SUMMER 2026
15 FOR 15
CAMPAIGN!
CELEBRATING OUR FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE SUMMER FESTIVAL & SUPPORTING FIFTEEN MORE!!
CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW
Thanks to $15,000 in matching funds raised by our Board of Directors, donations go twice as far to support our next fifteen years of growth!
DONATIONS SUPPORT:
· Our continued ability to present free community concerts & events in Tennessee
· NNSF Fellow Scholarships ($19,245.50 awarded this year!)
· NNSF Faculty & Staff Stipends, Housing, & Travel
· Development & launch of new programs (especially youth ones — visit niefnorf.org/intheworks for more information!)
· Continued growth of our incredible community
· Day-to-day operations that keep our organization thriving :)
· & so, so much more!
LEARN MORE BELOW!
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE:
DONATE DIRECTLY
SHARE THE CAMPAIGN
BECOME A FUNDRAISER OR JOIN A TEAM (faculty & alumni favorite!)
ENTER OUR BIG EARS 2027 PASS RAFFLE!
2026 - 2027 SEASON SNEAK PEEK:
· Nief-Norf Youth Ensemble: Providing up to 50 Knoxville-based high school students the opportunity to collaborate weekly in contemporary chamber ensembles, composition & improvisation workshops, and more under the mentorship of our local faculty!
· Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night: Knoxville, Johnson City, Chattanooga, & Nashville
· NYC ‘Norf Space Nights: Quarterly open mic nights at mise-en place in Harlem for our NYC-based alumni and faculty!
· 2027 International Call for Scores
· LunaLab@10 Concert: As part of Luna Composition Lab’s 10th Anniversary Celebration, we have partnered to commission premieres from five LunaLab alumni for a dedicated showcase at SYNNERGY 2027!
· And of course, NNSF 2027, Make Music Day Knoxville (June 21), and SYNNERGY 2027!!
· And a BIG big announcement / something exciting launching THIS AUGUST!!!
15 for 15 campaign donations directly support our upcoming season of programming!
I N D I V I D U A L
Mark Applebaum & Joan Friedman
Steve & Ann Bailey
Chris Barrett
Lisa Beldyk
Len Bellingrath
Denise & Mike Bilbrey
Ian Blackburn
Dianne Bliss
Lisa Cella
Claire Chenette
Leon Christion, Jr.
Michelle Cunningham
Susan & Don Dally
Doug Gamble & Nina Gregg
Taylor Giorgio
Wesley Goddard
Lou Gross & Marilyn Kallet
José Gurría-Cárdenas
John & Dottie Habel
Rosalind Hackett
Rebecca Larocque
Ryan Lindveit
Emily Lingerfelt
Anne Little
Beauvais Lyons
Amanda Mohney
Hei Park
Joo Won Park
Rachel Pearsall
Marek Rosinski
John Rylands
Elisabeth Schussler & Charles Kwit
Robert Sklenar
Alan Smuckler
Todd Steed
Amanda Walker
Judy Zetina
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS! ~
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS! ~
O R G A N I Z A T I O N A L
THIS ORGANIZATION [IS BEING] [WAS] SUPPORTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY FEDERAL AWARD NUMBER 21.027 AWARDED TO THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY AND THE ARTS & CULTURE ALLIANCE.