Legacy of Support

Gleeksman-Kohn Children’s Choir and Conductor, by the Gleeksman and Kohn families

 Joseph & Marie Field Chamber Music Program 

• Benjamin and Carol Auger Contemporary Music Advanced Study Ensemble, by them
• Gabriel Braverman Advanced Study String Quartet, by Shirley deBobes Braverman
• Robert Capanna Chamber Ensemble, by Peter Benoliel
• Gray Charitable Trust Advanced Study Piano Trio, by them
• William A. Loeb Chamber Ensemble, by him
• Ann Newman Advanced Study String Quartet, by her parents
• Sol Schoenbach Chamber Ensemble, by Peter Benoliel
• Helen K. Schwartz Advanced Study Jazz Ensemble, by her estate
• Myer Schwartz Advanced Study Piano Trio, by The Tides Foundation
• Edward L. and Gail W. Snitzer Advanced Study String Quartet, by Edward L. Snitzer
• Trimingham Pre-Advanced Study Chamber Ensemble, by Barrie Trimingham
• Trowbridge Advanced Study String Quartet, by Barrie Trimingham
• Rosalie Magen Weinstein and Matthew B. Weinstein Advanced Study Woodwind Quintet, by Rosalie Magen Weinstein
• Wheeler Jazz Ensemble, by Barrie Trimingham

Karin Fuller Capanna Faculty Concert, by family and friends

Charles and Florence Goldman Annual Meeting, by them

Anonymous (4)

Ida and Nat Abelove, by them

Arthur C. Abbott, Sr. Memorial (voice), by Mrs. Arthur C. Abbott, Sr.

Drs. Lillian and Hans Abraham, by them

Eric E. Anderson, by Deborah Glass

Joseph R. Applebaum, under his will

ARAMARK, by them

Arcadia Foundation (piano), by them

Samuel and Eva Aron (piano), by Adele Aron Greenspun

Astral Foundation/Roberta Pew-Bandy (piano), by Astral Foundation

Evelyn R. Axler, by Maurice M. Axler

Rose Fenner Balka Memorial, by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Balka

Lawson Bates (black vocalists), by Estate of Daphne H. Bates

Tilly Barmach (voice), by friends and associates

Walter and Irene A . Beck (piano), under the will of Walter Beck and by friends

Felicity “Bebe” Benoliel Memorial (piano), by Carole Haas Gravagno

Peter A. Benoliel (violin), by Philadelphia National Bank/CoreStates Financial Corp.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Benoliel, by them

Justin Berg, by Alpha Shirt Company

Samuel Berger Memorial, by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Silver

Anna and Hirsch Bieler (piano), by family and friends

Gertrude and Edward Bloom (piano), by them

Gabriel Braverman (viola), by Shirley deBobes Braverman

Deborah and Harry Briskman, by Mr. and Mrs. Morton L. Charleston

Pauline Briskman, by Samuel and Rebecca Kardon Foundation

David Brown Memorial Scholarship, by Shirley P. Brown

Anne G. Buck and J. Mahlon Buck, by Mrs. J. Mahlon Buck, Caroline A. Buck and Mr. and Mrs. J. Mahlon Buck, Jr.

J. Mahlon Buck, Jr. and Elia D. Buck Financial Aid Fund, under his will

John J. Buckley, Samuel and Rebecca Kardon Foundation, by Sol Schoenbach, Edward McErlean and friends

Karin Fuller Capanna Memorial, by her uncle

Robert Capanna Tuition Subsidy Fund, by family, friends, Settlement board and colleagues

Salvatore S. Calderaro Memorial, by Kingsbury, Inc. and friends

Sylvia B. and Albert J. Caplan, by them

Illa Carettnay Memorial (voice), under her will, family and friends

Max N. Carol (violin), by family and friends

Modestino Carrino Scholarship (voice), by Phil and Joan Russo

Grace Charleston, under her will

Linda Penelope Charleston, by Grace Charleston

Morton L. Charleston Memorial, by Mrs. Morton L. Charleston

Alma and Sylvan Cohen, by them

H. Ilene Cooperstein Memorial, by her family

Elise H. Cristol, by family and friends

Crosslands Residents (violin), by them

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Dannenberg, by them

Ferdinand Del Negro (bassoon), by friends and associates

Dwight V. Dowley Memorial, under his will

Ethel S. Drummond, under her will

Walter and Tanya Dubiecki, by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Silverman

Aletha and John DuRant Memorial, by Mrs. Harrilese DuRant Miles and Gwendolyn E. DuRant, Lt. Col., USAF (ret.)

Eckfeldt Family, by them

Benjamin R. Evans (voice), by Mrs. Lorraine R. Evans and friends

Emily E. Fairchild, by her estate

Rosaline and Myer Feinstein, under the will of Rosaline Feinstein and the Myer and Rosaline Feinstein Foundation

Seymour Fels Memorial (jazz piano), by family and friends

Frances Ferdman Memorial, by Eric J. Bruskin

Ann Bidi and Albert Finkelstein (piano and violin), by them

Claire Fishman Memorial, by Mr. William Fishman

Elsie Foerderer, under her will

Juliette Fox Memorial, under her will, Harry C. Lieberman and Gloria G. Gordon

William and Esther Fox Memorial, by Mr. Benjamin Fox

Jeanette S. Frank and Blanche Wolf Kohn, by Mrs. Arthur M. Dannenberg

Anne S. Frankel, by her

Bernard Frankel Family (violin), by Mr. Bernard Frankel

Alice C. and Edward L. Frater Memorial (piano), by Edward L. Frater and friends

Ellen Friedell, by Steven Friedell

Morris and Grace Fruchtbaum Memorial, by Mrs. Irving Maitin, Mrs. Rosalind Berman and Mr. David Fruchtbaum

Louis and Isabelle Gales, under her will

Henry E. Gerstley, by family and friends

Rose and Louis Gerstley Memorial, by Henry E. Gerstley

Samuel L. Gerstley, by Henry E. Gerstley

Ellis A. Gimbel, by Ellis A. Gimbel Trust

Julia M. Gimbel Memorial, by Henry E. Gerstley

Sheldon Harris Ginsberg Memorial, by friends and family

Anna Glass Memorial (strings), by friends and family

Gloria Dei Church, by them

Glosser Family Tuition Subsidy Fund, by estate of Sharon Glosser

Max Goberman and Betty Levison Memorial, by family and friends

Frederick Goldfine Scholarship Fund, by family and friends

Myer H. Goldman (violin), by him

Berda and J. Jerome Goldsmith, by Mrs. J. Jerome Goldsmith

Ernest L. Goldstein (violin), by family and friends

Susi Goldstein Memorial (voice), by family and friends

Albert M. Greenfield, by Albert M. Greenfield Foundation

Ralph and Bertha Hales (strings), by Helen Hayes Hoffmann

Arthur M. Harrison (violin), by Charlotte I. Harrison

Richard E. Hecht Memorial, by Mrs. Joan Hecht Lorber

Ruth Gerstley Hecht, by Henry E. Gerstley

Eleanor Reed Heltzel, under her will

Alexander Hilsberg, under the will of Neya Hilsberg

Minna Hoffenstein Memorial, by Betty Sherman

Ruth L. Hoffman, by Jacob Hoffman

Anton Horner (horn), by family, friends and students

Merritt V. Howard Memorial, by Salvatore S. Calderaro

Morton Howard (piano), by Mrs. Morton Howard

Alice S. Isador, under her will

Arthur Judson, by Arthur Judson Foundation

Arthur Judson Memorial, by Arthur Judson Foundation

Morris and Sophie Kardon Memorial, by Lester and Robert Kardon

Minnie and Harry Kaufman Memorial (piano), by Helen K. Schwartz

E. Brooks Keffer Memorial, by The Musical Fund Society Foundation

Lila E. Kennedy, under her will

Anna Randall Kettle, by John E. Kettle

James Kilik, by his estate

William M. Kincaid (flute), by Rittenhouse Square Women’s Committee and friends of Elaine Shaffer Kurtz

Rose and Louis Kittner Memorial, by David Kittner

Clara Klein (handicapped), by Louis Klein Foundation

Philip Klein, by Rittenhouse Foundation

Clarence Kohlmann (organ), by his estate

Blanche and Isidore Kohn, by Mrs. Isidore Kohn

Sally Kohn Memorial, by her family

Henry I. and Marie K. Koplin (brass), by Joseph Koch and Bernice K. Koplin

Joseph K. & Bernice J. Koplin (dance), by them

Morris and Dora Kraftsow Memorial, by Albert Kraftsow

Carlton Jones Lake Memorial (voice), under his will

Oscar Lasko, by him

Kate Lavin Memorial, by Katherine Masland Lavin Foundation and Jules C. Lavin

Helen and Gabriel Lavine, under their wills

Phyllis Lee Memorial (piano), by Leonard Mellman, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Rossman, family and friends

Samuel E. Levick Memorial, by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Levick

Harvey B. Levin, by family and friends

Maier Levin, by family and friends

Monroe Levin and Cameron McGraw, by family and friends

The Liberace Foundation, by them

Susan and William Lichten Scholarship for Germantown High School student, by them

Elaine and Samuel Lieberman, by them

Barbara Strawbridge Lingelbach Memorial, by family and friends

Wilfred R. Lorry Memorial, by Samuel and Rebecca Kardon Foundation

Jerome and Ronit Lowenthal (piano), by Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Snitzer

Dr. and Mrs. Frank Luntz Memorial, by Samuel and Rebecca Kardon Foundation

Quinto Maganini Memorial, by Kingsbury, Inc.

Barry Manilow, by Barry Manilow Fan Club

Manstein Fellowship (bassoon), by Dr. George and Muriel Manstein

George and Marial Manstein, by them

Philip J. Marcucci (voice), by Mrs. Philip J. Marcucci, family and friends

David Magen Memorial, by Mrs. Elizabeth Magen August, Matthew B. and Rosalie M. Weinstein

Grace H. Marks, by the estate of Berda Goldsmith

William B. McLaughlin III, by Katharine Sokoloff

Michael McLellan Memorial (voice), by The Clayton White Singers

Leonard Mellman, by family and friends

Luba and Morris Mellman Memorial (voice), by Leonard Mellman

Harrilese DuRant Miles, by her

Charles S. Miller, under his will

Marvin Mills (organ), by All Souls Church, Unitarian

W. Hans Moennig Memorial (instrument repair and special needs), by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wendel, family and friends

Raymond W. and Betty J. Morgan (viola or cello), by Linda Morgan Blyth

Esther Mitchell Morton, under her will

Riccardo Muti, by Friends Association

Jacob Nemkoff, by family and friends

Judith Ann Netzky Memorial, by Mr. and Mrs. William Netzky

Theodore H. Nitsche Memorial (Olney High Vocalists or Pianists), by Sunday Consort

Gladys K. Norman (piano), under her will

Leola Britton Obdyke Memorial, by Mrs. Robert Gerson

Eugene Ormandy (string), by friends and associates

Edgar Ortenberg (violin), by Tamara and Edgar in memory of their parents

Goldie Paley Memorial, by Blanche P. Levy Foundation

Ruth Palley Memorial, by Samuel and Rebecca Kardon Foundation

M. Eugene Pavitt, Sr., by Samuel and Rebecca Kardon Foundation

Tobias Pavlov Memorial (violin), by Anita S. Tobias, Esther Pavlov and Margery Bleiman

Ivan Pechner Memorial, by Morris and Sophie Kardon and Samuel and Rebecca Kardon Foundations

Martha J. Peskin and Leonard C. Peskin, by family and friends

Edna Phillips (harp), by friends and colleagues

Alfred P. Poll, by Rebecca Bien and David Poll, Susan and Kenneth Osnoss

Wendell Pritchett, Sr., by Wendell Pritchett, Jr.

Deborah Susan Raddock, by Under Grace Charleston’s will

Anna J. Reynolds and Constance Holliman, by members, New Bethel A.M.E. Church

Edith Richmond Memorial, Kardon-Northeast Parents Association, by family and friends

Josef Roismann (strings), by Estate of Paula Roismann

Esther Katz Rosen, by under her will

Charlotte Rosenberg Memorial, by family and friends

Claire K. Rosenau, by family and friends

Ann and Paul Rosenbaum, by family and friends

Alexis Rosenberg, under her will

Edith Rosenwald, by Jenkintown Music School in her honor

Hortense R. Rubenstone and Joseph Rubenstone, by Rubenstone Foundation and friends

Ida and Matthew Rudofker Memorial, by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rudofker

Samuel Rudofker, by employees and associates of After Six

Millard C. Russell, by his estate

Gina and Morton Sand, by them

Morris W. Satinsky Memorial, by his nieces and nephews

Richard Scheinfield, by family and friends

Samuel K. and Mona F. Schneidman, by them

Schoenbach Family, by them

Anna and Abraham Schoenbach, by family and friends

Bertha and Sol Schoenbach, by family and friends on his receipt of the State of Israel City of Peace Award

Joseph H. Schoenfeld Memorial, by family and friends

Benjamin Schwartz Memorial (violin), by Mrs. Ann Schwartz

Myer Schwartz Memorial, by Helen K. Schwartz

Myer Schwartz Memorial (bassoon), by Helen K. Schwartz

Bess Schwartz, by family and friends

Rebecca and Betty Schwartz Memorial Scholarship (piano), by Helen K. Schwartz

Gay Scott (piano), by her children

Samuel Seitchik Memorial (piano), by family and friends

Edwin G. and Jeanette Selig Frank/Richard W. and Nancy Frank Garlin Memorial, under the will of Edwin G. Frank and by family and friends

Philip and Nathan Seltzer, by them

Rudolf Serkin (piano), by Friends Association

Settlement Music School Faculty and Staff, by them

Sophie and Adrian Siegel, by friends

Joseph A. and Sheila W. Silberstein, by Steven and Ellen Friedell

Sara Ostroff Silver, by her family

Anthony G. Simmons Memorial (viola), by family, friends and colleagues

Benjamin Simon Memorial (violin), by family and friends

Judge Joseph Sloane Memorial, by Gertrude Aaronson and Helen Lavine

Elizabeth P. Smith Memorial, by Mr. Courtney Craig Smith, Jr.

Richard L. Smoot (guitar), by colleagues and friends at PNC Financial Service Group

Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Snitzer, by them

Jeannette S. Sobel (voice), by Suzanne and Renee Sobel, family and friends

Kurt Sotman Memorial, by family and friends

Jay Speck, by The Jay Speck Endowment for the Musical Arts

Herbert M. Stanton Memorial, by family and friends

Rose Gimbel Stecker, by family and friends

Madeline K. Stern, by Howard E. Stern, Mrs. Isidore Kohn, Dr. and Mrs. Norman N. Cohen

Sig Stern, by his estate

Milton Stoloff (clarinet), by family and friends

Betty Baum Stone (piano), by family and friends

J. Pennington Straus, by family and friends

Constance Travaglini Memorial, by her brother, Vincent Travaglini

Maria D’Alonzo Travaglini Memorial, by her children and friends

Frances Russell Tucker (piano), by Mr. and Mrs. John F. Tucker, Jr.

Clara Dorfner Turner, under her will

Bertha and Monte Tyson (piano), by them

Maxwell E. Verlin Memorial (percussion), by family and friends

Isadore and Lena Walker Memorial, by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goldman and Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Cohen

Mr. and Mrs. Grover Washington, Jr., by them

Rosalie Magen Weinstein and Matthew B. Weinstein (flute); Elizabeth and David Magen (clarinet); Charlene Magen Weinstein (bassoon); David Magen Weinstein (french horn); Michael Magen Weinstein (oboe), by Rosalie Magen Weinstein

Abram H. and Helen L. Weiss, by Estate of Helen L. Weiss

Henry Norman Weiss and Rose Bernstein Weiss, by Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Wallner, family and friends

Ginia Davis Wexler (female voice), by her

Sylvia G. Wexler Memorial, by Morris M. Wexler

Helen Rosensweig Wolfberg (piano), by Helen Wolfberg

Lillian M. Worman Memorial (visually impaired), under her will

Hilda A. Wurtman Memorial, under the will of Samuel A. Wurtman and by Richard Jay and Stuart A. Wurtman

David Victor Wyatt Memorial (music workshop), by Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Cohen

Andrew Oliver Young Memorial (piano), by Benjamin D. Bernstein, family and friends

William C. Young Memorial, under the will of May I. Young

Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist Memorial, by friends

Dr. Jules and Dorothy Zimmerman Memorial, by Samuel and Rebecca Kardon Foundation

Leon and Rebecca Bunkin Prize, by Mitchell and Susan Bunkin

Paul Erfer Memorial Prize, by his family

Charles Engel Memorial Prize for Piano, by Albert Lister

Robert L . Goodale, by family and friends

Reva Greenstein Memorial Prize for Piano, by Mary R. Romig-deYoung

Mark Huxsoll, by friends and colleagues

Blanche Wolf Kohn and Jeanette Selig Frank for Volunteer Excellence, by Mr. and Mrs. Max Kohn and Mrs. Richard Garlin

Jerome Lowenthal Award for Piano, by Audrey Schmerling

Vivek K. Mahajan Memorial Prize, by Dr. and Mrs. Mahendra K. Mahajan and Dr. Varun Mahajan

Patricia Manley Senior Prize, by colleagues

Matinee Musical Club of Philadelphia Prize for Instrumentalists, by the membership

Dr. and Mrs. W. H. McGraw Prize, by family and friends

Sylvia and George Perchick Prize for Piano, by Rochelle and Stephan Perchick

Rachel Perkinson Memorial Award, by family and friends

Alexander J. Schmerling Memorial Award, by Audrey Schmerling

Sol Schoenbach Award for Employee Excellence, by friends and associates

Pearl Greiff Seleznov Memorial Prize for Voice, by family and friends

Kathlyn S. Zucker Prize for Piano, by family and friends

Mary Louise Curtis Branch

Annenberg Fund Studio, by them

Johanna Scheindling Aronfreed Studio, by Dr. Eva Aronfreed

Leah Mellman Bowes Studio, by Leonard Mellman

Gabriel Braverman Garden, by Shirley deBobes Braverman

Mr. and Mrs. J. Mahlon Buck, Jr. Studio, by them

Karin Fuller Capanna Studio, by family and friends

Robert Capanna Stage, by Settlement Board and Friends

CIGNA Foundation Studio, by them

Abbie H. Evans Studio, under her will

Dr. Jorge L. Faz Studio, by Atlantic Richfield Foundation

First Pennsylvania Bank Suite, by them

Louis and Isabelle Gales Suite, by her bequest

Henry E. Gerstley Dance Studio, by him

Henry E. Gerstley Music Workshop Studio, by William S. Paley

Mr. and Mrs. J. Jerome Goldsmith Studio, by Mrs. J. Jerome Goldsmith

Kingsbury, Inc. Studio, by them

Esther M. and Philip Klein Studio, by Rittenhouse Foundation

Maier Levin Studio, by friends and associates

Leah Lyman Studio, by Flora Becker and Laurie Wagman

Mandell Commons Room, by Trustees of the Samuel P. Mandell Foundation

Leonard Mellman Conference Room, by him

Edgar Ortenberg Studio, by colleagues and friends

PNC Bank•Presser Recital Hall, by them

Samuel K. Schneidman Studio, by family and friends

Helen and Myer Schwartz Studio, by them

Ann Haydock Schwarz Suzuki Violin Studio, by Horace W. Schwarz

Maria D’Alonzo Travaglini Studio, by her children and friends

Field Chamber Music Center, by Joseph & Marie Field

• Field Recital Hall, by Joseph & Marie Field
• Joseph & Marie Field Studio, by them
• Arcadia Foundation Studio, by them
• Gabriel Braverman Studio, by Shirley deBobes Braverman
• Joseph Brodo Studio, by Peter Benoliel & Willo Carey
• Alan & Evelyn Goffman Studio, by The Tides Foundation
• William B. Hollis & Andrea M. Baldeck Studio, by them
• Milton & Ida Newman Studio, by Ida Newman
• Presser Foundation Studios (3), by them

Germantown Branch

Henry and Catharine Balka Studio, by them

Connelly Parlor, by The Connelly Foundation

Vincenzo and Marianicola D’Alonzo Studio, by their grandchildren

Germantown Board Library, by Germantown Branch Board

Gus and Marguerite Loele Studio, by Rosemary Straus

Samuel and Elaine Lieberman Auditorium, by them

Leonard Mellman Studio, by friends and family

Presser Foundation Studio Suite, by them

Rohm and Haas Company Studio, by them

Bernard G. & Geraldine R. Segal Studio, by The Bernard G. Segal Foundation

J. Pennington Straus Studio, by Rosemary Straus

Wynnefield Branch

Arcadia Foundation Studio, by them

Independence Foundation Faculty Lounge, by them

Irving R. and Jeannette F. Maitin Library, by The Drumcliff Foundation and The Gordon Fund

McLean Contributionship Studio, by them

Mona F. Schneidman Auditorium, by her

Helen K. and Myer Schwartz Stage, by Tides Foundation

PECO Energy Studio, by them

Rohm and Haas Company Studio, by them

Willow Grove Branch

Leonard Mellman Recital Hall, by him

Monroe Levin & Cameron McGraw Stage, by Donald & Edna Maloney

The Presser Foundation Lobby, by them

Elia & J. Mahlon Buck, Jr. Studio, by them

Piano Funds 

Rose Levit, by her family

Rosalie Helen Lush Memorial, by Dolly Beechman Schnall

Mrs. Samuel Schneidman, by her

Valerie Clayton Faculty Development Fund, Anonymous

Faculty Positions

 Julian A. & Lois G. Brodsky Distinguished Faculty Chair, by them

Robert Capanna Distinguished Faculty Chair (Fundamentals of Music), by Benjamin & Carol Auger

Katherine Mallon-Day Faculty Fund, by Deborah Glass

Lillian Kraus Felber Distinguished Faculty Chair (Piano), by Joseph & Marie Felber Field

Arthur Judson Distinguished Faculty Chairs (4), by him

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kardon Distinguished Faculty Chair, by them

Mr. & Mrs. David Kittner Distinguished Faculty Chair, by them

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Palley Distinguished Faculty Chair, by them

Josef Roismann Distinguished Faculty Chair, by his estate

Zausmer Director of the Kardon Center for Arts Therapy, by Zausmer Family Foundation, Bruce A. Rosenfield, Trustee

Ann Stookey & Joseph W. Waz, Jr. Distinguished Faculty Chair (Piano), by them