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One Former Camper’s Memories Become a Legacy:
Dan and Eve Kimball Establish Summer Music Camp Fellowships at RMF
Local physicians Eve and Dan Kimball did
not make their weekly trek to Wyomissing’s
Atonement Lutheran Church on Sunday, April 19,
expecting to establish a legacy for local children and
to honor Eve’s parents at the same time. But an Adult
Forum presentation by RMF between church services
that day harmonized well with Eve’s fond childhood
memories of four summers at Brevard Music Center,
two as a music camper and two, years later, as Dean
of Girls, and gave Eve the opportunity she had long
sought to recognize her parents’ strong encouragement
of her musical activities as a child.
Dan and Eve have established the “Gladys and Carl
Jensen Summer Music Camp Fellowships” at RMF
to enable students leaving grades six through 11 to
attend a summer music camp of their choice. Eligible
children must reside and attend public school in
Berks County and take lessons on any instrument or
in voice. Applicants must complete an activity soon
after camp that promotes both the camp experience
and music education generally. Parents are required
to contribute $50 toward the child’s fee to participate
in summer music camp and certify that the child will
not have the financial means to attend music camp
without a Fellowship. The Fellowships are named
after Eve’s parents.
In selecting Fellowship recipients, RMF’s Scholarship
Committee will prefer children who have not yet
experienced summer music camp over those who have.
Whether an applicant intends to pursue a career in
music is irrelevant in the selection process.
A pioneer in the delivery of pediatric medicine to
a highly diverse clientele, Eve grew up in Alexandria,
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Dan & Eve Kimball
Virginia, where she started the flute in fifth grade
and later played in a variety of school ensembles. She
recently donated her flute to RMF’s Operation Replay.
When she was 15, her mother and a few of her
mother’s church friends encouraged her to participate
in the summer-long music program at Brevard Music
Center in western North Carolina, now in its 73rd
season. The first six weeks offered campers intense
ensemble experience, music classes and private music
lessons. Campers were guests at Brevard during the
last three weeks as professional musicians gathered to
perform music festivals for the public.
Eve credits her summer music camp experience at
Brevard with exposing her to a wide range of music
literature she continues to appreciate, developing
persistence and other personality attributes of benefit
to her in medicine and in life, and reinforcing her love
KIMBALL, continued on page 4
JEWELRY RAFFLE FOR 2010 SUMMER
CAMP FELLOWSHIP ...See Page 10

Finding a Homeplace in Music and the Next Generation
Mountain Folk Band CD Benefit for Readers
When Berks Countains
think bluegrass, they
think of “East Side” Dave
Kline. His foot-tapping
music is revered throughout
bluegrass circles, in Berks
and beyond. His group, the
Mountain Folk Music Band,
has performed at the Berks
County Fiddle Festival,
Kutztown Folk Festival, Riverfest, Lyons Fiddle
Festival, Cherry Blossom Festival and with Rhonda
Vincent & the Rage.
The person behind the guitar is just as engaging
Riddle Answers
Answers to Word Scramble, Music Question and Riddles in Last News of Note
On page 2 of our Summer 2009 News of Note, we challenged the county’s music teachers to write
about the mentor who inspired them, and we challenged our readers with a word scramble, a music
theory question, and several riddles. Here are the answers:
Word Scramble
How many English words can you find within
“bassoon”? We found the following 15:
An Bassoon Snob
As Boon So
Ass Boss Sob
Ban Nab Son
Bass On Soon
Music Question
If the clef alone were changed from bass to treble, a
bassoonist’s C major arpeggio would represent the
dominant chord in what other key?
This one is tricky! Changing the clef alone, the C major
arpeggio (or broken chord) would contain the notes A, C
and E in the treble clef, which would sound as an a minor
chord and be the dominant chord in the key of d minor.
To keep the chord a major chord would require that we
sharp its third to become a C#, and that chord would be
the dominant chord in the key of D major.
Riddles
By four new scholarship programs in 2004 and 2005,
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SPECIAL OFFER:
Dave has graciously agreed to donate the
proceeds of the CD to the David L. Kline Family
Mountain Folk Family Fund if purchased through
the Reading Musical Foundation from now until
April 15, 2010. Please contact Keri Shultz,
RMF Executive Director, at (610) 376-3395 or
kshultz@readingmusicalfoundation.org. Hurry,
only a limited number of these autographed CDs
are available!
as the man on the stage. Dave Kline, a trustee who
recently rejoined the board of the Reading Musical
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how did RMF itself answer the challenge posed to the
county’s music teachers?
Between December of 2004 and June of 2005, RMF
honored Kim Webster, Ann Cusano, Don Hinkle,
Peter Brye and Willis Rapp for their extraordinary
efforts as music teachers in Berks County by appending
their names to a total of four new permanent music
scholarship programs at RMF. These represented the
Foundation’s first permanent scholarships named for
living persons. Jim Seidel was honored at the same time
by RMF’s commission of a new work for concert band,
“Music in the Wings,” premiered by The Ringgold Band
the following April.
What does a bassoon have to do with all of this?
Please read the article on the following page about the gift
of a new bassoon to RMF’s instrument-lending program
in honor of Edward J. Gobrecht, Jr., a retired member of
the Ithaca College music faculty.
Want more puzzles? Complete the special RMF-edition
crossword puzzle on page 15. Answers will be listed on
our website or by calling RMF at (610) 376-3395.

With the Gift of a Bassoon to RMF, I Honor a Former
Music Teacher, Edward J. Gobrecht, Jr.
by C. Thomas Work
The characteristics of great teachers and great
leaders are equally elusive. Like great leaders,
great teachers are passionate about their calling,
inspire, and invariably bring out the best in those
who choose to follow their lead. An idiosyncrasy or
two often memorialize them. Most folks would say
of both groups, “You know one when you see one.”
And that might be the best we can do to define both
great teachers and great leaders.
Edward J. Gobrecht, Jr. was one of five children
born to a shoemaker and his wife in Hanover,
Pennsylvania, 85 years ago. By the age of five, Ed
had learned the cornet, and by seven was performing
with the Penngrove Band, Redman’s Band in East
Berlin, and Southern York County Band. He
eventually learned to play nearly every instrument
of the concert band and, as a child, occasionally
conducted bands in his father’s place when his father
had conflicting engagements. Confronted with the
choice of an oboe, a bassoon or a French horn to
play in junior high school, Ed picked the one with
the oddest sound and appearance - the bassoon!
Six months later, Ed was playing bassoon with
the York Symphony under Louis Vyner, a graduate
of the Curtis Institute of Music who later led
the Reading
Symphony
Orchestra, from
1961 until 1976.
At 16 years of
age, Ed became
the principal
bassoonist of
the Harrisburg
Symphony.
Because he was
still in public
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school, Ed required
his high school
principal’s permission for early dismissal so that he
could perform with Harrisburg’s orchestra!
But Ed credits four summers of music camp with
his decision to devote his life to music performance
and music teaching.
Ed was drafted
into World War
II soon after his
enrollment as a
music student at
Ithaca College
in 1942. Upon
his return to the
College in 1946, he
was drafted again,
this time to the
Curtis Institute
of Music, by his
bassoon teacher, Edward J. Gobrecht, Jr.
Sol Schoenbach.
Dr. Schoenbach fudged Curtis’ rules by having Ed
admitted at the relatively advanced age of 23 years.
The woodwind faculty at Curtis, who also occupied
the Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal woodwind
chairs, were world-renowned in the late 1940s and
consisted of flutist William Kincaid, clarinetist
Robert McGinnes, and oboist Marcel Tabuteau,
in addition to Dr. Schoenbach. Ed received his
performance certificate from Curtis in 1950.
After performing with the orchestras of New
Orleans and Baltimore for nearly 12 years, Ed was
recruited onto the music faculty of Ithaca College
by Dean Craig McHenry in 1962. In comparison
to his two interrupted stays as a student, this tenure
would be a long one. Ed remained on the faculty for
28 years, teaching bassoon and serving as conductor
of the College’s Symphonic Band and, after Walter
Beeler’s retirement, its Concert Band.
While I cannot vouch for his demeanor as a
bassoon teacher, I vividly recall his rehearsals of
the Ithaca College Symphonic Band. Spicing a
smorgasbord of the best teaching methods were
lessons for a lifetime. Two such lessons recurred
frequently and were always heartfelt: First, no
music is worth playing unless it is played musically.
Second, tolerance of mediocrity is a capital offense!
“Gobie’s” students would bear the imprint of his
passion for excellence in music education and
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Gregory Piszczek’s young organ music career
blossomed last year with his acceptance into
the Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division for the
2009-2010 school year. Primarily an organist,
Gregory has studied privately with American Guild
of Organists member Marjorie Fitz for two years
with merit and need-sensitive awards through the
Reading Musical Foundation.
Gregory, the son of two Polish immigrants and a
junior at Central Catholic, was hoping for significant
scholarship funds through Juilliard to help cover
the $8,400 tuition for the fall and spring semesters.
Unfortunately, the award from Juilliard Parent
Association covered just over 10% of the cost.
It was at this time his music teacher developed a
new goal for her student. Trading her educator hat
for a development hat, Marjorie’s new charge was
to ensure Gregory’s attendance in the prestigious
Juilliard program. It was a selfless task, as Juilliard
stipulates students in the Pre-College Division must
stop taking lessons from their current music teacher.
Eve Kimball’s childhood flute - now a member of the Operation Replay family!
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of music. She exchanges holiday cards with a fellow
camper to this day.
Dan and Eve were lab partners at the University of
Virginia Medical School and were married one week
after their graduation. Opportunities available to
both of them at The Reading Hospital and Medical
Center lured the couple to Reading. Dan served as
the Reading Hospital’s Director of Medicine and the
director of its residency program for 15 years. Trained
in internal medicine with specialties in hematology and
oncology, Dan has “retired” into hospice service and
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With a Little Help from My Friends
One of Marjorie’s
first stops was the
Reading Musical
Foundation, which
provided significant
funding through
the Colonial Oaks
Parochial School
Program and the
Lee G. & Marian
Kachel Organ Marjorie Fitz & Gregory Piszczek
Scholarship Program.
She and Michael Baal, Dean of the Reading
Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, shared
Greg’s story with neighbors, family, other local
AGO members and anyone else who would listen!
Marjorie received firsthand advice from Valerie
Strunk, the mother of Orin Strunk, another RMF
scholarship winner and Pre-College Division vocal
student in 2008. Thanks to her tenacity and her
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advocacy at the national level for improvements in the
delivery of health care. Humbly claiming that he “can’t
carry a tune,” Dan carries and listens to hundreds of
classical, bluegrass and jazz “tunes” on his iPod.
By establishing their music camp Fellowships
at RMF, Dan and Eve hope to nurture children’s
excitement in music and provide them with an outlet
for their emotions throughout their lifetimes, through
the appreciation of music. It is also a means for them
to say “Thank you!” for the opportunities greater
Reading has given them and their three children
Written by C. Thomas Work

Looking back
was eight years old, clutching a half-size violin, the
I very first time the Reading Musical Foundation
impacted my life. Having just performed a rousing
rendition of Suzuki Book 4 favorites for an imposing
panel of judges, including Maestro Sidney Rothstein,
former music director of the Reading Symphony
Orchestra, I was absolutely beside myself to learn I
had been awarded $25 in the form of a Katherine
N. Quartner - Rita Quartner Herman String
Scholarship. Little did I know that seven years later,
I would be honored with the opportunity to perform
a solo with the RSO under the very same Maestro
Rothstein, as a winner of the Reading Symphony
Orchestra League’s Annual Youth Auditions. I gained
further performance experience in Berks County
through the ByndenWood Music Youth Recitals/
Luncheon Series held at the YMCA of Reading. I
was again honored by the incredible Berks music
community with an invitation to perform with my
string quartet as the season opener in the Friends
of Chamber Music of Reading Concert Series. The
chance to return home in a professional capacity,
revisiting all the individuals and organizations who
had a hand in shaping me as a musician, meant more
to me than I can express.
I owe my early love of chamber music to Peter Brye
and the rest of the wonderful faculty at the Millersville
University Summer Chamber Music Institute. I had
the good fortune to encounter Mr. Brye through the
Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra, an ensemble
in which I participated from 1996-2003. I distinctly
recall my summers at Millersville as pivotal in my
musical education; I was fascinated by the immediacy
of expression and the new textures introduced to
me in string trios, quartets, and piano quintets and
I was equally fascinated by the fact that hanging out
with friends and making music together all day was
considered a viable career option!
Having laid this solid chamber music foundation
Reflections by Rachel Shapiro
at such an early age, I continued to pursue quartet
playing at various music festivals across the country.
The RMF again came to my assistance in providing
me with the Samuel L. Correnti Scholarship for my
college tuition. In my second year as a performance
major at the Cleveland Institute of Music, I began
reading through enormous stacks of sheet music
with three of my good friends. We began playing
together as the Aeolus Quartet, participating in
CIM’s Intensive Quartet Seminar, led by the Cavani
Quartet and Peter Salaff of the Cleveland Quartet.
Despite our schedules packed with classes, lessons,
and orchestra, we made quartet rehearsal our priority,
often to the chagrin of our academic professors. Our
work paid off this past year, however, as we traveled
to Los Angeles to compete in the 2009 Coleman
Chamber Ensemble Competition and received
the Coleman-Barstow Prize for Strings. We will
begin this fall as the first ever Graduate Quartet-in-
Residence at the University of Texas at Austin, where
we will work closely with the Miro Quartet.
During our Friends of Chamber Music concert on
October 23rd, I had an opportunity to thank everyone
in the Berks music community for their support
and encouragement from the very beginning of my
studies. This concert featured the world premiere
of The Still Point, a seven-movement quartet written
for the Aeolus Quartet by composer and dear friend
Alexandra Bryant. We also presented a special
community outreach program at the Wyomissing
Hills Elementary Center, a place where I myself
spent five memorable years. I hope that we sparked a
passion for music in these students, who are so very
lucky to live in this community that nurtures and
promotes the arts.
Editor’s Note: Rachel is a 2005 graduate of Wyomissing
High School and a long-time recipient of merit awards
through RMF. We wish her and the Aeolus Quartet the
best of luck in their new venture!
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Charting a Course for Successful Conservatory or College Admission
by Gloria dePasquale
Navigating the senior year college application
process is daunting and stressful for students
and families, but even more of a challenge for those
students who want to pursue a career in music. High
school guidance counselors are at a loss for almost
any helpful information and sometimes even studio
teachers are out of date and out of touch with the
requirements and faculty at the major music schools.
The plan I share with you in this article is a plan
that I have successfully used to help my students
and their families find the right fit for their higher
education needs and finances in terms of teacher and
school, but most importantly in terms of finding the
right education for a future musical career.
Often talented and accomplished high school
musicians regard a career in music as one of two
options: performing or teaching. In truth, there are
many other options for successful and rewarding
careers, and the business of music is a booming
educational and occupational arena. However, in this
article, I am focusing on those students who aspire
to performing careers.
GETTING STARTED
Junior year should be devoted to making a huge
“wish list” of schools of interest to the student.
Factors to weigh should be location, size of
school, conservatory versus college or university,
private instructor for the student’s instrumental
concentration, reputation of the school for the goal
of the student, and, of course, cost.
After making the rather broad list, visit
each school’s web site and print out repertoire
requirements for the current year. Then have a frank
discussion with your private instructor concerning
which schools you have or will be able to learn the
repertoire for in the remaining time before your
audition. Many of the more elite conservatories
are now requiring a prescreening CD or DVD (in
order to even secure an audition spot) which are
due December 1st. So, a junior who begins the
school quest in September will have at most 14-15
months in which to learn the repertoire and become
comfortable with it in performance.
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After narrowing the list, examine carefully the
private instructors at each institution of interest.
Begin to e-mail them after right after the audition
season is over (usually by end of February) to try
to line up an introductory visit to the school and a
lesson. I always send a brief introductory e-mail to
the teacher for my student telling him/her that my
student will be contacting them regarding a visit and
possible lesson. In asking for the lesson, it is best
to take the approach that you would like to play
for the teacher to gauge his/her interest in you as a
possible candidate for his/her studio the following
year. It is good to have the first visit during spring
break or sometime before school is out in the late
spring. Often faculty are not in residence during
the summer because they participate in summer
festivals.
VISITATION
Your initial visit should include an official tour of
the school through the admissions office and you
should be proactive in asking questions regarding
scholarships. Are there merit-based scholarships
in addition to financial based ones? Is it possible
to receive an academic and a music scholarship
(colleges/universities)? What percentage of students
receive aid, and of those who receive aid, what
percentage of the total cost is the average award?
Have several contrasting movements of your
college repertoire ready to play at the lesson. The
teacher will be watching and listening to see how
you respond to instruction and will also be making
a mental note of what was said to you. Make sure
to ask what should be improved upon before the
audition if it is not clear to you. This is a lesson for
both the student and teacher to gauge interest and
“fit.”
After several of these spring visits, you may be able
to narrow your list further, or revamp if you’ve aimed
too high or too low in your estimation of where you
have a good chance of being admitted or simply don’t
feel a good fit with the teacher or are uncomfortable
with something else about the school or its location.
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COLLEGE, continued from page 7
SUMMER BEFORE GRADUATION
Summer before senior year should be spent as much
as possible with your private instructor. Often a
student will go off to a festival and come back very
confused after hearing different assessments of the
college repertoire or his/her basic technique. This
is the time for nitty-gritty hard work in ironing out
all the lumps and bumps with the private instructor
who will be your mentor during the audition
process. Too many cooks spoil the stew at this point!
SENIOR YEAR
Senior year, the student should hit the ground
running with repertoire ready to perform. I hold
monthly master classes where students perform
their complete programs several times in front
of a “friendly but critical” audience of equally
accomplished cellists. They learn to become
comfortable with what is “ready” and learn what
is not yet to the level it must achieve to become
consistent under the glare of the stage lights. Many
students, including my own daughter when she was
working towards conservatory admissions, call up
retirement centers and nursing homes and arrange
to play free concerts for the residents. These recitals
are also wonderful preparation. You don’t want the
conservatory audition to be the first time you’ve
played the program or the first time you’ve tried out
a memorized piece!
In the fall of the senior year, the students should
make second visits to the now handful of schools
on their lists and try to see the teachers once more.
Make copious notes about anything the conservatory
teachers wish to hear differently at the winter
audition. Also make an appointment for your
prescreen recording for early November. That way,
if you are ill, or something doesn’t go quite right
with the first session, you still have time to make a
recording representative of your best efforts. Be sure
to use a professional recording engineer who has top
quality up-to-date equipment. The sound quality of
the recording is of utmost importance.
Make sure to complete and submit all application
materials early and ask private instructors and
others you would like to write recommendations
for you early as well. Be clear on whether the
recommendation letter goes directly to the school or
back to you in a sealed envelope to be sent with all
your admissions materials.
Continue to polish and perform the audition
repertoire in as many concert settings as possible.
By the time the actual auditions roll around in mid-
January through the end of February, you will be
playing your very best and will have done everything
to ensure success.
Editor’s Note: After hearing that Mrs. dePasquale was
coaching a local music student for college auditions,
RMF approached her about sharing her experience
with other students, parents and teachers through our
newsletter. Mrs. dePasquale graciously complied, and
the above article is sure to help a great deal - thank you!
Gloria dePasquale (New England Conservatory, B.M. and M.M.) has
been a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1977. She serves
on the board of directors for the Philadelphia Orchestra, the League of
American Orchestras and the board of visitors for the New England
Conservatory. Mrs. dePasquale maintains a large private studio in Narbeth.
She is co-artistic director of the Philadelphia Region Youth String
Music and principal lower string coach of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
and the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra.
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The plaque affixed to the case carrying the Foundation’s new Moosmann bassoon reads: Moosmann
Model 100A bassoon, serial no. 6699, donated to the Work Woodwind Program at the Reading Musical
Foundation by C. Thomas Work on July 8, 2009, in honor of Edward J. Gobrecht, Jr., retired Professor of
Music and Bassoon at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY. May the player of this instrument never tolerate mediocrity.
BASSOON, continued from page 4
performance. Those qualities made him a popular
choice to serve as the guest conductor at band
festivals throughout the northeastern United States.
Besides the twinkle in his eyes and his interpersonal
intensity, the fruit of an unrelated skill endeared him
to his students - Ed’s fantastic home-brewed beer!
At age 85, Ed continues to teach a handful of
bassoon students privately in Ithaca, New York.
My short stint as a music education major ended in
2010 Scholarship Program Information Now Available
RMF’s annual scholarship program for 2009-2010
has been announced. A full directory of both
audition-based and need-sensitive awards is available
through the RMF office and on the Foundation’s website
at www.readingmusicalfoundation.org.
The first round of auditions will be held on Sunday,
March 7, 2010, at Immanuel United Church of
Christ in Shillington. These awards are for students
in grades 1-12 on piano, voice, organ, woodwind,
brass, percussion and string.
The second round of auditions will be held on
Saturday, April 17, 2010, at Atonement Lutheran
Church in Wyomissing. Students will compete for
college tuition, high school vocal and Atonement
Bach Scholarship awards.
Need-sensitive awards for summer music camp
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the Fall of 1971. But 38 years later, not having seen
Ed Gobrecht since I left Ithaca College, I donated a
new Moosmann bassoon to the instrument-lending
program I started at RMF in 2006, to honor a
man whose lessons have guided me throughout my
lifetime in tasks far removed from music. I proudly
share the brand of thousands of Ithaca College’s
music students whose lives were enriched by a
master of his craft, Ed Gobrecht.
scholarships, private music study and instrument
upgrades are also listed in the directory. New for
2009-2010 are the Full Circle Music Society Acoustic
Music Study Award and the Gladys & Carl Jensen
Summer Camp Fellowships.
The scholarship program includes instrument
awards where students can play a professional or
preprofessional level instrument for a period of up to
two years at no cost. Instrument awards that will be
available during the first round of auditions include a
Haynes flute (for students in grades 10-11), a Yahama
flute or ownership of a Yamaha piccolo (for students
in grades 7-9), a Yamaha clarinet (for students in
grades 7-11) and a Moosmann bassoon (for students
in grades 7-11). Instrument awards are made by adjudicators
to the student deemed most worthy.

RMF and Our Community Lose Two Dedicated Volunteers
We mourn the loss
of two former
1977. She was a founding
member of the Berks
officers of the Reading
Genealogical Society.
Musical Foundation,
A certified public
both stalwart volunteers
accountant with Ernst
in our community. They
& Young, LLP for 36
are Ruth S. MacRae,
years, Dick Tschiderer
who died on May 30,
served as RMF’s
2008, and Richard A.
sixth president, from
Tschiderer, who died on
September 25, 2009.
Ruth S. MacRae Richard A. Tschiderer 1989 until 1991, and
oversaw the process in
Ruth MacRae served as RMF’s volunteer secretary which Ruth MacRae participated. Until then, the
from June 1981 until the summer of 1992. Her presidents of RMF’s affiliates were also trustees of
meticulous minutes of board and committee
the Foundation and participated in the process of
meetings, scrapbooks and other records contributed appropriating contributions from the public. The
greatly toward a chapter in the Foundation’s history, efforts of Dick, Ruth and others culminated during
Vision, Conviction and Compassion: 80 Years of the the term of RMF’s seventh president, Don Bristol,
Reading Musical Foundation. A Phi Beta Kappa when the presidents of RMF’s affiliates were excused
graduate of Syracuse University, Ruth participated from RMF’s board and replaced with the Funded
with fellow trustees Louise Dreisbach, Lee Kachel, Organizations Advisory Committee under Dr. Tom
Harold Perkins and Kim Webster in the early
Souders’ leadership. To this day, that committee,
1990s on the Strategic Long-Range Planning
consisting of representatives of RMF’s affiliates and
Committee that advanced governance practices at of RMF, coordinates a common concert calendar
RMF and redefined the Foundation’s relationship and serves as a clearinghouse for problems RMF’s
to its music performing affiliates and the Star Series affiliates share, such as audience replenishment.
Association.
Dick was a member of the board of trustees of
Ruth served on the staff of the Wyomissing Public Alvernia University, formerly Alvernia College, and
Library, was a member of its board of trustees, and served as treasurer of Wyomissing Borough.
wrote a history of the Library that was published in
Written by C. Thomas Work
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own personal generosity, she secured the full tuition
needed to pay for Gregory’s fall semester.
The Pre-College Division meets every Saturday
from September through May at the Juilliard School
in New York City. In addition to their private
lessons, all students in the Pre-College Division
take a weekly theory class and a weekly solfège (eartraining)
class. Gregory studies with Dr. Matthew
Lewis, a Juilliard faculty member since 1993. Dr.
Lewis is also the organist and director of music for
the Church of the Incarnation in New York City. In
addition to Juilliard, he is also an adjunct professor
at Westminster Choir College.
HOW TO HELP:
A benefit concert will be held at Christ United
Church of Christ (4870 Kutztown Road, Temple)
on Sunday, February 7, 2010, at 3:00 PM. Gregory
will be performing a number of organ works on the
program, which will include featured performances
by vocalists Brian Gibson and Katherine Aregood
Crusi. Patrons for the concert are welcome; please
contact Christ Church (610) 929-2020 or the
Reading Musical Foundation at (610) 376-3395 for
contribution information. A freewill offering will
also be received at the concert. All proceeds will help
to offset Gregory’s spring tuition payment.
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“SHEAR” CLARINET KEY BROOCH - Sterling Silver,
Nickel Silver, Brass, Vintage Clarinet Keys, Epoxy
Resin, Patina. 1.5 x 3.25 x 0.5” Retail Value $400.
Created by Lisa & Scott Cylinder
No playable instruments were harmed to make Shear!
THE STORY OF SHEAR
We began our exploration of musical instruments in 2007. Our daughter, a student clarinetist, piqued our
interest in the instrument. By purchasing old clarinets to refurbish she could “upgrade” her instrument. We
would buy one, fix it up, and if she liked that one better than the one she was currently playing, she would keep
it and we would sell the old instrument. And so the cycle and our self-education began.
Before an orchestra trip abroad, we purchased a real “junker” for our daughter with the intent of her learning
to do repairs on her own. She disassembled the horn, and there it sat for months. We would look at it
occasionally, wondering when she was going to put it back together. It never happened. Instead, we began to
take a serious look at the parts.
The materials, nickel silver, brass, grenadilla wood, were all materials we were already familiar with in our
previous work. The shapes and mechanics were new and fresh and intrigued us. We began to deconstruct and
reconstruct the parts we had from this one instrument. One thing led to another and today we continue to
experiment and explore using clarinets as well as saxophones, oboes, cellos, flutes, etc.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Lisa and Scott Cylinder began collaborating in 1988, shortly after graduating from prominent university
jewelry programs. They have created limited production studio multiples under the auspices of Chickenscratch
for the past 21 years. Ten years into their venture, they craved a greater technical and creative challenge and
began making one-of-a-kind pieces under “L and S Cylinder” in addition to their studio multiples. This jewelry
is more substantial and more serious, both in concept and execution. To view more pieces of their work, visit
their website at www.lisandscottcylinder.com.
MOUNTAIN FOLK, continued from page 2
Foundation, is using his experience, talent and generosity to share folk music with a new generation. His family
recently established the David L. Kline Family Mountain Folk Scholarship fund, which provides private music
study and instrument upgrade scholarships to guitarists and banjoists of any age. In keeping with his longstanding
tradition, students must be committed to American folk music.
“The Mountain Folk Fund has taken a lot of the revenue from the show and channeled it into a fund that will
then be given to students who study any form of acoustic guitar or banjo…the point is, maybe next year, I won’t
be able to do a show anymore. Maybe my life circumstances will change, I don’t know. None of us knows. So if
this is the swan song, then there is going to be something left behind so people can still come to the mountain
in some sense,” said Dave, in a recent issue of Bluegrass magazine.
The Mountain Folk Music Band recently released its seventh CD, Music from the Mountain Folk Homeplace,
which features eight original songs and four lively cover songs.
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200 -2009 Donations Gifts through September 1, 2009
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE ($5,000)
Colonial Oaks Foundation
Dopkin-Singer-Dannenberg Foundation
East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Henry Janssen Foundation
M&T Charitable Foundation
PA Council on the Arts
Penske Truck Leasing, Inc.
Reading Eagle Company
Reading Music Teachers Association
The Wyomissing Foundation, Inc.
VIST Financial Corp.
WEEU Broadcasting, Inc.
CORPORATE VISIONARY ($2,500+)
The Anderson Group
Pagoda Printing
Stevens & Lee
The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation
CORPORATE ADVOCATE ($1000+)
Atonement Lutheran Church
Music Educators of Berks County
VA Productions, Inc.
CORPORATE BENEFACTOR ($500+)
Admixtures, Inc.
Automotive Service, Inc.
Berks Classical Children’s Chorus
Blue Mountain Foundation
Brenntag Northeast, Inc.
Carpenter Technology
James E. Fegley Violin Shop
Lorish Marketing Group
R. M. Palmer Company
Reading Chapter, American Guild of
Organists
Tray-Pak Corporation
Waterfall Gardens
Weik Investment Services, Inc.
Yuasa Battery, Inc.
CORPORATE PATRON ($300+)
Scrolls & Strings Violin House
Sovereign Center/SMG
Stereo Barn
CORPORATE DONOR ($125+)
Berks Hematology-Oncology
Associates Ltd.
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
Chris Talarico & Assoc., Inc.
Fecera’s Furniture
Lukens Construction Company
Offset Impressions, Inc.
Yocum Institute for Arts Education
CORPORATE FRIENDS ($5+)
Let’s Dance Orchestra
Rabenold Koestel Scheidt
Sweet Street Desserts, Inc.
Woman’s Club of Muhlenberg
Women’s Lifecycles, P.C.
PUBLIC LEADERSHIP CIRCLE ($5,000+)
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Bengtson
Eve & Dan Kimball
Paul R. Roedel
Tom & Dianne Work
Anonymous
PUBLIC VISIONARY ($2,500+)
Marlin & Ginger Miller
Eric & Jayne Schaeffer
The Rosalye Levine & Richard Yashek
Fund of BCCF
PUBLIC ADVOCATE ($1,000+)
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Maier, II
J. Marc & Martha Aynardi
Cynthia & Jim Boscov
Elizabeth Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce L. Dietrich
Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Henderson
Sidney & Barbara Kline
Ollie & Natalie Koehler
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Kreitz
Alma & Edwin Lakin
Sydney & Gerald Malick
Eric & Georganne Moyer
Elizabeth Norcott
Phyllis Peters
Mrs. William K. Runyeon
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Souders
David & Martha Swartz
Stratton & Susie Yatron
Mr. & Mrs. William Yeich
Kristen & Peter Zacharias
Anonymous
PUBLIC BENEFACTOR ($500+)
Carl & Holly Altenderfer
Michael & Linda Anderson
Bruce & Dawn Bachofer
David and Rosemary Bestwick
The Breidegam Family Foundation
Mr. Brian J. Bubnis
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Carlino
Doris F. Cosgrove
Mr. & Mrs. Cedric N. Elmer
The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. George S. Fitz
Mr. & Mrs. E. Terry Groff
June Gwyn
Charles F. Harenza
Vincent and Donna Hartnett
Dr. & Mrs. J. Frederick Hiehle
Mark & Carol Hornberger
Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Hughes
Lee G. & Elain Bertolet-Kachel
May & Leon Kaplan
Ed & Sandy Kern
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Kindig
Kraines/Hoffman Charitable
Fund of BCCF
Kevin E. & Karen F. Longenecker
Carole & Jack Lusch
Thomas M. & Anne L. Overly-Moll
Art Moore
David & Dail Richie
Dr. & Mrs. John F. Russo
James M. Savage
Jill M. Scheidt & Christopher R. Heslop
Margaret A. Schuhmann
Mrs. Margaret K. Schumo
Barbara Spangeberg
Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Thren
Karen & John Tripolitis
Charles & Anne Weiser
Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Wolfe
Anonymous
PUBLIC PATRON ($250+)
Robert & Barbara Aregood
Dr. & Mrs. Richard C. Baumbach
Calvin & Ruth Bossler
Carl & Christie Botterbusch
Nicholas & Conchinta Braun
Josee & Javier Cevallos
Irvin & Lois E. Cohen
Richard J. Jr. & Jane L. Cole
Anne G. Constein
Dr. Carl F. Constein
VADM & Mrs. D. L. Cooper
Rick Dietrich
Harry & Esther Dunkelberger
Sara S. Flowers
Hazel H. Geracimos
Mildred & Ivan H. Gordon
Martha L. Hafer
Rachel F. Herb
Robert & Gail Hoch
Mr. & Mrs. J.F. Horrigan, Jr
Meda Kern
Frank & Dee Kiehne
Mr. & Mrs. Burton Kominick
Nancy S. Lawson
June T. Lessig
Lisa & Steve Longenecker
Jeffrey Milkins
Bob & Robin Miller
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Miller
Glenn & Jane Moyer
Bob & Jean Norris
Dr. & Mrs. C.S. Orquiza
Henry & Janet Peters
Tim Raub
Amy H. & The Rev. Thomas H. Reinsel
Larry & Allison Rotenberg
M. J. Sawers
Paul & Jessie Schell
Linda Sensenig
Thomas E. Shultz
Mike Simmons
Dr. & Mrs. Barton L. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. John P. Stelmach
James & Louise Stoudt
Linda Tomlinson
Peg and Bill Walter
Kim Webster & Stacey Shannon
Janice H. Wolfe
Anonymous
PUBLIC SPONSOR ($150+)
Dr. & Mrs. Gene W. Aulenbach
Cynthia Miller-Aungst
Don & Chris Bristol
The Rev. & Mrs. J. Raymond Brubaker
Peter & Jane Brye
Dr. C. Harold & Ruth K. Cohn
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart S. Cohn
Dr. & Mrs. Francis R. Deitrich
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200 -2009 Donations Gifts through September 1, 2009
Caroline Dunford
Charles & June Dunn
The Shapiro Family
Beulah Fehr
Jill & Steve Forst
Phillip & Rosemary Fraley
Dr. & Mrs. Harold Fries
Diane L. Gaul
Warren & Ina Grapenthin
Clair E. Gross
Steven Hahn
Terry & Ginny Hand
William & Dorothy Hartman
John & Priscilla Hirschenhofer
Mr. & Mrs. E. Robert Hottenstein
Mark A. Kilpatrick
Robin and Bill Koch, CPA
Jeraldine & David Kozloff
Mr. Irvin M. Loose
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt L. Lorah
Cissy Marabella
Robert Bruce McLean
Mrs. Judith K. Merkel
Douglas Messinger
Dee & Joe Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Mitgang
Janet & James Neel
Clair & Jeanne Noll
Robert & Yvonne Oppenheimer
John & Shirley Palmer
Richard & Nedra Patrick
Mrs. Mary V. Pendleton
George and Debbie Pyle
Curtis V. Rapp
Donald & Marie Reber
Gladys M. Rentschler
Kristen Sandel, MD
Katherine A. Savadelis
Donald & Nancy Schwartz
Al Seifarth
Jane H. Sheetz
Robert & Susan Showalter
Mark Smith & Lisa Peterson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Smith
Nancy L. Snyder
Geoffrey & Judith Stoudt
Julia Nazimov Swan
Ailyn Terada
David & Cynthia Texter
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Tschiderer
Gene & Madlyn Umbenhouer
Richard & Elizabeth Wells
Francis & Lynn Williamson
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Williamson, Jr.
Michael and Mary Wolfe
Elizabeth C. Wolfe
Mr. & Mrs. Stratton P. Yatron
Anonymous
PUBLIC DONOR ($75+)
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Angstadt
Carol M. Aulenbach
Michael A. Baal
Dr. Daniel & Dr. Elaine Balkiewicz
Harriet M. Baskin
Robert & Lorraine Bell
Mr. & Mrs. John V. Berry
Mr. & Mrs. Carroll Bitting
Irene C. Blatt
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Mrs. Daniel Bollman
Dan & Ute Boyer
Rebecca Brenner
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Briskin
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Morris Brown
Peter & Sharon Calder
Alexander Cameron IV
Mary Jo Cannizzaro
Mary A. Capallo
Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy A. Christman
Bill & Susan Coughlin
R. Cunnius
Jane & Chris deGruchy
Daniel & Barbara Downing
Suzie & John Ernesto
Marc & Marcia Filstein
R. Jean Forry
Ken & Ann Fox
Mrs. Nancy R. Gardner
Drs. P.L. Garrett
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Gerace
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Gilmartin
Tom & Penny Golden
Matthew Goldstan
Donald K. Gordon
Deborah Greenawald & David Lawton
Peggy & Mike Gumpert
Dr. & Mrs. John F. Hampson
Thomas P. Handwerk
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hehr
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Henninger
Gail Hesser
The Himes Family
Brian & Fianna Holt
Garrett & Joann Hyneman
Robin Costenbader-Jacobson
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Jones, Sr.
James J. Kase
Michael & Gayle Kastenbaum
David Keen
Kenneth & Kristel Kemmerer
Doris Ketner
Anton & Diana Kleiner
Diane LaBelle
Robert & Diane Lilarose
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Linderman
Frank & Stella Macey
Kathern & Ernie Marshall
Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Maxwell
Doris & John Mazzacca
Mr. & Mrs. John Mazzo
Mr. & Mrs. George M. Meiser, IX
Robert H. Melson
Mr. & Mrs. Roy A. Mervine
Charles W. Miller &
Michelle Hettinger-Miller
Deborah Miller
Janice S. Miller
Jeanne D. Miller
Bill & Sandie Mills
Lee & Joy Moyer
Sharlene & Allen Moyer
Dr. Robert L. Mulligan
Mr. & Mrs. Leon Myers
Jane Masters Nase
Nancy O’Neill
Mrs. Ruth Overholser
The Oxholm Family
Lottie & Walter Pascoe
Darrell & Mary Phillips
Mike and Nancy Poole
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Quigley
David & Jane Reese
Larry & Linda Rentschler
Jim & Nancy Rhoads
Scott, Max and Andrew Rhoads
Jay & Diane Roberts
William P. Sandel
Helen Schell
Wendy Holt Schmehl
Dr. & Mrs. John Scully
Margaret Seitzinger
Dr. & Mrs. David Setley
Nathan & Keri Shultz
Dr. John Shuman
Carol Siegel
Willard & Ruth Smith
Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Smoker
Dr. Martin & Julia Spangler
Tom & Janice Szilli
Jim & Donnasue Thompson
Laree Trollinger
Gerald & Joanne Wagner
Mr. J. Richard Wagner
The Walsh Family
Lillian S. Walter
Mr. & Mrs. Oscar W. Weber
Gail F. Weimer
Mr. & Mrs. William I. Wenrich
Myrtle M. Wieand
Caryl & Gary Wilkinson
Dr. & Mrs. Randall S. Winn
Jane M. Wolfe
Sharon P. Woods
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Work
Mary Alice Wotring
Eleanore M. Youse
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Ziegenfuss
Anonymous
PUBLIC FRIEND (5+)
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Andre
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Benedict
Mary Alice and Nick Bentz
Antoinette & Juanita Bereczki
Donna & Dick Brooks
Kathleen A. Brown
Walter R. Christ
Gail & Greg Colahan
Mrs. Raymond Comess
John T. & Marian Connelly
Dr. & Mrs. Paul C. Davis
Bonnie Jo DeCarlo
Pat Diefenderfer
Rosemarie Dunkleberger
Mr. & Mrs. Rod Eaken
Donald & June Ellis
Richard B. Feicht
Elaine and Kenneth Fernandez
Catherine R. Fox
Jim & Elaine Fox
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Furrow
William & Patricia Gault
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Hamilton
Richard & Nancy Hampton
Mr. & Mrs. Bart Hannahoe
Marianne & Roger Hertz

200 -2009 Donations Gifts through September 1, 2009
Harold & Gloria Hetrich
Jeanette M. Hettinger
Paul & Kate Hoh
Mr. & Mrs. Marlin Houck
Robert & Karen Houle
Mr. & Mrs. Lee W. Hummel
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Joffred
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Juckem
Bob & Kay Kalbach
Cindy and Dave Kercher
Marlin & Debra Kerchner
Suzanne & Larry Kirk
Kermit, Bonnie & Amy Kleinsmith
Howard R. Kline
Mr. and Mrs. James Kurtz
Mr. & Mrs. C.B. LePage, Jr.
Mrs. Ruth Levan
Robin Lilarose
Mr. & Mrs. A.C. Lipawen
Sue Loewenstein
Jeanne Luckenbill
Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Marker
Mr. & Mrs. James McCartney
Patricia McMahon
Larry & Dawn Medaglia
The Rev. Charles & Geri Nease
Barbara Nothstein
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ollendorf
Fred & Jan Opalinski
Michael D. & Mary Alice Palm
Margaret Patch
Harold & Jeanne Perkins
Phyllis B. Petrak
Ruth B. Potteiger
Barbara A. Rentz
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Rochelle
Mrs. Claire Roth
Marilyn L. Ruffner
Peter & Leigh Rye
Douglas Samsel
William & Nancy Sanders
Frank & Janet Sands
Margaret T. Schade
Laura K. Seip
Ruth Shaffer
Robert R. Sharetts
Mark & Aimee Shober
Christine & Dale Shuey
Richard & Janet Sillhart
Caroline L. Simonson
Anna Stroback
J. Richard Strunk
Len & Robin Stump
Jim & Joan Sutton
Noël Bausher Szundy
Eleanor J. Trimbur
Kathleen A. Wagner
Scott & Donna Wainwright
Blair Weaver
Ronald & Shirley Weitzel
Marianne Westendorp
Edward Wiswesser
Stewart & Sandra Wolf
James and Marie Wong
Albert Wynosky
George H. & Catherine A. Ziegler
Anonymous
Scholarship & Restricted Gifts
SCHOLARSHIP GIFTS
American Guild of Organists Scholarship
Reading Chapter, American Guild of
Organists
Atonement Bach Scholarship
Atonement Lutheran Church
Bruce P. Bengtson Keyboard & Organ Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Bengtson
Peter J. Brye Cello & Harp Fund
Peter & Jane Brye
Ann L. Cusano & Kim Webster
Double Reed Scholarship
Lee G. & Elain Bertolet - Kachel
Kim Webster & Stacy Shannon
James E. Fegley Orchestral String
Scholarship Fund
James E. Fegley Violin Shop
George Haage Scholarship Fund of RMTA
Reading Music Teachers Association
Donald Hinkle Fund
Berks Classical Children’s Chorus
Bill & Susan Coughlin
David & Dail Richie
Michael and MaryWolfe
Gladys and Carl Jensen
Summer Music Camp Fellowships
Eve & Dan Kimball
Lee G. & Marian Kachel Organ Fund
Lee G. & Elain Bertolet - Kachel
David L. Kline Family Mountain Folk
Scholarship Fund
Meda Kern
The David L. Kline Family
Non-Specific Student Fund
Robert & Barbara Aregood
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Bengtson
Rebecca Brenner
East Penn Manufacturing
Mr. & Mrs. J.F. Horrigan, Jr
Phillip & Rosemary Fraley
The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. George S. Fitz
James J. Kase
Doris Ketner
Mr. & Mrs. James McCartney
Jeffrey Milkins
Larry & Linda Rentschler
Mark & Aimee Shober
Anonymous
Lewis “Skip” Norcott Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth Norcott
Anonymous
Ruth & Spencer Overholser Fund
Mary Capallo
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Linderman
Anonymous
Solomon Frank and Phyllis E. Peters
Oboe & Harp Scholarship Fund
Phyllis Peters
Tom & Dianne Work
Elaine Bausher Post Scholarship
Noël Bausher Szundy
Willis M. Rapp Percussion Fund
East Penn Manufacturing
Anonymous
Runyeon Piano Scholarship Fund
Mrs. William K. Runyeon
Jill Scheidt & Chris Heslop Jazz Fund
Jill M. Scheidt & Christopher Heslop
Helen Smith Scholarship Fund of RMTA
Reading Music Teachers Association
Isabel W. Sondheim Memorial Scholarship
An anonymous donation in honor of
Don Reber
Ann W. Souders Fund
Anne G. Constein
Dr. Carl F. Constein
Summer Camp Fellowships
Eve & Dan Kimball
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Kindig
Ollie & Natalie Koehler
Reading Music Teachers Association
Tom & Dianne Work
Anonymous
VA Productions Drum Major Camp Fund
VA Productions, Inc.
Work Family Woodwind Fund
Carol M. Aulenbach
Tom & Dianne Work
Wyomissing Foundation Middle School
Brass Program
The Wyomissing Foundation, Inc.
RESTRICTED GIFTS
Colonial Oaks Foundation
Parochial School Initiative
Colonial Oaks Foundation
Rush and June Gwyn RSYO
Fellowship Fund
June Gwyn
M&T Bank “Music & Teamwork”
Instrument Program
M&T Bank Charitable Foundaion
Music Educators of Berks County
Summer Camp Fellowship Program
Music Educators of Berks County
Music in the Schools
Rachel Herb MIS Fund of RMF
Henry Janssen Foundation
Operation Replay
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
Tim Raub
Sweet Street Desserts, Inc.
VIST Financial Mileage for Music Program
VIST Financial Corp.
Rosalye & Richard Yashek
Electronic Composition Program
The Rosalye Levine & Richard Yashek
Fund of BCCF
Olivet Boys & Girls Club
Outreach Programs
Colonial Oaks Foundation
Eric & Georganne Moyer
The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation
Tom & Dianne Work
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200 -2009 Donations Gifts through September 1, 2009
In memory of Josephine Eaken
Louis and Grace Andre
Patrick and Paula Barrett
Jean S. Beaver
Ruth Anne Bengtson
Margaret Bobb
Margaret Boyadjian
Mary Capallo
David & Joy Darkes
Mr. & Mrs. David De Long
Good Shepherd UCC Senior Choir
Mrs. Carol Hake
Rachel F. Herb
Violet Hoffmaster
In memory of J. Carl Borelli by Let’s Dance Orchestra
In memory of Madeline “Molly” Borelli by Henry & Janet Peters
In memory of Sara J. Cohn by Dr. & Mrs. Stuart S. Cohn
In memory of Sara Joseph Cohn by The Shapiro Family
In memory of Abigail Downing by Daniel & Barbara Downing
In memory of Wes Fisher by Mr. & Mrs. Marlin Houck
In memory of Nicholas G. Geracimos by Hazel H. Geracimos
In memory of Rush C. Gwyn by June Gwyn
In memory of Ruth E. Gross by Mr. & Mrs. Claire E. Gross
In memory of Marguerette Hettinger by Jeanette M. Hettinger
In memory of Yori Kitagawa by the Shapiro Family
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Maier by Mr. & Mrs. Maier, II
In memory of Ruth MacRae from John & Jane Sinclair
In memory of Ruth MacRae from Tom & Dianne Work
In memory of Harold Nazimov by Julia Nazimov Swan
In memory of J. Spencer Overholser by Mary A. Capallo
In memory of Spencer Overholser by an anonymous donor
In memory of W. Edward and Olive Overly by
Thomas M. & Anne L. Overly-Moll
In memory of Elaine Bausher Post by Phyllis B. Petrak
In memory of Elaine Bausher Post by Noël Bausher Szundy
In memory of Loretta Rapp by Curtis Rapp
In memory of Christina M. Savage by James M. Savage
In memory of Edith Scornavacchi by Lisa & Steve Longenecker
In memory of Willis Snyder by the Rev. Dr. & Mrs. George S. Fitz
In memory of Edna Frantz Springer by Gail Hesser
In memory of Edna Springer by Jeanne Luckenbill
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Memorial & Honor Gifts
Terrence and Irene James
Mrs. Elizabeth Jennings
James Lentz & Gail Ebersole-Lentz
William & Linda Lucas
Denise Madeira
John and Ann McGlinn
Jane and Warren Miller
Christie Mills
William Mills
Mrs. Ann Petrie & Elizabeth Jennings
Barbara & David Regar
Albert Schantz
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Schmidt
2010 Artists of Tomorrow Concert
Featuring 2009 RMF Scholarship Winners
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Immanuel United Church of Christ, Shillington
3:00 PM
Free Concert!
John & Marcia Schreffler
Jim and Kathy Snyder
The Swift Group at Merrill Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Witman
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Wolfe
Janice H. Wolfe
Cindy and Tom Wotring
In memory of Robert Lilarose
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Buterbaugh
Don Kinnier & Judy Townsend
Tom MacAloon
Vitalistic Theraputic Charter School
Robert & Mary Hoyer
In memory of Paul and Evelyn Strunk by J. Richard Strunk
In memory of James Troutman by an anonymous donor
In memory of Richard Wright by Mark A. Kilpatrick
In honor of Raymond Austin by Michael & Gayle Kastenbaum
In honor of Dr. Cynthia DiBuono by Michael & Gayle Kastenbaum
In honor of Linda & Bob Hocking by the Walsh Family
In honor of Drs. C. Eve J. & Daniel B. Kimball, Jr.
by Tom & Dianne Work
In honor of Bill Maier by Mr. & Mrs. C.B. LePage, Jr.
In honor of Kristen and Terrance McGlinn by Tom & Dianne Work
In honor of Bruce & Julie Osterhont by Fred & Jan Opalinski
In honor of Phyllis Peters from Tom & Dianne Work
In honor of the RMF Board & Staff by Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Mitgang
In honor of William Sandel by Kristen Sandel, MD
In honor of Jill Scheidt by Mr. & Mrs. Bruce L. Dietrich
In honor of Rachel & Tim Shapiro by the Shapiro Family
In honor of Don & Sally Simmons by Mike Simmons
In honor of Stage Right Productions: John Ernesto,
John Graff, Cat Davis, Mike Anderson, Gary Spencer by
Nancy O’Neill
In honor of Julia K. Walsh by Anna Stroback
In honor of C. Thomas Work by Mr. & Mrs. James A. Gilmartin
In honor of Mr. Tom Work by Henry & Janet Peters
In honor of C. Thomas Work by Charles & Anne Weiser
In honor of Thomas B. & Katharine A. Work
by Tom & Dianne Work

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2 Last name of the Baroque composer who developed the
fundamentals of four-part harmony.
7 Last name of the Chair of Kutztown University's Music
Department for whom RMF's percussion scholarship is
named.
8 Organizations supported by RMF.
9 Wrote "Heritage of Honor," commissioned to celebrate
RMF's 80th anniversary.
13 Last name, composer who wrote "Adagio for Strings."
14 Ice cream flavor and colorful chord consisting of a minor
third and a minor sixth.
17 First name of RMF's longest-tenured trustee.
19 First president of RMF.
21 Last name of the chairman of RMF's finance committee.
24 Another word for "colorful" and a musical scale consisting of
13 notes, inclusive of the octave.
25 Late 19th/early 20th-century Austrian composer who wrote
nine symphonies.
26 First instrument donated to RMF's merit lending program.
27 First name of RMF's Executive Director.
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2 RMF's longest-tenured president.
3 First name of BCCC's Executive Director.
4 First RMF scholarship named for living music teachers.
5 Latest instrument donated to RMF's merit lending program.
6 "Theme and __________," a musical form.
10 First name of the RSO's Executive Director.
11 Randall ________, a former Director of the Curtis Institute
of Music who wrote "Alleluia."
12 The "king of instruments."
15 "Devil's interval," tamed by Leonard Bernstein in the
opening interval of "Maria."
16 Music teacher who established the Berks Summer Band
Institute, an RMF program.
18 Honored by RMF's commission of "Music in the Wings," by
Robert Maggio.
20 First name of RMF's new Board Chair.
22 A common musical interval, the higher note of which is twice
the frequency of the bottom note.
23 Three-note chord built upon a root, third and fifth.
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P A I D
READING, PA
PERMIT 407
David L. Kline
Robert R. Kreitz, Esq.
Eric J. Moyer
Thomas B. Souders, MD
Claire L. Troop
Peter N. Zacharias
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Bruce P. Bengtson
Donald C. Bristol
Mary A. Capallo
John T. Connelly
Bruce L. Dietrich
Louise E. Dreisbach
Betty H. Hottenstein
Lee G. Kachel
I. Leon Kaplan
Catharine R. Kiefer
Leon S. Myers
Harold W. Perkins, D.Ed.
Donald Reber
Paul R. Roedel
Richard A. Tschiderer
C. Thomas Work, Esq.
The Reading Musical Foundation is now accepting grant applications for music
presenting organizations and special projects. Applications are available on our website
at www.readingmusicalfoundation.org or by calling the office at (610) 376-3395.