Newport Classical gratefully recognizes the generosity of the following individuals and foundations, whose extraordinary annual support contributes significantly to the organization’s artistic programs and education and community engagements.
(September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022)
MAESTRO SOCIETY ($25,000 and above)
Anonymous
Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust
Bazarsky Family Foundation
EJMP Fund for Philanthropy
Gruben Charitable Foundation
Jennie and Stephen B. Huttler
Suzanna and John Laramee
Melanie and David Niemiec
Cynthia A. Sinclair
Marilyn J. Woloohojian
STRADIVARIUS CIRCLE
($1,500 – $24,999)
$15,000 to $24,999
Anonymous Local Supporter
Ms. Virginia Gambale and Dr. Austin W. Feeney
Ms. Terry Morgenthaler and Mr. Patrick Kerins
Donald Osborne and Frank Garofolo
Diana Pearson
Ken and Tia Scigulinsky
van Beuren Charitable Foundation
Ken and Dorothy Woodcock
$10,000 to $14,999
Betsy Blair and Jim Van Winkle
Robert H. Connell and Michelle Duffy
Leslie Mathieu Hogan
Irene and Stephen D. Johnson
Rebecca and Randolph Johnson
Sue Klau
Alys and Jack Krichavsky
Marilyn and Don Malpass
Kathy and Doug O’Brien
Linda and Jack Purdy
Matthew Putman
Joan Sweeney and Jim Godbout
Dennis and Roseanne Williams
John J. Winkleman, Jr.
Marjorie Yashar and Gerry Gibian
$5,000 to $9,999
Richard and Karen Calo
Judy and Kim Davis
Ronald and Maureen Early
Karl and Sonya Feitelberg
Elizabeth Leatherman – in honor of her mother Elizabeth Firestone Willis on her 100th birthday.
Newport County Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Patricia and Torre Peterson
Connie Procaccini
George M. and Barbara H. Sage Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Nicholas and Shelley Schorsch
Lorna and Jeremiah Shafir
Meg and Don Steiner
Stoneacre Brasserie
Maria Elena Vergara and Isaac Valentin
M. Peter & Rhonda J. Woloohojian, Menas & Mikhail Woloohojian
$2,500 to $4,999
AARP of Rhode Island
Artists Development Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Sara and Anthony Carcieri
Ingrid Chung and Michael Obuchowski
Discover Newport
Nancy and Robert E. Grasing
Hope Foundation
Larry and Kim Ingeneri
Peter and Marcy Kane – in memory of Dr. Mark Malkovich III and in honor of Joan Malkovich and Mark Malkovich IV and their outstanding service to the Newport Music Festival.
The Marra Family Charitable Fund
NewportFed Charitable Foundation
David and Dianne Piccoli
Aaron Roitman Chamber Music Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Jacqueline Savoie and Dennis McCool
Sharon and Jim Seymour
Donald Spencer
Bill and Nancy Wilson
$1,500 to $2,499
Barry M. Berger and Kathleen A. Vieweg
Nicholas Brown
William and Madeleine Choquette
Roger L. Clifton
Elfriede A. Collis
Joe and Rita Conklin
Gillian and Michael Fox
Island Carpet & Flooring LLC
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., MD
Sara Meirowitz and Dan Herchenroether
Dr. Jane Moffett and Mr. Mark Blycker
Arlene Lidsky Salomon and Chester B. Salomon
Sally Strachan
Marjorie Turley
FRIENDS OF NEWPORT CLASSICAL
($1 – $1,499)
$500 to $1,499
Anonymous
Anonymous Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Virginia Allen
David and Vicki Altounian
Denny L. Anderson
Robert C. Anderson
Ellen Barnes
Peter and Tricia Baylor
Ronald and Johanna Becker
Mary Brunell
Sharon and Brian Clayman
Sarah and Adam Compton
Dr. Leo P. Donovan, Jr.
Deirdre Driscoll-Lemoine and Michael Lemoine
Frederick and Diana Prince Foundation
Bernard S. Gewirz
Bernadette Gleeson
Maureen and Bill Goldfarb
Toni and Fred Green
Donna and Jay Grossman
Christine Huttler Hayes
Ken Iisaka
David and Christine Kirchner
Katherine R. Kirk
Renee Lamontagne and George “Herk” Herchenroether
Marcia Morris and Arnold Hiatt
Bettie and Jonathan Pardee
William Peter Rademsky
Mr. and Mrs. Everett E. Salisbury
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Schoenbaum
Thomas Simpson
Dr. Cynthia Stack
Frank and Betsy Steel
Bob Velardi
Walker & Dunlop
Ronald Weintraub and Margo Howard
Jere A. and Della Wager Wells
$1 to $499
Anonymous (7)
Anonymous Donor Advised Fund of the U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
Joan and Richard Abrams
John and Jewelle Allen
Margo and Gary Anderson
M. Therese Antone
Patricia Antonelli
Brad Arington
Nicole Armstrong
David and Karen Astrachan
Barbara and Richard A. Baker
James and Dorothy Baker
James and Nancy Baker
Elizabeth and Edward Baldwin, III
Susan Barnes and Claudia Helt
Maureen Barrett
Michael W. Barrett
Gary and Fran Barsky
Steve and Debbie Barth
Alan H. Bates
Barbara Baum
Marie Bennett
Barbara and Jim Bentsen
Mitchell Berg and Leni Klaimitz
Dale Bernardoni
Peter Berton
Jeannine Bestoso
Richard G. Bickel Jr.
Nancy and Daniel Bills
David E. Boenning
Ben Bolusky
Barbara and Richard Booth
Daniel Bornstein
Helen L. Brennan
Dennis Bristow
Thomas and Antonia Bryson
Aislinn Buckley
Janet Buerklin
Heather Burgess
Robert M. Burgess
Kathleen and Patrick Burke
Carson Burrington
Caroline Butterfield
Brenda Calkins
Jeffrey and Sandra Canfield
Diane Caram
Philip, Anne, and Maia Carty
John and Kathleen Cassino
Ms. Nancy Caswell
Martin P. Chaplin
Donna Cimini
Whitney and Ryan Clarke
Kelly Coates
Marsha Cohen
Sheila Connery and Anthony Raitano
Pamela Constantine
Peter M. Cosel
Lynn Creighton
Donald Crowell
Joe Cuff
Anna B. Davis
Thomas Davis
Arthur DeAscentis
Jim and Mimi DeCesaris
Domenic DeGaetano
Frederick and Lynne Dillman
Dina M. DiRuzzo
Lisa Donovan
Liz and Emlen Drayton
John Drotos
Maeve DuVally
Virginia Edes
Steven and Susan Eisenberg
James Elesh
Albert and Theresa Farrell
Tom and Lorrie Fedyszyn
David and Mary Ann Fiaschetti
Simon Finlow
Roger and Jane Fontaine
Janice Forsstrom
The French Confection
Mark Frey
Adrienne and Mitchel Friedman
Suzanne Gagnon and Steve Zimniski
Christine and Alexander Gaudio
Stephen Gill
Marilyn E. Glover
Rose Goltman
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gosling
Janet and John Grant
Audrey Grimes
Dr. Robert W. Guimond
Kate Haakonsen and Christopher Lamourine
Jessica Hagen
The Hartford
Stephanie and Roger Heine
Francis J. Henry
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herrick
Thomas Hockaday
Lori and Brian Hogan
Barbara Holland
Stephen and Patricia Holst
Andrew Hrycyna
Roberta M. Humble
M.M. Jennings
Christina Jensen
Sarah Jesudason
Stephen B. Johns
Carole A. Jolie
Marilyn and Stephen Kaplan
Dr. Barbara A. Kathe
Margo Keyser
Ms. Jennifer E. Kiddie
Jenny Kitsen
Kathleen and Martin Kits van Heyningen
Maria and Paul Kolarsick
Richard and Lori Kollmeyer
Angeline Koziara
Norman S. Krasner
Patricia M. Kraynak
Chester Kunz
Doranna M. LaBonte
Donna Landry
Grace Lee
Elisabeth LeFort
Mike and Betty Lenehan
Victoria Lepeturin
Paul Leys
Marcia Lindsay
Kate Longo
Penny Lowenstein and Mark Weremchuk
Tanja Lynch
Albert B. Lyons
Beverly T. Mack
Lee Mangione
Elizabeth L. Marsden
Valerie Martin
William C. Martin
Cynthia and Stephen Martorella
Janet McCarthy
Ann Marie McGarty
Elizabeth and Robert McGrath
Jerry and Tina McIntyre
Peggy and Chris McKleroy
Mr. Edward McPherson
Patricia F. Melrose
A.N. Melucci
Brian D. Melzian, Ph.D.
Irene Menas
Michael Merritt
Beth Milham
Judy and Michael Mintzer
Patricia Montagnino
Reid Muller, MD and Shelley Gilroy, MD
Susan and William Murphy, Jr.
James and Susan Nagle
Michael and Margaret Nash
Trevor Neal
Mr. Francis Donal O’Brien
Edna G. O’Connell
Mary October
Mr. Mark W. Ohnmacht
Ezekiel Olivia
Juliet Parsons-Betzel
Thomas Patriarca and Donna M. Lamontagne
John and Diane Pfautz
Karen Piacentini and David Mirkin
Kelly and Joseph Pianka
Calvin J. Pierce DMD, PhD
Charles and Gretchen Pierce
Jeffrey P. Pineault
Margaret Polski
Kathy Poremski
Katherine Powers
Michael and Debra Raizman
Peter and Adrienne Ranelli
Joseph J. Reardon
Susan Richter
Janet L. Robinson
Suzanne and Donald Robitaille
Casper Roos
Donna Rose
Stuart Rose
JoAnn Rosemont
Joshua Rosen
Joan Rosenthal and Frederick S. Schiff
Joyce Rosenthal
Steven Ruggieri
Bill Salmons and Caroline Niemczyk
Joanna Salvo
Lisa Santucci
Gabrielle Schillinger
Carol Schneider
Janet and Harold Schofield
Linda and Robert Sedgewick
Jekaterina Selakova
Marilyn Shea and Clifford Wise
Anne Sherman
Stephen Silva and Joseph DeFalco
Keng Siong Sim
Jane and David Steele
Brandie Stonge
Barbara and Konrad Streuli
Patricia A. Sullivan and Jonathan A. Barnes
Henry Sykes and Josephine Maguire
Mary Beth Tabacco
Ruth S. Taylor
Ruth Barge Thumbtzen
Judi Tisdall
Dick and Jane Tracy
Sandra Tremblay
Katherine Tyler
Nancy Underwood
Jason Unger
James Upton
Ellen Vadney
Linda Valentine
James Van Cleve
Debra Venancio
Robert Walker
Dorothy Walsh
Michael and Danette Walsh
Trudy and Jack Walsh
Margaret and Thomas R. Waugh
Patricia and Loel Weiss
Peter J. Wender
Karen and David Wentworth
Pat and Mike Werle
The Alice B. Westervelt Trust
White’s Hill Farm, Douglas White
Lara Wibeto
Angela J. Wier
Shawen Williams and Andrew C.T. MacKeith
Bill and Nancy Wilson
Jean Wilson
Linda and Richard Winslow
Kay Winston
Jere Wiseman
Walter A. Young Jr. and Sylvia C. Blanda
Mary A. Zahm
Anne Ewing Zettek
TRIBUTE GIFTS
Joyce Rosenthal
Frank and Betsy Steel
Dr. Leo P. Donovan, Jr.
Allan Hodges
James and Elaine Burress
Steve and Linn Freedman
Christine Huttler Hayes
Janet Kelly McCarthy
Laura and David Pedrick
Peter Sczerbinski
Donald Spencer
Jamie Asciolla
Deirdre Driscoll-Lemoine and Michael Lemoine
Gary & Vicki Dorfman Charitable Fund
Joanna Salvo
Marjorie Turley
Jere A. and Della Wager Wells
Kathy Arent
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Grimes
Peter and Marcy Kane
Joyce Rosenthal
Cynthia A. Sinclair
Doris Shaw
Gail Skidmore
Marilyn Woloohojian
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Grimes
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Grimes
Peter and Marcy Kane
Michael J. Moran
Edmund and Nancy Lynch
Jasmine Sudarkasa
Anonymous
Joanna Salvo
Linda and Richard Becker
Gillian and Michael Fox
Dr. and Mrs. Grimes
Sue Klau
Donna and Jim Lennox
Newport Partnership for Families
Joyce S. Rosenthal
Cynthia A. Sinclair
Gail Skidmore
Diane Romanelli
Suzanna Laramee
Judith Berger and Bob Peckham
Bob Velardi
Tony, Lisabeth, and Zari Apodaca
Scott Avedisian
Beatrice Babgouni
Ellen Barnes
Joseph Beretta
Winifred E. Brownell
Adrianne Cady
Glenn A. Capalbo and Cynthia DeTroia
Tanya, Doug, Harry and Adam Chakmakian (The Chakmakian Family)
Michael and Kathleen Conover
John and Violet Dagdigian
Mr. and Mrs. A. Jeffrey David
H. Chris Der Vartanian, Anthony and Lisa (Der Vartanian) Lombardo, and Alexandra Lombardo
Linda and George Dymond
Gillian and Michael Fox
Gilstein, Kinder & Levin, LLP
Aline M. Hebert
Theodore F. Jakubowski
Sue Klau
Suzanna and John Laramee
Gloria Messerlian
Anais Missakian
Robert and Catherine Mogavero
Paula Najarian
Claire Nelson
Kate Nelson
Judy Onanian
Joan C. Papazian
Thomas Patriarca and Donna M. Lamontagne
Diana Pearson
Michele and Lawrence Radcliffe
Gail and Carl Romanovich
Rodney and Betsy Santagata
Leanne Sarkisian
Marilyn Shea and Clifford Wise
Cynthia A. Sinclair
Denise and Neil Sklaroff
Sally Strachan
Joseph Troyan
Gail and Bob Weisberger
Karen and David Wentworth
Menas & Mikhail Woloohojian
M. Peter & Rhonda J. Woloohojian
The Zamanian Family
Honor Marilyn with a contribution to The Marilyn J. Woloohojian Emerging Artists Fund
Gail Yonov Root and Helen Alexis Yonov
CORPORATE PARTNERS
We are so grateful to those individuals, foundations and companies who continue to support us year after year. Please visit our Gratitude Reports from past seasons to learn more:
