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:
Anonymous
Stanley Cohen and Carrie Chen
Neil and Kathleen Chrisman
Eitan and Malka Evan
Claudio and Penny Pincus
Kenneth Stahl and Shirley Ripullone
ENDOWERS:
Richard and Nurit Amdur
Frederick W. and Candace Beinecke
Donna A. Bernstein
David Grunberg
Dan Grunberg
Eric and Carol Haythorne
Irene Schultz
Marcie Setlow
Reid and Laird White
BENEFACTORS:
Helene Berger
Drs. Mark Cannon and Marcia Levy
Elizabeth and Jonas Dovydenas
Trevor and Denise Forbes
Beverly Hosokawa
Leslie Lassiter
Drs. Edwin and Roselyn Kolodny
Renaissance Investment Group, LLC
Carol Saginaw and Dr. Joachim Frank
John Sandeen
Peter and Jeannine Schoeffer
Kenneth Stark
Edith Velmans
Michael Wise and Susan Pettee
PATRONS:
Charles and Deborah Adelman
Audrey and Ralph Friedner
Susan and Pavel Hillel
Dr. Magda Gabor-Hotchkiss
Joan and James Hunter
Michele Levin and Dr. Thomas Naidich
Dr. Andrea Marks and David Warmflash
Sharon and Irving Picard
Jonathan Swartz
Garen and Stephen Tolkin
SPONSORS:
Dr. Arnold and Sue Cohen
Helga Wall-Apelt
Dr. Harry and Eileen Weinstein
FRIENDS:
Marilyn and Michael Gerhard
Christopher Jones & Deb McAlister
(In honor of Neil and Kathleen Chrisman)
Dr. Louis and Pat Levine
Karen Richards
Jerome I. and Dorothy Rosenberg
Marilyn Shulklapper
Carol Targum (in honor of Penny and Claudio Pincus)
FOUNDATIONS:
The T. Backer Fund
Berger Family Philanthropic Fund
E. Evan Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
Massachusetts Cultural Council
The Claudio and Penny Pincus Foundation
The Prospect Hill Foundation
The Sorel Organization
The Velmans Foundation, Inc.
CULTURAL PARTNERS:
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Saint James Place Cultural Center
WMHT-FM
High Peaks Festival
We gratefully acknowledge the generous supporters who made the 2021 Berkshire High Peaks Festival possible (Donations since December 2020):
ANGELS:
Anonymous, Donna Bernstein, Kathleen and Neil Chrisman, Arthur Chu and Jariya Wanapun, Kenneth Stahl and Shirley Ripullone, Irene Schultz.
PATRONS:
Helene Berger, Dr. Leslie Gold and John Spain, Beverly and Dave Hosokawa, Victoria Miller, Kevin and Hatice Morrissey, Bernadette Dunham and Ray Petryshyn, Garen and Stephen Tolkin, Total Dollar Insurance, Ann M. West.
FRIENDS:
Colin Carr, Elizabeth and Matt Daniels, Catherine Dehoney, Patricia Engel, David Nickels, Judith M. Stehling and Edgar J. Ariza Nino, Kerry Wilkerson, Anzhe Zuo.
Donations to the Piano Scholarship, established in memory of beloved CEWM Board Member Elizabeth Fontaine:
Elizabeth Buckholz, Neil and Kathleen Chrisman, Antonin Ciaccio, Carl and Nancy Ciaccio, Alison Engel, Anne Marie Fontaine, Amy Fontaine, Lizanne Fontaine.
BUSINESS SPONSORS:
