Giving
Donors
Institutional Donors
The California Jazz Conservatory wishes to thank the following foundations, corporations and government agencies for their generous support, enabling us to offer educational programs of the highest quality. (Funds received from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023):
Alameda County Arts Commission
The Bernard Osher Foundation
Clif Family Foundation – in memory of Christine Lyons
Ei-Matai Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation
Eric & Simone Lang Foundation
The Whitman Family Foundation
Zalec Familian & Lilian Levinson Foundation
Alameda County Arts Commission
The Bernard Osher Foundation
Clif Family Foundation – in memory of Christine Lyons
Ei-Matai Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation
Eric & Simone Lang Foundation
The Whitman Family Foundation
Zalec Familian & Lilian Levinson Foundation
City of Berkeley
Hellman Foundation Fund
The William Ellis Robinson Foundation
Eva Gunther Foundation
The Schwab Family Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation
Seattle Foundation
Marshall Kirk McKusick & Eric P. Allman Foundation
United Way of the Bay Area
Anonymous (4)
Individual Donors
The California Jazz Conservatory wishes to thank the following individuals for their generous contributions to the annual fund, which supports the institution in the broadest terms. (Gifts received from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023):
Abby Wolfson – in memory of Justin P. Simon
Jerry Fiddler & Melissa Alden
Anonymous
Jamey Aebersold
Susan & Jeffrey Brand
Gordon C. & Emilie Talbot Brooks
Erle & Pinkie Flad
Bannus & Cecily Hudson
J. Tyler & Melanie Johnston
Gary Larson
Ivan, Maris & Harry Meyerson
Gregg Perloff of Another Planet Entertainment
Jim & Ruth Reynolds
DeCourcy Squire – in memory of Diane Bennett
Jacquelin Ewing
Rita Hargrave
James Keefe & Lorna Lee
Dick Lyons – in memory of Christine Lyons
Godfrey Revis
Danny Scher
Judy Walters
Anonymous (2)
Manuela Albuquerque & Chris McKenzie
Ms. Casey
June Cheit
Garry L. Flood
Frank Jargstorff
Steve Katz
Letty Ledbetter
Larry & Corinne Marcus
Mary Palafox
Michael & Ann Parker
Neil Rudolph & Susan Cluff
Lisa Scimens & John Moss
Sheron Family
Karen Shepherd
Eric Siegel
Jan Stevens
Mike Tekulsky – in honor of Marcos Silva
Trautner-Flanagan Giving Fund
Gordon & Evie Wozniak
Michael Yovino-Young & Alison Teeman
Anonymous (3)
Anonymous – in honor of Eddie Marshall
Richard Ackerman
Eddie Adams
Nasser Addi
Paul & Judy Allrich
Lewis Ames
Peter Andrews
Jahlee Arakaki
Jill Suttie & Don Arbitblit
Bill & Rosie Aron
Alexander Aruj
Mary Ashby
Charles Axthelm
Dave Backenstoe
Margie Baker – in honor of Susan Muscarella
Marian Barber
Clifford Bargar
Randy Barnett
Kathleen Barrows
Barbara Bazett
Mary Beaven
Dee Bell
Daniel Ben-Yosef
Jim Bennett
Judi Berzon
Susan Blair
Jonathan Blazer
Dave Blumgart
John Boe
Corwin & Margaret Booth
Gail Bourque
Arlene Boyd
Jeff Bray
Nerita Brenkman
Joyce Brenner
Brian Brockhouse
Al Brown
Dr. Anthony Brown
Daniel Brown
Gary Brown
China Brotsky & Dan Roth
Simone Brumis
Dan Callaway & Karen Laws
Bob Calo
Candy Capogrossi
Bert & Lois Carelli
Jack C. Castillo
Cheryl Mostrom Cecil
Vale Cervarich
Mike Charlasch & Hélène Côté
Thomas & Marcie Charlesworth
Michael Chanowitz & Alice Supton
Ashley Chase
Pok Chee
Amy Chung
Irene Chung
Alisa Clancy
Peter Clarke
Norris Clement & Diane Bessell
Julie Clingerman
Rocio & Dale Clough
The Diana Cohen & David Spitulnik Family Fund – in honor of Tyler & Melanie Johnston
Mitch Cohen
Rudy Collins
Barbara Combs – in memory of Nelson Combs
Stephen Combs – in memory of Darryl Henley
Genevieve Conaty
Russell Connacher
Bruno Coon
Sandy & Jeff Cressman
Karen Dabrusin
Robert Dahlgren
Kyle Davy & Karen Yencich
George Day
Ralph Deadwyler
Deborah Dean
Ramazan Demirli
David Devlin
Andrey Donov
Mary D’Orazi & Greg German
K.N. Pettingill Doyle
Allan Duncan
Yann Dupis
Madeline Eastman & Vince Lateano
Thomas & Julie Echaniz
Gloria Eive
Marie Elliott
J A Ellis – in memory of Stan Klezmer
Lisa Eltinge – in honor of John Moss
Kay Emanuele
Lionel Emde
Calvin Eng & Deborah Sperber
Robbie & Dave Eshelman
Thomas Eusterbrock
Bennett Falk
David Farrar
Ann Farrell
Frances Feldon
Mary Fettig
Wayne Fettig
Paul & Quincy Fingerote
Kerstin Fischer
Stu Fishman
Margaret Fivian
C L Ford
Cassandra Forth
Randy Frank
James Freeman
Vicki Friedberg
Robert Friedman
Lisa Fruchtman
Mihoyo Fuji
Takako Fujioka
George Fulmore
Matt Gallagher
Will Galloway
Marjorie Gelb & Mark Aaronson
Martin Gellen
David Gibbons
Howard Gillis & Sacha Bunge
Michele Gisser
Jeb Gist
Brett Gladstone
Jeffry Glenn
Phyllis Goldsmith
John & Margo Gordon
Danielle Goshert
Judy Graboyes
Rhonda Gray
Damon Green – in honor of Susan Muscarella
Louis Green
Robert Grehan
Scott Guitteau
Tiffany Haas
Sophie Hahn
Tammy L Hall
Toni Hamilton
Russell Hands
Sallie Hanna-Rhyne
Taylor Harwin
Barbara Hauser
Alex Heigl
John Higgins
John Higham
Adrienne Hirt & Jeffrey Rodman
Jim Hoadley
Wil Hobbs – in memory of Imogene D. Hobbs and Wilbur E. Hobbs
Ann-Marie Hogan
Maureen Hogan
Jenny Holland
Steve & Angie Holland
Sue Horn
John Houghton
Cathryn Hrudicka – in memory of Joel Weisberg
K. Scott Hughes & Marilyn Krieger – in memory of Nelson Combs
Charlie Huizenga
Ollen Hunt
Jane Hunter
Robin Huntington
Jarrell Irvin
Barbara Ivins & John Hughes
Linda Jacobs
Joe Jakovac
Rick James
Carol Jekabson
Maria Jenson
Sue Jewell
Christopher S. Johnson
Bruce Kaldor
Frances Kalfus
Katherine Kaminek
Jeff Kaszubinski
Atsuko Katayama
Patricia Kates & Henry Brady
Michael Katz – in honor of Susan Muscarella, Marcos Silva & Frank Martin
Aaron Kaufmann
Charles Keagle
David & Beverlee Kell
Sarah Kermensky
Tom Kirvin
Chris Klein
Mark Klein
Lee Klinghoffer
Emily Klion & George Brooks
Mark Knoerr
Sakiko Kono
Florence and Jules Kragen
Joel Kreisberg & Wendy Buffett
Vitaly Kresin – in memory of Vladimir Kresin
Bob & Judith Kridle
Marjorie Lasky
Stephanie Lee – in honor of Rita Largman
Cecilia Lee – in memory of Pearl Wong
Doug Lee
Michelle Lee
Tienne Lee
John Lentz
Maurice Levich
Phil Lieb
Yehudit Lieberman
Susan Liroff
Todd Lorenz
Ralph Lu
Michael Lucey
Mary & Robert Lynch
Richard Lyons
Cynthia Mah & Robert Palioca
Laura Mahanes & Steven Weissman
Gautam Makani
Susan Malone
Helen M. Marcus
Vicki Marinko
Susan Marinoff & Thomas Schrag
Chris Marquis
Daniel Marschak
Merideth & Tom Marschak
Chris Martin
Richard & Beverly Martin – in memory of Nelson Combs
Toni Martin
Christopher Martinez
Toni Mayer & Alan Lazere
Brennan McBride
Greg McCall
Nikolas Mcconniesaad
Bertha McKinley
Bill & Suzanne McLean
Rachel Medanic
Michael Mensik
Kemper Meyer
Ernie Mieger
Martin Miller – in honor of Melanie Berzon
Teddy Milder
Eric Mills
William Moore
Diane Moss – in honor of John Moss
Bill Mullin
Joseph Mumm
Bob Murphy
J.K. Myers & B.A. Seto
Mónica Nainsztein
John & Alice Nakanishi
Richard Neese
Julie Newdoll
Josh Novic – in memory of Jack Sullivan
John & Barbara Papini
Thomas & Vicki Pappas
Lambros Paraschos
Robert Ted Parker – in honor of David Feldman
Ted & Kristine Parker
Jeffrey Mark Paull
James Paxson
Perlita Payne
Tom Pehrson
Ricardo Peixoto
Curtis Perry
Marcia Peterzell
Laura Petracek
Roger Pettey
Pat Phillips
Ruth & Barry Phillips – in honor of Susan Brand
Sandra Phillips
Jim Pickrel & Carolyn Woolley
Julian & Emily Pollack
Jonathan Poretz
Susanna Maria Porte
Norman Postone & Lisa Fruchtman
Chris & Lori Potter
Lory Poulson
Janet Powelson
Rachel Pratt
David & Mary Ramos
Thomas Rasch
Scott Regan
Carl Resnikoff
John Ribaudo
Paul Rim
Jorge & Elizabeth Rivera
Barry Robertson
Ahni & Kit Robinson
Jeff Rodman
Marlo Rodriguez
Harriet Roeder
Annelise Roesel
Allen Romano & Linda Shapiro
Ben Rose
Pamela Rose
Nadine Rosenthal
Maurene Ryan
Amanda Sanchez
Susan Sasaki & Daryl Lura
The Sasner Family
David Scharff
Jonathan Schiele & Christina Nypaver
Richard Schindler
Tomas Schoenberg
Dana Schroeder
Mike & Kim Schulist
Valerie Schwimmer
Seidlitz Orenstein Family
Ira Serkes
Bev Shalom
Maura Shannon
Bob Sharman
Steven Shatz & Nina Rivkind
Paula Shaw
Eliza Shefler
Carol Shen & Larry Dodge
Adrian Shih
Marissa Singleton
Richard Sloan
Brendan Smith
Cornelia Smith – in honor of Melanie Berzon
Rae Ann Stahl
Jordan Stark
Mike Stearns
Laura Steinman
Josh Sternin-Moser
Lola Stonier
Sandra Stumbaugh
Kevin Sullivan
Juliann Sum
Ron Suverkrop
Dr. Jill Tarter & Jack Welch
Emily Tatel
James Jared Taylor
Leslie Tchaikovsky
Radosevich Thomas Family Fund
Sheryl Lynn Thomas
Sunny Tokunaga
Theodore Trambley
Kevin Tran
Elsa Tranter – in honor of Susan Muscarella
Donna Trunzo
Curtis Uejo
Curtis Uejo – in memory of Rocko Boy
Curtis Uejo – in memory of David Sakurai
Tj Usiyan
Deborah & Bob Van Nest
Bob Vazquez
Julia Vindasius
Aimee Waldman
Jeanne Walpole
Barry Warren & Tom Brougham
David & Penelope Warren
Fred Weed
Henry Weinstein – in honor of Susan Brand
Zvia Weinstein
David Weissman
Marty Westby
Anita Wharton
Cameron White & Paul Deirup
Stephen Whyte
JoAnne Winter & Adrian Elfenbaum
Susan Wittcoff
Rex Wolfe
Marvin Wong
Jerrick Woo – in memory of Pearl Wong
Donald Worth
Lena Yin
Paul Yonemura
Gary & Linda Zellerbach
Jamie Zimmerman
Tom Zundel
Anonymous (34)
Anonymous – in honor of Eddie Marshall
Anonymous – in memory of Laurie Craise
Anonymous – in honor of John Gove
Scholarship Funds
Gifts Received April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023:
Established by jazz and blues recording artist Kim Nalley to advance jazz education among Black youth enrolled in the Jazzschool.
Carl & Paula Baum – in memory of Dr. Bayard Allmond
Sandy & Jeff Cressman
Kim Nalley
Susanna Maria Porte
Masako Reynolds
Jorge & Elizabeth Rivera
In honor of jazz pianist and radio luminary Dick Conte
Kathleen Lawton & Dick Conte
Stephen Massey
Sonoma Valley Jazz Society
Awarded to Jazzschool students in honor of legendary jazz drummer Eddie Marshall
Connie Rosenquist – in memory of Gail Gettinger
Provides financial assistance to Girls and Women enrolling in CJC programs.
Laura Abrams – in honor of Susan Muscarella & Robert Cole
Dianne Heitman
Cynthia Mah & Robert Palioca
Elizabeth C. Reilly & Family – in memory of Christine Lyons
Tina Smelser
Gloria Springer – in memory of Julie Lawyer
Anonymous
This is a general fund created to help students in need attend classes in the Jazzschool Community Music School.
Berkeley Lodge #270, IOOF
Cherilyn Brunetti & Daniel Levine
Tod & Mary Dickow – in memory of Pearl Wong
Jane Ellis
Ronald Eng
David Feldman & Kerry Compton – in honor of Teddy Parker
Peter Holzer
Cindy Leung – in honor of Alexander Brown
Marilyn Levin & Stephen Lowe – in honor of Susan Brand
Leslie Morishita – in memory of Pearl Wong
Dr. Jill Tarter & Jack Welch
George & Sandy Wieland
Anonymous (2)
Established in honor of Latin jazz percussionist John Santos to support Latinx students at the California Jazz Conservatory.
Judith & Joseph Epstein – in honor of Susan Brand
Walter P. Riley & Barbara Rhine
Jorge & Elizabeth Rivera
Established in memory of internationally revered artist-educator, Mark Levine, and awarded to California Jazz Conservatory students based on merit, need and a demonstrated commitment to artistic and academic excellence in jazz.
Jamey Aebersold
Freight & Salvage
Dan Keller
The Levine Family
Glenn Snyder & Catherine Allman – in honor of Norma Smith
Gifts in Kind
Received April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023
ACT Catering
Richard & Nancy Anderson
David Garner
Martin Gellen
Greg German
Geoff Luttrell
Linda Tanner
Nikolas Vergos
Jamie Zimmerman
Anonymous
Legacy
Larry Dodge
Frances Feldon
Claudia Fenelon
Ronald Scudder