
Our Generous Donors
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra wishes to thank each contributor to the VSO’s Annual Fund for their outstanding support. The collective vision and generosity of these donors enables the VSO to provide incredible concerts and educational activities year after year. Included are all Annual Fund gifts and pledges received between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019.
Stradivarius Society
($25,000 and up)
Individuals
Anonymous
Connie Jacobson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. McClellan
Mrs. Joan Brock
Susan and David Goode
The Estate of Richard Hudgins
Government, Corporate, and Foundation
Anonymous
Arts Alliance
Christian Broadcasting Network
City of Norfolk
City of Virginia Beach
F. Ludwig Diehn Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Rebuild! VA
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
The Camp Foundation
TowneBank
United Way of South Hampton Roads
US Small Business Administration
Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission
Virginia Commission for the Arts
Crescendo Society
($15,000 – $24,999)
Individuals
Diane and Bob Petterson
F. Blair and Jane S. Wimbush
Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Cooper
Ms. Christina L. Goode and Ms. Martha M. Goode
Government, Corporate, and Foundation
Caren Kaplan And Richard Seidel Charitable Fund
CBRE
James M. Willcox Memorial Fund
League of American Orchestras
PNC Bank
JoAnn Falletta Society
($10,000-$14,999)
Individuals
Bradley Family Fund
Daniel and Ingrid Jones Family Foundation
Garland Tillery and Jim Early
Jane and Win Short
Leslie H. Friedman
Lilly and Bruce Bradley
Mr. James A. Hixon
Mr. Larry J. Kohmescher
Ms. Carole Borjes Boone
Oriana McKinnon
The WatsonWalsh Family Fund
Virginia R. Melin
Government, Corporate, and Foundation
Bank of America Corporation
Newport News Arts Commission
Newport News Shipbuilding
Norfolk Southern Matching Gifts
The Helen G. Gifford Foundation
Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management, LLC
Williamsburg Area Arts Commission
Symphony Society
($5,000-$9,999)
Individuals
Anonymous (5)
Aubrey and Peggy Layne
Avraham Ashkenazi
Betty & Jack Shannon Charitable Fund
Brenda Snow and Oliver Portmann
Charla Smith-Worley
David Helfrich
Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Davis
Dr. and Mrs. T.W. Hubbard
Dr. Jean Major
Leigh and Danny McDaniel
Martha Goode and Blair Mielnik
Mr. Albert L. Harris
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Penny
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Howe III
Mrs. Franklin H. Macgregor
Mrs. James W. Gray Jr.
Ms. Cheryl A. Dronzek
Ms. Christina L. Goode
Rear Adm. and Mr. Louise C. Wilmot
Richard Parise and Dori Iwanowski
Ronald and Celia Adolphi
Steve and Lynne Winter
Government, Corporate, and Foundation
Baldwin Advisory
BayPort Credit Union
Birdsong Peanuts
Canon Virginia, Inc.
Carl’s Wash
Cook Foundation
Franklin Southampton Charities
Portsmouth Museum and Fine Arts Commission
Riverside Performing Arts Medicine
Rona And Erwin Drucker Charitable Trust Fund
Rouse-Bottom Foundation
Shearwater Foundation, Inc.
Southeast Virginia Community Foundation
The Trust Company of Virginia
Treble Society
($3,000 – $4,999)
Individuals
Anonymous (2)
Ashlin and Wayne Wilbanks
Bill Martin and Pamela Russell
Bradley and Carolyn Pittman
Caterpillar Foundation
Clay H. Barr
David J. Littley, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Stephens
Drs. Susan Lontkowski and David Feldman
Elaine M. Themo
Erwin B. Nachman
Jim and Helene Haluska
Judge Robert W. Stewart
Leroy and Cora Collins
Louis F. and Prudence H. Ryan
Matthew and Priscilla Scanlon
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Naughton
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Aaron
Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Master, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Winchester
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Sawyer
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Van Buren, lll
Mr. Garrett G. Berger
Mr. Lawrence L. Steingold
Mrs. Eugenia W. Ferrell
Mrs. Fran Pedersen
Mrs. Sandra Armstrong and Mr. Tom Richmond
Ms. Ernestine I. Dole
Ms. Thelma Oser
Page and Virginia Cranford
Parker Councill and Robin Everett
Robert Ake and Joyce Neff
Government, Corporate, and Foundation
Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission
Jo Ann and Buzzy Hofheimer
Suffolk Fine Arts Commission
The Pruden Foundation
York County Arts Commission
Conductor’s Circle
($1,500-$2,999)
Individuals
Allan and Susan Donn
Anonymous
Barbara and Pete Vollmer
Carolyn O’Toole
Cindy and Eddie Russell, Jr.
Dianne Epplein and John Patton
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Coulter
Dr. John MacCormack
Drs. Donald R. and Elyse B. Lehman
Drs. Sarah B. Clarkson and John M. Herre
Eleanor and Henry Watts
Elizabeth L. Young
Florence M. Young and Leonard J. Ballback
James M. George
Jane and Sam Webster
Kathleen W. Kane
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Batten, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick B. McDermott
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Meredith
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Drury
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cashman
Mr. Howard Mandeville and Mrs. Sherill Schneider
Mr. Peter Morford
Mr. Robert F. Amory
Mr. William Drury
Mrs. Ann Farley
Sarah and Bruce Bishop
The Honorable Norman and Susan Olitsky
Tom and Patricia Isenhour
Vanessa Sutherland and Elliot Wolf
W. Lewis and Judith Witt
Government, Corporate, and Foundation
D.B. Ames Charitable Foundation
Eugenia Smith Kennedy Fund
KPMG LLP
The Morningstar Foundation
Tidewater Children’s Foundation
Soloist Circle
($1,000-$1,499)
Individuals
Adeline Ungerman
Betty Levin
Cambridge Charitable Gift Fund
Capt. and Mrs. Anthony Brazas
Captain and Mrs. Keith Larson
Carolyn and Paul Gottlieb
Colin and Patt McKinnon
Daniel J. Hunt and Roderick R. Ingram
David and Julia Pezza
Dennis and Paula Lane
Dr. and Mrs. Adolphus Hailstork
Dr. and Mrs. Donald H. Miller
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Lilly
Dr. and Mrs. H. Robert Schappert
Dr. and Mrs. Mayer G. Levy
Dr. and Mrs. Ray C. Otte
Dr. and Mrs. Roger R. Stenlund
Dr. George C. Sakakini
Dr. Nancy Khardori and Dr. Romesh Khardori
Elizabeth Marshall and George DiFerdinando
Father Nick Redmond
Friends of Jewell
Harry and Pat Haynsworth
Jane Nohava and David Paige
John and Nancy Horgan
Julianna G. Stone
Marc and Terri Kirchner
Mark Sorin, DDS and Linda Ferro
Mickey and Stuart Held
Mr. and Mrs. G. Zeb Holt
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Peltz
Mr. and Mrs. James Jiral
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Guarraia
Mr. and Mrs. Loren M. Evory
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brenner
Mr. and Mrs. McLemore Birdsong, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Connelly
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bradley
Mr. Christian Lange
Mr. Conrad M. Shumadine
Mr. Lehan Crane and Dr. Stephanie Eppinger
Mr. Peter Foster
Mr. Stephen Fisher
Mr. Stuart A. Schwartz and Mrs. Sheila V. Jamison-Schwartz
Mr. William K. Stulb
Mrs. Bess Decker
Mrs. E. Beaumont Hodge, Jr.
Mrs. George Helfrich
Ms. Barbara Fleming
Ms. Carole L. Rekrut
Steven and Joan Marks
Suzanne and Vince Mastracco
Teresa M. Kraus and Walter T. Camp
Government, Corporate, and Foundation
Colonial Downs Wagering Facility
Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond
East Beach Institute
Japan Virginia Society
McGuire Woods
Warden Family Foundation
Concertmaster Circle
($500 – $999)
Individuals
Allan and Harriet Reynolds
Anonymous (5)
Bill and Carole Vogler
Brenda K. Roth
Capt. and Mrs. Robert Swain, USCG
Captain and Mrs. Carl V. Mallett
Cathy and Leroy Williamson
Chris Syllaba
Christopher and Julie Coffing
Clara and William Darden
Dana and Jeff Rosen
David and Celia Jolley
Denise G. Ross
Dorothy P. Grandstaff
Dr. and Mrs. Bishop P. Read
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Conway
Dr. and Mrs. Ivan R. Schiff
Dr. and Mrs. Reuben D. Rohn
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Seeherman
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ruszkowski
Dr. and Mrs. S.W. Berg
Dr. Andrea F. Warren
Dr. John and Debora Mosher
Dr. John Brush and Gay Goldsmith Fund
Dr. Ricardo Moscoso
Dr. Robert E. Howard Jr.
Dr. Thomas C. Phelps
Edward and Eleanor Burchianti
Elise Emanuel and David Scherer
Gordon H. Rheinstrom
Grace & Fred Parkinson
Greg Sanford and Eugenie Anderson
John and Deborah Wyld
John Saunders
Kelly and Tim Faulkner
Kurt R. Reisweber
Lawrence and Charlotte Field
Mac McLoughlin
Martha and John Stewart
Mary S. Delaney
Michelle R. Waterman
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Arba Williamson, III
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Grube
Mr. and Mrs. David K. Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Cole, III
Mr. and Mrs. George Hagans
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kantor
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Roberts, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Halderman
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Powders
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Shriver
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Delevie
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Lynch
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Myers
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Lucas
Mr. and Mrs. Vince Olivieri
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Maybery
Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Judd
Mr. Arthur Fleming
Mr. Burton Bland
Mr. Christopher Hale
Mr. David B Benson
Mr. Joel Clingenpeel
Mr. Michael B. Broadhurst and Mrs. Edna Broadhurst
Mr. Robert A. Baker
Mr. Steven B. Harris
Mr. William R. Schermerhorn
Mr. William Wells
Mrs. Janet Kosidlak
Ms. Anita Moody
Ms. Ann J. Baldwin
Ms. Carolyn Webb
Ms. Elizabeth A. Miklos
Ms. Janie A. Lightbourn
Ms. Marie E Callaham
Ms. Marisa Porto
Nancy Lee Sease
Raymond F. Spencer
Robert and Rose Hill
Robert Hundley Family
S. Catherine Dodson
Stephen A. Davis
Vern and Nancy Barham
Government, Corporate, and Foundation
Bob Spaeth
Creekside Communications, LLC.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Aleck
Sis Nash Memorial Fund Hampton Roads CommunitFoundation
Tidewater Jewish Foundation
Orchestra Circle
($250-$499)
Individuals
Al and Judi Riutort
Alice A. Clarke
Alice and Kent Herring
Allen and Glenis Shaffer
Ann & Phelps Pennington
Ann Prince
Anonymous (3)
Barbara and Keith Byers
Bart and Peg Crews
Blythe and Simon Scott
Bob and Aleene Rose
Brent and Kathy Kornman
Bryan and Susan Lilley
Capt. and Mrs. James G. Burritt
Captain and Mrs. Channing M. Zucker
Charlotte Elia
Christine and Colby Cooper
Col. Chuck B. Kenison
Col. Ralph E. Barrows and Mrs. Barbara Barrows
Dee and Ron Shaw
Donna and Jeffrey Van Keuren
Dorothy Cole
Dr. and Mrs. Albert Konikoff
Dr. and Mrs. David L. Kreger
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Biernacki
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Brewer
Dr. and Mrs. Lanny Hinson
Dr. and Mrs. T. Winston Gouldin
Dr. and Mrs. William R. Cooper
Dr. Anna Schwarz-Miller and Mr. Manfred Schwarz
Dr. Charles Curran Jr.
Dr. Fred Crum and Dr. Martha Guyon
Dr. John Rehder and Shirley Rehder
Dr. Patrick and Mrs. Erin Gerbus
Dr. Richard Bush
Dr. Susan and Mr. Edward Jones
Drs. Robert and Janet Dingman
Ed Goerge and Karen Pearson
Evelyn Knox
Frank and Gloria Gurdziel
George and Ann Lee
Ira and Jean Steingold
James and Emily McDaniel
Jeffry and Margaret Rosner
Jim and Bunny Neff
Joan Ladd and Jim Hurst
John and Jeanne Bowers
John Page Garrett
Judith Marx
Kay Stovall
L. Clay Beall, III
Larry and Donna Kumjian
Linda and Oliver Todd
Louise Wilcoxon
Marilyn and Ray Gindroz
Michael P. Armstrong and Dawn M. Beam
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Armfield
Mr. and Mrs. David Wick
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Lowry
Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Todd
Mr. and Mrs. James Easton
Mr. and Mrs. John Antoun
Mr. and Mrs. John McAvoy
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan G. Buck
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kearney
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Walter
Mr. and Mrs. Mannie Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Nickerson
Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Fashing
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Homa
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Corey
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. O’Hanlon
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Laibstain
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney N. Bencks
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley G. Barr Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Buxbaum
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart E. Katz
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Swilley
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Zirpoli
Mr. and Mrs. Van Reading
Mr. and Mrs. William Beckstoffer II
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Hunter
Mr. Edward S. Bosko
Mr. James Muir
Mr. Kerry Prewitt
Mr. LJ Richman
Mr. Mark Goldstein
Mr. Moncure Chatfield-Taylor
Mr. Nicholas Wheeler
Mr. Tom Vojtek
Mr. William H. Turner and Mrs. Jennifer Stern
Mrs. Clara Warren
Mrs. Hilah C. Steenrod and Mr. Charles W. Steenrod
Mrs. John Settle
Mrs. Joyce Auchincloss
Mrs. Lana Butler
Ms. Cherie James
Ms. Ina D. Levy and Mr. Richard Staub
Ms. Linda A. Linzey
Ms. Louise Nagourney
Ms. Louise Pesnicak
Ms. Marie J. Laubach
Ms. Sadie Boyer
Ms. Shirley Battaglini
Ms. V.A. Parodi
Ms. Valerie Smith
Ms. Victoria Curtis
Patricia Arant
Polly A. Lasich
Ray and Jane Hanson
Reed and Karen Nester
Rev. Alan and Pat Mead
Richard and Mary Beauchamp
Richard and Susan Wilmoth
Richard W. Hudgins
Robert and Susan Hynick
Sam and Mary Liz Sadler
Stanley and Linda Samuels
Stephen and Kim Hall
Susanne and Jack Wood
The Alan and Esther Fleder Foundation
The Lavier Family
Upstaging Realty
Walter and Marilyn Schmid
William D. and Joy M. Bankart
William Trimble
Wolf and Mimi Koenig
Wolfgang and Carol Wawersik
Government, Corporate and Foundation
Benevity
E.J. Dempsey Fund
Norfolk Southern – Good Government Fund
S. L. Nusbaum Insurance Agency Inc.
While great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this list, mistakes can happen. We sincerely regret any omissions or inaccuracies, and we ask that you please contact the Development Office at 757.213.1417 to report any errors as it is important that our records accurately reflect your giving. Thank you!
*Deceased