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Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's Annual Fund

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra recognizes contributions of $100 or more made to the Annual Fund in the previous year. The KSO's Annual Fund provides the crucial, broad-base support necessary for inspiring mainstage performances, accessible community concerts, and impactful education programming. 


$100,000+


Jim and Michell Clayton
East Tennessee Foundation
James and Natalie Haslam
Knoxville Symphony League
Bill and Atie Rotmeyer
Tennessee Arts Commission


$50,000 - $99,999 


City of Knoxville
The Clayton Family Foundation
Lawson Family Foundation


$25,000 - $49,999


Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville
Aslan Foundation
Steve and Ann Bailey
Clayton Homes, Inc.
David and Annie Colquitt
Knox County


$15,000 - $24,999 


Boyd Foundation
Roy E. Cockrum
Mardel Fehrenbach
Joe and Ruth Fielden
KaTom Restaurant Supply, Inc.
Chris and Donna Kinney
Jon and Toni Lawler
Bill and Alexa Riley
Pilot Company


$10,000 - $14,999 


Anonymous
The Sidney and JoNelda Williams Blalock Fund
Randy and Jenny Boyd
Brock Shipe Klenk
Clayton Volvo
Richard Fox and Ralph Cianelli
William and Crissy Haslam
Catherine Hill
Mark and Catherine Mamantov
Jay and Marga McBride | Parkview Senior Living Communities
Maureen Dunn McBride and Neil McBride
Merchant and Gould
Michael and Judy Morman
Cynthia Moxley and Alan Carmichael
Mark and Meredith Overholt
Pellissippi State Community College
The Powell Foundation
Joseph and Sharon Pryse
Quyn and Ayaz Rahman
Alan and Sally Sefton
Theresa Stone
Tennova Healthcare
Julia Caroline White
Tim and Amy Williams


$5,000 - $9,999 


Moody Altamimi
The Bailey Family Foundation
Jarrod Blue and John Law
David Butler and Ted Smith
Charles R. Daily
Aram and Caraline Demirjian
Denark Construction, Inc.
East Tennessee Realtors
Emerson Reliability Solutions
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Everett III
Nancy Gnilka
Anna Gray
Charles and Lynn Harr
Judith A. Hector
Home Federal Bank
Angel Howard
Judah Gudelsky Leshnoff Trust
Michael and Jaan Kelly
Stephen and Carol Krauss
The LAMP Foundation
Doug and Carolyn Leahy
Dr. Charmaine B. Mamantov
Sheena M. McCall
Lindsay McDonough
Patrick McGlothin
Mercedes-Benz of Knoxville
Mostly Modern Projects
The Nora Roberts Foundation
Elizabeth Offringa
Jan and Sylvia Peters
Zane and Teresa Scarlett
Richard C. Stone
Stowers Machinery Corporation
Substance Abuse Fund for Education
Laurence and Risë Tucker
Jane Venable
Russ and Holly Watkins
John Winbigler
John Winemiller and RJ Hinde
Dr. Sibyl Wray


$2,500 - $4,999 


Anonymous (2)
Karop and Marilyn Bavougian
Barbara W. Bernstein
Dr. Myrwood C. Besozzi
Steven and Mary Ellen Brewington
Fred and Gina Buffum
Jeff and Vicki Chapman
Jeffrey and Barbara Crist
Dalen Products
Ron and Melissa Feinbaum
Howard and Sandra Kay Filston
Rachel and Terry Ford
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Susan F. French
Grainger Industrial Supply
James Grossen
Jenny Hines
HomeTrust Bank
Robert and Carney Ivy
Dr. Jeffrey H. Johnson
Jeffrey and K. Michelle Johnson
Tom and Myra Kilgore
Vicki S. Kinser
Dr. Rudolf Koester
Dr. James E. Lawler
Jeffrey H. Lee
Andrew MacDonald and Jacqueline Whittemore
Marylees Miller
Stratton and Maria Nicolaides
Sara Phillips
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Mary Bruckner Rayson
Rogers Group Inc.
The Rotary Club of Knoxville
Suzanne Schriver and David Rechter
Luis and Kim Soltero
UT Federal Credit Union


$1,000 - $2,499 


Anonymous
Akima Club, Inc.
Davis Allan and Teri Hodges
Ralph and Marilyn Battistelli
Joe and Becky Benedict
Melissa and James Blair
Brian and Nancy Bosson
Gregory Brown
Caroline B. Buckner
Dr. William M. Bugg
C. Gayle Burnett
John and Sandra Butler
Henry E. Christenberry III
William and Vicki Christensen
Connor Clarke
Tina Collins-Hefner
Daniel and Jane Conrad
Kenneth and Jane Creed
Robert R. Croley
Larry and Terrissa Danner
Robert and Evelyn Davis
Ronald R. Dawe
Herb and Kathryn Debban
Elsie T. Dodson
Phyllis Driver
Charles and Nancy Dudney
Dr. Takeshi Egami
Joel and Sandy Garber
Don and Carole Heiser
Hickory Construction Inc.
Katherine Hilton
Parks and Ann Hitch
Raymond and Linda Holton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hydzik
William and Sally Johnson
Howard and Susan Kastner
Ronald and Reba Kennedy
Lewis and Deborah Kinnard
Ms. Kathryn Kinnard Freeman
Mary Knepper
LeConte Realty Foundation
Sherri P. Lee
Jerry and Emily Lenn
Sheryl Linck and Garry Conklin
David and Sandra Martin
Verna B. McLain
Chris and Eden Bishop
John and Anne Menna
John David Miller
Scott Milner
Olexander Motin
Dr. Caryn Wunderlich and Dr. Brian Murphy
Jim and Phyllis Nichols
Susan Parrott
Jim and Emily Plemmons
David and B.K. Polacsek
C.A. and Judy Ridge
Dr. Craig and Sue Rylands
Susan Seymour
Robert Simpson and Muriel Higgins Simpson
David D. Skidmore
Ray Strong Family Fund
Janet Testerman and Joey Creswell
Virginia Tolbert
Alice Torbett
Terry and Linda Tyler
Ryan Waller
Teal and Kent Willoughby
Anthony and Lynn Wise
James and Linda Yates


$500 - $999 


Anonymous
Dr. Carol Akerman
David and Ying Ayliffe
Sara Baskin
William Beard
Michael and Tracey Belmont
Bruce and Delores Benton
Harry and Michelle Bishop
Larry and Linda Blair
Tom and Vickie Brandt
Peggy Branson
Andre and Caitlin Caballero
Jim and Nancy Carmon
Dennis and Debbie Carper
David and Kelly Chor
Patti Claire
Joseph and Posey Congleton
Kim Cunningham
John and Mary Daugherty
Daniel Drapp and Suzanne Fisher
David and Janet Dugger
Mark and Patricia Eklund
Michael and Deborah Emery
Bruce Johnson and Brenda Evans
William and Jenny Eversole
Howard and Kristin Farrington
Edward and Melissa Flanagan
Ted Flickinger and Julie Howard
Steve & Carrie​ Fronek
Nancy Moore Goslee
Laura M. Goss
Denise Gough
Nathan Grace
Ross and Suzanne Graham
Michael and Mary Kay Greiner
Ross and Mary Harding
David and Patricia Harris
James A. Hawk
John and Linda Haynes
Gordon and Laurie Hendrich
James and Donna Henkel
Amy Morris Hess
Richard and Deanna Hill
Mark Hill
Harlan and Tricia Hubbs
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold and Sharon Hudson
Lora Johnson and Craig Dotson
Richard and Mary Johnson
Richard Jolley and Tommie Rush
Peggy Kattine
Alfred M. Legendre
Allison L. Lester
Hugh and Barbara Lewis
James and Kristen Lewis
Dieter Manthey and Irene Dorfinger
Dave and Dolores Marsden
Peter and Deborah Sershon
Michael McClamroch
Mary McGehee
Charlene Mischlich
Katrice W. Jones Morgan and Orlando R. Morgan
William and Virginia Morrow
OWS Partnership
Neal and Elizabeth Peebles
John and Martha Pittenger
Judith A. Poulson
Prestige Cleaners
LuAnne Prevost
James and Angela Pugh
Gray and Brenda Reavis
Marsha M. Reichle
Thomas and Mary Russell
Roland Schneller
S. William Schwenterly
Douglas and Shirley Selby
Andrew and Jamie Singer
Ned and Anne Smethers
Ken and Dee Stephenson
Frank Stidham
Mr. Donald Stoner and Ms. Faith Ferguson
Betsy J. Stubblefield
Bill and Mary Kay Sullivan
Gregory and Karen Swabe
Donna J. Terzak
Texas Instruments
Elizabeth Turner
Linda C. Vaughn
Scot Williams and Martha Weeks
Donna Wertz
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey and Karen White
Shawn and Laura White
Marshall and Clare Wilkins
Jim and Elizabeth Williams
Johnnie and Cynthia Williams
Michael and Kathy Wills
Ray A. Zuhr
Oak Ridge National Laboratory


$250 - $499 


Anonymous (2)
Sandra Adame
Tommy and Midge Ayres
Robert and Weena Babcock
Sydney and Rebecca Ball
Kenneth and Opal Ballien
Eleanor Barron
Michael and Davenna Baumgartner
Connie Bawcum
Michael and Sue Beckley
Betty Benson
Justin Berry
Tom and Linda Bolen
James and Constance Brace
Thomas M. Bugg
Frances Butler
Paul B. Cardali, MD
Mary Christofferson
Kenneth and Dawn Coleman
James and Gisela Condon
David and Carole Conklin
Drs. Cristian and Adriana Contescu
Mary Costa
Russ Covington
Liesl Daly Bold
Robert and Lana Daverman
Sarah M. Davis
Jerry and Gwen Dobson
The Dryer Family Foundation
Frances Dunn
Lamar and Mary Anne Dunn
Francie Elrod
Ted and Billy Jean Esch
Farris Family Trust
Dr. Jim and Nancy Farris
Mr. and Mrs. John and Leslie Fawaz
Paul and Marcia Fisher
Bruce and Greer Fox
Friends of the Knox County Public Library
Michael Powers Fuller
Michele Galindo
Wesley Goddard
Joshua Goldman
Mitchell and Margaret Goldman
Curtis and Tricia Gomulinski
Don and Pat Green
Mr. Jason Green
David and Ellen Greenwood
Miriam R. Griffin
Louis Gross and Marilyn Kallet
Allan and Gail Grossman
William Growdon
C. Richard and Beverley Hammond
Rebecca Hancock
Emily R. Haun
Sharon Hawkey
Dennis and Kathleen Hayward
Ms. Kendra Hendon
Douglas Hodson
Dan and Mary Holbrook
Mike and Lisa Hooper
Harold and Harriet Howell
Michael and Sarah Kane
Matt and Cathryn Kaye
Errol and Karen Sue Keith
Robert and Janice Kell
Melanie Kerley
J. Randall Kirchner
Robert and Debbie Klena
Neal and Catherine Konstantin
Brian and Melody LaRose
Judith and David Lee
Richard Licht and Shirley McGuire
Mark and Peggy Littmann
Edward Mann
Markman's Diamonds
Virginia Shalibo Marsh
Michael and Yvonne Marsh
Richard and Camille Matlock
Ron and Jean Mayer
Gail S. Mays
Keith and Leslie McAmis
George T. McCord
Elizabeth Ivey McCowan
Ed & Kathy McGinley
The Melrose Foundation, Inc.
Eric and Lori Meyers
Arthur and Judy Miller
Larry and Danna Moeller
Ronald B. Moore
Rebecca Moses
William R. Mowles
Janet Murray
Thomas and Carole Mustaleski
Robert N. Nelson
Mr. Chris Obrien
Martha Olson
Powell and Susan Partridge
Joe and Nancy Deatherage
Thomas Pinkley
Carol J. Poliziani
John and Barbara Porter
Vladimir Protopopescu
Carole C. Reeves
Rolland and Joan Regester
B.K. Reynolds
Richard and Patricia Richards
Dr. Lee L. Riedinger
Lindy Riley
Bernard and Lesley Rosenblatt
Patricia P. Roush
Dr. P. L. Rowlett
Patricia and Alan Rutenberg
Jim and Margaret Samples
Diana Samples
Sam Sasser
Carolyn Schwenn
Dr. Nan Scott
Robert and Ann Seaver
Courtney Shea
Ronald and Eleanor Sherrill
John and Kathleen Shilling
Michael and Julie Simpson
Jack Singleton
Alan Solomon, M.D.
Kenneth and Patricia Sorensen
Caesar and Dorothy Stair
John and Linda Stebbins
Raymond Sutton and Sandra Moore Sutton
David Tallent
Harry L. Thomas
Lee and Leslie Toney
Rodman Townsend Jr.
Georgiana Vines
Bill and Dotty Vinson
Berta Ward
Hanno and Carol Weitering
Richard and Carla Woodard
Kelly and Karen Wright
Carol B. Yoakley
Jerry and Christina Young


$100 - $249


Anonymous (6)
Edna Abary and Richard Gossen
Les Alley
Frances Archer
Nicholas and Penny Arning
Dennis and Jane Ann Aslinger
Dr. Kimberly Ballard
Donald and Linda Barkman
Laura P. Barnes
James and Cathy Barrett
Susan Bartolini
Rebecca Barton
Van and Diane Baxter
William Beard
Dr. Cloyd Beasley
Lawrence and Charlene Becker
Zdzislawa Bednarski
John and Connie Begovich
Judith Mayquand & Jack Benhayon
Thomas and Donna Biggs
Michael and Wendy Bittel
Tasha Blakney & Michael Rogers
Dianne Blane
Philip and Kathleen Bohlken
Harry Leon Boston III
Gary and Joan Boyd
Maurice and Tamara Boyer
Richard and Emily Braswell
Catherine I. Brewer
Donna JG Brian
Larry and Megan Brown
Mark and Megan Brumbelow
William Brumit
Jack and Karen Brunner
Paul Busse
Luis Bustamante and Pam Bustamante
Buzz Buswell
Francis and Pattie Cain
John Cain
Jane Caldwell
Anthony and Vicki Callahan
Ms. Sherry Campbell
Robert and Ruth Campbell
Carol Campbell
Marvin Campbell
Troy and Jacquelyn Cantrell
Richard and Roberta Carlin
Julie Carter
Richard Carter
James and Carey Ann Chambers
Brenda L. Chitwood
Marilyn Cianciolo
Jerry and Charlotte Cochran
Ms. Nancy Cochran
Matt and Becky Collins
Marvin and Margaret Cones
Maurizio Conti and Pamela Schoenewaldt
Dr. Kelsey D. Cook
Mrs. Marcia Mary Cook
Caroline Cooley and James Kimble
Barbara Cope and Rebecca Leffredo
Judy Cornett
Ruth C. Coughlin
Robert and Sandra Counce
Richard and Susan Cowan
Carol Cox
Faye Crawford
David and Clare Crawford
John and Sarah Crockett
Elaine Crowder
Bill and Peggy Crowder
Debbie Cutler
Ruth Darling
Mary and Jackie Davis
Kimberly Davis and Fred Sahms
Carol Davis
James and Valerie Davis
Joseph and Jayne De Fiore
David and Denise Deibler
Lois Doane
Sharon Dobbins
Bryan & Carol Dove
Theodore Dreiser
Dr. Elizabeth Driscoll and Mr. James J. Driscoll III
Eugene Dunn
Barbara Eager
Darrell and Katalin Elliott
Allan and Donna Ellstrom
Vickie W. Ennis
Thomas Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne and Vicki Everbach
Damon and Joyce Falconnier
John Farley
Norman and Doris Featherston
Michael and Patricia Ferkany
Dr. William Folley and Dr. William Myers
Elizabeth Ford and Mike Driskill
Ken and Dianne Foster
Brian Fowler
Louis Gauci and Kathy Franzel
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Frazier
Donald and Suzanne Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Julie Galbaugh
Peter and Karen Gale
Mike and Jean Galyon
Gloria Gaskin
Mark and Nan Gaylord
Christina Gerdes
Ali and Tara Ghorashi
Amy and Curtiss Gibson
Robert and Angela Gibson
James Kelly Giffen
Sandy Gillespie
Ira R. Gladson
Caroline W. Goddard
Beverley R. Gooch
David and Danielle Graham
Alexander Green
Charles and Barbara Greenblatt
Ashley Greene
Mary Sue Greiner and Sam Young
Danny Griffin
Laurie Griffin
Manfred Grote
Frank Grubbs
John and Dorothy Habel
Dana Hall
Stephen Hamblin
Christine Hamilton
David and Kelly Hardin
Gary Harmon
Elkton and Tamara Harrington
Dr. and Mrs. John and Margaret Harrison
Louis and Kate Hartley
Eric and Cathy Hasemeier
Kevin and Paula Haub
Walter D. Hedge
Mr. Mark Hedley
Kevin and Erica Heinrich
Tracy Henderlight
Mr. Thomas Hendrix
Lorie Henley
Angela Hill
Donald and Phyllis Hillis
Colleen Hoar
Jeffrey and Melissa Hodgson
Mark Hoffman
John and Terri Hopkins
Kevin Houston
Gordon Hughes
Michelle Humphrey
Sarah Hunter
Samantha Hurst
Lee and Martha Ingram
Pam & Ray Irminger
Doris Ivie
Pamela Jackson
Tom and Patrica Janney
Gail S. Jarvis
Joanna Jinks
Tim Johnson
Stanley and Kimber Jones
Roland and Linda Julian
Lydia Jurand
Michael and Sarah Kane
Tom and Jerre Karl
Richard and Sarah Kelso
Vandy Kemp
Rosa Kennedy
Andreas Kerstens
Amazing Gracie
Donald and Donna Kirkland
Ruth Kistler
Joel Kleinman
Barbara Klever
Gary Klipple
Charles and Diane Kocal
Mr. Stephen Koella
Roy Kramer
Caitlin Kuesteiner
Michael Lancaster
Peter and Fawn Landrum
Peggy Lee Lanning
Aldis and Susan Lapins
Niles and Nancy Larson
Janice M. Legg
Jesse and Mallory Lehn
Thomas Lemond
Leisa Leo
Stuart and Kyle Lewis
James and Jerilyn Ley
Harvey and Marilyn Liberman
Jackie Livesey
Dan and Michelle Loseke
Mr. David Lupisella
Dr. William MacGillivray
Mr. Philip Malach
Mike and Gail Maples
G. Markwitz
Caroline Marney
Bill Martin
Nicolai and Irina Martovetsky
Michael Massaglia
Lucile and Ed Mathews
Cara May
Thomas and Melissa McAdams
Richard and Mary Ellen McAfee
Perry and Jo McCallen
Dennis and Patricia McClane
Michael and Jan McCoy
Victoria McDonald
Logan McGhee
Ed & Kathy McGinley
Wayne and Sylvia McLaurin
Randy and Jan McNally
Linda Merkel
Susan Miceli
Jimmy and Jillian Miller
Eva Millwood
Dr. Ann Mitchell
Herbert and Barbara Mook
Susanne Moran-Eybl
Joel and Linda Morris
Helen O. Morton
Gary and Elaine Mount
Gary and Lynda Mullinax
Ms. Linda Mulliner
Marshall and Virginia Myer
Kathleen Norris
Grier Novinger
Michael O'Connell and Mary Jane Keim
Robert O'Donnell
Beverly C. Ogle
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth O'Kelley
Dr. Mary Nelle Osborne
Jim and Jessie Ostrowski
Michael and Jeanine Panarelli
Stanley and Hei-Kyoung Park
Janet Parkay
Matthew Parsons
Elizabeth Partridge
Jim and Sandy Pease
Judith Pedas
Bill and Julie Perry
John and Cassandra Peterson
Maria Petsola-Crawley
Ronald Plybon
Frederick D. Pogue
William and Carolyn Neil
Wilfred Post
William and Frances Potter
Timothy Priest
John and Jacquelynne Prince
Amy and Max Reddick
Mike and Sharon Reed
Leslie Reeves
Ms. Renee Repka
Christian Reynolds
Kay Reynolds
John Riblett and Patricia Dalton
Councilmember Lauren Rider
Randall and Donna Riggs
Gerald and Sarah Risdahl
Dean Rivkin
Samuel C. Robinson
Ms. Elena Rodriguez
Bill and Bonnie Rogers
Bob and Janice Roseberry
Alison Rosen
Dennis Rowe
David and Jennifer Rugg
Eugene and Elizabeth Sanders
Sandra Sanders
Jamey Sands
Imogene Saunders
Kay Schaefer
Jeffrey and Lisa Schlactus
Peter Schwartz
David and Gayla Seale
Matt and Saba Seaver
Brenda and Barry Sherman
Bud and Barbara Sherrod
John and Rose Sherwood
Robert and Phyllis Shnider
Walter and Kim Sidorski
Mark and Lucy Sieger
Dr. Pamela Siergiej
Russell and Roberta Simmons
Jack and Linda Simpson
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Skinner and Lisa Skinner
Sandra Sleeman
Sharon Smith
Stanley A. Smith
Janis B. Smith
Jack and Susan Somaini
Harvey L. Sproul
Eric and Leslie Stahl
Daniel and Beth Stainforth
Russell and Sarah Stair
Larry A. Stanifer
Samuel and Susan Steele
Scott Stephen
Fred and Suzanne Stephens
Jeanette M. Stevens
Stan and Pamela Stevens
Mrs. Nancy Stewart
Tim Stovall and Hona Lee
Gary and Sharon Swigart
Robert Swintosky
Daniel Taddie
Lucy Taylor
Bill and Jo Terry
Grady and Kathy Thomas
Jonathan Tinsley
Don and Patty Tipton
Angela Toftey
John and Melissa Towle
Don Townsend
Bill and Mairzy Truex
Mary Alice Tucker
George Turner
Dr. Thomas Ungs
Mrs. Linda Vekasi
Linda Vopal
Alisha Wade
Ms. Leah Cox and Mr. Alan Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Walls
Wayne and Maryanne Walls
William and Sally Walter
Katherine Wasmund
Kelley Weatherley-Sinclair
Frank and Julienne Weathers
Sharon Weaver
Mrs. Anita Webb
Terry & Jeni Weber
Michael and Shelley Wieting
Pete and Elaine Willcox
Grady Williams
Frank and Debra Williams
Murray Willis
William and Shannon Wilson
Eleanor Wistrom
Mr. Jonathan Womack
Michael and Elizabeth Wright
Liu Xiaobing and Dongyi Xiao
Ms. Mardi Yancey
Robert Yoder
Kristin Younkin
Walter and Lou Ann Zibas