Individual Gifts

The Annual Fund solicits support from individuals for annual operating costs that are not fully covered by tuition and fees. Gifts of all amounts are welcomed. Your gift will also entitle you to a variety of benefits, which are listed below.

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Benefactor - $5,000 and up
Name noted as underwriter for a month
Recognition in the Sherwood Conservatory Newsletter
Plus the benefits below

Sponsor - $1,000-4,999
Name noted as underwriter for a week
Plus the benefits below

Sherwood Society or Chopin Society - $500-999
Invitations to special Sherwood Society events
Plus the benefits below

Supporter - $250-499
Name noted as underwriter for a day
Plus the benefits below

Friend - $100-249
CD recording of the Scholarship Competition
Invitations to Sherwood events
Plus the benefits below

Member - $25-99
Recognition on Donor Board in the Family Lounge
Sherwood Conservatory Newsletter
Listing in the Annual Report

The Chopin Society celebrates Sherwood's piano tradition by sponsoring Piano Fest and underwriting the purchase, care and maintenance of our keyboard instruments. Contributions of any size many be designated to the Chopin Society. Membership entitles you to the regular donor benefits plus special items of interest to piano lovers. For a contribution of $1,000 or more, members may "Adopt a Piano" and enjoy additional benefits, such as recognition for one year in the studio in which the adopted piano resides, updates on who is using "your" piano during the year, the teacher and events associated with that studio, invitations to special piano performances, and name inclusion on all piano recital program books as member of the Chopin Society.

The Building Fund is comprised of select sponsorship in the form of Permanent Naming Opportunities throughout the Main School. There are still a number of opportunities available, including:

To Name the Building - $1 million
Recital Hall and Stage - $250,000
The Family Lounge - $100,000
Ground-floor Children's Classrooms (1 left) - $50,000
Keyboard Labs (1 left) - $50,000
Large Studios (7 left) - $25,000 each
Small Studios (9) - $10,000 each
Grand Pianos (27) - $5,000 each

Sherwood deeply appreciates the generosity of the following donors who have made gifts to the Building Fund:

Pianos
Polk Bros. Foundation
John H. Nelson
Michael Epstein and Carol Obertubbesing

Marimba and Harp
The Service Club of Chicago

Medium Studios
Chester T. Kamin and Nancy Schaefer
Mary Jo Franklin
The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
Northern Trust

Classrooms
Andrew Family Foundation
The Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust

Large Studios
John H. Noonan
Sherry Petska and George Middlemas
Darcy Walker

For more information on supporting Sherwood Conservatory of Music, please call Chandra Dennis at (312) 369-7399 or click here to send her an email.