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WMPA would like to express its warmest gratitude to our growing family of donors demonstrating a commitment to the performing arts and improving our community. The following reflects gifts received from March 10, 2023 through
March 10, 2024. Donor levels honor American composers whose works feature in our concerts.
* Local Business Partner
** Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic musician
^ The Ulysses James Legacy Fund
March 10, 2024. Donor levels honor American composers whose works feature in our concerts.
* Local Business Partner
** Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic musician
^ The Ulysses James Legacy Fund
$10,000+ Samuel BarberSamuel Osmond Barber II (1910-81) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. His Adagio for Strings (1936) has earned a permanent place in the concert repertory of orchestras. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music twice: for his opera Vanessa (1955-57) and for the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1962). Also widely performed is his Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947), a setting for soprano and orchestra of a prose text by James Agee. At the time of Barber's death, nearly all of his compositions had been recorded.
Gordon & Sheila Soper^ May this donation help keep alive the absolutely outstanding contributions Ul James has made to WMPA throughout his tenure as "The Maestro"
Warren Zwicky |
- Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website
- Invitation to a dinner hosted by the Music Director and Executive and Artistic Planning Director
- An open invitation to sit among the Philharmonic musicians during a concert rehearsal
- A pair of engraved sommelier wine glasses, an eco-friendly umbrella, and cool, noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call!
$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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Margaret M. Ballard^ WMPA has risen to its high level talent & community involvement through the continued tireless efforts of Maestro James. Thank you, Ul!!! Galena-Yorktown Foundation Gary & Phoebe Mallard |
- Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website
- An open invitation to sit among the Philharmonic musicians during a concert rehearsal
- A pair of engraved sommelier wine glasses, an eco-friendly umbrella, and cool, noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call!
$2,500-$4,999 Jennifer HigdonJennifer Higdon is one of America's most acclaimed and most frequently performed living composers. She is a major figure in contemporary Classical music, receiving the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her Violin Concerto, a 2010 Grammy for her Percussion Concerto, a 2018 Grammy for her Viola Concerto and a 2020 Grammy for her Harp Concerto. In 2018 Higdon received the Nemmers Prize from Northwestern University which is given to living composers of exceptional achievement who have significantly influenced the field of composition. Most recently, the recording of Higdon's Percussion Concerto was inducted into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. Higdon enjoys several hundred performances a year of her works, and blue cathedral is today's most performed contemporary orchestral work, with more than 600 performances worldwide. Her works have been recorded on more than 70 CDs. Higdon's first opera, Cold Mountain, won the International Opera Award for Best World Premiere and its recording was nominated for 2 Grammy awards.
Edward Farren
Donna Reuss Nancy West In honor of John Charles West III |
- Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website
- A pair of engraved sommelier wine glasses and cool, noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call!
$1,000-$2,499 Aaron CoplandAaron 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.
Angela Stover Anderson
Samuel & Patricia Boglio Dr. Boyd Burris Marguerite Chadwick In memory of George A. Chadwick III Rachel Colombana Helenmarie Corcoran In honor of Ul James Bruce Davies** Sarah Fredell June Hajjar^ Jocelyn E. Hodges Karl Hovey** In honor of Ul James Joan Huffer & Rob Duffer Jane Hughes** & William Jokela Ulysses S. James** John Kean^ Jennifer Ngai Lavallee Dennis Murphy** Pediatric Associates of Alexandria* Carole A. Pyle^ Lynn Ries Margaret Ann Roddy Mr. David C. Schwark & Mrs. Suzanne C. Schwark |
- Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website
- An eco-friendly umbrella and 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).
Jerry Andersen
Mary Ballard Thomas Boudreau Gary Bravy Cedar Knoll* Carol Coose In honor of Ul James; WMPA is the best! Michael & Liz Davis^ Sallie Forman Inés Garcia Kay & David Green David Labovitz Brittany Pemberton** David & Lynn Riggs^ Nancy Sage In honor of Ul James, conductor extraordinaire! Ralph & Nancy Schuetz In honor of the incredible Maestro Ul James. May you and Nancy have a long & happy retirement. Dr. Irene Trowell-Harris Jaqueline Zins |
- Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website.
- Two eco-friendly tote bags & a two tins 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.
Barre3 - 14th Street*
John & Jouette Bassler Anna Binneweg** Stephanie Bisson Grazina Blekaitis In honor of Ul James Shannon M. Dubicki^ Phyllis Gron Saruhan & Kavita Hatipoglu Hai Jin** David Jourdan With love, in memory of Kathleen Jourdan Joseph Keum** Kevin** & Eileen Kirby^ David Labovitz Crystal Lee** In memory of Helen Shields, my late sweet mother who supported & championed my musical talent Amy Medearis** James Moody Thomas Nichols & Virginia Keeley Julie Pangelinan** Deidre Pistochini Claire Randall** John Reiser Stephen Salyer Henry Sgrecci & Susan Hertzler Pamela & Richard Shafto Cheryl Stickley** Phillip & Eileen Thompson Walter Wynn III** |
- 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 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. Annemarie Anderson**
Reinaldo Luis Andujar Sue Bairstow Sanja Basaric Suzana Basaric-Ilic Vanja Basaric David Bell The Bodeens Tanya Bodzin Judith Borisky-Metzger In honor of Ulysses James Carter Bryan, II** Betty Bullock Hillary Burchuk** Jessica Burmester^ Bruce Carlson Marie Carr William & Peggy Chadwick^ Marcia Crockett Gale Curcio Richard Darilek Robert Dickinson, Sr. Susan & Scott Dickinson Myris Dierlich^ Kevin & Sharon Dooley^ Ed Downs & James Andrews Vesna Durkovic John Sutherland Earle^ In honor of and with thanks to Ul James for his many years of service in outstanding music-making! Alan Edelstein Rebecca Edelstein** Christopher Epinger** In honor of Frank Joseph Epinger David Fields Richard & Kathleen Fonda Richard Franklin Gay Gardner^ Julia Gershunskaya Becky Gladstone In memory of Bill Houpt, who loved to hear Amy play Carol Goodloe Julia Greenway Greenwold Family Foundation Stanley Gryskiewicz Barbara Haley Margaret Harrison In memory of Joan Liebman Gary & Christel Hignett^ Sal Hosfelt Ann Houpt In honor of Amy Medearis Slavica Ilic** Nancy James^ Carol Anne Kelly Joseph Keum** John Kilduff Gloria Kim** Elizabeth Kluegel In memory of Ken Kluegel, lifelong supporter of the arts John & Vivian Lieb Barbara R. Lowrey Donna MacPherson John Matzner** Carol & Robert McGinnis Patsy McGovern Marlene McHugh Rekha Mehra Michelle Mellgren Martin Menez Laura Dickinson Miller Jasmine & Stephen Milone James Moody Lisa Motley Joan Banks Mulcahy In honor of Caroline Mousset! Ruth O'Connell^ Sean O'Keefe Charles Pemberton In honor of Mrs. Vivian Pemberton Barbara Polhemus Nick & Jean Rees Gail & David Richmond Dan & Nancy Ries Ellen Ruina In honor of Warren Zwicky Elsy Salas In honor of Caroline Mousset Krishna Sarma^ William K. Schultz Glenn Scimonelli** Pamela Shafto Richard Shafto Richard Shea^ John Simpson Joan Singer Ul James is amazing! He took a local chamber orchestra & developed it into a major cultural player in NoVa. WMPA provides Alexandria with a first-rate chamber music series, filling an enormous gap in our cultural life. Bravo, WMPA! Lee Smith Heidi Sturniolo** In honor of Maestro James Robert Sutter Benjamin & Emily Tsai Bettina Tucker^ Ruth Tucker Mladena & Vlado Vučetić Edward P. Walker & Brenda L. Kurlansik Melinda Ward** Jeanne & Bill Washburn Patricia Washington Stephen Weigert & Susan Weigert Gayle & Joe White^ Jamie White^ Thank you for a long friendship & music made together over the years! Sheri & Raymond Wolfe |
- Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website
- A tin of cool, noiseless peppermints. Pick yours up at Will Call!