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Our  Donors! 

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association gratefully acknowledges the members of our evergrowing donor family! These individuals and organizations have demonstrated at commitment to the arts and improving our community. The following reflects gifts and pledges received from September 1, 2021 through May 10, 2022. Donor levels honor American composers whose works often feature in our concerts.  

$5,000-$9,999    Florence Price

Florence Price, 1887-1953. A 1906 graduate of the New England Conservatory, Price was the first African American woman to have her music played by a major orchestra — the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which performed her first symphony after she took first place in the Wanamaker Foundation Awards. She incorporated American folk tunes and material from the African American religious tradition in her native South in expressive, accomplished works.
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​William & Janet James​
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  • Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website. 
  • Opportunity to sit on stage among the Orchestra musicians during a concert rehearsal. Offered 2-3 times a year.
  • Reserved seating at all concerts​. Must notify 48 hrs in advance by emailing contact@wmpamusic.org.
  • Special guest seating at our monthly Online Concerts recording sessions at the Lyceum. Must notify 48 hrs in advance by emailing contact@wmpamusic.org.
  • A tin of cool noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call!

$2,500-$4,999   Joan  Tower

A doyenne of American orchestral composers, Tower, 78, is known to many for her six "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman,” a pendant to Aaron Copland’s ubiquitous musical prelude. However, these are relatively small works in a catalogue that has moved from early serialism to music that is impressionistic, colorful, and direct, like “Sequoia” (1981). Another signature piece, "Made in America" (2006), was performed in all 50 states before taking a Grammy award for Best Classical Composition in 2008. In music, she told an interviewer in 2015, “the gender issue is nonexistent. … Now, outside the music, there’s all sorts of problems!”
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​Gordon & Sheila Soper
​Warren Zwicky
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  • Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website.  
  • Opportunity to sit on stage among the Orchestra musicians during a concert rehearsal (offered 2-3 times a year)
  • Reserved seating at all concerts (must notify contact@wmpamusic.org 48 hours prior to concert)
  • Special guest seating at our monthly Online Concerts recording sessions Concerts recording sessions at the Lyceum. Must notify 48 hrs in advance by emailing contact@wmpamusic.org.
  • A pair of engraved sommelier wine glasses and a tin of noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call! 

$1,000-$2,499   Aaron Copeland

Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, and went on to study piano and composition and studying in Europe for some time. He became one of the century’s foremost composers with highly influential music that had a distinctive blend of classical, folk and jazz idioms. Some of Copland’s most prominent pieces included Fanfare for the Common Man, El Salon Mexico and Appalachian Spring, for which he won the Pulitzer. An Oscar-winning writer of film scores as well, Copland died on December 2, 1990.
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Jerry Anderson
Margaret Ballard

George and Marguerite Chadwick
Martha Ellison
Margaret Garriga
Ulysses S. James

​Phoebe & Gary Mallard
Maurice McCreary
​David & Suzanne Schwark
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  • Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website.
  • Opportunity to sit on stage among the Orchestra musicians during a concert rehearsal (offered 2-3 times a year)
  • Reserved seating  at all concerts (must notify contact@wmpamusic.org 48 hours prior to concert)
  • Special guest seating at our monthly Online Concerts recording sessions at the Lyceum. Must notify 48 hrs in advance by emailing contact@wmpamusic.org.
  • An eco-friendly umbrella and a tin of cool noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call!

$500-$999   William  Grant  Still

​William Grant Still, (born May 11, 1895, Woodville, Mississippi, U.S.—died December 3, 1978, Los Angeles, California), American composer and conductor and the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States. Though a prolific composer of operas, ballets, symphonies, and other works, he was best known for his Afro-American Symphony (1931).
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Angela Anderson
Moya Atkinson 
I appreciate the many years I played cello with the Philharmonic. Special thanks to Maestro James! May WMPA continue to provide great pleasure, not only to the audience but to the musicians and volunteers who support WMPA's ongoing success.
Stephen Carroll
Rachel Colombana
​Michael & Elizabeth Davis
​Kay & David Green
Michael & Anne Kuprenas
In honor of Mr. James' tremendous contributions to youth and adult music performances opportunities
Jennifer Lavallee
Dennis Murphy
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  • Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website.
  • Special guest seating at our monthly Online Concerts recording sessions at the Lyceum. Must notify 48 hrs in advance by emailing contact@wmpamusic.org.
  • An eco-friendly tote bag & a tin of cool noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call!

$250-$499   Libbey Larsen

She has created a catalogue of over 500 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral works and over 15 operas. Grammy award-winning and widely recorded, including over 50 CDs of her work, she is constantly sought after for commissions and premieres by major artists, ensembles, and orchestras around the world, and has established a permanent place for her works in the concert repertory.
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William Chadwick
Carol Coose
Marcia Crockett
​Bruce Davies
Toward the continuation of Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Kristin & Clarence Dillon
Alan Edelstein

June Hajjar
Saruhan & Kavita Hatipoglu

David Labovitz
Amy Medearis
John Rees 
In honor of Maestro James
John Reiser
​Lynn Ries
Cheryl Stickley
Robert Tomaro
Sending heartiest congratulations to Maestro James on the upcoming completion of his remarkable tenure with WMPA! 
Irene Trowell-Harris ​
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  • Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website.
  • An eco-friendly tote bag & a tin of cool noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call!

$100-$249   Rebecca  Clarke

Rebecca Clarke achieved what she called “my one little whiff of success”
​in 1919 when her Viola Sonata tied for first place in a competition sponsored by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Clarke lived much of her life in the US, although she was born and educated in Great Britain. Striking for its passion and power, her music spans a range of 20th-century styles including Impressionism, post-Romantic, and neo-Classical. Although she wrote nearly 100 works (including songs, choral works, chamber pieces and music for solo piano), only 20 pieces were published in her lifetime, and by the time of her death in 1979, at age 93, all of these were long out of print.
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Susan Bairstow
Halina Banas-Jones
John & Joette Bassler
Beau Soir Ensemble
Wendy Benchley
Vladimir Beresovsky
Grazina Blekaitis

Carter Bryan, II
Betty Bullock
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Adrienne G. Cannon
Robert Clark
Richard Darilek
Douglas Davidson
Shannon Dubicki
John Sutherland Earle
In honor of Ul James, with appreciation for all he has done to share great music during this difficult time
Florence Fasanelli
Robert Feldman
In honor of my Brown U. classmate and stellar trombonist, Jim James
David Fields
Meira Fried
Ines Garcia
Gay Gardner
Robert Gaskins
Larry & Catherine Goldschmidt
Carol Goodloe
Julia Gershunskaya
Deborah Haines
Jane Hughes & William Jokela

David Jourdan​ in memory of Kathleen Jourdan
Carol Kelly
Daena Kluegel
Elizabeth Kluegel
Meg Knemeyer
Joan Leonard
John & Vivian Lieb
Barbara R. Lowrey
Jessi Macleod
Rosita Mang
​John Matzner
Carol McGinnis
Jasmine Milone
Eileen Monnin Kirby
Kevin Kirby
Lisa Motley
Mary Nayak
Brittany Pemberton
Vassilios Pipis
Deidre Pistochini
Carol Pyle
Ron & Beverly Raphael
David & Lynn Riggs
Jennifer Roy

Nancy Sage
Ralph & Nancy Schuetz
William K. Schultz

​​Henry J. Sgrecci In support of the marvelous work by Ul, Caroline, Larry, David, Randy, and all the Board members. I applaud you for continuing to extend great music to the community during the pandemic.
​Richard Shea
John Simpson
Joan Singer
Lee Smith
Bruce & Pam Tinker
Edward P. Walker & Brenda L. Kurlansik
Patricia Washington
Gayle & Joe White
Sheri & Raymond Wolfe
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  • Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website.
  • A tin of cool noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call!

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