Thanks to All of Our Supporters

Processed With Vsco With A6pro Preset

The New York Youth Symphony thanks the following foundations, corporations, government agencies, and individual donors who have helped us inspire and educate our talented young musicians. The following list incorporates donations that have been made between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024 to the Annual Fund.

Government & Foundations

Major Supporters

$20,000+

  • Arts and Letters Foundation
  • Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation
  • Charles D. Fleischman Charitable Trust
  • Christine van Itallie
  • NEA Treasury
  • New York State Council on the Arts
  • NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
  • The Pinkerton Foundation
  • The Vilcek Foundation

$10,000-$19,999

  • Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
  • Bridgemill Foundation
  • Phyllis Mills
  • Rea Charitable Trust
  • Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
  • The Ted Snowdon Foundation

$5,000-$9,999

  • Melissa Eisenstat and Jonathan Blau
  • The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
  • Michael and Meredith DiYanni
  • Jephson Educational Trusts
  • Ann Kapell
  • Leona Kern
  • Tushar Shah*
  • Robert Craft Igor Stravinsky Foundation
  • Jennifer Zhang

$2,500-$4,999

  • The Amphion Foundation
  • BMI Foundation
  • Louis Culot
  • Alice M. Ditson Fund
  • Albert Eisenstat
  • John and Sherry Gelb
  • Rebecca Kim
  • Alan Kornberg and Harold Koda
  • Nuha Ansari and Thomas Moore
  • Michael Serrill
  • The Berg/Shin Family*

$1,000-$2,499

  • ACMP Foundation
  • Anonymous
  • Alan Beller
  • Catherine Sharkey and Ina Bort
  • Celine Chaomei Wei and Robert Buff
  • Ralph Crisipino
  • Cathy Deckelbaum
  • Peter Lichtenthal and Perry Eisman
  • Dr. Paul Fagan
  • Alex Glantz
  • Jerald Grobman
  • Philip Hwang
  • Roni Jacobson*
  • Viola Kanevsky
  • Saul Ahn and Mimi Kim
  • Jayne Lee
  • Pamela Maloof
  • Greg Marifian
  • Martin Messinger
  • Richard Michaelson
  • Christian and Alfreda Murck
  • Aleeza Nemirof
  • The Rasin Family
  • Steven Rosenblum
  • The Helena Segy Foundation
  • Danny and Debbie Schnur
  • William M. Singer and Catherine Sweeney Singer
  • Sarah Billinghurst Solomon
  • Carla Solomon
  • The Specter Family Foundation
  • Ruth and Andrew Suzman
  • Isaac Thomas
  • Roger Tilles
  • Howard and Yvonne Tsao
  • Jane Wang
  • Lixiao Wang
  • Peter Kend and Katherine Wehrle
  • Jennifer Woodruff
  • (anonymous)

$500-$999

  • Cynthia Altman
  • Jorge and Marlene Alva
  • Daniel Annese
  • Fred Sherry and Carol Archer
  • Dwyer Brown
  • Naim Bulbulia
  • Angela Cheng*
  • Lainie Doherty
  • Amina Elderfield
  • Katherine Fritts
  • Roger Gill
  • Lisa Gilligan
  • Martha Goodman
  • Katherine Greene
  • Paul Guenther
  • Yumi Hong
  • David Huggin
  • Hans G. and Barbara Jepson
  • Brian Stelben and Tracey Kammerer
  • Mindy Kaufman
  • Jennifer Kim-Chantemsin*
  • Ernest Chung and Mary Lee*
  • L. Leighton
  • Edwin Maynard
  • Kenneth Mirkin
  • Alexandra Munroe
  • Jung Ryu
  • Annette Santiago-Espana*
  • Leopold Swergold
  • Margaret and Jeffrey Tao
  • Dory Youn
  • Pearl Zuchlewski

$250-$499

  • Sabine Celestin
  • Donald Bickford
  • Nancy Danaghy
  • Jeremy Dawkins
  • Antonia P. DuBrul
  • Donald Fallati
  • Dana Wu and Michael Fenlon
  • Anne Fritts
  • Tunde Adelekan and Stepanka Horalkova
  • Chiyeon Kang*
  • Sandra Kapell
  • Cyrus Kasad
  • Maria Krupit
  • Alison Melick and Duncan Kruse Family Fund
  • David Lang
  • Peter and Anna Levin
  • Bonnell Lombardi
  • Lauren M. Lombardi
  • Holly MacDonald
  • Evelyn Gay Mills
  • Rina Nayar
  • Marjorie Neuwirth
  • Raymond Peress
  • Henry Ramer
  • David Resnick
  • John S. Rodman
  • Peter Rossbach
  • Meredith Scharf
  • Scott F. Taylor
  • Ginger Thames Bessonette
  • Floyd Warren
  • Michael Dennis and Katherine Wenning

* NYYS Parent

Stay Connected

NYYS Partners

Our Partner Organizations

Ways to Support

Donate today and help support our students continue their journey and become a part of our community of musicians and change the landscape of what the musical world look like today.

Donate

Unparalleled Performances

Experience all the hard work, practice and rehearsals that our students take on and show up to see them perform at one of our many concerts throughout the season.

Get Tickets

Apply Today

Take the plunge and give yourself an opportunity to become a part of our amazing community of musicians, songwriters, composers and conductors.

Apply Today