ABOUT US
Ingrid Clarfield
Todd Simmons
About Performathon for Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia
Performathon for Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia (performathonCHOP) is a non-profit organization from Professor Ingrid Clarfield and Mr. Todd Simmons' private studios, and this year joining us, Mrs. Chang Liu, Dr. Chiu-ling Lin, Mrs. Chiu-tze Lin, Mr. Jason Gallagher, and Mr. Richard Woo! We are dedicated in helping the Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia (CHOP) through music.
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Mr. Bob Rinaldi, Vice President of Jacobs Music, is a dear friend of our teachers. His daughter had to have an open heart surgery just after she was born. The caring medical staff that saved Mr. Rinaldi's daughter and helped with her recovery was from none other than the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)!
We wanted to thank and support CHOP to continue making breakthroughs and bettering the lives of children. We also wanted to spread joy through music while doing so (since we are piano teachers and students!). What could we hold then? A performathon!
The performathon is an annual piano benefit concert that we have held since 2018. This idea was inspired by the Ronald McDonald performathon, formerly an annual long-time project by NJMTA to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House.
We'd like to give a big thanks to Mr. Rinaldi and Jacobs Music who have been so kind and generous in providing us with not only great deals on wonderful pianos for so many students and teachers but also supporting us with venues and pianos to hold various events (including 2 grand Steinway Ds for the performathon this year!!).
All funds raised will go to CHOP. Specifically, it will go to The Children's Fund, which provides essential resources that allows CHOP to act quickly to seize new opportunities and meet unexpected needs of children as they arise.
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About the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is a charitable, non-profit Hospital. It was the first pediatric hospital to be created in North America, and was No. 2 in the U.S. News & World Report's 2017-18 Honor Roll of the Best Children's Hospitals. To go to their webpage, click here.
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