…are working in concert! Every donation, large and small, counts toward underwriting this year’s projects. When you pledge support every year, you become a member of Encore Ensemble and your name is in bold.
Major gifts of $2,000 and more (2019-2024)
| Molly & Steven Allscheid Dr. Carey and Brett August Leah & Paul Beckwith Douglas Cotsamire Robert L Beach and Paul D Dykstra Dominique Frigo in memory of Jean Martin Bell The Carla Gordon Giving Fund Beth Halevy | Carrie Hedges Jethra Kapp Cappy Kidd & Claudia Hommel Jay Peterson Richard Pokorny Glenn Suhd Sue Susman Suzanne Walsh in memory of Jeanne Cusack Walsh |
Year 2023 DONORS of $100-$1,999
| Susan Arjmand Roxane Assaf-Lynn Ann Badsing Susanne R Baker Carmen Bodino Andrew Bossov Anne Pringle Burnell Caryn Caffarelli Jeanie Carroll Nancy Conner Richard Eastline Cardi Fleck Andrew Fase Hilary Ann Feldman Cardi Fleck Cheryl Flinn Philip Frigo Jeanne Franks Ruth Fuerst & Jim Block Marcia Engel Fuscone & Gerald Fuscone Judy Gaietto-Grace Rebecca Gilman Lynda Gordon Deborah Good Betty Graham Beth Halevy James Hayes Carrie Hedges Charles Hoch Elisabeth Howard Michael Howorko | Jessica Jagielnik Daniel Johnson Cynthia Johnson Staci Kelley Irv Levinson Paul Levy Ava Logan Jennifer Marling Philip Morehead Anna Moreno Patricia Owens John Paluch Jody Rapport David Reithoffer Melissa Rub Jerry Salzberg Suzanne & Steve Sharer Eleanor Sharpe Sharon Shaughnessy Caroline Shoenberger Ann Stanford David Stephens Peter Storms Christine Steyer Frank Stachyra Victoria Storm Lydia Stux Earnestine Wallace-Adams Mary Walsh Carol Weston Clyde Whitaker |
Grants 2019-2023
Working In Concert receives grants from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs (DCASE): a CityArts grant to support our operating budget and a special project grant for the Year of Chicago Music in support of the 4th international conference of Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion in Chicago in May 2022. Our collaborators have also received a DCASE Individual Artists Project grant to support the travel expenses to the Cabaret Connexion in 2019 and 2023.
The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) has awarded grants from State funds for general operating support each year since 2020-2021. A special ArtsTour grant supported the Black Voices In Cabaret “Healing through Song” in March 2021, and the IAC Summer Youth Employment grant for 4 opera production interns in 2022.
The Musicians Club of Women awarded a grant in support of International Women’s Day 2023 to commission the women’s quartet, “Will They Remember Life Was Beautiful?”
Many thanks to Pete’s Fresh Market #12 in Oak Park for their contribution of food to our August 2024 fundraiser.
Our deepest gratitude to the dozens of performers who provide their talent and time at our fundraising concerts. Many are named as Associate Artists and Volunteers on our Profiles page.
Thank you also to donors of our January Facebook fundraisers (celebrating birthdays for Barbara Smith, Christine Steyer and Claudia Hommel).
Venue support
We thank the venue managers and families who have opened their place on an in-kind basis:
| Chief O’Neill’s Irish Pub Cliff Dwellers Club Concordia University Chicago DePaul School of Music Drew’s on Halsted Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Oak Park (IL) Hunters Restaurant (Elmwood Park) Lakehouse Restaurant (Lake Bluff) La Marchesa (Chicago) Chicagoland homes: Beth & Paul Ahlrich Pam & Harlan Berk Ruth Fuerst & Jim Block Louise Gale Cappy Kidd & Claudia Hommel TownHall Apartments (LGBTQ seniors) | France: Au piano vache (Paris) Cabaret Lapin Agile (Paris) Chez ma cousine (Montmartre, Paris) La Crémaillère (Montmartre, Paris) L’Harmattan Publishers (Paris) Salle Olympe de Gouges (Paris) Salle Molière, National Opera house (Montpellier) Studio Raspail (Paris) Trinque Fougasse O’Nord (Montpellier) Villa des roses (chez Jean Capy, Sète) |
Our Playbill Sponsors
Many thanks to the individuals and businesses below who offer their support with a donation to our Playbill fundraiser. Give them your support and tell them Working In Concert sent you.
