It takes all kinds of supporters — individual, family, corporate and foundation — to make a music festival. National Music Festival supporters are co-producers of this important cultural event. We are grateful for your contributions and will use them responsibly. Thank you for your support of the National Music Festival!
OuterArts Maryland, Inc. dba National Music Festival is a nonprofit organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
The Impresarios! Membership is extended to anyone contributing $1,000 or more in a given year. The Impresarios are important co-producers of the Festival and help make possible the scholarships that are provided to all apprentices. For more information, please contact caitlin@nationalmusic.us or 443.480.0221.
We are grateful to the following supporters for their contributions! This list represents cumulative contributions, grants, and pledges received between May 11, 2019 and May 20, 2022.
Grant Funders: $100,000 and above
Maryland State Arts Council
Grant Funders: $70,000 and above
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
Grant Funders: $25,000 and above
Kent Cultural Alliance
Small Business Administration: Paycheck Protection Program
Small Business Administration: Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program
Grant Funders: $10,000 and above
Maryland Department of Commerce
Grant Funders: $5,000 and above
Mid-Shore Community Foundation for the Fiddlesticks! Youth Strings Program)
Grant Funders: $2,500 and above
Kent CARES for Growth Grant Program
United Way of Kent County (for the Fiddlesticks! Youth Strings Program)
Grant Funders: $1,000 and above
Town of Chestertown
Corporate Impresarios: : $1,000 and above
David A. Bramble, Inc.
Chesapeake Bank & Trust
Forte Impresarios: $10,000 and above
Elizabeth Gross
Nina Houghton
Amanda & William Madar
Sandra Sears
Turner Smith
Forte Impresarios: $5,000 and above
Susan Baisley
Cape Foundation
Christian Havemeyer
The Philanthropic Network
Mary Anne Shea & Blyth Reynolds
Rothschild Family Foundation
Mark & Judy Copeland Schulman
Henry F. Sears
Laura & J. Kirk Wade
Vivace Impresarios: $3,000 and above
Joan C. Buffone & W. Dorsey Hammond
Peggy & John Christie
Margie & Stuart Elsberg
Fordi Family Foundation
Constance & Bruce Hartwig
Jeanne & Robert Johnson
Merle Phillips
Sheila & Richard Riggs
Robert Roth
Charles Taylor & Jim Bogden
Allegro Impresarios: $1,500 and above
Louisa Duemling
Sandra & David Durfee
Ronnie Edelman
Ed Hatcher-Angie Cannon Giving Trust
Robert Ingersoll
Beryl Kemp
Linda Knight
Kay & William MacIntosh
Mary & Howard McCoy
Deborah Nevins
William W. Parshall
Elizabeth Raffetto
Linda & Hanson Robbins
Lois R. Sherry & Craig Damon
Michael Singer
Beryl & Douglas Smith
Shelby M. Strudwick
Mildred Sutton
Nancy & Richard Swanson
Sarah & Peter Sweetser
Clifton F. West, Jr. in memory of Joan West
Mary & David White
Louise Widdup
Adagio Impresarios: $1,000 and above
Allison & Jeff Brooks
Mary Grace & John Brosius
W. Robert Cook
Georgiana Evans
Susan & Kristina Hughes
Elizabeth & Dennis Martin
Susan & Bryan Matthews
The Peoples Bank
Margaret Rasin
Aubrey Sarvis
Patricia & Richard Tobey
Alexandra C. Totten
Patricia Waring in memory of Belle Stebbins Waring
Harmony Circle: $500 and above
Cheryl & Foster Beach
Carol & Warren Beaven in honor of John & Susan Susemihl
Judith Berman
Philip Boudart
Barbara Brereton
Anne Bricker
Anne Brown
James Butler
Muriel Cole
The Comegys Bight Foundation
Trish & John DeFord
John Diller
John Graham
Molly Gebrian
Priscilla Hall in honor of Elizabeth Gross
Carey Hedlund
Susan & John Hellwege
Nancy & John Henderson
Sandra Willett Jackson
Jeff Keesecker
Carol & Waldemar Kerbel
Germaine Lanaux
Charles Lerner
Edward Ellis Maxcy
Glenn Michael
Helen C. Moffatt
Vida Morley
Thomas Pappas
Caitlin Patton & Richard Rosenberg
Rita & Daniel Premo
Mary & R. Ford Schumann
Beverly & Kurt Smith
Stephanie Spangler
Madelaine & Ralph Surette
Linda Verbeck
Lisa Webb
Kay & Herb Wilkinson
Theresa Willen
Wolin Family Tzedakah Fund, Mid-Shore Community Foundation
Friends of the Festival: $200 – $499
Sheila Austrian
Page Roe Barroll
Alice Bradshaw
Holly & David Bramble
Anne Briggs
Phyllis Brown
Betsy Butler
William L. Cameron
Anne Keer Charles
Joanne Clarke
Virginia & Steven Croker
Linda & Philip Dutton
Carol & William Edwards
Pamela & Thomas Fisher
Jane & George Hardy
Henry and Anne Hart Charitable Fund
Charles Hawkins
Hedgelawn Foundation
Paula & Robert Hill
Janet Hjelmgren & Douglas Cox
Margaret & James D. Holmes
Vera Holt
Michelle Humphreys
Abraham T. Hunter
Christine & Mark Kamon
Melinda Karl
Susan & Simon Kenyon
Carla Massoni
Carolyn Menzie J
ames Moseman
Barbara J. & William B. Noll
Louise O’Brien
Carol & Norwood Orrick
Katherine & Charles Paff
Edward Plaisance
Mary Pritchard
Cynthia V. Ramsey
Christine Reeves
Susan K. Ross
Kathleen Ruckman
Drs. Shanahan & Ferguson, PC
Susan J. Shawhan
Elizabeth Spence
Joan Strand
Charles Tate
Joanne & Matthew Tobriner
Helen H. & G. Robert Tyson
Barbara Vann
Kathleen & Jeff Weber
Pamela White
Lynda & Robert Willard
Friends of the Festival: Up to $199
Judith Ames
Sheila & James Barry
Stella Baucom in memory of Irene Mattutat
Susan & Brian Berman
Sandra Bjork
Jane & Marvin Bond
Alice J. & William Bowdle
Bernadette & Paul Bowman
Neil W. Brayton
Rebecca A. Byrd
Maryellen Campbell
Jo & Theodore Clark
Judith & Richard Crane
William Creager
Barbara & Frank Creegan
Raymond A. Diedrichs
Alice & David Dunham
Jenifer Endicott Emley
Barbara & Jack Fancher
Charlotte Farscht
Suzanne Fischer
Gayle Folger
Dana Goode
Caroline Graham
Sandra & Douglas Hamilton
Mary Hayman
Nancy Holland
Barbara in den Bosch
W.S. Ingersoll
Matthew Jaffe
Charles Johnston
Jen & Tom Joseph
Diane & Richard Kalter
Bonnie & David Keating
Jean & Eric Knox
Linda & Robert Kramer in memory of Betsy Tait
Michael Kris
Stephanie & Richard LaMotte
Carole & James Lupis
Patricia & Paul McDonald
Susan & Earl McGimpsey
Thomas McHugh
Lynn McLain in memory of Betsy Tait
Mobil Foundation
Elizabeth & Barrie Montague
Ann & John Murray
Elizabeth O’Donoghue
Charles Patterson, Jr.
Nancy Reed
William F. Rienhoff III
Alice Ritchie
David Roberts
Nancy & Gary Robson
Barbara & Lee Rosenberg
Ellen Ko & David Sachs
Cynthia Saunders
Elizabeth A. Schoeb
Robert Scofield
James Smith
Karen Smith
Lawrence Stahl
Gretchen & William Starling
Brigitte & W.J. Stenger
Linda & Neil Stoddard
Elizabeth Tannahill
Rebecca K. Taylor
Anne Burton Vansant
Sigrid Whaley
Elke & Josef Wiedemann
Wilson Tayler Builders, LLC
Debra Woodruff-Capper
Paula Wordtt & Richard Owen
Joan Wise
Nancy Zeller
Mark Zwinger & Malcom Kram in honor of Mel Rapelyea
In-Kind Supporters
The National Music Festival wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations for their generous in-kind support toward the 2022 National Music Festival. These donations of in-kind goods and services help us keep our costs low:
- Adkins Arboretum
- Anthony’s Flowers
- Betsy Alexander & Burnell Yow!
- John Allen
- Susan Baisley*
- MG Brosius
- Joan Buffone & W. Dorsey Hammond
- Chestertown Spy
- Chestertown Visitors Center
- Christ United Methodist Church
- Dove Drum Rental
- Linda & Philip Dutton
- Margie Elsberg
- Emmanuel Church
- Jon Hanley
- Bruce Hartwig
- Carey Hedlund
- Heron Point
- Bob Ingersoll
- Kent Cultural Alliance
- Kent County Chamber of Commerce
- Kent County News
- Kent County Office of Tourism and Economic Development
- The Mainstay
- Maryland State Arts Council
- Mary & Howard McCoy
- Jennifer Mulligan
- Cory Palmer
- Caitlin Patton~*
- Tom Parchman~*
- The Peoples Bank
- David Roberston, Jr.
- Philip Rosenberg~
- Richard Rosenberg~*
- Alan Rothschild~*
- Saint Paul’s Parish, Kent
- Sacred Heart Church
- Patrick Salerno
- John Schratwieser
- Judy & Mark* Schulman
- Sandy* and Harry Sears
- Michael Singer*
- Turner Smith*
- Stephanie Spangler
- Robert Stiles~
- Sumner Hall
- Charles Taylor*
- Tidewater Trader
- Rev. Ellsworth Tolliver*
- Town of Chestertown
- Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River
- Washington College, Facilities Sponsor
* NMF Board Member
We sincerely apologize to anyone who may have been inadvertently excluded from this list. We appreciate all of our supporters, without whom the Festival would not exist. If you are a donor and have not been listed here, please email info@nationalmusic.us and we will correct the issue as soon as possible. Thank you!