We gratefully acknowledge our generous donors, whose annual support enables us to build community through the artistic and educational programs of Oakland Symphony, Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Oakland Symphony Chorus. The following list reflects gifts made to the annual fund or elevated events recorded since May 1, 2023.
† indicates deceased
MUSIC DIRECTORS CIRCLE
Generous donors of
one million or more
over their history with
Oakland Symphony.
Bonnie † and James Bell
Berniece and Pat † Patterson
LIFETIME MEMBERS
Generous donors of
$100,000 or more
over their history with
Oakland Symphony.
Anonymous (2)
Bonnie † and James Bell
Joanne Casey
Wendy Breuer and Charles Crane
Bette and Robert Epstein
Katherine and Lance Gyorfi
James Hasler
Karen Ivy and James Ringland
Robert Kidd and Joan Story
Jack Klingelhofer
Karen and Steve Nicholls
Berniece and Pat Patterson
Beryl Crumpton Potter and James Potter
Barbara and Joel Richmon
Jill and Wesley Smith
Susan and Paul Sugarman
Jennifer and Paul Vetter
Donna Williams
$20,000 +
Anonymous (3)
Karen E. Austin
James Bell
Susan Chan
Bette and Robert Epstein
Katherine and Lance Gyorfi
James Hasler
Frederick J. Isaac
Berniece and Pat Patterson
Beryl Crumpton Potter and James Potter
Barbara and Joel Richmon
Susan and Paul Sugarman
Jennifer and Paul Vetter
Donna Williams
$10,000-$19,999
Joanne Casey
Terrence Chan and Edward Sell
Wendy Breuer and Charles Crane
David Graber †
Denise and Don Rigler
Karen Ivy and James Ringland
Robert Kidd and Joan Story
Jack Klingelhofer
Helen Sheaff
$7,500-$9,999
Paul Garrison
Marianne Robison
$5,000-$7,499
Anne Cademenos
Georgine Chokatos
Kathryn and Christopher Dann
Margaret Fisher
Jon and Connie Hartung
Margaret Hegg
Joan Gabriella Heinsheimer
Carol Henri
Narinder Singh and Supreet Kaur
Helena Meyer-Knapp and Robert Knapp
Rosanna Lerma
David Lichtenstein
Mark and Lisa Braver-Moss
Karen and Steve Nicholls
Roy and Melinda Samuelson
Jill and Wesley Smith
E. Margaret and Steve Warton
$2,500-$4,999
Richard and Carlene Anderson
John Barrett
Morris Chubb
Joseph Frank
Marianne Friedman
Howard and Pamela Hatayama
Harry Howe
Margaret and Chenming Hu
Marilyn Kecso
Stu and Jeanne Korn
Annis and Nicholas Kukulan
Alison Miller
Christine Orr
Mary Ann and Don Parachini
Leslie Rogers
Jean Shuler
Monique Stevenson
Jerry Vurek-Martyn
Richard West
$1,000-$2,499
Anonymous
Diane Appel and Daniel Cotton
Dan Ashley
Benjamin Baab
Michael Barrett
Cynthia and David Blumgart
Roberta Brokaw
Helen Cake
Rosemary Chang
Christopher Curtis
Joseph and Susan Daly
Rena David
Blaine Devine
Joseph Di Prisco
Neal Shorstein and Christopher Doane
Bruce Ericson
Margery Eriksson and James Nelson
Sarah Everett
Darron Flagg and Maria Mba Wright
Lewis and Christiane Frederickson
Susan Gallardo and Mark Freitas
Paul Gertmenian
John Gile
Carol and Angela Glann
Kenneth Gobalet
Marian and Roger Gray
Earl and Bonnie Hamlin
Melvin Harrison and Barbara Hardacre
Victoria Henley
Carolyn and Robert Heywood
Judit and Thomas Jackovics
Mark Jacobs
Jonathan Kleid and Robin Hampton
Carole Klein
Susan Lambert
Edward Long
Kathie Long
Holly and Thomas Love
Geralyn and Eugene Lynch
Pamela Magnuson-Peddle
Roger and Joan Mann
Frank Joseph Martin
Linda Millar
Barbara Moran and Charlie Haas
Mike Moye
Kavya Muthanna
Len Nathan
Andreas Neyer
Sharon Noteboom
Mary Oram
Lisa Herrinton and Stuart Ozer
Eva and Aaron Paul
Linda Pinkoski
Linda Purkiss
Ron Ramin
Kennedy and Kathleen Richardson
M. Louise Rothman-Riemer and Davis Riemer
Anjanette Scott
Karen and Ross Scroggs
Keith Slibsager
Sylvia Smith and Stanley Kowalski
Rachel Taylor Johansen and Eric Johansen
Samuel Test
Fern Tiger
Sharon Vonderau
Ellen Walker
Timothy Wendt
Laura and Steve Wolff
Carolyn Yale
$500-$999
Maureen Alano and George Zolinsky
Jacquie Anderson
Julianne Anderson
Alessandra Aquianti
Dion and David Aroner
Catherine Atcheson
Leslie Bacon
Deborah and William M. Baldwin
Eileen Blood-Golden
Thomas Bosserman
Camille and Wayne Brotze
Carol Brown and Tom Spalding
Evangeline C. Buell
Helene Byrne and John Vallerga
Amy Chung
Edward Cullen and Ann O'Connor
Paul Davis
Sirron Davis
Cindy and Brian Deans
Nancy DeRoche
Joe DeVries and Olga Bolotina
Kenneth Donnelly
Anne Drejet
Emerson and Sara DuBois
Nancy Dyar
William Estheimer
Roland Feller
Harry and Sheilah Fish
Reyla Graber
Eudice Greene
Gail Grigsby and Alan Crockett
Bonnie Hampton
Alan Harper
Marcia Hawkins
Richard Hawkins
Mary Katherine Johnson
Donald and Judith Jones
Didi and Paul Kubicek
Terry Kulka
Meri Lane
Monya Lane
Maureen and George Lenahan
Ellen and Barry B. Levine
Kara Levine
Linda J. Likar
Edward Love
Nancy Lowenthal
Christopher Lundin
John McClure and Linda Sayler
Kathleen and Daniel McKinney
Merrilee H. Mitchell
James Morris
Cheryl Ann Mouton
Joan Neblett
Russell Nelson
Thomas Nelson
Elisabeth and Michael O'Malley
Lidia Owens
Lawrence Pinkus and Ruth Harvey
Michael Pyatok
Luis Ramirez
Estrellita and Raleigh Redus
Brian Ripley
Pamela and Jim Robson
Richard R. Rossi and Kimberly Mark Webb
Kay Vinson Ruhland
Barbara Sanders
Gregg Schluntz
Tom Schunn and Anne Fay
Lori Schweitzer and Steven Caccamo
Ben Redcross and Michael Sears
Frances Slack and John Raeside
Kenneth Sorey
Lisa Strongin
Jamienne Studley and Gary Smith
Michael Sullivan
Marsha Shaw Sutherland
Kristi Swope and Randall McEachern
Sandy and Linda Wagner
Michael Walsh
Mary and Peter Weinstein
Elizabeth Wierzbianska
Ann Williamson
Margot Yapp
$250-$499
Ted Allen and Carla Moore
Linda Andrew-Marshall
Anonymous (2)
Gordon S. Baranco
Nikki Bas
Anita Battle
Claude and Carol Benedix
Bruce Bennett
Lisa Benton
M. Hope Young and Kevin Best
Sallie Blytt
Marion Brackett
Christine Brigagliano
David Brown
Janice Cantu
Pi-Fen Chen
Robert Chiles
Minoo and Lewis Clayman
Andrew Cohen
Paul Davis
Pamela Dernham and Greg Linden
Frances Dibble
Joanne Drabek and Thor Start
Rick Draper
Yvette Chalom and Paul Fogel
Rosa L. Fregoso
Nancy M. Friedman
Stephen and Valerie Garry
Janet Glasgow
Joe and Martha Goralka
Edward Gordon
Sheldon and Judy Greene
Joseph Edelberg
Susan and Charles Hanson
Hunter Harris
Carol Haskell and Jon Seidel
Saralinda and Richard M. Jackson
Jonathan and Joy Jacobs
Rosemary Jenckes
Lee Jones
Patricia Kates
Anna M. Keim
Lauren Kerr
Ellen Kerrigan and Baker A. Peeples
Baker Peeples
Brian Leonard
Mark Lightfoot
Anita M Battle
Sumona Majumdar
Margaret and John Maloney
Helen M. Marcus
Denise Martini
Tommie Mayfield
Catherine McLane
Alexandra Moore
Sharmin and Farshid Moussavi
Lenore Naxon
Glenn Otterman
Seokjoon Pang
Kurt Patzner and Carla Picchi
Floyd Huen and Jean Quan
Wallace and Gayle Ransom
David M. Roberts
Avis Robinson
Martin Rokeach
Timothy Ross
Diane Sanchez
Phyllis Scaduto
Jane Seleznow
Stephen Shefler
Wendy Simon
Arthur Ogus and Jenifer Steele
Dennis Rothhaar and Miriam Steinbock
Janice Tudor
Philip C. and Shantha N. Ursell
Thomas and Margaret Vinson
Charles, Geraldine and Lisa Waitman
Penelope Washbourn
Katherine and Jon Weiner
Thomas Wilberding
Elouise Wilson
Eva Mae Youngberg
To our supporters up to $249: Every friend of the Oakland Symphony family is an invaluable part of sustaining our music and education programs, and there are many more than we can list here. We are thankful for your generosity.
We gratefully acknowledge the Tribute Gifts received by our patrons and donors. The following list reflects gifts made since May 1, 2022.
In memory of Bob and Tommie Winslow
Barbara Wong
In memory of C.A. Peddle
Anonymous
In memory of Edward L. Ripley
Brian Ripley
In memory of Erik Eriksson - Emeritus Board
Margery and James Eriksson
In memory of Frederic and Marietta Harvey
Ruth Harvey and Lawrence Pinkus
In memory of Gordon Beal
Kelly Hall-Tompkins
In memory of Jay T. Levine
Kara Levine
In memory of John B Hancock V
Mark Jacobs
In memory of Linda Steele II
John Barrett
Patrice Hidu
In memory of Michael Morgan
Anonymous
Carol Henri
Carole Klein
Edward Cullen and Ann O'Connor
Elaine McKenna
Fidelity Charitable
Pamela Fitch
Pamela Fitch
Sonja Maund
Sonja Maund
Stephen and Valerie Garry
In memory of Michael Morgan and Joseph Liebling
Carol Henri
In memory of Michael Morgan and Roy Matthes
Barbara Alexander
In memory of Ms. Dee Willams - (Mom)
Marvell and Kenny Allen
In memory of Peter and Michael Sheaff
Helen Sheaff
In memory of Virgle Lewis
Natasha Lewis
In memory of William S. Robinson
Cecile Walker
In memory of Kay V. Ruhland
Bonnie Hamlin
Lisa Kay Ruhland
Maureen Moore
Thanh Caotran
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In honor of Alison Miller
Martha and Lester Miller
In honor of Bette Epstein
Lori Schweitzer and Steven Caccamo
In honor of Chairo and Emet Enomoto
Philip Enomoto
In honor of Charles Leo Ostrofe
Maureen and George Lenahan
In honor of Donna Williams
Evan Forhan
In honor of Jay T. Levine
Kara Levine
In honor of Jim Bell
Joseph Di Prisco
In honor of John Gile
William Estheimer
In honor of Kari Mah
Donna Rubenoff
In honor of Kay Ruhland
Donna Williams
In honor of Kedrick Armstrong
Bell Investment Advisors Inc.
Carol Henri
James Bell
Schwab Charitable
In honor of Margaret Hegg
David Besley
In honor of Michael Morgan Legacy Fund
John Gile
In honor of Miles Antaya
Sally A. Arney
In honor of Nasriah Morrison
Rizwan Huq
In honor of Noelle and Edward Long
Rick Draper
In honor of Peter and Helen Sheaff
Cerity Partners Foundation
In honor of SHM
Michael Sullivan
Individuals who support the Endowment Fund help to ensure the long-term future of Oakland Symphony’s music, education and outreach programs. The donors listed below have made outright gifts, estate gifts, or irrevocable planned gifts through a charitable remainder trust. For more information contact our Development Department at (510) 444-0801.
LIFETIME LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
Bonnie† and James Bell
Giles “Bud” Cropsey †
THE PAULINE WILKINSON MACAULAY MEMORIAL FUND
In support of the Symphony’s education and outreach programs
Lon and Mary Israel
DAVID PAUL STEVENSON MEMORIAL FUND
B. Monique Stevenson
THE EDWIN AND NANCY RICHARD FUND
In support of the Symphony’s education and outreach programs
Paul and Susan Sugarman
NATHAN RUBIN MEMORIAL FUND
Leslie and Conway Jones, Jr.
Marilyn Langlois
Ralph Samuel
JAY T. LEVINE MEMORIAL FUND
In support of MUSic for Excellence
The Estate of Jay T. Levine
MARY LOU HÉBERT MEMORIAL FUND
Stan Hébert
MCKIBBEN FAMILY TRUST
Winton and Margaret McKibben
The Estate of Doris B. Holerman
The Estate of Herbert Chittenden
David and Melodie Graber
Andrew and Teresa Gunther
The Estate of Anne Macpherson
The Estate of John E. and Helen A. Manning
The Estate of Thomas M. Price
Eleanor Swent
The Estate of John and Thelma Taylor
Arthur Weil
Reinald A. and Ingeborg R. Wells †
The Estate of Elvera Wollitz Smith
The MM Israel 2011 Trust- Mary Israel
† deceased
We are grateful to those who have remembered the Oakland Symphony with bequests. These gifts will help establish and grow the Symphony’s endowment, providing support for future generations of music lovers and students.For more information contact our Development Department at (510) 444-0801.
James Bell
Toby C. Berger †
Marie Cerles Boss †
Robert E. Burton
Gail Coney
Jean Cunningham † and Carla Scherr
Christopher and Kathryn Dann
Arthur Dunlop †
Susie Elkind †
Bette and Robert Epstein
Dorothy Ewing †
Lewis and Christiane Frederickson
Paul Gertmenian
David Graber †
Lisa Caul and Robert Harrington
Jon F. and Connie M. Hartung
James Hasler
Harry Howe
H. Nona Hungate †
Mary Israel
Jeanne and Stuart Korn
Terry Kulka and Gary Semans
Regina Lackner
Jane Ann Lamph
David Leinbach †
Douglas Love
Cornell C. Maier
Samuel Miller and Maude Pervere
Sam R. Miller
Mary Morris † and Harold Lawrence†
Roderick Murray †
Sterling Parks †
Sterling Parks
Muriel and Irving Schnayer †
Ellie Shapiro
Carolyn Sonfield †
Monique Stevenson
John † and Thelma Taylor †
Joan Thatcher †
Fern Tiger
Laura Tow
C. Henry and Susan Veit
Albert J. Vizinho
Arthur Weil
Ingeborg R. and Reinald A. Wells †
Joan Wetherell
Donna Williams
† deceased
Thank you to our corporate and institutional donors who support Oakland Symphony in a variety of ways, including through grants, sponsorship, and the underwriting of our programs and events. This list reflects gifts received since July 1, 2023.
Akonadi Foundation
AT&T
Bell Investment Advisors Inc.
Benevity - American Online Giving
BlueSnap
California Arts Council
Cerity Partners Foundation
Cestra Butner Family Foundation
Chevron
City of Oakland
Click & Pledge
East Bay Community Foundation
Frederick J Isaac
Gazzano Family Trust
Give Lively Foundation
Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund
John Adams and Deborah O'Grady
Kaiser Permanente, External and Community Affairs
Korn and Company
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
National Endowment for the Arts
Pacific Harmony Foundation
San Francisco Symphony
Schwartz Family Foundation
Sidney E. Frank Foundation
The Bernard Osher Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Wells Fargo
We gratefully acknowledge the In-Kind Gifts received by our patrons and donors. The following list reflects gifts made since July 1, 2023.
BUSINESSES
ABC 7-KGO
City of Oakland
Cupcake Cove
Serendipity Wine
Uptown Downtown
Visit Oakland
Wachira Wine
INDIVIDUALS
Dan Ashley
Leslie Guterman
Foster Goldstrom
Karen Ivy and James Ringland
George Krevsky
Frederick Hertz and Randolph Langenbach
Oakland Symphony Board of Directors