2009 NCR Endowment Report

The NCR Endowment Fund was established in 2004. This report is inclusive of all contributions made and interest earned prior to September 15, 2010. The current balance is $24,525. Funds are for enhancements to the Junior Composers. To date, this has included the purchase of Finale notation software, the Maier Student Awards, faculty salaries, the annual JCI welcome party, recording sessions, the gamelan field trip to the Indonesian Performing Arts Center of Minnesota, artist-in-residence Phillip Brunelle and VocalEssence, and the updating of the juniorcomposers.org website. The fund also includes the Carol Goranson memorial fund. 

Orchestra Level

Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (Minnesota)

Symphony Level

The Joseph and Rosalie Meyer Fund of the ASCAP Foundation (New York)
Gordon and Odee Maier (North Dakota)
North Dakota Federation of Music Clubs

Concerto Level

Karen Bourne (Iowa)
Illinois Federation of Music Clubs
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Minnesota Federation of Music Clubs
Nebraska Federation of Music Clubs
South Dakota Federation of Music Clubs
Wisconsin Federation of Music Clubs

Sonata Level

Carolyn and Gil Nelson (North Dakota)
Carole Flatau (North Dakota)
Heidi Olson Hong and Peter Olson (Wisconsin)
Elizabeth Paris (Kentucky)

Sonatina Level

Vivian Acuff (North Dakota)
Barron Music Club (Wisconsin)
Lillian Callenbach Trust (North Dakota)
Robert and Shirley Carroll (Illinois)
Cascio Music Company (Wisconsin)
Northwestern College (Minnesota)
Margaret and Jon Radmer (Wisconsin)
Siouxland Music Club (Iowa)
Mary Angela Strasser (Minnesota)
Sharon Wesbrook (North Dakota)

Etude Level

Mike and Sandra Barnard (Illinois)
Kathy Baumgart (Wisconsin)
Bellevue/Papillion Federated Music Club (Nebraska)
Norma Bibb (Illinois)
Mary Prudie Brown (Texas)
Randall Davidson (Minnesota)
Karen Erickson (Minnesota)
Pat Grantier (North Dakota)
Gloria Grilk (Arkansas)
Richard Hryniewicki (Wisconsin)
Wilmot Irish (New York)
Jeanne Kish (Wisconsin)
Lake County Music Club (Wisconsin)
Doris Lambie (North Dakota)
Dawn and Gary Lawrence (North Dakota)
Arlene Lewis (Iowa)
Gloria Lien (Arizona)
Connie Lil (Florida)
Beth McAuley (Mississippi)
Sarah Twedt (Minnesota)
Claire Frances Whitehurst (Florida)

Ballade Level

Susan Clambey (Minnesota)

Minuet Level

Marilyn Caldwell (Missouri)
Delores Blaser (Kansas)
Lana Bailey (Virginia)
Nadine Berg (Minnesota)

Prelude Level

Grace Custer (Minnesota)
Gail Henry (Georgia)
Judy Hyland (Iowa)
Jane Jensen (Minnesota)
Donna Koppenhaver (North Dakota)
Ouida and George Keck (Arkansas)
Duane and Carole Langley (Missouri)
Susan Lundberg (North Dakota)
Deanna Qualley (Minnesota)

Memorial Funds

Carol Goranson Memorial: Carol Goranson, past-president of the Nebraska Federation, was killed in an auto accident near Omaha in October 2007. Memorial funds will be segregated and their use will be determined at a later date.

Katherine Bina Memorial: Mrs. Bina was an Institute faculty member who died unexpectedly weeks before JCI in July 2005. Memorial gifts were used to purchase a digital camera to document JCI events.

Mary Prudie Brown Memorial: Mary Prudie Brown, past National President of the National Federation of Music, passed of old age in 2010. Memorial contributions were made by the Iowa and Minnesota Federation of Music Clubs in her name and the support was used to launch the first two-week Junior Composers Studio in 2010.