Thank You!
We are grateful to our patrons, donors and subscribers for supporting our programming. Your contributions make it possible.
Close Encounters With Music gratefully acknowledges the generous contributors whose support allows us to fulfill our mission, continue our artistic excellence and provide the highest level of chamber music performance for the Berkshire community. We are most grateful!
Leaders
Richard and Nurit Amdur
Anonymous
Donna A. Bernstein
Stanley Cohen and Carrie Chen
Neil* and Kathleen Chrisman
Michael L. Gordon
Claudio and Penny Pincus
Kenneth Stahl and Shirley Ripullone
Reid and Laird White
*In Memoriam
Endowers
Anonymous (2)
Frederick W. and Candace Beinecke
Travor and Denise Forbes
David Grunberg
Dan Grunberg
Eric and Carol Haythorne
Beverly Hosokawa
Joan and James Hunter
Fredric and Marcie Imberman
Drs. Edwin and Roselyn Kolodny
Leslie Ann Lassiter
Hans and Kate Morris
Irene Schultz
Marcie Setlow
Susan and Judd Shoval
Ian and Manon Slome
Michael Wise and Susan Pettee
Beverley Zabriskie
Benefactors
James and Lorraine Abruzzo
Helene Berger
Don and Maggie Buchwald
Drs. Mark Cannon and Marcia Levy
Mary and Robert Cohen
Elizabeth and Jonas Dovydenas
Susan and Pavel Hillel
Peter and Anne Most
Carol Saginaw and Dr. Joachim Frank
Peter and Jeannine Schoeffer
Delanne Stageman
Kenneth Stark
Hester Velmans and Peter Cherneff
Patrons
Charles and Deborah Adelman
R. O. and Moisha Blechman
Scott Cooper
Richard and Constance Culley
Margaret Deutsch
Joanne Dreher
Marilyn Gerhard
Andrew Green and Shelley Horwitz
Dr. Peter Lalka and Teresa Ribadeneyra
Michele Levin and Dr. Thomas Naidich
Dr. Andrea Marks and David Warmflash
Dr. Kevin P. Morrissey
Sharon and Irving Picard
Karen Richards
Lawrence Rosenthal
Richard and Carol Seltzer
June Stahl*
Jonathan Swartz
Malvina Wasserman
*In honor of Kenneth Stahl
Sponsors
Sue and Arnold Cohen
James and Pat Fingeroth
Rosemarie McManus
Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt
Foundations
The Amdur Family Fund
The T. Backer Fund
Berger Family Philanthropic Fund
Rita Blitt Fund
DAB Charitable Foundation
The Don and Maggie Buchwald Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
Massachusetts Cultural Council
The John C. & Katherine M. Morris Foundation
The Claudio and Penny Pincus Foundation
The Prospect Hill Foundation
Shoval Foundation
The Velmans Foundation, Inc.
Friends
Mark Arisohn and Diane Alexander
Christine Baldridge
Carol Cirigliano
John Egelhofer
Susan Ferris
Dr. Magda Gabor-Hotchkiss
Teresa Grish
Steven and Taly Hahn
Natalie and Roger Matus
Alice McGowan
Andrea and Dr. Fred Mensch
Dr. Elaine B. Panitz
Deborah Powers
Jerome I. and Dorothy Rosenberg
Marilyn Shulklapper
Katherine E. Stookey
Natalie Tublitz
Seth Low-Tufo–in honor of Kenneth Stahl and Shirley Ripullone
Laurie and Jan Werner
Eileen and Joe Wildermuth
Cultural Partners
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Saint James Place
WMHT-FM
Berkshire High Peaks Festival Festival Scholarship Fund
We gratefully acknowledge the generous contributors whose support has made it possible for over 40 international young musicians and 14 faculty members to gather for 10 days of instruction, inspiration and joyful music-making.
Leaders
Leslie Ann Lassiter
Claudio and Penny Pincus
Estate of Judith B. Grunberg
Matching Gift Angels
Helene Berger
Stanley Cohen and Carrie Chen
DAB Charitable Foundation, Donna Bernstein
Dr. Leslie Gold
Beverly Hosokawa
Leslie Lassiter
Louis and Lena Minkoff Foundation
Dr. Kevin Morrissey
Irene Schultz
Kenneth Stahl and Shirley Ripullone
Harvey and Mary Struthers
Garen and Stephen Tolkin
Matching Gift Patrons
James Abruzzo
Drs. Bernadette Dunham and Raymond Petryshyn
Eric and Carol Haythorne
Joan and Jim Hunter
Ian and Manon Slome
Delanne Stageman
Ronnie Streichler
Malvina Wasserman
Sheralyn Watkins
Jan and Laurie Werner
Michael Wise and Susan Pettee
Friends
Leslie Breeding
Carol Cirigliano
Richard Counts
Linda Cross
Anne Lieber
Laraine Lippe
Douglas Mishkin and Wendy Jenner
Alice Model
Karen Richards
Special thanks to Festival hosts:
Kathleen Chrisman
Pat and Louis Levine
Sharon Gregory
Seth Grosshandler and Kim Wright
Beverly Hosokawa
Marcie Setlow