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)
Dr. Fritz** & Dora Boehm
Brian Butler † ∞
The Clark Family †
Hugh Davidson Fund ◊
Lynda Farmer, OBC & Murray Farmer, OBC
Petra Janusas & Bill Majercsik †
Robert & Devi Jawl Foundation
Sandra Lackenbauer † ∞ ◊
George Lovick
Joan C. McCarter Foundation ◊
John H. and Margery M. McEown Trust for the Performing Arts † ◊
Barb & Steve McKerrell †
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+)
Anonymous
A&A King Family Foundation
Egon Baumann Music Foundation
John & Carole MacDonald Legacy Fund ◊
Dr. Caroline Ferris in memory of Jeanne Ferris
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
Donald & Roberta Johannessen
Marc & Patricia Lortie †
LYST Foundation through Canada Gives
Hugh MacLean
Adele Malo & David Drinkwater
Sara Neely †
Gail O’Riordan Climate & The Arts Legacy Fund ◊
Steve & Alicia Pearce
Linda Pendray
W. & Darlene Southwell
Suzanne & John Stewart †
Millingtons: Trustees of The Lou Williamson Scholarship Fund
Natexa Verbrugge
Barbara Winters
Platinum Baton ($5,000+)
Anonymous
Barbara & John Barton Fund ◊
Nancy Bell & Kevan King
Carol Bellringer & Greg Doyle
Roger J. Bishop Legacy Fund ◊
Toni Bramley & David Kendall
Cathy Christopher in memory of Mary and Gordon Christopher
Dr. Wendy Clay †
Sheridan Cooper
Jennifer Coy in memory of Peter Coy
Karen Foubert
Lois Fusé
Donald N. Gain Fund ◊
Jade Gan
Debbie Gill & Stephen Cushing
Cary & Rob Gillespie
Gilda & David Good
Chris Graham & Joan Yates
Alan & Paula Greene
Jan & Johanna Grootwassink †
Jim & Betty Hesser
Alan Hollingworth in memory of Jean Hollingworth
Peter & Sharon Jando
Grace Kamitakahara
Lesley Marshall †
Thomas Mayne Fund ◊
Kari McLay & Bill Myles
John & Sarah McLeod
Dr. M. Nickason
Sheridan Scott & David Zussman †
Gerhard & Ruth Suter Fund † ◊
Matthew White & Catherine Webster
Gold Baton ($2,500+)
Anonymous (2)
Pat & Anne Anderson †
Dr. Pervez (Perry) and Late Annamaria Bamji †
Vicky Barkley
Chris Bolt** & Paulette Marsollier
Jack Boomer & Stephen Hammond
Aurel & Adele Chanady Fund ◊
Jim & Mertie Ann Chilton Fund ◊
Mike & Zora Creery
Gary Davies
Glenna Duguid
Brenda Eaton & Brent Beach**
Ahmed & Wendelin Ezzat
Lee Ferreira
Paul Gelpke in memory of Mary
Leslie & Murray Glazier Victoria Symphony Young Musicians Fund ◊
Sandra & David Goodwin Fund ◊
Floyd R. Hall Fund for the Arts ◊
Joanie & Kim Hesketh
Sara Hradecky
Edie Jefferson
Eva Kiess & Iain Trevena Gwyneth Kingham
Larry & Gillian Licht
Shane & Christine O’Leary
Paul Pearlman & Stephanie Soulsby
Robert J. Peck & E. Lorraine Peck Fund ◊
Denis & Barbara Prager
Sheila Protti †
H. Ruckle Charitable Fund ◊
Lee & Karl Soberlak Foundation †
James Stobie & Nicola Lemmer
Janis & Gordon Wheatley
Richard & Frances Young
Pearl Baton ($1,500+)
Anonymous (4)
APFM Fund for the Arts ◊
Matthew Baird & Heather Wood
Keith and Jean** Bateman
Marie-Andrée Beauchemin
Helen Bochonko**
Gordon & Barbara Bonn
Kathryn & Pierre Burke
Sylvia A. Calder
Jenifer Chilcott & Rob Ashwin
Margaret Cornish
Donald & Judith Daly
Barbara Dudley
Drs. Joanne Gaul & Joe Rallo
Rear Admiral & Mrs. R.W. Greenwood
Michelle Hardy
Murray & Shirley Hesje
Leah Hollins
Patricia Howard in honour of Sheridan Scott
Matt & Danelle Law
Ute Leng
Dr. L. Ligate
Don & Lee Macnamara †
Sheila Madill
Tania Miller
David Moore & Margot McLaren Moore
Mort Nelson
Kirk & Beate Northcott
Stefan & Magdalena Opalski
Jean Rorke
Diana & Immo** Scheffler
Robert Smillie in honour of Dean & Dianne Smillie
Chris & Barbara Stepien
Dr. Melvin** & Marilyn Weisbart
Karen Wilson
Silver Baton ($1,000+)
Anonymous (9)
Ian Alexander & Marilyn Dalzell
Pam Allen †
Barbara Bailey
Josh Bartley & Bethany Frei
Jaimie Boyd
Susan Boyer
Mary Browne
Sandra Bryson
Dick & Jeanne Cavaye
Christine Chapman
Ed & Mary Chwyl †
Marjorie Clegg in memory of Helen Bochonko
Ronan Clohissey in memory of Ian McDougall
John & Elizabeth Cruickshank
Rodney & Janice Crutcher
Charlotte Danard
Wes Denyer & Judy Rois
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Elliott
Crystal Elton
Sue Fleck in memory of Patrick Fleck
Alexandra Gardner
Peter Garrett & Peggy Gray
Barbara Girard & Axel Miesen
Brian & Darrell Gregersen
Marsha P. Hanen Fund ◊
Bud & Joanne Henning
Amy Hinrichs & Paul Faber
Milica Ivaz
Jessiman Law
Tony Joe & Susan Froher
David Johnson
Nancy Johnson
Robert & Sydney Kalef
Piet Langstraat
Eric Lovett
Laird & Pat McConvey
Anne McFarlane
Tim McGee, KC & Mary Mullens
Kathryn McIntosh
Peter & Lisa Miller
Tania Miller
Jan & Ernest Molgat
Patricia Montgomery in memory of George Jex
Marilyn Palmer & Philippe Boname
Pass-Through Grants Fund ◊
Lynne Patterson
Marilyn Pattison
Ronald Pearlman
Andre & Kathryn Pickersgill
Provincial Employees Community Services Fund
Robert Ross
Jane & Emily Schudel
Basil Shammas
Marena & Michael Sidhu
Marianne Siemens
Tom & Terri 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
Maria Valdes
Jim & Marion Welsh
Douglas & Susan Wilson
Alan & Carolyn Winter
Musician’s Circle
Impresario ($500+)
Anonymous (11)
Janet Arnston & Brian Decker †
Katherine Black
Dawn Bradley
Rowena Bradley
BTY Group
Barbara & Syd** Bulman-Fleming
Alexander Bychkov
Elaine Calder
Brock Campbell
Jean Chilcott
Patricia Clark
Barbara & Les Copley
Barbara Crawford
Dr. John & Jane Currie in honour of Lorraine Tanner †
Peter & Mary Darling
In memory of Hugh Davidson
Donna & John de Haan
Denise de Pape
John & Renate Dorken
Katherine Farris & Kit Pearson
Gari & Grace Family Fund
Melvin Gill in honour of Daphne McDonald
Merry Hallsor
Carol Hannon Foundation
Carol Hartwig
Robert Howell
Donald Inch
Betsy Ives
Carey Johannesson
Andrew Karwowski & Sylvie Cote
Andrea Keil
Jeremy & Hana Kinsman
Elizabeth Knight
Birgit Knoglinger
In memory of Jean Elizabeth Kõdar
Margaret H. Kortes
Ellen Lee in memory of Helen Bochonko
Trevor Lewis
Maya & Bobby Lohcham
Shayne & Margaret Lonsdale
John T. Lucas in memory of David Ruddy
Valerie Martel
Roberta Mason & Colin Wilson
Joan McGorman
Susan K. McMillan
Christi Meyers & John Fletcher
Deb Mills
Jason Moore
Lee Morris
Eric & Sally Murphy
Carol Navickas in memory of Edmund Navickas
William Nicholls-Allison
Jacquelynn One
R. Joan Penny
Alyssa Polinsky
In memory of E.J. Purkis
Karan Riarh
Mel & Penny Rinald
Irene Robirtis
Beverley Roney
Joan & Paul Rushton
Heidi & Bernd Rust
Annie Sauer
Patricia Schibli
Alexander Schmid
In Honour of Mary Sedgwick and Dr. Joanne Gaul
James Sherman
Diana Shnider
David & Susan Smith
Sharlene Smith
Christine St. Peter & John Tucker
Kiirsten Suurkask
L. M. Tait Pirguest
Pamela Taylor
Sharon Wiener
Myrna Wilkins
Janice Williams
Thomas & Sue Whitesides
Sheila Wynn & Pieter de Groot in memory of Jean Hollingworth
Maureen Yip
Virtuoso ($250-$499)
Anonymous (11)
Peter Abrams & Janet Pelley
Petra Allen
Ed** & Agnes Balzer
Shirley Barrett
Brad & Katheryn Bauer
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
Meredith & Larry Christensen
Terry Crawford
Diana Dampsy
Lorrainne Dixon
Ann Elliott-Goldschmid
Ellen & Marc Foulkes
Rhonda Ganz
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
Steven Hunt
Colleen Ingoldsby & Vincent Roy
Azmina Janmohamed
Dr. Joan Johnston
Marie Kaplan
Dr. John Knechtel
Daniel Kosheluk & Guy Hamel Donna Laughton
Jenny Lorentowicz
Rob & Maria MacDonald
Diane Malcolm
Juliana Martay
M I Mayfield
Marilyn & Rod McCrimmon Candyce McDonald
P.D. McNab & E. Scraba
Bruce Melville
Allan Mickelson
William Moyer
J.M. Mulders †
Victor & Audrey Neufeldt Kathleen Nichol
Catherine Nickel
David Nock
Stephen O’Connor
Paula O’Driscoll
Cheryl Osborn
Wayne Phillips
Bruce & Wendy Piercy
Denis & Patricia Protti
Rosemary Rector
Madeline Reid
Dan Rimek
Dennver Roberts
Chris Robinson & Charlotte Salomon
Cindy Rodgers
Andre Rosenbaum
Susan Ross
Jeanette Sawyer
Linda Scott & David Shugarman
Malfair Scott & Annette Jolicoeur
Brock & Claudia Smith
Peter Sosnkowski
Barry & Sheila Spence
Doneen Sprowl
Margaret Taylor
Kathy Teghtsoonian
Roger Thomas
Jeanette & Stephen Titus
Victoria Womens Newcomers
Dave & Andrea Warner
Bill & Kathy Warning
Tony & Frances White
Principal ($100-$249)
Anonymous (29)
Mary Andrews
Maureen Archambault
Marlyn Armitage
Andrew Armitage
Peter & Janet Bailey
Carla Barber
Susanne Barker
Linda Barnes
Susan Bartol-Drinker
John P. Bates
Robert & Janice Baynham
In memory of Guy Bicknell
Carol Bishop
Alicia Bolton
P.M. Bond
Robbi Bowden
Jean Bowles
Joe Bradley
Penny & Peter Brand
Richard & Marianne Brimmell
Richard Bryant
Angela Buckingham
Sidonie Buicliu
Christopher Butterfield & Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
John Calder
Peter Cary
Catherine Chang
Karnal Cheema
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
Susheela Daniel
Courtney Denninger
Mark Dickie
Christian Dobbs
K&M Doetsch
Barbara Donaldson & James Kerr
Sheila Douglas
Victor S. Dove
Gail Duguid
Julie Durivage
Wendy Eckhardt
Donna Ellis
Dr. & Mrs. P Elphick
Brad Erickson
Sharon Fitch
Caren Fitzgerald
Eric Flanagan
Dr. Loretta Foley
Barrett Fullerton
Gail Gardner
Matt Garth
Pearl Gervais
Margaret Gibson
Barbara Gies
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
Barry Hill & Lesley Wood
Hanne Hindle
Bonnie & Raymond Hoff
Margot & David Hogg
Constance Holmes
Yvonne Hsieh
Ross & Doreen Husdon
Walt & Linda Hundleby
Deanna Hutchings
Marilyn Hutchinson
Don Irvine in memory of Joyce Irvine
Brian Jackson
Don & Jean Jones
Nan Judd
Gary Kahne
Mary A. Kennedy
Paula Khan in memory of Naomi & Emam
Flora King
Lisa King
Evan Kirkwood
Louise Klaassen
In honour of Benjamin Holt & Laura Monner
Suzanne Labreche
Elizabeth & Donald Lambton
Mary Langran
Colin & Glenda Leavett-Brown
Alec Lee & Linda Cross
Geri Lee
Brian Lentle †
Norman Leslie in memory of Christopher Bolt
Stephen Lewis
Nancy & Lorne Lewthwaite
Jerry Linge
Karen Liversedge
Christina Lunn
Pauline Lysak
C MacDonald †
James MacDonnell
Judi MacLeod
Sheri Madill
Peter Malcolm
David Malone**
Peter & Shirley Marcetta
Lynn Martin
Nicholas May & Nicola Marotz
Marks McAvity
Chris McCarthy
Gillian McCormack
Karen McDiarmaid & Dan MacDougall
Gerald McKeating
Dave McKercher
Susan McLauchlan
Audrey McLellan & Chris Gainor
Elizabeth Metcalfe
William & Betty Milne
John Minshall
William & Sandra Moncur
Marian Moore
Richard & Christina Morris
Maureen Murray
Lee Napier
Shafik & Jenny Nasser
David & Kati Nelson †
Wendy Nemish
Lyse Nurnberger
Mabel Outeda
Eileen Parker
Louise Parton
Danielle Pastierovic
Fran Pauzé
Shahriar Pedram
Geraldine Pugh
Carol Quartermain
Mabel Jean Rawlins
Jocelyn Rea
Bill Sands
Susan Schmitten in honour of W Thiemann
Mary Scott
Susan Scott
Juliet Simon
Kent Simpson & Roberta Cook
Lorne Simpson
Georgi-Anna 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
Guy & Shirley Tousignant
Judy Tsukijima
Claire Tugwell
Don & Susan Tulloch
Michael & Audrey Ty
Ron & Judy Tynski
Tore & Alice Valdal
George Vaughan
B Laila Virding
Delia Visscher
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 †
Myrna Wilkins & Winston Stokes
Deborah Williams & Dennis Fedoruk
Cidnee & Henk Wind Cameron Wong
Andrew & Nelly Woodsworth
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