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Our Donors

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 July 1, 2025 and July 31, 2026.
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VISIONARY $50,000 and above

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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

Ambassador Ronald Weiser and Barrie Bender

CONCERTMASTER $15,000 – $24,999

Carla and Michael Miller

National Endowment for the Arts

Mason and Lynne Rosenthal

Maggie Stewart

 

PRINCIPAL $10,000 to $14,999

Pier and Renee Borra

Charles M. and Joan R. Taylor

Foundation, Inc.

David and Connie Donovan

Petoskey Harbor Springs Area

Community Foundation

Paul Knapp and Hope Van Dyne

Kathy and Jim Schroeder

 

ORCHESTRA $5,000 to $9,999

Dr. Robert and Anna Rita Barron

Neil and Marsha Bidwell

Hilde and Dean Bonesteel

Norma Brown

Bill and Greta Gappy

Bruce and Joyce Herbert

Louis and Dawn Marie Kasischke

Dr. Libor and Andrea Ondras

Dr. Robert and Alice Pattengale

Debbie and Randall Price

Karen and Bill Schuiling

Dr. William and Betty Wadland

 

AMBASSADOR $3,000 to $4,999

David and Barbara Buzzelli

Charlevoix County Community

Foundation

Jim Graves

Marge Parmenter

Janet Paulikas

James and Sarah Rogers

Andries Ruijssenaars

Jonathan and Marie Wayman

 

PATRON $1,500 to $2,999

Anonymous

Anonymous

John and Beth Baravetto

Chris and Mike Bartlett

Barrie Bates and Jamie MacKenzie

Walt and Nancy Byers

Judith Connett

Gay Cummings

Al and Jane Damschroder

Maria and Zenas Dickinson

Suzanne Engle

Bill and Elisabeth Hicklen

Dave and Ellen Kendall

Drs. Russell and Suzanne LaBeau

Wynne and Kevan Lawlor

Betsy and Hal Lawrence

Lorraine Lund

Fred and Barbara Malpass

sujo Offield

Shary and Matt Price

Sharon Schappacher

Bill Shelton

Dibby and Scott Smith

Stafford and Janice Smith

Gary and Susan Stewart

Hal and Gail Willens

Onalee Wilson

Dr. Louis and Mary Jane Zako

SUPPORTER  $1,000 to $1,499

Neil and Liz Ahrens

Kayla Briggs

Dr. Brian and Maureen Burkey

Barbara Dau and Barton English

Mary Erickson

Paul Fellows and Charlotte Rakich

Perry and Rich Hodgson

Barbara and Jerome Hoganson

Ann K Irish

Matthew Kelly

Charlotte Koger

Linda Longworth

Tanya and Joe Matthews

Don and Robin McCarty

Robert and Debra Monroe

Dirk Mosis

Nancy Newman

Jan Salisbury

John and Sunny Sapiente

Jan and Ken Stewart

Edward and Karla Stokel

Cordelia Sweetland

Tom and Carol Titcomb

Lisa and Howard Ungerleider

Patti and Willem Van Der Have

Rachel Votruba

Paul and Linda Weston

 

FAMILY  $500 to $999

Marcia Ames

Lois A Aroian

Jane and Bob Bauer

Kathy and Steve Biggs

Paul and Lisa Blanchard

Lois and Tony Blumka

Barbara Butler

Anne Chaffee

Carol Cumbaa

John Lehman and Maureen

Delaney-Lehman

Drs. Johnna Driscoll and Mark Mercer

Ted and Marilyn Dumbauld

Jane Figueiredo

Nancy Frasch

Balky and Patti Grannis

Dr. Mary Yurko and Mark Gurney

Verle Hansen and Cheryl Staats

David Hemmings

Renee Herzing

Margo Hodder

Irish Boat Shop

Connie Landis

Cynthia and Scott Langton

Steven and Kathie Libert

John McLeod and Josette Lory

Marana Webber Tost Charitable Fund

Nancy Merle

Valerie Meyerson

Jeff and Anne Miller

Marlene Murphy

Mike and Barbara Nigro

Chris and Grace Olson

Jeff Pagel

Casey Robards and Tony Patterson

Stephanie and Rob Pickens

John and Jan Ramsey

C. Allyn and Josephine Robinson

Clifford and Lucia Storr

Raymond and Teri Stout

John and Tracy Texter

Kathleen and Frank Thometz

Naomi Tolley

  

FRIEND  $250 to $499

Shirley Anderson

George and Linda Armstrong

Caroline Bacon

Thomas and Leah Biggs

Joe Blachy

Michelle and Ed Boyer

John R. Bradbury

John and Meg Ideker

Elizabeth Carpenter

Mark and Annamarie Cassis

Polly Cheney

Paige Crim

Victoria Curtis

Kathy and Don Duquette

Jill and John Failey

Gary and Denise Fate

Kelly and David Flynn

Chip and Jean Frentz

Brenda Frey

Tim Furrow

Dawn Garber

Fred and Kay Geuder

Rafina Grove

Linda Guthrie

William and Joan Hartwig

Bill and Linda Henry

Jessica Heston

Patti and Joe Higgins

Stephen Kinney

Jim and Fran Kochensparger

Bill Laitner

Christine Larsen

Jeanine Larsen

Phyllis Ledyard

Karen Quenneville and David Ligotti

Gary and Annette Malkus

Heidi Marshall and Tom Bailey

Joy and Dave McBride

John and Mary Merrill

Cathy and Dave Meyer

John McCutcheon and

Michele Montague

David and Ingrid Nedwick

Mark and Juanita Nestor

Barbara Nichols O’Hara

Betsy and Brad Petersen

Jeanne and Dennis Phelps

Chris McElroy and Chris Pigorsh

Dr. Jeff and Nancy Porter

Gretchen Pretty

Howard Richards

John and Deborah Rohe

William Santos and Brian Babbitt

Hilary Barrett and Robert Scarrow

Dave and Chris Scharrer

Mary Puls and Lewis Schlanbusch

Stefan and Kim Scholl

Kristin Selvala

Marcia Shattuck

Solomon and Deborah Smith

Paul and Ingrid Tomey

Joe and Gail Tomlinson

Robert Harold and Nannie Turrell

Kay and Bruce Wasilewski

Kurt and Phoebe Wietzke

Michaeleen and Keith Williams

Anna and John Young

Tom and Cindy Zipp

 

COMMUNITY  $50 to $249

Kirk McKinney and Eliece Aiman

Lisa Albregts

Denise Antonishen

Susan Auten

Roberta Barger

Nancy and Paul Barker

Earl and Sherry Bash

Virginia Berberian

Ann Marie Beyers

Edward Blanch

Leslie Borsuk

Andy and MaryD Bowman

Judith Bryan

Bill and Julia Bugera

Dorothy Byers

Susan Carnes

Jim and Carole Carroll

William and Sandra Cicciarelli

Barbara Claggett

Peter Clermont

Don and Sarah Cohen

Dr. Deanna Klosinski and William Collins

Nancy Cook

Steven and Amy Cross

Melvin and Mary Ann Czechowski

Tracy Datlen

Gary Douglas

Mary Driggs

Shelli Duff

Tim and Nancy Dykstra

Miranda Fisher

Cheryl and Dean Fleury

Lynda and Jeff Ford

Andrea and John Allen Franciscus

Elizabeth Frey

Kathleen and Ralph Galbraith

Andrea Garbula

Raymond and Rita Gaynor

Lynn Hansen

Michelle and Karl Hansen

Laura Hartner

Carl and Grace Hawkins

Frank and Dottie Hawthorne

Dale and Diane Herder

Mark Heydlauff

Alison and Chris Hill

Pauline K Hudson

Dale and Ruth Ann Hull

Peggy Hull

Richard and Sandra Ivan

Steve and Barbara Jaquith

Kerry John

Cecelia Johnston

Bob Kammeraad

Jan Kasperbauer

Greg Keith

Bill and Gina Keough

John and Kerry Keyser

Kathleen Kikendall

Elizabeth Kirby

Marcy Kirksey

Lonhilt Klose

Jim and Kathleen Kolka

Ken and Nancy Koski

Mark and Beth Koster

Gail Kozlowski

Ward Lamphere

Diane and Larry LaPointe

Colleen LaRose

Richard and Judy Leonard

Elena Coppola and Tim Lequier

Janis Braun-Levine and Fred Levine

Cecille and Tom Lindgren

James Line

Linda and Kip Linklater

Charlie and Kate MacInnis

Joan March and Bill Lychuk

Phyllis and Bill Marshall

Sophie McGee

Sandy and Diane McLeod

Jim and Diane McMahon

John and Nancy Miett

Dr. Jane Millar

Carol and Thomas Miller

Josh Miller

James and Michelle Mitchum

James and Susan Monton

Chris and Liisa Morley

Jan and Bo Morley

Ruth Mueller

Carolyn Navarre

Maureen Nicholson

Dr. H. Ted and Lori Pall

David Antonioni and Robin Pettersen

Sue Luttmann and John Pickering

Louise Pollie

Henry Leroy Pulaski

Karen Ragland

Myra and Tom Rhoades

Carol Ross

Ralph and Kathleen Scafuri

James and Ann Scott

Jeanette Segel

Laura Seiss

Margaret Seroppian

Suzanne Shumway

Robert and Karen Smahay

Nancy and Peter Smith

Kalmin and Marsha Smith

Lois and Roger Spaulding

Steve and Julie Spencer

John Stakoe

Glenn Stevens

Jane and Paul Stewart

Garry and Marcia Sumerix

Dr. Rachel Sytsma-Reed and Dan Reed

Elizabeth Teasdale

Philip and Rachel Thornton

Eric Thuma

Julian and Sissy Van Winkle III

Carole Vial

Holly and Chris Wampler

Don and Sue Warren

Carolyn Whittle

Patricia Wimmer

Ken Winter

Joan and Richard Zech

Ellen Zienert

Sierra Watson

Bassoon

Sierra Watson is pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts in Bassoon Performance at Michigan State University under the instruction of Michael Kroth. Currently based in East Lansing, Michigan; she frequently appears with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, and will serve as Second Bassoon of the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra beginning July 2026. In addition to performing, Sierra also maintains a private bassoon studio of middle and high school students from mid-Michigan and is the coach of the Spartan Youth Wind Symphony bassoon section. She earned her Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance from Ball State University in 2021 and her Master of Music in Bassoon Performance from Michigan State University in 2023. While at Ball State, she was the winner of the 2019-2020 Undergraduate Concerto Competition. During her time at Michigan State, she has been a member of the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Chamber Winds, and the Goat Rodeo Reed Quintet. Her primary teachers include Michael Kroth, Keith Sweger, and Bill Jobert. When she is not playing bassoon or making reeds, you can find her spending lots of quality time with her pet rabbit Stevie.

VERN CAMPBELL

Co-Principal Trumpet

Vern is Co-Principal Trumpet in the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra (GLCO).  Vern studied trumpet with Dr. Dennis Horton, trumpet professor at Central Michigan University while in high school and later as a university student.  Before obtaining his doctorate degree at Michigan State University and completing a medical residency in ophthalmology, Vern performed two years with the Blue Water International Symphony.  Vern relocated to Petoskey in 2000 and continued his trumpet studies with Scott Thornburg, professor of trumpet at Western Michigan University. He joined the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra in 2012 and eagerly anticipates each performance. He especially enjoys playing with the orchestra’s brass quintet. Vern enjoys visiting his wife’s family and friends in Shanghai and traveling throughout China. He is an avid cyclist and skier.

Eric Lawson

Assistant Concertmaster

Violinist, violist, conductor and professor Dr. Eric Lawson has had a varied career in performance and education. Past performances as a conductor, soloist and lecturer have taken him to Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, Romania and Scandinavia. Before returning to his home state of Michigan, he was based in North Dakota where, in addition to serving as a violin instructor at Bismarck State College, Jamestown College, and the University of Mary, he was also concertmaster of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra and established the Bismarck-Mandan Youth Symphony. Other former academic appointments have included Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Central College in Pella, Iowa and the University of North Dakota where he founded the string program and the UND Chamber Orchestra.

Here in Michigan, Dr. Lawson as been very active with the Alpena Symphony Orchestra as its concertmaster, conductor and president of the board. He also performs with many other orchestras in Northern Michigan and participates in the Traverse Symphony as a first violinist, in the Gaylord Symphony as concertmaster and as assistant concertmaster in the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra.

And finally, in what has been one of the most important experiences of his life outside of music, he also served almost four years as an Alpena County Commissioner, representing Ossineke and Sanborn Townships. In addition to serving as chair of the Salary and Personnel Committee, he also served on the Airport, Ambulance, District Court, Circuit Court Management and Jail Committees. He also represented Alpena County in Gaylord with the Northern Michigan Regional Entity Substance Use Disorder Board and continues to serve on the Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Board. Dr. Lawson resides in Ossineke with his wife and two children.