Donor Lists
As of August 1, 2024
Our sincere appreciation goes out to each donor and volunteer who supports the Victoria Symphony and the Foundation for the Victoria Symphony. Every contribution, whether of time or treasure, holds great significance. Your invaluable support is the cornerstone of our success – we truly couldn’t do it without you. Thank you.
Conductor’s Circle
Benefactors ($25,000+)
Anonymous (2)
Brian Butler † ∞
Hugh Davidson Fund ◊
Jim & Betty Hesser
Petra Janusas & Bill Majercsik †
Robert & Devi Jawl Foundation
Sandra Lackenbauer † ∞ ◊
Joan C. McCarter Foundation ◊
John H. McEown Family Trust † ◊
The Potash Family Foundation
Terry Scandrett & Angela Bassage †
Helen Stuart & Bob Hoogendoorn** Mozart Fund † ◊
Julie & Harry Swain † ∞
Foundation for the Victoria Symphony
Sapphire Baton ($17,500+)
Barb & Steve McKerrell †
Diamond Baton ($10,000+)
Anonymous in memory of Eric Adler
A&A King Family Foundation
The Christopher Foundation
Dr. Fritz** & Dora Boehm
Tom de Faye in memory of Valerie Raymond †
Commodore & Mrs. Jan Drent
G.F. “Pat” Dunn Family Fund ◊
Tony & Laura Gage
A. Jill Gibson † ∞
John** & Gabrielle Goudy
Grace Kamitakahara
Jim & Penelope Kingham †
George Lovick
John & Carole MacDonald Legacy Fund ◊
Lesley Marshall †
Deb McKinley
Sara Neely †
Shane & Christine O’Leary
Jon O’Riordan
Robert J. Peck & E. Lorraine Peck Fund ◊
Linda Pendray
Don & Marlene Recchi ◊
Suzanne & John Stewart †
Millingtons: Trustees of The Lou Williamson Scholarship Fund
Natexa Verbrugge
Platinum Baton ($5,000+)
Anonymous (2)
Barbara & John Barton ◊
Carol Bellringer & Greg Doyle
Reg & Susan Bird
Roger J. Bishop Legacy Fund ◊
Jack Boomer & Stephen Hammond
R. Boyes & G. Wilson Fund ◊
Cathy Christopher
Dr. Wendy A. Clay
Glenna Duguid
Lois Fuse
Jade Gan
Ann Gibson
Cary & Rob Gillespie
Leslie & Murray Glazier Victoria
Symphony Young Musicians Fund ◊
Jan & Johanna Grootwassink †
Joe & Linda Harvey
Joanie & Kim Hesketh
Alan & Jean Hollingworth
Peter & Sharon Jando
Donald & Roberta Johannessen
Marc & Patricia Lortie †
Thomas Mayne Fund ◊
Tim McGee, KC & Mary Mullens
John Neal
Sheridan Scott & David Zussman †
Gerhard & Ruth Suter ◊
Dr. Patricia Valentine
In memory of Lisa & Jack Valikoski
Barbara Winters
Gold Baton ($2,500+)
Anonymous (1)
Pat & Anne Anderson
Chris Bolt & Paulette Marsollier
Toni Bramley & David Kendall
Aurel & Adele Chanady Fund
Jim & Mertie Ann Chilton Fund
Jennifer Coy in memory of Peter Coy
Mike & Zora Creery
Richard Dingeldein & Ben Brannen
Brenda Eaton & Brent Beach**
Donald N. Gain Fund ◊
Paul Gelpke in memory of Mary
Debbie Gill & Stephen Cushing
Sandra & David Goodwin Fund ◊
Floyd R. Hall Fund for the Arts ◊
Tony Joe & Susan Froher
Eva Kiess & Iain Trevena
Nicola & David Komlodi
Sheila Madill
John & Sarah McLeod
Mort Nelson
Dr. M. Nickason
Kirk & Beate Northcott
Paul Pearlman & Stephanie Soulsby
Sheila Protti †
Tom & Terri Siemens
Lee & Karl Soberlak Foundation †
Pamela Taylor
Bill & Agnete Vaughan
Matthew White & Catherine Webster
Dr. Melvin** & Marilyn Weisbart
Pearl Baton ($1,500+)
Ian Alexander & Marilyn Dalzell
Matthew Baird & Heather Wood
Vicky Barkley
Keith and Jean** Bateman
Helen Bochonko
Gordon & Barbara Bonn
Barbara & Syd Bulman-Fleming
Kathryn & Pierre Burke
Sylvia A. Calder
Jenifer Chilcott
Ian & Marjorie Clark
Ethne Cullen & Hon. Roy Cullen †
Murray & Lynda Farmer
Caren Fitzgerald
Drs. Joanne Gaul & Joe Rallo
Gilda & David Good
Rear Admiral & Mrs. R.W. Greenwood
Michelle Hardy
Murray & Shirley Hesje
Leah Hollins
Edie Jefferson
In Memory of Harmon Lewis
Diana Leung
Larry & Gillian Licht
Anne McFarlane
Daryl & Nancy Michell
Stefan & Magda Opalski
Jean Rorke
Janis & Gordon Wheatley
Karen Wilson
Silver Baton ($1,000+)
Anonymous (7)
Dr. Pervez (Perry) & Late Annamaria Bamji †
Mr. & Mrs. J Bartucz
Paul & Margaret Boeda
Jaimie Boyd
Jennifer Burton
Ed & Mary Chwyl
John & Elizabeth Cruickshank
Donna & John de Haan
David Drinkwater & Adele Malo
Ahmed & Wendelin Ezzat
Susan Findlay
Clint & Carole Forster
Peter Garrett & Peggy Gray
Niels & Nixe Gerbitz
Chris Graham
Brian & Darrell Gregersen
Winifred Hall
Amy Hinrichs
Jacaline & Lance Homych †
Mr. & Mrs. Donald John
David Johnson
Robert & Sydney Kalef
Susan G. Kennedy
Gwyneth Kingham
Elizabeth Knight
In memory of Jean Elizabeth Kõdar
Matt & Danielle Law
Mr. Bruce Lemire-Elmore & Mrs. Sue Clough
Patricia Logan
Don & Lee Macnamara †
David Malone
Marlie Manning & Tom Ward**
Susan K. McMillan
Barbara Meek
Peter & Lisa Miller
Jan & Ernest Molgat
Patricia Montgomery in memory of George Jex
Lee Morris
Brad Nelson
Margot Northey †
Pass-Through Grants Fund ◊
Ronald Pearlman
June Preston
Robert Ross
Liz Sansoucy-Jones
Diana & Immo Scheffler
Jane & Emily Schudel
Larry Scott
Basil Shammas
Doneen Sprowl
Robert Smillie in honour of Dean & Dianne Smillie
Marne St. Claire & John Schrieber
Patti Sullivan & Don Reed
Alison Talarico & Don Greene
Lorraine & Jay Tanner
Anne Taylor
Michael & Anne Tyler Fund ◊
Dr. Rene & Alison Weir
Dr. Robin Wilmot
Douglas & Susan Wilson
Dr. Lydia Wingate
Musician’s Circle
Impresario ($500+)
Anonymous (8)
Pam Allen †
Renee Bauert †
Nancy Bell
John Bergbusch & Pauline Majcher
Katherine Black
Peter & Lorna Bray
Sandra Bryson
Elaine Calder
Brock Campbell
Mrs. Joan Cavers
Jane & Raymond Ciacci
Marjorie Clegg
Nancy Craig
Donald & Judith Daly
John & Renate Dorken
Dr. William Graham & Mary McKechnie-Graham
Dawn Faris
Katherine Farris & Kit Pearson
Carol Fedrau-Ens
Patrick** & Sue Fleck
Marsha Hanen Fund †
Carol Hannon Foundation
Kim Hart
Bud & Joanne Henning
Mary Lou Holland
Mavis Holub
Norma Hunter Memorial Fund
Betsy Ives
Chris Jones & Catherine Wright
Andrew Karwowski & Sylvie Cote
Mary F. Kennedy
Jeremy & Hana Kinsman
Birgit Knoglinger
Brian Lentle
Ute Leng
Sheila Linder
Margaret H. Kortes
Ken & Janet Leffek
Trevor Lewis
Dr. L. Ligate
Valerie Martel
Jeanne Martin
Kathryn McIntosh
Christi Meyers & John Fletcher
David Moore & Margot McLaren Moore
Jason Moore
Earll & Rena Murmann
Eric & Sally Murphy
Carol Navickas in memory of Edmund Navickas
William Nicholls-Allison
Barbara Ollis
Marilyn Pattison
Gwen & Wayne Phillips
Bruce & Wendy Piercy
In memory of E.J. Purkis
Tim & Janet Rendell
Susan Ross
Diana Shnider
Christopher Steinbach
Kiirsten Suurkask
Patricia Tarr
Georgia Thorneycroft
Cidnee & Henk Wind
Kathleen Wittenburg
Art Wright** & Sylvia Bews-Wright
Richard & Frances Young
Virtuoso ($250-$499)
Anonymous (11)
Alexandra Ballard in memory of Jeannette Ballard
Ed** & Agnes Balzer
Shirley Barrett
Alison Baskerville-Bridges
Henry Benoit
Joe Bradley
Sigrid Bredin, in memory of John Bredin
Darin Brown & Charlene Jimmo
Hildegard Burkart
Alexander Bychkov
Carl Chalk
Christine Chapman
Ruth & Ross Charette
Meredith & Larry Christensen
Barbara & Les Copley
Ron Cox & Bev Suzuki
Ian & Linda Dallas
Bob & Eleanor Dilts
Lorrainne Dixon
Barbara Donaldson & James Kerr
Victor S. Dove
Rita Estock
Avril Fitzgerald
Patrick & Grethe Floyd
Harold & Margot Forrest
Megumi Fuse
Rhonda Ganz
Alexandra Gardner
Hannah Gibson
Alan & Diane Hanna
Merry Hallsor
H. Irvine Hare
Mary & John Harker
Jane Hastings & Jean Wilson**
Gary Hayes
Harry & Sylvia Haywood-Monk
June Hobart & David Fricker**
Kathy Horne
Robert Howell
Suzanne Hudon
Ralph Huenemann & Deirdre Robertson
Leonard & Diana Jenks
Dr. Joan Johnston
Robert & Audrey Jubien
Margaret Knapik
Donna Laughton
Jenny Lorentowicz
In Honour of Margaret Rippin
Rob & Maria MacDonald
Diane Malcolm
Karen & Glen Manders
Julie Martay
Candyce McDonald
Gerald McKeating
P.D. McNab & E. Scraba
Frank & Joan Mitchell
William Moyer
J.M. Mulders
Kathleen Nichol
Stephen O’Connor
Cheryl Osborn
Candace Paulger
Provincial Employees Community Services Fund
Carol Quartermain
Frances Quetton
Madeline Reid
Karan Riarh
Dan Rimek
D & M Robertson
Joan & Paul Rushton
Heidi & Bernd Rust
Oliver Sayah
Michiko Sakamoto-Senge**
Patricia Schibli
Wendy Schissel
Alexander Schmid
Linda Scott & David Shugarman
Shauna Somerville
Sheila Souliere
Barry & Sheila Spence
Christine St. Peter & John Tucker
Hugh & Catherine Stephens
In memory of Hugh Davidson
Lyn Tait
Lon Temereski
Jeanette & Stephen Titus
Walter & Marlyn Trojanow
N&C Van der Westhuizen
Dave & Andrea Warner
Penny Werle
Tony & Frances White
Janice Williams
Robert & Irene Williamson
Dave Yadav
Principal ($100-$249)
Anonymous (40)
Peter Abrams
Frances Aknai †
Mary Andrews
Maureen Archambault
Marlyn Armitage
Whaley Armitage
Kristen Atwood
Margaret Badger
Arlette Baker
Susanne Barker
Susan Bartol-Drinker
John P. Bates
Robert & Janice Baynham
Gertrude Berg
In memory of Guy Bicknell
David Blair
Catherine Boland
Alicia Bolton
P.M. Bond
Robbi Bowden
Susan Boyer
Vivian Bramwell-Wesley
Penny & Peter Brand
Joe Brown
P. Burch
Lisa Cairns in memory of Beverley Cairns
Peter Cary
Julia Chandler
Catherine Chang
Christina Chiu
Wendy & Ian Clay
David Conway
Ian Cook
Sheridan Cooper
Kathryn Cowden
Terry Crawford
Susan Crow †
Judy Cryderman
Keith Culverhouse
Barb Currie
Susheela Daniel
Gordon & Sarah Deck
Reta Der
Perry Di Iorio
Mark Dickie
K&M Doetsch
Judith Dryden
Margaret Dufour
Gail Duguid
Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Duke
Julie Durivage
Malcolm & Darlene Elliott
Ann Elliott-Goldschmid
Donna Ellis
Crystal Elton
Richard Epp
Karen Fast
Delaine Faulkner
David & Bernadette Fissel
Janet L. Flanagan
Karen Foubert
Barrett Fullerton
Gail Gardner
Douglas & Janette Geidt
Pearl Gervais
Margaret Gibson
Glen Gilchrist & Katherine McKeen
Nicole Gilchrist
Olga Gill, in honour of Jennifer & Cory Balzer
Mark & Diana Gillis
Eleanor Gjelsten
Paul & Beverly Gooch
Alex Grey
Darin & Sam Guenette
Ann Hadaway
Paul Hammer
Joan Hassett
Sharron Higgins
Bonnie Hoff
Margot & David Hogg
Dorothy Holden
Constance Holmes
Wayne & Graze Holmes
Jennifer Hopkins
Peter & Philippa Houghton
Susan K.E. Howard & Gregory Krantz
Walt & Linda Hundleby
Brian Jackson
Barbara Jenks
Curt E. Elisabeth Jensen
Alva Jenson
Vicky Jia
Marie Kaplan
Mary A. Kennedy
Paula Khan in memory of Naomi & Emam
Peter & Orysia Koelbleitner
Walter & Barbara** Koop
Elizabeth & Donald Lambton
P.D. Lawson
Colin & Glenda Leavett-Brown
Rosina Lee
Patrick B. Lonergan
Victor Lotto
John T. Lucas
Christina Lunn
Claire Lynch
C MacDonald
Pam MacDonald
Robert & Diana MacDonald
James Macdonnell
Hugh MacLean
Angus MacLeod
Judi MacLeod
Krysta Mae
Louise Manga
Peter & Shirley Marcetta
Anita Mavromichalis
Nicholas May & Nicola Marotz
M I Mayfield
Douglas McCorquodale
Marilyn & Rod McCrimmon
Dave McKercher
Susan McLauchlan
Audrey McLellan & Chris Gainor
Elizabeth Metcalfe
Vicki Metcalfe
Bonnie Michel
William & Betty Milne
William & Sandra Moncur
Katrina Morgan
Janet Morningstar
Richard & Christina Morris
Lee Napier
Shahid Naqi
David & Kati Nelson †
Victor & Audrey Neufeldt
Cory Newcomb
Margaret Newman
Lyse Nurnburger
Sabine Orlik
Eileen Parker
Danielle Pastierovic
John Paul
Alicia Pawluk
R. Joan Penny
Lois Powell
Audrey Prendergast
Kate Preston
Denis & Patricia Protti
Geraldine Pugh
Lene Quine & Tony Mantell
Mabel Jean Rawlins
Dennver Roberts
Janet Robertson
Sheri Robertson
Cindy Rodgers
Grace & Gordon Rogers
Bill Sands
Jacob R Schaffer
Larry Scott
Lynne Scotten
Wayne Silver
Lorne Simpson
Jill Smillie In Honour of Dean & Dianne Smillie
Mary & C. Stephen Smith ∞
Sarah Smith
Mrs. A. Smithson
Susan Snell
W. & Darlene Southwell
Gerald B. Stanford** & Gillian Minified Murad
Mrs. J. Steinmetz
Iwona Sumislawa
Catherine Talbot
Margaret Taylor
Drs. A.G. & D.E. Taylor
Kathy Teghtsoonian
Audrey M. Thomas
Roger Thomas
Florabel Lynn Thomson
Monica Tolson
Judy Tsukijima
Paul & Lynda Tuckwell
Claire Tugwell
Fred Turner
Tore & Alice Valdal
John Verheul
B Laila Virding
Rosemary von Schilling
Barb Waldner
Graham & Anne Walker
Janine & Matthew Webster
Isabel Weeks
Sharon Wiener
Patricia Williams
Alana & Doug Wrean
Pieter & Sheila Wynn
Raymond Yole
Elaine & Tom Zandee
∞ Honorary Lifetime Member
† Tribute Circle Member
◊ Gift through the Victoria Foundation
** deceased
