Our Supporters

The New York Choral Society gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following individuals and organizations who support our mission.

Chairman’s Circle ($10,000 and above)

Darin Arita
Michael F. Colosi, Esq.
Ruth Ferguson
The Estate of Martin L. Finkelman, M.D.
Joanna & Carlo Grossman
Melinda & Denis Kelly
Corey Kinger
Virginia Stafford Otis in memory of Alice Stafford Otis and John Douglas Otis
Gary Pai
Michael Roos
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The New York State Council on the Arts
The Wallace Foundation

Gold ($5,000 and above)

Mario J. Bonsignore & Philip Gautreau in honor of Dr. Peter Bagley and in memory of Dr. Martin Finkelman and Joe Sapora
John N. Blackman Foundation
Robert Carpenter
Edith & Robert DuPuy
Inherent Foundation
Moshe Kam
David Munkittrick
Weight Watchers International

Silver ($2,500 and above)

Charles Chromow in honor of Ginny Otis and Michael Colosi
Jodi M. Conti & David Waldes
Timothy & Sealy Ann Gilles
Lyell & Joi Haynes
Brittany & Pete Kelly
Janet and David McKenzie in honor of Ginny Otis and Michael Colosi
Proskauer LLP
Judith A. Rubin
Daniel Stewart & Rachel Meyer
Stephen Weitzman in memory of Martin Finkelman, MD

Bronze ($1,500 and above)

Karen Artz Ash
Stephanie Berger
Alexis Bittar
Paul T Burkhart Jr. and Carl Koivuniemi
Jodi M. Conti & David Waldes
Mercedes Ellington
Lisa Guida
Donald MacCormack
Richard Morgner
Bette Rice in honor of Ginny Otis and Michael Colosi
Judith N. Rubin
Collette L. Ryder in honor of Ginny Otis and Michael Colosi
Carrie Guillory and Ken Wallach
Chris Wogas
Rosanne Zoccoli
The Plunkett Group

Benefactor ($1,000 and above)

The Estate of Joseph Bookmyer
Stewart Clarke
Susan E. Ellison
Sheila F. Epstein in memory of Sylvia Hoisington and in honor of Ginny Otis
Colleen Geier
Steven J. Heller in memory of Martin Finkelman
Olivia Holmes in memory of Joanne Waddington Lawson
Lauretta Kennedy
Charles Merrill
Barbara and Michael Milligan in memory of Carole Bahou
Lianna Jeanne Muskin and Robert Sandusky III
Lynn Neuner
Jenny Pai
Brenda Pai & Nii-Amar Amamoo
Rabbi Rachel Hertzman and Rabbi Rex Perlmeter
Warren Raiti
Joyce & Edward Reitler
Mary W. Sherwin
Ellen L. Sleeter
Karen & David Snow in memory of Joanne Lawson and Dr. Martin Finkelman, in honor of Ginny Otis and Michael Colosi
Karen W Solorow in honor of Ginny Otis
Brian Steinhardt
Robert Sundeen
Nancy & Arthur Tollefson
Shane Wasden

Patron ($500 and above)

Dianne Ackerman
Janet Brevoort Allen-Spencer
Baharestani & Ritt LLP
Kaila Barker
Inna Barmash in memory of Abram Barmash & Meyer Bubis
Alistair Bell
Carlin Black in memory of Joanne Lawson
Valerie Blechar
Leah Davis in honor of Ginny Otis and Michael Colosi
Laurie G. Dunn
Robin Effron in memory of Alexander Yoffe
David N. Ekstrom
James Ferrara
Gary Foster
David M. Glaser
Hyeryong Green
Carlos Gutierrez-Solana
Nancy Humphreys in memory of Sylvia Hoisington
The Ballarino Family
Amy and Jim Kendrick
Fred Chandong Kim
Stephanie Lawal
Grace Lee
Anne E. Lee
Victoria Meneses
Stephen Menlove
Monica Merrill
Pamela Mosley
Joshua S Muldavin
Andowah Newton
Shoko Noguchi
Phill Nuzzo
Juey Chong Ong
Andrea J Rogers
Mary Lee Rubens
Jennifer Salant
Jack Schmieg
Maria and Norman Schwab
Nancy Scura
Susan A. Seigle in memory of Joanne Lawson, Martin Finkelman, Sylvia Hoisington and David Ralph
Lynn Shapiro
Mikael Short
Craig & Nancy Shumate in memory of Joanne Lawson and Martin Finkelman
Jose Suarez
Michelle Turner
Gretchen Upholt
John A. Vila in memory of Terry Bishop
Theodora Waltman
Mary & Gerald Watson in memory of Martin Finkelman
Parichat Wrolstad
Simon Yang
Heather Zeitz

Friend ($250 and above)

Vidya Akavoor
AmazonSmile Foundation
Susan Armbrust
Mina Azad
Kaila Barker
Gregory Bauer
Kiernan Bell
Debra Benovitz
Stephane J. Brenot
Alyse Brown
Mary Parker Buckles
Sally Burgos
Katherine Burns
Sophie Bylina
Mary & Martin Cawley
Sammy Chan
Arthur Coelho
Maria Colosi
Fiona Connel
Lindsay Davis
Elizabeth DeRosa
Richard DiPalermo in honor of Michael Colosi
Andre Donegan
Mary Lee Duff
Claire Enfield
David Hochberg Foundation
Catherine Gold
Vadem Golovanov
Chris Gulhaugen
June & James Hagen in memory of Bob Walton and Martin Finkelman
Darcy Harris
Sylvia R. Hoisington – In memoriam
Nicolette Jelen & Daniel Hubert
Nancy Jordan
John Kelly
Seonuk Kim
Dee Kittany
Maria Kopp
Steven E. Lane
Terence R. Law
Gary Leavitt
Joan and John Levitt in memory of Joseph Sapora
James Little
Emily Liu
Loews Hotels
The Lu Family
Claudia Marks in memory of David H Marks
Garrett Mathieson
Joseph McDonough
Lucy H. Merryman
Suzanne Mulroe in honor of Ruth L. Ferguson
Odette & Victor Muskin
Richard Nadolski
Amine Naouas
Alycia Naylor
Patricia Newkirk
Melinda Odencrantz in honor of Mikael Short
James Ozaki
Sarah Pajonas
Juliann Paolicchi
Hyunmi Parkoh
Dianne Peterson
James Pohlman
Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Gabriela Ramirez Mendez
Sophia Reck
Jane Recker
Lynda Richards
William Rodarmor in honor of Joanna Grossman
Sean Roe
Kathy Romberg in memory of Margot S. Romberg
The Rothschild Family in honor of Judith A Rubin
Susan Rubin
Brian Schneider
Caroline Schwab
Ina Gillers Shivack in memory of Dr. Martin L. Finkelman
A. Shunglu
Jeanne Sigler and James Fratto in memory of Joseph Sapora
Cara Slovinsky
Alaina C. Smalley
Catherine Soler
Alison Soler
Oertel Sparks
Anjana Sreedhar
Marion and Ron Stein in memory of Joe Sapora
Victoria Stroud
Tom and Anita Unrath in honor of John T. Unrath
Sarah van Mosel
Cristine van Schoick
Thomas T. Wang
Belinda Ward
Elizabeth Warner in memory of Joanne Lawson
Jonathan White in memory of Martin Finkelman and David Ralph
Lindsay Wilczynski
Melissa Zhang

The following organizations have provided matching gifts:

The Benevity Community Impact Fund

Blackrock

Amazon Smile

D.E. Shaw & Co.

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

JP Morgan Chase Foundation

Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Program

Standard and Poor’s

The Wallace Foundation

The NYCHORAL Sostenuto Society

Members of The NYCHORAL SOSTENUTO Society provide valuable recurring contributions to support our mission of sharing the essential joy and power of live choral music

Charter Members

Carole Bahou (in memoriam)
Mary Parker Buckles
Joanna Grossman
Corey Kinger
David Munkittrick
Gary Pai
Judith A. Rubin
Collette Ryder
Mary Sherwin
Jonathan White

Our Voices

The following have provided their support to the production of Our Voices, The New York Choral Society’s innovative series of collaborative performances of choral music.

Executive Producers

Michael F. Colosi Esq.
Joanna & Carlo Grossman
Michael Roos

Supporting Producers

Edith & Robert DuPuy

Series Supporters

Paul T. Burkhart & Carl W. Koiveniumi
Ruth & Tim Ferguson
Maria & Norman Schwab
Judith A. Rubin

The Robert Walton Memorial Fund for Featured Soloists and Musicians

Friends of Bob Walton have established The Robert Walton Memorial Fund for Featured Soloists and Musicians to honor Bob’s memory and to celebrate his friendship and long-standing support of The New York Choral Society. This fund support’s The New York Choral Society’s ongoing commitment to feature emerging and more established soloists and musicians in our concerts and productions.

Henry Anna
Karen & Leonard Budd
Peggy Daniel
Mary Lee Duff
David Eckstrom
Barbara and Andrew Effron
Gary Fields
Martin Finkelman
Jack Goodwin & Ruth Kaplan
Rita Greenstein
Lisa Guida
June & Jim Hagen
Brette & Brendan Houle
Blanche Houseknecht & Jerzy Pawlusinski
Victor & Marilyn Ruiz
Joanne & John Lawson
Toni Levi
Pam Myers & Ruth Dickey
Nancy Pasley
Ann Read
Gerald W Richman
Judith A. Rubin
Judith N. Rubin
Judith Rustin-Rabin
Margaret Scavone
Barbara Schenk
Susan A. Seigle
Ina Gillers Shivack & Ian Shivack
Karen W. Solorow
John A. Vila & Terry W. Bishop
Bruce Waddington

Special thanks to

The Angel Band Project
Baharestani & Ritt LLP
Tim Berg
Carmen Borgia
Erlinda Brent, Holy Trinity Church
Marlene Cantor, Executive Bookkeeping Services
Time Cothren, TC Productions
Vito DeCandia
Kim Giannelli, PR Social
Gary Martin – COMPASS