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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 October 5, 2020 through October 5, 2021. Donor levels honor American composers whose works often feature in our concerts.
$5,000-$9,999 Florence PriceFlorence 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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- 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 TowerA 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!”
Phoebe & Gary Mallard
Gordon & Sheila Soper 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 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 CopelandAaron 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.
Jerry Anderson
Margaret Ballard George and Marguerite Chadwick Margarita Garriga Kay & David Green Jocelyn E. Hodges Anthony Iannaccone Janet James Jennifer Lavallee Maurice McCreary Pediatric Associates of Alexandria (Washington Metropolitan Youth Orchestra) Gunja Quigg Eloise Runolfson |
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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 StillWilliam 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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Vladislav Beresovsky Grazina Blekaitis Gary Bravy Dr. Boyd Burris Stephen Carroll Rachel Colombana Carol Close Marcia Crockett Kristin & Clarence Dillon David Jourdan Terence & Janice Kuch David Labovitz Mitchell McCorkle William McDaniel Dennis Murphy Carole Pyle Lynn Ries Gustavo Rodriguez Stephen Salyer 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. |
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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.
- A tin of cool noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call!
$250-$499 Libbey LarsenShe 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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Angela Anderson Vladislav Beresovsky Amanda Bertrand Thomas Boudreau Adrienne G. Cannon Bruce Davies Michael Davis David DeRosa Shannon Dubicki Alam Edelstein Julie Gershunskaya June Hajjar Jane Hughes Kevin Kirby Barbara R. Lowrey Barbara Lunati Rosita Mang John Matzner Amy Medearis James Moody Lisa Motley Brittany Pemberton Deidre Pistochini Claire Randall Nick & Jean Rees John Reiser Donna J. Reuss David & Lynn Riggs Lori Rosenblum Conne & Mark Rubenstein So grateful for all of your programs, especially the Youth Orchestra that has taught our grandson so much! Nancy Sage Daniel Schwaner Krishna Sharma Haskell Small Cheryl Stickley Phillip & Eileen Thompson Dr. Irene Trowell-Harris Susan & Stephen Weigert 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!
$100-$249 Rebecca ClarkeRebecca 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. Anonymous
Mary Adams Catherine Ahmad Linda Atkins Moya Atkinson Sue Bairstow Halina Banas-Jones Joyce Barnes David Bell Kenneth & Lois Bingham Rebecca Brown Carter Bryan, II Betty Bullock Hillary Burchuk Kathleen Burns Calibre Systems William Chadwick Kendra Chambers Marie & Robert Clark Helenmarie A. Corcoran Mrs. Kenneth L. Coskey Gale Curcio Richard Darilek Douglas Davidson Karen B. Davis Steve Deleyiannis Karen K. Delmonico John Sutherland Earle Rebecca Edelstein Christopher Epinger Nancy Fanning Robert Feldman David Fields Kathleen Fonda Richard Franklin Ines Garcia Gay Gardner Robert Gaskins William Gleason Lotte Goldman Theodore Goldman Larry & Catherine Goldschmidt Carol Goodloe Susan Amber Gordon Dana Greene Deborah Haines Barbara Herbst Gary & Cristel Hignett Sally and Carlos Hojvat Margaret Howe Richard Hunt Anthony Iannaccone Erwin Jacobs Ken & Barbara Kauke Carol Anne Kelly Barbara King Daena Kluegel Elizabeth Kluegel Meg Knemeyer Alan Krause Rosalind Krieger Paul Leavitt John & Vivian Lieb Jessi Macleod Egon Marx Neil & Shirley McCallum Marlene McHugh Patricia Mellen Robert Metzer & Judy Boritsky-Metzer Jasmine & Steve Milone Eileen Monnin Kirby Julie Montross Mark Nagumo & Janis L. Dote Thomas Nichols Susan Orlins Mary Padilla Barbara Polhemus Jeanine Poltronieri Victoria Prescott Mary Rice Prosser Arthur Purcell Jon Radel Ronald & Beverly Raphael Wellford Reed Gail Richmond Richard Roesel Bruce Rosenblum Jennifer Roy Elsy Salas Deborah Sanders Thank you to Angela Anderson Mrs. Margaret Schultz & Family Lisa Sears Reita Shaw Mark Shuping John Simpson Emily Soapes Ms. Lee Stang Heidi Sturniolo Jesse Tai Ting Tang Jane Thell Zhou Tian Bruce and Pam Tinker Shaun Tirrell Edward P. Walker & Brenda L. Kurlansik Patricia Washington Benjamin Wensel Gayle & Joe White Katherine Wood Walter Wynn III |
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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!