PLEASE make a gift in support of the educational and public performance programs of the US-China Music Institute

The US-China Music Institute (USCMI) engages in cultural diplomacy between the US and China when our world needs it the most. By enabling China’s most eminent musicians and academics to nurture emergent talent in the US, USCMI paves the way for unparalleled exchange and creativity.

The institute relies on gifts and grants for student recruitment, musical exchange programs, public performances, and research initiatives. We need your help to fulfill the unique potential of our mission to bring people of the US and China together through the universal language of music.

donate today!

Major giving opportunities include

full and partial student scholarships
support for annual events such as the China Now Music Festival and the Chinese New Year Concert
the planned construction of a Chinese Music Pavilion on the Bard campus to create a permanent center for Chinese music education, research, and performance in the West

We also welcome smaller donations of any amount. Every gift to USCMI is valuable and deeply appreciated!

Contact us to discuss how a gift to USCMI can align with your giving priorities.

在当今世界最需要中美交流之际，巴德美中音乐研习院肩负起文化外交的使命。通过邀请中国最杰出的音乐家与学者在美国培养新一代人才，学院为前所未有的交流与创造力铺就了道路。巴德美中音乐研习院的发展依赖于捐赠与资助，用于学生培养、音乐交流项目、公共演出以及学术研究。我们需要您的支持，才能充分实现使命的独特价值——以音乐这一世界通用的语言，将中美两国人民紧密相连。

主要的捐赠机会包括：全额或部分学生奖学金、年度活动支持：如“纽约中国当代音乐节”和“新年音乐会”、中国音乐馆建设：在巴德学院校园内建立一个永久性的中国音乐教育、研究与演出中心。

我们同样欢迎任何数额的捐赠，每一份支持都弥足珍贵，令人由衷感激。请与我们联系，探讨如何让您的善举与巴德美中音乐研习院的使命相契合。

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Christina Bai
Jinqing Cai
Jinyong Cai and Dawn Vermilya
Angela Chen
Sizi Chen and Matthew Staib
Chen Wei and Chen Maoan
China United States Exchange Foundation
Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in New York
The Cyrus Tang Foundation
Derek Hu and Malena Zhang
Joseph Kahn and Shannon Xian Wu, The Kahn Charitable Foundation
Corina Larkin and Nigel Dawn
Li Lu, The Li Lu Humanitarian Foundation
Y. S. Liu
Yunli Lou and James Kralik
Joyce Ma
The Mona Foundation
Rebecca Li Ping
Eric Rosenblum and Titi Liu
Denise S. Simon
Jonathan Slone ‘84
Shining Sung
Oscar Tang, The Tang Fund
Nick Tao, The Nick Tao Family Trust
Robert Thomson
The Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute
Barbara Tober
James A. von Klemperer
US-China Cultural Institute, in memory of Shirley Young
Diana Wang and Tian Ling
Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi
Susan Baker
Bank of China USA
Richard Barker
Laurie Beckelman
Geraldine Brodsky
Jinliang Cai
Stephanie Chang
Dongsheng Chen
Hope Chen
Ernest Chiu, DSC Global Management, Inc.
Silas Chou
Linda Schwab Edmundson
The Elbrun and Peter Kimmelman Foundation, Inc.
Eileen Fu
Mei Gao
Marilyn W. Gleysteen, PhD
Jean Golden
Mary Hackenbracht
Elizabeth Harrington, Borse Exchange LLC
Alan Hilliker and Vivien Liu
Bill and Amy Hsieh
David and Lizzy Hsieh
Feng Hu
iChina Restaurant
Joan and Alan Ades-Taub Foundation, Inc.
Peter Kimmelman
Richard Kortright
Arthur and Eva Lerner-Lam
Huaixi Li and Haiyan Song
Ping Li
Lin Lin
Yabo Lin
Dong Liu and Xiaomei Song
Frank H. Liu
Michael Liu
Toni Wong McNicoll
Steven Murphy, Murphy & Partners
Patricia Pei
Sanford Robertson, Jeanne and Sanford Robertson Fund
William S. Robinson and Keting Chu
David and Susan C. Rockefeller
Eric Rosenblum and Titi Liu
Dexter Sun
Clinton K. Swett
Allyson Tang
Chun Tiu
Rich Tomlinson and Yingxi Fu
Joanne Wang
Hing Wong and Jean Z. Wong
Elaine Wu
Mei Wu
Nora Wu
Guang Yang
Huoy-Ming Yeh
Qing and Shan Shan Yeh
Genevieve Young
Peter Yu
Ying-Ying Yuan
Celia Yuk
Nassrin Zahedi
Hansong Zhang and Sally Y. Shi
Wu Zhang
Xiu Ping Zhang
Wei Zhou
List current as of July, 2025

Photo at top: The Bard East/West Ensemble on tour in China in June 2025, thanks to a major grant from the Cyrus Tang Foundation. Photo courtesy of Shunde Desheng School 顺德德胜学校.