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- In honor of John Abbey
- Brian Ackermann loves music
- Remembering Ines and Ruben Agosto
- In honor of Judy Albert
- To the memory of Duane and Greg Allman
- The Ambrosio Johnsons Love OTS!
- In honor of Devin Arkin
- In honor of Bob Arthur
- In support of independent artists
- In memory of Sarajane Avidon
- In memory of Catherine Baker*
- In memory of Sharon Ballin
- In honor of Mani Bances
- In memory of Barbara Barrow & Michael Smith
- In honor of Beef
- In memory of John Benjamin Kirk
- Thank you for the Dulcimer classes given by Dona Benkert
- In honor of Renee Blixt
- Bluegrass forever
- In honor of Brian Borsics*
- In Honor of Richard Bough
- In Memory of Ron Bowles
- In honor of Tom Boyle
- Merry Christmas to Sam Browne
- In gratitude to Peggy Browning and Mark "Lou" Mitchell for their thoughtful and brilliant instruction.
- In honor of Buddy The Lab
- In honor of Devora Budnick
- In Honor of Andy Burd*
- In honor of Caitlin Burke
- In honor of Evelyn Cahill
- In honor of Caitlin Cakora
- In honor of Giacomo Caliendo and Family*
- In honor of Helen Call
- In honor of Mr. Rick Camden
- In memory of Ethel Polk
- In Memory of Jeffrey W. Carroll*
- In memory of Dean Carter from Karen Pierantoni and family
- In memory of Dean Carter*
- In memory of Dean Carter from the family, From Patrick and Susan Flanagan & Robert Carter
- Happy birthday, Charlie! Love, Cindy
- In honor of Dennis Chipman
- In honor of Harlowe B Clark
- In honor of Bruce Cockburn
- In honor of Megan Coles
- Inspired by the wonderful teachers at Old Town, especially Chris Corsale and Louis Bardales
- In honor of Dill Costa
- In Honor of Mary Noreen Costa
- Courage to sing
- In Honor of Covid victims
- In honor of Cathy Cowan
- In memory of Doug Dancer*
- Tom & Judi Blakemore - In Memory of Doug Dancer
- In memory of David DeMauro
- In honor of Veda Dizdar
- In honor of Steve Doyle
- In honor of Mary Jane and Richard Drews - our dear friends
- In honor of Mark Drozd
- In honor of Eileen Duffy
- In memory of Judy Engel who passed away in 2019
- In honor of Erin English and Dr. Martha McAndrews
- In memory of Doug Esse
- In honor of Acosta Ezgur, LLC
- To honor Joe Filisko
- In honor of Chuck Finkelstein
- In honor of Louise Frank
- In Honor of Niles Frantz
- Thank you Jonas Friddle!
- In memory of Jack Fuller
- In honor of the funk
- In honor of Stuart G. and Bob M.
- In honor of Emily Gabrielsen*
- In memory of Ingrid Gillis
- In memory of Steve Goodman
- In honor of Elizabeth Gordon
- Full of Grace!
- In memory of William Andrew Grotefeld
- In loving memory of Ken Guy
- In honor of my father, Wes Hamshaw, who was a fabulous Steel-guitar playing man. I miss you dad.
- In memory of Dan Hanczar
- In honor of Dorothy E. Hauserman
- In Honor of Haley Hecktman
- In honor of Kathryn Heineman
- In honor of Julie Helenius
- In honor of Erwin Helfer
- To honor Stu and Sue Hertzberg
- In honor of Martha Holschbach
- In honor of Ed Holstein*
- In memory of Fred Holstein
- In honor of Honey’s Bday
- In Honor of Joe Hosteny
- In honor of Gil Howard
- In Honor of John Huber
- In memory of Stanley Hutchen*
- In Honor of indigenous Peoples'Day
- In honor of Charles Ingrassia*
- In memory of brothers: Daniel Angelo Ingrassia and Charles Francis Ingrassia
- In memory of Daniel Ingrassia*
- In Honor of Derek Janu-Chossek's 50th
- In honor of Ken Kaufman
- In honor of Lee Kaufmann
- In honor of Sue Kessell and her indefatigable work for the Old Town School and her long service on the board of directors.
- In honor of Charles Kim and his excellent teaching skills.
- In honor of Janice Kuse Hamilton
- In honor of Deborah Lader
- In honor of the wonderful Diana Laffey
- In honor of Robert LaMantia
- In honor of Skip Landt*
- In honor of Bill Lange
- In honor of Steve Langford
- In honor of Michael LaVista - Happy 50th Bday
- In memory of Michael Leff*
- In memory of Diane Levin
- In Honor of Hillary Levine
- In honor of Steve Levitt
- In memory of Fred Lieber*
- In honor of Kathy, Bruce & Dave Locke
- In honor and loving memory of Ronglan Lu, a beloved grandmother, mother and wife.
- In honor of Jim Mabie
- In Honor of George Mack Jr
- In honor of Meredith Mack
- In honor of Colby Maddox
- In memory of Hillary Mapes Levine
- In memory of Malka Marcel
- In honor of Marshall Marcovitz & Liz Levy*
- In memory of Marshall Marcovitz - From Barbara and Cary Chubin
- In memory of Marshall Marcovitz and David Marcovitz*
- In memory of Marshall Marcovitz*
- In Honor of Pat McClintock*
- in honor of Maria McCullough
- In honor of Laquan McDonald
- In honor of Reggio McLaughlin*
- In honor of Don McLellan
- In honor of Edith Meiss
- In honor of Michael Miles*
- In honor of Mark Miller, Evanston, IL
- In memory of Charlie Moles*
- In honor of marcia la montagne lodl a great dancer
- In honor of Matthew W Moore
- In honor of Elaine "Jane Doe" Moore and Barb "Jane Doe" Silverman - just because they're awesome.
- In honor of John T Murphy
- In honor of Lillie Murphy
- In honor of Music
- In honor of all the talented musicians associated with Old Town School of Music
- Music appreciation
- In honor of all musicians, high and low.
- Thanks Michael Nearpass!!!
- In honor of Jim Newcomb
- In honor of Brynn Newton & Irwin Connelly
- For Nola
- In Memory of Dennis O'Brien Wallace, from NU Admin & Planning
- In honor of My Opa :)
- In honor of Old Town Teachers Union*
- For Max Overton; love always from RPA. Group gift from class
- In memory of Barbara Pagan
- In honor of Dawn Patch for hiring me at the front desk 20 years ago! : )
- Inspired by my beau Peter
- In Honor of Mary Peterson, Jeff Gandy, Rebecca Toon and Stephen Rawson
- In honor of Mary Peterson, the greatest teacher of all time*
- In honor of Kathleen Pietruszka
- In memory of Gwen Pippin*
- In honor of The Pippins, madrigal group
- In honor of John Prine & Sid Vicious
- In memory of John Prine*
- In honor of Jamie Rachlin
- In Memory of Michael James Radtke
- In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
- In honor of Mark Richardson
- In honor of Linda Robinson Gordon
- FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK
- In Honor of Kai Rockafield
- vIn honor of Chuck Rodocker
- In honor of Harrison Ross
- In honor of the RPA Ensemble*
- In honor of Gail Russell
- In honor of Tom Ryan and Guitar4Ever classmates
- In honor of Mary Sandrolini
- In honor of Mary Schmich
- In Honor of Cantor Scott Simon
- In memory of Dick Shapiro
- In memory of John Shea*
- In memory of Glenn H. Shur
- In memory of Bob Simmons
- In honor of Michael Smith
- In Honor of Gary Snyderman*
- In honor of Snydly
- In memory of Edward Sokolski
- In honor of Songs of Good Cheer - Awesome!
- In honor of the Spaghetti Monster
- in Honor of MiSang Han Stalzle
- in honor of Shana Stein
- In honor of Patrick Steiner
- In memory of Kathy Stowe
- In honor of Martin Suess
- Thank you to Jacob Sweet
- In Memory of Gene Swift
- In honor of SynBaby
- In honor of all who teach songwriting!
- In honor of all the OTS teachers, past and current, who have had such positive influences on so many lives, including mine. Thank you!
- In honor of The Core Guitar Teachers
- In honor of all the great teachers and staff of OTS
- In honor of Old Town School teachers!*
- In honor of Phil Thayer, Jr.
- In honor of Kate Tomford and David Grossman's anniversary
- In honor of Kate Tomford*
- In honor of Eli Tullis, Jr.*
- In honor of Jeanne Uzdawinis
- In memory of Eddie Van Halen
- In honor of Bill Vandercook
- In honor of Ellen Placy Wadey
- In Honor of Chris Walz*
- In honor of Esther Ward
- In Honor of Joe and Wynona Weingart
- In Honor of Susan Werner's Birthday
- In honor of Ginny Whittaker*
- In honor of our wonderful music teacher at South School, Angela Wilson
- In memory of Ruth and Cal Wirth
- In memory of Ruth Wirth*
- In honor of Andrea Witherell
- In honor of Eric Zorn and Mary Schmich for SOGC 2020
- * indicates multiple gifts
- July 8, 2020 – December 31, 2021