Donor Lists
As of April 2026
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 † ∞
Clark Family †
Hugh Davidson Fund ◊
Lynda Farmer, OBC & Murray Farmer, OBC
A. Jill Gibson † ∞
Robert & Devi Jawl Foundation
Sandra Lackenbauer † ∞ ◊
Joan C. McCarter Foundation ◊
John H. and Margery M. McEown Trust for the Performing Arts † ◊
Barb & Steve McKerrell †
Linda Pendray
Terry Scandrett & Angela Bassage †
Helen Stuart & Bob Hoogendoorn** Mozart Fund † ◊
Julie & Harry Swain † ∞
Foundation for the Victoria Symphony
Sapphire Baton ($17,500+)
Anonymous (2)
A & A King Family Foundation
Dr. Fritz** & Dora Boehm
Petra Janusas & Bill Majercsik †
John & Carole MacDonald Legacy Fund ◊
The Potash Family Foundation
Don & Marlene Recchi Fund ◊
The Sunflower Fund
Diamond Baton ($10,000+)
Anonymous (1)
ALACS Fund ◊
Reg & Susan Bird
R. Boyes & G. Wilson Fund ◊
The Christopher Foundation
The Clegg Family in memory of Tom McCool
Commodore & Mrs. Jan Drent
In Memory of Gilbert Dubé
G.F. “Pat” Dunn Family Fund ◊
Carol Fedrau-Ens
Lois Fusé
Donald & Roberta Johannessen
Jim & Penelope Kingham †
Jane Lee
Marc & Patricia Lortie †
George Lovick
Hugh MacLean
Sara Neely †
Gail O’Riordan Climate & The Arts Legacy Fund ◊
W. & Darlene Southwell
Suzanne & John Stewart †
Millingtons: Trustees of The Lou Williamson Scholarship Fund
Natexa Verbrugge
Barbara Winters
Platinum Baton ($5,000+)
Anonymous (1)
Barbara & John Barton Fund ◊
Carol Bellringer & Greg Doyle
Roger J. Bishop Legacy Fund ◊
Cathy Christopher in memory of Mary and Gordon Christopher
Dr. Wendy Clay †
Sheridan Cooper
Jennifer Coy in memory of Peter Coy
Adele Malo & David Drinkwater
Jade Gan
Cary & Rob Gillespie
Gilda & David Good
Jan & Johanna Grootwassink †
Jim & Betty Hesser
Alan Hollingworth in memory of Jean Hollingworth
Peter & Sharon Jando
Grace Kamitakahara
Eva Kiess & Iain Trevena
LYST Foundation through Canada Gives
Lesley Marshall †
Thomas Mayne Fund ◊
John & Sarah McLeod
Tim McGee, KC & Mary Mullens
Dr. M. Nickason
Sheridan Scott & David Zussman †
Gerhard & Ruth Suter Fund † ◊
Matthew White & Catherine Webster
Gold Baton ($2,500+)
Anonymous (3)
Pat & Anne Anderson †
Dr. Pervez (Perry) and Late Annamaria Bamji
Nancy Bell
Chris Bolt** & Paulette Marsollier
Jack Boomer & Stephen Hammond
Toni Bramley & David Kendall
Aurel & Adele Chanady Fund ◊
Jim & Mertie Ann Chilton Fund ◊
Mike & Zora Creery
Glenna Duguid
Brenda Eaton & Brent Beach**
Lee Ferreira
Karen Foubert
Donald N. Gain Fund ◊
Paul Gelpke in memory of Mary
Leslie & Murray Glazier Victoria Symphony Young Musicians Fund ◊
George Glover & Penny Thomsen
Sandra & David Goodwin Fund ◊
Chris Graham & Joan Yates
Floyd R. Hall Fund for the Arts ◊
Joanie & Kim Hesketh
Gwyneth Kingham
Larry & Gillian Licht
Paul Pearlman & Stephanie Soulsby
Robert J. Peck & E. Lorraine Peck Fund ◊
Denis & Barbara Prager
Sheila Protti †
Diana & Immo** Scheffler
Lee & Karl Soberlak Foundation †
James Stobie & Nicola Lemmer
Janis & Gordon Wheatley
Pearl Baton ($1,500+)
Anonymous (2)
APM Fund for the Arts ◊
Matthew Baird & Heather Wood
Vicky Barkley
Keith and Jean** Bateman
Marie-Andrée Beauchemin
Helen Bochonko
Gordon & Barbara Bonn
Kathryn & Pierre Burke
Sylvia A. Calder
Jenifer Chilcott & Rob Ashwin
Margaret Cornish
Ethne Cullen & Hon. Roy Cullen †
Donald & Judith Daly
Gary Davies
Barbara Dudley
Ahmed & Wendelin Ezzat
Rear Admiral & Mrs. R.W. Greenwood
Michelle Hardy
Murray & Shirley Hesje
Leah Hollins
Patricia Howard in honour of Sheridan Scott
Edie Jefferson
Dawn & Verne Johnson
Jessiman Law
Matt & Danelle Law
Ute Leng
Dr. L. Ligate
Don & Lee Macnamara †
Sheila Madill
Tania Miller
Mort Nelson
Kirk & Beate Northcott
Stefan & Magdalena Opalski
Jean Rorke
Tom & Terri Siemens
Robert Smillie in honour of Dean & Dianne Smillie
Dr. Melvin** & Marilyn Weisbart
Karen Wilson
Silver Baton ($1,000+)
Anonymous (8)
Ian Alexander & Marilyn Dalzell
Pam Allen †
Jaimie Boyd
Susan Boyer
Mary Browne
Sandra Bryson
Barbara & Syd** Bulman-Fleming
Christine Chapman
Judi Charman in memory of Eric & Shirley Charman
Ed & Mary Chwyl †
Ronan Clohissey in memory of Ian McDougall
John & Elizabeth Cruickshank
Rodney & Janice Crutcher
Charlotte Danard
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Elliott
Sue Fleck in memory of Patrick Fleck
Alexandra Gardner
Peter Garrett & Peggy Gray
Drs. Joanne Gaul & Joe Rallo
Barbara Girard & Axel Miesen
Brian & Darrell Gregersen
Marsha P. Hanen Fund ◊
Bud & Joanne Henning
Amy Hinrichs & Paul Faber
Norma Hunter Memorial Fund
Tony Joe & Susan Froher
David Johnson
Nancy Johnson
Robert & Sydney Kalef
Susan G. Kennedy
Brian Lentle †
Eric Lovett
Nancy Martens
Anne McFarlane
Kathryn McIntosh
Peter & Lisa Miller
Tania Miller
Jan & Ernest Molgat
Patricia Montgomery in memory of George Jex
David Moore & Margot McLaren Moore
Andrew & Stephanie Osinchuk
Marilyn Palmer & Philippe Boname
Pass-Through Grants Fund ◊
Lynne Patterson
Ronald Pearlman
Andre & Kathryn Pickersgill
Raymond Protti
Provincial Employees Community Services Fund
Robert Ross
Dean Sahara
Liz Sansoucy-Jones
Jane & Emily Schudel
Basil Shammas
Diana Shnider
Marianne Siemens
Marne St. Claire & John Schrieber
Frances Stetson
Patti Sullivan & Don Reed
Alison Talarico & Don Greene
Lorraine & Jay Tanner
Anne Taylor
Georgia Thorneycroft
Stanton Tuller
Michael & Anne Tyler Fund ◊
Michael & Jessica Warburton
Jim & Marion Welsh
Dr. Rene Weir & Mrs. Allison Weir**
Douglas & Susan Wilson
Dr. Lydia Wingate
Alan & Carolyn Winter
Worth Family Enhanced Distribution Fund ◊
Musician’s Circle
Impresario ($500+)
Anonymous (10)
Janet Arnston & Brian Decker †
Katherine Black
Dawn Bradley
Rowena Bradley
Alexander Bychkov
Elaine Calder
Brock Campbell
Jean Chilcott
Patricia Clark
Patricia Clement
Barbara & Les Copley
Barbara Crawford
Dr. John & Jane Currie in honour of Lorraine Tanner †
Peter & Mary Darling
In memory of Hugh Davidson
Mark Davies
Donna & John de Haan
Denise de Pape
John & Renate Dorken
Crystal Elton
Katherine Farris & Kit Pearson
Amanda Forbis
Melvin Gill in honour of Daphne McDonald
Merry Hallsor
Carol Hannon Foundation
Carol Hartwig
Mary Lou Holland
Robert Howell
Sara Hradecky
Marilyn Hutchinson
Donald Inch
Betsy Ives
Sally Jeffery in memory of her friend Jean
Carey Johannesson
Mr. & Mrs. Donald John
Andrew Karwowski & Sylvie Cote
Maria Kenwell
Jeremy & Hana Kinsman
Birgit Knoglinger
In memory of Jean Elizabeth Kõdar
Margaret H. Kortes
Yvonne Kupsch
Piet Langstraat & Sybil Harrison
Trevor Lewis
John T. Lucas in memory of David Ruddy
Valerie Martel
Roberta Mason & Colin Wilson
Susan K. McMillan
Christi Meyers & John Fletcher
Jason Moore
Lee Morris
Eric & Sally Murphy
Shahid Naqi
Carol Navickas in memory of Edmund Navickas
William Nicholls-Allison
Barbara Ollis
Marilyn Pattison
Steve & Alicia Pearce
R. Joan Penny
Gwen & Wayne Phillips
In memory of E.J. Purkis
Karan Riarh
Mel & Penny Rinald
Carla & Larry Robinson
Irene Robirtis
Joan & Paul Rushton
Heidi & Bernd Rust
Patricia Schibli
Alexander Schmid
Mark Seemann
In Honour of Mary Sedgwick and Dr. Joanne Gaul
James Sherman
Brian & Barbara Smith
Christine St. Peter & John Tucker
Christopher Steinbach
Chris & Barbara Stepien
Dean & Janet Strongitharm
Kiirsten Suurkask
L. M. Tait Pirguest
Pamela Taylor
Sharon Wiener
Myrna Wilkins
Janice Williams
Ann Wilson
Cidnee & Henk Wind
Thomas & Sue Whitesides
Sheila Wynn & Pieter de Groot in memory of Jean Hollingworth
Virtuoso ($250-$499)
Anonymous (11)
Peter Abrams & Janet Pelley
Ed** & Agnes Balzer
Shirley Barrett
Brad & Katheryn Bauer
Robert & Janice Baynham
Renee Bauert †
H Diane & G Doug Bell
Henry Benoit
Vivien Bramwell-Wesley
Sigrid Bredin, in memory of John Bredin
Marianne Bromley
Harvey L. Brooks
Joe Brown
Hildegard Burkart
Lisa Cairns in memory of Beverley Cairns
Mrs. Joan Cavers
Andrew Chalmers
Meredith & Larry Christensen
Matt Cowlrick
Terry Crawford
Diana Dampsy
Lorrainne Dixon
Sheila Douglas †
Caren Fitzgerald
Ellen & Marc Foulkes
Rhonda Ganz
Gari & Grace Family Fund
Hannah Gibson
Eleanor Gjelsten
Alison Greenwood
Ann Hadaway
H. Irvine Hare
Mary & John Harker
Doreen Hart
Kim Hart
Harry & Sylvia Haywood-Monk
June Hobart & David Fricker**
Jacaline & Lance Homych †
Kathy Horne
Suzanne Hudon
Colleen Ingoldsby & Vincent Roy
Azmina Janmohamed
Leonard & Diana Jenks
Dr. Joan Johnston
Marie Kaplan
Andrea Keil
Dr. John Knechtel
Lynn Kobierski
Donna Laughton
P.D. Lawson
Maya & Bobby Lohcham
Robert & Diana MacDonald
Rob & Maria MacDonald
Diane Malcolm
Juliana Martay
M I Mayfield
Candyce McDonald
Joan McGorman
P.D. McNab & E. Scraba
Allan Mickelson
William Moyer
J.M. Mulders †
Kathleen Nichol
Catherine Nickel
David Nock
Stephen O’Connor
Paula O’Driscoll
Cheryl Osborn
Wayne Phillips
Bruce & Wendy Piercy
Alyssa Polinsky
Denis & Patricia Protti
Madeline Reid
Dan Rimek
Dennver Roberts
Chris Robinson & Charlotte Salomon
Cindy Rodgers
Andre Rosenbaum
Susan Ross
Annie Sauer
Jeanette Sawyer
Linda Scott & David Shugarman
Peter Sosnkowski
Barry & Sheila Spence
Doneen Sprowl
Hugh & Catherine Stephens in memory of Jean Hollingworth
Margaret Taylor
Kathy Teghtsoonian
Roger Thomas
Jeanette & Stephen Titus
Dave & Andrea Warner
Bill & Kathy Warning
Jiayuan Wei
Penny Werle
Maureen Yip
Principal ($100-$249)
Anonymous (29)
Petra Allen
Mary Andrews
Maureen Archambault
Marlyn Armitage
Andrew Armitage
Kristen Atwood
Margaret & Gregg Badger
Peter & Janet Bailey
Carla Barber
Susanne Barker
Susan Bartol-Drinker
John P. Bates
Adrienne Betty
In memory of Guy Bicknell
Robert Bigalke
Carol Bishop
David Blair
Catherine Boland
Alicia Bolton
P.M. Bond
Gisele Bourgeois-Law
Robbi Bowden
Jean Bowles
Joe Bradley
Penny & Peter Brand
Richard & Marianne Brimmell
Richard Bryant
Angela Buckingham
Sidonie Buicliu
Kerry Busheikin
Christopher Butterfield & Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
Peter Cary
Brenda Cawsey
Catherine Chang
Karnal Cheema
Christina Chiu
Barry Clarke
Lynda Clarke
Wendy & Ian Clay
David Conway
Kathryn Cowden
Diane Cowan
Ron Cox & Bev Suzuki
Susan Crow
Judy Cryderman
Barb Currie
Janet Curry
Donald Cyr
Deborah Dancik
Susheela Daniel
Leslie DeAthe
Barb Denike
Courtney Denninger
Mark Dickie
Christian Dobbs
K&M Doetsch
Barbara Donaldson & James Kerr
Victor S. Dove
Dana Dubreuil
Anne Duggan
Gail Duguid
Julie Durivage
Wendy Eckhardt
Ann Elliott-Goldschmid
Donna Ellis
Barbara Erickson
Brad Erickson
Gwyneth Evans & Gary Bauslaugh
Pat Ferns
Sharon Fitch
Eric Flanagan
Dr. Loretta Foley
Norma Friedmann
Barrett Fullerton
Gail Gardner
Matt Garth
Pearl Gervais
Margaret Gibson
Barbara Gies
Glen Gilchrist & Katherine McKeen
Nicole Gilchrist
Olga Gill, in honour of Jennifer & Cory Balzer
Dr. William Graham & Mary McKechnie-Graham
Jim & Ute Grayson
Alex Grey
Darin & Sal Guenette †
Darlene Hammell & Gregory Andrachuk
Isabel Hansen
Michael Harvey
Gary Hayes
Barry Hill & Lesley Wood
Hanne Hindle
Bonnie & Raymond Hoff
Margot & David Hogg
Constance Holmes
Wayne** & Grace Holmes
Yvonne Hsieh
Ross & Doreen Husdon
Walt & Linda Hundleby
Deanna Hutchings
Don Irvine in memory of Joyce Irvine
Brian Jackson
Vicky Jia
Nan Judd
Gary Kahne
Mary A. Kennedy
Dr. Mary F. Kennedy
Paula Khan in memory of Naomi & Emam
Flora King
Lisa King
Evan Kirkwood
Louise Klaassen
Walter & Barbara** Koop
Daniel Kosheluk & Guy Hamel
In honour of Benjamin Holt & Laura Monner
Suzanne Labreche
Elizabeth & Donald Lambton
Colin & Glenda Leavett-Brown
Alec Lee & Linda Cross
Geri Lee
Norman Leslie in memory of Christopher Bolt
Elaine Lewis
Stephen Lewis
Peter Lighthall
Jerry Linge
Jenny Lorentowicz
Christina Lunn
Claire Lynch
Pauline Lysak
C MacDonald †
James MacDonnell
Judi MacLeod
Peter Malcolm
David Malone**
Peter & Shirley Marcetta
Lynn Martin
Nicholas May & Nicola Marotz
Marks McAvity
Gillian McCormack
Marilyn & Rod McCrimmon
Karen McDiarmaid & Dan MacDougall
Tracie McIntyre
Gerald McKeating
Dave McKercher
Susan McLauchlan
Audrey McLellan & Chris Gainor
Bruce Melville
Elizabeth Metcalfe
Allan & Virginia Miller
William & Betty Milne
John Minshall
William & Sandra Moncur
Marian Moore
Janet Morningstar & Robert Taylor
Richard & Christina Morris
Maureen Murray
Lee Napier
Shafik & Jenny Nasser
David & Kati Nelson †
Wendy Nemish
Victor & Audrey Neufeldt
Lyse Nurnberger
Mabel Outeda
Eileen Parker
Danielle Pastierovic
Shahriar Pedram
Jennifer Pendray
Sheryl Peterson in memory of Eric & Shirley Charman
Jeff Pivnick
Geraldine Pugh
Carol Quartermain
Mabel Jean Rawlins
Jocelyn Rea
Lloyd & Treacy Reddington
Ron Samborski
Bill Sands
Susan Schmitten in honour of W Thiemann
Larry Scott
Susan Scott
Juliet Simon
Kent Simpson & Roberta Cook
Lorne Simpson
Georgi-Anne Sizeland
Barbara Smart
Sandra Smith
Sarah Smith
Mrs. A. Smithson
Gerald B. Stanford** & Gillian Minifie Murad
Mrs. J. Steinmetz
Catherine Talbot
Drs. A.G. & D.E. Taylor †
Audrey M. Thomas
Florabel Lynn Thomson
Richard Thoreau
Guy & Shirley Tousignant
Judy Tsukijima
Claire Tugwell
Don & Susan Tulloch
Michael & Audrey Ty
Ron & Judy Tynski
Tore & Alice Valdal
Maria Valdes
George Vaughan
B Laiila Virding
Delia Visscher
Nadine Vockeroth
Alastair & Carolyn Wade
Elizabeth Wagner & Charles Kang
Barb Waldner
Anne Walker
Margaret & Neil** Walker
Renate Weber
Janine & Matthew Webster
John Wells
Lesley Werth
Josephine Wigmore †
Deborah Williams & Dennis Fedoruk
Cameron Wong
David & Catherine Wootton
Alana & Doug Wrean
Catherine Wright
David & Barbara Young
Tina Yu
∞ Honorary Lifetime Member
† Tribute Circle Member
◊ Gift through the Victoria Foundation
** deceased