The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra is extremely grateful for our extraordinary donors who continue to generously support our mission to inspire, entertain and educate through live, professional, community-connected orchestral programming.
Donations are reflective of those who have made cash donations between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.
VISIONARY $50,000 and above
MAESTRO $35,000 to $49,999
Matt and Kathleen Davis
Carolyn Klender
Offield Family Foundation
VIRTUOSO $25,000 to $34,999
Wally and Bob Klein
CONCERTMASTER $15,000 – $24,999
David and Connie Donovan
Dr. Robert and Alice Pattengale
Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation
Mason and Lynne Rosenthal
PRINCIPAL $10,000 to $14,999
Carla and Michael Miller
Charles M. and Joan R. Taylor Foundation
Kathy and Jim Schroeder
Maggie Stewart
Dr. William and Betty Wadland
ORCHESTRA $5,000 to $9,999
Dr. Robert and Anna Rita Barron
Norma Brown
Charlevoix County Community Foundation
Jim Graves
Louis and Dawn Marie Kasischke
Karen and Bill Schuiling
Tom and Carol Titcomb
AMBASSADOR $3,000 to $4,999
Chris and Mike Bartlett
Neil and Marsha Bidwell
Gay Cummings
Bruce and Joyce Herbert
Ann K. Irish
Paul Knapp
Janet Paulikas
PATRON $1,500 to $2,999
John and Beth Baravetto
Al and Jane Damschroder
Karen Butler-Dlouhy and Thomas Dlouhy
Bill and Elizabeth Hicklen
Dave and Ellen Kendall
Anonymous
Drs. Russell and Suzanne Labeau
Wynne and Kevan Lawlor
Betsy and Hal Lawrence
Fred and Barbara Malpass
sujo Offield
Dr. Libor and Andrea Ondras
Andries Ruijssenaars
Sharon Schappacher
Lorraine Lund and Randy Seiss
Dibby and Scott Smith
Stafford and Janice Smith
Gary and Susan Stewart
Jan and Ken Stewart
Onalee Wilson
Dr. Louis and Mary Jane Zako
SUPPORTER $1,000 to $1,499
Neil and Liz Ahrens
Hildegard and Dean Bonesteel
Pier and Renee Borra
Dr. Brian and Maureen Burkey
David and Barbara Buzzelli
Jim and Mary Daniels
Barbara Dau and Bart English
Mary Erickson
Bill and Greta Gappy
John and Meg Brodie-Ideker
Irish Boat Shop
Steven and Kathie Libert
Linda Longworth
Robert and Debra Monroe
David and Ingrid Nedwick
Marge Parmenter
David Robinson
Edward and Karla Stokel
Lisa and Howard Ungerleider
Willem and Patti Van Der Have
Rachel Votruba
Paul and Linda Weston
Hal and Gail Willens
FAMILY $500 to $999
JD Friley and Kathy Ackerman
Marcia Ames
Shirley Anderson
Lois A. Aroian
Caroline Bacon
Kathy and Steve Biggs
Lois and Tony Blumka
Barbara Butler
Walt and Nancy Byers
Judith Connett
John Lehman and Maureen Delaney-Lehman
Ted and Marilyn Dumbauld
Gary and Denise Fate
Dr. Mary Yurko and Mark Gurney
Renee Herzing
Perry and Rich Hodgson
Barbara and Jerome Hoganson
Elizabeth Kirby and Michael Barrett
Charlotte Koger
Connie Landis
Phyllis Ledyard
John McLeod and Josette Lory
Lyric Theater
Barrie Bates and Jamie MacKenzie
Marana Webber Tost Charitable Fund
John and Mary Merrill
Mike and Barbara Nigro
Jeff Pagel
Casey Robards and Tony Patterson
Jeff Kozisek and Kassia Perpich
Jeanne and Dennis Phelps
Paul Fellows and Charlotte Rakich
C. Allyn and Josephine Robinson
Bill Shelton
Carrie and Dick Smith
Verle Hansen and Cheryl Staats
Clifford and Lucia Storr
Raymond and Teri Stout
John and Tracy Texter
Kathleen and Frank Thometz
Philip and Rachel Thornton
Jonathan and Marie Wayman
FRIEND $250 to $499
Arts Midwest
Thomas and Leah Biggs
Paul and Lisa Blanchard
John R. Bradbury
Elizabeth Carpenter
Mark and Callie Celichowski
Janet Chambers
Polly Winterbottom Cheney
Kathy and Don Duquette
Jill and John Failey
Jane Figueiredo
Kelly and David Flynn
Nancy Frasch
Chip and Jean Frentz
Brenda Frey
Tim Furrow
Fred and Kay Geuder
William and Joan Hartwig
Bill and Linda Henry
Jessica Heston
Margo Hodder
Jim and Fran Kochensparger
JoAnna Kolodziej
Bill Laitner
Christine Larsen
Jeanine Larsen
Gary and Annette Malkus
Michele Montague and John McCutcheon
Dr. Johnna Driscoll and Mark Mercer
Cathy and Dave Meyer
Valerie Meyerson
Marlene Murpy
Mark and Juanita Nestor
Dr. Jeff and Nancy Porter
John and Jan Ramsey
Dave and Chris Scharrer
Mary Puls and Lewis Schlanbusch
Stefan and Kim Scholl
Marcia Shattuck
Doug and Maggie Stolberg
Patrick Stonehouse
Joe and Gail Tomlinson
Robert Harold and Nannie Turrell
Michaeleen and Keith Williams
Lisa Albregts
Denise Antonishen
Susan Auten
Heidi Marshall and Tom Bailey
Sandra Baldwin
Roberta Barger
Virginia Berberian
Ann Marie Beyers
Joe Blachy
Heidi Black
Edward Blanch
Andy and Mary Bowman
Michelle and Ed Boyer
Kayla Briggs
Bill and Julia Bugera
Robert Busch
Dorothy Byers
Jim and Carole Carroll
Don and Sarah Cohen
Steven and Amy Cross
Victoria Curtis
Melvin and Mary Ann Czechowski
Tracy Datlen
Kate and Bob Denten
Mary Driggs
Tim and Nancy Dykstra
Miranda Fisher
Cheryl and Dean Fleury
Lynda and Jeff Ford
Elizabeth Frey
Raymond and Rita Gaynor
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Gietzen
Linda Guthrie
Lynn Hansen
Michelle and Karl Hansen
Carl and Grace Hawkins
Frank and Dottie Hawthorne
Dale and Diane Herder
Mark Heydlauff
Patti and Joe Higgins
COMMUNITY $50 to $249
Alison and Chris Hill
Pam and Sam Himmelrich
Pat Hoffman
Pauline K. Hudson
Dale and Ruth Ann Hull
Peggy Hull
Cecilia Johnston
Bob Kammeraad
Greg Keith
Bill and Gina Keough
John and Kerry Keyser
Kathleen Kikendall
Lonhilt Klose
Ken and Nancy Koski
Gail Kozlowski
Ward Lamphere
Scott and Cynthia Langton
Diane and Larry LaPointe
Colleen LaRose
Allen and Debra Larson
Richard and Judy Leonard
Elena Coppola and Tim Lequier
Janis Braun-Levine and Fred Lavine
Cecille and Tom Lindgren
Dave and Sara Loyet
Bill Lychuk and Joan March
Phyllis and Bill Marshall
Sophie McGee
Sandy and Diane McLeod
Jim and Diane McMahon
John and Nancy Miett
Dr. Jane Miller
Josh Miller
Mr. and Mrs. James and Michelle Mitchum
Chris and Lisa Morley
Jan and Bo Morley
Ruth Mueller
Carolyn Navarre
Nancy Newman
Maureen Nicholson
Katharine Nielsen
Gary and Darlene Nordberg
Barbara Nichols O’Hara
Dr. H. Ted and Lori Pall
David Antonioni and Robin Pettersen
Chris Pigorsh
Louise Pollie
Henry Leroy Pulaski
Myra and Tom Rhoades
Howard Richards
John and Deborah Rohe
Jillena Rose
Carol Ross
Jan Salisbury
Ralph and Kathleen Scafuri
James and Ann Scott
Jeanette Segel
Suzanne Shumway
Robert and Karen Smahay
Elaine Smiley
Ms. Carolyn Smith
Kalmin and Marsha Smith
Solomon and Deborah Smith
Steve and Julie Spencer
Jane and Paul Stewart
Garry and Marcia Sumerix
Dr. Rachel and Dan Sytsma-Reed
James Taup
Elizabeth Teasdale
Naomi Tolley
Julian and Sissy Van Winkle III
Carole Vial
Bridget Waldvogel
Holly and Chris Wampler
Wendy Warren
Kay and Bruce Wasilewski
Carolyn Whittle
Patricia Wimmer
Anna and John Young
Joan and Richard Zech
Tom and Cindy Zipp
