“Progress is not in enhancing what is, but in advancing towards what will be.”

– Khalil Gibran

December 31, 2020

We’ve come to the end of a truly weird and unpredictable year, which just so happens to have been the first full year of the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation’s existence. Despite this year of personal loss and global tragedy, we have persevered and are looking forward to 2021, as we are sure you are.  We remain humbled and thankful for your donations throughout the year, which are still coming in as recently as today.

The first donations helped us create our website, enhanced our presence at our first NAMM show, and allowed us to create our ARPchive LIVE! sessions as well as our first Synthposium.

Your most recent donations are being used to fund our work on an exciting upcoming project for Google Arts and Culture, a video patchbook (you heard correctly!) and, most importantly, the soon-to-be-realized ARP for All, a collection of vintage and reissued ARP synthesizers for public use.

Part of our mission includes access to vintage synthesizers to anyone who might not have access to them. We’re discovering new and powerful ways to do this, and we can’t wait to tell you more about the projects and events we have planned for 2021. We are relying on your help to get these efforts underway, so as you wrap up your year-end charitable donations, please keep the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation in mind. You’ll be giving the gift of inspiration that could help disadvantaged musicians find their voice.

We’d like to thank you all for adding a truly heartwarming note to 2020, as we move onward to a new and more musical year. Happy New Year to you all!

(Please scroll down to see our Year in Review and get a sneak peak to see what’s in store for 2021.)

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