KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

Kaufman ConnectsFeaturing Nikki Renée Daniels and Jeff Kready

2020-21

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Kaufman Music CenterpresentsA Virtual Concert and Wine Tasting

Kaufman ConnectsStreamed Monday, December 14, 2020 at 6:30 pm ET

with Nikki Renée Daniels and Jeff KreadyDan Pardo, piano; Keith Witty, bassBret Patterson, sommelier

Program

Welcome and Introduction KATE SHEERAN, Executive Director BETHANY MILLARD, Vice President, Board of Trustees

I. Wine Tasting: Rosé BRET PATTERSON, sommelier

CHARLIE SMALLS Home from The Wiz CHARLOTTE MACLEOD, vocalist Lucy Moses School, Summer Musical Theater Workshop JIHWAN KIM, piano

BILLY JOEL Scenes From an Italian Restaurant

MATT DUBEY/HAROLD KARR How Does the Wine Taste?

CAROLYN LEIGH/CY COLEMAN When In Rome (I Do As The Romans Do)

PAUL RYAN I Will Drink the Wine NIKKI RENÉE DANIELS and JEFF KREADY, vocalists

II. Wine Tasting: Côtes de Paso

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FRANK LOESSER I Like Everybody from The Most Happy Fella

FREDERICK LOEWE/ALAN JAY LERNER Almost Like Being in Love from Brigadoon

GEORGE GERSHWIN/ Summertime from Porgy and BessDUBOSE HEYWARD/IRA GERSHWIN

III. Wine Tasting: Cabernet Sauvignon

ERNESTO LECUONA Malagueña

DAVE FRISHBERG Peel Me a Grape

MITCH LEIGH/JOE DARION The Impossible Dream (The Quest) from Man of La Mancha

HAROLD ARLEN/JOHNNY MERCER Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

HAROLD ARLEN/TED KOEHLER Get Happy

IV. Wine Tasting: Libelle Sparkling Picpoul Blanc

Steinway is the official piano of Merkin Hall

All 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center performances are online, filmed in safe, socially distanced locations observing health and safety protocols, and streamed to the safety of your home.

Event SponsorsHalter Ranch VineyardBethany and Robert B. Millard Kaufman Connects Benefactors Bethany and Robert B. MillardCathy White O’Rourke Joy and Graham Wyatt

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About the Artists

Nikki Renée Daniels Nikki Renée Daniels will be in the upcoming Broadway revival of Company, playing Jenny. She recently completed the Chicago run of Hamilton as Angelica Schuyler. On Broadway Nikki has starred in The Book of Mormon and the 2012 Tony Award Winning Broadway Revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Other Broadway credits include Fantine in Les Misérables, Anything Goes, Aida, Nine, Little Shop of Horrors, Lestat, and The Look of Love. Ms. Daniels made

her New York City Opera debut as Clara in Porgy and Bess. Other New York credits include Martha Jefferson in 1776 at City Center Encores! and Rose Lennox in The Secret Garden at David Geffen Hall. On television Nikki has been featured on Chappelle’s Show, Madam Secretary, and The Sound of Music: Live. She has performed as a soloist with numerous symphony orchestras across the country and Canada, and at Carnegie Hall. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. Her debut solo CD, Home, is available on iTunes and CDBaby.com. For more information please visit nikkireneedaniels.com. @nikkireneesings

Jeff KreadyJeff Kready was most recently seen on Broadway standing by for the title role of Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels in the 2019 Tony nominated musical Tootsie. Other Broadway credits include Monty Navarro in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Tony Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical, Sunday in the Park with George (2008 revival), and Les Misérables (Jean Valjean understudy, 2006 revival). Regional credits include Tommy in Brigadoon (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera),

Ted Hanover in Holiday Inn (Paper Mill Playhouse), Mr. Snow in Carousel (Connecticut Critics Circle award nomination, Goodspeed Opera House), Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Paper Mill), Crumpet the Elf in David Sedaris’s one-man-show Santaland Diaries (Hartford TheaterWorks), and In This House (World Premiere, Two River Theater). Off-Broadway: Attack of the Elvis Impersonators (Theater Row), and Tokio Confidential (Atlantic Theater Company). On television, Mr. Kready has been seen on The Code (CBS), The Good Fight (CBS All Access), Elementary (CBS), and Boardwalk Empire (HBO). He has performed as guest soloist with The Grand Teton Music Festival, the Seattle Chamber Music Society, Allentown Symphony, and Topeka Symphony. Jeff can also be heard on the album The Broadway Tenors (Jay Records). A former elementary school music teacher, he is a graduate of Washburn University. Favorite roles: husband to Nikki, dad to Lena (7) and Louise (3).

Dan Pardo, pianoDan Pardo is a freelance music director, pianist, educator, and arranger based in New York City. He made his Broadway debut in 2015 as a keyboardist and assistant conductor for Amazing Grace at the Nederlander Theatre. Off-Broadway credits include: I Spy a Spy (St. Clement’s), The Office: A Musical Parody (Orbach), Rothschild and Sons (York), and Skippyjon Jones: Snow What? (Lucille Lortel). Other credits include workshop productions of Come From Away (NAMT) and Found (Atlantic Theatre Company). Dan performs regularly with the vocal jazz quintet Marquee Five, and with his group BariToned. Regional favorites include Company at the Barrington Stage, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Fun Home at the Weston Playhouse, and Alice at Yale School of Drama. Dan has also worked productions at Goodspeed Musicals, where he spent three seasons on the resident music staff. Last year, he music-directed his first TV project, the Emmy-nominated variety special John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch, for Netflix. As an educator, Dan teaches for Harlem School of the Arts, Shuffles Tap and Theatre School, and Rosie’s Theatre Kids. He would like to thank Nikki and Jeff for bringing him on board, Keith for his fine musicianship, and Kaufman Music Center for the wine, and for creating this terrific series.

Keith Witty, bassA native of New York City, bassist and composer/producer Keith Witty has spent his career straddling the worlds of hip-hop, various popular music forms, and jazz’s avant garde. He has performed and recorded worldwide with an array of artists including vocalists Amel Larrieux and Nona Hendryx and instrumentalists David S. Ware, Anthony Braxton, Michael Gregory Jackson and Ulysses Owens Jr. Keith began playing with vocalist Somi as a regular member of her ensembles and appears on her album Live at the Jazz Standard. He has produced Somi’s major label debut, Lagos Music Salon (2014) and Petite Afrique (Outstanding Jazz Album at the 2017 NAACP Image Awards). Keith’s compositions and arrangements appear on Somi’s 2020 Grammy-nominated album Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper with Frankfurt Radio Big Band. Keith formed the electro-acoustic jazz trio Thiefs with French saxophonist Christophe Panzani and American drummer/vocalist Guillermo E. Brown. Their debut album received high praise in the US and in France, where the band has since toured extensively. Thief’s second album Graft, featuring pianist Aaron Parks and poet/mc’s Mike Ladd and Gaël Faye on the French label Jazz&People. Also an educator, Keith was composer-in-residence for the New York City Opera’s education program, and has taught as a visiting artist at Community Arts programs and schools around the United States and internationally. He received his BA from Wesleyan University and MA in music from the City College of New York. He has studied with master bassists Michael Moore, Mark Dresser, and John Patitucci.

Charlotte MacLeod Charlotte MacLeod is a New York City-based actress and singer and is thrilled to be part of this Kaufman Connects event! She recently appeared in the narrative film short Margo & Perry,

directed by Becca Roth, and the Merkin Hall series, Broadway Close Up: I Won’t Grow Up. She played Young Virginia Galilei in a staged reading of the musical Galileo at Vassar College Powerhouse Theater, and has performed as a soloist at many fundraising events. Charlotte played the character Kimmie on PBS Kids’ Cyberchase For Real. This past spring she was cast as Abby in Sarah Silverman’s musical The Bedwetter (postponed due to Covid-19). She has also appeared in several television commercials.

Jihwan Kim Jihwan Kim is a New York City-based composer and pianist. With lyricist/bookwriter Sean Hartley, he wrote Cupid and Psyche, which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Lyrics, and was produced Off-Broadway at the John Houseman Theatre. With lyricist/bookwriter Eddie Sugarman, Jihwan wrote The Nutcracker Sings and Cinderella After The Ball, which premiered at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. He also wrote several songs with lyricist Adam Gwon for The Secret Silk, a production for Princess Cruises. The orchestra-tor of The Moon and The Son, which won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, Jihawn’s other orchestration projects include One World Symphony, Ureuk Symphony Orchestra, and Les Deux Timides film score live-to-picture at the Tribeca Film Festival. He received his B.A. at Harvard University, M.A. in Film Scoring at NYU, and a J.D. at Rutgers Law School. His credits as a pianist include: An American In Paris on Broadway, Sousatzka at the Elgin The-atre in Toronto, and A Chorus Line on its first National Tour.

Bret Patterson, sommelierBret Patterson is a certified sommelier and wine professional working in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began his career in Napa Valley, working as a Cellar Worker at Groth Vineyards before discovering his passion for wine education and accepting a position as a Wine Educator at Joseph Phelps Vineyards. While working at Joseph Phelps, he was responsible for leading wine tastings for both small and large groups as well as hosting private events. In May of 2019, Bret relocated to San Francisco to work as an Account Manager for Kimberly Jones Selections and continue his work as a Wine Educator at West Coast

Wine and Cheese. In his role as an Account Manager, he sells fine wines to restaurants and hotels in the Bay Area and helps hotel and restaurant sommeliers curate their wine lists. Bret is also an avid musician and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Flute Performance from the University of Michigan.

TASTING NOTES

2016 Halter Ranch Libelle The 2016 Libelle is a unique sparkling wine made in the Methode Champenoise from the Picpoul Blanc grape, a white variety native to southern France. Picpoul Blanc lends bright acidity to the wine and hints of key lime, mango, and green apple. The palate showcases flavors of brioche, from the 27 months aging on the lees, along with pineapple and a chalky minerality. Libelle can be enjoyed with cheese and charcuterie, oysters, or any celebration.

2019 Halter Ranch Rosé The 2019 Rosé features aromas of guava, ripe kiwi, and

watermelon. On the palate, this Grenache-based rosé imparts notes of wild strawberry and pink grapefruit, with a crisp minerality. Delicious on its own, this wine also pairs well with prosciutto and melon, salmon, and light pasta

dishes.

2018 Halter Ranch CDP An ode to the famous Grenache-based wines from Chateauneuf de Pape, the 2018 Halter Ranch CDP, Côtes de Paso, is a blend of 58% Grenache, 21% Syrah, 17% Mourvedre, and 4% Tannat. Aromas of rose petals, red cherries, and dried herbs rise from the glass. The entry on the palate is soft and vibrant, with flavors of raspberry, ripe strawberry, and cinnamon. The bright flavors lead to a dusty finish, low in tannins, making this wine both brilliant on its own and perfect for pairing with food.

2017 Halter Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon

Composed of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Malbec, and 2% Petit Verdot, Halter Ranch’s Cabernet Sauvignon possesses a classic profile with

aromas of dark cherries, mocha, and graphite. Aged in 30% new French Oak barrels, it is bright and fresh on the palate, with flavors of red and black

currants, blackberry, plum, and a hint of pencil shavings. While it is delicious now, this wine can be enjoyed with hearty meats and pastas for the coming

decade.

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See a Concert. Take a Class. Connect through Music.Founded in 1952 as a community music school, today’s Kaufman Music Center is home to Merkin Hall; Lucy Moses School, Manhattan’s largest community arts school; Special Music School, New York City’s only K-12 public school that teaches music as a core subject; and the acclaimed youth new music ensemble Face the Music.

Executive Director Kate Sheeran

Board of TrusteesOrli Shaham, ChairShahriar Rafimayeri, PresidentRosalind Devon, Honorary ChairElaine Kaufman, Honorary ChairCharles Dimston, Vice PresidentBethany Millard, Vice PresidentCathy White O’Rourke, Vice PresidentIrving Sitnick, Vice President Christina M. Mason, Treasurer Wendy Mosler, Secretary

Joel Beckerman Joshua BellJustin Berrie Damian Cavaleri Nikki Renée DanielsDanielle DimstonPhyllis FederSir James GalwayKara Hammond Nathalie JoachimDaniel KaufmanDavid B. Krieger Solange LandauDennis Lee Solomon Merkin Marjorie Penrod Sal Piscopo Jessica Rothstein William A. SchwartzJonathan Sulds Kara UnterbergPatricia Weinbach

Executive Director Emeritus,Founder, Kaufman Music CenterLydia Kontos

Founding Director,The Hebrew Arts School (1951-1985)Dr. Tzipora H. Jochsberger

AdministrationBrooke Bryant, Director of Development John Glover, Director of Artistic PlanningSean Hartley, Director, Theater@KaufmanKathy Hubbard, Chief Administrative OfficerJohn Johansen, Director, Marketing and CommunicationsIgal Kesselman, Director, Lucy Moses School and Music Director, Special Music SchoolLeslie Lehman, Director of Facilities

Merkin Hall StaffDavid Bridges, Client Services ManagerBen Young, Production ManagerKelsy Hillesheim, Box Office ManagerMargaret Evans, Program CoordinatorJenny Liao, Head House Manager

Chantal Emond Bourhis, Yannick Lewis, Xing Liao, Rocco Luongo, Kathleen Raab, House Managers

Michael Boyas, Shammah Campbell, Jorge Civico, Jacqueline Da Silva, Christian Gohler, Arcinello Jocson, Ken Ossip, Matthew Palmer, Jordan Peters, Tom Thornton, Rosemarie Urbanek, Ushers

Stephanie Armitage, Emily Ballou, Ann Barkin, Kelly Faustel, Sam Gordon, Amira Mustapha, Ariel Osborne, Carly Osnow-Levin, Rachel Rakov, Harry Rawlings, Eleanor Smith, Ted Sterns, Antoine Thrower, Leon Virgo, Katherine Yip, Stage Managers

Kurtis Bradley, Richie Clark, Jeremiah Eigenmann, Ken Feldman, David Hurtgen, Gil Shuster, Sound Engineers

Damon Whittemore, Recording Studio Manager

Richard Kwan, Bill Moss, Noriko Okabe, Recording Engineers

Leadership CouncilLeonard Goodman, Honorary Chair Etta BrandmanConnie GoodmanDavid KlafterRoy Niederhoffer

Artists CouncilTzvi AvniAlan MenkenFred SherryArnold SteinhardtEugenia Zukerman

Pianos by Steinway and Sons. The house harpsichord was built by Eric Herz in 1985 and donated by Mr. Joseph Wronker.

Kaufman Music Center gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Mollie and Abraham Goodman and the Goodman family.

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Jill and Arthur CarusoEllen and Damian CavaleriCatharine Chang and Hooni KimGirlie Chang and Michael VermutJane and Joseph ChangRoger Chen and Eileen ShinTheodore CohnRebecca Cooper and Michael WaldmanD’Addario FoundationClaire and Eric DavenportSusan and Conrad De Jong Fund, Santa Fe Community FoundationManuel De La NuezBarbara and Richard DebsDana Devon and Neil SandPhilip Devon Family FoundationAlice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia UniversityGina Dizzia and Daniel FernandezHoward D. DorfmanEther Advisory Partners, Inc.Faber Future FoundationJuan Farias and Meredith DentonLidia FeyderFirst Manhattan Co.Bernice G. FleischerJudi Sorensen FlomJoele Frank and Laurence KlurfledArlene FriedlanderRichard GaddesArthur J. Gallagher & Co.Gilbert M. GastelumJeff Gates and Mike MoranJudy GettelfingerMark and Michelle GrahamMarsha GrayLawrence GublerGlenn GundersenSharon GurwitzMeredith HenryRochelle and David HirschHelen HovdesvenCleo and Joseph HungPaul HymanThe Isdell FoundationNathalie JoachimGreg Kammerer and Fred WhiteJudith and Sheldon KaufmanPatricia KennerJudith Kessler and Lee M. ArthursHenry KleinJane Klein

KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS Kaufman Music Center is grateful to the following supporters, who have provided leadership gifts of $1,000 or more to the annual fund between September 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020. Their generous contributions play a critical role in advancing the Center’s mission to stimulate appreciation of and participation in music through music performance and education.

Lilian and Jacob CohenCon EdisonThe Aaron Copland Fund for MusicCowen Charitable Lead UnitrustCredit SuisseThe Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable TrustGeorge DennisCharles Dimston and Elena AsribekovaDanielle DimstonThe Ferriday FundGoldman Sachs & Co.Anna and Mark GurevichKara HammondMargaret Jan and Alex ChiTom and Ann JohnsonDennis Lee and Migene KimJennifer and Tim KingstonKirkland & Ellis LLPDevorah Rose and David B. KriegerHarold I. and Faye B. Liss FoundationThe Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc.The Lester & Grace Maslow FoundationSharon and Solomon MerkinNew York State Council on the ArtsRosemary and John O’BrienThe Patrina FoundationTatiana Piankova FoundationSal PiscopoShahriar and Noa RafimayeriOrli Shaham and David RobertsonJames RosenfieldJessica Rothstein and Kurt LageschulteThe Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels FoundationBeth and David E. ShawNataly and Dimitri SogoloffJonathan and Kathy SuldsKara UnterbergPatricia and Lawrence WeinbachWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLPVinson & Elkins LLPLuka and Niko Zylik

$5,000-$9,999Joshua BellCapital Counsel LLCThe Edward T. Cone FoundationJoyce CowinThe Gladys Krieble Delmas FoundationFranklin Philanthropic Foundation

$50,000 and AboveAnonymous (2)The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, TrusteeSally CumminsE.H.A. Foundation, Inc. Phyllis and Sam FederJerome L. Greene FoundationHoward Gilman FoundationThe Hearst Foundations, IncElaine and Henry KaufmanBethany and Robert B. MillardHenry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City CouncilNYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community TrustNational Endowment for the ArtsCathy White O’RourkeThe Morris and Alma Schapiro FundWilliam A. and Janet SchwartzVirginia B. Toulmin Foundation

$25,000 to $49,999Assurant FoundationAugustine FoundationJoel and Tracy BeckermanRosalind DevonAnn and Gordon Getty FoundationDinah JacobsDavid Klafter and Nancy KestenbaumSolange LandauThe Johnny Mercer FoundationWendy and Bruce MoslerMan Made MusicThe Mystery Lady of Santa FeEstate of Blanche ShapiroMarjorie Penrod and Eric WallarPwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.The Rea Charitable Trust

$10,000 to $24,999Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable FoundationJudy Hart AngeloArts and Letters Foundation, Inc.ASCAPThe ASCAP FoundationJohanna Roman BarishFrank & Lydia Bergen FoundationJustin BerrieStephen & Mary Birch Foundation, Inc.Cheswatyr Foundation

The Hyde and Watson FoundationThe Libby Holman FoundationSir James and Lady Jeanne GalwayJoyce Elsa GoodmanPeter GottsegenEstelle GrecoJudith and Robert HallBoyan JovanovicNikki Renée Daniels and Jeff KreadyKPMGSarah and Martin LeibowitzAnn and Michael LoebKatherine Schlatter and Joseph MauroMaverick Capital FoundationMedia The Foundation, Inc.Olga Nekrasova and Andy ArlukOne Day UniversityStephanie and Mark RamblerHon. Helen Rosenthal, New York City Councilmember, 6th DistrictHon. Linda Rosenthal, 67th District NY State AssemblymemberRita Fredricks SalzmanSilver Mountain Foundation for the ArtsRobert SirotaChris and Christa SomersMeryl StreepTD Charitable FoundationMichael Tuch FoundationVornado Realty TrustJoseph Walker and Nancy Walker JtwrosChristina and Lawrence WeeJoy and Graham Wyatt

$1,000-$4,999The Amphion FoundationArgentine Tango SocietyBotwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation, Inc.Jody and John ArnholdMargot AstrachanLaura and Manuel BardashBernard BerkowitzElaine S. BernsteinHelene BlueBMI FoundationJanet BraggFred BraidCynthia BrodskyThe Brownington FoundationBecke Buffalo and Lars HansonM. Faith BurtonCarole Cate and Darran Foster

$1,000-$4,999 continued Melissa Ko and Douglas HahnSidney Kohl Family FoundationLisa J. Kohl and Ricardo HornosThe Elroy and Terry Krumholz FoundationAnnik LaFargeJennifer Laing and Tom SchopflocherYvonne Lau and Derek TsuiMarcia LavipourLeap ArchitectureLeslie LehmanAaron LevySharon R. LinardBrad LinardLinden Arts Fund for ChildrenLoeb & Loeb, LLCPamela Luchansky and Chester KaplanEvelyne Luest and Aaron Kernis

Lila and Ron MarchChristina M. MasonKyle McCarthy and Ron BozmanAlexandra McCormack and Dimitrije MitrinovicKaren McKinnon and Ricardo ZuritaClare and Howard McMorrisTerence MeehanJoohee and Gabriel MeisterJanis and Alan MenkenJill and Michael NeibergHope and Joshua NewmanNancy and Morris W. OffitAmanda and Ned OffitJisoo Ok and Hector del Curto Sarah Paley and Robert KerreyClifford R. PalmerBarbara and Louis PerlmutterVeronique and Robert PittmanBarbara Rellstab

The Rodgers and Hammerstein FoundationElizabeth and John RoseJane and Alfred RossJanet SchlatterAlene Schneierson and Morris KrimolovskyGail SchorrDonna and Steven SchragisIan Seow and Madeline TokVirginia and Edward SermierKate SheeranMelanie Shorin and Greg S. FeldmanJennifer ShotwellMathieu C. ShrontzLeo Shull Foundation for the ArtsIrving SitnickGordon H. SmithThe Ted Snowdon FoundationSydney and Jon Stern

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.Roni Tamari and Shai WosnerMarcy and David TannenbaumYodon Thonden and Kevin TonerSeymour Ubell and Marsha ToskBradley A. VernatterJay and Randi VodofskySally Davis Wasserman and Greg WassermanHadassah WeinerThe Weininger Foundation, Inc.Carol WincencThe Wise Family Charitable FoundationMargot WittyA. Ross WollenQian Xue and Kailuo WangTina Yu and Gary Lee

The Innovators CircleThe Innovators Circle is a leadership group for the most generous supporters of Kaufman Music Center’s Fund for Music Inno vation. The Circle recognizes its members for their commitment to exceptional artistic presentations at the Center by providing unparalleled access to Merkin Hall and its outstanding programs.

Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable FoundationNeal BrilliantEllen and Damian Cavaleri

Rosalind DevonFaber Future Foundation Phyllis and Sam FederJudy Gettelfinger

Dinah JacobsHelen HovdesvenJoan MohrCathy White O’Rourke

Janet and Gil SpitzerLuka and Niko Zylik

Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society The Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society was recently renamed in honor of our founder, who passed away at age 96 in late 2017. The Society recognizes the following generous supporters, who have included Kaufman Music Center in their estate plans, making a difference during their lifetimes and beyond.Anne BlattHelene BlueIlse BlumenfeldSidney BreslerRosalind Devon

Phyllis and Samuel FederEmanuel and Ellen GenauerEstate of Anna GoldEstelle GrecoDinah Jacobs

Adele D. KappCarole A. KemackChristina M. MasonCathy White O’RourkeJohanna Roman Barish

Evelyn RonellBlanche ShapiroDorothy Silverstein

Celebration of Our Muse Kaufman Music Center gratefully acknowledges the generous supporters who made leadership gifts to our educational programs, in honor of the retirement of our longstanding Executive Director, Lydia Kontos. Under Lydia’s leadership, the Center’s educational programs grew significantly, making a transformative impact on the young people of New York City.

Apollo’s Circle$100,000 Elaine and Henry Kaufman

Muses$50,000 Rosalind DevonCharles Dimston and Elena AsribekovaBethany and Robert B. MillardHenry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. Janet and William Schwartz

Oracles$25,000 to $49,999Connie and Leonard GoodmanMigene Kim and Dennis LeeCathy White O’RourkeMarjorie Penrod and Eric WallarStephanie and Mark RamblerChrista and Chris Somers

Lyric Poets$10,000 to $24,999Sanford L. BatkinCarolina FariasPhyllis and Samuel FederJudith and Robert Hall Helen HovdesvenSolange LandauWendy and Bruce MoslerThe Mystery Lady of Santa FeBarbara Rellstab

Orli Shaham and David RobertsonJanet and Gil SpitzerRoni Tamari and Shai Wosner

Greek Chorus$1,000 to $9,999Arlene and Alan AldaMargot Astrachan ProductionJohanna Roman BarishHelene BlueRoger Chen and Eileen Shin

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Greek Chorus comtinued$1,000 to $9,999 Lilian and Jacob CohenBetty Neal and Ronald A. CrutcherTodd Dimston and Melissa BankGina Dizzia and Daniel FernandezElizabeth and Adrian EllisJudi Sorensen FlomMichelle and Mark GrahamMariel Harris and Daniel Cooperman

Jane Huber and L. Chandler CarterHooni Kim and Catharine ChangThe Kontos/Busquet family (Nina, John, Laurent, and Nicholas)Yvonne Lau and Derek TsuiJenny X. LiaoEuching Lin and Wayne E. YangAlex and Brad LinardAnn and Michael LoebEvelyne Luest and Aaron Jay Kernis

Christina M. MasonKaren McKinnon and Ricardo ZuritaJoohee and Gabriel MeisterOlga Nekrasova and Andy ArlukAmanda OffitThe Edward John and Patricia Rosenwald FoundationThe Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation

Jessica L. Rothstein and Kurt LageschulteRita Fredricks Salzman Katherine M. Schlatter and Joseph P. Mauro Jack and Janet TeichJoy and Graham WyattLuka and Niko Zylik

Kaufman Music Center receives institutional support from: Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, The Amphion Foundation, The ASCAP Foundation, Assurant Foundation, Augustine Foundation, Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation, Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation, Inc., BMI Foundation, Capital Counsel LLC, The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, Trustee, Cheswatyr Foundation, Con Edison, The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust, D’Addario Foundation, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, E.H.A. Foundation, Inc., Ether Advisory Partners, Inc., The Ferriday Fund, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jerome L. Greene Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Inc., The Libby Holman Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, The Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation, Linden Arts Fund for Children, Harold I. and Faye B. Liss Foundation, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc., The Lester & Grace Maslow Foundation, The Johnny Mercer Foundation, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc., NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community Trust, The Patrina Foundation, Tatiana Piankova Foundation, PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc., The Rea Charitable Trust, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund, Leo Shull Foundation for the Arts, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts, TD Charitable Foundation, Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, and The Weininger Foundation, Inc.

Kaufman Music Center programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York City Council through the good offices of Council Member Helen Rosenthal, the good offices of Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, the National Endowment for the Arts, and are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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