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, 2024 and May 10, 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

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.

Christian Havemeyer

Carey Hedlund

Rothschild Family Foundation

Sheila Riggs

Vivace Impresarios: $3,000 and above

Wendy & Lawrence Culp

Wendy Sand Eckel & Robert Roth

Mary Anne & Wallace Reynolds

Elizabeth & Stan Salett

M.S. Sutton

Alexandra Totten

Allegro Impresarios: $1,500 and above

Anne Brown

Joan Buffone & W. Dorsey Hammond

Louisa Duemling

Margie & Mickey Elsberg

Elizabeth Gross 

Sara Grosvenor, in honor of Sandy Sears

Judy Copeland Schulman & Mark Schulman*

Lolli Sherry & Craig Damon

Michael Singer* & James Brown, in honor of Sandy Sears

Miki Smith

Ruth Marie Sorenson

Nancy & Richard Swanson

Laura & J. Kirk Wade

Pamela White

Adagio Impresarios: $1,000 and above

Anonymous

Page Barroll

Geraldine & Guy Edwards

Mary Hurley

Linda Knight

Mary & Howard McCoy

John L. McElroy

Linda Parry

Clara & Brian Rankin

Linda & Hanson Robbins

Marilee & Ford Schumann

Sally & Peter Sweetser

David Wing

Harmony Circle: $500 and above

Anonymous (4)

Sheila Austrian

Susan Baisley

Sheila Barry

Dennis Clark

Jo & Ted Clark

Lisa Coleman, in honor of Andrew Coleman

Ginger & Tom Collier

Claire & Warren Cox, in honor of Sandra & Harry Sears

Trish & John Deford

Ronnie Edelman

Peggy & Dal Holmes

Bonnie & David Keating

Betty & Dennis Martin

Glenn Michael

Betty & Dennis Martin

Victoria & Richard McGlynn

Stephanie Spangler

Carol Tait

Friends of the Festival: $200 – $499

Cheryl & Foster Beach

Carol & Warren Beaven

Anne Briggs

Larry DiRe

Gerry Fisher & Barry Barrell

Terry Goldzier

Sandra Willett Jackson & Neal Jackson

Andrea & Marc Lombardini

Carla Massoni

Nora The Piano Cat, Feline Fun Fest

Paula & Thomas Pappas

Mary Pritchard

Heather Ransom

Kathleen Ruckman*

Jeannette Sherbondy & George Shivers

Betty Spence

James Stern

Lisa Webb

Friends of the Festival: Up to $199

Anonymous

Carol Agia

Judith Ames

Kate Bennett

Sandra Bjork

Philip Boudart

Anne Bricker

Mary Grace* & Jack Brosius

Tiffany Brackmann

Phyllis Brown

Betsy Butler

Norton Carter

Anne Keer Charles

Wendy Colquitt

Michelle Corlew

Corinne Crane & Michael Sosulski

Patricia Dietz

Karen Dize

Sandy & Dave Durfee

Kathleen & Frank Durkee

Linda & Philip Dutton

Francis Eleutario

Thomas Ettinger

Shirley Giggenbach

Alexander Gilchrist

Patricia Gilkison

Rodney Gray

Ruth Guthridge

Jane & George Hardy

Barbara Hayden, in honor of Dunstan Hayden

Susan Held

Susan & John Hellwege

Michelle Humphreys

Anna Hurd

Christine & Mark Kamon 

Eileen Kessler

Michael Kris~

Kathryn Lee

Margaret Lenzner

Marguerite Long

C.B. & Willis Lovell

Joan Lowes

Jeremiah Lucey

Earl McGimpsey

Melissa McGlynn

Shelley Minch

Steven Mitchell

Karen O’Connor

Lynn & Tim Peters 

Linda Reck

Billie Lynne & David Roberts

Shane Rock

Barbara & Lee Rosenberg

Philip Rosenberg

Karen Rothschild

Lisa Samson

Cynthia Saunders

Jasmine Schaeffer

Sue & Bob Scofield

Diane Shields

Victoria Smith

Cynthia Stafford

Joan Strand

Joyce Symington

Barbara Vann

Anne Vansant

Joan Wise

Robert Wiser

Mabel Zelle

In-Kind Supporters

The National Music Festival wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations for their generous in-kind support toward the 2025 National Music Festival. These donations of in-kind goods and services help us keep our costs low:

Adkins Arboretum

M.G. Brosius*

Anne Brown*

Joan Buffone & W. Dorsey Hammond

Peggy & John* Christie

Susan Eddy

Hallie Emerson~

Margie Elsberg

Emmanuel Church

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

Philip Rosenberg~

Richard Rosenberg~*

Alan Rothschild~*

Kathleen Ruckman*

Hester Sachse

Saint Paul’s, Kent

Sacred Heart Parish

John Schratwieser

Mark Schulman*

Sandy* & Harry Sears

Michael Singer* & James Smith

Turner Smith*

Silver Linings

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