2022/23 Gratitude Report

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, 2022 – August 31, 2023)

MAESTRO SOCIETY

($25,000 and above)

Anonymous
Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust
BankNewport
Barry M. Berger and Kathleen A. Vieweg
EJMP Fund for Philanthropy
Gruben Charitable Foundation
Jennie and Steve B. Huttler
Suzanna and John Laramee
Ms. Terry Morgenthaler and Mr. Patrick Kerins
Melanie and David Niemiec
Prince Charitable Trusts
Joan Sweeney and Jim Godbout

STRADIVARIUS CIRCLE

($1,500 – $24,999)

$15,000 to $24,999

Ms. Virginia Gambale and Dr. Austin W. Feeney
Irene and Stephen D. Johnson
National Endowment for the Arts
Donald Osborne and Frank Garofolo
Matthew Putman
Ken Scigulinsky
Cynthia A. Sinclair
van Beuren Charitable Foundation

$10,000 to $14,999

Bazarsky Family Foundation
Robert H. Connell and Michelle Duffy
Esmond and Jerome Harmsworth
Leslie Mathieu Hogan
Rebecca and Randolph Johnson
Sue Klau
Alys and Jack Krichavsky
Kathy and Doug O’Brien
Diana Pearson
Linda and Jack Purdy
Rhode Island Foundation Community Grant
Maria Elena Vergara and Isaac Valentin
Roseanne and Dennis Williams

$5,000 to $9,999

The American-Scandinavian Foundation
Audrain Hospitality Group
The Brenton Hotel
Karen and Richard Calo
Judy and Kim Davis
Ronald and Maureen Early
Karl and Sonya Feitelberg
Judith G. Holcomb
Don and Marilyn Malpass
Mary and Robert Marra
Torre and Patricia Miller Peterson
Connie Procaccini
Rhode Island Foundation Newport County Fund
George M. and Barbara H. Sage Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Jackie Savoie and Dennis McCool
Dwight and Susan Sipprelle
The White Family Foundation
Dorothy and Ken Woodcock
Marjorie Yashar and Gerry Gibian

$2,500 to $4,999

Bernard Chiu
William and Madeleine Choquette
Ingrid Chung and Michael Obuchowski
Melissa Fairgrieve
Nancy and Robert E. Grasing
Hope Foundation
Larry and Kim Ingeneri
James H. & Marilyn J. Woloohojian Family Foundation
Marcellene S. Doctor Kane
Deirdre Driscoll-Lemoine and Michael Lemoine
Louise Levin
Dr. Jane Moffett and Mr. Mark Blycker
NewportFed Charitable Foundation
David and Dianne Piccoli
Artists Development Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Sharon and Jim Seymour
Lorna and Jeremiah Shafir
Betsy and Frank Steel
Ingrid and Richard Taylor

$1,500 to $2,499

Karen and Stuart Bevan
Miles and Carol Bidwell
Laurie and Ruud Bosman
Joe and Rita Conklin
Kim and Glenn Darden
Donald Dwares
Nancy Cushing Evans
Gillian and Michael Fox
Toni and Fred Green
Christine Huttler Hayes
W. Curt LaFrance Jr., MD, MPH
Elizabeth Leatherman
Sandra Liotus Lighting Design, LLC
Marcia Morris and Arnold Hiatt
Elizabeth Procaccianti
William Peter Rademsky
Aldo and Debbi Roldan
Arlene Lidsky Salomon and Chester B. Salomon
Barbara and Larry Schoenfeld
Dr. Cynthia Stack
Marjorie H. Turley

FRIENDS OF NEWPORT CLASSICAL

($1 – $1,499)

$500 to $1,499

Anonymous
AARP – Newport County Rhode Island Chapter
Robert C. Anderson
M. Therese Antone
Patricia Antonelli
Mitchell Berg and Leni Klaimitz
Elizabeth and John Brooks
Mary Brunell
John Cassis
Ernest Chornyei
City of Newport
Michael and Kathleen Conover
Andrew and Pamela Constantine
Diana Daly
Gary and Vicki Dorfman
Steven and Susan Eisenberg
Sherry Fardie
Frederick and Diana Prince Foundation

Bernard S. Gewirz
Maureen and Bill Goldfarb
Jacqueline and Peter Gordon
Donna and Jay M. Grossman
Marlena and Mark Horan
Margaret B. Jefferys
Renee Lamontagne and George “Herk” Herchenroether
Tom and Kelley Newman
Karen Piacentini and David Mirkin
Mr. & Mrs. Everett E. Salisbury
Maj. Gen and Mrs. Stephen R. Seiter
Gail Skidmore
Margaret E. Thomas
Walker & Dunlop
Ron Weintraub and Margo Howard
John J. Winkleman, Jr.

$1 to $499

Anonymous (8)
David Altounian
Kathryn Arent
G. Arrowood and Philip D. O’Neill
Jamie L. Asciolla
Barbara S. Ashley
Melissa Bachelder
Mary Jo and Duncan Bailey
Barbara and Richard A. Baker
James and Nancy Baker
Michael Barrett
Steve and Debbie Barth
Gary and Francine Barsky
Alan Bates and Michele Mandrioli
Peter and Patricia Baylor
Hadley Bazarsky
Diane Bell
Marie Bennett
Dale Bernardoni
Michael Bernarsky
Arlene Berrol
Karina Bertsch
Jeannine Bestoso
Nancy and Daniel Bills
Brooke Blake
Dr. Matthew M. Bodah
Maria Bodziona-Hart
Ed and Jeannie Boehner
David E. Boenning
Barbara and Richard Booth
Dr. John R. Boreske
Helen L. Brennan
Susan Brouillette
Daniel Brown
Winifred Brownell
Cheryl Carey
Donald Carlson
Philip H. Carty
George W. Chadwick
Martha Chadwick
Andrea Chirasello
Donald C. Christ
Lisa Churchville
Elizabeth G. Cohen
Marsha Cohen
Karen Collier
Margaret and Lyn Comfort
Dan Corrigan
Peter M. Cosel
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Coustan
Gary Cummins
Richard and Cindy D’Addario
Sheila Dai
Anna B. Davis
Arthur M. DeAscentis
Karen S. Deibert
Sandra and Anthony DeMarinis
Frederick and Lynne Dillman
Dina M. DiRuzzo
Jim Duffy
Bart Dunbar and Lisa Lewis
Sarah Dunn
Linda and George Dymond
Jonathan Dyson
Elaine Edelberg
Stephen and Christine Fagan
Michael Feldman and Faye Dion
Mark and Pattie Federico
David and Mary Ann Fiaschetti
Sharon Flatgard
Mark Frey
Joseph Friedman

Jay Geary and Virginia Edes
Joan Gelch
H. William and Jennifer Y. George
Sarah Gideon
María del Pilar Rivera Giraud
Bernadette Gleeson
Maureen Glynn
Kathleen Goldblatt
Sam Goldsmith
Tatyana Gorlin
Edward and Fay Gosling
Ana and Julien Goulet
Jack and May Grant
Lois Graydon
Daniel S. and Mary C. Gregory
Mary Grinnell
James and Amy Hagerty
Kathleen Haley
Geoffrey Hammond
Mary Healy
Robert and Angela Healey
Francis Henry
Tom Hockaday and Bill Martin
Barbara Hooper
Beth Hughes
Judy Hurstack
Sarah and Stephen Iwanski
M.M. Jennings
Jessica Hagen Fine Art & Design, Inc.
Stephen B. Johns
Carole A. Jolie
John Kaiser
Jill and George Kassis
Marc Kerremans
Natasha Khrakovsky
Jennifer Kiddie
Cori and Liz Kilzi
Michael Kilzi
Paul Klein
Anya Kobylanska
Paul F. Kolarsick
Elizabeth M. Lafleur
Reynold and Marlene Larsen
Grace Lee
Elisabeth LeFort
Christine Lemyze
Mike and Betty Lenehan
Penny Lowenstein and Mark Weremchuk
Edmund E. Lynch Family
Ruth and Bruce Lynn
Richard Machado
Olivia Mahoney
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marotta
Patricia Martin
Janet McCarthy
Elizabeth and Robert E. McGrath
Jerry McIntyre
Joan and Harry McKinley
Justin McLaughlin
Samantha and Benjamin Mejia
Patricia F. Melrose
Beth Milham
Patricia Montagnino
Reid T. Muller, MD and Shelley A. Gilroy, MD
Heidi List Murphy
James and Susan Nagle
William Nahill
Michael and Margaret Nash
Alan D. Nathan
Donald Neville
Caroline Niemczyk
Janet Nobis and Edward Stiess
Francis Donal O’Brien
Mr. Mark W. Ohnmacht
Helen O’Malley
Reginald Onorati
Barbara J. Oswald

Thomas Palka
Juliet Parsons-Betzel
James and Ellen Patterson
The Pianka Family
Charles and Gretchen Pierce
Margaret Polski
Kathryn Poremski
Katherine Powers and Douglas Nelson
Mary Prettyman
Michael Raizman
Joseph J. Reardon
Deanna Farrell Regan
Charles Rendeiro
Janet L. Robinson
John Rok
JoAnn Rosemont
B. Joshua Rosen
Joan Rosenthal and Frederick S. Schiff
Joyce Rosenthal
Steven Rotondo
Susan Ruf
Kaity Ryan and Thom Hodgkins
Donald and Vanessa Sanders
Sean Saunders
Richardson W. Schell
Daphne Schneider
Janet and Harold Schofield
Sandra Schofield
Melvin J. Schwartz
Tatyana Serednyakova
Nancy Serpa
Peter and Kathy Shank
Catherine Shavell
Doris Shaw
Marilyn Shea
Timothy and Maura Sheehan
Anne Sherman
Stephen Silva and Joseph DeFalco
Rosemary Slocum
Janice Smyth
Anne Spaight
Sherril Stanford
David and Jane Steele
Joel Stein
Amy Steves
David J. Strachman
Barbara Streuli
Henry Sykes and Josephine Maguire
Mary Beth Tabacco
Susan Travis
Dodie Tschirch
Martha Ullman
Ellen Vadney
Kelly Valente
Debra Vanancio
Arthur Ventrone
Terra Vicario
Michael and Danette Walsh
Alan Walthall
Thomas R. Waugh
Peter J. Wender
Pat and Mike Werle
Inna and Arthur White
Karen and William Wilkens
Shawen Williams and Andrew C.T. MacKeith
Rosemary Wittels
Mrs. Reid Wolf
Jonna Rosamund Wood-Prince
Jackie Woodside
Ruth Yancovich
Nancy Zitka
Joan Zuerner

TRIBUTE GIFTS

Betsy and Frank Steel

Toni and Fred Green
Joyce Rosenthal

Suzanna and John Laramee

Christine Huttler Hayes

Michael Kilzi
Janet McCarthy

Marcellene S. Doctor Kane

Nancy and Bob Grasing

Anonymous
Deirdre Driscoll-Lemoine and Michael Lemoine

Don and Marilyn Malpass
Doris Shaw

Edmund E. Lynch Family

Judith G. Holcomb

Suzanna and John Laramee

Sue Klau
Patricia Montagnino
Barbara J. Oswald

AARP – Newport County Rhode Island Chapter
Ken Scigulinsky

Winifred Brownell
Cynthia A. Sinclair

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:

2021/22 Season Gratitude Report

2020/21 Season Gratitude Report

2019/20 Season Gratitude Report