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Msm Philharmonia Orchestra

MSM PHILHARMONIA

George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor Sae Lin Kim (MM ’18, PS ’19), mezzo-soprano Winner of the Vocal Division of the 2018–19 Eisenberg-Fried Competition

Friday, January 31, 2020 | 7:30 PM Neidorff-Karpati Hall Friday, January 31, 2020 | 7:30 PM Neidorff-Karpati Hall MSM PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor Sae Lin Kim (MM ’18, PS ’19), mezzo-soprano Winner of the Vocal Division of the 2018–19 Eisenberg-Fried Competition

PROGRAM RICHARD WAGNER to Der fliegende Holländer (1813–1883) (The Flying Dutchman), WWV 63

W. A. MOZART No. 38 in , K. 504 (“Prague”) (1756–1791) Adagio; Allegro Andante Presto

Intermission Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) (1860–1911) Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht Ging heut’ morgen über’s Feld Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz Sae Lin Kim, mezzo-soprano

SERGEI PROKOFIEV , Suite No. 2, Op. 64b (1891–1953) The Montagues and the Capulets Juliet: The Young Girl Friar Laurence Romeo and Juliet before Parting Dance of the Maids from the Antilles Romeo at Juliet’s Grave MSM PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor

VIOLIN 1 Jinyu Xiong Wing Yan Kwok, Shanghai, China Signe Bitsch, principal concertmaster Yuna Jo Copenhagen, Denmark Hong Kong Seoul, South Korea William Laney Ziqing Guo Yihan Zhu Greenville, South Carolina Luoyang, China Shanghai, China Ida Nørby Sørensen Harry Rayner Charles Yoonsuh Lee Copenhagen, Denmark , California Seoul, South Korea Thomas Readett Tzu Tung Liao Maia Schmidt Mystic, Connecticut Yilan, Taiwan Caldwell, New Jersey Ting-Yu Lin Hajung Cho Fujia Zhang Hsinchu,Taiwan Seoul, South Korea Shenyang, China Emma Kato Man Yin Yeung Woo-jin Ly u New York, New York Hong Kong Gwang Ju, South Korea Sam Chung Clara Hongju Jeon Yuanxinyue Gao Seoul, South Korea Deajeon, South Korea Nanjing, China Dongmin Hyun Minseon Kim Jiayin Liu Busan, South Korea Daegu, South Korea Shanghai, China Young Ye Roh Taihi Chin Ridgewood, New Jersey Kobe, Japan Thomas Forletti, Maomao Huang Amos Lee principal Wuhu, China Astoria, New York Setauket, New York Jeehyun Park Ryan Sujdak Seoul, South Korea Gainesville, Florida Corinne Au Dudley Raine, Logan May Short Hills, New Jersey principal Lagrangeville, New York Jeeyoon Kim Lynchburg, Virginia Sienna George New York, New York Ruisi Du Long Beach, California Lumeng Yang Wuhan, China Tyler Vittoria Beijing, China Midori Witkoski Eden Prairie, Montana TaTan Huang New York, New York Royal Mitchell Tainan, Taiwan Ella Bukszpan New Orleans, Louisiana Giv’atayim, Israel VIOLIN 2 Kenny Wang FLUTE Maithena Girault, New York, New York Cierra Hall* principal Joseph Rittendale Baltimore, Maryland Montréal, Canada St. Louis, Missouri Jonah Murphy^ Da Huang Kiley Rowe Brooklyn, New York Beijing, China Goshen, New York Marcos Ruiz Kevin Mueller^ PERCUSSION Miami, Florida Oshkosh, Wisconsin William Chinn*^+# Lindsey Wong+ Constance Mulford Irvine, California Cincinnati, Ohio Setauket, New York Gabriel Costache Yuxi Yang# Emma Potter* Denver, Colorado Guangzhou, China Surprise, Arizona Christian Santos Dumont, New Jersey TRUMPET Evan Silberstein Aaron Julia Bravo^+ Sparta, New Jersey Haettenschwiller^ Hollywood, Florida Matthias Ziolkowski Baltimore, Maryland Benjamin Lieberman# Montigny-En-Gohelle, France Joel Roches* Commack, New York Puerto Cortes, Honduras Jesdelson Vasquez* HARP Ashley Shinliver# Brooklyn, New York Minyoung Kwon+ Missouri City, Texas Seoul, South Korea Yiwen Nan+ Anna Mitton# Vancouver, Canada Samuel Amore+ Provo, Utah Milwaukee, Wisconsin Karen Tay * CLARINET Puyuan Chen# Singapore Cosmos Fristachi# Shanghai, China Virginia Beach, Virginia Jude Morris PIANO Jung Woo Lee Frisco, Texas Sining Liu# New York, New York Logan Reid Nanning, China Jue Mei Orlando, Florida * Lanzhou Gansu, China Thomas Urich Wonyoung Yoon*+ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Guy Dellecave# Seoul, South Korea Lake Grove, New York Emerick Falta*^+# Erin Acree+ New Rochelle, New York Bradenton, Florida Matthew Pauls*^# Simi Valley, California TIMPANI Kennedy Plains Riley Barnes*+ Wylie, Texas Flower Mound, Texas ^# William Hopkins Brass & Wind Principals HORN Dallas, Texas * Wagner # Andrew Angelos ^ Mozart Seattle, Washington + Mahler Victoria Drexler+ Brooklyn, New York # Prokofiev PROGRAM NOTES

Overture to Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) Richard Wagner

Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman was inspired by Heinrich Heine’s retelling of the nautical legend in which a sailor is cursed to wander the seas unless he can find redemption in the faithful love of a woman. Permitted to come ashore once every seven years, the sailor finds such a woman, but sets sail again “lest she be lost with him.” She throws herself into the sea to prove her fidelity and thus “saves” her beloved sailor. His ghostly ship sinks beneath the waves as his curse is ended, granting him final peace. Wagner later claimed that parts of the originated in the summer of 1839 soon after the ship he was on had sought refuge from a storm in a Norwegian bay. It seems, however, that the earliest numbers, including the Norwegian sailors’ chorus, were not composed until May–July 1840. The full poetic libretto, which he wrote himself, came next in May 1841, and the remainder of the music followed that summer. The Overture was composed last, in November 1841. Wagner made numerous revisions—those of 1860 significantly affected the Overture by giving it a moreTristan -style ending. Following Heine’s version of the legend, Wagner’s opera originally took place off the coast of Scotland. As soon asThe Flying Dutchman entered rehearsals in Dresden in 1842, however, Wagner shifted the action to the Norwegian coast. Not only did he wish to avoid similarities with Le vaisseau fantôme, which the Opéra was staging at the same time, but the change brought his opera closer to his autobiographical story. The Overture miraculously encapsulates the entire opera. Amid the surging, stormy ocean music we hear the somber open-fifth motive that consistently represents the Flying Dutchman. A calm descends as the ship puts into the Norwegian bay, followed by music based on the famous second-act ballad sung by Senta, the Dutchman’s redemptress. The tempestuous ocean music resumes, with various interjections—including music sung by the Dutchman in the first act and the sailors’ chorus. The impassioned ending represents Senta’s sacrifice of herself to save her lover.

6 Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 (“Prague”) Mozart completed his Symphony No. 38 in Vienna on December 6, 1786, in anticipation of his visit to Prague in January 1787. Following the enormous success there of his Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart had been persuaded to journey to the Bohemian capital, where he attended one performance of the opera and conducted another. He had brought his new symphony with him in expectation of performing it while he was there, an event that in fact took place on January 19 to an ecstatic reception by the citizens of Prague, both for his symphony and for his piano playing, particularly his improvisations. The happy relationship with the people of this city constituted one of the great bright spots in the last years of Mozart’s life. His popularity seemed to be declining in Vienna, but he continued to be adored in Prague.

The Prague Symphony, with hindsight, has often been called “the symphony without the minuet,” but many three-movement were written at the time by lesser-known and Mozart himself had written quite a few. It just happens that the classic symphonies most frequently performed for nineteenth and early twentieth-century audiences—Haydn’s symphonies, Mozart’s other late symphonies, all of Beethoven’s (except the Pastoral)—contain four movements. The first movement is slightly unusual in Mozart’s symphonic output—it begins with a slow introduction, an event that occurs in only five of his symphonies, including two that were extracted from serenades. It is further set apart by its treatment of form: initially the theme in the second key area begins as a variant of the first theme, thus leading one to suspect the monothematic sonata form favored by Haydn, but Mozart follows the contrapuntal and sequential continuation with a distinctly lyrical theme. Mozart’s operatic world is suggested both by the slow introduction, which anticipates the spirit of the Overture to (also written for Prague), and the insistent phrase in the first theme that foreshadows the famous “fugue theme” of Overture. Sketches survive for this movement (a rarity for Mozart’s works) that show various contrapuntal combinations for the development section; thus even for Mozart, whose facility is legendary, such a magnificent result was not effortless. The slow movement equally displays the masterful subtleties of Mozart’s contrapuntal art, but here combined with the ’s best singing 7 qualities. Hints of darkness occasionally make themselves known in the predominantly peaceful atmosphere of the movement. The finale brings the operatic world to mind again with its opening theme, which stems from Susanna and Cherubino’s duet “Aprite presto” from . This reference must have delighted Mozart’s Prague audience. Alan Tyson has recently shown that this was the first of the movements to be composed, possibly intended as a substitute finale for an earlier D major symphony such as the Paris. Perhaps Mozart thought an old symphony would do in Prague if it just had a new finale with aFigaro reference in it, then thought better of it and composed a whole new work. Contrapuntal elaboration and imitative treatment again play a role in the finale, as does Mozart’s ingenious approach to sonata form. In this case the recapitulation begins, only to be interrupted by more development. Following two such outbursts, the recapitulation continues where it had left off, thus delightfully splicing the development and recapitulation together.

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) Gustav Mahler

Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) are similar in spirit to Schubert’s great cycle Winterreise, in which the rejected lover sets out on an aimless journey, finding an end to grief only in death. In Mahler’s case the songs were the artistic offshoot of his unhappy love affair with the actress Johanne Richter. He wrote to his friend Friedrich Löhr, “I have written a cycle of songs, six for the present, all of which are dedicated to her. She does not know them. What more could they tell her than what she knows already?” By the time the songs were published, Mahler had weeded out two of the songs; the printed version consists of only four. Composed between December 1883 and January 1885, the Gesellen songs came to life in a version with piano accompaniment before being orchestrated. Many discrepancies appear in the several manuscript versions, even as to key schemes. Thus the final sophisticated key scheme of the published orchestral cycle was not part of the original conception. Mahler used themes from the second and fourth Gesellen songs in his First Symphony, and it is possible that hearing them in orchestral garb when the Symphony premiered in 1889 inspired him to return to the original songs and orchestrate their accompaniments. Mahler himself wrote the texts of three of the songs; the other text, first in the cycle, was taken from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, an anthology published in 8 1806–08 containing folk songs, poems, and carols of three centuries. (In fact, it turns out that the editors, Arnim and Brentano, made up many of the items themselves in a folk style.) Mahler never claimed authorship of his own texts because he didn’t want to be ridiculed for their simplicity. In “Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht” (When my darling has her wedding day) the wayfarer anticipates the torture he will endure when his former lover gets married. Mahler sets up a folklike atmosphere with a simple melodic turn over repeated fifths, a favorite device reminiscent of folk instrument drones. The melody contains the interval of a fourth on the words “Hochzeit macht.” This interval was of utmost melodic and harmonic importance to Mahler in the Gesellen songs, in the First Symphony, and in other works of this time. “Ging heut’ Morgen übers Feld” (I walked the fields this morning), which is quoted and developed in the First Symphony, begins with the same characteristic fourth. The mood of the song is quite cheerful as the text speaks of the beauties of nature, but even these cannot bring happiness to the wayfarer. A dramatic, Romantic outcry, “Ich hab ein gluhend Messer” (I have a glowing knife), begins in stormy desperation, which later gives way to a tender reminiscence of the wayfarer’s lost love. Finally he expresses the wish that he were dead and the song ends in a hush. The final song, “Die zwei blauen Augen von meinen Schatz” (The two blue eyes of my darling), alludes to this wish for death musically by beginning with a funeral march. The wonderful orchestral coloring at the outset is achieved by a combination of three low flutes, English horn, clarinets, and harp. The melody is folklike throughout. At one point the wayfarer, like his Schubertian predecessor in Winterreise (and many other characters in nineteenth-century poetry and song), lies down to sleep—often symbolic of death—and is covered with linden (lime tree) blossoms, which symbolize consolation or redemption. Mahler also used this melody in his First Symphony, but unlike its continuation there, he slips back into the melancholy “wayfarer mood,” ending the song version quietly with a recall of the opening funeral march.

Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64b Sergei Prokofiev Prokofiev had already achieved considerable success in Paris as a composer, but it took some time after strengthening his ties to his native in 1932 and making Moscow his primary residence in 1936 for his first Soviet ballet to be produced. The composer, quite matter-of-factly and without complaint, recounted the severe trials and tribulations that beset 9 Romeo and Juliet in his autobiography, from its inception in 1934 for the Kirov Theater—which backed out—to the Bol’shoy Theater rejecting it in 1935 as too difficult, and the Leningrad Ballet School breaking their contract to perform the work in 1937. At last the Brno Opera (in former Czechoslovakia) agreed to stage Romeo and Juliet, and the premiere took place there in December 1939. The Kirov did perform the ballet in 1940 and the Bol’shoy mounted a new production in 1946 that became widely known in the West owing to their 1956 tour. Numerous other productions followed and Romeo and Juliet finally took its place among the great full-length . The composer also reported the fuss over his and his choreographers’ attempts to give Romeo and Juliet a happy ending—purely practical because, as he said, “living people can dance, the dying cannot.” He marveled that whereas the idea of a happy ending “was received quite calmly in London, our own Shakespeare scholars proved more papal than the pope and rushed to the defense of Shakespeare.” He was eventually convinced to write a tragic ending when someone suggested to him that the music he had already written “does not express any real joy at the end.” Wrote Prokofiev, “That was quite true. After several conferences with the choreographers, it was found that the tragic ending could be expressed in the dance and in due time the music for that ending was written.” Prokofiev went on to describe his first two orchestral suites from the ballet, each consisting of seven parts: “They do not follow each other consecutively; both suites develop parallel to each other. Some numbers were taken directly from the ballet without alteration, others were compiled from diverse other material. These two suites do not cover the entire music and I shall perhaps be able to make a third [which he did in 1941]. . . . The suites were performed before the ballet was produced.” The premiere of the First Suite took place in Moscow on November 24, 1936, conducted by N. S. Golovanov; Prokofiev himself conducted the U.S. premiere with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on January 21, 1937. The Second Suite followed soon on its heels, first performed in Leningrad on April 15, 1937, with numerous other performances ensuing in Paris, Prague, London, and Boston, where the composer himself led the U.S. premiere on March 25, 1938. Thus the music had already gained an enthusiastic audience before the full ballet had its first performance in Brno that December. Suite No. 2 begins with the —a composite movement drawn from the slow introduction from Act I in which the Duke forbids further fights between the two families; the ballroom scene (Act I, Scene 2) in which the heavy-footed “Dance of the [Capulet] Knights” theme 10 dominates (arpeggiated ascents and descents in heavy dotted rhythms); and a contrasting middle section in which Juliet is represented by solo flute. The Young Girl Juliet, from Act I, Scene 2, reflects Juliet’s kaleidoscopic thoughts on her impending marriage and on the ball that evening—nervous excitement, elegance, innocence, and introspection surface in rapid succession. The Friar Laurence music occurs in Act II as Romeo awaits Juliet’s arrival for their marriage, the ecclesiastical atmosphere heightened by the solemn “Russian” theme of the bassoon and tuba, followed by the miraculously warm music of the divided . The lively Dance, based on the Dance of Couples from the folk festival scene at the opening of Act II, features a jaunty oboe solo and a sweet theme for the violins, all over busy pizzicato strings with periodic jabs of piquant dissonance. In Romeo and Juliet Before Parting, tremolo strings, muted fragments, and melancholy flute solos suggest the morning light after their first and last night together and the anguish of their parting; the movement also incorporates some of the music from when Juliet is left alone and decides to visit Friar Laurence. The Dance of the Antilles Girls is based on the Dance of the Girls with Lilies from Act III, Scene 8. On the morning of Juliet’s wedding to Paris, the girls dance a ritual dance, unaware that Juliet has taken the potion to simulate death; the entire scene is scored delicately as if in fear of awakening the sleeping Juliet. Suite No. 2 concludes with Romeo at the Tomb of Juliet, taken from the final scene of the ballet, which depicts Juliet’s funeral procession coming into view, Romeo’s arrival, and his anguish on finding her “dead,” though at this point she has only taken a death-simulating potion.

—Program notes ©Jane Vial Jaffe

11 TEXT AND TRANSLATION Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht When my darling has her wedding day Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht, When my darling has her wedding day, Fröhliche Hochzeit macht, has a happy wedding day, Hab’ ich meinen traurigen Tag! my day of sorrow it will be!

Geh’ ich in mein Kämmerlein, To my room, my dark room dunkles Kämmerlein! I’ll go, Weine! Wein’! um meinen Schatz, and weep, weep for my darling, um meinen lieben Schatz! my dear darling. Blümlein blau! Verdorre nicht! Blue flower, do not fade! Vöglein süss! Du singst auf Sweet bird, on the green heath grüner Heide! you sing. Ach! Wie ist die Welt so schön! Ah, how fair the world is, Ziküth! chirrup!

Singet nicht, blühet nicht! Sing not. Bloom not. Lenz ist ja vorbei! For spring is over. Alles Singen ist nun aus! All singing now is done. Des Abends, wenn ich schlafen geh’, At night, when I go to rest, Denk’ ich an mein Leide, an mein I think of my sorrow, Leide! my sorrow! —Des Knaben Wunderhorn

12 Ging heut’ morgen über’s Feld I walked the fields this morning Ging heut’ morgen über’s Feld, I walked the fields this morning, Tau noch auf den Gräsern hing; dew still hung upon the grass; Sprach zu mir der lust’ge Fink: the merry finch said to me: “Ei, du! Gelt? Guten Morgen! “Hey, you there! Good day to you! Ei gelt? Du! Hey, you there! Wird’s nicht eine schöne Welt? Isn’t this a splendid world, schöne Welt!? splendid world? Zink! Zink! schön und flink! Tweet, tweet! Fine and bright! Wie mir doch die Welt gefällt!” O how I love the world!”

Auch die Glockenblum’ am Feld And the bluebell in the field, Hat mir lustig, guter Ding’ told of good cheer Mit dem Glöckchen klinge, kling, with its bell, ting-a-ling, Ihren Morgengruss geschellt: as it rang its morning greeting: “Wird’s nicht eine schöne Welt? “Isn’t this a splendid world, schöne Welt? splendid world? Kling! Kling! Schönes Ding! Ding, Ding! Beauteous thing! Wie mir doch die Welt gefallt! O how I love the world! Hei-a!” Hurrah!”

Und da fing im Sonnenschein And then, in the sunshine, Gleich die Welt, zu funkeln an; the world at once began to sparkle; Alles, alles, Ton und Farbe gewann all, all gained tone and color im Sonnenschein! in the sun. Blum’ und Vogel, gross und klein! Flower and bird, great and small, Guten Tag, guten Tag! Ist’s nicht “Good day, good day! Isn’t this eine schöne Welt? a splendid world? Ei du! Gelt!? schöne Welt? Hey, you there! Lovely world?”

Nun fängt auch mein Glück wohl an?! Will my happiness now begin?! Nein! Nein! Das ich mein’, mir No! No! The happiness I mean nimmer blühen kann! will never bloom!

13 Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer I have a glowing knife Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer, ein I have a glowing knife, a Messer in meiner Brust. knife in my breast. O weh! o weh! Alas, alas! Das schneid’t so tief in jede Freud’ That cuts so deep into each joy und jede Lust, so tief! and each delight, so deep! Ach, was ist das für ein böser Gast! Ah, what an evil guest! Nimmer hält er Ruh’, nimmer hält Never at rest, never er Rast, at peace, Nicht bei Tag, noch bei Nacht, neither by day, nor by night, wenn ich schlief! when I would sleep! O weh! o weh! Alas, alas!

Wenn ich in den Himmel seh’, When I look into the heavens Seh’ ich zwei blaue Augen steh’n! two blue eyes I see! O weh! o weh! Alas, alas! Wenn ich im gelben Felde geh’, When I go into the golden field, Seh’ ich von fern das blonde Haar I see from afar her blond hair im Winde weh’n! in the wind! O weh! o weh! Alas, alas!

Wenn ich aus dem Traum auffahr’ When from my dream I start Und höre klingen ihr silbern Lachen, and hear her silvery laugh, O weh! o weh! Alas, alas! Ich wollt’, ich läg’ auf der schwarzen I would that I lay on the somber Bahr’, bier, Könnt’ nimmer die Augen aufmachen! and might never open my eyes again!

14 Die zwei blauen Augen von The two blue eyes of my darling meinem Schatz Die zwei blauen Augen von The two blue eyes of meinen Schatz, my darling Die haben mich in die welte have sent me into the wide Welt geschickt. world. Da musst’ ich Abschied nehmen I had to part from the place vom allerliebsten Platz! I loved the most! O Augen, blau! Warum habt O blue eyes, why did you ihr micht angeblickt? look on me? Nun hab’ ich ewig Leid und Grämen! Now grief and sorrow are forever mine.

Ich bin ausgegangen in stiller Nacht, In the still night I went out, In stiller Nacht wohl über die in the still night, over the dunkle Heide. dark heath. Hat mir niemand Ade gesagt, Ade! No one bade me farewell, farewell. Mein Gesell’ war Lieb’ und Leide! Love and sorrow were my company! Auf der Strasse stand ein Lindenbaum, By my way stood a linden tree; Da hab’ ich zum ersten Mal im There at last I found rest Schlaf geruht! in sleep!

Unter dem Lindenbaum der hat Under the linden tree Seine Blüten über mich geschneit, which snowed on me its blossoms, Da wusst’ ich nicht, wie das Leben tut, I knew not how life went on, War Alles, ach Alles wieder gut! and all, ah all was well again. Alles! Alles! Lieb’ und Leid! All, all! Love and sorrow, Und Welt und Traum! and world and dream! —Gustav Mahler

15 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 Composers 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 Carnegie Hall 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 the New York Times. Mr. Manahan’s guest appearances include the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Atlanta, , 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, Paris, 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 on PBS. The Live from Lincoln Center telecast of ’s production of , 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 ’s Von Heute auf Morgen. 16 Sae Lin Kim (MM ’18, PS ’19), mezzo-soprano Korean mezzo-soprano Sae Lin Kim, winner of the vocal division of the 2018–19 Eisenberg–Fried Competition, began singing when she was 18 years old. She graduated from Kyunghee University with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2015, received her Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music in 2018, and earned her Professional Studies Certificate as a student of Neil Rosenshein at Manhattan School of Music in 2019. At Manhattan School of Music Sae Lin Kim sang the roles of Principessa in Suor Angelica and the 3rd Dame in Die Zauberflöte. Other appearances include Ruggiero (Alcina), Dragonfly (L’enfant et les sortilèges), and Rinaldo (Rinaldo) with Music Academy International; Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) with Daejon Arts Center; and Hänsel (Hänsel and Gretel) and Idamante () with Kyunghee University. She was awarded the Dr. David Dichiera Encouragement Grant at the Premiere Opera International Vocal Competition in 2018, second prize at the Music Art Evaluation Competition in 2014, and second prize at the Universal Music Competition in 2014. In addition to competitions, Ms. Kim has performed in concerts and recitals, including work with the vocal ensemble Uni, conducted by Han pil Ryu, and the alto solo in Vivaldi’s Gloria at Hannam University and the oldest Anglican Catholic Church in Korea. She has also sung Mozart’s Exsultate, Jubilate and Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben.

17 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.

18 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.

Anchor Gift $10,000 to $24,999 Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Michael and Noémi K. Neidorff/ Joyce Aboussie Yorke Construction Corporation Centene Charitable Foundation Joan and Alan Ades-Taub Family Foundation $2,500 to $4,999 $2 million and above Louis Alexander Bond Schoeneck & King City of New York Chartwells Dining Services Nick & Melissa Borkowski Bill de Blasio, Mayor Sharon E. Daley-Johnson Jeff Breithaupt† and Evco Mechanical Corporation Shelley McPherson $250,000 to $499,999 Capt.Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.) Bright Power David G. Knott, PhD and Hyde and Watson Foundation Peter Christensen and Françoise Girard Dr. Henry A. Kissinger and Dr. Monica Coen Christensen† Donald and Marcia Clay Hamilton Nancy M. Kissinger Brian Dailey Maecenata Foundation/ Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Bill Delaney Peter Luerssen Carl and Aviva Saphier General Plumbing Corporation Bill and Patricia O’Connor Dona D. Vaughn† and Ron Raines Geneva Pension Consultants Melody Sawyer Richardson Melissa Kaish and Jon Dorfman Sceneworks Studios $5,000 to $9,999 Judith Klotz An Anonymous Donor Harry Tze-Him Lee $150,000 to $249,999 American † Susan Madden† Carla Bossi-Comelli and Yvette Bendahan Philippe Muller† Marco Pecori Justin Bischof Susan and David Rahm Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy John K. Blanchard† Cassie and Billy Rahm Ilene and Edward Lowenthal † and Karen Dreyfus† Lucie Robert† and Jeffrey Cohen† Dianne Flagello Jimmy Roberts $100,000 to $149,000 Hans and Gloria* Gesell Lois R. Roman Ed Annunziato Ruth Golden† Israel Schossev† Dr. James Gandre† and Joan Gordon† Inesa Sinkevych† Dr. Boris Thomas Bryan J. Greaney† Steinway & Sons Dr. Linda Mercuro and Toby Mercuro Carol B. Grossman Telebeam Telephone Systems Michelle Ong/First Initiative Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Mallory and Diane Walker Foundation Limited HBO Carol Wincenc Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture $75,000 to $99,999 IDB Bank $1,000 to $2,499 Alfredo and Mita Aparicio J & J Flooring An Anonymous Donor Jane A. Gross Warren Jones† American Elevator & Machine Corp Raul M. and Magdalena Gutierrez Phillip N. Kawin† Marcos Arbaitman Maria E. Salgar Patinka Kopec† and Dr. Jay Selman Nina and Arkady† Aronov Chiona Xanthopoulou Schwarz Esther O. Lee Daniel Avshalomov† Mónica and Angel Sosa So-Chung Shinn and Tony W. Lee Bellet Construction Maria and Guillermo F. Vogel George† and Mary Lou Manahan Christopher Breiseth Carol Matos† Elizabeth A. R. and $25,000 to $49,999 Gary Mercer Ralph S. Brown, Jr. Margot Alberti de Mazzeri Dr. Marjorie Merryman† Burda Construction Delin and Abelardo Bru Gary W. Meyer† Laurie Carney† Susan Ennis and Dr. Owen Lewis Alexandre A. Moutouzkine† Linda Chesis† Richard Gaddes James Petercsak Michael R. and Nina I. Douglas Nancy Freund Heller and Luis Plaza Alan S. Epstein Jeffrey Heller Stan Ponte and John Metzner Daniel Epstein† McKinsey & Company Regina Rheinstein Ghent Realty Services Margot and Adolfo Patron RIK Electric Corporation Phil Glick Leonard Slatkin† and Cindy McTee Nolan M. Robertson David Goodman Epp K.J. Sonin Robert A. Siegel Thomas Gottschalk Dr. Marc Silverman† The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation Robert and Victoria Sirota Stephen Jacobsohn and Dr. Maura Reinblatt 19

*Deceased †MSM Faculty/Staff Han Jo and Regina Kim $500 to $999 Robert Stillman Cohen Wolfram Koessel† and Mae Barizo Laurie Beckelman Elizabeth J. de Almeida Byung-Kook Kwak Robert Bucker Simone Dinnerstein and Lubrano Ciavarra Architects Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire Jeremy Greensmith Tondra and Jeffrey H. Lynford Paul and Delight Dodyk Doris Holloway Nash Family Foundation Jonathan Feldman Merrimon Hipps, Jr. Chris and Jody Parrish Duane Morris Jacqueline M. Johnson Maitland Peters† and Casey M. Dunn† and David Jolley† Karen Beardsley Peters† David Molino Dunn Andrew Jorgensen and Mark William Plapinger and Cassie Murray Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner Stuart-Smith Dr. Jeffrey Langford† and David Geber† and Julia Lichten† Carol Lam Dr. Joanne Polk† Michael Graff Carrie Newman Red Hook Management Kathy and Arthur Langhaus Angelyn MacWilliams Ted† and Lesley Rosenthal Dr. Solomon Mikowsky† Lee Middlebrook Moore Bette and Richard Saltzman Dr. John Pagano† Farida Paramita Cynthia D. and Thomas P. Sculco Dr. Kariné Poghosyan† Tobias Picker Sound Associates Jesse Rosen Christopher Preiss Richard W. Southwick FAIA Dr. Eduardo Salvati Kelly Sawatsky† and Sterling National Bank Laura Sametz† Dr. Jeremy Fletcher Richard Stewart/ECS Enterprises Paul Sperry† Sybil Shainwald Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini Donna and James Storey Nina Baroness von Maltzahn $100 to $499 Christine and Rob Thorn Ronald G. Weiner Karen F. Baer William Vollinger Peter Winograd† and Caterina Szepes Mary Ellin Barrett Jason Wachtler Joel Chatfield

Manhattan School of Music Donors Gifts received in FY 2019 (July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019) Manhattan School of Music is deeply grateful to the community of generous donors who support our commitment to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. For more information about giving opportunities, please contact Susan Madden, Vice President for Advancement, at 917-493-4115 or [email protected].

$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 † 20 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 Israel Discount Bank 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 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 21

*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 Larry 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-Bell 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 Eve 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 Angela Brown Nils Vigeland Warren Feldman 22 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. Joseph 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 Yu 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 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 Birgit Nilsson 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 Judith Raskin 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 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 24 Office at 917-493-4490, or at [email protected].

*Deceased †MSM Faculty/Staff Galaxy Society Members of the Galaxy Society ensure the 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 25

*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, Germany 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 26 Andrew Henderson, Chair, Organ ABOUT MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Founded as a community 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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