Vermont Symphony Orchestra

2023 Donors

Thank you to our generous donors who have supported the arts in their community and across the state. Please contact Devon Cooke at devon@vso.org or 802-864-5741 ext. 125 if you would like to make a gift or have questions about the list below.

To see a complete list of our Bravo Society Donors of $2,500 or more, click here.

To see a Crescendo Society list of Lifetime Donors, click here.

*This list represents financial gifts, including in-kind donations, made during the time period of August 1, 2022 – July 31, 2023.

Annual Fund Donors

First Chair $10,000
Anonymous (2)
Charles and Alison Macdonald Family Fund
Doolittle Family Foundation
George Mergens Foundation
Glenn & Marga Sproul
National Endowment for the Arts
Northfield Savings Bank
Patrick Robins & Lisa Schamberg
Physician’s Computer Company
The Powell Family Charitable Trust
Robert & Victoria Young
State of Vermont
TD Bank
Vermont Arts Council
Gold Baton $5,000 – $9,999
Anonymous
AARP Vermont
Barbara M. Wessel
Burke Mountain Resort
Brianne E. Chase
Francis & Carol DeVine
John & Alida Dinklage
Gail D. Smith
George & Judith Russell (in memory of Virginia de Ganahl Russell Kimmel)
Griswold Family Trust
The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation
John Ordway & Molly Power
M&T Bank
Robert Kenny & Patricia Suozzi
VELCO – VT Transco LLC
Vermont Humanities
Windham Foundation, Inc.
Silver Baton $2,500 – $4,999
Ann E. Cooper Fund via the Vermont Community Foundation
Eleanor Long
Elizabeth A. Stewart
James & Jacquelyn Girardin
Jeffrey Prescott & Andrew Shuford
John P. Tampas (in memory of Kathryn Tampas)
Kristi & Sanford Bragg
Liisa Kissel
Melita Tapia
Northeast Delta Dental
Patricia Sampson
RetroMotion Creative
Sarah Sherrill
Simeon & Regine Ananou
Stackpole & French

 

Annual Fund Donors ($1 – $2,499)
Anonymous
Harris & Jan Abbott
Leslie Abramson & Fred Rossman
Thomas Achenbach
David Adair & Barbara York
Bertil Agell
Kenneth & Gail Albert
David & Donna Alexander
Patricia Passmore Alley
Gary Alsofrom
Philip Ambrose & Gretchen Van Slyke
Douglas & Debra Anderson
Frederick Anderson
Anonymous
Louis G. Audette
Kathleen Bachus
Martha G. Baker
Roger & Carolyn Baker
Lauren & John Bakewell
Carol Bam
Matthias & Alexandra Bannach
Jessa Barnard
Douglas & Lynn Barnes
Edith W. Barnes
Lynn Barrett
Merrilyn Barry
Kathleen K. Basile
Robert Bast & Laura Carlsmith
Anne Bataille
Adam Bates
Thomas & Lorna Bates
Sam Battaglino
Jean Battelle
Walter & Katherine Baumann
Rick & Elaine Beal
Daniel Bean & Jeanette Voss
Barbara Oski Beane ◊
Joseph & Paulette Bergeron
Mike Berglund & Anne McGuire
Berkshire Bank
Eleanor Bliss
Sam & Gerri Bloomberg
Harry & Jean Boardman
Miriam Bolotin & John Fassett
Alec Bolus
Charles & Jeannette Bonin
Betsy Bouton
Hollie Bowen & Paul Love
Tom Brady
Sheri Brienza-Wypyski
Arlyn & Marc Brierre
Diane & Bill Brigham
Stephen & Laurie Brittain
Jill Broome
Larry & Susan Bruce
Elise Brunelle & Jeremy Greeff
Robert & Holly Buck
Rodney & Sandra Buck
Jay & Claire Buckley
Deb & David Buley
Anna Cadmus
Benjamin Cadwallader & Natalie Badawy ◊
George & Susan Cady
Joseph Cafaro
Carol Caldwell-Edmonds & Gary Edmonds
Salvatore & Alice Campofranco
Mary & Thomas Candon
Thomas & Dorothy Cannon
Joseph Capobianco
Stephen & Sharon Card
Bill & Kip Carey
Nick & Diane Carmolli
Roger & Janet Cartee
Casella Waste Management
John & Deborah Cave
Thomas & Christina Cavin
Charities Aid Foundation America
Melissa & Robin Chesnut-Tangerman
Ovleto Ciccarelli
Margaret Clarino
Sen. Alison Clarkson & Oliver Goodenough
Robert Cochran
Ellen Cohen
Harold & Linda Cohen
Linda Coleman
Richard & Rose Colletti
David Colman & David Clark
John & Rosemarie Conn
Howard & Anne Connolly
Lauria & David Connolly
Richard Conrad & Judith Irven
Charles & Susan Cooke Kittredge
Jean Corbett
Cota & Cota
Conley Country
Janice E. Couture
Richard Cowan
Katharine & Philippe Crane
Lee Crawford & Anne Brown
Maureen Cronin
John & Judith Crowley
Tracy Cruickshank
Timothy Cummings
Jeanne Cushman ◊
Howard Brett Cutler
Judy Daley
Pat Daley
Sharon Damkot
Will & Laurie Danforth
Gerald & Karin Davis
Robert  & Beverly Davis
Dieuwke & Sergei Davydov
Sally Deinzer ◊
Gwendolyn Delgadillo
Barbara Densmore
Michael & Leanne Desjardins
Hannah Despres
Tara Devine
Larisa & Donald Devost
Mary Jane Dickerson
Arthur & Christine Dimock
Dinse P.C.
Sadie Dog
Philip & Mary Ann Dombrowski
Maryanne & Robert Donald
Frank & Ducky Donath
Sarah Dopp
James & Dorothy Douglas
Andrea Dowdy
Ruth Drachman
Peter & Bari Dreissigacker
David & Roberta Dress
Kathleen Drew
William & Linda Drunsic
Michelle & Ken Dufort
Holly Dunlap
Robert & Alice Durkin
Peggy & Zon Eastes
William & Shohreh Eckhardt
Elizabeth Edgerton
Gilbert and Diana Edwards
David Ellis & Ann Greenawalt
Russell & Nancy Ellis
David & Janet Ellison
John & Amy Jo Emerson
Nancy & Peter Engels
Joyce & Robert Evans
Anne Everett
Elizabeth Ezerman
Patricia J. Fastiggi
Madeline Fay
Mary Howard Feder
Maryann McHugh Feeney
Roy Feldman
Hannah Fenlon
Lynn & Michael Field
Dorothy Finnerty & Ronald Unterman
Marti Fischer
Janet & Robert B. Fiske, Jr.
Fusun Floyd
Jan Fontaine
Patricia Fontaine
Virginia and William Foote
Craig & Maria Fortier
Deborah Foster
Roger S. Foster & Baiba J. Grube
Carl Fowler ◊
Nancy Sharkey Fox
Joseph & Catherine Frank
Alan & Wendy Franklin
Victoria Fraser
Julie Fredette
Douglas Freedman
Richard & Judy Freeman
Suzanne & Mark Friis
Fuller Family Foundation
Carole & Joel Furr ◊
Michael Gable
Joseph & Barbara Gaida
Maxine L. Garfinkel ◊
Gwen Gautsch & Philip Blyskal
Kathleen Geagan
Rooney & Cynthia Gibbs
Carol & George C. Gibson
John & Linda Gibson
Allen Gilbert & Lila Richardson
Jeffry D. Glassberg & Amanda L. Bodell
Barbara Rippa & Marvin Glickstein
Jorge Gonzalez & Margaret Conquest-Gonzalez
Carol Goodwin
Holly Gorton
Charles & Patricia Goulding
Valerie Graham
Wayne & Deborah Granquist
Tom & Mary Grape
Andrea Gray
Susan Gray
Roseanne Greco & Higley Harmon
Marv & Diane Greenberg
Virginia & Arthur Greenblott
Harriet & Charles Grenier
Vieva Grenier ◊
Anne & Adam Greshin
Penny & Robert Dixon Gumm
Cody & Taryn Haberman
Robert & Honore Hager
Rheba H. Haley
Addie Hall & Harold E. Reindel
George Hall
Natalie Hall
Noralee Hall
Richard & Carol Hall
Amos & Anne Hamilton
Amy R. Hamlin
Dennis Hanczar
Hanson and Doremus Investment Management
Robert Harnish
Andrew Harrison
William Harwood* & Elaine Hubert
Hilary Hatch
Francis & Bonnie Heald
James & Mary Ellen Hebert
Barbara Heilman
Donald Hendrich & Lynn Jenness
Jean F. Henshaw
William Herbst
Carl & Carlanne Herzog
Tricia McGrath Hess
Patricia Hickcox
Carol Hinkel
Carole Hinners
Lenice Hirschberger
Sandra Unterman Hoeh
Ann L. Hogan
Dale Holland
Peter Hope
Glenn Horgan
Jed & Jini Hornung
Sally Howe
Bill Hoyt
Carl Hubbell
Tom & Natalie Hubbs
William & Lucie Huckabay
Lois Huldin
Brian & Cori Humes
Gale Hurd
Carol & Graeme Hutcheon
Robert & Martha Ide
Paul & Peggy Irons
Alan & Joanne Irwin
Christopher & Elizabeth Isles
Emily Jackson
Linda Jackson
Penrose & Schuyler Jackson
Willard & Carolyn Jackson
Sandy & Susan Jacobs
Betti & Nelson Jaquay
David & Susan Jenkins
Nancy C. Jerome
Ted Jerome & Lynn Sudlow
Marty & Carolyn Sue Johansen
Rachel Johnson
Tom & Kathy Johnson
Elizabeth Jondro
Nicola & David Jordan
James & Allyn Kahle
Peggy & Andrew Kahn
Ann Karlene &  Stephen Kroll
Chapin Kaynor & Patricia G. Carr
Sharon Kellermann
Robert Ketchum
Dean & Patricia King
Donald & Judith Kinley
Brenda Kissam
Kevin Klamm
Toby Knox & Kathryn Boardman
Victoria Kohler
Yutaka & Kathleen Kono
Clifford Kramer & Michele Chesson
Peter & Ann Kreisel
Gary & Jocelyn Laber
David & Barbara Lacy
Pam Ladds
Liz & Leo Laferriere
Lisa Laird
Rosemary Lalime
Maria & Frank Lamson
Jennifer & William Lane
Mark Langan
Janice Lange & Beverly Nichols ◊
Julie Lannen
Jaime Laredo & Sharon Robinson
Sandra Laserte
Nancy Lasley
Ferdinand & Lyn Lauffer
John & Marian Lawlor
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Ronald & Joan Lazzaro
John Learmonth
Pat Lee
Angela Lennox-Kay
John Leppman
Margaret Leshinski
Bob & Rozenn LeSuer
Andrea and Woodrow Leung
Peter & Mina Levinsky-Wohl
Martin & Barbara LeWinter
Steven Lidle & Nancy Wright
Jonathan Liiamaa
Amy Lilly & Prospero Gogo
James & Joanne Limanek
Todd Lockwood
Marjorie London
John Long & Delight Wing
Gail Lontine
Joan Lorber
Joseph & Camille Lovering
Gail Lynch
Denis & Carolyn Lyster
Stanley & Patricia Mack
Mary & Peter Mackie
William & Alexandra Maclay
Ellen MacLellan
Kristen Westmoreland & Duncan Maio
Cassie Major
Susann Malin
Dana Mann
Kathleen Manning
Maple Capital Management
Paul Gruhler & Jane Marlin
Ruth & Daniel Marquette
Wendy Martin
Mascoma Savings Bank
Hawk & Trowel Restoration and Masonry
Chappy & Margo Matt
Paul & Betty Mayer
Stephen Mayer
Christopher & Ellen McCulloch-Lovell
David & Patricia McGarry
Marianne McGee ◊
Donald McIntyre
Alan McLaine
Angelica McLennan
Debbie Mcleod & Bill Walker
David McNeff
Marilyn McSweeney
Catherine Meholic
Antoinette Mercadante
Nancy & Hardy Merrill
Wolfgang & Barbara Mieder
Edith Miller
Ron Miller
Irene Mitchell
Mojo Cafe
Barrie and John Montross ◊
Keith Moore
Betsy & C. Baird Morgan
Glenn & Betsy Morgan
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A.E. Moseley III
Hans Mueller
Yvonne & Jon Murad
Chic & Pat Murphy
Tom Murphy
Equinox Music
Pamela Myers & Ruth E. Dickey ◊
Paul and Welthy Myers
National Life Group
Neat Repeats Resale Shop, Inc.
Hartley & Virginia Neel
Thomas Neeley
Catherine Nelson ◊
Katharine Nelson
Jeanne Nemlich
Priscilla Nerad
Bonnie Newton
Denise Niemira
Thomas & Barbara O’Brien
Michael & Susan O’Daniel
Herbert Ogden & Catherine Thomas
Nancy & Thomas O’Keeffe
Amy Otten
James & Susan Overfield
Bridget Page
Seth & Kathleen Pajcic
Barbara Parker
Gary & Sylvia Parker
Francis & Arlene Pasley
Passumpsic Savings Bank
Sharon Reich Paulsen
Paw Print & Mail – Catamount Marketing & Promo
Lisa Pawlik & Andrew Rosacker ◊
William & Martha Peck
William Peck
Robert & Ingrid Pels
William & Eileen Perkins
Gregory & Diane Peters
Mark Pfaff
Francis Pinard
Bill & Joannie Pinchbeck
Victor & Suzanne Pisanelli
Ruth Potee
Thomas Powell
Patricia Pranger
Patricia Preseault
Constance J. Price
Bob & Ellie Primeau
Linda & Donovan Quarmby
Alan & Elaine Rashes
RCS Consulting, Inc.
Brian & Holly Reed
Ivanna Reed
Gabe Rice
Keith & Marvelene Richards
Marilyn Richardson
Genevieve Rideout
Patricia Riley
William Riley
Barbara Sofferman
Diane Rippa & David Rome
Steve & Barbara Ritchie
Bill & Sally Rivard
Rhonda Rivers
Robert F. Hunsicker Foundation
Norman & Linda Robertson
Sylvia Robison
Andrea Rogers
Valerie Rooney
Virginia Roth
Royer-Camp Insurance, Inc.
Alex Rozek
Bernard Rubenstein
Alan & Cynthia Rubin
Ronald & Nancy Rucker
Ana Ruesink & Andrew Barker
Robin Russell & James Paulsen
Maarten & Sarah van Ryckevorsel
Frederick & Mary-Em Saar ◊
Frank Sadowski & Deborah McGurn
Patricia Sampson
Randy Sargent
Sue Sargent
Bob Sartini & Judy Yogman
George Schenk
Robert & Gail Schermer
Christel Schiffer
George & Jane Schildge
Elaine Schurman
Michael & Mary Scollins
Jocelyn Secker-Walker
Kent Shaw & Jean O’Conor
Jerome Shedd & Lindi Bortney
Del Sheldon
David Shepard & Susan Warren
Susan Shull & Tom Simone
Kirk & Catherine Siano-Goodwin
Stephen & Ann Singiser
Marjorie & Robert Skiff
Douglas Slaybaugh & Nancy Hayes
Charles Slotkin ◊
Ann Smallwood*
Brett & Elisa Smith
Dan & Nancy Smith
Janice Smith & Paul Dye
Marcia Smith
Penny Snow
David  Snyder & Sara Coffey
So Burlington Rotary Charities
Julian Sottovia
Gregory Soukup & Mary Jo Carr
Linda H. Sparks
Douglas & Vivian Spates
Spates Construction, Inc.
Cathleen & Gabriel Stadecker
Julie Cadwallader Staub
Portia Stein
Robert Stevens
Stewart’s Shops
Douglas & Susan Stoehr
Stephanie Stouffer
Linda Studer
Brigid Sullivan
Leslie & Thomas Sullivan
Dennis & Katharine Swanson
Arnie & Sally Tannen ◊
Wallace & Mona Tapia
Target Circle
Jeremiah & Norma Lash Tarr
Christine Tattersall
Kate Taylor
Linnea Taylor
Faith Tempest & Alex Yuster
Becky Temple
The Futureman Fund
David & Frances Thomas
Hilaire Thomas
Linda Thompson
Mary & Harold Tincher
William & Jane Told
Penelope Tompkins
Brian & Elizabeth Topping
Janice & John Tower
Town of Brighton
Town of Charleston
Town of Coventry
Town of Glover
Town of Jay
Town of Lowell
Town of Newark
Town of Troy
Town of Westfield Vermont
Maida Townsend
Jessica Uhler & Paul Malko
Union Bank
Ron & Jan VanMynen
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group
Susan Vicinelli
Adelene Vogel
Luman & Jennifer Wadhams
Tom & Amy Wagner
Janet Wallstein
Natalie Churchill & Wally Wanagaitis
William & Connie Warren
Shelley Watts
Donald and Caroline Weaver
Eric A. Wegar
Suzanne Welch & Bill Watson
Diane Wessel
Gary West
Rep. Richard A. Westman
Arlinda & Timothy Wickland
Sharon Wilson
Winthrop H. Smith Jr. Family Foundation
Susan Wizowaty & Joan Robinson*
Elizabeth Woods
Malcolm & Marjorie Wright
William & Joanna Wright
Jean & Marietta Yeager
Siobhan Young
Peter & Rosemary Zamore
Wendy & Ralph Zimmerman

◊ Fermata Society Member (monthly giving)

* Deceased

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