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Support the Master Players


The Master Players Concert Series ("Master Players") is a flagship concert presenting organization of the Mid-Atlantic region, in residence at the University of Delaware.  The series is supported by UD’s College of Arts and Sciences. The Master Players performances and educational programs presented each season are made possible by the generous support of dedicated friends who value the arts in our community. 

Ticket revenues cover only 27% of the costs associated with presenting world-class arts performances and educational programs. Tax-deductible contributions from Master Players donors help make up the difference.

To make your tax-deductible gift to Master Players, please click here. You may also mail a check to the Office of Annual Giving, University of Delaware, 83 East Main Street, Newark, DE 19716. Be sure to note Master Players Concert Series on the memo line of your check.

For more information on supporting Master Players, contact the Office of Annual Giving at annualgiving@udel.edu or call toll-free at 866-535-4504.

Our Supporters

Master Players Concert Series’ performances and educational and outreach activities are made possible, in part, by the generosity of dedicated friends who value the arts in our community.  The following list recognizes contributions received from August 1, 2015 to October 23, 2024. Thank you for your continued support.

Donors who passed away between August 1, 2015 and October 23, 2024 are denoted with an asterisk (*).

$25,000 and above

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Lou and Peg Hirsh

Michael and Karen E. Luck

Puglisi and Associates

Donald J. Puglisi '12H and Marichu C. Valencia '23H

Shanghai Sonatas Foundation

Dorothy Engasser Sharkey '78 and Stuart J. Sharkey

Kenneth C. '80 and Elizabeth K. Whitney

Accenture LLP

Norman N. and Phyllis W. Aerenson

Ann L. Ardis and Phillip Mink

Boston Consulting Group

Chamber Music America

China Music Foundation, Inc.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Renee Dong '09M '14PhD and Xiang Gao

Ernst & Young LLP

Catherine Eliades Faller '58 and James G. Faller '62M '67PhD

Stuart M. and Suzanne B. Grant

Susan B. Grossman

I Could Do Great Things Foundation

KPMG LLP

Pythia, LLC

Adam Rothman

Randy L. and Charlene Stone

Florence M. and Richard L. Waibel

Zhaohui Yang '08M and Baohua Zong

Karl E. and Kristin Bennett

Stuart and Catriona Binder-Macleod

Bing and Rachel Zhang Family Foundation

Calltek, Inc.

Justin M. '13M and Lisa Chou

Debra Jay '73 '78M '97 and Frederick J. Crowley Jr. '79 '88

Gene N. Danneman

DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC

Tony Espinoza

Wendy C. and James M. Gill

Jerome K. Grossman*

Jewish Federation of Delaware, Inc.

George H. Jr. '65 and Linda J. Miller

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc.

RBC Foundation-USA

RBC Wealth Management

Danny Wu

Bing and Rachel W. Zhang

American Online Giving Foundation

Ayco Charitable Foundation

Victoria F. and Stephen D. Benson

Blackbaud Giving Fund

William L. and Joann E. Browning

CAF America

Tsu-Wei and Mei-Sheng Chou

Deloitte Consulting

Mark A. Deshon '78 and Jo Anne Pryor Deshon '80M '00EdD

David W. '87M and Catherine A. Drew

EIDP, Inc.

Ralph P. and Annette D. Ferretti

Jean Friedman

Linda A. and Kevin J. Henker

Charles E. Hockersmith '10EdD*

Nancy N. Hockersmith

Marion Antiles Jacobs '92M and Jack B. Jacobs

Lazarus M. and Helen M. Kirifides

Susan B. Lee '72 and Don LaHaye

Kenneth A. and Anne B. Lewis

Moses Libitzky

Charles R. and Marianne T. Link

Los Angeles Jewish Symphony

Larry Lu '02M and Grace Yang '04M

James C. Manocchi

Mark Bader Jr. Legacy Fund

Marie Gallo Marx '79

McKinsey & Company

Linda Justice Myrick '77 and Steven R. Myrick '77

Howard A. and Marian L. Palley

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Susanne Reyto

Louis F. and Tammy A. Rossi

T. W. Fraser Russell '64PhD '10H*

S & M Bloom Jewish Music Foundation

B. David and Nancy M. Saunders

Anuradha Sivaraman and Suresh Sundaram

Susan E. Smiley

Harvey M. Spector

George J. and Mary M. Torggler

Andrew '13EdD and Sharon C. Walpole

Shu-Han Chou Wang '94M and Ying Wang

George H. '85PhD and Norine K. Watson '93 '97M

Sherry Leslie Wenger '77M '79PhD*

Katharine Wiseman

S. B. and Katy K. Woo

Woo's Foundation Inc.

Ping Xu '94M '99M and Faye Loh Xu '97M

Emily Z. Zhang '15

Marian Bergan Cottrell '85 and Frederick L. Cottrell III '85

Delaware Korean School

Bryan J. Goldberger '80

Mark B. Goldfus '68 and Beverly K. Rubman

Pamela J. Green and Robert Flowers

Gary H. Heckert '72 '76 and Beth A. Mineo

Mary D. Herr

Sheryl F. and Peter Kline

Pearl Liu

Bessie Davis McAneny '84M and Neil G. McAneny '66

Robin W. Morgan and James R. Damewood Jr.

National Catholic Community Foundation

Susan B. and Thomas L. Olson

Janet Paschall

W. Christian and Frances D. Petersen

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

United Way Of Greater Portland

Vanguard Charitable

Catherine Willis Wojewodzki '70 '97M and Robert S. Wojewodzki '70

American Endowment Foundation

Apple Inc.

Carolyn P. Becker '02M

Leigh Belcher

Nancy Kalemba Berkheimer '67 '78M

Jo Ann Bisone

Leslie L. Borbidge

Charles F. Carter

Marilyn J. Christ

Suzanne Smith Collins '95EdD

William F. and Sarah C. D'Alonzo

Linda de la Mora

David Dean

Deerfield Wines, LLC

Erica Dobies

Christopher Doyle

Jennifer Driscoll

William Eaton

Tony Edwards

Beth Elliott

Patricia Elliott

Chen Fang '10M

M. Andrew and Sandra M. Fields

Peter Fox and Katharine Woodhouse Beyer

Sue Fuhrmann and Ronald A. Hamlen

Ann Giancristoforo

Thomas N. Gladwin '70 and Ann Stegner Gladwin '71

Beryl Sherman Goldman '06PhD and Jules Goldman

Iris Laudien Gonzalez '70 '76PhD and Raul A. Gonzalez

M. Kathleen Clark Gordon '96 '01PhD

H. Daniel Haas III '00M

Marcia Toselli Halio '61 '79M and Mark Sharnoff

Jim Herrin

Andrew R. Homsey '87 and Lisabeth A. Moore '91 '92 '95M

David H. Jr. and Joanne Irwin

Johnson & Johnson Foundation

Paul Kantor

Neil S. Kaye and Susan M. Donnelly-Kaye

Eun Mi Kim

Hye-Shin Kim

Bruce A. and Ann C. Kitchen

Knights of Columbus Council #12104

Gertrude Springer Koeze '63 and Donald R. Koeze

Rose Lee

Robert D. and Gloria D. Leedle

Arend and Pamela W. Lubbers

Marilyn K. Lynam '67 and Alan T. Jewett

Karen Olson Manniso '84 and Mark L. Manniso '84

Estate of Elaine R. Markell*

John P. Marx*

Mary E. Maslar '74 '82M

Christopher Melby

Linda Micallef

Margaret Ann Mitchell

Sherri Morr

Ronald Myrick

Lawrence and Margaret V. Nees

Pamela J. Nelson

Patricia T. Nelson

Debra Hess Norris '77 '80M and Robert W. Norris Jr. '77

Alan H. and Susan F. Paikin

Larry W. Peterson

Kim Collins Philipp '76 and Kurt R. Philipp '73 '77M '88PhD

Shelley Prince

Luis Quinones

Chandra L. Reedy

Daniel '21H and Nancy S. Rich

Bonnie Arden Robb '69 '72M and Alan L. Robb '69

Sanford L. and Kathryn I. Robbins

Rock Spring Farm

Richard and Susan Rogel

Dorothy H. and Seth W. Ross

John-Paul Rossi '05

Sheila J. Saints '84

Lauren Sawin

Chip G. Schussler '79

Li Sheng

John and Valerie Shipman

Joan K. Short*

Robert J. and Judith D. Taggart

Nicole A. Talerico '17 '18M

Koichi Tanimune

Midori Tanimune*

TD Bank, National Association

Barbara M. and Rolando D. Toccafondi

UnitedHealth Group

Nancy Veno

Judith E. Villamarin

Jiexin Wang

Elizabeth Avery Wier '76M '84PhD

Richard T. Wintsch

Peter Ying

Anita C. and Steven M. Zeisler

Abishek Aitha '21

Leta P. Aljadir

Donald E. Allen

Christopher E. '94 and Janet Banschbach

Julia B. and Michael S. Bayuk

Wenping Bo

Melody K. '11 and Brian Bourdon

David M. Brinley '94

Matthew Brower

Thea A. Calder '07 '09M

V. V. and Janet L. Carter

Robert M. Cassels*

Sheila E. Cassels

Alison M. Champagne '21

Peter Cole*

Ruth S. Crossan

Helen Cutler

Ann Longenecker Davis '82 and Michael H. Davis

Alexa and Scott R. Dembek

Paul DiAntonio

Peggy Obermann Duffy '82 '07 and Rudolph N. Nyhoff '78

Philip L. and Angela L. Duker

Stuart A. '82 and Denise Edmonds

Phoebe Roshberg Eskenazi '66 '91M

Lisa Faust

Robert and Deborah Feinson

Shari E. Feldman '10 '12M

Joan A. and D. Hugh Ferguson

Cynthia Romanowski Flickinger '77

Nancy J. Frampton

Anita Franzoni

Michael Franzoni*

Sammi Gao

Barbara Timm Gates '61M

Joanne Gillespie

Jarad A. Godwin '19

David M. and Monica Guntrum

Tianjiao Hao '15

Adrienne D. Harding '99 '01M

Taji A. Hardwick '18

Florence Rose Hendel '66 '72M and Alan N. Hendel '72 '74M

Gabriella Hermon

Arild G. Hestvik

Alexandria Jackson

Andrew J. Jackson '18 '20M

Donald J. and Marian E. Jackson

Behjat Kasaaian

Roger W. Kirkey and A. Veronica Smith

Melissa S. Kitchen '13 '15M

Douglas and Jenny Kleintop

David J. Klemish '01

Steven J. Klepper '85

Adam and Renee C. Koper

Katrina Kratz

Howard and Jane Leavitt

Joseph J. Lee '17

Bo Li

Thomas F. Lofe '94M

Nancy Chukinas Lonie '78M and Richard P. Lonie '68M

Louis C. and Ann K. Lopez

James P. Luck '15

Gilberto Lunardi

Huan Luo '13M '18M

Michael C. Maguire '19

Scott J. Mangieri '08M '21M

Emerson A. Marine '15

Ann Lyn and William C. Martin

Dana M. Martin '12 and Evan M. Snyder '12 '15DPT

Carol Moore Mattheiss '60*

Paul K. Mattheiss '61*

Deborah McGettigan McCann '87 '00M and J. Scott McCann

Kathryn Buehler McWilliams '99 '99M

Karen Baker Micale '79

Lauren M. Micale '08

Kevin Molen

Benjamin Morisseau

Robert and Debra Mulrooney

Lysbet Jenkins Murray '01M and Russell E. Murray Jr.

Alagammai '86 and Olagappan Muthu

Karen Azzariti Myers '94M

Steven R. Myrick '11

Cynthia K. Newth '82 and Frank R. Knowles Jr.

Elizabeth R. Niece '81M

Ijeamaka K. Ofodile '04

George A. and Mary E. Pagano

Joseph Pennington

Emily BuKay Plourde '06 and Justin K. Plourde

Warren Pratt

Anastasiya Pronina '15

Maria Anne Purciello

Paul A. III and Kathleen L. Pusecker

Jin Qian '09M

Tracy Quan

Patricia Rachek

Roberta Raddi and Francesco Pazzi

Amy Aungst Rinehart '87 and Steven Rinehart

W. Eric '69 and Judith E. Roberson

Cheryl McAllister Rodriguez '90 and Andrew X. Rodriguez

Karen R. Rosenberg and Thomas R. Rocek

Ruth B. Rosenberg and Doug White

Howard Sands*

Michele F. Sands

Mutsuko Sato '93 '02M

Paul L. Sauk '74

Cecily Sawyer-Harmon

Kristina L. Schaberg '19

Deborah Herr Schrass '81 and Carl Schrass

Mark L. Segall '93 and Marcia E. Acero

Meena and Jaimin Shah

Duo Shen '12 '14M

John O. Shipman

Anne B. and William J. Shriver

Matthew Simpson

Beth Singer

John and Sharon Singer

Tamara Legutko Smith '94 '00M and Gary F. Smith Jr. '93 '01M

Erica Spackman '97M '01PhD

Elizabeth K. Stirk

Xiaonan Sui '17 '20M

Saankya Suresh

Carol E. Taylor

Jillian Thomas

Patricia Tillery

Ruth A. and Timothy J. Toole

Sara A. Truitt '13

Allen H. Tweddle

Andrew Vogts

Rosalie Waerig

Bo Wang '19M

Margaret K. and James C. Wang

Mingrui Wang '17

Tuo Wang

Lea Weinberg

Grace Wessel

Jonathan D. White '09

Peter Wing

Diane Lambert Wright '81 '94M and David R. Wright

Jinglan Wu Redder '97PhD and Dennis A. Redder

Elianna D. Wydra '17 '18

Cindy Xu '15 '16M

Fei Xu '16

Kai Xu

Cathy Yang

Haihong Yang

Kristen A. Young '18

Frances C. Zelluk

Weiguo Zhang

Hao Zheng '15 '17M

Lily K. Zheng '07

Zhenjie Zou '19 '20M

Master Players Sponsors

​Master Players Concert Series is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.

​This engagement of American Brass Quintet is made possible through the Special Presenter Initiatives program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware Division of the Arts.

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Presenting Partnership


With a diverse program offering including music of many genres, musical theatre, and dance, Master Players has built partnerships with many local organizations, bringing world class Master Players events and artists to our presenting partners' members and audience. Master Players welcomes new partnerships with more institutions and corporations to plan their private or public events with performing art, and to work closely with presenters in the region to combine resources and collaborate in programming and artist selection.

Please contact us to plan your future events or future seasons as our partner.