In Sunday’s (6/14) YourSun.com (Sarasota, FL), Carrie Seidman writes, “In the latest step toward the realization of its future home, the Sarasota Orchestra on May 18 announced a gift of $11.7 million from an anonymous donor toward its new music center project … The donation brings the publicly announced total of fundraising for the center, which is estimated to cost from $375 to $425 million in total, to nearly $87 million…. In February of last year, the orchestra received a gift of $60 million from another anonymous donor … That was followed in May by a $10 million gift from Jack and Priscilla Schlegel … Arts philanthropists Tom and Sherri Koski contributed an additional $5 million … Tom Koski serves as president of the Orchestra’s Board of Directors…. Joseph McKenna, the orchestra’s president and CEO, said the recent gift was from a family that ‘really loves what the orchestra is doing’ and was interested in supporting a concert hall that is both state-of-the-art acoustically and more protected from climate impacts. In addition, he said, the donation underscores in general patrons’ support for the orchestra’s musicians, who currently contend with multiple logistical challenges due to a lack of space.”
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