MSM PHILHARMONIA Perry So, Conductor Shaina Martinez, soprano

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018 | 7:30 PM THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018 | 7:30 PM THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH

MSM PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Perry So, Conductor Shaina Martinez, soprano

PROGRAM ROBERT SIROTA A Rush of Wings (b. 1949)

JOAQUÍN TURINA Poema en forma de canciones (1882–1949) (Poem in the Form of Songs), Op. 19 Dedicatoria Nunca olvida… Cantares Los dos miedos Las locas por amor Ms. Martinez, soprano

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ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E Major (Cahis 13) (1841–1904) Allegro moderato Adagio: Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam Scherzo: Sehr schnell Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht schnell

The school would like to recognize Julio Martinez, Shaina’s father, for his relentless efforts to find the manuscript of the Turina concerto and resolute support for Spanish vocal literature, and Dr. Manly Romero, Performance Librarian at MSM, for preparing a new edition of the score and orchestral parts from the manuscript. Without their efforts, this performance would not have been possible. CENTENNIAL NOTE Robert Sirota was President of Manhattan School of Music from 2005 to 2012, during which time he also was a member of the Composition faculty. He wrote A Rush of Wings in 2008 especially for the MSM Chamber Sinfonia, which premiered the work on January 26, 2009 at ’s Zankel Hall. The concert, conducted by Kenneth Kiesler, showcased the School’s Graduate Program in Orchestral Performance with faculty members playing side-by-side with students. MSM’s OP Program began in 1991 and Glenn Dicterow, then Concertmaster of the , was a founding faculty member. Dicterow played the cadenza in the premiere of A Rush of Wings. –John Blanchard (MM ’89), Institutional Historian and Director of Archives

PROGRAM NOTES A Rush of Wings Robert Sirota Over four decades, composer Robert Sirota has developed a distinctive voice, clearly discernible in all of his work, whether symphonic, choral, stage, or . Writing in the Portland Press Herald, Allan Kozinn asserts: “Sirota’s musical language is personal and undogmatic, in the sense that instead of aligning himself with any of the competing contemporary styles, he follows his own internal musical compass.” Robert Sirota’s works have been performed by across the U.S. and Europe and by ensembles such as Alarm Will Sound, Sequitur, yMusic, Chameleon Arts, and Dinosaur Annex; the Chiara, American, Telegraph, Ethel, Elmyr, and Blair String Quartets; and the Peabody, Concord, and Webster Trios. His music has also been featured at music festivals, including Tanglewood, Aspen, Yellow Barn, and Cooperstown, as well as Bowdoin and its Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music. His recent and upcoming commissions include works for Jeffrey Kahane and the Sarasota Music Festival, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Palladium Musicum, American Guild of Organists, the American String Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, the Naumburg Foundation, Concert Artists of Baltimore, and yMusic. Sirota has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, Information Agency, National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, and the American Music Center. His music can be heard on Legacy Recordings and National Sawdust Tracks and on the Capstone, 4 Albany, New Voice, Gasparo, and Crystal labels and his works are published by Muzzy Ridge Music, Schott, Music Associates of New York, MorningStar, Theodore Presser, and To the Fore. A native New Yorker, Sirota studied at Juilliard, Oberlin, and Harvard and divides his time between New York and Searsmont, Maine, with his wife, Episcopal priest and organist Victoria Sirota. They frequently collaborate on new works, with Victoria as librettist and performer, at times also working with their children, Jonah and Nadia, both world-class violists. Composed in 2008, A Rush of Wings received its premiere by the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia, conducted by Kenneth Kiesler, in January 2009. The composer writes: A Rush of Wings draws inspiration from Psalms 18 and 104, both of which reference the ‘wings of the wind.’ As I grow older, I think and dream more frequently of flying—of being borne on wings far above the earth. My compositions over the past few years have reflected this. In 2005 I wrote an orchestra piece, Meridians, which is about flying across the world in an ocean-hopping jetliner. My Symphony No. 1, completed in 2007 and subtitled 212, spends a good deal of its twenty-five minutes hovering conceptually over Manhattan. In the summer of 2008 I composed a trio for , and piano entitled Birds of Paradise. A Rush of Wings continues this exploration, this time evoking the wind of God and the flight of angels. In its seven minutes I imagine what the ‘wings of the wind’ might sound like.

Poema en forma de canciones (Poem in the Form of Songs), Op. 19 Joaquín Turina Like most Spanish composers of his time, Turina went to Paris to study. While there he performed his already published Piano Quintet, Op. 1, to an audience that included Isaac Albéniz. His compatriot advised him to look to his native Spain for material. Turina took the advice to heart, later claiming that the conversation had changed his whole attitude to music. More interested than his countrymen in pursuing the conventional (German) major forms, he sought to combine them with his Andalusian—in particular, Sevillian—heritage in a style that had also absorbed Romantic 5 and Impressionistic elements. His works in the smaller genres admirably exhibit Spanish traits, sometimes with humor and often with elegance. Turina composed his song cycle Poema en forma de canciones in 1917 for voice and piano and orchestrated it the following year. Only his second foray into songwriting, the cycle of four songs prefaced by the instrumental Dedicatoria (Dedication) nevertheless shows his skill at evoking the sounds of Andalusian folk song that so captivated him, mixed with elements of French Impressionism. The four texts by Ramó María de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (1817–1901) are connected by the common theme of passionate love—even to the point of insanity, as in the final “Las locas por amor” (The women mad for love). The orchestral introduction suggests a flamenco singer’s opening “tuning up” and the accompanying guitarist’s intuitive following of that improvisatory style. The protagonist in “Nunca olvida” (Never forget), on the point of death, wistfully refuses to forgive his/her beloved for having been made to love. The extending spinning motion of the introduction to “Cantares” (Songs) provides the perfect foil for a colorful display of flamenco vocal techniques. The text, in between dazzling wordless vocalises, describes the indelible image a lover has of his/her beloved when separated by distance. “Los dos miedos” (The two fears) lilts along gently, presenting the apprehension over of a night of closeness, until an extended instrumental interlude brings on the pensive second verse—the worry that the new closeness might now disappear. The high-spirited closing song, “Las locas por amor” (The women mad for love) exuberantly contrasts eternal love with short bursts of passion.

Text and Translation Dedicatoria Dedication (instrumental) (instrumental)

Nunca olvida . . . Never Forget Ya que este mundo abandono Now that I abandon this world, antes de dar cuenta a Dios, before giving an account to God, aquí para entre los dos here between the two of us, mi confesión te diré. I will tell you my confession. Con toda el alma perdono With all my heart I forgive hasta a los que siempre he odiado. even those I have always hated. ¡A ti que tanto te he amado As for you, whom I have loved so much, nunca te perdonaré! I will never forgive you! 6 Cantares Songs Màs cerca de mí te siento I feel much closer to you Cuando más huyo de tí the more I flee from you, Pues tu imagen es en mí for your image haunts me, Sombra de mi pensamiento. shadow of my thoughts.

Vuélvemelo a decir Return to tell me again Pues embelesado ayer for yesterday I was spellbound, Te escuchaba sin oir I listened to you without hearing Y te miraba sin ver. and I looked at you without seeing.

Los dos miedos The Two Fears Al comenzar la noche de aquel día At the beginning of that night Ella lejos de mí, she, remote from me, said, ¿Por qué te acercas tanto? Me decía, Why are you getting so close? She said, Tengo miedo de ti. I fear you.

Y después que la noche hubo pasado And after the night that has passed Dijo, cerca de mí: she said, close to me: ¿Por qué te alejas tanto de mi lado? Why are you moving so far away ¡Tengo miedo sin ti! from me? I have fear without you!

Las locas por amor The Women Mad for Love Te amaré diosa Venus si prefieres I will love you, goddess Venus, if you que te ame mucho tiempo y con prefer that I love you forever and cordura with sanity y respondió la diosa de Citeres: and the goddess of Cythera Prefiero como todas las mujeres responded: que me amen poco tiempo y con I prefer, like all women, locura. that you love me a short time and Te amaré diosa Venus, te amaré. with madness. —Ramòn Maria de las Mercedes de I will love you, goddess Venus, I will Campoamor y Campoosorio love you!

7 Symphony No. 7 in E Major Anton Bruckner Reconciling Bruckner’s personal traits with the monumental sound of his symphonies requires a bit of imagination. Somehow his lack of self- confidence along with his religious piety and unorthodox route toward symphonic composition erupted into a remarkable musical legacy. Though he studied music as a youth and held various organ posts, he worked mainly as a schoolteacher. At age thirty-one, however, he sought counterpoint training with the rigorous Simon Sechter, who forbade him from writing any music outside of exercises for a six-year period. After additional orchestration studies, Bruckner finally—as a man of forty— began his career as a symphonic composer. Profoundly influenced by hearing the premiere of Tristan und Isolde and meeting Wagner in 1865, Bruckner inadvertently got caught up in the raging Wagner-Brahms controversy in Vienna. Though his music was little like Wagner’s in its structure or aesthetic approach, he was constantly attacked as a “Wagnerite” by the pro-Brahms critic Eduard Hanslick and had difficulty getting his works performed. It was only toward the end of his life that Bruckner gained recognition. Even Hanslick had to admit after a performance of the Seventh Symphony that it was rare for a composer to be called out four or five times after each movement. Even more than the Third Symphony, which Bruckner dedicated to Wagner, the Seventh might be called his “Wagner” Symphony. Having begun the work in September 1881, Bruckner had completed the first movement and the Scherzo by January 1883, when he learned of Wagner’s grave illness. On January 22 he wrote: “One day I came home and felt very sad. The thought had crossed my mind that the Master [Wagner] would die, and the C-sharp minor theme of the Adagio came to me.” Wagner died on February 13, and Bruckner completed the movement as an elegy. Here for the first time he employed Wagner tubas (brass instruments devised by Wagner for his Ring cycle to bridge a perceived gap between horns and trombones), also using them in the Finale, which pays further tribute to “the Master.” With the full score completed on April 21, 1883, efforts began to secure a premiere performance. Several of Bruckner’s former pupils tried to arouse interest with two-piano performances in Vienna, but it wasn’t until December 30, 1884, that the orchestral premiere took place—in Leipzig under the baton of Arthur Nikisch. Despite audience enthusiasm, 8 critical response was mixed, but a wildly successful second performance in Munich in March 1885 launched Bruckner on the road to worldwide recognition. The Seventh remains Bruckner’s most popular symphony, rivaled only by his Fourth. A radiant serenity pervades the expansive first movement. Like most of Bruckner’s sonata forms, it deals with the unfolding, development, and recapitulation of three main themes. The first is a luminous, arching melody for the , joined by and clarinet. Bruckner marks the gentle second theme (oboes and over quietly pulsing brass) with a little melodic ornament or turn. A portentous buildup brings on the hushed third theme, its short phrases marching calmly downward until they provoke an outburst of brass fanfares. The ominous climax of the unhurried development prepares the wonderfully unobtrusive return of the opening. A similar peak sets up the ravishing beginning of the coda, which goes out in a characteristic blaze of glory. Bruckner’s lament for Wagner contrasts the solemn opening theme (Wagner tubas and violas) with a lighter theme that foreshadows some of Mahler’s nostalgic, innocent-seeming passages. Into his somber opening idea, Bruckner inserts a quotation from his own concurrently composed Te Deum that symbolizes triumph over death. Rich variations of the two main themes form alternating sections, culminating in one of the greatest climaxes in the symphonic literature. At its apex, the composer’s pupils-turned-editors, Joseph and Franz Schalk, added a now notorious cymbal crash (along with triangle and timpani), which Nikisch persuaded Bruckner to accept. Despite a penciled objection written above the pasted-in addition to the original score, most conductors include the percussive reinforcement. The energetic Scherzo gives off both a cheerful and restless impression as it leads to a tempestuous conclusion in each of its three sections. The two intervening, more delicately scored trio sections provide more relaxed, lyrical contrast. The grand finale pays further homage to Wagner by incorporating a chorale-like second theme, for which Bruckner reintroduces the Wagner tubas. Another less obvious response to Wagner’s death, suggests Bruckner scholar Timothy Jackson, was employing a variation of sonata form that mirrors a characteristic of tragic literary plots. As Aristotle recognized in his Poetics, a key ingredient for tragedy is peripety—a shift 9 to the opposite of what would normally occur “because of some mistake of great weight and consequence.” Musically this corresponds to a kind of “reverse sonata form” rarely but significantly used after 1770. In such pieces as Brahms’s Tragic Overture or Schicksalslied, Liszt’s Hamlet, Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture, or Mahler’s Sixth Symphony finale— all pieces connected with tragedy or fate—the main themes return in reverse order in the recap and the all-important return to the home key is displaced. In Bruckner’s finale, the recall of his three themes in reverse order and his remarkable journey toward the home key makes a similar connection. In contrast to the dark endings of other “tragic reverse” movements, however, Bruckner’s finale ends in triumphant splendor, in the manner of victory-over-adversity symphonies such as Beethoven’s Third, Fifth, or Ninth. Thus Bruckner’s lament over Wagner’s death concludes by celebrating the immortality of his legacy. —Program notes ©Jane Vial Jaffe

10 ABOUT THE ARTISTS Perry So, Conductor Conductor Perry So most recently made his European operatic debut at the Royal Danish in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and made debuts with the Szezecin Philharmonic and the Nürnberger Symphoniker, including a tour to Milan. Recent highlights include return visits to the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, the Royal Danish Ballet, and three weeks of concerts with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias as the orchestra’s Artistic Collaborator. Upcoming highlights include a seven-week tour of South Africa with three orchestras, including a Verdi Requiem in Cape Town, his North American opera debut with Yale Opera in Tchaikovsky’s , and debuts with orchestras in Pamplona and Malaga, Spain, and Tucson, Arizona. Other recent debuts include the Cleveland and Minnesota Orchestras, Houston, Detroit, New Jersey, Israel and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras, the China Philharmonic, and the Residentie Orkest in the Hague. He has been a frequent guest both at Walt Disney Hall and the Hollywood Bowl following his stint as an inaugural Dudamel Conducting Fellow of the . He led the Hong Kong Philharmonic with Lang Lang in an internationally televised celebration of the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China at the close of his four years as Assistant, then Associate Conductor. He toured the Balkan Peninsula with the Zagreb Philharmonic in the first series of cultural exchanges established after the breakup of Yugoslavia. Perry So received the first and Special prizes at the Fifth International Prokofiev Conducting Competition in St. Petersburg. His recording of Barber and Korngold’s Violin Concertos with violinist Alexander Gilman and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra was awarded the Diapason d’Or in January 2012. He has recorded extensively with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Concert Orchestra. He is known for his wide-ranging programming, including numerous world premieres on four continents and works from the Renaissance and the Baroque. He has conducted productions of Così fan tutte, Die Zauberflöte, The Turn of the Screw, Giulio Cesare, , and . His commitment to working with young musicians has taken him to the Australian Youth Orchestra, the Round Top Festival, Manhattan School of Music, the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, and the Yale School of Music. He has assisted , Esa-Pekka Salonen, , , and John Adams. Born in Hong Kong, Perry So holds a degree in Comparative Literature from Yale University. 11 Shaina Martinez, soprano Soprano Shaina Martinez recently received her Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Ruth Golden. She most recently performed the title role in Carlisle Floyd’s with Lighthouse Opera Company. Other roles include Cosi fan tutte (Fiordiligi) with Manhattan School of Music’s Opera Repertoire Ensemble; Der Zigeunerbaron (Saffi) with Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater; (Donna Elvira) in the Lighthouse Opera Company; La Vida Breve (Salud) with The In Series; La Fille du Regiment (Marie/audit) and (Cousin) at the Martina Arroyo Foundation Prelude to Performance 2015; Henry Mollicone’s Children of the Sun (Our Lady of Guadalupe) with the Little Patuxient Opera Institute 2014; and Die Zauberflöte (2nd lady) and Cendrillon (Prince Charming/cover) at the Siena Music Festival 2013.

As a concert artist, Shaina Martinez made her recital debut at the National Opera Center of America this past May performing with former Met coach Craig Rutenberg as part of the Emerging Artist Recital Series. She also performed at the National Theater of Korea in Seoul as a soloist with the University of Maryland Chamber Singers. Most recently, she won second place in the National Council Rocky Mountain Regional Round 2018; first place in Manhattan School of Music’s 2018 Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition in the Voice Category; and third place in the 2018 Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Competition. Other awards include the 2018 DC Vocal Arts Society Art Song Discovery Competition (Finalist-Alternate), 2017 Altamura Caruso International Competition (Finalist), 2014 Sue Goetz Ross Vocal Competition (second place), XVII Concurso Internacional de Canto Lirico in Peru (Semifinalist), and 2018 and Elaine Malbin Competition (Finalist). She will make her theater debut in March 2019 with the Bermuda Festival’s production of Terrence McNally’s Master Class, as Sophie (1st soprano).

12 13 MSM PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Perry So, Conductor

VIOLIN I Carlos Martinez Arroyo, Hajung Cho, Cordoba, Spain Haena Lee, principal, concertmaster, Wing Yan Kwok, Cochrane, Canada Seoul, South Korea Hong Kong, China Andrea Kim, Karl Zhu, Beijing, China Young Ye Roh, Queens, New York Huier Yiu, Taipei, Taiwan Englewood, New Jersey Dongmin Hyun, Chenxiang Wang, Taihi Chin, Osaka, Japan Seoul, South Korea Beijing, China Anthony Chan, Nuria Comorera Nosas, Margaret Baker, Sydney, Australia Barcelona, Spain Lynchburg, Virginia Fujia Zhang, Yeonsue Cho, Yiyang Li, Shenyang, China Ulsan, South Korea Hangzhou, China Guan Gui, Sam Chung, Yuna Jo, Seoul, New York, New York Vancouver, Canada South Korea Maithena Girault, Luca Giehl, Jinwoo Jung, Seoul, Laval, Canada Erlangen, Germany South Korea Da Huang, Yan Jin, Beijing, China Man Yin Yeung, San Francisco, California Yuhan Noh, Hong Kong, China Gyeonggido, Ally Cho, South Korea Melbourne, Australia Devin Moore, principal, Thomas Readett, Maia Schmidt, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mystic, Connecticut Caldwell, New Jersey Samuel Omalyev, Ting-Yu Lin, Yixiang Wang, Newtown, Connecticut Taipei, Taiwan Shanghai, China Kyran Littlejohn, Corrine Au, Philadelphia, DOUBLE BASS Short Hills, New Jersey Pennsylvania John VanDuzer, principal, Minseon Kim, Zhen Huang, Eden Prairie, Minnesota South Korea Hangzhou, China Yoojeong Kim, Yihan Zhu, Myeonghoon Park, Lagrangeville, New York Shanghai, China Pusan, South Korea Sienna George, Robert Buonaspina, Easton, Pennsylvania VIOLIN II North Babylon, Tyler Vittoria, New York Luxi Wang, principal, Shanghai, China Shanghai, China Kiley Rowe, Goshen, Ryan Sujdak, New York Guolong Wang, Gainesville, Beijing, China Chaemyung Lee, Jakob Messinetti, Goyang-si, South Korea Michael Brennan, New Orleans, Louisiana Patchogue, New York David Padilla, Jud Royal Mitchell, Fair Lawn, New Jersey Thierry Neves, New Orleans, Louisiana Goiania, Brazil Ruisi Doris Du, Matthew Scott, Wuhan, China Lumeng Yang, Bethesda, Maryland Beijing, China Chuzhe Huang, Chongqing, China

14 FLUTE Victoria Drexler, TUBA Cierra Hall, , New York Emerick Falta, Randallstown, Maryland Mirinda Holthe, New Rochelle, Lauren Scanio^+, Kansas City, Missouri New York Buffalo, New York Kevin Mueller*, Yuxi Yang*, Oshkosh, Wisconsin TIMPANI & Guangzhou, China Constance Mulford, PERCUSSION Setauket, New York Hamza Able, OBOE Emma Potter, Jacksonville, Florida Surprise, Arizona Joel Roches+, Weldon Briggs, ^ Chicopee, Massachusetts Jonathan Sales , Brownsville, Texas ^ New Providence, Hyunjung Choi, Ashley Shinliver , New Jersey Houston, Texas Busan, South Korea + Shengmu Wang , Gabriel Costache, Taoyuan, Yaiwan Denver, Colorado CLARINET ^ William Hopkins, Sin Nam Claudia Ng , Dallas, Texas Hong Kong, China ^+ *+ Sean Alexander , Mitchell Vogel, Alexander Parlee , Washington, D.C. Oviedo, Florida Vista, California Matthew Beesmer*, Accord, New York HARP BASSOON Benjamin Lieberman, *+ Frances Konomi, Erin Acree , Commack, New York Kuala Lampur, Malaysia Birmingham, Alabama ^ Dominique Moreno, Jordan Dreyer , TROMBONE Houston, Texas West Milford, + New Jersey Samuel Amore , Brookfield, Wisconsin Jacob Rogers, * Hamburg, New York Thomas Urich , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania HORN Logan Reid, Luke Breton, Birdsboro, bass trombone, Pennsylvania Orlando, Florida Marlena DeStefano, Pompano Beach, Florida

Brass and Wind Principals * Robert Sirota: A Rush of Wings ^ Joaquin Turnia: Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 19 + Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major 15 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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Firestone $500 to $999 Pam Goldberg $2,500 to $4,999 Richard E. Adams Laurie Hamilton Joan Taub Ades Orren Alperstein Lawrence Indik Candace and Frederick Beinecke The Bagby Foundation for Robert John Just Robert Bucker the Musical Arts Andrea Klepetar-Fallek Connie Kanako Clarke and Bruce M. Beckwith Warren N. Laffredo James Clarke Noma Blechman James P. McCarthy The D’Addario Music Foundation Dr. Juna Bobby Linda McKnight For The Performing Arts Dr. Vincent Celenza Lin-Hou Ng-Cheng Mira Goldberg John Chan and Fan Jiang Yahui and John Kenneth Olenik Jane A. Gross Bill Delaney Susan S. and Kanti Rai The Arthur Loeb Foundation Adrienne Stetson Forrest Saul D. Raw, LCSW Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Judith Friedman Irwin L. Reese Barbara and Dermot O’Reilly Loraine F. Gardner Frederick B. Rosoff The Presser Foundation Stephen Jacobsohn and Thomas L. Schissler Kathleen Ritch Dr. Maura Reinblatt Mary Schmidt Alfred and Jane Ross Dr. Herve Jacquet Julie and Allen Schwait Foundation Cecile R. Jim Glenn Schwartz Gail Sanders Dr. Harriet S. Kaplan Kira Sergievsky Christopher W. Welch and Millen Katz Walter F. and Katherine L. Hosford Phillip N. Kawin Margaret M. Siebecker Dr. Theo George Wilson Chung Nung Lee Robert and Victoria Sirota Alta T. Malberg Tamara and Michael Sload $1,000 to $2,499 Susan Olsen Maren Paul Sperry Anonymous Donors (2) Laurie Margolies Myrna Tanchoco-Rossen and Susan Appel Elissa and Christopher Morris Robert Rossen Barbara F. and Timothy Naomi Paley Gordon Turk A. Boroughs The Pfizer Foundation Elizabeth R. Van Arsdel Margaret A Boulware Henry C. Pinkham John Walton Elizabeth A. R. and Jane L. Polin Daniel E. Weiss Ralph S. Brown, Jr. Dr. Bennett Pologe Noreen and Ned Zimmerman Dr. Robert J. Campbell MD KCSJ Susan L. Quittmeyer and and Sir Cesare L. Santeramo James Morris $100 to $249 KCSJ Mary Radcliffe Anonymous Donors (4) Michael R. and Nina I. Douglas Mary S. Riebold Eileen C. Acheson-Bohn Pamela Drexel James S. Ritchie Meg Lowenthal Akabas Eagan Family Foundation Saremi Health and Wellness Cecile Alexis Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner Foundation Alex Alsup Hans and Gloria Gesell Ilse Gordon and Neil Shapiro Ari F. Ambrose Esq. Charlotte Gollubier Ted Smith Angelo Badalamenti Roger and Joanne Greenspun William M. Stein, Jr. Susan Barbash and Dr. Eric Katz Hansoree Kathleen Byrum Suss Barbara and Alan Barry Kathleen F. Hegierski Marian Williams Linda Dupree-Bell Dr. Charles Herring Carolyn Zepf Hagner Evangeline Benedetti Robert and Susan Kaplan Jerome and Judy Benson Dinkin Jack and Helga Katz $250 to $499 Patricia Berman and Theresa and Roosey Khawly An Anonymous Donor Harvey Singer Sungrim Kim and Wonsuk Chang Roman Bachli Susan Biskeborn Michael J. Kokola Louise Basbas Raymond Bonar Christiana Leonard Paul J. Beck Louis M. Bonifatie, Ed. D. Thomas Maguire Kevin M. Bohl Dr. Carlton and Dr. Agnes Boxhill Mary Moeller Ronnie Boriskin Julianne and Tallmadge L. Boyd, Jr. Marjorie Neuwirth Ann and Stanley Borowiec Carlvant and Peter A. Boysen Connie and James A. Newcomb Langis Breton Joy Hodges Branagan Michael de C. Rosenfeld Elizabeth Brody Robert Brenner Sabian LTD Angela Brown Ellen and Douglas Brett Karen L. Shapiro Elizabeth A. Browne Francine R. Brewer Annaliese Soros Jennifer M. and Albert Bruno Walter Brewus Robert Stackpole Dr. Gines-Didier Cano Anthony N. Brittin John Sweeney Walid M. Dardir David Britton Dace Udris Rita Delespara Frank Bruno Elizabeth R. and Michael A. Varet Salvatore and Raymond J. Burghardt Vita Weir and Edward Brice Santa Maria Di Vittorio Louise C. Caldwell Mabel A. Campbell Judith and Leonard Hyman Lois Roman Sherrie and David Caplan Family Fund Alex Romanov Filis A. and Alexander M. Cardieri Michael Ibrahim ‘09 and Roger F. Rose Nadine and Norman Carey Alexandra Hamilton ‘08 Amy S. Rosen H. R. Carlisle Bernard Tamosaitis and Stanley Rosenberg Richard Carr Sayuri Iida Chris Rosenberg Elizabeth S. and Dalmo Carra Jonathan A. and Rheva K. Irving Mary Jaccoma Rozenberg John E. Carranza* Shirley Rosenzweig Jackel Reto A. Ruedy Martha Chapo Family Gift Fund Peter H. Judd June Sadowski-Devarez Sandy C. Coffin Noreen Kerrigan Frank E. Salomon Edward and Annette Cornelius Ethan Jeon Victoria and Anthony Scelba Helen N. Danehower Daniel Kirk-Foster Alan Schaplowsky Dr. David K. Davis Lorinda Klein Stanley Scheller Allan J. Dean Lauren and Matthew J. Kluger Gil Seadale Robert J. Dell’Angelo Kenneth H. Knight William Shadel Theresa and Guy Dellecave Hae Soon Koh Julie and Steve Sharp Mark Delpriora Jennifer and Jeffrey Kolitch Nancy Covert Sheftel Anaar Desai-Stephens Dr. Michael and Rachel Kollmer Angela Allen Sherzer Dr. Nancy Zipay DeSalvo Michael Kowal Amy K. Shoremount Michael and Gene B. Kuntz Ruth Siegler Catherine Diefenbach Ursula Kwasnicka Claire Hollister Singer John Dispenza Tom Landrum Alice Jane Sklar Marjory M. Duncalfe Robert Laporte Norman Solomon, M.D. Michael and Marjorie Engber Dr. Ann Lemke Jeanne M. and David E. Sperber Carolyn J. Enger Amy Levine Catherine and Carl Stahl William R. Evans Dr. Ira M. Lieberman James Stalzer Yingjiu Fan and Zuojun Cao George Litton Steve Stalzle Robert Felicetti Xin Liu and Hong Chen Felice E. Swados Elsa H. Fine Edward Loizides Manabu Takasawa Paula A. Franklin Eleanor and Mort Lowenthal Wendy and Salvatore Talio Caroline and Shlomo Freidfertig Carmel Lowenthal Sondra Tammam Edith Hall Friedheim Melissa M. and Philip Mark Bruce Tang and Yi Lu Emanuel A. Friedman Gunther Marx Gary Thalheimer Cameron Bennett and Meredith Wood McCaughey Nickolas Themelis Korine Fujiwara Robert D. and Elaine C. Thomas Catherine A. Gale Judith M. McFadden Dr. Barbara L. Tischler John and Hannelore Gerlach Bob McGrath Jacquelyn Tomlet Phil Glick Eugene G. McLeod Gemma H. Tung Nancy and Marc Goldberg Theresa McNeil Dawn Upshaw Judith Uman and Robert and Linda Miller Jill F. Van Syckle I. Michael Goodman Jacqueline R. Miron Mark Vandersall and Robert Gorman Nadine Nozomi Mitake Laura Mendelson Dr. Richard A. Gradone Frank Montaturo Jon Verbalis David W. Granger Dr. Andrea H. Morris Dr. Katharina Volk Laura Greenwald Mary Anne and Wayne Mueller Jianlong Wang Wendy Griffiths DMA Kay C. Murray Adam B. Ward Louis Grimaldi Francisco Nájera and Doris Joy Warner Madelon and Jerald Grobman Ileana Ordonez Michael Washburn and Dr. Grace A. Hackett-Faroul Norma Nelson Nancy Carmichael Gift Fund Holly Hall Richard Niemann Patricia Weiss Dr. Heather A. Hamilton Rebecca Noreen Jack L. Wenger Stacie E. Haneline The O’Mara Family Gabriella R. Will Diane D. and John B. Haney Frederick and Anna Ostrofsky Michael C. Wimberly June and Patrick J. Hannan Duncan Patton Carole M. Wolek Dr. Carl Hanson Myrna Payne Lam Wong Dr. Mary H. Harding Maria Magliaro Politano Dr. Roy Wylie Dr. Andrew E. Henderson and Jill M. Pollack LCSW BCD Barbara Yahr Mary W. Huff Dr. Maria Radicheva Zhendai Yang Amy Hersh Dr. Jonathan Raskin Dr. Velia Yedra-Chruszcz Peter T. Hess & Debra M. Kenyon Mona Reisman Schoen June Zaccone Family Fund William W. Reynolds Elda Zappi Fung Ho Joyce Richardson Hongwei Zhou and Jianlong Wang Larry Hochman Amy Franklin Richter Judith Hunt Lindsay Rider Leon Hyman Howard G. Rittner Carol Robbins

*Deceased 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 2018 GALA GIFTS

Manhattan School of Music’s annual gala, which took place at the iconic Rainbow Room on May 9, 2018, celebrated the School’s storied past, inspiring present, and very bright future. The event provided important support for the School’s Annual Fund. We salute the individuals, foundations, and businesses listed below who made the evening a success. Diamond Bright Power Jane E. Steele and Noémi K. & Michael Neidorff Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire William Sussman and the Centene Charitable Conner Strong & The Stecher & Foundation Buckelew Companies Horowitz Foundation Epstein Engineering Sterling National Bank Platinum First American Education Finance Linda Stocknoff Lorraine Gallard and Capt. Kenneth R. Force, Telebeam Telephone Systems Richard H. Levy USMS (ret.) Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini Bill and Patricia O’Connor Dr. James Gandre and Ronald G. Weiner Sceneworks Studios Dr. Boris Thomas General Plumbing Corporation Contributors Gold Geneva Pension Consultants Orren Alperstein Carla Bossi-Comelli and Ghent Realty Mary Ellin Barrett Marco Pecori David Goodman Toby and Lester Crystal Evco Mechanical Corporation Greg Grimaldi Dr. Monica Coen Christensen Donald and Marcia Clay Hamilton Nancy Freund Heller and Sharon E. Daley-Johnson Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Jeffrey Heller Casey M. Dunn Mónica and Angel Sosa Marie Theresa Hermand Elizabeth J. de Almeida Yorke Construction Corporation de Arango Alice and Aldo Fossella Holzman Moss Bottino Charles Gardner and Patti Eyler Silver Architecture Samuel E. Hepler Joyce Aboussie J & J Flooring Ruth Golden Chartwells Dining Services Phillip N. Kawin Patinka Kopec and David G. Knott Ph.D. and Lubrano Ciavarra Architects Dr. Jay Selman Françoise Girard Jeffrey Lynford Dr. Solomon Mikowsky Raul and Magdalena Gutierrez Linda and Toby Mercuro Christianne Orto Melody Sawyer Richardson and Kim and Anthony Papini Dr. John Pagano Dr. Malcolm Thomson Margot and Adolfo Patron Maitland Peters Kalmon D. Post and Luis Plaza Patrons Linda Farber Post Dr. Kariné Poghosyan Michael R. and Nina I. Douglas Cassie and William Rahm Reliable Office Solutions/ Israel Discount Bank Red Hook Management/ Christina Gallo Robert Siegel and Thomas Trynin Israel Schossev Susan Kargman RIK Electric Corporation/ Anne Shikany Richard and Tara Petrocelli Dr. Marc Silverman Partners Ted and Lesley Rosenthal Wendy and Salvatore Talio Joan Taub Ades Bette and Richard Saltzman Dr. Abby O’Neil and Ralph and JJ Allen Eduardo and Antonella Salvati Dr. Carroll Joynes Ed Annunziato Morris Sandler Carrie Newman Beekman Housing Ventures Yolanda Santos Paul Sperry Joel Bell and Marife Hernandez Cynthia D. and Thomas P. Sculco Jason Wachtler Bellet Construction Richard W. Southwick FAIA Vasily Tchaikovsky Bond Schoeneck & King Special Risk Consultants/ Nick and Melissa Borkowski Rich P. Seufer 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 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 ENDOWMENT GIFTS OF $500 AND MORE

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 FACULTY AND STAFF GIFTS Adam J. Arango Lauren Frankovich Dr. Kariné Poghosyan Laworna Bennett David Geber and Julia Lichten Dr. Jeffrey Langford and John K. Blanchard Ruth Golden Dr. Joanne Polk Ronnie Boriskin Stephen Jacobsohn Lucie Robert and Jeffrey Cohen Robert Bucker Phillip N. Kawin Nolan M. Robertson Linda Chesis and John Guiton Patinka Kopec and Chris Rosenberg Peter Christensen and Dr. Jay Selman Ted and Lesley Rosenthal Dr. Monica Coen Christensen Byung-Kook Kwak Laura Sametz Brian Dailey Carmel Lowenthal Kelly Sawatsky and Elizabeth J. de Almeida Carol Matos Dr. Jeremy Fletcher Dr. Susan E. Deaver Dr. Marjorie Merryman Dr. Marc Silverman Glenn Dicterow and Gary Meyer David and Becky Starobin Karen Dreyfus Dr. Solomon Mikowsky Nina Svetlanova Casey Molino Dunn Dr. John Pagano Christina M. Teichroew Daniel Epstein Duncan Patton Delana Thomsen Nell Flanders Luis Plaza Dona D. Vaughn and Ron Raines 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. Bonifatie, Ed. D. Dr. Robert Ira Lewy Hetty Te Korte Carla Bossi-Comelli Shigeru Matsuno Flavio Varani Ellen D. Charney Charlotte Mayerson Dona D. Vaughn and Ron Raines James B. Coker Claire A. Meyer Keith L. Wiggs Alex Davis Warren R. Mikulka Dr. Theo George Wilson Michael P. Devine Charles B. Nelson Jr. Carolyn Zepf Hagner J. S. Ellenberger Barbara and Dermot O’Reilly Jonathan Fey Duncan Pledger 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 Sceneworks Studio The Arthur and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Melody Sawyer Richardson Mae Orvis Foundation Estate of Harold Schonberg Jody and Peter Robbins Susan and David Rahm The Evelyn Sharp Foundation The Helen F. Whitaker Fund $250,000 and above Harold and Helene Schonberg An Anonymous Donor Trust $500,000 and above Annie Laurie Aitken The Starr Foundation Altman Foundation Charitable Trust Surdna Foundation Nancy Terner Behrman*/ Estate of C. J. Stuart Allan Patrick N. W. Turner The Fund for Individual Potential Amato Opera Theater Gabe Wiener Foundation CORNERSTONE SOCIETY The Cornerstone Society honors the following institutions and individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the School through leadership support of capital projects that exceeded $100,000 (as of June 30, 2018). Their support of these projects has enhanced every aspect of the School’s mission, and we are most grateful for it. An Anonymous Donor Dr. James Gandre and Noémi K. and Michael Neidorff Joan Taub Ades and Dr. Boris Thomas and the Centene Charitable Alan M. Ades* Gordon and Harriet Greenfield Foundation G. Chris Andersen and Foundation City of New York SungEun Han-Andersen Donald and Marcia Clay Hamilton New York State Higher Education Ed Annunziato Estate of Kellogg Johnson Capital Matching Grant Board Nancy Terner Behrman*/ David G. Knott Ph.D. and Bill and Patricia O’Connor Nana’s Way Françoise Girard The Octavian Society Lillian R. Berkman* Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Michelle Ong/ Bloomberg Philanthropies Peter Luerssen/ First Initiative Foundation Mary Owen Borden Foundation Maecenata Foundation Susan and David Rahm Carla Bossi-Comelli Linda and Toby Mercuro Melody Sawyer Richardson Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Dr. Solomon Mikowsky Sceneworks Studio Cecilia and John Farrell The Miller Family Foundation The Evelyn Sharp Foundation Lorraine Gallard and The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Richard H. Levy Patrick N. W. Turner *Deceased 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, 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 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]. 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^ ^ ^ 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, 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 + 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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