…are working in concert!
Every donation counts toward underwriting our 2021-2022 projects.
- Bellissima Opera’s Tales of Transcendence premieres in April 2021 and June 2022
- The 4th conference in Chicago of Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion, May 2022
- Launching of Black Voices in Cabaret in 2021
- SongShop Scholarship Fund for ongoing sessions
Our 2019-2021 Individual Donors
Since coming together as Working In Concert in February 2019, we’ve received more than $44,000 in individual donations and family grants. THANK YOU!
[updated 11/18/2021]
| DONORS of $2000 and more Molly & Steven Allscheid Dr. Carey and Brett August Robert L Beach and Paul D Dykstra Jay Peterson Suzanne Walsh in memory of Jeanne Cusack Walsh |
DONORS of $1000-$1999
Anonymous
Carmen Bodino
Carrie Hedges
Cecelia Kelly
Daniel Johnson
Dominique Frigo in memory of Jean Martin Bell
Douglas Cotsamire
Joe Pokorny
Lynda Gordon
Ock-Ju Noh
Richard Pokorny
Tony Millard
Unity Temple
DONORS of $500-$999
Barbara J Scott
Caryn Caffarelli
Clyde Whitaker
Craig Weissman
Genevieve Phelps
Haddad Foundation
Janet Farr
Jethra Kapp
Larry Ritsert
Ruth Fuerst and Jim Block
Streska Family Foundation (Jerome F Crotty)
Wrigley Corp
DONORS of $200-$499
David Reithoffer
Deborah Good
Elisabeth Howard
Jody Rapport
Kevin Nougachi
Marcia and Rick Ashton
Pam & Harlan Berk
Rachel & Dennis Hafemann
Robert Yassan
Susan Arjmand
Suzanne and Steve Sharer
Suzanne Walsh
Adam Neil Tully and John Farina
Andrew Fase
Ava Logan
Barbara Ann Smith
BC (Bernice) Juettner
Carla Gordon
Deneen Marie Bryce
Diane Stephenson
Eleanor F. Dein Sharpe
Elizabeth Davis
DONORS of $100-$199
Eve Moran
Gary Woll
Katie Frankle
Kimberly Mann
Lori Branda
Lydia Stux
Patricia Keporos
Patricia-Anne Taylor
Richard Weiland
Roberta Zabel
South Side Jazz Coalition
Sue Susman
Susan Dennis-Patton
Timothy Pahel
Vivian Beckford
Grants 2019-2022
Working In Concert received two grants in 2020 from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs (DCASE): a CityArts grant to support our operating budget ($3,000) and a Special Projects grant ($12,000) for the Year of Chicago Music in support of the 4th international conference of Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion in Chicago in May 2022. Claudia Hommel and four collaborators also received a DCASE Individual Artists Project grant to support the travel expenses to the Cabaret Connexion Tour de France in 2019.
The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) has awarded grants from State funds for general operating support in 2020-2021 and 2021-22, an ArtsTour grant for the Black Voices In Cabaret “Healing through Song” in March 2021, and the IAC Summer Youth Employment grant for 4 interns in 2022.
Venue support
We thank the managers and family members of venues who gave us their space on an in-kind basis:
| Cabaret Lapin Agile (Paris) Studio Raspail (Paris) L’Harmattan Publishers (Paris) Salle Olympe de Gouges (Paris) Salle Molière at the National Opera house (Montpellier) Trinque Fougasse O’Nord (Montpellier) Jean Capy’s Villa des roses (Sète) Cliff Dwellers Club (Chicago) | DePaul School of Music (Chicago) Ruth Fuerst & Jim Block (Hyde Park, Chicago) Drew’s on Halsted (Chicago) Marchesa (Chicago) Louise Gale (River Forest) Pam & Harlan Berk (River Forest) Hunters Restaurant (Elmwood Park) Lakehouse Restaurant (Lake Bluff) The TownHall Apartments (LGBTQ senior housing) |
And we thank the dozens of singers who give of their time to perform at the many Chicago fundraising concerts. They are listed at our Past Events page.