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, 2024 and March 31, 2025.
VISIONARY $50,000 and above
Michigan Arts & Culture Council
MAESTRO $35,000 to $49,999
Carolyn Klender
Offield Family Foundation
VIRTUOSO $25,000 to $34,999
Mason and Lynne Rosenthal
CONCERTMASTER $15,000 – $24,999
Matt and Kathleen Davis
Bob and Wally Klein
Nancy Monroe
Robert and Alice Pattengale
PRINCIPAL $10,000 to $14,999
David and Connie Donovan
Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area
Community Foundation
ORCHESTRA $5,000 to $9,999
Robert and Anna Rita Barron
Norma Brown
Bill and Greta Gappy
Jim Graves
Louis and Dawn Marie Kasischke
Kathy and Jim Schroeder
Bill and Betty Wadland
AMBASSADOR $3,000 to $4,999
Arts Midwest
Neil and Marsha Bidwell
Mary Erickson
Ann Irish
National Endowment for the Arts
David and Joan Robinson
PATRON $1,500 to $2,999
Lois A. Aroian
David and Barbara Buzzelli
Dan and Linda CasaSanta
Gay Cummings
Karen Butler-Dlouhy and Thomas Dlouhy
Bruce and Joyce Herbert
John and Meg Ideker
Irish Boat Shop
Dave and Ellen Kendall
Drs. Russell and Suzanne LaBeau
Fred and Barbara Malpass
Michigan Humanities Council
David and Ingrid Nedwick
Robert Nicholson
Janet Paulikas
Shary and Matt Price
Sharon Schappacher
Lorraine Lund and Randy Seiss
Dibby and Scott Smith
Gary and Susan Stewart
Louis and Mary Jane Zako
SUPPORTER $1,000 to $1,499
Anonymous
John and Beth Baravetto
Pier and Renee Borra
Charlevoix County Community
Foundation
Al and Jane Damschroder
Jim and Mary Daniels
Barbara Dau and Bart English
Balky and Patti Grannis
Bill and Elizabeth Hicklen
Paul Knapp
sujo Offield
Carrie and Dick Smith
Stafford and Janice Smith
Maggie Stewart
Edward and Karla Stokel
Willem and Patti Van Der Have
Paul and Linda Weston
FAMILY $500 to $999
Barbara Butler
Kate and Bob Denten
Chip and Jean Frentz
Brenda Frey
Perry and Rich Hodgson
Robert Kammeraad
Charlotte Koger
Connie Landis
Maureen Delaney-Lehman and
John Lehman
Steven and Kathie Libert
Marana Webber Tost Charitable Fund
Michele Montague and John McCutcheon
John and Mary Merrill
Dr. Libor and Andrea Ondras
Marge Parmenter
Bill Shelton
Jan and Ken Stewart
Clifford and Lucia Storr
Philip and Rachel Thornton
Jill Whelan
Hal and Gail Willens
Sharon and John Zimmerman
FRIEND $250 to $499
JD Friley and Kathy Ackerman
Shirley Anderson
Heidi Marshall and Tom Bailey
Chris and Mike Bartlett
Kathy and Steve Biggs
Paul and Lisa Blanchard
Hildegard and Dean Bonesteel
Andy and MaryD Bowman
John R. Bradbury
Edie Brown
Maureen and Brian Burkey
Jim and Connie Burt
Walt and Nancy Byers
Steven and Amy Cross
David and Teresa Crouse
Mike and Rhea Dow
Nancy Frasch
Fred and Kay Geuder
William and Joan Hartwig
Dale and Diane Herder
Pam and Sam Himmelrich
Margo Hodder
Barbara and Jerome Hoganson
Betsy and Hal Lawrence
Phyllis Ledyard
Barrie Bates and Jamie MacKenzie
Mark and Juanita Nestor
Katharine Nielsen
Greg Renker
Stefan and Kim Scholl
Verle Hansen and Cheryl Staats
Raymond and Teri Stout
Holly Wampler
Kay and Bruce Wasilewski
Nancy Foults Adams
Kirk McKenney and Eliece Aiman
Laurie Angell
Sandra Baldwin
Joe Blachy
Julia and Bill Bugera
Richard Cicone and Carolyn Burke
Robert Busch
Dorothy Byers
Elizabeth Carpenter
Glen and Pam Carpenter
Jim and Carole Carroll
Janet Chambers
Ruth and Bob Chapman
Polly Cheney
Don and Sarah Cohen
Raymond Cooper
Melvin Czechowski
Bob and Sue Davis
Ted and Marilyn Dumbauld
Jody Ewbank
Gary and Denise Fat
Wendy Fershee
Cheryl and Dean Fleury
Elizabeth Frey
Darwin and Rita Gilbert
Brenda and Bill Green
Lois and David Hager
Hameister Family Fund
Lynn Hansen
Laura Hartner
Carl and Grace Hawkins
Pauline K Hudson
Joyce Hutton-Nolan
Patrick and Ann Hylant
Steven and Barbara Jaquith
Cecelia Johnston
John and Kerry Keyser
COMMUNITY $50 to $249
Cara and Sam Kingrey
Jim and Fran Kochensparger
JoAnna Kolodziej
Ken and Nancy Koski
Gail Kozlowski
Bill Laitner
Diane Lake
Ward Lamphere
Charles and Jocelyn Lapo
Allen and Debra Larson
R Sam Larson
Cheryl Leach
Sally and Jeffrey Leinicke
Karen Lett
Sara and David Loyet
Sue and Jim Mabee
Scott and Jane MacKenzie
Georgia Marsh
Linda Mulka Mattson
Anne McDevitt
Sophie McGee
Valerie Meyerson
John and Nancy Miett
Dr. Jane Millar
Chris and Liisa Morley
Jan Morley
Ruth Mueller
Marlene Murphy
Carolyn Navarre
Maureen Nicholson
William and Judith Niksc
Gary and Darlene Nordberg
Julie and Larry Obrian
Ann and Patrick O’Brien
Richard and Linda O’Leary
Dr. H. Ted and Lori Pall
David Antonioni and Robin Pettersen
Jeanne and Dennis Phelps
Marjorie Phillips
Claire Pinkerton
Dr. Jeff and Nancy Porter
Henry Leroy Pulaski
Charlotte Rakich
John and Jan Ramsey
Jane and Jim Rodgers
Andries Ruijssenaars
Bill and Jan Salisbury
Ralph and Kathleen Scafuri
Dave and Chris Scharrer
Mary Puls and Lewis Schlanbusch
Sharon Schurman
James and Ann Scott
Louis and Christine Seno
Marcia Shattuck
Suzanne Shumway
Elaine Smiley
Dan Buday and Deborah Smith
Solomon and Deborah Smith
Nancy Stagnitta
Patrick Stonehouse
James and Elise Straus
James Taup
Naomi Tolley
Joe and Gail Tomlinson
Julian and Sissy Van Winkle III
Collette VandenBerg
Carole Vial
James and Rachel Votruba
Carolyn Whittle
John and Jean Wickett
Gussie Williams
Michaeleen Williams
Roger and Kay Winslow
Ken Winter
Anna and John Young
Pahl Zinn
