Support Us
With Thanks
For assistance during the 2023 season, the Festival Directors gratefully acknowledge:
• For hosting our concerts, St. Mark Presbyterian Church (The Rev. D. Mark Davis, Kathy Roberts, Sue-Ann Wichman); Sherman Library & Gardens (Scott LaFleur, Beverly Morgan); and St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church (Father Shane Scott-Hamblen).
• For grants in support of our 43rd season, a State of California Nonprofit Performing Arts Relief grant and a California Venues Relief grant; the Colburn Foundation; and the City of Newport Beach.
• For harpsichord supply and tuning services, Curtis Berak; for use of their chamber organ, Tesserae Baroque.
• For artists’ accommodations, Virginia Cassara & Tim Hunter, Margaret Gates, Roger & Ellen Kempler, Terrell & Deborah Koken, John McHugh, and Catherine & Robert Waters.
• For event facilitation, Tyler Morrison (Festival Intern), members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Omicron Pi Chapter (CSU Fullerton), Virginia Cassara, Steven & Cynthia Dember, Alexandra Hart, John McHugh, Dr. Terri Munroe, Ruth & Wayne Norman, Bryan Roach, Dr. Vina R. Spiehler, and Lynne Hayward Worley.
• For stage management and equipment, Pacific Symphony’s production department (Will Hunter, director), Carla Vigueras, Keilani Spahn, and Brian Sullivan.
• For amplification at Sherman Library & Gardens, Paul Levin.
• For catering the June 25 subscribers’ dinner, Suzanne’s Catering, Huntington Beach; for the donation of wine for all Festival receptions, the Norman family; for coffee at Sherman Gardens, Starbucks, Corona del Mar; for coffee and breakfast for musicians, Dr. Vina R. Spiehler; and for preparation of rehearsal meals, Dr. Terri Munroe, Ruth Norman, Dr. Vina Spiehler, and Lynne Hayward Worley.
• For editorial support, Patricia Bril and Paula Korn; for publicity, Virginia Cassara and Catherine Pannell Waters; for social media, Alexandra Hart, John McHugh, Dr. Vina Spiehler, and Wayne Norman; for website maintenance, Stephen Hammer; for technology support, Barbara Barnes and Andrew Beer; and for advertising liaison, Dorothy Boesch, Virginia Cassara, Dr. Terri Munroe, and Lynne Hayward Worley.
• For publicizing our 2023 student programs, Newport Beach Public Library, NMUSD, Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles, Chamber Music OC, Sherman Library & Gardens, Music Department CSU Fullerton, and Concordia University, among others.
• For his continuing inspiration and guidance, Dr. Burton Karson.
• The Festival’s Advertisers, whose advertisements appear in the printed Festival Program distributed at all concerts, and our Festival Supporters, without whose generous financial assistance our annual Festival would not survive.