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 July 1, 2022.
MUSIC DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE
Generous donors of one million or more over their history with Oakland Symphony.
Bonnie † and James Bell
LIFETIME MEMBERS
Generous donors of $100,000 or more over their history with Oakland Symphony.
Anonymous (3)
Jim Bell
Giles “Bud” Cropsey †
Beryl Crumpton and James Potter
Bette and Robert Epstein
James Hasler
Beverly and Randy Hawks
Jack Klingelhofer
Cornell C. Maier
Karl Mettinger
Karen and Steve Nicholls
Berniece and Pat Patterson
Norman and Janet Pease
Beryl and James Potter
Barbara and Joel Richmon
Shirley and Philip Schild
Robert A.D. and Debbra Wood Schwartz †
Erma and Owen Smith
Susan and Paul Sugarman
Nancy S. Sweetland
Katherine Van Hagan
Jennifer and Paul Vetter
Donna M. Williams
† deceased
$50,000+
Jim Bell
Beryl Crumpton and James Potter
Bette and Robert Epstein
James Hasler
Berniece and Pat Patterson
The Cestra Butner Family
Martha Toppin
$20,000-$49,999
Anonymous (4)
Katherine and Lance Gyorfi
Frederick Isaac
Jack Klingelhofer
Amy and Eddie Orton
Norman and Janet Pease
Barbara and Joel Richmon
Helen and Peter Sheaff
Susan and Paul Sugarman
Jennifer and Paul Vetter
Chris Wachira
Donna Williams
$10,000-$19,999
Anonymous (2)
Karen Austin
Wendy Breuer and Charles Crane
Shirley and Patrick Campbell
Susan Chan
Margaret Fisher
Margaret and Chenming Hu
Karen Ivy and James Ringland
Jill and Wesley Smith
Robert Kidd and Joan Story
Karen Long
$7,500-$9,999
Eric Benson
Karen Ivy and James Ringland
$5,000-$7,499
Richard and Carlene Anderson
Sandra Ball-Rokeach
Anne Cademenos
Joanne Casey
Kathryn and Christopher Dann
Paul Garrison
Margaret Hegg
John and Connie Hartung
David Lichtenstein
Edward Long
Alan Mason
Alison Miller
Mary Olowin
Mary Ann and Don Parachini
Melinda and Roy Samuelson
Monique Stevenson
Sharon Vonderau
Margaret and Steve Warton
$2,500-$4,999
Anonymous
Margery Eriksson and James Nelson
Harry Howe
Stanley Kowalski and Sylvia Smith
Denise and Don Rigler
Marianne Robison
Leslie Rogers
Kay Vinson Ruhland
Ruth Stroup
Gerald Vurek-Martyn
$1,000-$2,499
Anonymous
Fernando Aguayo-Garcia
Diane Appel and Daniel CottonPaula and David Byrens
William Baron
Dina Bartello
Frank Bliss
Cynthia and David Blumgart
Roberta Brokaw
Gwendolyn Buchholz and David Durand
Paula and David Byrens
Xiaopiong and Xuelong Cao
Morris Chubb
Patrice Cochran
Sirron Davis
Joseph Di Prisco and Patricia James
Christopher Doane and Neal Shorstein
Bruce Ericson
Anne Esmonde
Sarah Everett
Anne Fay and Tom Schunn
Christiane and Lewis Frederickson
Marianne Friedman
Paul Gertmenian
Carol and Angela Glann
Kenneth Gobalet
Marian and Roger Gray
Linda Millar
Charlie Haas and Barbara Moran
Earl and Bonnie Hamlin
Barbara Hardacre and Melvin Harrison
Ruth Harvey and Lawrence Pinkus
Pamela and Howard Hatayama
Marcia Hawkins
Joan Gabriella Heinsheimer
Carol Henri
Frederick Hertz
Carolyn and Robert Heywood
Amy Hillyard
Judit and Thomas Jackovics
Mark Jacobs
Ann Johnson
Marilyn Kecso
Jonathan Kleid
Jeanne and Stuart Korn
Susan Lambert
Thomas Leibowitz
Dr. William A Lester
Kara Levine
Kathie Long
Douglas Love
Edward Love
Holly and Thomas Love
Pamela Magnuson-Peddle
Roger Mann
Frank Martin
James Martin and Jan Schmuckler
Randall Matamoros and Nancy Wilkinson
Helen Meyer-Knapp
Linda Millar
Merrilee Mitchell
Jaime Myers
Len Nathan
Thomas Nelson
Karen and Steve Nicholls
Sharon Noteboom
Elisabeth and Michael O’Malley
Mary Oram
Eva and Aaron Paul
John and Frances Raeside
Kennedy and Kathleen Richardson
Davis Riemer and Louise Rothman-Riemer
Pamela and Jim Robson
Keith Slibsager
Ilona Turner
Linda and Gerald Vurek-Martin
Richard West
Laura and Steve Wolff
$500-$999
Anonymous
Deborah and William Baldwin
John Barrett
Catherine Bishop and Ken Donnelly
Eileen Blood-Golden
Thomas Bosserman
Camille and Wayne Brotze
Evangeline Buell
Helen Cake
Susan and Bruce Carter
Amy Chung
Alan Crockett and Gail Grigsby
Edward Cullen and Ann O’Connor
Mike Cusick
Susan and Joseph Daly
William DeWolf
Nancy and Hugh Ditzler
Carolyn Doelling
Nancy Dyar
William and Kristin Flynn Estheimer
Sheila Fischer
Harry and Sheilah Fish
Christian Fritze
Susan Gallardo and Mark Freitas
John Gile
Edward Gordon
Eudice Greene
Dana Hansen
Alan Harper
Richard Hawkins
John and Jean Hazell
Lisa Herrinton
Rick and Cindy Holbrook
Sally Houston
Michelle Jurika
Didi and Paul Kubicek
Ellen and Barry Levine
Linda Likar
Christopher Lundin
Geralyn and Eugene Lynch
John McClure and Linda Sayler
Dorothy McIntosh
Barbara S. Miller
Semiramiss Natagh
Amy Neches
Andreas Neyer
Lidia Owens
Dominique Pelletey
Luis Ramirez
Ben Redcross and Michael Sears
Estrellita and Raleigh Redus
Dennis Rothhaar and Miriam Steinbock
Miyo Saiki
Gregg Schluntz
Sarah Shaver
Linda Snyder
Romer Stevenson
Lisa Strongin
Marsha Sutherland
Charles and Geraldine Waitman
Tanya Webb
Kimberly Mark Webb
Carolyn Yale
$250-$499
Anonymous
William Abernathy and Kathleen Courts
Nafeesa Ahmad-Bey
Petrina Alexander
Kenny and Marvell Allen
Kathryn Amacher
Jacquie Anderson
Elizabeth Arney
Michael Banister and Nora Privitera
Gordon Baranco
Michael Barrett
Nikki Fortunato Bas
Terry Bedford
Claude and Carol Benedix
Michael Bennett
Steve Bicknese
Sallie Blytt
Michael Broad
Veronica Bryan
Shirley and Patrick Campbell
Alejandra Cervantes
Pi-Fen Chen
Seymour Cherney
Kev Choice
Lori Cloutier
Alexis Cureton
Regina Davis
Paul Davis
Marta De Pierris
Nancy and David Nelson DeRoche
Donald & Jeanette Del Carlo
Erica Dennings
Pamela Dernham and Greg Linden
Frances Dibble
Jeanne DiBella
Kyla Dickerson Santana
Robert Diener
Loretta Dimitruck
Jeanette Dinwiddie Moore
Joanne Drabek and Thor Start
Emerson and Sara DuBois
Ashley Dunning
Paul Farrell
John Faust
Jhunehl Fortaleza
John and Catherine Francioch
Wendy Franklin and Calvin Wall
Nancy M. Friedman and Terry Hill
James Fyfe
Ed Gerber
Janet Glasgow
John and Tina Monaco Glynn
Judy Gong
Joe and Martha Goralka
Roberta and Andrew Grant
Sheldon and Judy Greene
Lenore Griffin
Susan and Charles Hanson
Hunter Harris
Joel Hart
Jodie Hatano
Howard and Pamela Hatayama
James Henry
David Hernandez and Susan Ward
Joanna Hirsch
Anonymous
Rose and Fredric Hoffman
Carol Hudson
Floyd Huen and Jean Quan
Jonathan and Joy Jacobs
Rosemary Jenckes
Donald and Judith Jones
Lee Jones
Thomas Kavanaugh
Michael Kennemer
Ellen Kerrigan and Baker A. Peeples
Carl Kinczel
George and Doris Krevsky
Meri Lane
Randolph Langenbach
Carla Leibowitz
Maureen and George Lenahan
Rosanna Lerma
Kent Lewandowski
Terry Liebowitz
Tonya Love
Helen M. Marcus
Tommie Mayfield
David McDonald
Evan Meagher
Howard & Stephanie Mel
Cathy and Gary Meyer
Wayne Miller
Catherine Miner
Robin Minor
James Morris
Sharmin and Farshid Moussavi
Cheryl Mouton
Robert Mulder
Joan Neblett
Arthur Ogus
Glenn Otterman
Pamela Page
Seokjoon Pang
Joe Paulino
Tanya Peterson
Andrew Peterson
Linda Purkiss
Wallace and Gayle Ransom
Denise Rettenmaier
Timothy Ross
Jaguar Rude
Samuel Santos
Kate Saulsgiver
Michael Schafer
Michael Scharff
Karen M Schroeder
Wendy Simon
Gail Simpson
Todd Sotkiewicz
Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn
Ellen and Eugene Switkes
Joseph Tally
Caria Tomczykowska
Ben Torres
Philip C. and Shantha N. Ursell
Susan and C. Henry Veit
Thomas and Margaret Vinson
Sandy and Linda Wagner
Steven and Kathy Wallcave
Ellen Watts
Mary and Peter Weinstein
Jessica Wickens
Elizabeth Wierzbianska
Thomas Wilberding
Tanya Willacy
Ann Williamson
Elouise Wilson