Donor Lists
As of January 2025
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)
Egon Baumann Music Foundation
Brian Butler † ∞
Marjorie Clegg
Hugh Davidson Fund ◊
Murry & Lynda Farmer
A. Jill Gibson
Jim & Betty Hesser
Petra Janusas & Bill Majercsik †
Robert & Devi Jawl Foundation
Sandra Lackenbauer † ∞ ◊
Joan C. McCarter Foundation ◊
John H. and Margery M. McEown Trust for the Performing Arts † ◊
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 †
The Potash Family Foundation
Diamond Baton ($10,000+)
Anonymous
Anonymous in memory of Eric Adler
A&A King Family Foundation
ALACS Fund ◊
The Christopher Foundation
Dr. Fritz** & Dora Boehm
Tom de Faye** in memory of Valerie Raymond †
Commodore & Mrs. Jan Drent
Dola Dubé
G.F. “Pat” Dunn Family Fund ◊
Carol Fedrau-Ens
Carole & Clint Forster Foundation ◊
Jim & Betty Hesser
Grace Kamitakahara
Jim & Penelope Kingham †
George Lovick
John & Carole MacDonald Legacy Fund ◊
Sara Neely †
Shane & Christine O’Leary
Gail O’Riordan Climate & The Arts Legacy Fund ◊
Robert J. Peck & E. Lorraine Peck Fund ◊
Don & Marlene Recchi Fund ◊
Suzanne & John Stewart †
Millingtons: Trustees of The Lou Williamson Scholarship Fund
Natexa Verbrugge
Platinum Baton ($5,000+)
Anonymous
Barbara & John Barton Fund ◊
Carol Bellringer & Greg Doyle
Reg & Susan Bird
Roger J. Bishop Legacy Fund ◊
Jack Boomer & Stephen Hammond
R. Boyes & G. Wilson Fund ◊
Cathy Christopher in memory of Gordon Christopher
Dr. Wendy A. Clay
Glenna Duguid
Lois Fusé
Jade Gan
Ann Gibson
Cary & Rob Gillespie
Leslie & Murray Glazier Victoria Symphony Young Musicians Fund ◊
Jan & Johanna GrootWassink †
Joanie & Kim Hesketh
Alan & Jean Hollingworth
Peter & Sharon Jando
Donald & Roberta Johannessen
Marc & Patricia Lortie †
LYST Foundation through Canada Gives
Thomas Mayne Fund ◊
Tim McGee, KC & Mary Mullens
John Neal
Sheila Protti †
Grace & Gordon Rogers
Sheridan Scott & David Zussman †
Gerhard & Ruth Suter Fund ◊
Dr. Patricia Valentine
In memory of Lisa & Jack Valikoski
Barbara Winters
Gold Baton ($2,500+)
Pat & Anne Anderson
Chris Bolt & Paulette Marsollier
Toni Bramley & David Kendall
Aurel & Adele Chanady Fund ◊
Jim & Mertie Ann Chilton Fund ◊
Ian & Marjorie Clark
Mike & Zora Creery
Brenda Eaton & Brent Beach**
Lee Ferreira
Donald N. Gain Fund ◊
Paul Gelpke in memory of Mary
Debbie Gill & Stephen Cushing
Gilda & David Good
Sandra & David Goodwin Fund ◊
Floyd R. Hall Fund for the Arts ◊
Joe & Linda Harvey
Tony Joe & Susan Froher
Eva Kiess & Iain Trevena
Nicola & David Komlodi
Sheila Madill
Lesley Marshall †
John & Sarah McLeod
Dr. M. Nickason
Paul Pearlman & Stephanie Soulsby
Diana & Immo Scheffler
Tom & Terri Siemens
Lee & Karl Soberlak Foundation †
Bill & Agnete Vaughan
Janis & Gordon Wheatley
Matthew White & Catherine Webster
Dr. Melvin** & Marilyn Weisbart
Pearl Baton ($1,500+)
Anonymous (2)
APM Fund for the Arts ◊
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
Jennifer Coy in memory of Peter Coy
Ethne Cullen & Hon. Roy Cullen †
Denise de Pape
Peter Garrett & Peggy Gray
Drs. Joanne Gaul & Joe Rallo
George Glover & Penny Thomsen
Rear Admiral & Mrs. R.W. Greenwood
Michelle Hardy
Murray & Shirley Hesje
Leah Hollins
Edie Jefferson
Gwyneth Kingham
In Memory of Harmon Lewis
Diana Leung
Larry & Gillian Licht
Anne McFarlane
Mort Nelson
Kirk & Beate Northcott
Jean Rorke
Alison Talarico & Don Greene
Karen Wilson
Silver Baton ($1,000+)
Anonymous (8)
Ian Alexander & Marilyn Dalzell
Pam Allen †
Dr. Pervez (Perry) & Late Annamaria Bamji
Mr. & Mrs. J Bartucz
Marie-Andrée Beauchemin
Nancy Bell
Jaimie Boyd
Dawn Bradley
Jennifer Burton
Ed & Mary Chwyl
John & Elizabeth Cruickshank
Eleanor Dilts in memory of Bob Dilts
David Drinkwater & Adele Malo
Malcolm & Darlene Elliott
Ahmed & Wendelin Ezzat
Susan Findlay
Caren Fitzgerald
Clint & Carole Forster
Niels & Nixe Gerbitz
Chris Graham
Winifred Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Donald John
David Johnson
Nancy Johnson
Robert & Sydney Kalef
Susan G. Kennedy
In memory of Jean Elizabeth Kõdar
Matt & Danielle Law
Mr. Bruce Lemire-Elmore & Mrs. Sue Clough
Patricia Logan
Don & Lee Macnamara †
Drs. Colin & Kathleen Mailer
David Malone
Roberta Mason & Colin Wilson
Barbara Meek
Daryl & Nancy Michell
Peter & Lisa Miller
Jan & Ernest Molgat
Patricia Montgomery in memory of George Jex
David Moor & Margot McLaren Moore
Lee Morris
Brad Nelson
Margot Northey †
Pass-Through Grants Fund ◊
Ronald Pearlman
Linda Pendray
June Preston
Robert Ross
Liz Sansoucy-Jones
Jane & Emily Schudel
Basil Shammas
Robert Smillie in honour of Dean & Dianne Smillie
Marne St. Claire & John Schrieber
Frances Stetson
Patti Sullivan & Don Reed
Lorraine & Jay Tanner
Anne Taylor
Stanton Tuller
Michael & Anne Tyler Fund ◊
Dr. Rene & Alison Weir
Dr. Robin Wilmot
Douglas & Susan Wilson
Dr. Lydia Wingate
Worth Family Enhanced Distribution Fund ◊
Richard & Frances Young
Musician’s Circle
Impresario ($500+)
Anonymous (13)
Janet Arnston & Brian Decker
Renee Bauert †
John Bergbusch & Pauline Majcher
Katherine Black
Paul & Margaret Boeda
Elaine Calder
Brock Campbell
Mrs. Joan Cavers
Christine Chapman
Jane & Raymond Ciacci
Patricia Clement
In Honour of Mary Sedgwick & Dr. Joanne Gaul
Nancy Craig
Donald & Judith Daly
Peter & Mary Darling
John & Renate Dorken
Crystal Elton
Dawn Faris
Katherine Farris & Kit Pearson
Patrick** & Sue Fleck
Amanda Forbis
Janine Gleiner
Marsha Hanen Fund †
Doreen Hart
Carol Hartwig
Bud & Joanne Henning
Jolanta Hess
Mary Lou Holland
Mavis Holub
Norma Hunter Memorial Fund
Donald Inch
Brian Jackson
Chris Jones & Catherine Wright
Andrew Karwowski & Sylvie Cote
Jeremy & Hana Kinsman
Birgit Knoglinger
Margaret H. Kortes
Ken & Janet Leffek
Ute Leng
Brian Lentle
Trevor Lewis
Dr. L. Ligate
John T. Lucas in memory of David Ruddy
Valerie Martel
Jeanne Martin
Susan K. McMillan
Christi Meyers & John Fletcher
Jason Moore
Earll & Rena Murmann
Eric & Sally Murphy
Carol Navickas in memory of Edmund Navickas
Kathleen Nichol
William Nicholls-Allison
Barbara Ollis
Marilyn Pattison
Gwen & Wayne Phillips
Bruce & Wendy Piercy
Provincial Employees Community Services Fund
In memory of E.J. Purkis
Karan Riarh
Brad & Shelagh Rinald
Alexander Schmid
Diana Shnider
Mary & C. Stephen Smith ∞
Christopher Steinbach
Kiirsten Suurkask
Lyn Tait
Patricia Tarr
Georgia Thorneycroft
Cidnee & Henk Wind
Kathleen Wittenburg
Art Wright** & Sylvia Bews-Wright
Virtuoso ($250-$499)
Anonymous (9)
Alexandra Ballard in memory of Jeannette Ballard
Ed** & Agnes Balzer
Shirley Barrett
Alison Baskerville-Bridges
Henry Benoit
Alicia Bolton
Susan Boyer
Joe Bradley
Sigrid Bredin, in memory of John Bredin
Darin Brown & Charlene Jimmo
Hildegard Burkart
Alexander Bychkov
Ruth & Ross Charette
Meredith & Larry Christensen
Tammy Coates
Barbara & Les Copley
Terry Crawford
Ian & Linda Dallas
Lorrainne Dixon
Sheila Douglas
Rita Estock
Karen Fast
Avril Fitzgerald
Patrick & Grethe Floyd
Harold & Margot Forrest
Ellen & Marc Foulkes
Megumi Fusé
Gari & Grace Family Fund
Alexandra Gardner
Pearl Gervais
Hannah Gibson
Nicole Gilchrist
Eleanor Gjelsten
Dr. William Graham & Mary McKechnie-Graham
Alan & Diane Hanna
Merry Hallsor
H. Irvine Hare
Mary & John Harker
Gary Hayes
Harry & Sylvia Haywood-Monk
Karen Herriott
June Hobart & David Fricker**
Kathy Horne
Robert Howell
Suzanne Hudon
Ralph Huenemann & Deirdre Robertson
Barbara Jenks
Leonard & Diana Jenks
Dr. Joan Johnston
Robert & Audrey Jubien
Margaret Knapik
Donna Laughton
Jenny Lorentowicz
Shayne & Margaret Lonsdale in memory of Patrick Fleck
Rob & Maria MacDonald
Diane Malcolm
Karen & Glen Manders
Julie Martay
Karen McDiarmaid & Dan MacDougall
Candyce McDonald
Gerald McKeating
Dave McKercher
P.D. McNab & E. Scraba
Frank & Joan Mitchell
William Moyer
J.M. Mulders
Kathleen Nichol
Stephen O’Connor
Paula O’Driscoll
Cheryl Osborn
John & Margaret Paul
Candace Paulger
Alyssa Polinsky
Denis & Patricia Protti
Frances Quetton
Madeline Reid
Dan Rimek
D & M Robertson
Susan Ross
Joan & Paul Rushton
Heidi & Bernd Rust
Oliver Sayah
Patricia Schibli
Linda Scott & David Shugarman
Susan Snell
Sheila Souliere
Barry & Sheila Spence
Christine St. Peter & John Tucker
Hugh & Catherine Stephens
In memory of Hugh Davidson
Margaret Taylor
Kathy Teghtsoonian
Jeanette & Stephen Titus
Walter & Marlyn Trojanow
N&C Van der Westhuizen
Dave & Andrea Warner
Penny Werle
Tony & Frances White
Myrna Wilkins
Janice Williams
Robert & Irene Williamson
Dave Yadav
Principal ($100-$249)
Anonymous (38)
Peter Abrams
Frances Aknai †
Mary Andrews
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
Rowena Bradley
Vivian Bramwell-Wesley
Penny & Peter Brand
Joe Brown
Sidonie Buicliu
P. Burch
Lisa Cairns in memory of Beverley Cairns
Peter Cary
Carl Chalk
Julia Chandler
Catherine Chang
Christina Chiu
Wendy & Ian Clay
David Conway
Roberta 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
Barbara Donaldson & James Kerr
Victor S. Dove
Judith Dryden
Margaret Dufour
Gail Duguid
Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Duke
Julie Durivage
Ann Elliott-Goldschmid
Donna Ellis
Richard Epp
David & Bernadette Fissel
Janet L. Flanagan
Karen Foubert
Barrett Fullerton
Gail Gardner
Margaret Gibson
Glen Gilchrist & Katherine McKeen
Olga Gill, in honour of Jennifer & Cory Balzer
Mark & Diana Gillis
Paul & Beverly Gooch
Jim & Ute Grayson
Brian & Darrell Gregersen
Alex Grey
Darin & Sam Guenette
Ann Hadaway
Paul Hammer
Kim Hart
Joan Hassett
Sharron Higgins
Bonnie Hoff
Margot & David Hogg
Dorothy Holden
Constance Holmes
Wayne** & Grace Holmes
Jacaline & Lance Homych †
Jennifer Hopkins
Peter & Philippa Houghton
Susan K.E. Howard & Gregory Krantz
Walt & Linda Hundleby
Alva Jenson
Vicky Jia
Louise Joly
Marie Kaplan
Mary A. Kennedy
Paula Khan in memory of Naomi & Emam
Walter & Barbara** Koop
Elizabeth & Donald Lambton
P.D. Lawson
Colin & Glenda Leavett-Brown
Rosina Lee
In Memory of Sheila A. Leslie
Victor Lotto
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
Mary Lou Marksteiner
Anita Mavromichalis
Nicholas May & Nicola Marotz
M I Mayfield
Douglas McCorquodale
Marilyn & Rod McCrimmon
Kathryn McIntosh
Susan McLauchlan
Audrey McLellan & Chris Gainor
Elizabeth 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
Alicia Pawluk
R. Joan Penny
Lois Powell
Audrey Prendergast
Kate Preston
Geraldine Pugh
Carol Quartermain
Lene Quine & Tony Mantell
Dennver Roberts
Janet Robertson
Sheri Robertson
Irene Robirtis
Cindy Rodgers
Bill Sands
Jacob R Schaffer
Larry Scott
Lynne Scotten
Wayne Silver
Lorne Simpson
Jill Smillie In Honour of Dean & Dianne Smillie
Sarah Smith
Mrs. A. Smithson
W. & Darlene Southwell
Gerald B. Stanford** & Gillian Minified Murad
Mrs. J. Steinmetz
Iwona Sumislawa
Catherine Talbot
Drs. A.G. & D.E. Taylor
Lon Temereski
Audrey M. Thomas
Roger Thomas
Florabel Lynn Thomson
Ronald & Patricia Tranter
Judy Tsukijima
Paul & Lynda Tuckwell
Claire Tugwell
Fred Turner
Michael & Audrey Ty
Tore & Alice Valdal
Rosemary von Schilling
Alastair & Carolyn Wade
Barb Waldner
Graham & Anne Walker
Margaret & Neil** Walker
John Walsh
Marlie Manning & Tom Ward**
Janine & Matthew Webster
Isabel Weeks
Deborah Williams & Dennis Fedoruk
Patricia Williams
David & Catherine Wooton
Alana & Doug Wrean
Sheila Wynn & Pieter de Groot
Raymond Yole
Elaine & Tom Zandee
∞ Honorary Lifetime Member
† Tribute Circle Member
◊ Gift through the Victoria Foundation
** deceased