Our Supporters

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. 

Impresarios membership is extended to anyone contributing $1,000 or more in a given year. The Impresarios are important partners who 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 contributions and grants received between May 10, 2025 and December 31, 2025.

Grant Funders

Grant Funders: $20,000 and above

Maryland State Arts Council

Grant Funders: $7,500 and above

Kent Cultural Alliance

Grant Funders: $1,000 and above

Hedgelawn Foundation

Mid-Shore Community Foundation

Corporate Sponsors

Corporate Sponsors : $1,500 and above

The Peoples Bank

Corporate Sponsors : $500 and above

David A. Bramble General Contractors

Impresarios

Forte Impresarios: $50,000 and above

Henry F. Sears Foundation

Forte Impresarios: $25,000 and above

Cape Foundation, Judy & Turner* Smith

Forte Impresarios: $5,000 and above

Peggy & John* Christie

Fordi Family Foundation, Inc.

Rothschild Family Foundation

Vivace Impresarios: $3,000 and above

Wendy Sand Eckel & Robert Roth

Linda Knight

Sheila Riggs

Ruth Sorenson

Allegro Impresarios: $1,500 and above

Anne W. Brown*

Margie & Mickey Elsberg

Terry Goldzier

Elizabeth Gross 

Christian Havemeyer

Carey Hedlund*

Nancy L. Holland

Sandra Willett Jackson & Neal Jackson

Trout Walk Foundation

Linda P. Parry & David H. Wing

Lolli Sherry

Miki Smith

Bobby Sutton

Nancy & Richard Swanson

Loraine & Larry Vetter

Laura & J. Kirk Wade

Pamela L. White*

Adagio Impresarios: $1,000 and above

Anonymous (1)

Joan Buffone & W. Dorsey Hammond

Wendy & Larry Culp

Trish & John Deford in honor of Sandy Sears

Linda & Philip Dutton

Ronnie L. Edelman

Mary & Howard McCoy

Genevieve McWilliams in honor of W. James McWilliams

Linda & Hanson Robbins

Kathy Ruckman*

Mark Schulman*

Marilee & Ford Schumann

Sally & Peter Sweetser

Paddy Tobey

Richard Viglucci*

Harmony Circle: $500 and above

Anonymous (1)

Sheila Austrian

Page Barroll

Sheila & James Barry

Anne Bricker

Mary Grace* & Jack Brosius

Claire & Warren Cox

James E. Gillespie

Lisa M. Hatheway

Susan & John Hellwegge

Sandra W. Jackson

Bonnie & David Keating

Betty & Dennis Martin

Carla Massoni

Victoria & Richard McGlynn

Glenn Michael

Elizabeth & Clement Moore

Lynn & Tim Peters

Andrea & Andy Sloan

Stephanie Spangler

Lisa Webb

Roger & Linda Williams

Friends of the Festival: $200 – $499

Anonymous (1)

Cheryl & Foster Beach

Carol & Warren Beaven

Anne Briggs

Joan Davenport

Pamela S. Fisher

Bonnie F. & Jed N. Howell

Kate McCoy

Paula & Tom Pappas

Debbie & Jim Phelan

Robert Randall

Heather Ransom

Mary Anne & Wallace Reynolds

Norma & Jay Sloan

Elizabeth Spence

Jan Sprinkel

James B. Steele

James Stern~

Joyce Symington

Elizabeth & Peter Whitman

Friends of the Festival: Up to $199

Anonymous (5)

Carn Aldoretta

Judith Ames

Steve Ayraud

Evelyn Baskin & Jonathan Chace

Kate Bennett

Susan & Brian Berman

Sandra Bjork

Rebecca A. Byrd

Anne Keer Charles

Jennifer & Kees de Mooy

Karen Dize

Sandy & David Durfee

Eleanor Ellsworth in honor of Alexandra Totten

Jenifer Emley

Janet & Jeffrey Ferguson

Susan Flanigan

Bonnie & Robert Ford

Robert Fox & Vida Morley

Lynn Geisert

Shirley Giggenbach

Jane & George Hardy

Barbara & Sam Heck

Barbara in den Bosch

JoAnne Ivory

Claire Ferguson Joseph

Christine & Mark Kamon

Michael Kris~

Lizabeth Leighton

Charles Lerner

Andrea & Marc Lombardini

Marguerite Long

Michele Minch

Leslie Palmer

Lanetta & Floyd Parks

Nancy & Gary Robson

Andrew Rogoff

Cynthia Saunders

Jeanette Sherbondy & George Shivers

Emma Shivers

Beverly & Kurt Smith

Gwen Spicer

Gretchen & Bill Starling

Joan Strand

Anne Vansant

Celeste & Robert Wiser

In-Kind Supporters

The National Music Festival wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations for their generous in-kind support toward the 2026 National Music Festival. These donations of in-kind goods and services help us keep our costs low:

Adkins Arboretum

Bayview Handyman Services

MG Brosius*

Anne Brown*

Joan Buffone & W. Dorsey Hammond

Peggy & John* Christie

Susan Eddy

Hallie Emerson~

Margie Elsberg

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Dana Goode

Carey Hedlund*

Heron Point 

Bonnie & David Keating

Kent Cultural Alliance

Maryland State Arts Council

Carla Massoni

Mary & Howard McCoy

Caitlin Patton~*

Tom Parchman~*

The Peoples Bank

El Rancho Mexican Cuisine

It’s Masala Time

Philip Rosenberg~

Richard Rosenberg~*

Alan Rothschild~*

Kathleen Ruckman*

Hester Sachse

Saint Paul’s, Kent

Sacred Heart Parish

John Schratwieser

Mark Schulman*

Sandy* & Harry Sears

Stephanie Spangler

Sultana Education Foundation

Sumner Hall

Carol Tait

Tidewater Trader

Town of Chestertown

Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River

Washington College

White Swan Tavern

Cheryl Young, for the donation of a beautiful Baldwin piano

 ~ NMF Mentor/Staff
* NMF Board Member