ENDOWMENTS

With an endowment gift you have the opportunity to help support—on a permanent basis—one of the several exciting programs at the Hop. Income from an endowment can be used to fund a Hop program in perpetuity. This means that the Hop will always be able to count on your gift to ensure that it continues to provide the highest artistic standards to students and the surrounding communities. The following represent some of the Hop's programs.

• The Visiting Performing Artist Series brings exceptional performance artists to our campus and Upper Valley audiences. This 2006-2007 season jazz immortal Sonny Rollins will appear at the Hop, along with other exciting artists, like Rosanne Cash and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with tenor Ian Bostridge.

An example of an endowment created to support the Hopkins Center's Visiting Performing Artist Series is The Class of 1961 Legacy: The American Tradition in Performance Fund. The Class of 1961 established this fund in celebration of their 40th reunion to bring artists rooted in the American tradition to the Hop. Recent artists funded by this endowment have been Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Pat Metheny and, in the 2006-2007 season, the Young@Heart Chorus and Regina Carter Quintet. The initial gift of over a quarter of a million dollars was raised to over a half of a million dollars as a result of their 45th reunion. Thank you Class of 1961!

• Student Ensembles and Performances—the Hop is home to the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, Dartmouth Dance Ensemble, Dartmouth College Marching Band, Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, Dartmouth Wind Symphony, Dartmouth Chamber Singers, Dartmouth College Glee Club, Dartmouth College Gospel Choir, Handel Society of Dartmouth College and World Percussion Ensemble, all of which provide students with extra-curricular opportunities to learn, experience and collaborate in the performing arts. Led by professional directors dedicated to the highest quality of artistic standards, community members also have the opportunity to participate in the diverse musical programs.

• Hop Outreach & Arts Education—this community and education-oriented program focuses on bringing visiting artists to schools in the Upper Valley and on children to the Hop as well as to Dartmouth classrooms and studios. Special programs like the free HopStops and the School Performance Series are just two examples.

• Student Workshops—the Hop offers individual artisan instruction in wood, pottery and jewelry in separate workshops.