MSM PHILHARMONIA George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor Sining Liu, piano Eganam K. Segbefia (MM ’18), trumpet

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 | 7:30 PM NEIDORFF-KARPATI HALL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 | 7:30 PM NEIDORFF-KARPATI HALL

MSM PHILHARMONIA

GeorgeORCHESTRA Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor Sining Liu, piano Eganam K. Segbefia (MM ’18), trumpet

PROGRAM NICOLAS FLAGELLO A Goldoni Overture, Op. 54 (1928–1994)

FRANZ LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major (1811–1886) Adagio sostenuto assai; Allegro agitato assai Allegro moderato Allegro deciso; Marziale un poco meno allegro Allegro animato Sining Liu, piano

Intermission

ALEKSANDR GRIGORI Trumpet Concerto ARUTIUNIAN Eganam K. Segbefia, trumpet (1920–2012)

OTTORINO RESPIGHI Pini di Roma (Pines of ) (1879–1936) I pini di Villa Borghese (The Pines of the Villa Borghese) Pini presso una catacomba (Pines Near a Catacomb) I pini del Gianicolo (The Pines of the Janiculum) I pini della Via Appia (The Pines of the Appian Way) MSM PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA VIOLIN I Guolong Wang Andrea Kim Amos Lee, Beijing, China Queens, New York concertmaster Maia Schmidt Haena Lee Long Island City, New York Caldwell, New Jersey Cochrane, Alberta Carlos Martinez Da Huang Ting-Yu Lin Arroyo San Francisco, California Taipei, Taiwan Cabra, Spain Lulu Huang Yan Jin Lumeng Yang Chongqing, China Beijing, China Beijing, China Wing Yan Kwok Nuria Comorera Yixiang Wang Hong Kong, China Nosas Shanghai, China Guan Gui Barcelona, Spain Hajung Cho New York, New York Thomas Readett Seoul, South Korea Young Ye Roh Mystic, Yuna Jo Englewood, New Jersey Yuhan Noh Seoul, South Korea Chenxiang Wang Seongnam-Si, South Korea Minseon Kim Beijing, China Sam Chung South Korea Seoul, South Korea Ally Cho VIOLA Dongmin Hyun Melbourne, Australia Devin Moore, Gwangju Gwangyeoksi, Yiyang Li principal South Korea Hangzhou, China Carnegie, Pennsylvania Elizabeth Beck Kyran Littlejohn DOUBLE BASS Oil City, Louisiana Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ryan Sujdak, Corrine Au Zhen Huang principal Short Hills, New Jersey Hangzhou, China Gainesville, Florida Michael Brennan Myeonghoon Park Logan May Patchogue, New York Pusan, South Korea Lagrangeville, New York Luxi Wang Kiley Rowe John VanDuzer Shanghai, China Goshen, New York Oakville, Ontario Fujia Zhang, Ruisi Doris Du Thomas Forletti Shenyang, China Wuhan, China Setauket, New York David Padilla Jud Royal Mitchell VIOLIN II Fair Lawn, New Jersey New Orleans, Louisiana Maithena Girault, Chaemyung Lee Tyler Vittoria principal Goyang-si, South Korea Eden Prairie, Minnesota Laval, Canada Chuzhe Huang Sienna George Man Yin Yeung Chongqing, China Long Beach, California Hong Kong, China Karl Zhu CELLO FLUTE ^ Beijing, China Ji In Shin, principal Cierra Hall Jinwoo Jung Happy Valley, Oregon Randallstown, Maryland ~ Seoul, South Korea Clara Yeonsue Cho Jonah Murphy 4 Ulsan, South Korea New York, New York Yuxi Yang*+ HORN Thomas Urich^+ Guangzhou, China Victoria Drexler Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Brooklyn, New York OBOE Liana Hofman^ TUBA Andres Ayola+ Coral Springs, Florida Emerick Falta New York, New York Kevin Mueller New Rochelle, New York Hyunjung Ha Oshkosh, Wisconsin Northvale, New Jersey Eli Pandolfi+ TIMPANI Aaron Webster Groves, Missouri Hamza Able Haettenschwiller~ Emma Potter Jacksonville, Florida Baltimore, Maryland Surprise, Arizona ^ Sophia Jung Yun Lee Jonathan Sales* PERCUSSION South Korea New Providence, New Jersey Riley Barnes Yiwen Nan Shengmu Wang~ Flower Mound, Texas Coquitlam, British Columbia Taoyuan, Taiwan Gabriel Costache * Joel Roches Denver, Colorado Chicopee, Massachusetts TRUMPET Mitchell Vogel Ashley Shinliver Imani, Duhe* Oviedo, Florida Missouri City, Texas Atlanta, Georgia Seunghun Lee HARP CLARINET South Korea Minyoung Kwon Scott Chiu Sean Alexander^ Seoul, South Korea Denver, Colorado Washington, District of + Columbia Juhyun Lee KEYBOARDS ~ Yongin, South Korea Brandon Eggert Siying He, celesta Camillo Lin Sarasota, Florida Jieyang, China Livingston, New Jersey Carolyn Douthat Chorong Kim, piano Jue Mei Wayne, New Jersey Pohang-si, South Korea + Lanzhou, China Matthew Beesmer Shannon Murphy, Ki-Deok Park~ Accord, New York organ Chicago, Illinois Brooklyn, New York Alexander Parlee^ TROMBONE Vista, California Samuel Amore Tsun Yin Tse* Brookfield, Wisconsin Hong Kong, China Seth Birrell, bass trombone BASSOON Austin, Texas Erin Acree*~ Puyuan Chen Brass, Wind, Birmingham, Alabama Shanghai, China ^+ Hans Kang~ Percussion Principals Michael Lamar * FLAGELLO Lawrenceville, Georgia San Diego, California ^ ARUTIUNIAN Cheryl Fries Logan Reid, bass ~ LISZT trombone + 5 Red Creek, New York RESPIGHI Oviedo, Florida PROGRAM NOTES A Goldoni Overture, Op. 54 Nicolas Flagello Nicolas Flagello grew up immersed in the Italian Romantic traditions of his musical family: his father was a successful dress designer in New York and an oboist, whose own father was a musician in Naples; his mother, who helped make the dress shop a success, was a singer; and his brother Ezio would become a famous baritone at the Met. Nicolas showed prodigious talent on the piano beginning at age three, violin at age six, and later on the oboe, which he played in the school band. His most important mentor turned out to be composer, violinist, and teacher , who in 1935 began giving the seven-year- old boy composition lessons. By 1946, when Flagello reached college age, Giannini had joined the faculty at Manhattan School of Music, so Flagello naturally enrolled there, earning his Bachelor’s degree in 1949 and Master’s degree in 1950. Immediately upon graduation Flagello began teaching composition and conducting at MSM and remained there until 1977—except for a year of study on a Fulbright Fellowship at Rome’s Accademia di Santa Cecilia in 1955–56. He also taught at the Curtis Institute of Music for a year (1964–65), filling in for Giannini who was busy founding the North Carolina School of the Arts. Flagello’s large body of works includes seven (The Sisters, The Judgment of St. Francis, and The Pied Piper of Hamelin were all premiered at MSM), two symphonies, eight concertos, and many other orchestral, choral and solo vocal, and chamber pieces. They exhibit a modern Romantic style much in the vein of his mentor Giannini but admitting denser textures, more piquant harmonies, and more rhythmic asymmetry. As a conductor, Flagello made numerous recordings with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma and the Orchestra da Camera di Roma, and in 1970 he formed the American Festival Orchestra made up of students to perform on the Amalfi Coast. Another highlight was conducting his Judgment of St. Francis at the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi in 1982. In the mid-1980s a degenerative disease cut short Flagello’s career; he died of pneumonia in 1994. Much of Flagello’s output has lain in obscurity, partly because of his staunch adherence to Romanticism amid the tide of post-World War II serialism and partly because he did not aggressively promote his own works, even as he became increasingly bitter about their neglect.

6 Posthumously, however, his works have had a resurgence, largely owing to the eforts of musicologist and critic Walter Simmons, who earned his Master’s degree at MSM in 1974 with a thesis on Flagello’s music and eventually befriended the composer after winning his respect.

Flagello composed A Goldoni Overture in early 1967 as the curtain-raiser for Giannini’s last , The Servant of Two Masters, an adaptation of the play by 18th-century commedia dell’arte master Carlo Goldoni on a libretto by Bernard Stambler. The opera was slated for premiere by the Opera led by Julius Rudel on March 9. Giannini had essentially completed the opera by mid-November of 1966, despite the rigors of serving as president of the North Carolina School of the Arts, which he had founded the previous year. But while on Thanksgiving vacation in New York, he died suddenly of a heart attack on November 28. Since Giannini hadn’t written an overture, Flagello quickly composed one as a tribute to his friend, based on the opera’s main themes. The premiere went on as scheduled, but Rudel thought the opera stood on its own without an overture and decided not to use Flagello’s. The overture eventually received its premiere in 1969 in Maiori, Italy, conducted by the composer.

A Goldoni Overture brims with jubilant motives contrasted with utmost Romantic lyricism. The opening’s rising intervals and chirping repeated patterns—which bring to mind Holst’s The Planets—admit a lyrical line in the strings before turning to a lush melodic “love theme” begun by clarinet in its low register and strings. Flagello brings back the rising intervals before a climactic outpouring of this theme by the full orchestra. A scampering section—so characteristic of mistaken identity scenes in comic opera—intervenes before Flagello launches a fugal section based on the rising motive. He reprises the efervescent opening and the lush love theme before closing with emphatic comedic abruptness.

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major As a piano virtuoso blazing a trail across Europe in the late 1830s, Liszt was working on three piano concertos. He began sketching the first as early as 1832 and drafting the second and third in 1839. The first two he eventually worked on again in 1849, having accepted the position of Court Kapellmeister in Weimar the previous year. The third, which 7 he abandoned after orchestrating it, was not published until 1990! An inveterate reviser, Liszt reworked the First and Second Concertos numerous times—in the case of the present A Major Concerto he made the last of four revisions in 1861. By then the Concerto had long since been premiered—on January 7, 1857, with Liszt conducting rather than playing the piano solo. He gave that honor to his talented pupil Hans von Bronsart, who also received the dedication when Liszt published the Concerto in 1863. For this he received his pupil’s undying loyalty—no small matter when Liszt came under attack from musical conservatives. Liszt was extraordinarily preoccupied with the idea of combining several movements in one and with the related idea of cyclic form, in which the same musical material appears in more than one movement. In both regards he was profoundly influenced by Schubert’s celebrated Wanderer Fantasy for piano four hands. He was also well aware of the cyclic properties of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, which he had transcribed for piano in 1834. Liszt’s First and Second Piano Concertos both unfold as continuous entities—the Second even more seamless than the First—with cyclic returns and with sectional divisions that suggest traditional structures. Despite their parallel history and concern with cyclic form, Liszt’s first two piano concertos couldn’t be more diferent—the First dramatic and flashy, and the Second more lyrical and poetic, though still with its share of pianistic challenges. Liszt originally called the second work “Concerto symphonique,” borrowing the term from pianist-composer-publisher Henry Litolf, to whom he had dedicated his First Concerto; he switched to “Piano Concerto” only with the 1863 publication. Concerto symphonique more aptly describes the greater role of the orchestra here than in his other concerted works and also the kind of coloristic integration of the piano into the larger texture. The lovely, pensive theme in the winds that opens the Concerto becomes the all-important cyclic theme that undergoes amazing transformation throughout the piece. The piano enters, not with bombast, but as a sensitive partner in the prevailing wistful mood. What is so remarkable about the piano part is that Liszt constantly invents new ways for it to respond to and vary the main theme rather than play it in its original guise. A delicate passage with horn, oboe, and cello solos adorned with pianistic filigree brings a brief solo cadenza that announces a new forceful theme for the piano in dotted rhythms. Piano cadenzas, in fact, often help to outline the underlying structure as Liszt moves from one section to another. 8 A transition that alternates forceful chords and scampering passages accelerates to a grand theme for orchestra alone, which the piano then joins in developing until another brief piano cadenza arrests the momentum. The highlight of the ensuing slow “nocturne” is a gorgeous cello solo based on the main theme and marvelously decorated by the piano. The piano’s lyricism shines in a new melody, and an ethereal passage with oboe, flute, and violin solos—and, yes, a brief piano cadenza—brings on the energetic Allegro deciso section. During this return of the earlier forceful dotted theme, Liszt ingeniously incorporates material from the grand orchestra theme and also gives the piano some of its most brilliant writing. A portentous build-up over a low sustained note brings the main theme’s most thorough metamorphosis—into a triumphant march. Far from finished, however, Liszt then features the piano serenely presenting a variant of this all-important motto. After recalling material from the “nocturne” section, he drives to the finish with pianistic dazzle and orchestral pomp.

Trumpet Concerto Aleksandr Arutiunian The most important Armenian composer in the generation following Khachaturian, Arutiunian also studied in Moscow after training in his homeland. Unlike his predecessor, however, Arutiunian returned to his country for most of his career, which included directing the Armenian Philharmonic Society for almost half a century and teaching at the Komitas Conservatory in Yerevan. He composed an opera and a number of large choral works, but he is best known internationally for his works for brass instruments, in particular his concertos for trumpet (1950) and tuba (1992). His style combines Classicism and Romanticism with elements of Armenian cultural heritage, such as the freely varied development of melodic ideas in the tradition of the ashug, a type of 18th-century poet-musician similar to the Meistersinger. Lyricism, pathos, catchy tunes, and exotic inflections all play a role in his music. In discussing his inspiration for the Trumpet Concerto, Arutiunian said the sound of typical Armenian village brass ensembles had become “deeply etched” in his memory from childhood. He also remembered the sound of 17-year-old Zolak Vartasarian practicing trumpet under the balcony of his childhood summer place. The two later became friends when Vartasarian was appointed principal trumpet of the Yenevan Opera, and, in 1943, two years after Arutiunian graduated from the 9 Komitas Conservatory, he showed a lively theme to Vartsarian, who urged him to incorporate it into a concerto. Sadly, Vartasarian died the following year in World War II. It took Arutiunian until 1950, after his studies in Moscow, for him to write the Trumpet Concerto—still with memories of his friend and based on the jaunty 1943 theme. The piece was premiered in 1950 in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall by Aikaz Mesiayan, a student of legendary Russian trumpet teacher Michael Tabokov. But it was Timofei Dokshizer— Mesiayan’s friend, army compatriot, and fellow student of Tabokov—who introduced the Concerto around the world, made the first recording, and wrote the cadenza (1977) that is now almost always played in performance. Arutiunian said he tried to avoid the traditional three-movement concerto form, instead creating a one-movement structure in three continuous sections with the slower muted central section providing contrast to the “colorful, bright tones” of the outer sections. He also stated that he knew nothing of Haydn’s famous Trumpet Concerto, nor was he influenced by anyone else at the time of composition. Further, the work does not tell a particular story, nor relate to any image, but is rather a pure concert piece. Though it inevitably reflects the fact that he is a representative of the Armenian people, Arutianian asserted that he quotes no actual folk melodies. A brief, dramatic introduction in shifting meters launches the exuberant main theme. A mellower melody in the clarinet soon becomes the property of the solo trumpet with cellos and bassoon providing counterpoint. The big, Romantic sound of the entire orchestra playing this theme makes a perfect foil for the sparser texture of the main theme returning in fragments. The trumpet’s muted solo colors the Concerto’s central section, again abetted by cello counterpoint. One senses a hint, perhaps, of Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances in this slow centerpiece and perhaps a suggestion of Shostakovich in some martial-sounding passages of the returning fast section. Dokshizer’s cadenza, which Arutiunian greatly admired, brings on the Concerto’s brief emphatic conclusion.

Pines of Rome Ottorino Respighi Respighi’s three symphonic poems celebrating the glories of Rome, his adopted city, became his most popular works: Fountains of Rome (1914), Pines of Rome (1924), and Roman Festivals (1928). Each tests the orchestra’s virtuosity with such masterful scoring that it comes as no surprise to learn 10 that the composer spent several years in St. Petersburg studying with the great orchestrator Rimsky-Korsakov. Respighi’s Pines of Rome calls for an enormous variety of instruments in addition to the large and more regular complement of winds, brass, percussion, and strings: small as well as large cymbals, tambourine, ratchet, tam-tam, harp, glockenspiel, celesta, piano, organ, an ofstage trumpet, buccine (ancient Roman horns or trumpets, usually played by modern brass instruments ofstage), and “gramophone”—for playing the nightingale recording in the third section. It irked Respighi that it was his imaginative and colorful orchestrations rather than his compositional ideas that always brought praise. For him the two were inseparable: “Music was always born for a specific instrument or group of instruments. . . . drafting a score was merely a mechanical operation, every problem being solved with the creation of the music itself,” wrote his wife and biographer Elsa. Respighi’s sentiments are closely akin to those of Rimsky-Korsakov, who also often found himself defending his musical content in the face of his acknowledged orchestrational prowess.

The Pines of Rome was first performed on December 14, 1924, at the Augusteo in Rome. Exactly one month later it was performed by the in and on the following day by the . For the Philadelphia program Respighi wrote that in the Pines of Rome he “uses nature as a point of departure, in order to recall memories and visions. The century-old trees which dominate so characteristically the Roman landscape become testimony for the principal events in Roman life.” The work consists of four connected sections. In the descriptions that follow, the quoted portions were written or at least authorized by Respighi for the preface to the score. 1. The Pines of the Villa Borghese: Children are at play in the pine grove of the Villa Borghese dancing the Italian equivalent of “Ring around a Rosy,” mimicking marching soldiers and battles, twittering and shrieking like swallows at evening, and they disappear. Respighi cast the entire movement in the treble range, giving it a unique sound and aptly representing the activities of children. “Suddenly,” he wrote, “the scene changes to . . .” 2. The Pines near a Catacomb: We see the shadows of the pines, which overhang the entrance of a catacomb. From the depths rises a chant which reechoes solemnly, like a hymn, and is then

mysteriously silenced. 11 Because of the focus on the upper registers in the previous movement, the low pitches at the outset of the second movement make an even greater impact. Respighi carefully constructed his “chant” to resemble the ancient Gregorian chants of the Roman Catholic Church. 3. The Pines of the Janiculum: There is a thrill in the air. The full moon reveals the profile of the pines of Giancolo’s Hill. A nightingale sings (represented by a recording of a nightingale song, heard from the orchestra). Here Respighi bathes his Pines in beautiful clarinet solos, piano cadenzas, and sweeping Romantic themes. 4. The Pines of the Appian Way: Misty dawn on the Appian Way. The tragic country is guarded by solitary pines. Indistinctly, incessantly, the rhythm of innumerable steps. To the poet’s fantasy appears a vision of past glories; trumpets blare, and the army of the Consul advances brilliantly in the grandeur of a newly risen sun toward the Sacred Way, mounting in triumph the Capitoline Hill. Replete with antiphonal clarion calls, Respighi’s magnificent closing movement builds steadily in a marching crescendo to a blaze of hair- raising intensity. No one knew better than Respighi how to marshal his orchestral forces for maximum efect.

—Program notes ©Jane Vial Jafe

12 ABOUT THE ARTISTS George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor George Manahan is in his ninth season as Director of Orchestral Activities at Manhattan School of Music, as well as Music Director of the American Composers Orchestra and the Portland Opera. He served as Music Director of the for fourteen seasons and was hailed for his leadership of the orchestra. He was also Music Director of the Richmond Symphony (VA) for twelve seasons. Recipient of ’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 Samuel Barber’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 and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, as well as the symphonies of 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 also appeared with the opera companies of Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, Santa Fe, Paris, Sydney, Bologna, St. Louis, the Bergen Festival (Norway), and the (Puerto Rico).

His many appearances on television include productions of La Bohème, Lizzie Borden, and Tosca on PBS. Live from Lincoln Center’s telecast of New York City Opera’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 Steve Reich’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 ’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories, David Lang’s Modern Painters, Hans Werner Henze’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 conducting with Anton Coppola and George Schick, and was 13 appointed to the faculty of the school upon his graduation, at which time the Juilliard School 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.

Eganam K. Segbefia (MM ’18), trumpet Eganam K. Segbefia got a humble start busking at the Grand Central Shuttle train station in 2015 and, since then, has performed at notable venues across New York City such as the Greene Space, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and Carnegie Hall. Tonight, Eganam performs as the 2018–19 winner of Manhattan School of Music’s Eisenberg–Fried Concerto Competition (Brass division). Eganam was born in Lagos, Nigeria to Ghanaian parents, Moses and Dzineli, an electrical engineer and a chef. His name comes from the Ewé language of Ghana and means “He [God] has given again,” as God gave them their fourth child. His family migrated from Lagos to the United States in February 1999 after being chosen in the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, or green card lottery. Arriving in New York City at the age of ten, assimilating to new customs was not easy. As a teenager growing up in the Bronx, Eganam participated in afterschool music programs and the Drum and Bugle Corps during the summer to safeguard himself from his rough neighborhood. Introduced to a wide array of instruments, he was drawn to the trumpet—which he initially played, he recalls, “largely to hide my broken English vernacular from my peers so as not to be teased.” Over the years, it grew to be what he considers “an extension of myself, which I now use to share my passion and love for music and my life experiences.” Eganam earned a degree in music education as an undergraduate at South Carolina State University and achieved his Master of Music degree in classical trumpet at Manhattan School of Music. Throughout the duration of his studies, his diligence was rewarded with multiple awards and scholarships: the Manhattan School of Music Educational Assistance Program Scholarship, South Carolina State University Marching Band Scholarship, SCSU Marching 101 Outstanding Musicianship Award, and the Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music’s Most Improved Award.

14 By constantly persisting through struggles in his education and life experiences, Eganam developed his motto, “Inspiration Without Perspiration Is Hallucination.” Devoted to this mantra, Eganam is currently pursuing his dream of becoming one of the world’s premier soloists while using his growing platform to provide clinics and workshops to high school and college students—highlighting the value of working unremittingly and with full force towards actualizing their dreams!

Sining Liu, piano Pianist Sining Liu, currently completing her Bachelor of Music degree at Manhattan School of Music, performs tonight as the 2018–19 winner of Manhattan School of Music’s Eisenberg–Fried Concerto Competition (Piano division). Sining Liu was born in the city of Nanning, China, in 1997, where she began her piano lessons with Ke Lin. She continued her studies with Huili Li at the Central Conservatory of Music Piano Academy in Gulangyu, performing Mendelssohn’s Concerto No. 1 as soloist with the Kharkov Youth Orchestra and participating in a recital in Kiev, both in Ukraine, as third-prize winner of the Vladimir Krainev International Competition for Young Pianists. She also participated in an exchange program with Taiwan, performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 23 with two Taiwanese youth to great acclaim. In 2013, she became a Precollege student at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Solomon Mikowsky and, in her first public performance, played Bartok’s Three Burlesques at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Soon afterwards she won third prize in the New York International Music Competition. A scholarship recipient, Sining Liu began pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree at Manhattan School of Music with Dr. Mikowsky in 2015. She participated in the Centennial celebration of American composer George Perle at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium with a performance of his Six New Etudes for Piano. She was invited to perform twice in the International Piano Festival directed by Dr. Mikowsky in Havana, Cuba, the highlight of her performing experience so far. She shared a recital and performed Saint-Saëns’s Concerto No. 5 as soloist with the National Orchestra of Cuba at the newly renovated landmark José Marti Theater. She then performed the same concerto and ’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain with the Guangxi Philharmonic Orchestra in China.

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

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MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC DONORS (As of June 30, 2018) 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. While space limitations allow us to list only those donors of $100 or more, we sincerely appreciate every gift. For more information about giving opportunities, please contact Susan Madden, Vice President for Advancement, at 917-493-4115 or [email protected].

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$100,000 and above David G. Knott Ph.D. and New York City Council Estate of C.J. Stuart Allan Françoise Girard Christopher Preiss Sceneworks Studio Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Leonard Slatkin Linda and Toby Mercuro Mónica and Angel Sosa $50,000 to $99,999 The Ambrose Monell Foundation The Joan and Alan Ades-Taub The Arthur and $5,000 to $9,999 Family Foundation Mae Orvis Foundation Anonymous Donors (2) Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Melody Sawyer Richardson Activist Artist Management/ Lorraine Gallard and The Fan Fox and Selema “Sal” Masekela Richard H. Levy Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Louis Armstrong Educational Dr. Solomon Mikowsky† Solon E. Summerfield Foundation Foundation Noémi K. & Michael Neidorff Swantje and George von Werz The Theodore H. Barth and the Centene Charitable Foundation Foundation $10,000 to $24,999 Bloomberg Bill and Patricia O’Connor An Anonymous Donor Chartwells Dining Services Estate of Harold Schonberg Joyce Aboussie Michael R. and Nina I. Douglas Twiford Foundation The ASCAP Foundation Educational Assistance LTD. The Frank and Lydia Bergen Nicolas and Dianne Flagello $25,000 to $49,999 Foundation Israel Discount Bank Ed Annunziato Dr. Alejandro Cordero Nancy M. Kissinger Augustine Foundation The Enoch Foundation Charles E. Knapp Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke Evco Mechanical Corporation Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation Carla Bossi-Comelli First Initiative Foundation Limited Charlotte Mathey Delin and Abelardo Bru Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Linda B. McKean Susan Ennis and Dr. Owen Lewis Raul and Magdalena Gutierrez The Clement Meadmore Donald and Marcia Clay Hamilton Jephson Educational Trusts Foundation Nancy Freund Heller and Ruth M. Knight Foundation Lloyd Miller Jeffrey Heller A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Lane F. Miller Brian and Vivian Henderson Foundation James Petercsak 17 †MSM Faculty/Staff Regina and Robert Rheinstein Ghent Realty Keith L. Wiggs Mari and Kenneth Share Ruth Golden† Laura Yang and The Shoshana Foundation Charlotte Gollubier Dr. Ming-Lung Allen Yang Shelley Deal and David Goodman Claude L. Winfield Greg Grimaldi $500 to $999 Lucie Zippolos Roger* and Joanne Greenspun Richard E. Adams Hansoree Orren Alperstein $2,500 to $4,999 Kathleen F. Hegierski The Bagby Foundation for the Joan Taub Ades Marie Theresa Hermand Musical Arts Candace and de Arango Bruce M. Beckwith Frederick Beinecke Dr. Charles Herring Noma Blechman Robert Bucker Holzman Moss Bottino Dr. Juna Bobby Connie Kanako Clarke and Architecture Dr. Vincent Celenza James Clarke J & J Flooring John Chan and Fan Jiang The D’Addario Music Robert and Susan Kaplan Dr. Monica Coen Christensen† Foundation For The Jack and Helga Katz Sharon E. Daley-Johnson Performing Arts Phillip N. Kawin† Bill Delaney Capt. Kenneth R. Force, Theresa and Roosey Khawly Casey M. Dunn† USMS (ret.) Sungrim Kim and Adrienne Stetson Forrest Dr. James Gandre† and Wonsuk Chang Judith Friedman Dr. Boris Thomas Michael J. Kokola Loraine F. Gardner Mira Goldberg Christiana Leonard Stephen Jacobsohn and Jane A. Gross Lubrano Ciavarra Architects Dr. Maura Reinblatt The Arthur Loeb Foundation Jeffrey Lynford Dr. Herve Jacquet Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Thomas Maguire Cecile R. Jim Barbara and Dermot O’Reilly Mary Moeller Dr. Harriet S. Kaplan The Presser Foundation Marjorie Neuwirth Millen Katz Kathleen Ritch Connie and James A. Newcomb Patinka Kopec† and Alfred and Jane Ross Kim and Anthony Papini† Dr. Jay Selman Foundation Margot and Adolfo Patron Chung Nung Lee Gail Sanders Maitland Peters† Alta T. Malberg Robert Seigel and Kalmon D. Post and Susan Olsen Maren Susan Kargman Linda Farber Post Laurie Margolies Christopher W. Welch and Cassie and William Rahm Elissa and Christopher Morris Katherine L. Hosford Red Hook Management/ Christianne Orto† Dr. Theo George Wilson Thomas Trynin Dr. John Pagano† RIK Electric Corporation/ Naomi Paley $1,000 to $2,499 Richard and Tara Petrocelli The Pfizer Foundation Anonymous Donors (2) Lesley and Ted Rosenthal† Henry C. Pinkham Ralph and JJ Allen Michael de C. Rosenfeld Luis Plaza† Susan Appel Sabian LTD Dr. Kariné Poghosyan† Beekman Housing Ventures Bette and Richard Saltzman Jane L. Polin Joel Bell and Marife Hernandez Eduardo and Antonella Salvati Dr. Bennett Pologe Bellet Construction Morris Sandler Susan L. Quittmeyer and Bond Schoeneck & King Yolanda Santos James Morris† Nick and Melissa Borkowski Cynthia D. and Mary Radcliffe Barbara F. and Thomas P. Sculco Reliable Office Solutions/ Timothy A. Boroughs Karen L. Shapiro Christina Gallo Margaret A. Boulware Richard W. Southwick FAIA Mary S. Riebold Bright Power Annaliese Soros James S. Ritchie Elizabeth A. R. and Special Risk Consultants/ Saremi Health and Ralph S. Brown, Jr. Rich P. Seufer Wellness Foundation Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire Robert Stackpole Israel Schossev† Dr. Robert J. Campbell MD The Stecher & Ilse Gordon and Neil Shapiro KCSJ and Sir Cesare L. Horowitz Foundation Anne Shikany† Santeramo KCSJ Jane E. Steele and Dr. Marc Silverman† Connor Strong & William Sussman Ted Smith Buckelew Companies Sterling National Bank Paul Sperry† Pamela Drexel Linda Stocknoff William M. Stein, Jr. Eagan Family Foundation John Sweeney Kathleen Byrum Suss Epstein Engineering Telebeam Telephone Systems Wendy and Salvatore Talio First American Education Dace Udris Marian Williams Finance Elizabeth R. and Carolyn Zepf Hagner Charles Gardner and Patti Eyler Michael A. Varet General Plumbing Corporation Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini $250 to $499 Geneva Pension Consultants Ronald G. Weiner An Anonymous Donor 18 Hans and Gloria Gesell Vita Weir and Edward Brice Roman Bachli Mary Ellin Barrett Evangeline Benedetti Robert Gorman Louise Basbas Jerome and Judy Benson Dinkin Dr. Richard A. Gradone Paul J. Beck Patricia Berman and David W. Granger Kevin M. Bohl Harvey Singer Laura Greenwald Ronnie Boriskin Susan Biskeborn Wendy Griffiths, DMA Ann and Stanley Borowiec Raymond Bonar Louis Grimaldi Langis Breton Louis M. Bonifati, Ed. D. Madelon and Jerald Grobman Elizabeth Brody Dr. Carlton and Dr. Grace A. Hackett-Faroul Angela Brown Dr. Agnes Boxhill Holly Hall Elizabeth A. Browne Julianne and Dr. Heather A. Hamilton Jennifer M. and Albert Bruno Tallmadge L. Boyd, Jr. Stacie E. Haneline Dr. Gines-Didier Cano Carlvant and Peter A. Boysen Diane D. and John B. Haney Walid M. Dardir Joy Hodges Branagan June and Patrick J. Hannan Rita Delespara Robert Brenner Dr. Carl Hanson Salvatore and Santa Maria Ellen and Douglas Brett Dr. Mary H. Harding Di Vittorio Francine R. Brewer Dr. Andrew E. Henderson and Elaine Enger Walter Brewus Mary W. Huff† Gale Epstein Anthony N. Brittin Amy Hersh Fay Fernandez David Britton Peter T. Hess & Marsha and Frank Bruno Debra M. Kenyon Family Fund Monroe H. Firestone Raymond J. Burghardt Fung Ho Pam Goldberg Louise C. Caldwell Larry Hochman Laurie Hamilton Mabel A. Campbell Judith Hunt Lawrence Indik Sherrie and David Caplan Leon Hyman Robert John Just Filis A. and Judith and Leonard Hyman Andrea Klepetar-Fallek Alexander M. Cardieri Family Fund Warren N. Laffredo Nadine and Norman Carey Michael Ibrahim and James P. McCarthy H. R. Carlisle Alexandra Hamilton Linda McKnight Richard Carr Bernard Tamosaitis and Carrie Newman Elizabeth S. and Dalmo Carra Sayuri Iida Lin-Hou Ng-Cheng John E. Carranza* Jonathan A. and Rheva K. Irving Yahui and John Kenneth Olenik Martha Chapo Family Gift Fund Shirley Rosenzweig Jackel Dr. Abby O’Neil and Sandy C. Coffin Peter H. Judd Dr. Carroll Joynes Edward and Annette Cornelius Noreen Kerrigan Susan S. and Kanti Rai Toby and Lester Crystal Ethan Jeon Saul D. Raw, LCSW Helen N. Danehower Daniel Kirk-Foster Irwin L. Reese Dr. David K. Davis Lorinda Klein Frederick B. Rosoff Elizabeth J. de Almeida Lauren and Matthew J. Kluger Thomas L. Schissler Allan J. Dean Kenneth H. Knight Mary Schmidt Robert J. Dell’Angelo Hae Soon Koh Julie and Allen Schwait Theresa and Guy Dellecave Jennifer and Jeffrey Kolitch Glenn Schwartz Mark Delpriora† Dr. Michael and Rachel Kollmer Kira Sergievsky Anaar Desai-Stephens Michael Kowal Walter F. and Dr. Nancy Zipay DeSalvo Gene B. Kuntz Margaret M. Siebecker Michael and Ursula Kwasnicka Robert and Victoria Sirota Catherine Diefenbach Tom Landrum Tamara and Michael Sload John Dispenza Robert Laporte Myrna Tanchoco-Rossen and Marjory M. Duncalfe Dr. Ann Lemke Robert Rossen Michael and Marjorie Engber Amy Levine Gordon Turk Carolyn J. Enger Dr. Ira M. Lieberman Elizabeth R. Van Arsdel William R. Evans George Litton John Walton Yingjiu Fan and Zuojun Cao Xin Liu and Hong Chen Daniel E. Weiss Robert Felicetti Edward Loizides Noreen and Ned Zimmerman Elsa H. Fine Eleanor and Mort Lowenthal Alice and Aldo Fossella Carmel Lowenthal† $100 to $249 Paula A. Franklin Melissa M. and Philip Mark Anonymous Donors (4) Caroline and Shlomo Freidfertig Gunther Marx Eileen C. Acheson-Bohn Edith Hall Friedheim Meredith Wood McCaughey Meg Lowenthal Akabas Emanuel A. Friedman Robert D. and Cecile Alexis Cameron Bennett and Judith M. McFadden Alex Alsup Korine Fujiwara Bob McGrath Ari F. Ambrose Esq. Catherine A. Gale Eugene G. McLeod Angelo Badalamenti John and Hannelore Gerlach Theresa McNeil Susan Barbash and Phil Glick Robert and Linda Miller Dr. Eric Katz Nancy and Marc Goldberg Jacqueline R. Miron Barbara and Alan Barry Judith Uman and Nadine Nozomi Mitake Linda Dupree-Bell I. Michael Goodman Frank Montaturo 19 Dr. Andrea H. Morris Mary Jaccoma Rozenberg Jacquelyn Tomlet Mary Anne and Wayne Mueller Reto A. Ruedy Gemma H. Tung Kay C. Murray June Sadowski-Devarez Dawn Upshaw Francisco Nájera and Frank E. Salomon Jill F. Van Syckle Ileana Ordonez Victoria and Anthony Scelba Mark Vandersall and Norma Nelson Alan Schaplowsky Laura Mendelson Richard Niemann Stanley Scheller Jon Verbalis Rebecca Noreen Gil Seadale Dr. Katharina Volk The O’Mara Family William Shadel Jason Wachtler Frederick and Anna Ostrofsky Julie and Steve Sharp Jianlong Wang Duncan Patton† Nancy Covert Sheftel Adam B. Ward Myrna Payne Angela Allen Sherzer Doris Joy Warner Maria Magliaro Politano Amy K. Shoremount Michael Washburn and Jill M. Pollack LCSW BCD Ruth Siegler Nancy Carmichael Gift Fund Dr. Maria Radicheva† Claire Hollister Singer Patricia Weiss Dr. Jonathan Raskin Alice Jane Sklar Jack L. Wenger Mona Reisman Schoen Norman Solomon, M.D. Gabriella R. Will William W. Reynolds Jeanne M. and David E. Sperber Michael C. Wimberly Joyce Richardson Catherine and Carl Stahl Carole M. Wolek Amy Franklin Richter James Stalzer Lam Wong Lindsay Rider Steve Stalzle Dr. Roy Wylie Howard G. Rittner Felice E. Swados Barbara Yahr Carol Robbins Manabu Takasawa Zhendai Yang Lois Roman Sondra Tammam Dr. Velia Yedra-Chruszcz Alex Romanov Bruce Tang and Yi Lu June Zaccone Roger F. Rose Gary Thalheimer Elda Zappi Amy S. Rosen Nickolas Themelis Hongwei Zhou and Stanley Rosenberg Elaine C. Thomas Jianlong Wang Chris Rosenberg Dr. Barbara L. Tischler

*Deceased

20 †MSM Faculty/Staff TRIBUTE GIFTS

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

21 ANNUAL NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS

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

College Peter J. Kent Scholarship Precollege Joan Taub Ades Scholarship for Marga and Arthur King An Anonymous Jazz Precollege Musicial Theatre Scholarship Scholarship Licia Albanese Scholarship Kraeuter Violin Scholarship Alex Assoian Music Project Cynthia Auerbach Memorial Fund Edith Kriss Piano Scholarship Precollege Scholarship Augustine Guitar Scholarship LADO Scholarship Fund Dr. Michelle Solarz August Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Marquis George MacDonald Precollege Scholarship in Piano Scholarship Scholarship Kate Bamberger Memorial Violin Frances Hall Ballard Scholarship Robert Mann Scholarship in Violin Scholarship Artur Balsam Scholarship & Chamber Music Jordan Berk Scholarship Hans and Klara Bauer Viola B. Marcus Memorial Matilda Cascio Precollege Scholarship Scholarship Fund (Graduate) Scholarship Berkman-Rahm Scholarship Fund Viola B. Marcus Memorial Cuker/Stern Precollege Selma W. Berkman Memorial Scholarship Fund Scholarship Scholarship (Undergraduate) Marion Feldman Scholarship Vera Blacker Scholarship in Piano Clement Meadmore Scholarship Dianne Danese Flagello Carmine Caruso Memorial in Jazz Studies Precollege Scholarship Scholarship Homer and Constance Mensch Rosetta Goodkind Precollege Edgar Foster Daniels Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship in Voice Samuel and Mitzi Newhouse Andrew Goodman Memorial Helen Airoff Dowling Scholarship Scholarship Precollege Scholarship Baisley Powell Elebash Birgit Nilsson Scholarship Dorothy Hales Gary Scholarship Scholarship Scott Oakley Memorial Jocelyn Gertel Precollege Gart Family Foundation Scholarship in Musical Theatre Scholarship Scholarship Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Constance Keene Precollege Lloyd Gelassen Scholarship Scholarship Piano Scholarship Rita and Herbert Z. Gold Paul Price Percussion Scholarship Patinka Kopec Precollege Violin Scholarship Rodgers and Hammerstein/ Scholarship Michael Greene Scholarship Richard Rodgers Scholarship Mary B. Lenom Scholarship Charles Grossman Memorial Jay Rubinton Scholarship Sassa Maniotis Endowed Endowment Scholarship Leon Russianoff Memorial Precollege Piano Scholarship Grusin/Rosen Jazz Scholarship Scholarship Nana’s Way Precollege Division Adolphus Hailstork-Mary Weaver Scott Shayne Sinclair Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship in Guitar Carl Owen Memorial Scholarship William Randolph Hearst Joseph M. Smith Scholarship Maitland Peters and Karen Foundation Scholarship Elva Van Gelder Memorial Beardsley Precollege Voice Margaret Hoswell van der Marck Scholarship Scholarship Memorial Scholarship in Opera Emily M. Voorhis Scholarship Prep Parents Scholarship Helen Fahnestock Hubbard Rachmael Weinstock Scholarship Rita and Morris Relson Family Scholarship in Violin Scholarship Alexandra Hunt Endowed Vocal Avedis Zildjian Percussion Paul Stebbins Precollege Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship in Bassoon Deolus Husband Memorial Jonathan and Conrad Strasser Scholarship for Composition Memorial Scholarship Eugene Istomin Scholarship in Elva Van Gelder Memorial 22 Piano Scholarship ENDOWMENT GIFTS

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

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

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

*Deceased

†MSM Faculty/Staff

23 FOUNDER’S SOCIETY

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

*Deceased

†MSM Faculty/Staff

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 Linda Perry in the Advancement 24 Office at 917-493-4490, or at [email protected]. MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC LEADERSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lorraine Gallard, Chair Warren Jones Edward Lowenthal, Vice Chair and Treasurer David G. Knott Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17), Linda Bell Mercuro Secretary Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14) Bill O’Connor Ed Annunziato Laura Sametz Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Melody Sawyer Richardson Carla Bossi-Comelli Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Delin Bru Trustees Emeriti Susan Ennis Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita James Gandre, President William R. Miller (HonDMA ’11) Marcia Clay Hamilton David A. Rahm (HonDMA ’07), Chair Emeritus Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Robert G. Simon Nancy Freund Heller INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Carla Bossi-Comelli, Chair, Switzerland Margot Alberti de Mazzeri, Italy Mita Aparicio, Mexico Margot Patron, Mexico Marcos Arbaitman, Brazil Maria Elvira Salgar, Colombia/United States Delin Bru, United States Chiona X. Schwarz, Germany Alejandro Cordero, Argentina Angel Sosa, Mexico Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain Guillermo Vogel, Mexico Michelle Ong, Hong Kong ARTISTIC ADVISORY COUNCIL Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08) Bernard Labadie (HonDMA ’18) Glenn Dicterow Lang Lang (HonDMA ’12) Peter Duchin Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Richard Gaddes (HonDMA ’17) Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Pinchas Zukerman (HonDMA ’93) Stefon Harris (BM ’95, MM ’97) PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL James Gandre, President Monica Coen Christensen, Dean of Students Joyce Griggs, Executive Vice President and Provost Bryan Greaney, Dean of Academic Operations Gary Meyer, Senior Vice President and CFO Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Susan Madden, Vice President for Advancement Recording Arts Jeff Breithaupt, Vice President for Media and Luis Plaza, Director of Facilities and Campus Safety Communications Kelly Sawatsky, Dean of the Precollege Carol Matos, Vice President for Administration and Alexa Smith, Chief of Staff Human Relations Henry Valoris, Dean of Performance and Production Amy Anderson, Dean of Enrollment Operations DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS Linda Chesis, Chair, Woodwinds Christopher Lamb, Chair, Percussion Glenn Dicterow, Chair, Graduate Program in Jeffrey Langford, Associate Dean of Doctoral Orchestral Performance Studies and Chair, Music History Casey Molino Dunn, Director, Center for Music David Leisner, Chair, Guitar Entrepreneurship George Manahan, Director of Orchestral Activities John Forconi, Chair, Collaborative Piano Nicholas Mann, Chair, Strings Reiko Fueting, Chair, Theory John Pagano, Chair, Humanities David Geber, Director of Chamber Music Liza Gennaro, Associate Dean and Director, Stefon Harris, Associate Dean and Director, Musical Theatre Program Jazz Arts Program Maitland Peters, Chair, Voice Andrew Henderson, Chair, Organ Marc Silverman, Chair, Piano David Jolley, Chair, Brass J. Mark Stambaugh, Acting Chair, Composition Margaret Kampmeier, Artistic Director and Chair, Kent Tritle, Director of Choral Activities Contemporary Performance Program Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director of Opera 25 Kathryn LaBouff, Assistant Chair, Voice CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE

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

26 CENTENNIAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

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

* Honorary doctorate recipient + Artistic Advisory Board member 27 ^ Alumna/alumnus ABOUT MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Founded as a community music school by Janet Daniels Schenck in 1918, today MSM is recognized for its more than 960 superbly talented undergraduate and graduate students who come from more than 50 countries and nearly all 50 states; its innovative curricula and world- renowned artist-teacher faculty that includes musicians from the New York Philharmonic, the Met Orchestra, and the top ranks of the jazz and Broadway communities; and a distinguished community of accomplished, award-winning alumni working at the highest levels of the musical, educational, cultural, and professional worlds. The School is dedicated to the personal, artistic, and intellectual development of aspiring musicians, from its Precollege students through those pursuing doctoral studies. Ofering 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 ofer 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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