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Your contributions enable the Library to continue its tradition of offering concerts free to the public today, tomorrow, and for future generations! Your support will help us grow, advance, and make universally accessible the Library's unparalleled performing arts programs.

For 100 years, the Library of Congress has brought incredible artists from around the world to perform free of charge, thanks to the support of our generous donors. Make your gift today to support future concerts and music programs. Every contribution makes a difference and makes exceptional music and performances available to all.

$50 or more | Friends of the Library of Congress

  • With a donation of $50 or more to support Friends of Music, you become a Friend of the Library of Congress and have unique opportunities to experience and learn more about the Library.

$250-$499 | Sponsor

  • Acknowledgement online
  • Early access to reserve 2 tickets for the 2025-2026 season concerts, not including high-demand concerts

$500-$1,499 | Patron

  • Acknowledgment online and in the printed and digital program
  • Early access to reserve 2 tickets for the 2025-2026 season concerts, not including high-demand concerts

$1,500-$4,999 | Benefactor

  • Acknowledgment online and in the printed and digital program
  • Early access to reserve 2 tickets for TWO high-demand concerts in each half of the season and all other 2025-2026 season concerts

$5,000-$9,999 | Underwriter

  • Acknowledgment online and in the printed and digital program
  • Early access to reserve 2 tickets for THREE high-demand concerts in each half of the season and all other 2025-2026 season concerts

$10,000 or more | Producer

  • Acknowledgment online and in the printed and digital program
  • Early access to reserve 2 tickets for ALL 2025-2026 season concerts 

Fall 2025 High-Demand Concerts include:

  • Wednesday, October 29, 8 pm: Simone Dinnerstein, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Peggy Pearson, and Baroklyn
  • Friday, November 21, 8 pm: Les Arts Florissants
  • Thursday, December 18, 8 pm: Stradivari Anniversary Concert (1): Isidore Quartet with Misha Amory & Nina Lee
  • Friday, December 19, 8 pm: Stradivari Anniversary Concert (2): Isidore Quartet with Misha Amory & Nina Lee

Winter/Spring 2026 high-demand concerts will be announced at a later date.


To donate by mail, please make your check payable to Library of Congress Friends of Music and mail your contribution to:

Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Acting Chief, Music Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE, LM-613
Washington, DC 20540-9130

Library of Congress Tax ID: 53-6002532

For information on the concert series, contact Anne McLean, Senior Producer for Concerts and Special Projects (202) 707-5502 | concerts@loc.gov.

To discuss your gift or a gift in your will, contact Sara L. Karrer, Director, Alumni and Planned Gifts (202) 707-6150 | saka@loc.gov

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Thank You to our Supporters!

We would like to acknowledge these generous contributions to the 2024-2025 season.

  • American Academy of Arts and Letters
  • Frederic J. and Lucia M. Hill
  • Andre Kostelanetz Royalty Pool
  • The Frederick Loewe Foundation
  • Allan Reiter
  • Revada Foundation of the Logan Family
  • George Sonneborn
  • Adele M. Thomas Charitable Foundation, Inc.

  • Barry Abel and Stephen Morris
  • Peter and Ann Belenky
  • Ronald M. Costell, MD, in memory of Marsha E. Swiss, Dr. Giulio Cantoni, and Mrs. Paula Saffiotti
  • Robert and Betsy Feinberg
  • Taylor A. Hanex, in honor of Dr. Carla Hayden
  • Mary Lynne Martin
  • Geraldine E. Ostrove

  • William D. Alexander
  • Leonard and Gabriela Bebchick
  • Marc and Vivian Brodsky
  • Therese Casadesus Rawson, in memory of her father Robert Casadesus (1899-1972)
  • Doris Celarier
  • Dene Garbow, in memory of Mel Garbow
  • J. David Greydanus
  • Milton J. Grossman, in memory of Dana Krueger Grossman
  • Judith A. Henderson
  • Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund
  • Kent Killelea
  • Kay and Marc Levinson
  • Egon and Irene Marx
  • Joyce E. Palmer
  • Dr. Judith C. and Dr. Eldor O. Pederson
  • Richard Price and Yung Chang
  • Arthur F. Purcell
  • David Seidman and Ruth Greenstein
  • Philip B. and Beverly Sklover
  • Anna Slomovic
  • Winston and Marilyn Tabb, in honor of Susan Vita
  • Lorna C. Totman, in memory of Daniel Gallik
  • The George and Ruth Tretter Charitable Gift Fund, Carl Tretter, Trustee

  • Tonia and Scott Anderson
  • Constance Carter, in memory of Anne Gardner
  • Susan Clampitt
  • Diane E. Dixson
  • Carol Ann Dyer
  • Leslie Ford
  • Ann Franke and Daniel Alpert
  • Howard Gofreed
  • Margaret Hines
  • Ted and Karen Hirakawa
  • R. Bruce Johnston, in memory of Carolyn B. Johnston
  • Sid Kaplan
  • Lori Laitman and Bruce Rosenblum
  • Virginia Lee, in memory of Dr. & Mrs. Chui Chang Choi
  • David and Helen Mao
  • Winton E. Matthews, Jr.
  • Marti Schweitzer and Richard A. Smith
  • Jean Solari
  • Alan Vollmann
  • Amy Weinstein and Philip Esocoff, in memory of Freda Hauptman Berla
  • Roberto and Claudia Decolstoun Werebe

  • Anonymous (3)
  • Susan F. Adland
  • Jill D. Brett
  • John Earle, in honor of Linda Apple Monson
  • Cindy Freeman
  • Stephen and Laure Fuller
  • James and Zona Hostetler
  • Stephen F. Pearcy in memory of Klyne and Christine Pearcy
  • Michael and Mical Schneider in honor of the Music Division staff
  • Peter Schulz

We remember with appreciation the generous friends whose gifts through bequests from their estates were received:

William I. Bandas

Concerts from the Library of Congress receives sustaining support from the following gift and trust funds:

  • William I. Bandas Trust Fund
  • Julian E. and Freda Hauptman Berla Fund
  • Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation
  • William and Adeline Croft Memorial Fund
  • Da Capo Fund
  • Irving and Verna Fine Fund
  • Ira and Leonore Gershwin Fund
  • Isenbergh Clarinet Fund
  • Mae and Irving Jurow Fund
  • Carolyn Royall Just Fund
  • Kindler Foundation Trust Fund
  • Dina Koston and Robert Shapiro Fund for New Music
  • Boris and Sonya Kroyt Memorial Fund
  • Wanda Landowska/Denise Restout Memorial Fund
  • Katie and Walter Louchheim Fund
  • Robert Mann Fund
  • The Sally Hart and Bennett Tarlton McCallum Fund
  • Leonora Jackson McKim Fund
  • St. Nicholas Fund
  • Norman P. Scala Memorial Fund
  • Karl B. Schmid Memorial Fund
  • The Elinor D. Sosne Fund for Music
  • Anne Adlum Hull and William Remsen Strickland Fund
  • Judith Lieber Tokel & George Sonneborn Fund
  • Rose and Monroe Vincent Fund
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation

We are grateful to those who carry on the tradition of supporting music at the Library through legacy gifts, such as bequests, charitable trusts, gifts of retirement plans or donations through other planned gifts.

  • Anonymous
  • Pamela Brooke
  • Heidi Byrnes
  • Ron Costell, MD and the estate of Marsha Swiss
  • Annegret Fauser and Tim Carter
  • Peter Fekety
  • Virginia Lee, in memory of Dr. & Mrs. Chui Chang Choi
  • George Sonneborn