SUMMER 2017

Quarterly news from Education Through Music

Education Through Music raised over $900,000 for its New York City music education program at the annual Children’s Benefit Gala held June 12, 2017, at Cipriani 42nd Street. This highly-anticipated annual gala is ETM’s largest fundraising event sup-

Quality music education for all children

porting the steadily growing roster of schools and students who benefit from music education as part of a complete academic curriculum. The Gala honored real estate giant Cush-man & Wakefield for their generous support of music education in New

York City schools. John Santora, Vice Chairman, President, Tri-State Re-gion, accepted the award on behalf of Cushman & Wakefield.

Bob Costas served as master

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Renée Fleming performs “Over the Rainbow” at the 2017 ETM Children’s Benefit Gala as students from ETM partner schools listen.

ETM Children’s Benefit Gala Honors Cushman & WakefieldInternational Opera Star Renée Fleming, Grammy Award-Winning Violinist Joshua Bell and Time for Three Perform in Support of Music Education

Cushman & Wakefield Vice Chairman, President, New York Tri-State Region John Santora, accepts the ETM

Gala Honoree Award on behalf of Cushman & Wakefield.

Photos Sylvain Gaboury/PMC

WABC-TV in New York City, ran the evening’s paddle raiser.

The evening included a sumptu-ous dinner, world-class entertain-ment and one-of-a-kind live and si-lent auction items for the 420 guests, including actress and singer Vanessa Williams and America’s Got Talent 2016 participants Raii and Whitney Smith.

“The Children’s Benefit Gala is the high point of our fundraising year because it unites all the generous sponsors, donors, friends, students, principals and teachers as well as ETM staff members and volunteers for an evening of celebration of all that the ETM program has accom-plished,” says ETM Executive Director Katherine Damkohler. “We are truly blessed. The ETM music educa-tion program’s steady growth over the last 26 years — doubling in size since 2012 — would not be possible without our generous supporters. The funding we receive at the Children’s Benefit Gala will greatly increase the impact and expansion of our pro-gram.”

FOUNDERSEldon C. Mayer, Jr.Edmund R. Schroeder

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFKatherine Damkohler, Executive Director Penny Swift, Chief Operating OfficerRainah Berlowitz, Director of OperationsKatherine Canning, Director of Development & Program EvaluationTim Lemberger, Director of Marketing & CommunicationsMaya Cernotova, Finance ManagerCristina Fahrbach-Connors, Human Resources GeneralistGeraldine Inoa, Grant WriterAlicia Jensen, Senior Marketing & Communications AssociateLina Li, Finance AssociateMicah Nelson, Evaluation AssociateRachel Starr, Development Manager Austin Stewart, Marketing & Communications AssociateCaroline Vigneron, Development Assistant

PROGRAM STAFFPeter Pauliks, Director of ProgramsNicholas LaFleur, Deputy Director, Partner School ProgramsMeryl Cullom, Professional Development Specialist - Curriculum and IntegrationJeffrey Lipton, Assistant Program Director Deidre Racoma, Assistant Program DirectorRachael CarsonErin GiacintoAlice RogersKaitlin SimonsonUlises Solano

Music Teacher MentorsJulia Wolfe, Program Associate

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Richard Bernstein, ChairmanAly Alibhai, Vice-ChairKatherine D. Elliott, TreasurerEdmund R. Schroeder, Chairman EmeritusJoshua BellMichael Y. FangGus FieldAidan FitzmauriceVictor J. GoldbergKaren M. KarlsrudMatthew F. KnouffAndrew J. MalikJoseph F. McDonaldAmie PatelRadhika RayF. Morgan Rodd, Jr. Michael R. SchaeferHeidi StamasDavid E. StieplemanManoj SusarlaEmily H. Susskind Robert A. WeisstuchSteven J. Williams

ADVISORY COMMITTEEThe 5 Browns Misha Dichter Dante DiLoreto Marilyn Horne Jane Remer Gloria Reuben Harold Tanner

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of ceremonies and kicked off the evening sharing his insights about the important benefits of music, like sports, on a child’s overall academic and social development. Guests were then treated to special performances by ETM partner school students; Grammy Award-winning violinist and longstanding ETM Board member Joshua Bell; international opera superstar Renée Fleming and string trio sensation Time for Three.

P.S. 91 Principal Meridith Struhl Nasjletti and M.S. 180 Principal Mar-lon Williams both spoke about the impact of partnering with Education Through Music.

“I can truly say, with absolute confidence, that music education has turned the students of P.S. 91 into leaders and dreamers. I will forever be grateful to ETM for their unwaver-ing support of and commitment to my school and my students,” said Principal Nasjletti.

Esteemed auctioneer Selby Kiffer oversaw the live auction of items including exclusive vacations and entertainment experiences, and Bill Evans, senior meteorologist for

Grammy Award-winning Violinist Joshua Bell and string trio Time for Three perform with ETM orchestra students from M.S. 180 in the Bronx.

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Record Number of Students Perform at End-of-the-Year ETM Festival at Lehman College

Over 1,300 elementary and middle school band, orchestra and choir students from ETM partner schools traveled to the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx to celebrate music education at the fifth annual ETM Festival. This year’s event was the largest gathering of students since the ETM Festival began and included the addition of choir students to the lineup of perfor-mance groups.

The two-day festival kicked off each morning with enthusiastic renditions of the National Anthem followed by performances by orches-tras and choirs on June 6th and band performances on June 7. Students celebrated their musical achieve-ments and performed alongside their peers for an audience of school, fam-ily and community supporters.

Melissa and Shawna, eighth-grade students from M.S. 180 in the

Bronx, who play in both their school’s orchestra and jazz band were eager to share their excitement as they prepared to take the stage on June 6. “I felt nervous when I performed at my first ETM Festival in fifth grade. Now I feel very confident and a little sentimental because this will be my last festival,” remarked Tawrat.

“I can express myself through playing music and I can see all I have accomplished since I played my first note on my trumpet,” said Marissa. “When I notice new students strug-gling in band or orchestra, I try to mentor the younger players because I know how hard it can be to start playing an instrument,” she added.

Following each school’s perfor-mance, employee volunteers with Cushman & Wakefield and Goldman Sachs presented students with an ETM Festival medal for success-fully completing a year of music

while each music director received a trophy to mark their school’s musical achievements.

“We are excited to celebrate the accomplishments of our students at the annual ETM Festival, the year-end performance showcasing partner school students’ musical achieve-ments,” says ETM Executive Director Katherine Damkohler. “It is so gratify-ing to witness the transformation of these students into confident musi-cians who have devoted themselves to learning their instrument and repertoire. The ETM Festival is the culmination of all their hard work on a large-scale concert stage.”

ETM Partner School orchrestra students from P.S. 91 in the Bronx are introduced at this year’s ETM Festival by music teacher Khristine Raymond.

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2017 ETM Children’s Benefit Emcee Bob Costas and WABC-TV senior meteorologist Bill Evans.

ETM Children’s Benefit Gala

ETM partner school students performing at the ETM Children’s Benefit Gala.

ETM Bronx partner school principals Marlon Williams (M.S. 180) and Meridith Struhl Nasjletti (P.S. 91) spoke about how the music programs have transformed their schools.

ETM Board Chairman Richard Bernstein, Cushman & Wakefield Vice Chairman and President of the Tri-State region John Santora, Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell and Cushman & Wakefield employees.

ETM partner school students ring bells and sing to welcome guests to the 2017 ETM Children’s Benefit Gala.

Singer, actress, dancer and author Vanessa Williams.

From America’s Got Talent fame, singers Raii and Whitney.

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2017 ETM Festival

Peter Pauliks, ETM’s Director of Programs, introduces the P.S. 175 c hoir from Queens.

Bronx students from the P.S. 169 string orchestra stay focused during their performance.

Trumpet players from Bronx schools P.S./M.S. 89 and M.S. 355 performed together. A student proudly displays his 2017 ETM Festival medal.

Bronx students from the P.S. 48 band show great poise during their performance.

A Bronx bass player in the P.S. 68 string orchestra.

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SupportersETM thanks the following donors for their generous contributions between January 19 and June 15, 2017. If you wish to join this list, please return the enclosed envelope, call 212-972-4788 or visit www.ETMonline.org to donate.

AdobeVikas AgrawalAly and Shazma AlibhaiThe Allstate FoundationAltus GroupAmazonSmile FoundationClara Anderson*Emma AndersonAnonymous (2)Anonymous (29)Apple, Inc.Jody and John ArnholdAspiriantArie AttiaChris BalducciJan BaldwinThe Bangs-Russell FoundationMaya BarrowThe Richard & Eslyn Bassuk Foundation, Inc.Octavian BeleaBenchmark BuildersEdward H. Benenson FoundationDaniel and Colette BennettJohn BenoitBill and Lori BernsteinIgor BernsteinLauren BernsteinRichard Bernstein and Janice AbbottCarol BilottiLouis and Gina BisogniBoddewyn Gaynor Architects, d.p.c.The Boeing CompanyMark P. BoisiStuart and Cheryl BondellDorothy BongiornoBorah Goldstein Altschuler Nahins & Goidel, P.C.Sue Brennan*Cornelius BresnahanRobert BresnahanBricks and Sticks CommunicationsJennifer BurnsAlison Cairnes*Tom R. CampJames CampbellGabriella S. CantoniDavid J. CarrTim CarterCBRECharityBuzzChristine ChiNatasha ChrissCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPAndrew and Amy ColeCheryl M. ColesSophia ConstantinidesCopper Hill Development Inc.Corcoran Group Real EstateCords For MusicMary Ann CorioJoAnn CorkranJoan M. Cornell

Diane CostelloCove Property GroupCUNY Campaign for Charitable GivingCushman & WakefieldDairy Free TVKatherine and Walter DamkohlerD’Avanzo FamilyLenore and Robert DavisPaul DeBenedittisMarcia Delich BraunDesign RepublicAnthony DiFilippiDiane DiFilippiDana and Jean-Pierre DubreuilAlok DuttThe Durst OrganizationDeborah EastburnEClinicalWorksEducational Testing ServiceDr. Ebby ElahiKatherine D. Elliott and Richard S. AbramsonSherry Ellis*Justin EtzinPepper EvansEvensonBestBeau EverettFacility Solutions GroupMichael FangBurton and Helaine FendelmanGus and Lisa FieldRonald and Paula FillerCharles and Joan FirnsteinHenry FisherAidan and Edwina FitzmauriceJessica FitzmauriceRachel FitzmauriceAlison Flamm*David Flomenhaft, LCSW, PhDSandra FoschiDiane FoxEve Fox and Ron AlbersSteve FoxLucy FrattaroliAdaline FrelinghuysenRussell FreymanFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPMarc FriedmanBonnie GaleJan GarciaJudith Garson and Steven RappaportGenslerGeorgetown University CabaretKarla GibsonVictor Goldberg and Patricia WaldeckGoldman SachsDavid Goldstein and Elizabeth Benintendi-GoldsteinRobert Goldstein

Google Matching Gifts ProgramSteve and Marlee GordonRobert GormanAlison and Jonathan GottsegenDeborah GrausmanGary GretarssonThe Bill Grossman Fund of the Isidore Grossman FoundationDean HacohenLauren HaleThe Hampshire Companies, LLCEdward Handelman FundLarry HanleyAaron HanszBarbara HarkinsMatthew HarnischOlivia Harris*Miranda Heller and Mark SalkindKatherine HendersonDavid Hershey-WebbBarbi HodgesRosalba HuertaDuane HughesThomas and Lisa HumbertIcon Parking SystemsIGiveAnn-Marie InkpenIntel Corporation Matching GiftsInternational Monetary FundIsland Architectural WoodworkPhilip JackJulie Jack-PreismanThe Jacobs Family FundJAD Corporation of AmericaJCPenneyIan and Kelly JohnsonJustGive.orgKaren Karlsrud and Raymond MikulichBarbara Kassel*Jules Kaufman and Ann MacDougallThomas M. KeatingMark KellyConor KennyBrian and Margaret KernighanSelby and Mary KifferMark and Sheila KindigStacy KingRichard Klein and Amy SolasMatthew F. KnouffLeah KoehlerElizabeth KramerMatt KudlaNathan and Victoria LanierKate LearGail LeibowitzThe Leir Charitable FoundationsMathew J. LevineJoshua LevyDebra and Dale LewisGeorge LewisRobert C. LieberLifschultz Family Charitable Fund

The Lifschultz-Stiepleman Charitable FundBen LindberghChristopher Linehan*Barry and Harriet LipsitzDino and Donna LisoSusan LongoskyJohn LoZitoKimberly E. LunettaLutz & CarrGary and Charlene MacDougalMack-Cali Realty CorporationKatherine MacKinnonAndrew J. Malik and Elizabeth Smith-MalikKathleen MarchettiDavid and Sally MarcusCindy MarinakRichard and Debra MarkMaxmara RetailJames McCaffreyLydia McCoyDonogh McDonaldJoseph McDonaldLisa McEnerySandra McFarlandKristine MchughMcKesson FoundationPatrick MealyRuth MerkMerrill DataSiteGayle and Andy MeyerMicrosoft Matching Gifts ProgramNancy MorrisonLinda and Ed MorseJulia MurphyNorma MyersSaya NagoriCharles and Margaret NastroNELSONNew York City Combined Federal CampaignNew York LifeNewmark Grubb Knight FrankCharron C. Mitchell NguessanJack NizewitzMartha O’DayAnnette and Mike O’HanlonEmmett O’LearyKristina OrzechowskiOTG ManagementParamount Group, Inc.James PeckJock PflugCarl and Betty PforzheimerDoug PlautMaureen PlitzuweitThe Polak FamilyPotbelly Sandwich WorksAna M. PriuJean Rabunski*RAII and WhitneyRadhika Ray

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Allied WorldNew York City Council Member Maria del Carmen ArroyoLily Auchincloss FoundationRose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable TrustBangs-Russell FoundationBettina Baruch FoundationBay and Paul FoundationsNew York State Assembly Member Michael BenedettoRhea Blackwood FoundationMartha and John William Bradshaw Charitable Lead TrustBrodsky Family FoundationNew York City Council Member Fernando CabreraCMA FoundationColgate-Palmolive CompanyCon EdisonD’Addario Music FoundationDancing Tides FoundationWilliam and Muriel Elliott FoundationFind Your Light FoundationFord FoundationSidney E. Frank Foundation

New York City Council Member Vanessa L. GibsonGilder FoundationNew York State Assembly Member Mark GjonajGoldman Sachs GivesJerome L. Greene FoundationNew York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. HeastieJockey Hollow FoundationHyde and Watson FoundationCarl E. Kessler Family FoundationKinder Morgan FoundationNew York City Council Member Andy KingEmily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld FoundationThe Leir Charitable FoundationsLemberg FoundationNew York State Assembly Member Joseph LentolNew York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-ViveritoNew York State Assembly Member Michael MillerThe Music Man FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsThe New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits FundNew York City Department of Cultural AffairsNew York City Department of EducationNew York Community Trust

New York State Council on the ArtsNew York State Education DepartmentStavros Niarchos FoundationHenry E. Niles FoundationNew York City Council Member Annabel PalmaNew York State Assembly Member Victor PichardoPine Tree Foundation of New YorkRBC Wealth ManagementNew York City Council Member Antonio ReynosoNew York State Assembly Member Linda RosenthalRossi Family FoundationMay and Samuel Rudin Family FoundationScoob TrustDr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn FoundationSteinway & SonsSolon E. Summerfield FoundationTaubman FoundationMichael Tuch FoundationUllmann Family FoundationThe Weissman Family FoundationWells Fargo Foundation

Foundation, Corporate & Government Supporters 2015-16 and 2016-17

ETM’s programs are supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Bolded names indicate donors who have contributed $1,500 or more. Asterisked names indicate members of ETM’s Bassline, our community of monthly donors. For more information, visit www.ETMonline.org/bassline.

We apologize if we have inadvertently omitted or misspelled any name. Please advise us of any errors so that we may correct our records.

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ETM Welcomes Penny Swift as New COO

In June, Education Through Music (ETM) welcomed Penny Swift as Chief Operating Officer. ETM’s program has grown steadily over the last 26 years, doubling in size since 2012. The new position of Chief Operating Officer builds ETM’s organizational capacity both to support the growth to date and support expansion in the future, as we strive to reach more schools and children.

Ms. Swift’s 19 years of education experience, including most recently serving as the Divisional Vice President of the Eastern Division for Brightside Academy, will be instrumental in furthering ETM’s impact and efficiency. In her role, Ms. Swift reports to Executive Director Katherine Damkohler.

“Education Through Music’s strong model, proven im-pact, and plan for growth all appeal to my desire to do work that makes a difference in the lives of others,” said Swift. “I am very excited to help lead Education Through Music’s mission to ensure every child receives music edu-cation as part of a comprehensive education.”

New ETM Chief Operating Officer Penny Swift, with ETM partner school students.