Special thanks is due to our supporters*
who help make our work possible:
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 — 1799) : $50 - $149
Composer, conductor, violinist, and prize-winning fencer, Saint-Georges remains the only world class musician
to have taught music to Marie Antoinette and to have fought in the French Revolution.
to have taught music to Marie Antoinette and to have fought in the French Revolution.
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Amy Advocat
Patricia Au Katherine Balch Thomas Barth Kristen Bartucca Elisa Birdseye Paul & Althea Bolster Jeanette Callahan Scott Chamberlin Greg Childress Theodore Daiber Iris Du Pont Steve Farrell Carole Friedman Karen Gahagan |
Clare Glackin
Gisela Griffith Joe & Mary Jane Gruninger Jim Haber Kalya Hamlett Murray Hillary Harder Lisa Hasko Frank Impelluso Dave Jamrog Rev. Dr. Xavier Johnson John Kelly III Rebecca Kirk Emerson Kington Kristo Kondakci |
Ben Kulp
Robert & Margo Lathrop Cherrice Lattimore Steven Lewis Andrew List Heath Marlow David McNeeley Pamela & Dennis Morris Mark Mullins Charles & Emily Murphy Julia Murphy Roxanna Myhrum Abigail Norman Martin & Kathleen Pasqualini |
Martha Robinson
Daniel Ross Beth Rubin Susan Ruf David Sanford Linda Seaver Alexandra Sopp James Sorenson Jennifer Torrence Valerie Thompson Ilya Vidrin Joplin & Alison Wistar Adam Workman Deborah Selig Zavracky |
Florence Price (1887 — 1953) : $150 - $299
An alumna of New England Conservatory, Price became the first Black woman to have an orchestral work
performed by a major symphony orchestra, and was also a teacher to Margaret Bonds.
performed by a major symphony orchestra, and was also a teacher to Margaret Bonds.
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Suzanne Asher
Victoria Lynn Awkward Laonikos Psimikakis Chalkokondylis Marlanda Dekine Christina English Mary Ferrillo Becca Hasko David & Charrisse Howse |
Frederich Johnson
Rev. Dr. Xavier L. Johnson Phoebe Lindsay Cindy & Bradley Maroni Francesca McNeeley Sylvia & Ralph Memolo Denver Miller |
Theodore Murphy
Peggy Pearson Suzanne Ricco Meerenai Shim Marshunda Smith Margot Schwartz Daniel Toner Lisa Wong |
L. Viola Kinney (c. 1890 — 1945) : $300 - $499
Lady Viola Kinney’s only surviving work, the incredibly moving and prize-winning “Mother’s Sacrifice” for solo piano,
is among the few works of published music by Black women composers before 1910.
is among the few works of published music by Black women composers before 1910.
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Daniel Callahan
Kate Dobbins Emily Doolittle Dimitra Emmanouilidou Joshua Hahn |
Diana Hunt
Phil Lima Sara O'Brien Nicholas Shellenberger |
William Grant Still (1895 —1978) : $500 - $999
“The Dean of Afro-American Composers,” Still is a prestigious composer-conductor whose career included
many firsts for Black musicians. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
many firsts for Black musicians. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
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Charles Anderson
Michael Baum Sara O'Brien John Carey John Clippinger Courtney Closson Lynn DuVal Luse Maria Finkelmeier, Kadence Arts |
Patricia & Robert Dixon-Gordon
Kyle Grimes, WCVB TV5 "CityLine" Lee Koonce Leona McCarthy, WCVB TV5 "CityLine" Mike Peluse & Hannah Weisman Lorraine & Lee Steele Marcus Thompson Phyllis & Bud Wulliman |
Marian Anderson (1897 — 1993) : $1,000 - $4,999
Internationally acclaimed contralto, Marian Anderson performed in the world’s most prestigious venues as well as
on the Lincoln Memorial Steps for an audience of 75,000, and millions more on the radio.
on the Lincoln Memorial Steps for an audience of 75,000, and millions more on the radio.
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Jonathan Aibel
Elizabeth Bierer Arlene & Larry Dunn Herbert Fox Stephen Symchych Felipe Venegas & Jessi Rosinski |
Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music at Columbia University
Harvard Musical Association Howard & Katherine Aibel Fitch Foundation New Music USA |
COLERIDGE TAYLOR-PERKINSON (1932 — 2004) : $5,000+
Composer, conductor, and pianist, “Perk’s” music can be heard in concert halls as well as in films,
including “A Warm December” (1973), starring Sidney Poitier.
including “A Warm December” (1973), starring Sidney Poitier.
*From July 1, 2021-March 3, 2022
