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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