We the undersigned members of the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of Music feel compelled to write this letter. The uncertainty surrounding the future of the PAM has been a significant strain on us. The most recent articles in the Intelligencer Journal have left us dismayed and confused. We are held captive in a tangle of complex maneuvers and rumors that we find impossible to unravel.
Despite this uncertainty, we wish to assure our students and the members of the public that we will continue to perform our teaching and administrative duties to the best of our abilities and to ensure that our students receive the best musical education possible.
Working together over the years to create, foster, and implement the Academy’s many educational and performance activities has given it a special regard in our hearts; we care deeply about PAM. For us, the Academy is not an address on Prince Street. It is a closely knit community of students and their families, teachers, administrators, performers and members of the public who recognize and value the many activities which, through creative collaboration, are nurtured here.
We wish to express our continued gratitude to all who have supported the educational activities of the Academy from its inception through to the present time. We very much appreciate the efforts of the founders, board members, staff, volunteers, advisers, government, corporate and individual donors, students and their families and the community of Lancaster. We hope that the vision we all share for PAM can emerge stronger than ever in the next few months.
In the meantime we will do everything in our power to ensure that the scheduled activities at the Academy go on as planned. For complete concert listings visit www.pamusacad.org . Please join us and celebrate the music.
This letter expresses the views of the following members of the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of Music:
Matthew Allison, Meredith Amado, Simon Andrews, Rainer Beckman, Jack Behrens, Walter Blackburn, John Darrenkamp, Stephen Goss, Michael T. Jamanis, Jennifer Lobo, Sara Male, Simon Maurer, Cindy McGary , Ning Mu, Jody Norton, Xun Pan, Ioannis Potamousis, Ju -Ping Song, Ernesto Tamayo
