Join the Aviary
The Aviary is a dynamic flock of funders who are helping Eighth Blackbird’s mission to move music forward through innovative performance, advocate for new music by living composers, and create a legacy of guiding an emerging generation of musicians.
We also accept donations in the form of stock. For more information on donating stock, contact Kimberly Sutton at (kimberly.sutton@eighthblackbird.org).
Thank you to our Aviary supporters
Phoenix ($25,000 and above)
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Liz Liebman
- John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at The Prince Charitable Trusts
Falcon ($10,000 -24,999)
- Aaron Copland Fund for Music
- Amphion Foundation
- Angell Foundation
- Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
- Driehaus Foundation
- Judith Duvall
- Illinois Arts Council Agency
Ibis ($5,000 – 9,999)
- City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events: CityArts
- Richard Replin
Kingfisher ($2,500 – 4,999)
- Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University
- Tremaine Atkinson*
- Nancy Fishman
- Julian Family Foundation
- Claire Rice*
- Tony Scott-Green*
- Mateo Tapia*
Blackbird ($1,000 – 2,499)
- BMI Foundation
- Global Village Foundation
- Nancy Church*
- Liese Dallbauman
- Bryce Dessner*
- Matt Hammer*
- Russ Irwin
- Daniel R Lewis
- Jan Lewis
- Marley Blue Lewis
- Thomas W. Morris
- Jennifer and Jamie Rubin*
- Mary Murphy and Peter Taub*
- Dennis and Anne Wentz
Goldfinch ($250-499)
Cardinal ($500 – 999)
- An anonymous donor advised fund at The
Chicago Community Foundation
- Fred and Phoebe Boelter
- Jayne Delaney
- William Forrest
- E. Steve Lichtenberg
- John Mayer
- Stephanie Niblock
- Clyde Owan
- Ann Santen
- Justus Schlichting
- William Snyder
- Michael Stewart
- William Zarwell
- Ann Fink
- Judy Feldman
- Elaine Fishman
- Stan Harrison
- Betty Kay
- Jude Stewart
- Peter Vukosavich
Starling ($100 – 249)
- Eric Antepenko
- John Bierbusse
- Pamela Blake
- Franklin Brehmer
- Jack Cella
- Yi Chen
- Sean Connors
- Jayne Delaney
- Chris Duvall
- Margret Duvall
- Carolyn Eby
- Kristina Entner
- Sara Farr
- Ted Fishman
- Olga Gesell
- Jennifer Harris
- Michael Horton
- Helen Jameson
- Charles Jett
- Ken Kaplan
- Lori Kaufman
- Cheryl Lawson
- Edward Malone
- Sandra McNaughton
- Ken Nielsen
- Susan Noel
- D. Elizabeth Price
- Lisa Samra
- Fredrick Schmalz
- Sara Stern
- Jude Stewart
- Walid Tamari
- Claudia Tellez
- Dan VanHassel
- Nicholas Weingarten
- Paul Wiggin
- Steve Worth
- Angel Ysaguirre
- Sue Zoulek
Hummingbird (Up to $99)
- Johanna Ammentorp
- Carmelo Barbaro
- Donna Yoko Suehisa Bender
- Zan Berry
- Rhonda Blinne
- Siobhan Burke
- Hye Chyun Young
- Robert Dillon
- Chris Duvall
- Luke Ellard
- Eric Engdahl
- Yolene Fekel
- Daniel Fyfe Clark And Beye
- David Ginsburg
- Maralee Gordon
- Jade Hails
- Stan Harrison
- Nathan Honore
- Steve Jones
- Vickie Kamberos
- Lorraine Kaplan
- Lisa Kaplan
- Lucinda Katz Lee
- Betty Kay
- Howard Kilby Lee
- Peter Martin
- Kenny Metroff
- Andrea Moore
- Donald Nally
- Lara Nassif
- Dennis Nawrocki
- Susan Noel
- Sarah ONeill
- Bruce Oltman
- Amy Osler
- Lauren Peters
- Dan Powers
- Rachel Rilinger
- Ellen Sayles
- Debi Siegel
- David Schober
- Daniel Scholsberg
- Michael Schwegel
- David Skidmore
- Mel Sleight
- Amy Zhang
- Andree de Bustros
Hatchling (Up to $49)
- Betty Abrahams
- Carrie Adams
- Shirley Altman
- Marie Altshuler
- Margaret Anderson
- Barbara Anderson
- Mandy Aragones
- Franklin Au
- Elizabeth Avila
- LIndsey Ball
- Andrew Bambridge
- Dennis Baron
- Alec Bartlett
- Brandon Barton
- Laura Battigelli
- Jeffrey Berlin
- Andrew Bernstein
- Michael Biederman
- Joyce Bielak
- Debby Bielak
- John Bobo David
- Zachary Bowers
- Jean Brack
- Shabraya Butler
- Christopher Carcione
- Amanda Card
- Peter Carlson
- Susan Carrel
- Carlos Carrillo
- Dan Carruthers
- Marina Celander
- Mengyu Chien
- Nic Christiansen
- Mason Colby
- Kim Conlee
- Kyle Constalie
- Dan Cook
- Shoshana Cooper
- Nikola Cooper
- Barbara Cooper
- Darwin Corrin
- Amy Cowan
- Shawndra Creates
- Carolyn Crocker
- Katherine Davies
- Saudia Davis
- Linda Davis
- Andrew Deppe
- Melissa Dorn
- Emily Dufrene
- Eva Duvall
- Jeffrey Dykstra
- Ashley Eckman
- Julia Egan
- Claudia Egan
- Rachel Ellison
- Leanna Ertz
- Elizabeth Evans
- Leigh Fagin
- Nia Fairweather
- Peter Ferry
- Karen Ferry Fifer
- Mollie Fink
- Eric Fitts
- Kamilah Foreman
- Sarah Fox
- Jimmy Frazier
- Nkeshi Free
- David Gentry
- David Gentry
- Elizabeth Gerber
- Betsy Gilbertson
- Amber Ginsburg
- Judith Gloston-Getz
- Brenda Gordon
- Wynn Graham
- Galen Graham
- Barry Grau
- David Green
- Elias Gross
- Sandy Guttman
- John Hallman
- Elisabeth Hanley
- Dell Harmsen
- Tiana Harris
- Deirdre Harrison
- Stan Harrison
- Glen Hayes
- Jane Heron
- Andy Herring
- Chris Hosea
- Takako Howell
- Jennifer Hudson
- Lisa Huguenin
- Robbie Hunt
- Jennifer Husbands
- Kate Ingold
- Russ Irwin
- Carrie Jackson
- Megan Jacoby
- Tamara Johnson
- Rochelle Jones
- Jewel Jones R
- Judith Joyce
- Edward Joyce
- Eli Kaplan
- Leonard Kaplan
- John Kelley
- Kathleen Kennedy
- Rick Kephart
- Bonnie Kim
- Lewis Kirk
- Elizabeth Klein
- Marcia Klunk
- Mark Klusmann
- Jane Koelsch
- Alysia Kraft
- Michael Kramer
- Julie Kulak
- Louise Lapointe
- Margaret Lawrence
- Retta Leaphart
- Mary Lee
- Seth Lepzelter
- Ilya Levinson
- Oliver Lewin
- Cara Lewis
- Alyse Liebovich
- Keke Liu
- Amy Lowenthal Osler
- Guadalupe Luna
- Laurin Mack
- Mary Mackay
- Rakesh Madhava
- Zoe Magierek
- Melissa Margolis
- Peter Martin
- Emma McCartney
- Rebecca McDaniel
- Laurie McDonough
- Ned McGowan
- Anna Meadors
- Timothy Merello
- Janice Miller
- Jim Miller
- Jean Minuchin
- Susan Morelock
- Sharon Morgan
- Patricia Nalls
- Patricia Nguyen
- Catherine Nicholas
- Jesse Njus
- Dana Nordaune
- Andrew Norton
- Sharon Norwood
- Joseph Novelli
- Mollie Nye
- Charmaine Ohlmacher
- Anna Okuda
- Mitchell Oldham
- Floyd Olive W. Jr
- Norah Olive
- Sarah ONeill
- Nick Ortiz
- Katherine Palka
- Caitlin Hibdon
- John Thomas Hnatow
- Joel Hnatow
- Helen Holman
- Nathan Honore
- William Peterman
- Noah Planavsky
- Scott Pollard
- Arnold Portner
- Martin Przygoda
- Thomas Quinlivan
- Ben Ramson
- Sarah Rand
- Austin Richey
- William Ritter
- David Robeck
- Dawn Roberts
- JB Roberts
- Don Roberts
- Justin Roberts
- Don Roberts
- Wendy Roehl
- Steven Ross
- Maria Rubin
- Lili Sarayrah
- Daniel Schlosberg
- Jill Schmits
- Sabrina Severns
- Constance Shabazz
- Janvi Shah
- Judy Sickle
- James Simmons
- Emel Singer
- Erica Siskind
- Seth Smith
- Alvin Smith
- Seth Smith
- Nell Snaidas
- Jaerin Son
- Michelle Speiser
- Nancy Staub
- Sandy Starkman
- Sarah Steedman
- David Steinhoff
- Dan Stenziano
- Jeff Stern
- Rebecca Stevens
- Henry Stewart
- Michael Stimson
- Marjorie Stinespring
- Claire Stone
- Fuad Sulayman
- Jeff Sultar
- Shauna Sutherland
- Sarah Swinbank
- Josiah Sytsma
- Koray Tarhan
- Casey Thoreson
- Sherry Trafford
- Elizabeth Varnado Grace
- Julian Velasco
- Liping Vong
- Oanh Vu
- Ellen Wadey Placey
- Paula Wagner
- Michael Walkup
- Sara Walsh
- Vivian Wang
- Michaele Waring
- Sharon Watrous
- Fred Wayland
- Rachel Webster
- Alan Weinet
- Madison Weinhoffer
- Scott Whiddon
- Roshann Whitfield
- Zachary Whittenburg
- Linda Wingerter
- Rita Winiecki
- Genevieve Worth
- Rebecca Worth
- Bonnie Wright
- Matt Yeates
- Tracy Zeman
- Sarah Zematis
- Knight Zhang
- Catherine Zoulek
- Joanna van Ronk
- Xuan
*Board member
+In kind contribution
++Corporate match
This list reflects gifts from July 1, 2020 to the present. Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of this list.
If you notice an error, please accept our apology and contact Lisa Kaplan, lisa.kaplan@eighthblackbird.org