current donors

 

The Jazzschool wishes to thank the following individuals for their
generous support enabling us to offer a comprehensive, high-quality
educational program and ensuring our future.


SUSTAINING BENEFACTORS
The following Sustaining Benefactors have made
a three-year commitment of $15,000 or more
to support the Jazzschool’s mission in its second decade.


J. Tyler & Melanie Johnston
Susan Muscarella & Robert Cole
Amy & Eddie Orton
Edward & Camille Penhoet
Gregg Perloff of Another Planet Entertainment
Jim & Ruth Reynolds
The Silent Gong Fund

BENEFACTORS CIRCLE ($10,000 – $24,999)
Jamey Aebersold
Susan & Jeffrey Brand
Charles Charnas
Jeffrey Goodby
Sy & Bonnie Grossman
Pat & Vaughan Johnson
James Keefe & Lorna Lee
David & Beth Sawi

PATRONS CIRCLE ($5,000 – $9,999)

Jerry Fiddler
Estate of Eldon Ray Lucas
Ernie Mieger
Helen Sibley
Michael Yovino-Young & Alison Teeman

SPONSORS CIRCLE ($1,000 – $4,999)

Anonymous (3)
Susan Burnett — in honor of Irv Hipschman
Jacquelin Ewing
Barbara Ivins
Bruce Kaldor
Bertram Lubin & Vivian Scharlach
Liz & Greg Lutz
Richard & Christine Lyons
Larry & Corinne Marcus
Robert & Debra McFerrin
Robert & Sue Mertens
Ivan, Maris, & Harry Meyerson
Mal Raff & Connie Woods
Walter P. Riley & Barbara Rhine
Dan Simpson
Caroline Wood — in honor of Susan Brand
Michael Zaninovich
Michael Zilber

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($500 – $999)
Demetrios Agretelis
Laurie Antonioli
Earl & June Cheit
Bruce Colman
Eva & Martin Ewing
Rita Hargrave
Elizabeth & Mike Heyman
Arnold Juge
Mary Keefe
Eileen Keller
Helen Kosik-Westly
Art Lazanoff
Donn Logan & Marcy Li Wong
Michael & Ann Parker
Paul Radosevich & Elise Thomas
Danny Scher
Robert & Linda Spencer
Laura Steinman & Willem Villet
Michael Tilson Thomas & Josh Robison
Katherine Westine & George Davis II

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($250 – $499)
Richard & Nancy Anderson
Bill Aron
Jolene Babyak
Thomas & Marcie
Charlesworth
Scott Corvin
Kyle Davy & Karen Yencich
Gabriele Gidion
Lewis Kaster
Mark Klein
Francisco & Masako Leon
Michael Lucey
Meredith & Tom Marschak
Dede Meyer — in honor
of Mal Raff’s Birthday
Richard & Susanne Monson
Montclair Women’s
Big Band
Deborah & Bob Van Nest
Debbie Poryes
Carl Resnikoff
Tomas Schoenberg &
Lynn Signorelli
Caroline Shiboski
Jill Suttie
Paul van Wageningen

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($100 – $249)
Paul Allrich
Valerie Bach
Dave Backenstoe
Dr. Margie Baker
Debra & Arthur Bakal
Bill Bennett
Ben Bowen
Donna Brookman
& Bob Knight
Omar Brubaker
& Kathleen McNulty
Cherilyn Brunetti
George Buffington
Michael Chanowitz
& Alice Supton
Norris & Diane Clement
Margaret Coate
Sandy & Jeff Cressman
Lawrence E. Crooks
Drs. Michael Darby
and Toni Martin
Mary Filson
Susan & Fred Fischer
George & Ann Gaebler
Peter Garabedian
& Samuela Evans
Chuck Gee
Marjorie Gelb & Mark Aaronson

 

 

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($100 – $249) cont.
Lucia & David Gill
Phyllis Goldsmith, John Link,
& Eli Goldlink
Kellye Gray
Mark & Rieko Haggerty
John Haggerty
Catherine Hartshorn
Brad Haywood
Joseph Hellerstein
Kathleen Henschel
David Hodul
Steve Holland
Angharad Jones
Lloyd & Catherine Kamins
Patricia Kates
& Henry Brady
Seymour Kaufman
Joel Kreisberg
Rita Largman
Yehudit Lieberman
Judith & Stanley Lubman
Laura Mahanes
& Steven Weissman
Susan Marinoff
& Thomas Schrag
Christopher Martinez
Karen & Paul McArdle
William McIntyre
Bill McLean
John Molloy
Bob Murphy
Josh Novic
Hisako Oba
Catherine Paonessa
Lambros Paraschos
Christina Perna
Ditsa & Alex Pines
Allen Pittman
Mario Pola
Chris & Lori Potter
Douglas Quale
David Ring
Ahni & Kit Robinson
David Rogers
Monica Rohrer
Linda Rostoker
Mike & Kim Schulist
Sophia Scherr
Ron Scrivani
Steven Shatz &
Nina Rivkind
Leonard Slater
Harry Smith
Bob Smith & Joe Lazzara —
Jazz Cellars
Richard Sterling
John Steinmetz
Paul & Bonnie
Swinderman
Frances Varnhagen
Diane L. Wyatt
Janice & Lanny Weingrod
Gordon & Evelyn Wozniak
Jamie Zimmerman

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($0 – $99) cont
Anonymous
Madeleine Butler
Judith & Burton Calder
Jan Chambers
Edward Engle Jr.
Rose Healy
Heather Huxley
Helen Kosik-Westly
Paul & Sandra Little
Todd Lorenz
Doug MacKenzie
Bill Melohn
Mal & Sandra Sharpe
Tom Silva
Jane Wattenberg —
in honor of Susan Brand
Greg Yim
Ellen Zucker

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($1 – $49)
Anonymous
Gloria Bowles
Chris Brown
Grant Din
Susan Everett
Jean Fineberg
Brian Fitzgerald
Maureen Hogan
Michael Katz
Barbara Oliver
Yolanda Alicia Sanchez



 

 

GIFTS IN-KIND: January 1, 2010 – January 15, 2011

Brent Donaldson
Susan Fischer
Jazzcaffe`
Estate of Eldon Ray Lucas
Richard & Christine Lyons
Paul Mathes
Jeff Morris

Dean & Joanne Muench
Masanori Oba
Poulson Gluck Design
Tony Scarr
Ruth Virata
Moishe Yerushalimsky
& Mitchell Hirsch

 

 

Gifts from Foundations, Corporations,
and Government Agencies

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
($25,000 – $75,000)

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Koret Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE
($10,000 – $24,000)

The Bernard Osher Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
The Whitman Family Foundation

PATRON’S CIRCLE
($5,000 – $9,999)

City of Berkeley
William E. Robinson Foundation

SPONSOR’S CIRCLE
($1,000 – $4,999)

Robert & Lois Braddock Charitable Foundation
Clorox Company Foundation
Bill Graham Supporting Foundation
Zalec Familian & Lillian Levinson Foundation

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($100 – $999)
Choo Family Supporting Foundation
R. & L. Korsan
Marshall Kirk McKusick &
Eric P. Allman Foundation
National Philanthropic Trust
Zellerbach Family Foundation — in honor of Robert Cole

 

 

JAZZSCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

 

CERE R. MUSCARELLA MEMORIAL Scholarship Fund
A scholarship fund for aspiring pianists in their golden years — in honor of the Jazzschool’s trusted friend and longtime pillar of support, Cere R. Muscarella, who began taking piano lessons at age 80.

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($100 – $499) Joseph Muscarella


Dick Conte Jazz Piano Scholarship Fund


FRIENDS CIRCLE ($500 – $999)
Kathleen Lawton & Dick Conte

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($250 – $499)
Rose Healy
Art Lazanoff

The Scott Morris Memorial Scholarship Fund

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($100 – $999)

Cathy Christensen Felter —
in memory of Bruce Felter

Joan Getz —
in memory of Bruce Felter

 

 

MARK MURPHY Scholarship Fund

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($100 – $499)
Kathy Blackburn
Charles Charnas

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($50 – $99)
Pamela Rose

BLACK YOUTH Scholarship Fund
Established by Kim Nalley, San Francisco Bay Area jazz and blues performing artist to forward the music education of deserving Black youth.

FRIENDS CIRCLE ($100 – $499)
Kim Nalley

 

 

 

The Jazzschool welcomes your contributions to our various scholarship funds.
Please call the Jazzschool at 510.845.5373 to learn how you can support a deserving student.