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 11, 2023 and May 10, 2024.

Grant Funders

Grant Funders: $30,000 and above

Maryland State Arts Council

Grant Funders: $7,500 and above

Kent Cultural Alliance

Grant Funders: $3,000 and above

The Edmund Lindemuth and Melvyn Schofield Fund of the Mid-Shore Community Foundation

Impresarios

Forte Impresarios: $50,000 and above

Henry F. Sears Foundation

Forte Impresarios: $25,000 and above

Cape Foundation, Judy & Turner* Smith

Forte Impresarios: $10,000 and above

Anonymous

Christian Havemeyer

Forte Impresarios: $5,000 and above

Peggy & John* Christie

Amanda & William Madar

Mary Anne & Wallace Reynolds

Rothschild Family Foundation

Elizabeth & Stan Salett

Vivace Impresarios: $3,000 and above

Elizabeth Gross 

Sheila Riggs

Judy Copeland Schulman & Mark Schulman*

Ruth Marie Sorenson

Allegro Impresarios: $1,500 and above

Susan Baisley*

Anne W. Brown

Joan Buffone & W. Dorsey Hammond

Louisa Duemling

Wendy Sand Eckel & Robert Roth

Margie & Mickey Elsberg

The Fordi Family Foundation

Carey Hedlund

The Peoples Bank

Lolli Sherry & Craig Damon

Michael Singer* & James Smith

Miki & Douglas Smith

M.S. Sutton

Nancy & Richard Swanson

Laura & J. Kirk Wade

Adagio Impresarios: $1,000 and above

Wendy & Lawrence Culp

Linda Knight

Linda Parry

Linda & Hanson Robbins

Marilee & Ford Schumann

Sally & Peter Sweetser

Harmony Circle: $500 and above

Anonymous

Allen Ashbey

Sheila Austrian

James Bogden in memory of Charles H. Taylor III

M.G.* & Jack Brosius in memory of Kirk Hall

Geraldine & Guy Edwards

Erin & Jim Gillespie

Connie & Bruce Hartwig

Margaret & James D. Holmes

Gayle & Robert Ingersoll

Sandra Willett Jackson & Neal Jackson

Glenn Michael

Faith C. Parshall in memory of Bill Parshall

Betty & Dennis Martin

John L. McElroy, Jr.

Mary & Howard McCoy

Deborah M. Nevins

Elizabeth Raffetto

Margaret Rasin

Carol Tait

Pamela White

Friends of the Festival: $200 – $499

David A. Bramble, Inc.

Anne Bricker

Anne & Albert Briggs

Rebecca Byrd

Claire & Warren Cox

Barbara & Frank Creegan

Terry A. Goldzier

Barbara & Joseph Hayden

Nancy Holland

Charles Lerner

Vida Morley & Robert Fox

Elizabeth O’Donoghue & Thomas Martin

Winifrede Ottinger & Rodger Digilio

Katherine & Charles Paff

Clara & Brian Rankin in memory of Charles Taylor

Nancy & Gary Robson

Stephanie Spangler

Elizabeth Spence

Joanne & Matthew Tobriner

Friends of the Festival: Up to $199

Sheila Barry

Cheryl & Foster Beach

Carol & Warren Beaven

Suzanne Benjamin

Judith Berman

Jonathan Chace

Anne Keer Charles

Joanne Clarke

Janet Hjelmgren & Douglas D. Cox

Susan Dorn & Roman Lesiw 

Linda & Philip Dutton

Carol & Bill Edwards

Robert Gerber

Caroline Graham

Jane George Hardy

Martha & Charles Hawkins

Susan & John Hellwege

Carol Howell

Christine & Mark Kamon 

Michael Kris~

Marguerite Long

Susan & Bryan Matthews

Kate McCoy & Rob Harvey

Elizabeth & Barrie Montague 

Paula & Tom Pappas

Rita & Daniel Premo 

Mary Pritchard

Cynthia Ramsey

Cynthia B. Saunders

Gretchen & Bill Starling

James Stern~

Colleen Sundstrom

Joyce Symington

Anne B. Vansant

Claudia Wayne

Lisa Webb

Sigrid Whaley

In-Kind Supporters

The National Music Festival wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations for their generous in-kind support toward the 2024 National Music Festival. These donations of in-kind goods and services help us keep our costs low:

Adkins Arboretum

Betsy Alexander & Burnell Yow!

Animal Care Shelter for Kent County

Susan Baisley*

M.G. Brosius*

Joan Buffone & W. Dorsey Hammond

Cat Colloquium

Chestertown Spy

Chestertown Visitors Center

Christ United Methodist Church

Peggy & John* Christie

Margie Elsberg

Emmanuel Church

Carey Hedlund*

Heron Point 

Bonnie & David Keating

Kent County News

Kent Cultural Alliance

Main Street Chestertown

Maryland State Arts Council

Carla Massoni

MassoniArt

Mary & Howard McCoy

Mid-Shore Community Foundation

Sarra Mossoff

Nora The Piano Cat

Caitlin Patton~*

Tom Parchman~*

The Peoples Bank

RiverArts

Philip Rosenberg~

Richard Rosenberg~*

Alan Rothschild~*

Hester Sachse

Saint Paul’s, Kent

Sacred Heart Parish

John Schratwieser

Mark Schulman*

Sandy* & Harry Sears

Michael Singer* & James Smith

Turner Smith*

Cori Crane & Michael J. Sosulski

Stephanie Spangler

Sumner Hall

Tidewater Trader

Town of Chestertown

Unitarian Universalists  of the Chester River

Washington College, Facilities Sponsor

 ~ NMF Mentor/Staff
* NMF Board Member