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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 

To donate to the National Music Festival, please contact Caitlin Patton at caitlin@nationalmusic.us or 443.480.0221. Contributions can also be made online at www.nationalmusic.us.

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 Mentor/Staff
* 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!