Thanks & Partners

If you enjoy America/Beautiful, please consider supporting the project by making a tax-deductible donation to CME. CLICK HERE to donate!

Center for Musical Excellence (CME) and Min Kwon gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the following who made this project possible:

The J.P. Humphreys Foundation
Leonard Lee, in memory of Dr. Chang H. Lee (1931-2020)
Anne and John Thomas 
Diane and Robert Wong
Matt and Kathy Sheeleigh, in honor of Jean W. Sheeleigh (1928-2020)
Patricia O’Connor
Grace and Louis Kurkjian
Jim and Patti Bellis
Barbara Germack
Jane Kendall, in memory of David Dietz (1940-2020)
Edmund and Susan Kwan
Patricia O’Connor
Debby Schultz, in memory of David Schultz (1938-2000)
Candace Weeks



Composers who have donated all or a portion of their fee

Sam Adler
Jonathan Berger
Kris Bowers
Kenji Bunch
Avner Dorman
Michael Gandolfi
John Harbison
Stephen Hartke 
Jake Heggie 
Vijay Iyer
Pierre Jalbert 
Kristjan Jarvi
Texu Kim
George Lewis 
Patricio Molina
Shulamit Ran
Terry Riley 
Daniel Bernard Roumain
Juri Seo
Robert Sirota
Liliya Ugay
Melinda Wagner
Samuel Zyman 

Our artistic collaborators

Julia Cho, writer
Laura Migliorino, visual artist 
Steinway & Sons, NY 
Grace Episcopal Church, Newark, NJ 
David Frost, Record Producer