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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 August 1, 2020 through July 31, 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!”
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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.
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Janet James Jennifer Lavallee Phoebe and Gary Mallard Maurice McCreary Pediatric Associates of Alexandria (Washington Metropolitan Youth Orchestra) Gunja Quigg Eloise Runolfson David and 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 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 Dr. Boyd Burris Stephen Carroll Jocelyn E. Hodges Terence and Janice Kuch Mitchell McCorkle William McDaniel Dennis Murphy Gustavo Rodriguez |
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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 and 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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Jane Hughes David Jourdan David Labovitz Brittany Pemberton Vladislav Beresovsky Kristen and Clarence Dillon June Hajjar Carol Pyle Lynn Ries John Reiser Dr. Irene Trowell-Harris |
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- Recognition in our season brochure, printed programs, and here on our website.
- An eco-friendly tote bag and 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
Henry J. Sgrecci - In recognition of the strong belief of Maestro Ulysses James in continuing to bring quality classical music to the community. Proud of Youth and Concert Orchestra Directors, David Weigert and Randy Ward. Zhou Tian Susan and Stephen Weigert Benjamin Wensel Gayle and Joe White Sheri and Raymond Wolfe 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!