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
Stanley Cohen and Carrie Chen
Kathleen Chrisman
Michael L. Gordon
Claudio and Penny Pincus
Kenneth Stahl and Shirley Ripullone
Kenneth Stahl and Shirley Ripullone
Endowers
James and Lorraine Abruzzo
Anonymous
Frederick W. and Candace Beinecke
Donna A. Bernstein
Dr. Leslie Gold
David Grunberg
Dan Grunberg
Eric and Carol Haythorne
Pavel and Susan Hillel
Beverky Hosokawa
Joan and James Hunter
Frederic and Marcie Imberman
Leslie Lassiter
Roger Persell
Marcie Setlow
Susan and Judd Shoval
Reid and Laird White
Michael Wise and Susan Petee
Michael Wise and Susan Petee
Benefactors
Helene Berger
Maggie Buchwald
Eitan and Malka Evan
Drs. Mark Cannon and Marcia Levy
Elizabeth and Jonas Dovydenas
Trevor and Denise Forbes
Lisa Fox Martin
Carol Saginaw and Joachim Frank
Andrew Green and Shelley Horowitz
Malinka and Kenneth Jackson
Douglas Mishkin and Wendy Jennis
Peter and Jeannine Scoeffer
Delanne Stageman
Kenneth Stark
Kenneth Stark
Patrons
Charles and Deborah Adelman
Scott Cooper
Joanne Dreher
Dr. Frederic and Nancy Fagelman
Drs. Edwin and Roselyn Kolodny
Michele Levin and Dr. Thomas Naidich
Irving and Sharon Picard
Karen Richards
Abby Schroeder
Gary Schlesinger and Sarah Stemp
Dr. Andrea Marks and David Warmflash
Malvina Wasserman
Malvina Wasserman
Friends
Drs. Arnold and Sue Cohen
James and Patricia Fingeroth
Joanne Greenberg
Sharon M. Gregory
Dana M. Guiliano
Sally Haver*
Charles Houghton and Lise Bang Jensen
Dr. Louis and Pat Levine
Janis Martinson and Steve Sagarin
Roger and Natalie Matus
Donald Morrison
Rabbi Stephan and Zelda Parnes
Deborah Powers
Jerome and Dorothy Rosenberg
Marilyn Shulklapper
June Stahl**
Natalie Tublitz
Jan and Laurie Werner
*in honor of Caitlin Marsden McNeill
** in honor of Kenneth Stahl
** in honor of Kenneth Stahl
Foundations
The Amdur Family Fund
The Buchwald Family Foundation
DAB Charitable Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
Konstantin Family Foundation
May Family Foundation
Massachusetts Cultural Council
The Claudio and Penny Pincus Foundation
The Prospect Hill Foundation
The Prospect Hill Foundation
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
Claudio and Penny Pincus
Estate of Judith B. Grunberg
Matching Gift Angels
Anonymous
Helene Berger
Stanley Cohen and Carrie Chen
DAB Charitable Foundation, Donna A. Bernstein
Eitan and Malka Evan
Dr. Leslie Gold
Beverly Hosokawa
Leslie Ann 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 Nelson Fernandez
Susan Ferris
Eric and Carol Haythorne
Ernest Hunt III and Elsie Hunt
Joan and Jim Hunter
Siousset Family
Ian and Manon Slome
Roz and Allerton Smith
Delanne Stageman
Ronnie Streichler
Malvina Wasserman
Sheralyn Watkins
Jan and Laurie Werner
Michael Wise and Susan Pettee
Friends
Leslie Breeding
Thomas F. Bundy, Jr.
Carol Cirigliano
Richard Counts
Linda Cross
Lena Edlund
Laurie Fendrich and Peter Plagens Pamela Graf
Peter Hanson and Irmgard Selle Kathryn G. Johnson
Anne Lieber
Laraine Lippe
Douglas Mishkin and Wendy Jenner Alice Model
Karen Richards
Delanne Stageman
Brenda and Peter Swords
Special thanks to Festival hosts:
Kathleen Chrisman
Pat and Louis Levine
Sharon Gregory
Seth Grosshandler and Kim Wainwright
Beverly Hosokawa
Marcie Setlow
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