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 May 9, 2026.

Grant Funders

Grant Funders: $20,000 and above

Maryland State Arts Council

Wallace Research Foundation

Grant Funders: $7,500 and above

Kent Cultural Alliance

Grant Funders: $5,000 and above

Mid-Shore Community Foundation

Grant Funders: $1,000 and above

Hedgelawn Foundation

Impresarios

Forte Impresarios: $50,000 and above

Anonymous

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

Christian Havemeyer

Linda P. Parry & David H. Wing

Miki Smith

Rothschild Family Foundation

Vivace Impresarios: $3,000 and above

Wendy Sand Eckel & Robert Roth

Nancy L. Holland

Linda Knight

Sheila Riggs

Ruth Sorenson

Alexandra Totten

Allegro Impresarios: $1,500 and above

Anonymous in honor of Sara Grosvenor

Mary Grace* & Jack Brosius

Anne W. Brown*

Joan C. Buffone & W. Dorsey Hammond

Trish & John Deford in honor of Sandy Sears

Margie & Mickey Elsberg

Terry Goldzier

Elizabeth Gross 

Carey Hedlund*

Sandra Willett Jackson & Neal Jackson

Trout Walk Foundation

Kathy Ruckman*

Lolli Sherry

M.S. Sutton

Nancy & Richard Swanson

Loraine & Larry Vetter

Richard Viglucci*

Laura & J. Kirk Wade

Pamela L. White*

Adagio Impresarios: $1,000 and above

Anonymous 

Wendy & Larry Culp

Linda & Philip Dutton

Ronnie L. Edelman

Caroline Gabel

Mary & Howard McCoy

Vicky & Rich McGlynn

Genevieve McWilliams in honor of W. James McWilliams

Linda & Hanson Robbins

Mark Schulman*

Marilee & Ford Schumann

Sally & Peter Sweetser

Paddy Tobey

Harmony Circle: $500 and above

Anonymous

Sheila Austrian

Page Barroll

Sheila & James Barry

David A. Bramble General Contractors

Anne Bricker

Betsy Butler

Claire & Warren Cox

James E. Gillespie

Lisa M. Hatheway

Susan & John Hellwegge

Robert Johnson

Bonnie & David Keating

Betty & Dennis Martin

Susan & Bryan Matthews

Carla Massoni

Glenn Michael

Elizabeth & Clement Moore

Lynn & Tim Peters

Andrea & Andy Sloan

Stephanie Spangler

Carol Tait

Lisa Webb

Roger & Linda Williams

Friends of the Festival: $200 – $499

Anonymous 

Cheryl & Foster Beach

Rev. Warren & Carol Beaven

Penny & Jim Block

Anne Briggs

Rebecca A. Byrd

Joan Davenport

Pamela S. Fisher

Peggy & James D. Holmes

Bonnie F. & Jed N. Howell

Kate McCoy

Winifrede Ottinger

Paula & Tom Pappas

Debbie & Jim Phelan

Robert Randall

Heather Ransom

Mary Anne & Wallace Reynolds

Nancy & Gary Robson

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

Mary Alice Ball

Evelyn Baskin & Jonathan Chace

Kate Bennett

Susan & Brian Berman

Sandra Bjork

Anne Keer Charles

Jennifer & Kees de Mooy

Karen Dize

Sandy & David Durfee

Louise Durocher

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

Cynthia Ramsey

Andrew Rogoff

Barbara & Lee Rosenberg

Cynthia Saunders

Sue & Bob Scofield

Louise Shearer

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

The Bookplate

MG Brosius*

Anne Brown*

Peggy & John* Christie

Christ First United Methodist Church

Susan Eddy

Hallie Emerson~

Margie Elsberg

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Dana Goode

Carey Hedlund*

Heron Point 

Historical Society of Kent County

Bonnie & David Keating

Kent Cultural Alliance

Kent County Public Library

Maryland State Arts Council

Carla Massoni

Mary & Howard McCoy

Caitlin Patton~*

Tom Parchman~*

El Rancho Mexican Cuisine

Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company

Philip Rosenberg~

Richard Rosenberg~*

Alan Rothschild~*

Kathleen Ruckman*

Hester Sachse

Saint Paul’s, Kent

Sacred Heart Parish

John Schratwieser

Mark Schulman*

Sandy* & Harry Sears

Sultana Education Foundation

Sumner Hall

Carol Tait

Tidewater Trader

Town of Chestertown

Richard Viglucci*

Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River

Washington College

Pam White*

White Swan TavernCheryl Young, for the donation of a beautiful Baldwin piano

 ~ NMF Mentor/Staff
* NMF Board Member