MSM BLACK STUDENT UNION
Black History Month Concert Fe b r u a r y 16 , 2 0 2 6
M o i r a K e l l i O ’C o n n o r (B M ’2 6) Hallowell, Maine
Thank you to our FY 2026 donors who helped MSM students reach for the stars! Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC DONORS $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 a n d a b o v e
Françoise Girard and David G. Knott David (HonDMA ’07) and Susan Rahm Stanford N. Sesser Trust $10 0 ,0 0 0 t o $ 2 4 9, 9 9 9
The Booth Ferris Foundation Lorraine Gallard (PC ’66) and Richard H. Levy Jane A. Gross Patinka Kopec and Dr. Jay Selman Estate of Margaret Park Mautner Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17) Rosalie J. Coe Weir Foundation The Widder Foundation Estate of Theodore G. Wilson Ann Ziff (HonDMA ’24) $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 t o $ 9 9, 9 9 9
An Anonymous Donor Terry L. Allison and Sylvain Hétu Arts and Letters Foundation Ballal Rao Foundation Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke Thomas Hughes Bell Revocable Trust Fiorella Canin* Scott Dunn (MM ’97) and Robbie Moray ELMA Philanthropies Marcia Clay Hamilton (HonDMA ’23) and Don Hamilton Nancy Freund Heller and Jeffrey Heller Han Jo (PC ’98) and Busra Kim Estate of Ernest Loeffler Edward Lowenthal (HonDMA ’23) Peter Luerssen / Maecenata Foundation *Deceased
Gifts received in FY26 (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026)
M S M C A M E R ATA N O VA
Cellobration! March 25, 2026
A l e x D i l l u l i o (M M ’27 ) Ridgefield, Connecticut E r i c Va s q u e z (P S ’2 6) Re n o , N e v a d a H a n n a h S o h n (PPD ’27 ) Ro c h e s t e r, N e w Yo r k
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC DONORS
Gina C. Malin and Reilly Tierney The Solomon Gadles Mikowsky Charitable Foundation Bill and Patricia O’Connor The Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation James J. Petercsak (BM ’66, MM ’68) Saul D. Raw and Constance E. Nickel The Rubin-Ladd Foundation Paul and Joanne Schnell / Skadden Arps Estate of Harold Schonberg Epp K.J. Sonin (MM ’70) Twiford Foundation Susan R. Zohn $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 t o $ 4 9, 9 9 9
Augustine Foundation Rohyt Belani and Vidula Pant Brody Family Fund Dr. Andre H Clavel Charitable Foundation Mario di Lonardo Aris Economides and Heike Doerr The Enoch Foundation The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Barbara A. Gallay Ilse Gordon Clark R. Green Charitable Foundation Carol B. Grossman Anthony Napoli Barbara O’Reilly (PC ’89) Perpetual Kindness Foundation The Rochlis Family Foundation Mónica and Angel Sosa Michael Stewart, MD, MPH
Gifts received in FY26 (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026)
M S M SY M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A April 15, 2026 B i x b y K e n n e d y (’2 6) M a r y v i l l e , Te n n e s s e e Winner of the 2024 -2025 Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC DONORS
Yvonne Liang Tsao Flavio Varani (BM ’68, MM ’70) Shalini P. Vijayan (BM ’95, MM ’97) Maria and Guillermo Vogel Xiao Wang (BM ’13, MM ’15, AD ’16) Bernie Williams (BM ’16) Anthony A. Yoseloff Foundation $10 ,0 0 0 t o $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
An Anonymous Donor Joyce Aboussie Alfredo and Mita Aparicio Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation The ASCAP Foundation Ballal Rao Foundation Carl Baron (MM ’11) and Danielle Wiener-Bronner The Theodore H. Barth Foundation The Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20) Delin and Abelardo Bru Luisa Guembes-Buchanan (BM ’63) Ernest W. Chung and Mary A. Lee Susan Ennis and Owen Lewis Federal Emergency Management Agency Chloe Flower (PC ’00) Edith Hall Friedheim (MM ’72) Estate of Richard Gaddes James Gandre and Boris Thomas Loraine F. Gardner Raul M. and Magdalena Gutierrez Sylvia Hemingway The Jin Hua Foundation
Gifts received in FY26 (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026)
MSM ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
OPUS130
J a n u a r y 21 , 2 0 2 6 D a r i a P o d o r o z h n o v a (B M ’27 ) Ro s t o v - O n - D o n , Ru s s i a Winner of the 2024 -2025 Eisenb erg- Fried Concer to Comp etition
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC DONORS
J.C.C. Fund, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York Jephson Educational Trusts Max Kade Foundation Ruth M. Knight Foundation Yung Shin Kwon (MM ’89) Zuoliang Liu (MM ’14, PS ’15, DMA ’22) Frederick Loewe Foundation The Marble Fund Stephen Marshall and Sandra Samberg MSM Korean Alumni Association The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Tiehan Pan (BM ’21, MM ’23) Chiona Xanthopoulou Schwarz Mari and Kenneth Share Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Nils Vigeland David K. Wallace Angela Rose White Michelle Deal Winfield and Claude L. Winfield $ 5 ,0 0 0 t o $ 9, 9 9 9
Dr. and Mrs. Todd J. Albert Ed Annunziato Anselmo Academy of Music and the Arts The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation The Barker Welfare Foundation Bettina Baruch Foundation Bond Schoeneck & King Veronica Bulgari Bruce Charash Chartwells Dining Services Complete Mechanical Solutions
Gifts received in FY26 (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026)
M S M U N D E R G R A D U AT E O P E R A T H E AT R E
La Périchole A p r i l 21 , 2 0 2 6
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC DONORS
Jennifer and Matthew Crossland Jennifer and Thomas Davidson EALgreen Estate of Davetta C. Faria Debra and Steven Hanks Howard Herring (MM ’78, HonDMA ’15) Hospital for Special Surgery J & J Flooring JVN Systems Swetha Kandula Christopher Yoo Suk Kim (BM ’90, MM ’92) Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation The Arthur Loeb Foundation John Ray (BM ’73) Carl and Aviva Saphier Hyon and Jeffrey Schneider Irene Schultz Beverly and Arthur T. Shorin Foundation Ellen Taylor (BM ’74) and Susan Wells The Tillery Family David J. Wolfsohn (DMA ’84) Zhengling Xie The Lucille and Jack Yellen Foundation
Gifts received in FY26 (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026)
MSM COMPOSERS’ CONCERT April 24, 2026 C a m p b e l l S t e w a r t (B M ’2 8) O r o Va l l e y, A r i z o n a
THE SECOND CENTURY CAMPAIGN
$ 3 , 5 0 0 ,0 0 0
Carl Kanter / Kanter Foundation $ 3 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
Cate Ryan Estate $ 2 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
Michael Neidorff (HonDMA ’17)* and Noémi Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17) $1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 t o $1 , 9 9 9, 9 9 9
Gart Family Foundation Philip Kawin (BM ’82, MM ’85) Estate Carol Lieberman Flavio Varani (BM ’68, MM ’70) $ 7 5 0 ,0 0 0 t o $ 9 9 9, 9 9 9
Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14) Terry Allison, PhD and Sylvain Hétu Maurice Eisenstadt Estate $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 t o $ 74 9, 9 9 9
Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20) Alta (BM ’69) and Marc Malberg Christianne Orto Estate $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 t o $ 4 9 9, 9 9 9
Lorraine Gallard (PC ’66) Eric Gronningsater Jane A. Gross Carol B. Grossman Françoise Girard and David G. Knott Edward Lowenthal (HonDMA ’23) *Deceased
Endowed gifts received since July 1, 2018.
MSM PRECOLLEGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA M a y 9, 2 0 2 6 B e n j a m i n L e e (P C ’27 ) Basking Ridge, New Jersey
THE SECOND CENTURY CAMPAIGN Charles B. Nelson Jr. (MM ’54) Estate Bill and Patricia O’Connor Catherine Prince Trust Susan B. and David A. Rahm (HonDMA ’07) / Allen H. & Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Robert Sharon (’79) Rosalie J. Coe Weir Foundation $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 t o $ 2 4 9, 9 9 9
Scott Dunn (MM ’97) and Robbie Moray Han Jo (PC ’98) and Busra Kim Frank Lotrario (BM ’63, MM ’65) Charlotte Mayerson Estate Walt (BM ’74, MM ’79) and Liz Sayre Twiford Foundation Dr. Theo George Wilson Estate $10 0 ,0 0 0 t o $19 9, 9 9 9
Kishore Ballal and Maithili Rao Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation Luisa G. Buchanan (BM ’63) Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Ruth Golden William Goldstein (BM ’65) Ilse Gordon John Graham and Paul Ochman Marcia Clay Hamilton (HonDMA ’23) and Donald Hamilton Patinka Kopec and Jay Selman Warren Laffredo Estate Linda and Tobia Mercuro* Anthony Napoli PwC Charitable Foundation *Deceased
Endowed gifts received since July 1, 2018.
M S M M U S I C A L T H E AT R E
Pippin
October 24, 2025 N i a A l s o p (B M ’2 6) Wa s h i n g t o n , D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a
THE SECOND CENTURY CAMPAIGN
Susan Rochlis Paul and Joanne Schnell Steven P. Singer and Alan Salzman Widder Foundation Claude and Michelle D. Winfield Ann Ziff (HonDMA ’24) $ 7 5 ,0 0 0 t o $ 9 9, 9 9 9
Gabrielle Bamberger The Chisholm Foundation Dorothy Strelsin Foundation $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 t o $ 74 , 9 9 9
An Anonymous Donor Justin Bischof (BM ’90, MM ’92, DMA ’98) Anna Bulgari Estate Fiorella Canin* Shirley Katz Cohen Estate Chloe Flower (PC ’00) Kimberly-Clark Foundation So-Chung Shinn Lee (MM ’19, PS ’21, PPD ’24) Dominique Laffont Susan Madden Perpetual Kindness Foundation James Petercsak (BM ’66, MM ’68) Saul D. Raw and Constance Nickel Yvonne and Howard Tsao Susan Zohn *Deceased
Endowed gifts received since July 1, 2018.
MSM ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
OPUS130
October 3, 2025 A n g e l G u a n g a (M M ’27 ) Clif ton, New Jersey J u e w e n Z h a n g (M M ’27 ) Shanghai, China I s a b e l l a L i u (M M ’27 ) Cambridge, Massachusetts
THE SECOND CENTURY CAMPAIGN
$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 t o $ 4 9, 9 9 9
Arts and Letters Foundation Carl Baron (MM ’11) and Danielle Wiener-Bronner Brody Family Fund Aris Economides and Heike Doerr Richard Gaddes (HonDMA ’17) Estate Nancy Freund Heller Marquis George MacDonald Foundation Gina Malin The Clement Meadmore Foundation Barbara O’Reilly (PC ’89) Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation The Rohatyn Group Irene Schultz Horace Silver Foundation / Jemela Mwelu Theodore E. Somerville (’78) Harold and Ruth Stern Estate Nils Vigeland Xiao Wang (BM ’13, MM ’15, AD ’16) $10 ,0 0 0 t o $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Alex Assoian Music Project Michael Bamberger Tiehan Pan (BM ’21, MM ’23) Irene Schultz Chiona Xanthopoulou Schwarz
Endowed gifts received since July 1, 2018.
MSM MASTER CLASS D o u g l a s H u m p h e r y, p i a n o
O c t o b e r 2 7, 2 0 2 5 V i o n a S a n j a y a (M M ’2 6) Surabaya, Indonesia
THE SECOND CENTURY CAMPAIGN U p t o $ 9, 9 9 9
An Anonymous Donor Ariel Backenroth and Laura Albers John K. Blanchard (MM ’89) George S. Braverman Bruce Charash Xilun Chen Jeffrey Cohen and Lucie Robert Dan Epstein Dianne Flagello (BM ’52, MM’52, HonDMA ’99) Donis Flagello Judith Friedman Adolphus Hailstork (BM ’63, MM ’65, HonDMA ’19) Michael Keeney Chloé Kiffer (MM ’14, PS ’15) and Alexandre Moutouzkine (MM ’03, PS ’05, AD ’06) Judith Klotz Cheryl and Hoon Lee Les Yeux Art Foundation Alan Lurie Catherine Malfitano Mike and Lynn McClellan Jane Olian and Donna Gill for Classical Singing and New York in June Oliff and Waxenbaum Families Bennett Pologe Johnathan Raskin Yi Shi and Wen Zhu John K. Smith Lisa Raskin Sofield Steinway & Sons Tsune and Ann Tarumoto Ellen Taylor (BM ’74) and Susan Wells Lauren Vigeland Flora Zhao Endowed gifts received since July 1, 2018.
M S M G R A D U AT E O P E R A T H E AT R E
The Seven Deadly Sins & Cabaret Songs O c t o b e r 2 9, 2 0 2 5
S k y l e r L a N i e r (M M ’2 6) Q u e e n s , N e w Yo r k
CENTENNIAL PROJECT NEIDORFF-KARPATI HALL RENOVATION
Anchor Gif t
Michael Neidorff (HonDMA ’17)* and Noémi Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17) / Centene Charitable Foundation $ 2 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 a n d a b o v e
City of New York $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 t o $1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Donald and Marcia Clay Hamilton (HonDMA ’23) David G. Knott and Françoise Girard Peter Luerssen / Maecenata Foundation Bill and Patricia O’Connor Melody Sawyer Richardson Sceneworks Studios $1 5 0 ,0 0 0 t o $ 2 4 9, 9 9 9
Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20) and Marco Pecori Lorraine Gallard (PC ’66) and Richard H. Levy Edward Lowenthal (HonDMA ’23) $10 0 ,0 0 0 t o $14 9, 9 9 9
Ed Annunziato James Gandre and Boris Thomas Linda and Toby Mercuro* Michelle Ong / First Initiative Foundation $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 t o $ 9 9, 9 9 9
Alfredo and Mita Aparicio Jane A. Gross Raul M. and Magdalena Gutierrez New York State Council on the Arts Maria E. Salgar Chiona Xanthopoulou-Schwarz Mónica and Angel Sosa Maria and Guillermo F. Vogel *Deceased
M S M G R A D U AT E O P E R A T H E AT R E
La clemenza di Tito April 28, 2026
B r i a n L i n a r e s (M M ’24 , P P D ’2 6) S h e r m a n , Te x a s S u H y e o n P a r k (PPD ’2 6) Jeonju, South Korea
CENTENNIAL PROJECT NEIDORFF-KARPATI HALL RENOVATION
$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 t o $ 4 9, 9 9 9
Delin and Abelardo Bru Susan Ennis and Owen Lewis Richard Gaddes (HonDMA ’17)* Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Nancy Freund Heller and Jeffrey Heller Margot Alberti de Mazzeri McKinsey & Company Margot and Adolfo* Patron Leonard Slatkin and Cindy McTee Epp K. J. Sonin (MM ’70) $10 ,0 0 0 t o $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Joyce Aboussie Joan (HonDMA ’14) and Alan Ades-Taub Family Foundation Louis Alexander (MM ’79) Chartwells Sharon E. Daley-Johnson (BM ’88, MM ’89) Evco Mechanical Corporation Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.) (BM ’64, MM ’65, PD ’70)* Ruth Golden Hyde and Watson Foundation Warren Jones Henry A. Kissinger and Nancy M. Kissinger (’54)* Orin O’Brien Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Carl and Aviva Saphier Dona D. Vaughn and Ron Raines *Deceased
M S M SY M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A October 24, 2025 A d d i s o n A s h l e y (M M ’27 ) W i n c h e s t e r, V i r g i n i a
ANNUAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Anselmo Academy of Music and the Arts Piano Scholarship Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation Scholarship The ASCAP / Fran Morgenstern Davis Scholarship Augustine Foundation Scholarship Theodore H. Barth Foundation Scholarship Bettina Baruch Foundation Scholarship Thomas Hughes Bell Piano Scholarship Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Scholarship Elizabeth Brody Opera Scholarship EALgreen Scholarship Lillian F. Gardner Scholarship in Voice International Advisory Board Scholarship J.C.C. Fund, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York Scholarship Jephson Educational Trust Scholarship Frederick Loewe Scholarship Maecenata Foundation Scholarship Hugh Masekela Heritage Scholarship Solomon G. Mikowsky Piano Scholarship Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Scholarship Arthur and Mae Orvis Opera Scholarship Jim Petercsak Scholarship Presser Undergraduate Scholarship Karen Ritscher Viola Scholarship David Rose Scholarship for Composing Harold and Helene Schonberg Pianist Scholarship Glen K. Twiford Piano Scholarship L. John Twiford Music Scholarship The Lucille and Jack Yellen Foundation Scholarship
Gifts received in FY26 (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026)
MSM COMPOSERS’ CONCERT September 26, 2025 A l b e r t o B a r b a (D M A C a n d i d a t e) N e w Yo r k , N e w Yo r k
ANNUAL PRECOLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Nora Berman Precollege Violin Scholarship Susan E. Deaver Precollege Woodwinds Scholarship Janice B. and Milford D. Gerton Precollege Scholarship Hansoree Scholarship Chloé Kiffer Precollege Scholarship Josephine Luby Precollege Scholarship Maureen MacDougall Precollege Scholarship Solomon G. Mikowsky Precollege Piano Scholarship Rochlis Family Foundation Scholarship Susan Zohn Precollege Scholarship
Gifts received in FY26 (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026)
ROBERT MANN STRING QUARTET INSTITUTE
Final Concert J a n u a r y 11 , 2 0 2 6 Ya t L e e (P PD ’27 ) Hong Kong
ENDOWED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Scholarship Licia Albanese Scholarship Augustine Guitar Scholarship Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Scholarship Frances Hall Ballard Scholarship Artur Balsam Scholarship Hans & Klara Bauer Scholarship for Cello Jordan Berk Scholarship Selma W. Berkman Memorial Scholarship Vera Blacker Scholarship in Piano Luisa Buchanan Graduate Piano Scholarship Carmine Caruso Scholarship Bossi-Comelli Scholarship Edgar Foster Daniels Scholarship in Voice Scott Dunn and Robbie Moray Scholarship in Collaborative Piano Baisley Powell Elebash Scholarship Gart Family Foundation Scholarship Lloyd Gelassen Fellowship Fund Scholarship Elva Van Gelder Memorial Piano Scholarship Rita Y. and Herbert Z. Gold Scholarship Ruth Golden Classical Voice Scholarship William Goldstein Scholarship John Graham and Paul Ochman Scholarship Michael W. Greene Scholarship Charles Grossman Memorial Scholarship Grusin / Rosen Jazz Scholarship
M S M M U S I C A L T H E AT R E
Violet
Fe b r u a r y 2 0 , 2 0 2 6 M a x i m i l i a n J u r i s i c (B M ’27 ) To r o n t o , C a n a d a
ENDOWED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Adolphus Hailstork-Mary Weaver Scholarship Marcia Clay Hamilton and Donald Hamilton Classical Flute Scholarship William Randolph Hearst Scholarship Helen Fahnestock Hubbard Family Scholarship Alexandra Hunt Vocal Scholarship Deolus Husband Scholarship for Composition Eugene Istomin Scholarship Jazz Arts Legends Scholarship Peter Karpati Scholarship Phillip Kawin Piano Scholarship Peter J. Kent Scholarship Marga and Arthur King Scholarship Patinka Kopec Violin and Viola Scholarship Kraeuter Violin Scholarship Edith Kriss Scholarship Lado Scholarship Warren Laffredo Memorial Scholarship Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Scholarship Marquis George MacDonald Scholarship Robert Mann Scholarship for Violin and Chamber Studies Viola B. Marcus Memorial Scholarship Masolinar “Mackie” Marks Scholarship Robert Henry Mayerson Scholarship Joseph F. McCrindle Scholarship Clement Meadmore Scholarship in Jazz Homer and Constance Mensch Scholarship Anthony Napoli Scholarship in Musical Theatre Charles B. Nelson Jr. Scholarship in Classical Piano Samuel and Mitzi Newhouse Scholarship Birgit Nilsson Scholarship
MSM CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
Tactus
Fe b r u a r y 2 0 , 2 0 2 6 M a r i a n a C l a v i j o L e d e s m a (M M ’2 6) Popayán, Colombia
ENDOWED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Scott Edward Oakley Scholarship in Musical Theater Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Scholarship Ethel Hollander Plancher Scholarship Paul Price Percussion Scholarship Rahm / Berkman Scholarship Judith Raskin Scholarship Susan Rochlis Scholarship Jay Rubinton Scholarship Leon Russianoff Memorial Scholarship Elizabeth Byrne Sayre Scholarship in Musical Theatre Walt Sayre Trombone Scholarship Paul and Joanne Schnell Scholarship Robert Sharon Scholarship in Collaborative Piano Scott Shayne Sinclair Scholarship Steven P. Singer and Alan Salzman Scholarship in Clarinet Joseph M. Smith Scholarship Glen K. Twiford Piano Scholarship L. John Twiford Violin Scholarship Margaret Hoswell van Der Marck Scholarship in Opera Flavio Varani Scholarship in Piano Dona D. Vaughn Voice Scholarship Emily M. Voorhis Scholarship Rachmael Weinstock Scholarship in Violin Dr. Theo George Wilson Jazz Arts Scholarship Dr. Theo George Wilson Musical Theatre Scholarship Dr. Theo George Wilson Orchestral Studies Scholarship Dora Zaslavsky Scholarship Ann Ziff Voice Scholarship Avedis Zildjian Percussion Scholarship
M S M G R A D U AT E O P E R A T H E AT R E
L’elisir d’amore N o v e m b e r 21 , 2 0 2 5
C a r t e r B o n y e o p G u (M M ’27 ) Yo n g s a n - G u , K o r e a
ENDOWED PRECOLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
An Anonymous Jazz Precollege Scholarship Terry L. Allison and Sylvain Hétu Precollege Scholarship Alex Assoian Music Project Precollege Scholarship Dr. Michelle Solarz August Precollege Scholarship in Piano Kate Bamberger Memorial Violin Scholarship Fiorella Canin Precollege Piano Scholarship Matilda Cascio Precollege Scholarship Cuker / Stern Precollege Scholarship Florence Duvall Precollege Scholarship Marion Feldman Cello Scholarship Dianne Danese Flagello Precollege Scholarship Chloe Flower Scholarship Dorothy Hales Gary Scholarship Jocelyn Gertel Precollege Scholarship Rosetta Goodkind Precollege Scholarship Andrew Goodman Memorial Precollege Scholarship Constance Keene Precollege Piano Scholarship Chloé Kiffer Violin Scholarship Han Jo and Busra Kim Accord Scholarship Patinka Kopec Precollege Violin Scholarship
MSM MASTER CLASS Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Fe b r u a r y 19, 2 0 2 6 S o H y u n K o (B M ’27 ) Dacula, Georgia
ENDOWED PRECOLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Mary B. Lenom Scholarship Carol Lieberman Precollege Scholarship Frank and Joseph Lotrario Precollege Scholarship Josephine Luby Precollege Scholarship Maureen Mac Dougall Scholarship Susan Madden Precollege Scholarship Sassa Maniotis Precollege Scholarship Jan Morreel Precollege Classical Music Scholarship Nana’s Way Precollege Division Scholarship Carl Owen Memorial Scholarship Maitland Peters and Karen Beardsley Precollege Voice Scholarship Precollege Parents Scholarship Rita and Morris Relson Scholarship Jonathan and Conrad Strasser Memorial Scholarship Yvonne and Howard Tsao Precollege Scholarship Elva Van Gelder Memorial Piano Scholarship Michelle Deal and Claude L. Winfield Precollege Jazz Scholarship Susan Zohn Scholarship
MSM PRECOLLEGE
Lunar New Year Concert Fe b r u a r y 21 , 2 0 2 6
I a n O h (P C ’3 3) L o n g I s l a n d C i t y, N e w Yo r k
GALAXY SOCIETY Two Anonymous Donors Richard E. Adams (MM ’61) Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14) John B. Albright* Louis E. Alexander (MM ’79) Frank Bamberger Gabrielle Bamberger Alan (’66, ’87) and Barbara Barry Renée Bash Peter Basquin (MM ’67) Hans G. Bauer* Elizabeth Beinecke* Thomas Hughes Bell* Yvette Benjamin Justin Bischof (BM ’90, MM ’92, DMA ’98) Blanche Heisler-Blitstein (MM ’52) Louis M. Bonifati (BM ’74, MM ’85) Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20) Luisa Guembes-Buchanan (BM ’63) Larry Campbell (’69) Matilda Cascio* Ruth Chatfield* Annette Coco (BM ’73, MM ’74) James B. Coker (MM ’96) Barbara Fay Cox (BM ’58, MM ’60)* Alex Davis* Michael Devine and George L. Evans *Deceased
A Legacy of Support By remembering MSM in their wills or other planned gift vehicles, members of the Galaxy Society create living legacies that will influence both music and musicians for generations to come.
MSM JAZZ COMPOSERS’ ORCHESTRA Fe b r u a r y 17, 2 0 2 6 S c o t t R o b e r t (B M ’2 6 , M M ’2 8) D a n b u r y, C o n n e c t i c u t
GALAXY SOCIETY Mario di Lonardo Maurice Eisenstadt* J. S. Ellenberger* Susan Ennis and Owen Lewis Jonathan Fey* Dianne (BM ’52, MM ’52, HonDMA ’99) and Nicolas* Flagello Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.) (BM ’64, MM’65)* Janet F. Frank (’65) Barbara A. Gallay Rabbi Mordecai Genn Hans Gesell Nathan Gilbert (BM ’53)* Lillian Giskin (’38)* Ruth Golden William Goldstein (BM ’65) John M. Gotwalt* John Graham and Paul Ochman Marian Greathouse (BM ’77) Valborg (MM ’71) and Robert (BM ’72) Gross Holly Hall Heather A. Hamilton (MM ’93, MM ’95) Laura A. Hamilton (BM ’81, MM ’82, DMA ’84) Grace Hoffman* Shirley Katz-Cohen* Phillip N. Kawin (BM ’82, MM ’85)* Diane Kettering (BM ’78) Alan M. (BM ’58, MM ’59)* and Karen Schiebler Knieter (MM ’68) Doris Konig *Deceased
MSM CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
Tactus
S e p t e m b e r 2 9, 2 0 2 5 M i h a i l B a b u s (M M ’27 ) M u n s t e r, I n d i a n a
GALAXY SOCIETY Warren Laffredo (’59)* Eva Lang (MM ’54)* Gail R. Levine, Ph.D Robert Ira Lewy* Carol Lieberman Susan Madden Alta (BM ’69) and Marc Malberg Ursula Mamlok* Susan Olsen Maren (BM ’68, MM ’68) Shigeru Matsuno Margaret Park Mautner* Charlotte Mayerson* Claire Meyer Solomon Mikowsky* Warren R. Mikulka Anthony Napoli Charles B. Nelson, Jr. (MM ’54)* Barbara O’Reilly (PC ’89) and Dermot O’Reilly Christianne Orto* Walter P. Pettipas* Anthony Posk (BM ’64) John A. and Catherine Prince* Saul D. Raw and Constance E. Nickel Barbara L. Reissman Robert and Regina J. Rheinstein (MM ’79) Melody Sawyer Richardson Mary S. Riebold Susan Rochlis Evelyn Ronell Ted (BM ’81, MM ’83) and Lesley Rosenthal Penelope Russianoff* Cathleen A. Ryan* *Deceased
MSM JAZZ ORCHESTRA N o v e m b e r 10 , 2 0 2 5 W i l l i a m X u (B M ’2 8) Va n c o u v e r, C a n a d a
GALAXY SOCIETY
Walt (BM ’74, MM ’79) and Liz Sayre Gerald J. Sebesky (BM ’62, MM ’63) Stanford N. Sesser* Alex Shapiro (’83) Dr. Robert Sharon (’79) Marc Silverman (MM ’77, DMA ’83) Steven P. Singer and Alan S. Salzman Allen Lee Smith (BM ’77) Theodore E. Somerville, Esq. (’78) Amy R. Sperling Carleton B. Spotts (BM ’53, MM ’59)* Jonathan Sternberg (’46)* Sondra Tammam (BM ’73) Hetty Te Korte (BM ’59, MM ’60)* Nickolas and Liliana Themelis Flavio Varani (BM ’68, MM ’70) Dona D. Vaughn and Ron Raines Nils Vigeland Keith L. Wiggs (BM ’84) Dr. Theo George Wilson* Claude Worrell (MM ’59)* Carolyn Zepf Hagner (MM ’69) *Deceased
M S M G R A D U AT E O P E R A T H E AT R E
The Seven Deadly Sins & Cabaret Songs O c t o b e r 2 9, 2 0 2 5
A n a s t a s i a M a r i t s a s (M M ’27 ) K i n g s t o n , N e w Yo r k
APPLAUSE SOCIETY Anonymous Donors (4) Richard Elder Adams (MM ’61) Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14) Meg Lowenthal Akabas (BM ’84, MM ’87) The ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation The Augustine Foundation Alexandra Bacon (BM ’83) Karen Faust Baer and Paul Baer The Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts Gabrielle Bamberger Michael Bamberger The Theodore H. Barth Foundation Wayne Bellet / Bellet Construction Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Justin Bischof (BM ’90, MM ’92, DMA ’98) Anthony N. Brittin (MM ’63) Delin and Abelardo Bru Raymond J. Burghardt (MM ’81) Mabel A. Campbell Centene Charitable Foundation Chartwells Dining Services Annette Coco (BM ’73, MM ’74) Alejandro Cordero Frank W. Daykin III (BM ’83) Nancy Zipay DeSalvo (MM ’72) John Dispenza Michael and Nina Douglas Marjory Duncalfe (MM ’75) The Eagan Family The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund
Steadfast and Loyal Support Foundations and individuals who have made gifts to the School each and every year for ten years or more.
M S M SY M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A S e p t e m b e r 17, 2 0 2 5 S e i r a n To z l i a n (B M ’2 6 , M M ’2 8) S o c h i , Ru s s i a
APPLAUSE SOCIETY Michael and Marjorie Engber Susan Ennis and Owen Lewis The Enoch Foundation Eve and Harry First First Initiative Foundation Dianne Flagello (BM ’52, MM ’52, HonDMA ’99) Capt. Kenneth R. Force, USMS (ret.) (BM ’64, MM ’65, PD ’70)* Lorraine Gallard (PC ’66) and Richard H. Levy James Gandre and Boris Thomas General Plumbing Corporation Hans Gesell Philip and Karen Glick Ruth E. Golden Joseph and Toni Goldfarb Tom and Bobbie Gottschalk Joanne Greenspun Laura Greenwald (DMA ’98) Louis R. Grimaldi (BM ’74, MM ’75) Jane A. Gross Carol B. Grossman Raul M. and Magdalena Gutierrez Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Haberly Marcia Clay Hamilton (HonDMA ’23) and Donald Hamilton Hansoree Nancy Freund Heller and Jeffrey Heller Peter Horvath (BM ’64, MM ’65) Susan Ingerman (BM ’65, MM ’66, MM ’68) Jephson Educational Trusts Susan and Robert A. Kaplan Millen Katz (BM ’74, MM ’75) and Patricia Anders Phillip N. Kawin (BM ’82, MM ’85)* Ruth M. Knight Foundation Michael J. Kokola *Deceased
M S M G R A D U AT E O P E R A T H E AT R E
L’elisir d’amore November 20, 2025
APPLAUSE SOCIETY Michael Kollmer (BM ’80, MM ’83) and Rachael Kollmer Patinka Kopec and Jay Selman Michael Kowal Ursula Kwasnicka (BM ’66, MM ’68) Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation The Arthur Loeb Foundation Carmel Lowenthal Edward Lowenthal (HonDMA ’23) Marquis George MacDonald Foundation Thomas Maguire (BM ’66) Margot Alberti de Mazzeri James P. McCarthy (BM ’63, MM ’64) Meredith Wood McCaughey (MM ’70) Linda McKnight Solomon Mikowsky* Dorothy Gross Nadosy (MM ’69) Michael (HonDMA ’17)* and Noémi Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17) Norma Nelson Marjorie Neuwirth James A. and Connie Newcomb Bill and Patricia O’Connor Yahui Olenik (BM ’74, MM ’83) Barbara O’Reilly (PC ’89) The Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Kathleen and Robert Pandos Margot Patron Jim Petercsak (BM ’66, MM ’68) Henry Pinkham Kariné Poghosyan (MM ’05, DMA ’07) Bennett Pologe The Presser Foundation David (HonDMA ’07) and Susan Rahm *Deceased
MSM JAZZ COMBOFEST N o v e m b e r 19, 2 0 2 5 C a m S h a v e (B M ’2 6 , M M ’2 8) B r i d g e w a t e r, M a s s a c h u s e t t s
APPLAUSE SOCIETY Jonathan M. Raskin Saul D. Raw Mary Riebold RIK Electric Corporation Anthony Rios Howard G. Rittner Carol Robbins Wendy Rolfe (MM ’76, DMA ’85) and Benjamin Dunham Alex Romanov (BM ’72, MM ’74) Roger F. Rose Amy S. Rosen (MM ’76) The Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Anthony Scelba (BM ’70, MM ’71) Chiona Xanthopoulou-Schwarz Marc Silverman (MM ’77, DMA ’83) Ted Smith Annaliese Soros* Mónica and Angel Sosa James Stalzer (BM ’78, MM ’79) Mark Suozzo (MM ’96) Peter Susser (MM ’84) Sondra Tammam (BM ’73) Tchaikovsky Nickolas and Liliana Themelis Dace Udris Dawn Upshaw (MM ’85, HonDMA ’98) Mark Vandersall and Laura Mendelson Katharina Volk Daniel E. Weiss Keith L. Wiggs (BM ’84) Claude and Michelle D. Winfield Noreen and Ned Zimmerman *Deceased
2 0 T H A N N U A L I N T E R N AT I O N A L STUDENT CONCERT A p r i l 7, 2 0 2 6 S o o i n We (M M ’2 6 , P P D ’2 8) Seoul, Korea
BOARD OF TRUSTEES O u r B o a r d o f Tr u s t e e s
Kishore Ballal, Chair
Scott Dunn (MM ’97), Vice Chair James Gandre, EdD, President
David G. Knott, PhD, Secretary
Edward Lowenthal (HonDMA ’23), Treasurer Peter Andreacchi, PhD (BM ’79, MM ’81) Rohyt Belani Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08, HonDMA ’22) Lorraine Gallard (PC ’66), Board Chair Emerita Swetha Kandula, MD Han Jo Kim, MD (PC ’98) Gina Malin Alexandre Moutouzkine (MM ’03, PS ’05, AD ’06) Anthony Napoli Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17) Paul Schnell Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Angel Sosa Michael Stewart, MD, MPH Yvonne Liang Tsao Shalini Vijayan (BM ’95, MM ’97) Bernie Williams (BM ’16) Tr u s t e e s E m e r i t i
Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14) Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20) Susan Ennis Marcia Clay Hamilton (HonDMA ’23) Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) Nancy Freund Heller Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita David A. Rahm (HonDMA ’07), Chair Emeritus Robert G. Simon
Robert Sirota, President Emeritus
MSM BLACK STUDENT UNION
Black History Month Concert Fe b r u a r y 16 , 2 0 2 6
J o s e p h S t . J u l e s (M M ’27 ) S u n n y s i d e , N e w Yo r k
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20), Chair, Switzerland Guillermo Vogel, Vice Chair, Mexico Mita Aparicio, Mexico Mary Baroutakis, Greece/United States Delin Bru, United States Ernest W. Chung, United States Heike Doerr, Germany/United States Chloe Flower (P ’00), United States/Korea Edith Hall Friedheim (MM ’72), Canada Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain Nancy Freund Heller, United States Sylvia Hemingway, United States/Hungary Yung Shin Kwon (MM ’89), Korea Zuoliang Liu (MM ’14, PS ’15, DMA ’22), China Masaaki Maeda, Japan/United States Tiehan Pan (BM ’21, MM ’23), China Angel Sosa, Mexico Flavio Varani (BM ’68, MM ’70), Brazil/United States Chiona Xanthopoulou-Schwarz, Germany
M S M M U S I C A L T H E AT R E
A Little Night Music M a r c h 2 7, 2 0 2 6
K e n n e t h S w e e n e y (B M ’2 6) South Pasadena, California L i l y D a u g h e r t y (B M ’2 6) Los Angeles, California
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 Jake Levyns in the Philanthropy Office at 917-493-4490, or at jlevyns@msmnyc.edu.