piscopo Kate and Peter Bruce Lorraine Deeb and Christopher Castley Jenna Girone-Virgilio Brian Kelley Angelos and Julia Marketos Len and Mary Ann Policastro Jimena Bruguera and Maurice Biollay Clayton and Aleksandra DeKorne Andrea Glick Elise Keppler Marty and Jamie Markowitz Thanya Polonio-Jones Alisa Bruza and Christopher Koch Simon Delacroix Amy Globus and Gareth Miles Janet Kim Jessica Maroz Laura and Horia Popa Melinda Burke Lauren DeLago Sabine Barbier-Goldman and Jonathan Goldman Diana Kim and Steig Olson Christine Martin and Anthony Mazzariello Angelina Powers Keri Buster Nora DeLeonard Veronika and Jim Goldston Yoko Kimura-Yates Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik Jeffrey Raheb and Nanette Villanueva Paul Carbonara Mylan Denerstein Jason Gonsky and Amy Plattsmier Charles and Joan Kindleberger Jennifer Massim Laura Carini Laura DiGiovanni and Patrick Narea Elizabeth Rapacchietta and Michael Benwitt Sheri Gottlieb Tricia Kissinger and Matt Nemeth Julianne and Mark Carney-Chung Charlotte Dimery and Byron Davis Mari Matoba and Michael Walters Jean Rawitt Rachel Grady Joan Carroll Frederick Dintenfass Adam and Shawna Klein Cindy Maur Karim Rehmat Jennifer Grausman Maureen Carroll Eric Distenfeld Jay Klein Lexy Mayers Amy Reiter Jonathan Greco Yesenia Carvache and Damian Bivona Peter Dixon and Maria Elena Vignoli Jeffrey Klitz and Celeste Carlucci Tristan McCoppin and Jamie Ansley Naomi Relnick and Todd Lippiatt Adrianna Gregory and Matthew Burns Patty Cateura and William Barnett Elizabeth Dorgan Peter Kolp Chris McGee and Ariela Rozman Elizabeth Ricca Peter Grossman Liz and Andrew Cedar Victoria Doucet Arthur Kuflik and Allison Day Michael McWatters Mark and Rachel Rimer Karalena Guerrieri Susanna Chan and Alexander Lyubarov Theresa Dougherty Jason Kuhlman Enrique Mendez and Lina Delgado Jonathan Ripp and Melissa Weiner Nathan and Katell Guetta Junie Charlot and Chris Johnson Daisy and Luc Dowling Jonas Kwok Justin Meng Juliet Robinson Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard Howard and Gloria Chasnoff Cami Dreyer Audrey Lam Arthur Michel and Rebecca Leeper Angela Rogalski Hadestown Company Janette Cheng Lyuba and Slava Dubov Mark Lancaster and Nancy Woodruff Juliana Miller Deborah Romano Kristen Hallett and Peter Sclafani Suli Chen Julie Dumas and Jordan Rose Liz and Kevin Landers Amy Miller-Krezelak Nancy Rosenberg Motoko Hattori-Hamilton and Herbert Michal Lando Heather Millward John Rosenberg Kelly Chew and Aalap Shah MaryAnne Dumont Hamilton Betty Lawrence Michelle Mingoia Jason Sager and Pam Trzop Mei Mei and Shun Chez Harry Eichelberger and Jessica Parsons Michael Harney Stella and Ihn Lee Mike Miranda Leslie Salzman Meilan Chiu Benjamin Elberger Melissa Harris and Joshua Wolff Chris Lee Ryan Monroe Yoav Samet Sang Cho and Cay Yoo Sara Elman Sarah Hartman Mariana Lee James Moore and Catherine Pfordresher Estrella Sanchez Katie Chorlton Anna Van Evra Connie Heffner Evangeline Lehr John Morrison Joelle Sander Mary Clancy Craig Ewer Dustin Herbison Thomas Bares Lemmon Farhad Nasibov Funda Saygin and David Rozan Joanne Clever Gillian Fallon Julie Herzner and John Chester James Leonard Nancy and Vivek Nayar Justin Cohen Susan Feiner Robin Hessman and Lorin Wertheimer Anthony Scalise Brett Cohen and Karin Andersson Frank Ferrara Martha Hiatt and Hans Walters Olivier Lesueur Kristina Nebel and John William Nebel Meagan Scarola Edward Cone Alexandra Fisher Lisa Hickey Carol Leven and Murray Rosenblith Brian Neff Kathleen Scarola Nina Connelly Alexis Fitts Madelyn Hicks Meredith Levine Claudia Nelson Kristin Scarola and John O’Brien Reggie Cooney Cristin Flanagan and Krishna Kumbhar Katy Hill Deirdre Lewis Paul Newswanger Rachel Scarpati Daria Cooper Aird-Bombo Fohat Isabel Hill Puichin Li Gordon Ng Claudia Schaab Margery Cooper and Neil Corwin Fox Rothschild LLP Michael Hillerson Franklin Lin Tara Nooyi Richard and Marie Schall Bill and Ava Cooper Brittany Francis Corrie Hogg Nancy Lin and George Farmer Allan Novick Ben Schall Susan Cordaro Eric Francois and Raffaella Pierson Diego Hojraj and Mona Chiniwala John and Cariad Lippman Peter Nurnberg Kitsa and Allan Schindle Catherine and Henry Corwin Nora Friedman Theodore Holmes Natalie Lomoriello Sophia O’Malley-Krohn Kassie Schnall Gemie and Nicolas Couaillier Janice Fuld Gerald Homan Charles and Rosalyn Lowenhaupt Alan Ochoa Lynn Schneider Celeste Coughlin and William Sanders Jonathan Fung Leslie Honig Matt Lucas Karin and James Orenstein Tamar Schoenberg Greg Cox and Sara Mcalister Annique Fung Irene Hutner Jose Luis and Susan Orbegozo Aeri Pang and Jeremy Winer April and Bill Sedutto Bolivar Crespo Silvia Fuster and Evan Bennett Rolande Jadotte and Nicholas Tangney Alessandra Lusardi Janet Panichi Stephanie Sellars Rebecca Dalzell Robert Futterman and Rose Moskowitz Isaac Jaffe Michele Machalani and Sebastien Grouard Paul Parkhill and Helen Kapstein Aurora Seminara Phoebe Damrosch and Andre Mack Sandra Gach and Marc Basch Terry Jennings Steen Madsen Carol Patti Lawson Shadburn

32 33 SUPPORTERS PARTNERS

SCHOOLS COMMUNITY Boerum Hill School for International Studies 7’s Art Old Stone House Susan and Marshall Sharer Amy and Rich Tully Children of Promise Actionplay Otsar Cooke Center Academy (High School) Amnesty International Park Slope Parents Vivek and Anja Sharma Benjamin and Tamara Tweel Cooke Center Grammar School ARC Porch Stomp Nicole Shaw and Yair Reiner Ronald Tyroler Extreme Kids and Crew at P.S. 15 Berkeley Carroll School Roma Pizza Sarena and Chao Shen Steph Unwin Extreme Kids and Crew at P.S. 71 Berklee College of Music Roulette Tamara Shkabara Chris, Carlos and Elena Urriola Forest Hills School (The Community House School) Big Apple Circus Sarah Birnbaum: New York Special Helen Keller Preschool Big Wrench Needs Support Lauren Simon Murat Uyaroglu Hudde Middle School Brooklyn Arts Council School for Strings Laura and Josh Sinton Manish Valecha Imagine Academy Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Shar Music Christopher Siudzinski and Christine Scanlon Deborah Van Buren IVDU Lower School - Girls Brooklyn Children’s Museum Spaceworks IVDU Upper School - Girls Brooklyn Lion Club St. John’s Church Slant Fin Corp Fanny and Jeroen Van Kwawegen Jackson Development Center - Main Brooklyn Lutherie St. Joseph College Suzanne Smith Irene Van Slyke Jackson Development Center - West Brooklyn Museum Steinway Grant Smith and Abagail Nelson Joe Vellanikaran Madiba Prep Academy Business Center for New Americans SUNY New Paltz Sandra Smith-Sykes Pablo Vergara and Anath Benais M.S. 246 Whitman Middle School CAMBA Suzuki Association of the Americas M.S. 379 College Point Collaborative Catholic Charities of NY Tanabel Ruth Smulyan Lysbet Verlenden Old First Nursery School CBE Taro Origami Orin Snyder Emmanuelle Vernhes and Christophe Koudella P.S. 3 The Bedford Village School Children of Promise The Bell House Michele Sola and Adrian Bennett Tracy-Ann Vetter P.S. 10 Magnet School for Science and Technology Children’s Chinese Book Garden The Brooklyn Public Library David and Ibby Sollors Jocelyn and Bradley Vopni P.S. 24 Andrew Jackson City Access The Children’s Museum of Art P.S. 29 John M. Harrigan Congregation Beth Elohim The Law Office of Regina Skyer Jaclyn Solomon Christina Prostano Waldron P.S. 34 Oliver H. Perry Cooke Center SKILLS Program The Libertas Center for Human Rights Christa Somers Aaron and Desiree Walters P.S. 41 Greenwich Village Elementary School Cousin John’s Bakery The Muse Gowanus Eunmi Song and Peter Chowla Winnie Wan P.S. 89 Cypress Hills D’Addario Trapeze School New York Edward and Meghan Song Alex Washington P.S. 102 The Bay View School Extreme Kids and Crew Vimbly P.S. 112 Lefferts Park Flatfoot Flatbush Welcome Home Refugees NJ Susan Spoller Joeretta Washington P.S. 114 Ryder Elementary Guitar Center West Music Alex and Frederik Steinmetz Robert and Sue Wasko P.S. 118 The Maurice Sendak Community School Hamaspik of Kings County WQXR Steven and Jeanne Stellman Emily Wassyng P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher Hand in Hand P.S. 129 Patricia Larkin Harmony Joan and Jules Stiber Dawn Bradford-Watt and Robert Watt P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto HASC Hillery Stone and James Howe Matthew Weaver P.S. 131 Abigail Adams HIAS Joan Sturgis and David Mann Meisha Welch and Marcus Heidler P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty Human Care Services Mutsuko Sullivan Michael Wetstone and Emily Sachs P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus INCLUDE NYC P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen International Rescue Committee Sabrina Sullivan Rabi Whitaker and David Weber P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight Jewish Union Berneal Sutherland Jennifer Whitney P.S. 246 Poe Center Johnson Strings/Carriage House Brian Swindle Andy Williams and MaryAnn Sung P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field LAPC Benjamin Tainter Bonnie and Lloyd Williams P.S. 321 William Penn League of Young Inventors P.S. 361 East Flatbush Littlefield Rebecca Talbert Barry and Anita Wilson P.S. 372 @ 113 The Children’s School Materials for the Arts Greg Tarnacki Cathy Wong and Keath Chan P.S. 372 The Children’s School Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Florencia Tateossian and Ardash Chilingirian Manyi Wong and Atul Bahl P.S. 384 Q Molloy College Sam Teichman Marcia Wooden P.S. 396 @ 289 Montclair State University P.S. 396 Ramon E. Betances School Music is Elementary Valerie Thiers-Thiam and Moussa Thiam Kenza Worrall and Alex Hagon P.S. 686 Brooklyn School of Inquiry My Time, Inc. Nora Tien Jonny Wu P.S. 971 School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living New Women New Yorkers Suranjit Tilakawardane Richard Yeh Small Wonder Preschool New York University Sunny Skies Borough Park NYC Cultural Affairs John Touhey and Patricia Lowry Sheila Zachman and Paul Rollin Sunny Skies Prospect Heights NYU/ Lutheran Family Health Services Natalia Trifonova Gary Zelko Vista Academy Ohel Bais Ezra Frank Tripoli Anna Zhang and Dylan Yau Warren Street Development Center Old First Reformed Church

34 35 FINANCIALS Dear BKCM Community, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Thank you for taking the time to read about the Russ Soper Brooklyn Conservatory of Music’s accomplishments Chair in 2019 and some of the remarkable faculty members Robin Dull The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is a non-profit music school, a community outreach organization, a whose energy infuses and distinguishes our work. Vice Chair cultural center and a presenting organization. Our revenues and expenses reflect the unique mix of these Henry Choi non-profit business models. We benefit from the stability of earned revenues from music school tuition, While the lessons, classes, therapy sessions and events Secretary contractual revenues from community partners and ticket sales. Fundraising supplements our earned described in these pages were unfolding, many of Tatyana Gershkovich revenue streams to help support the cost of programs that are not wholly self-sustaining. us were engaged in a parallel effort tochart our Treasurer organization’s future. Throughout 2019, a committee OPERATING STATEMENT 2019 2018 2017 comprised of parents, staff, faculty and board members Stella Cernak Photo by Rathkopf Photography Rathkopf by Photo David Cone-Gorham across all four of our divisions–the Community Music Total Earned Revenue & Public Support $4,439,000 $3,853,000 $3,435,000 Daniel DiPietro A Letter from School, Suzuki Program, Music Partners and Music Total Operating Expenses $4,038,000 $3,582,000 $3,132,000 Stephanie Gayden Therapy–solicited input from a wide swath of BKCM RUSS SOPER Neil Gupta Chair, Board of Trustees stakeholders to create a five-year Strategic Plan. Surplus/(Deficit) $401,000 $271,000 $303,000 Marie Hill The plan, which our Board approved in December 2019, reflects the aspirations of the Rachel Hughes Chiwoniso Kaitano ASSETS entire Conservatory community. It defines a path forbroadening and deepening our Bernadette Levandowski impact and becoming a (and in some cases the) premier provider of high-quality music Cash $1,179,000 $573,000 $480,000 Preetha Nooyi Accounts Receivable $560,000 $993,000 $696,000 education and music therapy in New York City. Andrew Ormson Fixed Assets $1,171,000 $1,231,000 $1,291,000 I invite you to read the full Strategic Plan at bkcm.org/strategicplan. In the meantime, Kathy Park Price I will draw your attention to two highlights: Richard Shamos Total Assets $2,910,000 $2,797,000 $2,467,000 David Sweeny Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. At its core, BKCM is deeply committed Cynthia Tatham LIABILITIES to bringing the life-changing power of music education and music Pierre Vilain therapy to New Yorkers from all communities, including those traditionally Aaron Walters Accounts Payable and Accruals $213,000 $135,000 $113,000 marginalized and under-served. Nonetheless, when it comes to diversity, Rob Wetstone Loans $311,000 $372,000 $416,000 equity and inclusion, there are areas where we have significant room for ADVISORY COUNCIL Deferred Revenue $791,000 $1,096,000 $1,014,000 improvement. We intend to honestly and critically examine every aspect of our operation through the lens of “DEI,” to understand how we can Sophie Balcoff Total Liabilities $1,315,000 $1,603,000 $1,543,000 Scott Cantone integrate these principles throughout our organization. Richard Daskin Total Net Assets $1,595,000 $1,194,000 $924,000 Physical Infrastructure. Over the last three years we have invested William Frick more than $250,000 in improvements to our facilities and technology Lynn Gaffney Total Liabilities & Net Assets $2,910,000 $2,797,000 $2,467,000 infrastructure to make our beloved Park Slope home a more welcoming, Florence Hutner accessible and joyful place to make music. Still, our building is bursting at Elaine Kanak Diana Kim SOURCES OF FUNDS USES OF FUNDS the seams. Going forward, we will explore various long-term expansion Andrea Knutson options to accommodate the growth we anticipate over the next 50 years. Vijay Kumra As my tenure as Board Chair draws to an end in June 2020, I reflect on these past two Christopher Lloyd 11% years with tremendous pride in what we have accomplished and gratitude for your Jerri Mayer OTHER 17% GENERAL & generous support. Together, we have laid the groundwork for the Brooklyn Conservatory Vivek Menezes ADMINISTRATIVE Alan Ochoa of Music to reach new levels of excellence in the years and decades to come. Konrad Payne 18% 7% CONTRIBUTIONS FUNDRAISING Christine Scanlon Sincerely, Vanesa Treers 71% 76% EARNED REVENUE PROGRAMMING Russ Soper Man Wong Tom Xu

36 37 58 Seventh Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11217 (718) 622-3300 www.bkcm.org #bkcm @brooklynconservatory