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2020 GalaVirtual Donor Recognition CelebrationThursday, October 22, 2020 at 7 p.m.

Program

Welcome ROSALIND DEVON Chairman, Board of Trustees

ANDRES RÄNNÄLI Life in Quarantine ANDRES RÄNNÄLI, composer and performer 2nd grade, Special Music School

Remarks KATE SHEERAN Executive Director

CLAY ZAMBO/JOHN O’NEILL Can You Hear Me? LUCY MOSES SCHOOL’S SUMMER MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP 2020

SAMUEL BARBER Sure on This Shining Night ANA MARIA GRIFFIN-MORIMOTO, soprano 12th grade, Special Music School AARON BUTLER, piano

RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER Study in Mixed Accents (ossia II) TANIA LEÓN Ritual

CRAWFORD SEEGER Study in Mixed Accents (ossia I) CONRAD TAO, piano Artist-in-Residence

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SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ Etude in F-sharp minor, Op. 15, No. 9

MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN Étude No. 6, “Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti” PHILINA ZHANG, piano 8th grade, Special Music School

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 II. Allemande SETH PARKER WOODS, cello Artist-in-Residence

Presentation of the Creative Arts Award to DESMOND CHILD

Presented by JOEL BECKERMAN Trustee

SEAN HARTLEY Music Lives Forever Performed by KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER COMMUNITY

Background music throughout tonight’s program is from Transformation An album created by the Special Music School Class

of 2022 and Nathalie Joachim

HOSTED BY SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL STUDENTS Benjamin Barham-Wiese, 11th grade Marcus Byers, 12th grade Naveah Diaz, 11th grade Imayah Hawkins, 12th grade Adam Jackson, 12th grade Elisha Jimenez, 12th grade Asher Kalfus, 12th grade Melinda Kostrinsky, 11th grade Christina Nelson, 12th grade Ziyi Tao, 12th grade

Steinway is the official piano of Merkin Hall

All 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center performances are online, filmed in safe, socially distanced locations observing health and safety protocols, and streamed to the safety of your home.

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Benefit CommitteeGala ChairsElaine & Henry Kaufman Bethany & Robert B. Millard

Gala Vice ChairsJoel & Tracy Beckerman Rosalind Devon in memory of Sanford L. Batkin Cathy & John O’Rourke

Gala Dinner Chairs Tom & Ann Johnson Solange Landau

Benefactors Johanna Roman Barish Elizabeth & Stan Brimberg George Dennis Charles Dimston & Elena Asribekova Phyllis & Sam Feder Margaret Jan & Alex Chi Nikki Daniels Kready & Jeff Kready Dennis Lee & Migene Kim Wendy & Bruce Mosler William & Janet Schwartz Nataly & Dimitri Sogoloff Patricia & Lawrence Weinbach

Musical Muse Donors Margot Astrachan Production Joyce Cowin Peter Gottsegen Estelle Greco Sarah & Martin Leibowitz Marjorie Penrod & Eric Wallar Barbara & Louis Perlmutter Janet & Gil Spitzer

In Harmony Friends Bernard Berkowitz Elaine S. Bernstein Justin Berrie Helene Blue Fred Braid Jane & Joseph Chang Danielle Dimston Bernice G. FleischerJudi Sorensen Flom

In Harmony Friends continued Arlene Friedlander Jeff Gates & Mike Moran Helen Hovdesven Devorah & David Krieger Marcia Lavipour Loeb & Loeb LLP Ann & Michael Loeb Lila & Ron March Sal Piscopo Shahriar & Noa Rafimayeri Donna & Steven Schragis Orli Shaham & David Robertson Irving Sitnick Gordon H. Smith Marcy & David Tannenbaum Rebecca Trachtenberg Universal Music Publishing Group Jay & Randi VodofskyQian Xue & Kailuo Wang Tina Yu & Gary Lee

Parent, Faculty, & Staff Committee Mary Barto Joshua Bell Jill & Arthur Caruso Mark & Anna Gurevich Jenny Liao Jill & Michael Neiberg

Stephanie & Mark Rambler Barbara Rellstab Jessica Rothstein & Kurt Lageschulte Luka & Niko Zylik

List as of September 17, 2020

Grammy winning and Emmy nominated songwriter-producer Desmond Child is one of music’s most accomplished hitmakers. He is a film, television and music producer, recording artist, performer, author, and motivational speaker. His credits appear on more than eighty Billboard Top 40 singles spanning five decades, including “Livin’ On A Prayer,” “You Give Love A Bad Name,” “I Was Made For Lovin’ You,” “Dude Looks Like A Lady,” “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” “Waking Up In Vegas,” and many more. From Aerosmith to Zedd, his genre-defying collaborations include Bon Jovi, KISS, Cher, Joan Jett, Alice Cooper, Michael Bolton, Ricky Martin, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Meat Loaf, Cyndi

Lauper, Christina Aguilera, Sia, Mickey Mouse, and Kermit the Frog, selling over 500 million records worldwide with downloads, YouTube, views, and streaming, plays in the billions. Desmond Child was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and serves on its Board of Directors as well as the Board of ASCAP. In 2018, he received ASCAP’s prestigious Founders Award celebrating 40 years as a proud member of ASCAP. He also co-founded the Latin Songwriters Hall Of Fame where he serves as Chairman Emeritus. Child has recently completed his upcoming autobiography Livin’ On A Prayer: Big Songs Big Life with David Ritz. He also wrote and co-produced “Lady Liberty” on Barbra Streisand’s new album Walls. His new album Desmond Child Live was released on October 25, 2019 on BMG Rights. @Desmond.Child

Desmond ChildCreative Arts Award

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Conrad Tao Artist-in-Residence

Conrad Tao has appeared worldwide as a pianist and composer, and has been dubbed a musician of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” by The New York Times, who also cited him as “one of five classical music faces to watch” in the 2018-19 season. Tao is a recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, and was named a Gilmore Young Artist—an honor awarded every two years highlighting the most promising American pianists of the new generation. At the 2019 New York Dance and Performance Awards (“Bessies”), Tao was the recipient

of the award for Outstanding Sound Design / Music Composition, for his work on More Forever, his collaboration with Caleb Teicher. A Warner Classics recording artist, Tao’s debut disc Voyages was declared a “spiky debut” by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross. Of the album, NPR wrote: “Tao proves himself to be a musician of deep intellectual and emotional means – as the thoughtful programming on this album…proclaims.” His second album was Pictures, with works by David Lang, Toru Takemitsu, Elliott Carter, Mussorgsky, and Tao himself. His latest album, American Rage, was released to acclaim in fall 2019 and features works by Julia Wolfe, Frederic Rzewski, and Aaron Copland. Conrad’s creative process behind the album was highlighted as part of a November 2019 profile in The New York Times. Tao was born in Urbana, Illinois, in 1994. He has studied piano with Emilio del Rosario in Chicago and Yoheved Kaplinsky in New York, and composition with Christopher Theofanidis.

Seth Parker WoodsArtist-in-Residence

Hailed by The Guardian as “a cellist of power and grace” who possesses “ma-ture artistry and willingness to go to the brink,” cellist Seth Parker Woods has established a reputation as a versatile artist straddling several genres. In ad-dition to solo performances, he has appeared with the Ictus Ensemble (Brussels, BE), Ensemble L’Arsenale (IT), zone Experimental (CH), Basel Sin-fonietta (CH), New York City Ballet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the Seattle Symphony. An advocate for contemporary arts, Woods has collaborated with a wide range of artists ranging from Louis Andriessen, Elliott Carter, Heinz Holliger, and Péter Eötvös to Peter Gabriel, Sting, Dame Shirley Bassey, and Rachael Yamagata to such visual artists as Ron Athey, Vanessa Beecroft,

Adam Pendleton, and Aldo Tambellini. In 2020-21, Woods will make debuts at The Strath-more, LACMA in Los Angeles and the Spoleto Festival. This season will also include premiere performances of concertos by Tyshawn Sorey and the late Fausto Romitelli. Woods will serve as Music Director and cellist for Jonathan Berger and Enrico Riley’s opera, The Ritual Breath Is the Rite to Resist, which will premiere as a mediated performance in spring 2021. His debut solo album, asinglewordisnotenough (Confront Recordings-London), has garnered great acclaim since its release in 2016. Woods serves on the performance faculty at the University of Chicago as a Lecturer/Artist-in-Residence for Cello and Chamber Music. He holds degrees from Brooklyn College, Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel, and a PhD from the University of Huddersfield.

Leadership

Executive Director Kate Sheeran

Board Of TrusteesRosalind Devon, Chairman Cathy White O’Rourke, President Leonard Goodman, Honorary Chair Elaine Kaufman, Honorary ChairCharles Dimston, Vice President Phyllis Feder, Vice PresidentBethany Millard, Vice President Irving Sitnick, Vice President Christina M. Mason, Treasurer Wendy Mosler, Secretary

Joel Beckerman Joshua BellJustin Berrie Damian Cavaleri Danielle DimstonSir James Galway Kara Hammond David Krieger Solange Landau Dennis Lee

AdministrationBrooke Bryant, Director of DevelopmentJohn Glover, Director of Artistic PlanningSean Hartley, Director, Theater@KaufmanKathy Hubbard, Chief Administrative OfficerJohn Johansen, Director of Marketing & CommunicationsIgal Kesselman, Director, Lucy Moses School & Music Director, Special Music SchoolLeslie Lehman, Director of Facilities

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Solomon Merkin Marjorie Penrod Sal Piscopo Shahriar Rafimayeri Jessica Rothstein William A. Schwartz Orli Shaham Jonathan Sulds Kara UnterbergPatricia Weinbach

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMERITUS,FOUNDER, KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTERLydia Kontos

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR,THE HEBREW ARTS SCHOOL 1951-1985Dr. Tzipora H. Jochsberger z”l

Production Credits

Kate Sheeran, Executive Director

Brooke Bryant, Director of DevelopmentDavid Gracia, Major Gifts OfficerNatalie Oshukany, Manager of Institutional Giving Kaylee Ma, Development AssociateLauren Patterson, Development Associate

Karen Hershey, Gala Consultant

John Glover, Director of Artistic Planning

David Bridges, Client Services ManagerBen Young, Production ManagerMargaret Evans, Program Coordinator

John Johansen, Director of Marketing & CommunicationsJoan Jastrebski, Communications DirectorJessica Quattrini, Visual Designer

Igal Kesselman, Director, Lucy Moses School & Music Director, Special Music SchoolAlicia Andrews, Assistant Director, Adult Division Manager, Lucy Moses SchoolScott Taylor, Young People’s Division Manager, Lucy Moses School

Kate White, Dean of Music, Special Music School K-8Andrew Copper, Dean of Music, Special Music School High SchoolSean Hartley, Director, Theater@Kaufman

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Special Thanks to Our Gala Planning CommitteeJohanna Roman BarishHelene Blue Rosalind Devon Phyllis Feder Margaret Jan Devorah Krieger Solange Landau

Yvonne Lau Dennis Lee Cathy White O’Rourke Jessica Rothstein Nataly Sogoloff Rebecca Trachtenberg

Jill and Arthur CarusoEllen and Damian CavaleriCatharine Chang and Hooni KimGirlie Chang and Michael VermutJane and Joseph ChangRoger Chen and Eileen ShinTheodore CohnRebecca Cooper and Michael WaldmanD’Addario FoundationClaire and Eric DavenportSusan and Conrad De Jong Fund, Santa Fe Community FoundationManuel De La NuezBarbara and Richard DebsDana Devon and Neil SandPhilip Devon Family FoundationAlice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia UniversityGina Dizzia and Daniel FernandezHoward D. DorfmanEther Advisory Partners, Inc.Faber Future FoundationJuan Farias and Meredith DentonLidia FeyderFirst Manhattan Co.Bernice G. FleischerJudi Sorensen FlomJoele Frank and Laurence KlurfledArlene FriedlanderRichard GaddesArthur J. Gallagher & Co.Gilbert M. GastelumJeff Gates and Mike MoranJudy GettelfingerMark and Michelle GrahamMarsha GrayLawrence GublerGlenn GundersenSharon GurwitzMeredith HenryRochelle and David HirschHelen HovdesvenCleo and Joseph HungPaul HymanThe Isdell FoundationNathalie JoachimGreg Kammerer and Fred WhiteJudith and Sheldon KaufmanPatricia KennerJudith Kessler and Lee M. ArthursHenry KleinJane Klein

KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS Kaufman Music Center is grateful to the following supporters, who have provided leadership gifts of $1,000 or more to the annual fund between September 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020. Their generous contributions play a critical role in advancing the Center’s mission to stimulate appreciation of and participation in music through music performance and education.

Lilian and Jacob CohenCon EdisonThe Aaron Copland Fund for MusicCowen Charitable Lead UnitrustCredit SuisseThe Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable TrustGeorge DennisCharles Dimston and Elena AsribekovaDanielle DimstonThe Ferriday FundGoldman Sachs & Co.Anna and Mark GurevichKara HammondMargaret Jan and Alex ChiTom and Ann JohnsonDennis Lee and Migene KimJennifer and Tim KingstonKirkland & Ellis LLPDevorah Rose and David B. KriegerHarold I. and Faye B. Liss FoundationThe Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc.The Lester & Grace Maslow FoundationSharon and Solomon MerkinNew York State Council on the ArtsRosemary and John O’BrienThe Patrina FoundationTatiana Piankova FoundationSal PiscopoShahriar and Noa RafimayeriOrli Shaham and David RobertsonJames RosenfieldJessica Rothstein and Kurt LageschulteThe Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels FoundationBeth and David E. ShawNataly and Dimitri SogoloffJonathan and Kathy SuldsKara UnterbergPatricia WeinbachWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLPVinson & Elkins LLPLuka and Niko Zylik

$5,000-$9,999Joshua BellCapital Counsel LLCThe Edward T. Cone FoundationJoyce CowinThe Gladys Krieble Delmas FoundationFranklin Philanthropic Foundation

$50,000 and AboveAnonymous (2)The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, TrusteeSally CumminsE.H.A. Foundation, Inc. Phyllis and Sam FederJerome L. Greene FoundationHoward Gilman FoundationThe Hearst Foundations, IncElaine and Henry KaufmanBethany and Robert B. MillardHenry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City CouncilNYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community TrustNational Endowment for the ArtsCathy White O’Rourke.The Morris and Alma Schapiro FundWilliam A. and Janet SchwartzVirginia B. Toulmin Foundation

$25,000 to $49,999Assurant FoundationAugustine FoundationJoel and Tracy BeckermanRosalind DevonAnn and Gordon Getty FoundationDinah JacobsDavid Klafter and Nancy KestenbaumSolange LandauThe Johnny Mercer FoundationWendy and Bruce MoslerMan Made MusicThe Mystery Lady of Santa FeEstate of Blanche ShapiroMarjorie Penrod and Eric WallarPwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.The Rea Charitable Trust

$10,000 to $24,999Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable FoundationJudy Hart AngeloArts and Letters Foundation, Inc.ASCAPThe ASCAP FoundationJohanna Roman BarishFrank & Lydia Bergen FoundationJustin BerrieStephen & Mary Birch Foundation, Inc.Cheswatyr Foundation

The Hyde and Watson FoundationThe Libby Holman FoundationSir James and Lady Jeanne GalwayJoyce Elsa GoodmanPeter GottsegenEstelle GrecoJudith and Robert HallBoyan JovanovicNikki Daniels Kready and Jeff KreadyKPMGSarah and Martin LeibowitzAnn and Michael LoebKatherine Schlatter and Joseph MauroMaverick Capital FoundationMedia The Foundation, Inc.Olga Nekrasova and Andy ArlukOne Day UniversityStephanie and Mark RamblerHon. Helen Rosenthal, New York City Councilmember, 6th DistrictHon. Linda Rosenthal, 67th District NY State AssemblymemberRita Fredricks SalzmanSilver Mountain Foundation for the ArtsRobert SirotaChris and Christa SomersMeryl StreepTD Charitable FoundationMichael Tuch FoundationVornado Realty TrustJoseph Walker and Nancy Walker JtwrosChristina and Lawrence WeeJoy and Graham Wyatt

$1,000-$4,999The Amphion FoundationArgentine Tango SocietyBotwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation, Inc.Jody and John ArnholdMargot AstrachanLaura and Manuel BardashBernard BerkowitzElaine S. BernsteinHelene BlueBMI FoundationJanet BraggFred BraidCynthia BrodskyThe Brownington FoundationBecke Buffalo and Lars HansonM. Faith BurtonCarole Cate and Darran Foster

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$1,000-$4,999 continued Melissa Ko and Douglas HahnSidney Kohl Family FoundationLisa J. Kohl and Ricardo HornosThe Elroy and Terry Krumholz FoundationAnnik LaFargeJennifer Laing and Tom SchopflocherYvonne Lau and Derek TsuiMarcia LavipourLeap ArchitectureLeslie LehmanAaron LevySharon R. LinardBrad LinardLinden Arts Fund for ChildrenLoeb & Loeb, LLCPamela Luchansky and Chester KaplanEvelyne Luest and Aaron Kernis

Lila and Ron MarchChristina M. MasonKyle McCarthy and Ron BozmanAlexandra McCormack and Dimitrije MitrinovicKaren McKinnon and Ricardo ZuritaClare and Howard McMorrisTerence MeehanJoohee and Gabriel MeisterJanis and Alan MenkenJill and Michael NeibergHope and Joshua NewmanNancy and Morris W. OffitAmanda and Ned OffitJisoo Ok and Hector del Curto Sarah Paley and Robert KerreyClifford R. PalmerBarbara and Louis PerlmutterVeronique and Robert PittmanBarbara Rellstab

The Rodgers and Hammerstein FoundationElizabeth and John RoseJane and Alfred RossJanet SchlatterAlene Schneierson and Morris KrimolovskyGail SchorrDonna and Steven SchragisIan Seow and Madeline TokVirginia and Edward SermierKate SheeranMelanie Shorin and Greg S. FeldmanJennifer ShotwellMathieu C. ShrontzLeo Shull Foundation for the ArtsIrving SitnickGordon H. SmithThe Ted Snowdon FoundationSydney and Jon Stern

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.Roni Tamari and Shai WosnerMarcy and David TannenbaumYodon Thonden and Kevin TonerSeymour Ubell and Marsha ToskBradley A. VernatterJay and Randi VodofskySally Davis Wasserman and Greg WassermanHadassah WeinerThe Weininger Foundation, Inc.Carol WincencThe Wise Family Charitable FoundationMargot WittyA. Ross WollenQian Xue and Kailuo WangTina Yu and Gary Lee

Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society The Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society was recently renamed in honor of our founder, who passed away at age 96 in late 2017. The Society recognizes the following generous supporters, who have included Kaufman Music Center in their estate plans, making a difference during their lifetimes and beyond.Anne BlattHelene BlueIlse BlumenfeldSidney BreslerRosalind Devon

Phyllis and Samuel FederEmanuel and Ellen GenauerEstate of Anna GoldEstelle GrecoDinah Jacobs

Adele D. KappCarole A. KemackChristina M. MasonCathy White O’RourkeJohanna Roman Barish

Evelyn RonellBlanche ShapiroDorothy Silverstein

Celebration of Our Muse Kaufman Music Center gratefully acknowledges the generous supporters who made leadership gifts to our educational programs, in honor of the retirement of our longstanding Executive Director, Lydia Kontos. Under Lydia’s leadership, the Center’s educational programs grew significantly, making a transformative impact on the young people of New York City.

Apollo’s Circle$100,000 Elaine and Henry Kaufman

Muses$50,000 Rosalind DevonCharles Dimston and Elena AsribekovaBethany and Robert B. MillardHenry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. Janet and William Schwartz

Oracles$25,000 to $49,999Connie and Leonard GoodmanMigene Kim and Dennis LeeCathy White O’RourkeMarjorie Penrod and Eric WallarStephanie and Mark RamblerChrista and Chris Somers

Lyric Poets$10,000 to $24,999Sanford L. BatkinCarolina FariasPhyllis and Samuel FederJudith and Robert Hall Helen HovdesvenSolange LandauWendy and Bruce MoslerThe Mystery Lady of Santa FeBarbara RellstabOrli Shaham and David RobertsonJanet and Gil SpitzerRoni Tamari and Shai Wosner

Greek Chorus$1,000 to $9,999Arlene and Alan AldaMargot Astrachan ProductionJohanna Roman Barish

Helene BlueRoger Chen and Eileen ShinLilian and Jacob CohenBetty Neal and Ronald A. CrutcherTodd Dimston and Melissa BankGina Dizzia and Daniel FernandezElizabeth and Adrian EllisJudi Sorensen FlomMichelle and Mark GrahamMariel Harris and Daniel CoopermanJane Huber and L. Chandler CarterHooni Kim and Catharine ChangThe Kontos/Busquet family (Nina, John, Laurent, and Nicholas)Yvonne Lau and Derek TsuiJenny X. LiaoEuching Lin and Wayne E. YangAlex and Brad LinardAnn and Michael Loeb

Evelyne Luest and Aaron Jay KernisChristina M. MasonKaren McKinnon and Ricardo ZuritaJoohee and Gabriel MeisterOlga Nekrasova and Andy ArlukAmanda OffitThe Edward John and Patricia Rosenwald FoundationThe Alfred and Jane Ross FoundationJessica L. Rothstein and Kurt LageschulteRita Fredricks Salzman Katherine M. Schlatter and Joseph P. Mauro Jack and Janet TeichJoy and Graham WyattLuka and Niko Zylik

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Kaufman Music Center receives institutional support from: Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, The Amphion Foundation, The ASCAP Foundation, Assurant Foundation, Augustine Foundation, Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation, Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation, Inc., BMI Foundation, Capital Counsel LLC, The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, Trustee, Cheswatyr Foundation, Con Edison, The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust, D’Addario Foundation, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, E.H.A. Foundation, Inc., Ether Advisory Partners, Inc., The Ferriday Fund, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jerome L. Greene Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Inc., The Libby Holman Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, The Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation, Linden Arts Fund for Children, Harold I. and Faye B. Liss Foundation, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc., The Lester & Grace Maslow Foundation, The Johnny Mercer Foundation, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc., NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community Trust, The Patrina Foundation, Tatiana Piankova Foundation, PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc., The Rea Charitable Trust, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund, Leo Shull Foundation for the Arts, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts, TD Charitable Foundation, Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, and The Weininger Foundation, Inc.

Kaufman Music Center programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York City Council through the good offices of Council Member Helen Rosenthal, the good offices of Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, the National Endowment for the Arts, and are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.