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George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor Yan Li (BM ’17, MM ’19, DMA candidate), piano Winner of the Dora Zaslavsky–Koch Piano Competition

Friday, February 7, 2020 | 7:30 PM Neidorff-Karpati Hall Friday, February 7, 2020 | 7:30 PM Neidorff-Karpati Hall

MSM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor Yan Li (BM ’17, MM ’19, DMA candidate), piano Winner of the Dora Zaslavsky–Koch Piano Competition

PROGRAM Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 (1909 version) (1874–1951) 1. Vorgefühle (Premonitions) 2. Vergangenes (The Past) 3. Farben (Chord Colorations) 4. Peripetie (Peripeteia) 5. Das obligate Rezitativ (Obbligato Recitative)

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy (Symphony No. 4), Op. 54 (1872–1915)

Intermission

LUDWIG VAN Piano No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 BEETHOVEN (“Emperor”) (1770–1827) Allegro Adagio un poco mosso Rondo: Allegro Yan Li, piano MSM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA George Manahan, Conductor

VIOLIN 1 Yihan Esther Seitz Vlad C. Hontilă, Shanghai, Edinburg, Texas concertmaster Man Yin Yeung Eliza Fath Cluj-Napoca, Romania Hong Kong, China Fairfield, Yuna Jo Ally Cho Gisoo Kim Seoul, South Melbourne, Austalia Seoul, South Korea Maïthéna Girault Elizabeth Beck Rei Otake Montréal, Canada Oil City, Louisiana Tokyo, Japan Dennis Lee Jaycee Cardoso Clara Cho Seoul, South Korea Huntington Station, Ulsan, South Korea Jeehyun Park Fang-chun Hsieh Paul Moskalew Seoul, South Korea Tainan City, Muncie, Indiana Jeeyoon Kim Luxi Wang Seoul, South Korea Guangyuan, China DOUBLE TaTan Huang Logan May, principal Tainan, Taiwan Lagrangeville, New York Maomao Huang Joshua Gomberoff, Ryan Sujdak Wuhu, China principal Gainesville, Carlos Martinez Vancouver, Canada Royal Mitchell Arroyo Zhen Huang New Orleans, Louisiana Cordoba, Spain Hangzhou, China David Lester Yujing Ming Mookun Jang Frederick, Maryland Shenzhen, China Busan, South Korea KyungWon Park Yunjung Ko Hao-yuan Hsu Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea New Taipei City, Taiwan Tyler Vittoria Selin Algoz Toby Winarto Eden Prairie, Montana Bursa, , Yerin Kim Tal McGee Bucheon, South Korea Spring, Texas Francesca Leo* Kiley Rowe Pleasant Ridge, Michigan VIOLIN 2 Goshen, New York Bethany McLean Taihi Chin, principal Ella Bukszpan Ontario, New York Kobe, Japan Giv’atayim, Yeji Shin+ Wing Yan Kwok Dudley Raine IV Ulsan, South Korea Hong Kong Lynchburg, Virginia Can Xu Corinne Au Nanjing, China Short Hills, Samantha White Hajung Cho Jinn Shin, principal Saint Charles, Illinois Seoul, South Korea Portland, Oregon Shannon Vandzura~ Amos Lee Hyeunji-Jenny Lee Minotola, New Jersey Astoria, New York Seoul, South Korea Logan Reid Andres Ayola~ Andrew Angelos~ Orlando, Florida New York, New York Seattle, Washington Tommy Urich Urich Yawen Guan Marlena DeStefano Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Beijing, China Pompano Beach, Florida Aaron Liana Hoffman+ Haettenschwiller Coral Springs, Florida Emerick Falta~+ Baltimore, Maryland Constance Mulford New Rochelle, New York Rajan Panchal+ Setauket, New York Los Gatos, California Kevin Newton Joel Roches* South Boston, Virginia Mitchell Vogel* Puerto Cortes, Honduras Eli Pandolfi* Oviedo, Florida Ashley Shinliver St. Louis, Missouri Cooper Martell~+ Missouri City, Texas Emma Potter Albany, New York Christian Tran Surprise, Arizona Las Vegas, Nevada Kevin Saum PERCUSSION Valley Cottage, New York William Chinn~+ Shengmu Wang Irvine, California JuHyun Lee+ Taoyuan, Taiwan Gabriel Costache Seoul, South Korea Denver, Colorado (David) Jung Woo Lee~ Will Hopkins New York, New York Sean Alexander Dallas, Texas KyoungMin Lee Washington D.C. William Richards Seoul, South Korea Changhyun Cha~ Wheaton, Illinois Alexander Parlee Busan, South Korea Evan Silberstein San Diego, California Brandon Eggert* Sparta, New Jersey Spencer Reese Sarasota, Florida Dallas, Texas Caleb Laidlaw+ HARP Spence* Bridgewater, New Jersey Anna Mitton , Arieh Soferr Provo, Utah Shogo Urahata Boston, Massachusetts Dominique Moreno~+ Tokyo, Japan Jesdelson Vasquez Houston, Texas Brooklyn, New York KEYBOARD Wenchao Fang Emily Frederick, Qingdao, China Seth Birrell piano~+ Cheryl M. Fries~ Austin, Texas Malvern, Pennsylvania Red Creek, New York Ramiro Cortez~ Matthew Pauls Houston, Texas Simi Valley, California Julia Dombroski Pinghua Ren+ Ontario, New York Shanghai, China David Farrell+ & Wind Principals Cyd Scott* West Footscray, * Beethoven Carmel, New York ~ Schoenberg + Scriabin PROGRAM NOTES Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 Arnold Schoenberg Schoenberg’s output between 1907 and 1909 was astounding not only in quantity but in its earthshaking ramifications for his own style and for the course of Western . With these works—his Second String Quartet, Three Piano Pieces (Op. 11), Two Songs (Op. 14), song cycle The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Five Pieces for Orchestra, and monodrama Erwartung—he broke from and triadic by adopting a free chromatic style, exploring what he called “the emancipation of dissonance.”

In 1908 turned down Schoenberg’s Pelleas und Melisande saying he’d be interested in some short orchestral pieces “if I could find something among them which I could serve to the Berlin public, which unfortunately is madly conservative.” With nothing to send then, Schoenberg began composing Pieces for Orchestra in May 1909 but was not about to bow to conservatism. Having completed three and almost the fourth, he wrote to Strauss: “I am expecting colossal things of them, sound and mood especially. That is all they are about: absolutely not symphonic—precisely the opposite—no architecture, no structure. Merely a bright, uninterrupted interchange of colors, , and moods.” After receiving the first four pieces, Strauss returned them on September 2 with bad news: “Your pieces are such daring experiments that for the present I dare not perform them.” It took three years for any of the Five Pieces to be heard in public: Nos. 1, 2, and 4 were performed in a two-piano, eight-hands version in February 1912 in Berlin, and finally all five in their orchestral version on September 3, 1912, in London under the open-minded conductor . According to , perhaps the least hostile of the English critics, a third of the normally staid audience hissed, one third laughed, and the remaining third “seemed too puzzled either to laugh or to hiss.” He wondered whether the apparently chaotic tonal relations would one day seem clear. Even Schoenberg’s 1948 statement that “the pieces are relatively easy to understand today” may have been premature. Now, more than a century after they were composed, the Five Pieces for Orchestra hold an honored position in the repertoire, and yet many listeners still consider them avant-garde. In 1912 Schoenberg reluctantly devised programmatic titles at the urging of his publisher, saying in his diary that he had found some that were general enough not to divulge secrets, technicalities, or poetic content. Everyone 6 has “Premonitions” and a “Past,” he said, and “Peripetie” (from Greek drama: reversal of circumstances) was likewise general enough. He suggested “Chord Colorations” for the third piece (shortened to “Colors” in 1912 copies of the score) and, for the last, Obbligato Recitative, though he thought “Extended” or “Unending” Recitative might be better. The first edition did not contain the titles, but they were published in Schoenberg’s 1922 revision. The addition of “Summer Morning by a Lake” to the third title first appeared in a 1920 program for a performance he conducted in Salzburg and remained in his son-in-law’s 1925 chamber- orchestra arrangement. Schoenberg’s 1949 reduction of the original’s gargantuan scoring is the version most often performed. The mercurial, atonal gestures that launch the first piece had to have stunned the first audience. Nor would those listeners have been reassured to know that Schoenberg draws on this material for the remainder of the piece, transforming his motives using all manner of canonic devices over a succession of ostinatos and a sustained chord. Despite their kinship, these manipulations range in expression from explosive climax to piquant marching. In the gentle second piece, a recurring dissonant chord helps to delineate the form—roughly three parts—and ostinatos again play a role. His nod to “the past” may lie in using material from the opening section in the last, though he combines it with material from the contrasting middle. Delicate instrumental sonorities abound, highlighted by muted solo strings, celesta, and harp. The slow-moving chords of the third piece offer a constantly changing palette of instrumental timbres. This famous and influential movement may have been the seed for Klangfarbenmelodie (tone color melody), a concept he named in 1911, referring to melodies that progress by means of timbre rather than pitch. The fourth piece’s upward ripping motives and patterned snippets shatter the quiet, though this brief expository section ends in calm. The remainder of the piece, despite its surface diversity—raucous clamor, poignant solo gestures, and brash ending—is all carefully derived, as before, through transformation of the opening materials. The last and most radical of the Five Pieces—together with the third of the Opus 11 pieces and Erwartung, which were composed just before and after—explored a new “athematic” method of construction in which a stream of newly conceived ideas, each its own little development, progresses from 7 one to another by sheer momentum and drama. With no repetition or traditional structural devices, this fifth piece was so incomprehensible to early conductors that Schoenberg developed a system, later used by many others, of indicating what was the most important musical material. A quiet beginning, several surges, and an intense climax shape the whole, but the return to an introverted atmosphere is no recapitulation. Schoenberg’s material is ever new—an “unending recitative” as he suggested in his diary.

Poem of Ecstasy (Symphony No. 4), Op. 54

In 1905 when Scriabin began composing he was gaining widespread recognition both as a gifted and unpredictable —he always played to full houses—and as a who had composed three and more than 100 works for piano. He was temperamentally susceptible to many of the circulating philosophies and was considered something of a mystic philosopher himself. He had studied Marx and Nietzsche, identifying with the “superman” and Zarathustra; he had absorbed the theosophical teachings of and the quasi-religious of Vladimir Solovyov; and he identified with the concept of Man- God as taught by Prince Trubetskoy, who also preached the oneness of erotic love with God. In 1904 Scriabin began writing “a short exposition of my doctrine to be published as a booklet,” which he called Poème orgiaque (Orgiastic poem). By May 1906 he was still working on the more than 300-line poem, which he now called Poem of Ecstasy, and he had also begun a musical version of the poem. Scriabin considered the music and the poetry as separate, but parallel creations. Boris de Schloezer, one of Scriabin’s early biographers, wrote: “He did not dare work on a musico-poetic unit. He feared losing the independence of his poetry. When he began working on the music, he was not concerned with matching the text precisely or strictly. The words did not comment on the music, and likewise, the music was not an illustration of the words.” Later Schloezer wrote, “Scriabin and I worked together comparing text and music. I remember the pleasure and surprise he felt when the music was fully free yet followed the development of the text.”

Scriabin loved his textual Poéme and delighted in reading sections of it to friends even after his philosophy had changed. He insisted that copies be distributed for the first performance, but he decided not to print the text with the score, saying, “Conductors who want to perform the Poem of Ecstasy can always be apprised that it has such a thing, but in general I would prefer 8 for them to approach it first as pure music.” The lengthy poem makes difficult reading. The opening lines, variants of which recur throughout the poem, give an idea of its style (translation by Scriabin scholar Faubion Bowers): Spirit Winged with thirst for life, Is drawn into flight On the summits of negation. There, under the rays of his dream Emerges a magical world Of heavenly forms and feelings. Spirit playing. Spirit desiring. Spirit creating all with a dream. Surrenders to the bliss of love. Scriabin saw himself as Man-God the creator who gives the world his ecstasy and liberation; in the poem, “Man-God” became “Spirit.” The Spirit experiences a wide variety of feelings in its search for ecstasy, a blending of sexual and religious ecstasy. The music has also been characterized as sexual and erotic, which no doubt would have pleased Scriabin. Its themes are intended to represent yearning, aspiration, victory, and so on, by means of harmonic progressions of suspended dominant- and eleventh chords and ever-erupting colors from the huge orchestra he requires. Scriabin also used performance directions in the score such as “avec un volupté de plus en plus extatique” (with a voluptuousness becoming more and more ecstatic). Without knowing the text of the poem or Scriabin’s performance directions, one is still struck by the uniquely haunting and intense emotional expression of Scriabin’s music.

Structurally the Poem of Ecstasy freely follows form—introduction, exposition, development, recapitulation, and coda. The overall impression, however, is not one of structural manipulation of themes, but of mood patterns created by intensifying and relaxing the harmonic progressions and textural layers. Harmonically Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy comes at the stage of his development in which he uses less explicit tonal resolutions and no but before the advent of his harmonic systems built on intervals of a fourth and his famous “.” He had become enamored with juxtaposing dominant chords at the interval of a tritone since they could resolve in different ways, thus obscuring the tonality. The work ends in a blaze of C major, not arrived at by traditional harmonic progression but employed sheerly for its color. Scriabin was always concerned with translating sound into color; in his next large work, , the Poem of Fire, he even envisaged a color keyboard that would project the colors he associated with the sounds in his head. 9 Scriabin’s skill as an orchestrator has often been overlooked among the various fascinating aspects of his music and personality, but he was a master at handling an enormous orchestra. In the Poem of Ecstasy the writing for solo violin, viola, and trumpet particularly stands out, as does the use of eight horns, the frequent divisi writing for the string sections, and the detailed figural writing for all the instruments that contributes to an overall opulent texture.

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”) Beethoven’s Fifth (and last) was the first that he did not introduce himself as soloist, having become too deaf by this time. He completed it in in 1809, the year Austria was defeated at Wagram and Napoleon had invaded and occupied Vienna. Beethoven wrote: Since May 4th, I have brought into the world little that is connected; only here and there a fragment. The whole course of events has affected me body and soul. . . . What a disturbing, wild life around me; nothing but drums, cannons, men, misery of all sorts. Worried about protecting what was left of his hearing, Beethoven took refuge on at least one occasion in the basement of his brother Carl’s house and covered his ears with pillows. Far from “fragments,” however, he managed to compose such impressive works as this concerto, the Harp Quartet, and the Opus 78, 79, and 81a piano . As in several of his “invasion year” works, Beethoven employed E-flat major, a key he favored for noble and heroic sentiments (as in the Eroica Symphony), imbuing the Concerto with a remarkable aura of grandeur. Nothing would have infuriated him more, however, than the nickname it received. According to one story, a French officer at the first Viennese performance acclaimed it as “an emperor among .” Beethoven’s antiauthoritarian opinions and celebrated removal of Napoleon as the dedicatee of the Eroica confirm the impossibility of his having celebrated imperial grandeur. The successful premiere in Leipzig in November 1811 by Johann Friedrich Schneider put the large audience into such “a state of enthusiasm that it could hardly contain itself with the ordinary expressions of recognition and enjoyment.” Yet the first Viennese performance in February, with Beethoven’s brilliant pupil as soloist, earned such unfavorable commentary as: “He [Beethoven] can be understood and appreciated only by connoisseurs.” 10 Since it’s hard to imagine such a difference in the quality of the two performances, these conflicting reactions must simply reflect the different tastes of the critics or of the two cities. Introduced and punctuated by full orchestral chords, the majestic work begins with a solo that firmly establishes the home key. Beethoven later recalls his introduction to set up the recapitulation. Toward the end, he prepares for a traditional solo cadenza, but then astonishes by ingeniously turning it into an extended coda involving yet another recapitulation. Beethoven leads his tranquil slow-movement theme through three variations at a gloriously unhurried pace, whereupon he presents one of his most dramatic and thrilling coups. The sustain the home pitch, then gently lower it a half step. The horns sustain and the piano joins tentatively, whispering what will erupt as the finale’s main theme. This sonata-rondo, colored by the upward-bounding main theme with its energy-charged syncopation, makes an exultant conclusion to this heroic work.

—Program notes ©Jane Vial Jaffe

11 ABOUT THE ARTISTS George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor George Manahan is in his 10th season as Director of Orchestral Activities at School of Music, as well as Music Director of the American Orchestra and the Portland Opera. He served as Music Director of the Opera for 14 seasons and was hailed for his leadership of the orchestra. He was also Music Director of the Richmond Symphony (VA) for 12 seasons. Recipient of Columbia University’s Ditson Conductor’s Award, Mr. Manahan was also honored by the American Society of Composers and Publishers (ASCAP) for his “career-long advocacy for American composers and the music of our time.” His performance of ’s Antony and Cleopatra was hailed by audiences and critics alike. “The fervent and sensitive performance that Mr. Manahan presided over made the best case for this opera that I have ever encountered,” said . Mr. Manahan’s guest appearances include the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Atlanta, San Francisco, Hollywood Bowl, and New Jersey, where he served as acting Music Director for four seasons. He has been a regular guest with the Curtis Institute and the Aspen Music Festival and has appeared with the opera companies of Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, Santa Fe, , Sydney, Bologna, St. Louis, the Bergen Festival (Norway), and the Casals Festival (Puerto Rico). His many appearances on television include productions of La bohème, Lizzie Borden, and Tosca on PBS. The telecast of ’s production of Madama Butterfly, under his direction, won a 2007 Emmy Award. George Manahan’s wide-ranging recording activities include the premiere recording of ’s Tehillim for ECM; recordings of Edward Thomas’s Desire Under the Elms, which was nominated for a Grammy; Joe Jackson’s Will Power; and Tobias Picker’s Emmeline. He has conducted numerous world premieres, including Charles Wuorinen’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories, David Lang’s Modern Painters, ’s The English Cat, Tobias Picker’s Dolores Claiborne, and Terence Blanchard’s Champion. He received his formal musical training at Manhattan School of Music, studying with Anton Coppola and George Schick, and was appointed to the faculty of the school upon his graduation, at which time the awarded him a fellowship as Assistant Conductor with the American Opera Center. Mr. Manahan was chosen as the Exxon Arts Endowment Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony the same year he made his opera debut with the , conducting the American premiere of Arnold Schoenberg’s Von Heute auf Morgen. 12 Yan Li (BM ’17, MM ’19, DMA candidate)

Praised by critics as “a musician of integrity and depth” (New York Concert Review) after her Carnegie Hall performance in 2017, pianist Yan Li has been recognized as a rising star on many competitive stages. The gold medal winner of the International Virtuoso Competition, Ms. Li has also been a top prizewinner in the New York International Music Concours, National Artists Competition, and Rondo Forma Young Artists Competition, among others. She was also a prizewinner in the Metropolitan International Piano Competition, New York International Artists Competition, Bradshaw & Buono International Competition, New York Artists International Competition, Five Towns Young Musicians Competition, and Young Classical Virtuosos Competition. Ms. Li has given recitals around the , including performances at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Auditorium at Lincoln Center. Music festivals and master classes Ms. Yi has appeared in include the International Keyboard Institute and Festival and the Manhattan in the Mountains Summer Music Festival. In 2017, she was chosen through a competitive audition process to participate in a master class taught by pianist at Manhattan School of Music. She has also gained professional guidance from other piano virtuosos such as Alexander Kobrin, Emanuel Krasovsky, Gerald Robbins, Tatiana Goncharova, Ilja Scheps, Inesa Sinkevych, Jeffrey Swann, Jonathan Klibonoff, Marian Hahn, and Ming-Qiang Lee. Born in Shenzhen, China, pianist Yan Li began her piano studies at the age of 6. She received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Manhattan School of Music and is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree under the tutelage of Dr. Joanne Polk. Ms. Li is the recipient of the Roy M. Rubinstein Award at Manhattan School of Music.

13 ORCHESTRAL STUDIES AT MSM George Manahan, Director of Orchestral Activities Katharine Dryden, Managing Director of Instrumental Ensembles Alejandro López-Samamé, Manager of Orchestral Operations and the Orchestral Performance Program

In the tradition of the conservatory, the orchestral studies program at MSM forms the heart of the performing experience for classical instrumentalists. All students, placed by competitive audition, participate in a variety of orchestral projects under the guidance of George Manahan, Director of Orchestral Activities. Students play in a variety of orchestral formats, giving them ample opportunity to develop their audition and ensemble technique, broaden their knowledge of orchestral repertoire, and perform at New York City venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and Merkin Concert Hall. Winners of the School’s annual Eisenberg–Fried Concerto Competition perform with the as soloists. In addition to Maestro Manahan, the orchestras work regularly with , Distinguished Visiting Artist in Conducting and Orchestral Studies, and guest conductors such as Jane Glover and Perry So.

14 The Centennial Project Manhattan School of Music’s Centennial Project was an ambitious program of improvements to the School’s architecturally distinguished campus coinciding with MSM’s 100th anniversary. The centerpiece of the Project was 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 included 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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$1 million and above The Arthur and Mae Orvis Estate of Harold and Ruth Stern City of New York Foundation Twiford Foundation Bill de Blasio, Mayor Estate of Harold Schonberg ELMA Philanthropies So-Chung Shinn Lee and Tony W. Lee $10,000 to $24,999 Michael and Noémi K. Neidorff / Melody Sawyer Richardson Joyce Aboussie Centene Charitable Foundation Maria and Guillermo Vogel Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Estate of David Wells Margot Alberti de Mazzeri $250,000 to $999,999 The ASCAP Foundation Estate of Rosalie J. Coe Weir $25,000 to $49,999 Alex Assoian Music Project Gart Family Foundation An Anonymous Donor The Barker Welfare Foundation Ed Annunziato Luisa Guembes-Buchanan $100,000 to $249,999 Augustine Foundation Anna Bulgari Joan Taub Ades Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Dr. Alejandro Cordero Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke EALGreen Maecenata Foundation / The Frank and Lydia Bergen The Enoch Foundation Peter Luerssen Foundation Evco Mechanical Corporation Eric Gronningsater and Amy Levine Carla Bossi-Comelli Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.) Bill and Patricia O’Connor Fred J. Brotherton Charitable The Eric and Margaret Friedberg Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy Foundation Foundation The Starr Foundation Delin and Abelardo Bru Dr. James Gandre† and Ann Ziff The Chisholm Foundation Dr. Boris Thomas The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund The Fred Ebb Foundation Charles & Carol Grossman Susan Ennis and Dr. Owen Lewis Family Fund $50,000 to $99,999 Donald and Marcia Hamilton Dr. Alan and Mrs. Lori Harris Alfredo and Mita Aparicio Nancy Freund Heller and Hyde and Watson Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Raul M. Gutierrez Jeffrey Heller Jephson Educational Trusts Dr. David G. Knott and Ms. McKinsey & Company Ruth M. Knight Foundation Françoise Girard Joe and Lauren Pizza A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Linda and Toby Mercuro The Rochlis Family Foundation Foundation † 16 Dr. Solomon Mikowsky The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Robert and Amy McGraw Foundation National Endowment for the Arts

*Deceased †MSM Faculty/Staff New York City Council Gemzel Hernandez, MD Ruth Harf Susan and David Rahm Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture Sylvia Hemingway Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Robert and Susan Kaplan Peter Horvath Charitable Trust Phillip N. Kawin† Maureen D. Hynes Paul and Joanne Schnell Han Jo Kim, MD and Regina M. Kim IBM Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Judith Klotz Ilse Gordon and Neil Shapiro Yorke Construction Corporation Susan A. Madden† Melissa Kaish and Jonathan Dorfman Office of the Manhattan Borough Jack and Helga Katz $5,000 to $9,999 President Millen Katz An Anonymous Donor Mary Moeller Sungrim Kim and Wonsuk Chang The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Philippe Muller Sidney Knafel and Londa Weisman Foundation Barbara and Dermot O’Reilly Michael J. Kokola The Theodore H. Barth Foundation The Presser Foundation Patinka Kopec† and Dr. Jay Selman Elizabeth A. R. & Ralph S. Brown, Jr. Saul D. Raw, LCSW Dorothy Lewis-Griffith Teresa Bulgheroni Kathleen Ritch Paulus Hook Music Foundation Chartwells Jimmy Roberts Dr. Alan Lurie Nelson DeFigueiredo Lois Roman Lynford Family Charitable Trust Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation Carolyn Marlow and William Teltser Mark and Kerry Hanson Israel Schossev Doris and Charles Michaels of New York Irene Schultz Foundation J & J Flooring Richard Stewart / ECS Enterprises Middle Road Foundation Warren Jones† Christopher W. Welch and Drs. Aleeza and Dimitry Nemirof Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Kissinger Katherine L. Hosford Dr. and Mrs. James A. Newcomb Harry Tze-Him Lee Carol Wincenc Mary Ann Oklesson Lemberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Adolfo Patron The Arthur Loeb Foundation $1,000 to $2,499 Bennett Pologe The Louis Armstrong Educational Anonymous Donors (2) Dr. Jonathan Raskin Foundation Richard E. Adams Robert and Regina J. Rheinstein Marquis George MacDonald Emilio Ambasz Jesse Rosen Foundation American Elevator & Machine Ted† and Lesley Rosenthal Linda McKean Corporation The San Francisco Foundation The Clement Meadmore Pamela Averick Yolanda Santos Foundation Gabrielle Bamberger Chiona X. Schwarz James Petercsak Michael A. Bamberger and The Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Honorable Phylis S. Bamberger Rich P. Seufer Charitable Trust Carl Baron Gloria Shafer RIK Electric Corporation Karen Bedrosian-Richardson Karen L. Shapiro Milena Roos Beekman Housing Ventures Dwight and Susan Sipprelle Maria Elvira Salgar Barbara and Tim Boroughs Annaliese Soros Carl and Aviva Saphier Botwinick-Wolfensohn Family Richard W. Southwick FAIA Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Foundation John Sweeney & Flom Margaret A. Boulware Nickolas and Liliana Themelis Mari and Kenneth Share The Barbara Brookes Trust Winifred Thrall Arthur T. and Beverly Shorin Blake Byrne Dace Udris Robert Siegel Dr. Robert J. Campbell MD KCSJ Jill F. VanSyckle Robert and Victoria Sirota and Sir Cesare L. Santeramo KCSJ Mallory and Diana Walker Leonard Slatkin† and Cindy McTee Dr. Sophie Christman Elizabeth V. White Epp Sonin Kanako and James Clarke Keith L. Wiggs Monica and Angel Sosa MMC Charitable Trust Shirley Young Jane E. Steele and William Sussman The D’Addario Music Foundation Dr. Michael G. Stewart For The Performing Arts $500 to $999 Dona D. Vaughn† and Ron Raines Glenn Dicterow† and Karen Dreyfus† An Anonymous Donor Shelley Deal & Claude L. Winfield Paul and Delight Dodyk Aggressive Energy Eagan Family Foundation Ralph and JJ Allen $2,500 to $4,999 Epstein Engineering Roslyn Allison Bellet Construction Lance A. Etcheverry Orren J. Alperstein Matt and Andrea Bergeron Cecilia A. Farrell Dr.† and Mrs. Arkady Aronov Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Tatyana Feldman and Leonid Sean Bae Bloomberg Tomilchik The Bagby Foundation for the Bond Schoeneck & King Ruth Golden† Musical Arts Bright Power Allen and Ellen Goldman Charitable Susan Barbash and Dr. Eric Katz Michael R. and Nina I. Douglas Gift Fund Paul J. Beck Patricia Falkenberg Charlotte Gollubier Laurie Beckelman Richard Gaddes David Goodman Etty and Jacob Bousso General Plumbing Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Gottschalk Alison P. Brown Hans Gesell Joanne Greenspun Ronald and Mary Carlson Kimberly D. Grigsby The John and Marianne Gunzler Fund Xilun Chen Jane A. Gross Hansoree Jill and Bob Cook 17

*Deceased †MSM Faculty/Staff Michael R. Douglas Charitable Fund Dr. Vincent Celenza Peter Winograd† and Caterina Szepes Mignon Dunn† Steven Connell Earle Yaffa Laura Falb Stephanie R. Cooper, Esq. Elda and Eduardo Zappi Jonathan Feldman Edward and Annette Cornelius Noreen and Ned Zimmerman Dianne Flagello Toby and Les Crystal Judith Friedman James J. Dale $100 to $249 Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner Allan J. Dean Anonymous Donors (7) Loraine F. Gardner Dr. Susan E. Deaver Peter Abitante and Diane Hochman Gwendolyn DeLuca Eileen C. Acheson-Bohn Susan Anne Ingerman Gale Epstein Charitable Fund Lauren Aguiar Herve Jacquet Dr. Renee C. Epstein Meg Lowenthal Akabas Cecile R. Jim Daniel Epstein Donald Albrecht Dr. and Mrs. Peter K. Kang Everest Scaffolding Philip Anderson Harriet Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Aldo Fossella Giorgio Poma & Family Chung Nung and Bik-Lam Lee Allan Dodds Frank and Lilian M. King Ronald and Gail Asinari Jeehyoun H. Lee Jerry and Leah Garchik Dr. and Mrs. Victor O. Bacani The George A. Long Foundation Gensler Mrs. Karen F. Baer Lubrano Ciavarra Architects Philip and Karen Glick Charles and Miranda Barker Alta T. Malberg Pam Goldberg Denise and Benjamin Battat Susan Olsen Maren Dr. Richard A. Gradone Linda Dupree- Oren Michels Madelon and Jerald Grobman Yvette Bendahan Christopher and Elissa Morris Laurie Hamilton Lawrence O. Benjamin Anthony Napoli Dr. Carl Hanson James Bennett Marjorie Neuwirth Dr. Mary H. Harding Avis Berman Patrick O’Connor Caroline and Rodney Hine Patricia Berman and Harvey Singer Yahui Olenik Ilene Jacobs Susan Biskeborn Dr. John Pagano† Julie Jacobs Kevin M. Bohl Henry Pinkham JPMorgan Chase & Co. Dr. Louis M. Bonifati, Ed. D. Dr. Kariné Poghosyan† Richard Kayne Frank Bookhout Susan Quittmeyer and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Kim Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Borowiec James Morris† Kathy King Agnes and Carl Boxhill Mary Radcliffe The Kocan Family Julianne Boyd Dr. Maria Radicheva† Wolfram Koessel Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Boysen Lisa Raskin Kranzdorf Family Foundation Joy Hodges Branagan Mary S. Riebold Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Krauss Anthony N. Brittin Esther Rosenberg and Carol Lam David Britton Michael Ostroff Gary Trout and Kenneth Latsch Frank Bruno Dr. Ed Rubin and Mrs. Vicki Rubin Jay Lesenger Ivy and Ian Bukzin Dr. and Mrs. Eduardo Salvati Stuart E. Liebman Raymond J. Burghardt Saremi Health and Wellness Kathy Liu Hugh Burritt Foundation Xin Liu and Hong Chen Mabel A. Campbell M. Schooler James P. McCarthy Alexander and Filis Cardieri Marc Scorca Linda McKnight Norman and Nadine Carey Dr. Marc Silverman† Ruth Meints Mr. and Mrs. Dalmo Carra The Skylark Foundation Michelle and John Morris Martha Chapo Family Gift Fund Ted Smith Florence Meisels Nelson Joel Chatfield Alex Solowey Myrna Payne Min Kyung M. Cho Kathleen Byrum Suss Kane Pryor Jung Sun Chung and Byung Ju Hyun Telebeam Telephone Systems Raul S. Quines Annette Coco Mimi Tompkins† Bruno A. Quinson Robert Stillman Cohen Lucie Vippolis Noa Rafimayeri Sue Ann and Tony Converse The Cecilia and Mark Vonderheide Mr. and Mrs. Kanti Rai Prudence Costa Jenkins Charitable Fund Irwin L. Reese Jeffrey Cox Xiayin Wang Judy Reiner Platt and Roger Platt Dr. David Karl Davis Rachel B. Weinstein Dora and Patrick Rideout Anthony J. de Mare† Daniel E. Weiss David and Judith Rivkin Anaar Desai-Stephens Michael Ytterberg Laura Schiller Nancy Zipay DeSalvo June Zaccone Susan F. Sekulow Simone Dinnerstein and Jeremy Kira Sergievsky Greensmith $250 to $499 Elizabeth and Robert C. Sheehan Thanne Dispenza An Anonymous Donor Walter F. and Margaret M. Siebecker Marjory M. Duncalfe Paul Baer Paul Sperry† Jane Emery Louise Basbas Tchaikovsky Michael and Marjorie Engber Dr. Hayes Biggs† and Ms. Susan Gordon Turk Carolyn J. Enger Orzel-Biggs Marlene and Marshall Turner Elaine Enger John S. Britt and Janice Chisholm Elizabeth R. Van Arsdel Jeffrey Epstein and Renee C. Epstein Nils Vigeland Warren Feldman 18 Elizabeth A. Browne Martine and Ronan Wicks Grace A. Feldman

*Deceased †MSM Faculty/Staff Marion Feldman† Lorinda Klein Howard G. Rittner Robert Felicetti Rhoda Knaff Carol Robbins Dr. Fenichel Kenneth H. Knight Wendy Rolfe Elsa Honig Fine Dr. Michael and Mrs. Rachel Kollmer Alex Romanov M & M Firestone Charitable Fund Nadine Kolowrat Roger F. Rose Harry First and Eve Cole First Gene B. Kuntz Amy S. Rosen Dr. John Foster and Dr. Cheryl Bunker Ursula Kwasnicka Stanley Rosenberg Miriam Frieden Paul and Denise Lachman Mary Jaccoma Rozenberg Edith Hall Friedheim David Law Reto A. Ruedy Charles Gallagher Diane H. Lee June Sadowski-Devarez David Geber† and Julia Lichten† Esther O. Lee Frank E. Salomon Stephen A. Gilbert Suzanne Lemakis Suki Sandler Christine and Peter Glennon Michelle Lin Dr. Anthony Scelba David M. Goldberg Xiaoting Liu Stanley Scheller Frederick T. and Wendy M. Goldberg Julie E. Livingston and Peter Gordon Nanette Seidenberg Morris and Jean Goldberg Carmel Lowenthal and Eric Tirschwell Ari Selman Eleanor Goldhar and John Vollmer Mr. and Mrs. Mort Lowenthal Sybil Shainwald Lisa K. Gornick and Kenneth Weier Lu Ariel Shamai Hollenbeck Carol P. Lyon Marsha Shapiro David W. Granger Angelyn MacWilliams Angela A Sherzer Daniel Green Gunther Marx Ruth Siegler Dr. and Mrs. Eric Green Lucille Mastriaco William and Claire Sit Laura Greenwald George Mathew James Stalzer Louis R. Grimaldi Dr. Julia M. McCall-Mboya Thomas P. Stapp Robert Haddock Meredith Wood McCaughey Matthew Starobin Holly Hall Barbara McCrane Allen Steir Sarah Hall and Edward Keough Richard McGeehan Susan Stern Dr. Heather A. Hamilton Bob McGrath Toni Stern Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Hannan Andy McQuery Donna and James Storey Patricia Jacob Hannemann Kim and Ingrid Meacham Kwong Sum Charity Fund Michael Harrison Julie C. Mech Mark Suozzo Janne and Daniel Heifetz Joan and Scott Merlis Nina Svetlanova† Dr. Andrew E. Henderson and Lee Middlebrook Moore Felice E. Swados Mary W. Huff Florence Miller Sondra Tammam Rita K. Herber David Miller Gary Thalheimer Deborah Herschel Nadine Nozomi Mitake Richard Tietze Amy Hersh Joe Morrison Jacquelyn Tomlet Betty Himmel Ruth Mueller-Maerki Dawn Upshaw Doris Holloway Frank W. Munzer Mark Vandersall and Eric T. Houghton Mr. Lee E. Musiker Laura Mendelson Dr. Warren P. Howe Odette C. Muskin Maria Pia P. Viapiano Judith T. Hunt Freda Zeiguer Karen Victoria DeeAnne Huntstein Norma Nelson Mary Vinton Judith and Leonard Hyman Blair Deborah Newcomb Dr. Katharina Volk Family Fund Ruth and Harold Newman Vos Family Fund Leon Hyman Yuka Nishino Doris Joy Warner Marcie Imberman Rebecca J. Noreen Michael Washburn and Nancy Lawrence Indik Dr. Abby O’Neil and Dr. Carroll Joynes Carmichael Gift Fund Carol K. Ingall, Ed.D Kay Outwin Patricia S. Weiss Jonathan and Rheva Irving Farida Paramita Fawn Wiener John Jensen and Thomas Bellezza Duncan Patton† Cherisse Williams Ingyu Jeon Tobias Picker Barbara Wilson Jacqueline M. Johnson Doralynn Pines Michael C. Wimberly Jennifer Jones Arthur Plutzer Patricia A. Winter Andrew Jorgensen and Jill M. Pollack LCSW BCD Margo and Charles Wolfson Mark Stuart-Smith Anek and Evelyn Pooviriyakul Eve J. Wolinsky Peter H. Judd Christopher Preiss Dr. Roy Wylie Mr. and Mrs. Jurden Maya Radiconcini Barbara Yahr Steven and Carey Kane Odin Rathnam Zhendai Yang Joanna and John Kapner Anthony A. Rayner Ellen and Bill Yeckley Phyllis Katz Mona Reisman Schoen Dr. Velia Yedra-Chruszcz Debra Kenyon and Peter Hess Barbara L. Reissman, Dr. PH Zhi L Minjung Kim Joyce Richardson Ji-Ming Zhu Daniel Kirk-Foster Amy Franklin Richter Pinchas Zukerman† Shirley Kirshbaum Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rios

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

College Janey Fund Charitable Trust Precollege The ASCAP/Fran Morgenstern Davis Scholarship Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation Scholarship Jephson Educational Trust Precollege Scholarship Louis Armstrong Educational Scholarship CWKH Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Scholarship JMP Musical Theatre Scholarship Eric and Margaret Friedberg Augustine Foundation Scholarship Hugh Masekela Heritage Foundation Scholarship Theodore H. Barth Foundation Scholarship Hansoree Scholarship Scholarship Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Scholarship Isaac Kaplan Precollege Jazz Elizabeth Beinecke Scholarship Sabian/Robert Zildjian Memorial Scholarship Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation Scholarship Josephine Luby Precollege Scholarship Harold and Helene Schonberg Scholarship Educational Assistance Scholarship Pianist Scholarship Robert and Amy McGraw Precollege The First Initiative Hong Kong/China Glen K. Twiford Piano Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship L. John Twiford Music Scholarship The Rochlis Family Foundation International Advisory Board Scholarship Scholarship

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 Nina Delgado in the Advancement 20 Office at 917-493-4490, or at [email protected].

*Deceased †MSM Faculty/Staff 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, USMS (ret.) Regina Rheinstein Richard E. Adams Rabbi Mordecai Genn Melody Sawyer Richardson Joan Taub Ades Ruth Golden† Mary S. Riebold Louis Alexander Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Evelyn Ronell Frank Bamberger Dr. Heather A. Hamilton Lesley and Ted† Rosenthal Gabrielle Bamberger Shirley Katz-Cohen Alex Shapiro Renee Bash Phillip N. Kawin† Dr. Marc Silverman† Peter Basquin Diane Kettering Amy R. Sperling William S. Beinecke Alan M. and Karen Schiebler Knieter Carleton B. Spotts Yvette Benjamin Doris Konig Jonathan Sternberg Blanche H. Blitstein Dr. Robert Ira Lewy Sondra Tammam Louis M. Bonifati, Ed. D. Shigeru Matsuno Hetty Te Korte Carla Bossi-Comelli Charlotte Mayerson Flavio Varani James B. Coker Claire A. Meyer Dona D. Vaughn† and Ron Raines Alex Davis Dr. Solomon Mikowsky† Keith L. Wiggs Michael P. Devine Warren R. Mikulka Dr. Theo George Wilson J. S. Ellenberger Charles B. Nelson Jr. Carolyn Zepf Hagner Jonathan Fey Barbara and Dermot O’Reilly Dianne and Nicolas* Flagello 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, 2019). 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 million and above Mary Owen Borden Foundation Carnegie Corporation of New York Michael and Noémi K. Neidorff/ Estate of Ruth Chatfield Edgar Foster Daniels Centene Charitable Foundation Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Ervika Foundation G. Chris Andersen and Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy Cecilia and John Farrell SungEun Han-Andersen Gart Family Foundation Estate of Ellen G. Fezer Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Yveta S. Graff* $1 to $5 million Michael W. Greene Estate of Rea F. Hooker Joan Taub Ades & Alan M. Ades* Marcia and Donald Hamilton Jephson Educational Trusts The ASCAP Foundation Jewish Foundation for Stanley Thomas Johnson Carla Bossi-Comelli Education of Women Foundation ELMA Philanthropies Estate of Kellogg Johnson Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gordon K. Greenfield* Estate of Marga King Foundation Gordon and Harriet Greenfield Estate of Edith Kriss Ruth M. Knight Trust Foundation Peter Luerssen/Maecenata David G. Knott, PhD and Estate of Jacqueline Kacere Foundation Françoise Girard Estate of Dora Zaslavsky Koch A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation Estate of Anna Case Mackay Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Estate of Viola B. Marcus Dr. Linda Mercuro and Alfred* and Claude Mann Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Toby Mercuro Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation Dr. Solomon Mikowsky† National Endowment for the Arts and Estate of Joseph F. McCrindle Ambrose Monell Foundation New York State Higher Education Estate of Homer Mensch Miller Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Capital Matching Grant Board Family Foundation Foundation Henry Nias Foundation William R. Miller (HonDMA ’11) Estate of Harold Schonberg Bill and Patricia O’Connor Octavian Society Estate of Rosalie Weir Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation $250,000 to $499,999 Sceneworks Studio Susan and David Rahm An Anonymous Donor Melody Sawyer Richardson Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Annie Laurie Aitken Charitable Trust Jody and Peter Robbins Helen F. Whitaker Fund Estate of C. J. Stuart Allan Evelyn Sharp Foundation Amato Opera Theater Harold and Helene Schonberg Trust $500,000 to $999,999 Rose L. Augustine* and Augustine Starr Foundation Altman Foundation Foundation Surdna Foundation Nancy Terner Behrman*/ Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Patrick N. W. Turner Fund for Individual Potential Michael R. Bloomberg Gabe Wiener Foundation William S. Beinecke Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation 21

*Deceased †MSM Faculty/Staff Manhattan School of Music Leadership Board of Trustees Lorraine Gallard, Chair Nancy Freund Heller Edward Lowenthal, Vice Chair Han Jo Kim David G. Knott, Treasurer Warren Jones Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17), Linda Bell Mercuro Secretary Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Bill O’Connor Carla Bossi-Comelli Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Laurie Carney 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 (HonDMA ’09) Robert G. Simon International Advisory Board Carla Bossi-Comelli, Chair, Switzerland Michelle Ong, Hong Kong Mita Aparicio, Mexico Margot Patron, Mexico Delin Bru, United States Maria Elvira Salgar, Colombia/United States Alejandro Cordero, Argentina Chiona X. Schwarz, Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain Angel Sosa, Mexico Lori Harris, United States Guillermo Vogel, Mexico Margot Alberti de Mazzeri, Italy 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 Joan Gordon, Interim Dean of Enrollment Management Joyce Griggs, Executive Vice President and Provost Bryan Greaney, Director of Facilities and Gary Meyer, Senior Vice President and CFO Campus Safety Susan Madden, Vice President for Advancement Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning Jeff Breithaupt, Vice President for Media and Recording Arts and Communications Kelly Sawatsky, Dean of the Precollege Carol Matos, Vice President for Administration Alexa Smith, Chief of Staff and Human Relations Henry Valoris, Dean of Performance and Monica Coen Christensen, Dean of Students Production Operations Department Chairs and Program Directors Michelle Baker, Chair, Brass Margaret Kampmeier, Artistic Director and Chair, Rebecca Charnow, Director of Community Contemporary Performance Program Partnerships & MSM Summer Christopher Lamb, Chair, Percussion Linda Chesis, Chair, Woodwinds Jeffrey Langford, Associate Dean of Doctoral Glenn Dicterow, Chair, Graduate Program in Studies and Chair, Music History Orchestral Performance David Leisner, Chair, Guitar Casey Molino Dunn, Director, Center for George Manahan, Director of Orchestral Activities Music Entrepreneurship Nicholas Mann, Chair, Strings John Forconi, Chair, Collaborative Piano John Pagano, Chair, Humanities Reiko Füting, Chair, Theory Maitland Peters, Chair, Voice Liza Gennaro, Associate Dean and Director, Marc Silverman, Chair, Piano Musical Theatre Program J. Mark Stambaugh, Chair, Composition Stefon Harris, Associate Dean and Director, Kent Tritle, Director of Choral Activities Jazz Arts Program Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director of Opera 22 Andrew Henderson, Chair, Organ ABOUT MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Founded as a community music school by Janet Daniels Schenck in 1918, today MSM is recognized for its 970 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 , 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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