
Supporting Early Musicians in Need
Update 2/14/22: Thank you to our generous donors! The Relief Fund reached dour $10,000 goal for this third round of grants. All funds have been exhausted based on applications we received earlier in the month, and the application for assistance has been closed. If you applied on February 1 and are not otherwise notified soon, your application may still be under consideration.
The current global health crisis continues to have a severe impact on arts and culture. The rapid spread of the latest Covid variant has caused yet another wave of cancellations, with the result that many musicians are suffering severe financial stress.
We know we don’t have the resources to help everyone and that the EMA Relief Fund can’t make up for months of lost performance income. But we can do something, and with these mini-grants we can set an example of community spirit and provide some hope in this time of unprecedented challenge to livelihoods, artistic expression, and security. This page is where early musicians apply for a mini grant and where those with the means can contribute to the fund.
EMA and Gotham Early Music Scene have partnered to promote this fund, through which early musicians will receive, on a first-come, first-served basis, a check for $250, as long as funds allow.
Donations are no longer being accepted. Thank you for your support.
EMA and Gotham Early Music Scene partnered to promote this fund. #WeAreEarlyMusic Together!
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Thank You, Relief Fund Donors (March-June 2020)
John Adams
Rodge and Ruth Adams-In Honor of Lyle Nordstrom
J. Winthrop Aldrich
Jennifer Alexander-Hill
Alkemie
Eileen Allen
Lisa Allen
Meryl Altman
American Bach Society
Thomas Anastasio & Virginia Scott Jenkins
Marilyn Anderson
Anonymous (8)
Anonymous-In Memory of Janet Haas
Anonymous-In Memory of Michael Jaffee
Anonymous-In Honor of Tom Moore
Anonymous-In Honor of Jason Yoshida
Ars Musica Chicago
Marianne Artusio-In Honor of Elizabeth MacIntyre
Jack Ashworth-In Memory of Margriet Tindemans
Roger Bagnall
Alexander Blachly & Mary Anne Ballard
Cathy Barbash
Susan Barbash
Shepard Barbash-In Honor of Lillian Barbash
Donna Bareket Breitzer
Jeff Barnett
Louise Basbas
Matthew Bengston
Sophie Benn
Cheryl Bensman-Rowe
Tamara Bernstein
R. Stephen Berry
Bryan Bingham
Stephen Bloch & Deborah Peters
Dan Bloomberg & Irene Beardsley
Jesse Blumberg & Johanna Novom
Christopher M. Bone
Marie Bouchard
George S. Bozarth-In Honor of Hannah & Murray Friedman
Dan Brielmaier
DeeDee & John Brinkema
Karin Brookes
Angela Brown
Catherine Brown
Jennifer Williams Brown
Lisa Bueno
Richard Bunbury
Maggie Burk
Jennifer Burke
Catharina Meints Caldwell-In Memory of James Caldwell
John & Laurie Camm
Hillary Canada
Shannon Canavin
Ethalinda KS Cannon
Daryl Caplan
Ian Capps & Jeannette Johnson
Zachary Carrettin
Leana Carrillo
Tina Chancey
Henry Clapp
Shannon Cline
Kathryn Cok
Jeanne Rizzo Conner-In Memory of Felice Rizzo
Cor Donato Editions
Jason Cornwell
Norma Cote
Tracy Cowart
Kelsey Cowger-In Honor of Anne Timberlake
Agnes Coakley Cox
Sarah Elizabeth Cranor
Penelope Crawford
Deborah Crimmins
Mark Cudek
Julie E. Cumming
Conrad Cummings & Robert Katz
Ceci Dadisman
Robert Dahl
Cynthia Danza
Martha W. Davidson
Allan J. Dean
David Dean
Thallis Hoyt Drake
Stan & Gail Dryden-In Honor of Dashon Burton
Yves Dujardin
Jonathan Dworkin
Susannah Edmonds-In Memory of Thomas Binkley
JoLynn Edwards
Zen Edwards
Victor Eijkhout-In Memory of Elisabeth Maria Cecilia Eijkhout-Lambooij
Andie Taras & Tony Elitcher
Raymond Erickson
Suellen Eslinger
Todd Estabrook
Peter & Joan Faber
Thomas Faber
Ellen A. Farrell
Mike Ferretti
Karen Findling
Liam Flaherty
Richard J. Forde-In Honor of Harriet Feinberg
Deborah Fox
Paulina Francisco
Nancy Frederick
Nancy Freudenthal
Jane Furth
Frederick K. Gable
Christine Gaeto
Janet Gallagher
Ashley Gant
Lei Gao
Allen Garvin
Joseph Gascho
Ellen George
Ankur Ghosh
Dominic Gregory Giardino
Janice Giardino
Lafayette College Chamber Orchestra-In Honor of Lewis Baratz
Gallya Gordon
Gotham Early Music Scene, Inc.
Geoffrey Gowan
Daniel Green
Nancy Greenbaum
Wendy Greene
Helen L. Greer
Diane Grover
Laury Gutiérrez
Melanie Linn Gutowski
Arthur Haas & Martha McGaughey
Eric Haas
Barbara Hamilton
Laura Hamilton
Elizabeth B. Hardy
Terry F. Hare
Christopher Haritatos & Boel Gidholm
Rebecca Harris-Warrick
Slayde Hawkins
Elizabeth Hays
Anne Heider
Jean Hein
James & Ina Heup
Richard Hoffman
Frima Fox Hofrichter
Katy Homans
Jessica Honigberg
Benjamin Peck & Valerie Horst-In Memory of Paul Echols
Heather Hostetler
Marika Fischer Hoyt
Martha Hsu
Barbara Huggins Carboni
Phillip R. Hughes
Priscilla Hunt
Jonathan Ivers
Wendy Heller & Jack Hill
Corey Jamason
Scott Allen Jarrett
Susan Jarrett-In Honor of Scott Allen Jarrett
Christine Jay
Patricia Jennerjohn
Daniel M. Johnson
Robin Johnson
Timothy G. Johnson
Nick & Sue Jones
Jeffrey Jones-Ragona
Benjamín Juárez Echenique
Philip Just
Jeffrey Kahn
P.A. Keating
Nina S. Key
Joan Kimball
Susan Kirshner
Marjorie Kitchell & Spencer Neth
Laura Klehr-In Memory of Scott Reiss
Judith Klotz
Sue Koehler
Diane Kolin
Andrew Koutroubas
Karen Krueger
Coppelia M Kuramata-Eder-In Memory of Akira Kuramata
Kara Kvilekval
John Lacombe
Steven Lanser
Dianne Figlewicz Lattemann-In Memory of Margriet Tindemans
Emily Lau
Philip Le Quesne
Larry Lesniak
Catherine Liddell
Ariadne Lih-In Honor of Grant Herreid
Jeffrey Liszt-In Memory of Beverly Head
Georgina Lodge
Nancy Long, Ph.D
Graham Lord
Phillip Lordo
Los Angeles Baroque
Joan Lounsbery
Anna Lysack
Mary Mackay
Judith Malafronte
Jeffrey Mandula
Angela Mariani
Ava Mason
Randall Matamoros & Nancy Wilkinson
Linda Mauck
Holly Maurer
Evy Mayer
Jack Mazelis
Helen McConnell
David R. McCormick
Lenora McCroskey
Augusta Jane McKay Lodge
Gaye McNutt
Dennis Meade
Margery Meadow
Robert Mealy
David Means & Sandy Strand
Barbara Mehlman
Sharon Meresman
Charles J. Metz, OD, Ph.D.
Colin Mew
Kyle Miller
Philip Mindlin-In Honor of John Gerlach
John Mitchell
Sarah Mitchell
John Moran & Risa Browder
Martin Morell
Barry R. Moyer
Alan & Kathy Muirhead
Joanna Mulfinger
James Mullen
Garrett Murphy-In Honor of Scott Jarrett
Erin Muske
Jessica Myers-White
Rodney & Barbara Myrvaagnes
Elizabeth Neuse
Charlotte Newman
Emlyn Ngai
Michael Nicholsen
Kim Noltemy
Lyle & Patricia Nordstrom
Frank Nowell
Lillian Nye
Flory Nye-Clement
Melinda O’Neal-In Memory of Fiora Contino
Monika Otter
Richard & Lois Pace
Reynaldo Patiño
Scott Pauley
Gary Payne
Martie Perry
Elizabeth Peters
Elizabeth V. Phillips
Steven Plank
Neal Plotkin & Deborah Malamud
John Pringle-In Memory of Howard Smither
Patrick Dupre Quigley
Nick Quintana
Victor Quiroga
Paul Rabin & Arlene Snyder
Byron Rakitzis
Aditya Ranganath
Eric Rice
Thomas Richards
John & Susan Richmond
Jean Richter
Lee Ridgway
Michael Rigsby
Stanley Ritchie
Fred Roden
Miguel A. Rodriguez
Benjamin & Jennifer Roe
Maria Romero Ramos
Donald Rosenberg
Norma Rosenberg
Thomas Rosenthal
Paul & Faina Ross-In Memory of Judson Griffin
Suzanne Rousso
John Mark Rozendaal
Adriana Ruiz
Jonathan Salamon
Harry Saltzman
Sally Sanford-In Memory of George Houle
Ed Schemitsch
Byron Schenkman
Elliot Schnapp
Douglas Schoppert
Olivia Scott
Douglas Sears
David Seebaugh-In Memory of Edward Tarr
Elizabeth Segal
Grace Seiberling
Gal Shaya
Dennis Sherman
Paul Shipper
Daniel Shoskes
Amanda Sidebottom
Marlene Sigman
Ross Duffin & Beverly Simmons
Evelyn Simon
Nell Snaidas
Social Distance Sessions
David Solet
Kathleen Moretto Spencer
Roma Sprung
Rebecca Stay
Cathy Meyer Stein
Frank Stern
Nina Stern
Bill Stewart & David Stein
Caroline Sykes-Lorenz
Lee Talner
Derek Tam
Board of Directors & Staff of Texas Toot Early Music Workshop
The Viktor Kalabis & Zuzana Ruzickova Foundation
Melissa Thomson
Nancy M. Tooney
Thomas Tropp
Hasan Tuluy
Laura Usiskin
Ann Valdes
Ruben Valenzuela
Stephanie Vial
Sara Vicinaiz & Erik Anderson
James Wanner
Robert Warner-In honor of Augusta Jane McKay Lodge
Amy Warren
Ralph Westerhoff
Leslie Wheeler
Bob Wiemken
Leslie Wildman
Christopher Williams
Eunice Williams
Elena Williamson
Andrew Willis
Kevin Wilson
Daniel Wolfe
Isabel Woods
Beverly Woodward
Nancy Workman
Elisabeth Wright
Victoria Wurman
Nancy Yousef
Lawrence Zukof & Pamela Carley
Thank You, Relief Fund Donors (July 2020-June 2021)
Anonymous (12)
Anonymous-In honor of Neil McIntyre, Jr.
Anonymous-In honor of Patricia Keating
Anonymous-In memory of Andy
J. Winthrop Aldrich
Marilyn Anderson
Jeffrey Angell
Erica Babad
Douglas Bailey-In memory of Dianne A. Brehmer
Alexander Blachly & Mary Anne Ballard
Susan Barbash
Louise Basbas
Jeff & Beth Bauer
Janet Becker
Jessica Beebe-In memory of Michael McCraw
Ann Bies
Irmgard Bittar
Stephen Bloch & Deborah Peters
Jesse Blumberg & Johanna Novom
Boulder Bach Festival
Joyce Brewster-In memory of Margriet Tindemans
Dee Dee & John Brinkema
Catherine Brown
Jennifer Burke
Laurie & John Camm
Keiran Campbell
Shannon Canavin
Ethalinda KS Cannon
John Cash
Carey Cates
Tina Chancey-In memory of Scott Reiss
Barbara Chin
Linda Clifford
Shannon Cline-In honor of Piffaro
Joel H. Cohen
Maria & Charles Coldwell
Jeanne Rizzo Conner-In memory of Terry Voila
Jerry Cooper
Mark Cudek
Martha W. Davidson
Nancy L. Davis
Felix Deak
Linda Dempf
Craig Dorschel
Greer Ellison
Don G. Evans
Elizabeth Field
George & Rose Ann Findlen
Karen Fox Fischer
Deborah Fox
Julia Frank
Samantha Franklin
Jane Furth
Christine Gaeto
Wendy Gale
Katherine Gottschalk
Daniel G. Green
Diane Grover
Elene Gusch
Arthur Haas
Mark & Cheri Haines
Laura Hamilton
Elizabeth B. Hardy
Arreon Harley-Emerson
Peter Hayes-In honor of Patricia Keating
Elizabeth Hays
Anne Heider & Steve Warner
Jean Hein
Ronnie Hess
James & Ina Heup-In honor of Cheryl and Paul Rowe and the Madison Early Music Festival
Linda L. Hill
Heather Hostetler
Marika Fischer Hoyt
Priscilla H. Hunt-In memory of Jennifer Hunt
Christine Jay
Nicholas R. Jones
Stephanie Jones
Phil Just
Judith Klotz
Hank Knox
Scott-Martin Kosofsky
John Kouros
Kara Kvilekval
Steven Lanser
Frank & Patricia Lenti
Monica Jakuc Leverett
Georgina Lodge
Andrew Lovett
Dr. Candace A. Magner
Carol Marsh
Dana Marsh
Susan M. Mason
Holly W. Maurer
David R. McCormick
Robert Mealy
Charles J. Metz
Michael D. Moore-In memory of Heinrich Schütz
Stefanie Moritz
Shannon Morris
Kathy & Alan Muirhead
Gene Murrow & Anne Lowenthal
Keith Neisler
Elizabeth Neuse
Allison Nyquist
Guido Olivieri
Susan Ott
Karen Webb Owen-In honor of The Newberry Consort
Gary Payne
Martie Perry
Elizabeth Peters
Patricia Petersen & Douglas Young
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band
Genevieve Pluhowski
Red Oak Foundation
John & Susan Richmond
Lee Ridgway
Stanley Ritchie
Craig Resta & Jay White-In honor of George R. Gregory
Miguel A. Rodriguez
Benjamin & Jennifer Roe-In honor of Rachell Ellen Wong
Donald Rosenberg
Lois Rosow
Suzanne Rousso
Andrew Sigel
Reeves Smith
Judith R. Smutek
Alan Sobkowiak
Ann Stickney
Kay Stimson
Mary Stoffel & Rich Novotney-In honor of Cheryl Bensman-Rowe & Paul Rowe
Caroline Sykes-Lorenz
Fred Tempas
The Roxanne & Henry Brandt Foundation
Anne Timberlake
Kiri Tollaksen
Nancy M. Tooney
Carolyn M. Wallace
Jim Wanner
Dana Whiteside
Beverly Woodward
Lucy Renee Wortham
Vicki Wurman
Nancy Zylstra