Endowment gifts provide financial support in perpetuity, enabling the continued growth of Manhattan School of Music.
Patrons who fund either existing programs or provide seed money for new initiatives are indispensable to our efforts to strengthen and define areas of concentration and expand our offerings for the 21st century musician.
(Above: MSM’s Percussion Ensemble, posing after their performance on Nov 8, 2017.)
| Scholarship | Donor Name | Departments | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph F. McCrindle Scholarship Fund | Estate of Joseph F. McCrindle | All | All |
| Homer and Constance Mensch Scholarship | Estate of Homer Mensch | Classical | Strings / Double Bass |
| Edith Kriss Scholarship | Estate of Edith Kriss | Classical | Piano |
| Baisley Powell Elebash Scholarship | All | All | |
| Marga and Arthur King Scholarship | Estate of Marga King | All | All |
| Eugene Istomin Endowed Capital Campaign Scholarship | Donors from the Istomin Benefit in 2001 | Classical | Piano |
| Michael W. Greene Scholarship | Michael W. Greene | Jazz | All |
| Svend Svendsen & Margarethe Svendsen Scholarship Fund | Estate of Ellen G. Fezer | Classical | Piano or Violin |
| Viola B Marcus Memorial Scholarship Fund for Piano/Graduate | Estate of Viola B. Marcus | Classical | Piano |
| Viola B Marcus Memorial Scholarship Fund for Piano/Under-Graduate | Estate of Viola B. Marcus | Classical | Piano |
| Alexandra Hunt Endowed Vocal Scholarship | Estate of Rea F. Hooker | Classical | Voice |
| Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Scholarship | Classical | Voice | |
| Birgit Nilsson Scholarship | Lars Ericson, Rosalie Weir (and others) | Classical | Voice |
| Edgar Foster Daniels Scholarship in Voice | Edgar Foster Daniels | Classical | Voice–Male |
| Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Scholarship | Herbert R. Axelrod | Classical | Strings–Voice |
| William Randolph Hearst Scholarship | William Randolph Hearst Foundation | All | All |
| Ethel Hollander Plancher Scholarship | Laurie Sandow | All | All |
| Grusin/Rosen Endowed Jazz Scholarship Fund | Jazz | All | |
| Marquis George MacDonald Scholarship | Marquis George MacDonald Foundation | All | All |
| Selma W. Berkman Memorial Scholarship | David and Susan Rahm, Allen Berkman | Classical | Strings–Violin |
| Leon Russianoff Memorial Scholarship | Penelope Russianoff | Classical | Clarinet |
| The Clement Meadmore Scholarship in Jazz | Estate of Clement Meadmore | Jazz | All |
| Charles Grossman Memorial Endowment Scholarship | Carol B. Grossman | Orchestral Performance | All |
| Rahm/Berkman-Scholarship | David and Susan Rahm, Allen Berkman | Orchestral Performance | All |
| Augustine Guitar Scholarship | Rose L. Augustine | Classical | Guitar |
| Peter J. Kent Scholarship Fund (requests 2nd year student) | All | All | |
| Rita Y and Herbert Z Gold Endowed Scholarship Fund | Estate of Herbert Gold | All | All |
| Helen Fahnestock Hubbard Family Scholarship | Estate of Helen Fahnstock Hubbard | All | All |
| Samuel and Mitzi Newhouse Scholarship | Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation | All | All |
| Frances Hall Ballard Scholarship | Keith Ballard, Mary Fish, and Frances Ballard | Classical | Piano |
| Paul Price Percussion Endowed Scholarship | Wayne Brotherton Charitable Foundation | Classical | Percussion |
| Scott Edward Oakley Scholarship in Musical Theater | Eleanjor J. Schwartz | Classical | Voice–Musical Theatre |
| Helen Airoff Dowling Scholarship | Classical | String–Violin | |
| Lado Scholarship | All | All | |
| Avedis Zildjian Percussion Scholarship | Classical | Percussion | |
| Lloyd Gelassen Fellowship Fund Scholarship | All | All | |
| Emily M. Voorhis Scholarship | All | All | |
| Vera Blacker Scholarship in Piano | Estate of Vera Blacker | Classical | Piano |
| Rachmael Weinstock Endowed Scholarship in Violin | Classical | Strings–Violin | |
| Carmine Caruso Scholarship | The Herp Alpert Foundation | Brass | Brass |
| Artur Balsam Endowed Scholarship | Artur Balsam Foundation for Chamber | Classical | Piano |
| Jay Rubinton Scholarship | Noel Rubinton | Classical | Composition or Piano |
| Joseph M. Smith Scholarship | John K. Smith, Joseph Smith | Classical | Guitar |
| Rodgers and Hammerstein/Richard Rodgers Scholarship | Classical | Voice–Musical Theatre | |
| Hans & Klara Bauer Scholarship | Hans G. Bauer | Classical | Strings–Cello |
| Deolus Husband Scholarship for Composition | Maury Newburger | Classical | Composiiton |
| Margaret Hoswell van Der Marck Scholarship in Opera | Eli Zeira | Classical | Voice |
| Scott Shayne Sinclair Scholarship | Coral Sinclair | Classical | Guitar |
| Elva Van Gelder Memorial Piano Scholarship | Rudolph van Gelder | Classical | Piano |
