LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY - Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

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LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
In its ninth decade of providing access to the American dream through excellence
in higher education, Long Island University is a multicampus, diverse, doctoral
institution of higher learning. One of the largest and most comprehensive private
universities in the country, Long Island University offers 590 undergraduate,
graduate and doctoral degree programs and certificates, and educates
over 24,000* students in degree-credit and continuing education programs
in Brooklyn, Brookville (C.W. Post), Brentwood, Riverhead, Rockland and
Westchester. The Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences prepares students for successful careers in the fields of pharmacy and
health care. The University’s Global College offers a wide range of study abroad
options at overseas centers in China, Costa Rica and India, and through program
offerings in Australia, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.
Long Island University’s nearly 600 full-time faculty members provide outstanding
instruction, which is supplemented by internships and cooperative education
opportunities. The accomplishments of more than 178,000 living alumni are a
testament to the success of its mission–providing the highest level of education
to people from all walks of life. The University’s NCAA Division I and II athletic
teams, nationally renowned George Polk Awards in journalism, and Tilles Center
for the Performing Arts provide enrichment for students and the community.
*This number includes high school students enrolled in one or more degree-credit courses.
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S E A S O N
H I G H L I G H T S
SHOWCASE SERIES
great artists in
recital series
endowment
concert
Sponsored by The Roslyn Savings Foundation
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
Ballroom with a Twist
Itzhak Perlman, violin
London Philharmonic
Orchestra
Bernadette Peters in Concert
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour
The Kenny Barron Trio, Regina Carter,
Kurt Elling, Russell Malone
Bill Cosby
Sponsored by The Tilles Family
Cabaret
Sponsored by The Monti/Saladino Family
In Memory of Tita and Joseph Monti
CABARET AT “CLUB T” SERIES
Jack Globenfelt, Executive Producer
Tom Wopat
His Eyes, Her Eyes
starring Melissa Errico & Malcolm Gets
Jessica Molaskey
Sponsored by The Fay J. Lindner Foundation
Rita Moreno
Andrea Marcovicci
Sponsored by Judith and Irwin Tantleff
great ORCHESTRAs
Series
Mozarteum Orchestra
of Salzburg
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Sponsored by Kimco Realty Corporation
New York Philharmonic
Moscow State Radio
Symphony Orchestra
family SPECIals
The Little Orchestra Society in
Babes in Toyland
SteveSongs
music at
Hillwood Series
Jungle Jack Hanna
Caroline Stoessinger, Artistic Director,
Pianist and Host
SPECIal EVENTs
American String Quartet
An Evening with Jackson Browne
Edward Arron, cello
and Friends
Yamato—the Drummers
of Japan in Matsuri
The Schumann Trio
Béla Fleck & The Original Flecktones
Amernet String Quartet
Christmas with the Boston Pops
Sponsored by Chris and Jack Bransfield
Lang Lang, piano
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra
stage one Series
Pink Floyd Experience
Sponsored by NIC Holding Corp.
The Gershwins’® Porgy and Bess SM
Stellaluna
Pigeon Party!
GALA ’09
Some Enchanted Evening
featuring Linda Eder and
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Honoring ProHEALTH Care Associates, LLP
Broadway SERIES
Camelot
Enchantment Theatre
Company in The
Adventures of Harold and
The Purple Crayon
New York Theatre Ballet in
Carnival of the Animals and
Sleeping Beauty
Avenue Q
Hairspray
Sponsored by ProHEALTH Care Associates, LLP
Pall Dance Series
Pall Corporation is the Principal Sponsor
of Dance at Tilles Center
Parsons Dance in Remember Me
A collaboration with the lead vocalists and music of
East Village Opera Company
Melissa Errico
Avenue Q
Yefim Bronfman
Rita Moreno
Parsons Dance
Itzhak Perlman
Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance
Sponsored by Megan and Daniel de Roulet
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
These performances are made possible in
part by public funds from the New York
State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
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L E A D E R S H I P
M E S S A G E S
Tilles Center thrives despite the economic buffeting that all arts and cultural
institutions have experienced since 2008. The quality of our programming remains
superb; the house was full of enthusiastic music and dance lovers throughout the
season. Moreover, Tilles Center is reaching a broad spectrum of audiences,
people of all ages who delight in the artists on stage, who revel in the convenience
and informality of the experience, and whose souls are nurtured as only great
performance art can do.
With the economy slow to recover, it was another challenging year at Tilles
Center. Sadly, arts organizations continued to struggle with fundraising initiatives.
Nevertheless, I am proud to report that our annual Gala managed to equal the
financial success of the previous year. We are grateful to our honoree, ProHEALTH
Care Associates, LLP for their active participation in ensuring this success. Linda Eder
and Brian Stokes Mitchell performed to a full house on this beautiful Gala evening.
But even if every seat for every concert or recital or children’s performance is sold, there remains a financial
gap that must be closed by endowment, contributions and sponsorships. This publication lists those of you
who collectively make a critical difference. You are the good folks who help to cover the shortfall and you
deserve our special recognition as donors and patrons of this wonderful performing arts center.
Our corporate and individual sponsors and contributors to our Annual Fund, along with government and
foundation grants, helped to ensure that we presented our usual array of world-class performances. Our efforts
to build a strong endowment were enhanced with a spring concert by the London Philharmonic. As always,
we were able to raise important funds for Arts Education with our annual Swing for Kids golf and tennis
tournament, honoring Donald Eversoll.
On behalf of a grateful University and the tens of thousands of ticket holders who come to Tilles Center, I am
privileged to say “thank you.”
Dr. David J. Steinberg
President, Long Island University
I am, as always, enormously grateful to our Council of Overseers for their wise counsel and support.
John R. Bransfield, Jr.
Chairman, Tilles Center Council of Overseers
After hosting a first-ever “Long Island Fringe Festival” in September, we opened
our 29th season with a burst of energy from the Great White Way. Star turns
by Bernadette Peters on Opening Night and by Brian Stokes Mitchell and Linda
Eder in our fall Gala were quickly followed by a sold-out performance of the
recent hit show “Avenue Q.” “Hairspray” lit up the mid-winter, and in the spring
we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Broadway opening of the Gershwins’
“Porgy and Bess” with a handsome and beautifully sung revival. Returning to
Tilles Center after more than a decade, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops inaugurated what we hope
will become a new tradition of “Christmas with the Pops.” Alan Gilbert’s first Long Island appearance at
the helm of the New York Philharmonic was a milestone that promises much for the future of our classical
programs, as was a sensational performance by the young Chinese superstar Lang Lang. Cutting-edge
Pall Dance, great events for families and children, intimate cabaret evenings at Club T, and mainstage
sellouts for singer-songwriter Jackson Browne and illusionist David Copperfield rounded out our profile in
2009 – 2010. It was a very good year.
Dr. Elliott Sroka
Executive Director, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
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F IXXVII
NANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
2009 –10 Operating Budget
Tilles Center
Endowment Funds
Fiscal Year 9/1/09– 8/31/10
2008 – 09
2009– 10
FY Budget
Tilles Center
Endowment
FY Budget
INCOME
Program Services Revenue
4,020,224
67%
3,485,882
68%
Contributions and Special Events
1,568,464
26%
1,294,020
25%
441,437
7%
336,760
7%
6,030,125
100%
5,116,662
100%
4,074,963
60%
3,462,639
57%
Administrative Personnel
& Expenses
1,628,417
24%
1,698,863
28%
Development &
Special Events Expenses
394,365
6%
285,988
5%
Contribution to LIU Overhead
656,000
10%
656,000
11%
TOTAL EXPENSES
6,753,745
100%
6,103,491
100%
NET RESULT OF OPERATIONS
(723,620)
Endowment Income
TOTAL INCOME
EXPENSES
Tilles Center Presentations
(986,829)
Program
Services Revenue
Contributions and
Special Events
Development & Special
Events Expenses
Additions
Contribution to
LIU Overhead
Tilles Center
Presentations
$1,369,914
$23,395
Total
$6,612,794
$23,395
Net Gain (Loss) on sale
of securities and unrealized
change in market value
$(145,914)
$(47,554)
$(98,360)
Market value on 8/31/2010
$5,120,360
$1,417,468
$6,537,809
Income to Tilles Center
Operating Budget
$336,760
$336,760
2009 – 10
Activity and Attendance Summary
Performers/Groups
Total Performances
Total Attendance
Administrative
Personnel
& Expenses
$5,242,880
Number of Tilles Center Presentations
(including outreach shows):
NOTE: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts is a department of Long Island University, which maintains
publicly audited accounts. The above summaries are prepared from unaudited internal reports.
Endowment Income
Market value on 8/31/2009
Gilbert and Rose
Tilles Endowment
for Arts Education
Performances Sponsored by Campus,
Community or Other Arts Groups:
Number of Performances
Total Attendance
Campus, Community, and Privately
Sponsored Events:
Number of Events
Estimated Attendance Total
52
74
66,447
Community & Outreach Activity:
Number of Performances for Schools
Total Attendance
In-School Workshops Conducted
Community/School Events
Supported at Tilles Center
Attendance at Supported Events
74
71,804
34
41,305
Campus Activity:
Total Number of Campus
Events/Performances
Total Estimated Attendance
15
10,837
812
18
14,488
17
7,473
Total 2009 – 10 Activity:
Annual Income
2009-10
Annual Expenses
2009-10
Number of Performances & Events
182
Attendance179,556
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A R T S
E D U C A T I O N
T
he Arts Education program at Tilles Center
continues to thrive, hosting tens of thousands
of students annually to experience the joys
of live music, dance, and theater. All of our
programs share a common goal: to allow
participants to experience performing and visual arts
firsthand, and to develop greater awareness of how the
arts relate to our lives and to our world.
School Partnership Program
Tilles Center’s School Partnership program is based on the
Lincoln Center Institute’s model of aesthetic education and has
been building partnerships between schools and Tilles Center
since 2001. Through active engagement in arts activities,
students and teachers explore the arts and develop perceptual skills, critical thinking, imagination,
and teamwork. The approach encourages student-centered, inquiry-based, active learning.
C a m pus C ollaboration
Tilles Center / C.W. Post residency programs take advantage of the many world-class performers who
come to the Tilles Center stage. Thanks to generous support from the Gilbert and Rose Tilles Endowment
for Arts Education, several artists were involved in activities with C.W. Post students in 2009–10,
teaching them new techniques and approaches to art while helping them gain insights into the world of
professional performance. 2009–10 residencies included a master class with Edward Arron, cellist, for
music students, and master dance classes led by Rasta Thomas (Bad Boys of Dance), members of the
Parsons Dance company and the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet.
The Post Theatre Company presented William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet on April 22, 2010 in
Hillwood Recital Hall. The production was a condensed, fast-paced and exciting adaptation of the classic
play, created by a small cast of actors playing multiple roles and designed to speak directly to a modern
audience. This production was produced by Tilles Center, with funds from the U.S. Department of Justice
and the Gilbert and Rose Tilles Endowment for Arts Education.
Each project is co-created by partner teachers and teaching artists in order to complement school
curriculum. In-school workshops culminate in attendance at professional performances at Tilles
Center.
In addition to in-depth activities with our core partner schools in Glen Cove, Freeport and Locust
Valley, funds from a U.S. Department of Justice grant provided diverse arts experiences for atrisk/high-need students from the Amityville, Brentwood, Roosevelt and Uniondale school districts.
These schoolchildren participated in experiential workshops led by Tilles Center teaching artists.
Residencies culminated in students attending performances at Tilles Center of Black Violin,
Harold and the Purple Crayon, The Mayhem Poets, Romeo and Juliet, The Year of the Tiger and
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company. Dr. Jeong-eun Rhee, Assistant Professor, Long Island University
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, served as the research and assessment leader for the
U.S. Department of Justice grant. Dr. Rhee worked with the students and faculty at Roosevelt High
School, researching the impact of arts activities on student motivation and attendance.
“Aesthetic education involves a lot of decision making and problem solving, and this is critical for
children…it will prove to be invaluable to them as they grow to be productive citizens of our world.”
—Nancy Ticali, Centennial Avenue School, Roosevelt
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2 0 1 0 Tilles Scholars
Five young Long Island music students
were named Tilles Scholars following
competitive auditions. Each received a
partial scholarship to participate in the 28th
annual C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival in
July 2009. The Festival is an intensive threeweek program that focuses on the study and
performance of the standard chamber music
repertoire. It is directed by Dr. Susan Deaver
and coached by the faculty ensemble-inresidence, The Pierrot Consort. The scholars
ranged in age from 10-17 and came from
Dix Hills, Syosset, Rego Park, Locust Valley
and Westbury.
S tudent Art Ex hibits
The Patrons Lounge of Tilles Center has been
utilized as an art gallery for local students.
A series of exhibits featured works by the
students from the C.W. Post Art Department
and K–12 schools. The rotating exhibits
were on display through mid-June 2010.
S C H O OL- T I ME
P E R F O RMAN C ES
The 2009-10 School-Time Performances
included Stellaluna, The Mayhem Poets,
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company,
Pigeon Party!, The Year of the Tiger,
Romeo and Juliet, and Harold and the
Purple Crayon. Many shows played to
a sold out audience and additional
shows were added. Comprehensive study
guides for each performance were created
by the arts education department in order
to help teachers enrich the experience for
their students.
S TATIS TIC S F OR 2009-10
SCHOOL-TIME PERFORMANCES
23 performances of 11 different productions
10,883 students representing 28 school districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties
84 different schools and groups that include 24 parochial, private, and home schools
(this also includes special needs facilities and senior centers)
IN-SCHOOL ARTS WORKSHOPS
767 workshops
19 schools in 7 districts
45 planning sessions with teachers
11 original study guides published – over 1000 distributed to teachers
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PA R T N E R S I N E X C E L L E N C E
Tilles Center is grateful to our Partners in Excellence, corporations and individuals who
have generously supported performances during this season. As a result of their support,
we are able to continue to provide world-class entertainment at affordable prices to the
Long Island community.
Bryant & Cooper Steakhouse/
Cipollini Trattoria & Bar/
Toku Modern Asian Cuisine/
Chris & Jack Bransfield
Christmas with the Boston Pops
Megan and Daniel de Roulet
Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance
Mrs. Vincent de Roulet
Lang Lang
The Fay J. Lindner Foundation
Jessica Molaskey
Kimco Realty Corporation
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
The Monti/Saladino Family
Kander & Ebb’s “Cabaret”
NIC Holding Corp.
Stage One Series
Pall Corporation
PALL Dance Series
ProHEALTH Care Associates LLP
“Hairspray”
The Roslyn Savings Foundation
Bernadette Peters in Concert
C O MM U N I T Y A N D G O V E R N M E N T F U N D I N G
Tilles Center is indebted to individual, corporate, foundation and public funding to enable it to maintain
quality performances at affordable ticket prices. During the 2009-10 season, we raised $521,465.
SWING FOR KIDS ’10
Arts Education at Tilles Center was the beneficiary of a successful Swing for Kids Golf and Tennis
Tournament, honoring Don Eversoll of Timber Ridge Homes. Business leaders from across Long
Island joined together to help Tilles Center continue to provide live performances, master classes
and workshops for thousands of schoolchildren throughout the season. This event raised $123,914.
G A L A ’0 9
With ProHEALTH Care Associates, LLP as the honoree, and outstanding performances by Linda Eder
Judith and Irwin Tantleff
Itzhak Perlman
and Brian Stokes Mitchell in the Concert Hall, Gala ’09 raised $362,652 for our operating fund.
The Tilles Family
Bill Cosby
ENDOWMENT CONCERT
We extend our gratitude to our sponsors
for their leadership in providing world-class
music, dance and entertainment for the
Long Island community.
Philharmonic gave a moving performance, helping to contribute $9,662 to the Endowment Fund.
Each year Tilles Center dedicates a concert to help build its endowment fund. The London
Sponsorship opportunities are available for
the 2010-11 season.
For information about Sponsorship
Packages please contact: Marcie
Rosenberg, Director of Development at
516.299.2600.
Yamato—
the Drummers of Japan
Jessica Molaskey
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2009–10
C O N T R I B U T O R S
ANNUAL FUND
Pacesetter $5,000 and over
Debra and Dale Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. William Viklund
Bahnik Foundation Inc.
Mr. Edward Shorin
Gilda and Daniel Zirinsky
Mrs. Mildred Joseph
Drs. Donald E. and Lynn E. Simon
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kirschenbaum
Dr. Thelma and Mr. Jay Stevens
The Natalie Bailey and
Bill Cosby
George and Lenore Gottridge
Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Greenberg
Fellow $250 to $499
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Adler
Herbert J. Kirshner Foundation
Associate $500 to $1,499
Mrs. Eleanor Allan
Andrea B. and Peter D. Klein
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Axinn
Anonymous Patron
Mrs. Mary D. Lindsay
Mr. Peter Bernstein
Ms. Claudette Bellevue, M.D.
Ms. Sandra Marino
Jadzia and Donald Brown
Joan and Robert Blitstein
Kristin and John Miller
Frank Conrad and
Ms. Gaetana Cannavo
John H. and Carol-Ann Treiber
Mary Jane Dougherty
Ms. Anne Carter
Dr. Susan E. Deaver
Ms. Helen Casey
Director’s Circle $2,500 to $4,999
Kenneth DiCamillo
Mrs. Diana Challed
Ms. Caryl Battista
Mr. James Farley
Dr. and Mrs. Burke Cunha
Mrs. Shirley Beck
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Flaton
Linda and Gerald Deutsch
Mary and Donald Eversoll
Jean and Robert Henning
Mrs. Helen Donenfeld
Martin and Dale Silver
Leonard and Beverly Koval
Mrs. Louise K. Feldman
Mrs. Mary M. Lai
Dr. and Mrs. Martin Feller
Sustainer $1,500 to $2,499
Mrs. Elizabeth Laster
Peter and Helen Fahey
Castagna Realty Company
Mr. George N. Lindsay, Jr. and
Ms. Ellen Farb
Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Colistra
Ms.Nancy Metz
Mrs. Constance Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fenner
Mr. and Mrs. George O’Neill
Dr. and Mrs. Irving Gelston
Dorothy and Irwin Fingerit
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Sokoloff
Mr. Neal Glass
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Harris
Dr. and Mrs. Elliott Sroka
Mr. Joseph A. Gleicher
Mrs. Esther Heimer
Dr. and Mrs. David Steinberg
Ms. Ethel Gluck
Mr. and Mrs. Arlindo Jorge
Ms. Jane Veroxie-Nyquist
Libbijane and Howard Goldman
Ms. Amy Groveman
Ernest E. Hoffmann
Philip Ingerman and Joyce Spencer
Dr. James and Isa Kantor
Mr. Harold Levinson
Mrs. Linda McCarty
Mrs. Mary H. McLaughlin
Dr. and Mrs. David Mykoff
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Napack
Dr. Terry F. and Ann M. O’Dwyer
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Orzac
Mrs. Nancy Polk
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Poulin
Patricia Pryor-Bonica
Mr. and Mrs. Ury Rapoport
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Richards
Dr. and Mrs. Marc Richling
Mr. William Riordan
Dohn Samuel and Micki Schildkraut
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Silpe
Ronna and Dr. Bernard Telsey
Mr. and Mrs. Mario Treglia
Dr. and Mrs. James D. Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Kroll
Sophie and Brendan Lavin
Lang Lang
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G A L A ’0 9
Over $50,000
$10,000 to $19,999
$1,000 to $4,999
Mrs. Mary Lai
$500 to $999
TSI Med
ProHEALTH Care Associates LLP
Astoria Federal Savings
AD Lubow, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Land
Audiovox Corporation
Mrs. Rosalind P. Walter
Crest Hollow Country Club
Albanese Organization, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Levine
Blask Answering Service
Under $500
$20,000 to $49,999
Mrs. Vincent de Roulet
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Altholtz
Mrs. Mary D. Lindsay
Chase
Action Ambulette
Americana Manhasset
Sterling & Sterling, Inc.
Aramark
Mr. and Mrs. John D.Miller
Cordis Corporation
Bliss Pest Protection Services
Kimco Realty Corporation
Weiser LLP
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Barshay
North Shore Equestrian Center
Ear Works Audiology, P.C.
Ms. Karen Brooks Hopkins
Pall Corporation
Judy & Fred Wilpon Family
Foundation
BDO Seidman
North Shore – LIJ Health Systems
Imperial Surgical Supply Corp.
Beechwood Organization
Northville Industries
Friends for the Election of
Dean Skelos
Roslyn Savings Foundation
Tilles Family Foundation
F. & W. Schmitt Sod Farm
Mr. Alan Klinger &
Ms. Susan D. Wagner
Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C.
Lyn Graphics
Palm Bay International
Grassi & Co., CPA’s PC
Ruhof Corporation
PDK Development
Jackson Lewis LLP
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
Physicians Reciprocal Insurers
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben L. Kershaw
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stevens
Risk Strategies Company
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Leeds
Two Tall Trees
Rivkin Radler, LLP
Mrs. Theresa Mall Mullarkey
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
Medical Arts Support
Eugene M. Grant & Co.
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Scherr
Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Shadowbox Design
Mojo Stumer Associates
Architects, p.c.
Dr. Paul Forestell & Ms. Nancy
Marksbury
Slant/Fin
Bethpage Federal Credit Union
$5,000 to $9,999
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bivona
Aramark
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Bransfield, Jr.
Capital One Bank
Canon USA, Inc.
Certilman Balin Adler &
Hyman, LLP
Corporate Cleaning Services
The Fay J. Lindner Foundation
Emblem Health
KPMG LLP
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Services, Inc.
Judith and Irwin Tantleff
We’re Associates, Inc.
The Holiday Organization, Inc.
The Garden City Hotel
NYSUT – New York State
United Teachers
Sportime @ ProHEALTH
Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C.
Judy and Donald Rechler
Foundation, Inc.
Henry Schein Inc.
Simon & Eve Colin Foundation
Hess Associates LLC
Dr. and Mrs. David Steinberg
The Holiday Organization, Inc.
The Treiber Group of Companies
Integrated HVAC Systems &
Services Inc.
Hon. and Mrs. Sol Wachtler
The Klar Organization
Northeastern Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Andrew S. Roffe
The Woodbourne Foundation, Inc.
Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.
Koeppel Martone & Leistman LLP
Linda Eder
Brian Stokes Mitchell
S W I N G F O R K I D S ’1 0
Sterling & Sterling, Inc.
Superior Air Conditioning &
Heating Systems, Inc.
VHB Engineering, Surveying and
Landscape Architecture, P.C.
The Weeks-Lerman Group
$500 to $999
Axelrod & Cherveny Architect
$10,000 to $99,999
Harvest Real Estate Services
Tilles Family Foundation
Timber Ridge Homes
$5,000 to $9,999
Certilman Balin Adler &
Hyman LLP
Daniel Gale Sotheby’s
International Realty
DiFazio Power & Electric, LLC
The Fay J. Lindner Foundation
The Garden City Hotel
Hess Associates
The Klar Organization
Koeppel Martone & Leistman, LLP.
Country Plaza Assoicates of
Carle Place, LP
Delkap Management, Inc.
Larry Liman
Ilyssa Lipton
Island Estates
National Waste Services
S & H Building Material Corp.
Tummarello & Associates
Cullen and Dykman LLP
Brendan Lavin
New York Community Bank
Foundation
Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella &
Yedid, P.C.
Triangle Building Products Corp.
Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein &
Breitstone, LLP
Birchwood Park Homes
Mojo Stumer Associates
Architects, P.C.
Ingaborg Costa
Wells Fargo Advisors
$1,000 to $4,999
Advantage Title
M & T Bank
$250 to $499
Gerda Andersen
Thomas Calabrese
Marianne Doherty
James A. Kadamus
Albanese Organization, Inc.
New York Community
Bancorp, Inc.
Americana Manhasset
North Hills Office Services, Inc.
Maggie Malito
The Bahnik Foundation
Pall Corporation
Donald and Joan Tobin
The Beechwood Organization
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
WK Equities
Chicago Title Insurance Company
Sholom & Zuckerbrot Realty LLC
Danic Concrete Corp.
Sterling Floor Designs. Ltd.
Gisele Kehl
TILLES CENTER COUNCIL OF OVERSEERS
Chairman Emeritus
Frank Castagna
Castagna Realty Company
Chairman
John R. Bransfield, Jr.
Roslyn Savings Bank, A Division
of New York Community Bank
Vice Chairpeople
Ira J. Adler
Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP
Ron Horowitz
Birchwood Park Homes
David A. Sterling
Sterling & Sterling, Inc.
Executive Committee
Christina Bransfield
Jadwiga Brown
Corporate Image Management
Hon. Arthur J. Kremer
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
Megan de Roulet
Windham House/Pistachio
Sandra Marino
Pall Corporation
Gerald Monter
The Holiday Organization, Inc.
Ken DiCamillo
William Morris Agency, LLC
Michael Martone
Koeppel Martone & Leistman, L.L.P.
Roger Tilles
John Gutleber
Castagna Realty Company/
Americana Manhasset
Russell Matthews
Albanese Organization, Inc.
William E. Viklund
Council Members
Theresa Ahlstrom
KPMG LLP
Cathy Altholz
Paul Amoruso
Oxford & Simpson Realty, Inc.
Angela Anton
Anton Publications
Roger L. Bahnik
Mill-Max Mfg. Corp.
Barbara Bivona
Eric Hananel
BDO Seidman
Jean Henning
Nassau County Museum of Art
Sherri Huseby
Peter Klein
PDK Development
Leonard Koval
Weiser LLP
James Krantz
York International Agency, Inc.
John Miller
Audrey Balog Monter
Cathy Nelkin Miller
The Garden City Hotel
Brandon A. Palanker
Renaissance Real Estate Group/
Glen Isle
James G. Ryan
Cullen and Dykman LLP
Jane Shalam
Audiovox Corporation
Thomas R. Cangemi
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
Hon. James Lack
Howard Stapler
Henry Schein Inc.
Sophia Christman-Lavin
Joan Steinberg
Lorinda de Roulet
Marian Conway
The Roslyn Savings Foundation
Diane Monsein Levitan, VMD
Helping PAW
Irwin Tantleff
Steven Klar
The Klar Organization
Christopher Daly
Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Seymour Liebman
Canon USA, Inc.
Eugene DeMark
KPMG LLP
John Treiber
The Treiber Group
Philip Wachtler
WK Equities
Anne W. Ellis
Tilles Center for
the Performing Arts
is grateful to our
legislators for their
continued support:
Msgr. Tom Hartman
U.S. Senators
Samuel Kirschenbaum
Charles Schumer
Donald Rechler
Rechler Equity Partners
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Ex Officio
Gary Ackerman
Dr. David J. Steinberg
President, Long Island University
Peter King
Honorary Members
Milton Cooper
Kimco Realty Corporation
Richard Gorman
Vice President for
University Relations
Congresspeople
Carolyn McCarthy
State Senators
John Flanagan
Theresa Mall Mullarkey
Chancellor, LIU/
C.W. Post Campus
Charles Fuschillo
Dr. Paul Forestell
Provost, LIU/C.W. Post Campus
Kenneth LaValle
Rhoda Grauer
Dean, Visual and Performing Arts
Dean Skelos
Dr. Elliott Sroka
Executive Director, Tilles Center
Kemp Hannon
Craig Johnson
Carl Marcellino
Assemblypeople
Charles D. Lavine
Michelle Schimel
Sheldon Silver
Rob Walker
Béla Fleck
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T I L L E S C E N T E R S T A FF
Administration
Elliott Sroka
Executive Director
George N. Lindsay, Jr.
General Manager
Marc Courtade
Business Manager
Kristen McKniff
Executive Assistant
Janet Broder
Receptionist
Caroline Stoessinger
Artistic Director,
Music at Hillwood
Jack Globenfelt
Executive Producer,
Cabaret at “Club T”
Marketing and
Communications
Susanna Stickley
Director of Marketing
Vanessa A. Kellogg
Assistant Director of Marketing
Tara M. Bongiorno
Director of Ticket Services
Angela Sarno
Ticket & Group Sales Manager
Dan Coners
Box Office Supervisor
Sharneya Lewis
Asst. Group Sales Manager
Kelsey Downey
Asst. Box Office Manager
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Anthony Paul-Cavaretta
Asst. Box Office Manager
Michelle Gilligan
Production Assistant
Doris Meadows Associates
Publicity
Gabe Vargas
Student Stage Manager
AD Lubow, LLC
Advertising
Carol Squatrito
Wardrobe Supervisor
Chairman of the Board
Eric Krasnoff
Ronald J. Sylvestri ‘66
Edward Travaglianti*
Steven J. Kumble H’90
Edward Travaglianti
Leon Lachman
Eric J. Tveter ‘80
Byron E. Lewis ‘53
Richard O. Ullman ‘67
Howard M. Lorber ‘70, ‘91, H’01
Rosalind P. Walter H’83
Senior Vice Chair
Thomas L. Pulling*
Secretary
Brian Madocks ‘79
Steven J. Kumble H’90*
Angelo J. Mangia
Arts Education
House Staff
Stephanie Turner
Director of Arts Education
Laetitia Vogelsberg
House Manager
Executive Committee
Deborah Robbins
Assistant Director of Arts
Education
Zhen Chen
Asst. House Manager
Michael N. Emmerman ’67
Jin Hee Lee
Asst. House Manager
Alfred R. Kahn ’84, H’05
Emily Lembo
Arts Education Associate
Development
Michael Ringhauser
Asst. House Manager
Marcie Rosenberg
Director of Development
Kristen Sweeney
Asst. House Manager
Ginny Flatz
Development Secretary
Cathy McCleery
Concessions Manager
Angela Schneider
Student Associate
Jim Tardiff
Parking Crew Manager
Trudy Calabrese
Swing for Kids
Tournament Coordinator
Edward Martin
Piano Technician
Production Staff
Diony Moran
Custodian
Robert Goida
Production Manager
Michael Grella
Custodian
Donald H. Elliott H’85
George L. Engelke, Jr.
Eric Krasnoff
Byron E. Lewis ’53
Howard M. Lorber ’70, ’91, H’01
Brian Madocks ’79
Theresa Mall Mullarkey
Richard P. Nespola ’67, ’73
David Pinter ’72
Michael Melnicke
Theresa Mall Mullarkey
Salvatore Naro ‘83
Richard P. Nespola ‘67, ‘73
William R. Nuti ‘86
Joel Press ‘68
Thomas L. Pulling
Edward E. Shorin H’99
Harvey Simpson
Martin L. Sperber H’09
David A. Sterling
Trustees Emeriti
William F. de Neergaard ’47, H’98
Arthur I. Goldberg ’53, H’94
Eugene H. Luntey H’98
John M. May
Richard Stark
William Zeckendorf, Jr. H’92
Ex Officio
David J. Steinberg*
* - also on Executive Committee
H - indicates
honorary doctorate from
Long Island University
Sharon Sternheim
Joel Press ’68
Edward E. Shorin H’99
Martin L. Sperber
Ronald J. Sylvestri ’66
Rosalind P. Walter H’83
Members
Stanley F. Barshay ‘60
Mark A. Boyar ‘65
Thomas A. Pascarella
Technical Director
John R. Bransfield, Jr.
Charles W. Ondrek
Assistant Technical Director
Michael Devine ‘68
Roland A. DeSilva ‘62
Michael N. Emmerman ‘67
George L. Engelke, Jr.
Daniel B. Fisher ‘67
Alfred R. Kahn ‘84, H’05
John Adam Kanas ‘68
Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance
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Great. Fun.
Long Island University C.W. Post Campus Brookville, NY 11548
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