Celebrate Levine Music’s lasting legacy and bright future with an evening of music and friendship
Featuring Levine alumnus and Emmy and Tony Award–nominated, Grammy Award–winning actor, singer, and producer
Brandon Victor Dixon
and
Honoring journalist, civic leader,and passionate supporter of Levine for 50 years
Knight Kiplinger
Ruth Cogen, Jackie Marlin,and Diana Engel*
Founders and Gala Honorary Co-Chairs
*Diana is represented by her sons:
Andrew, Jonathan, and Samuel Engel
Monday, April 20, 2026
5:30 PM
Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM
Performance
Followed by Seated Dinner
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
1101 6th St SW
Washington, DC 20024
Complimentary Valet Parking at Sixth Street Entrance
Festive Business Attire
Funds raised underwrite tuition assistance, community programming, and faculty support.
For more information, contact Alisa Ben-Ami
at (202) 686-8000 x1053 or abenami@levinemusic.org.
Thank you to our Sponsors
as of February 13, 2026
Visionary
Anonymous (3)
Kiplinger Family Foundation
Angel
David Crane and Jeff Wells
Hope and Mark Foster
Greg Gallopoulos
David and Barbara Garlock
Howard Insurance
Marian Osterweis
Ellen Kay and Cary Sherman
Andrew and Jennifer Tulumello
Luminary
Carl M. Freeman Foundation
Engel Family
John and Julie Hamre
Gail Laster and Donald Verrilli
John and Gail Nields
TDI
Wesley Delaine Thomas, DMD
WC Smith
Ursula Werner and Geoffrey Klineberg
President
Susan Angell
Marion Ballard
Ruth and Ed Cogen
Gil and Rona Eisner
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Pete Hanna
Tim Jessell and Renée Fleming
Daphne Kiplinger and Dave Steadman
Loeffler Family
Stephen Messner and Elizabeth Prelinger
Agnès Tabah and Steve Mufson
Deborah Weinberger
Champion
Craig Benson
Sylvia Bergstrom, Joe Rothstein, & Marin Hagen
Bernstein Family Foundation
Don and Carol Borut
CityBridge Foundation
Louis and Bonnie Cohen
The Design Tent
Destination DC
Maury Devine
Linda Fienberg and Jeffrey Bauman
Virginia McGehee Friend
Alexander Georgieff
Cynthia Chormann Hann
Stephanie and Mark Harrison
Jocelyn Henderson and Bernard Marchive
Hap and Winton Holladay
Lynne Horning
Marianne Keler and Michael Kershow
Barbara Krumsiek
Jane Lang and Robert Kapp
Ramamohan and Deepa Mahidhara
Annie and Paul Mahon
Jackie and David Marlin
Sean E. Mickens
Geoffrey Pohanka and Anne Klein
Arnold and Diane Polinger
David Post and Nancy Birdsall
Recording Industry Association of America
Judy and John Ritz
Jane Schmitz and Adam Richards
Steinway Piano Gallery
Karen and Sherman Telis
Eugene Tillman and Ellen Heiman
Pat Verrilli and Joe Wayland
Kathryn and Ken Weeman
Patron
Toni Allen and Bob Clark
Christopher and Marygrace Barber
Peggy and Joe Bracewell
CareFirst
Miriam Daniel and Laurence Wolff
Stephanie and David Deutsch
Anne Evans and Bill Wallace
Rachel and Joseph Firschein
Stephen Geoffray
Bean Granger
Daniel W. Hamilton
Lawrence Hough
Frank F. Islam and Debbie Driesman
Ken and Debbie Jaffe
Wendell and Marie Johns
Kimberly Levine and Miles Mutnick
Jill Rosenbaum Meyer and Dick Meyer
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Andy Pharoah and Anita Gannon
Robert and Lucy Plovnick
Orriel L. Richardson
Simmons Foundation
Ben and Mallory Sweetbaum
Elizabeth Taylor and David Debruin
Jeffery L. Tribble, Jr. and Breanna Davis Tribble
United Bank
Universal Music Group
Charles “Sandy” Wilkes and Helen Crettier Wilkes
Brian Wodarski and Heather Welsh
Frank and Helaine Workman
Director
Edward and Laura Asher
James Beller and Christopher Wolf
Tiana A. Bey
Barbara and Matthew Black
Fran and Frank Butler
Compass Advisory Group LLC
Ronya Corey and Devon McFadden
Jacki and Donald Craven
William G. Dakin
Josh and Sarah Eastright
Michelle and Glenn Engelmann
Eileen and Tony Essaye
David Falk
Robert and Jennifer Feinstein
Ken and Penny Fischer
Tom and Bobbie Gottschalk
Bradford Gray and Helen Darling
Gail and John Harmon
Clifford Hendler and Deborah Neipris Hendler
Greg and Kim Jacobson
Jenner & Block LLP
David and Alice Joseph
Phillip and Paula Lantz
Clifton A. Leonhardt
Kenneth and Jane Lieberthal
Arvind Manocha and Gideon Malone
Helaine Mario
Allan and Darina McKelvie
Mark Michael and Margarita Prieto
Nicholas and Afton Mormann
Tamara and Jeff Munk
National Music Publishers’ Association
Larry Promisel
Michael Randall and Maria Thompson
Louis and Georgette Simchowitz
Stan Spracker
Stephanie Tsacoumis
Doug Usher and Libbie Rifkin
Philip R. West and Barbara A. Yellen
Laura Willumsen and Dan Sigelman