Vermont Symphony Orchestra

2024-2025 Donors

Thank you to our generous donors who have supported the arts in their community and across the state. Please contact VSO’s Director of Development Allison Steinmetz at allison@vso.org or 802-864-5741 ext. 125 if you would like to make a gift or have questions about the list below.

*This list represents financial gifts, including in-kind donations, made during the time period of March 1, 2024 – February 28, 2025.

Bravo Society Donors ($2,500 +)

First Chair $10,000
Doolittle Family Foundation
George W. Mergens Foundation
Robert Kenny & Patricia Suozzi
Northfield Savings Bank
State of Vermont
TD Bank
Vermont Community Foundation
State of Vermont #
Vermont Community Foundation #
Gold Baton $5,000 – $9,999
Anonymous
Dr. Marc H. Brown & Dr. Ellen Brown
Charles and Alison Macdonald Family Fund
Francis & Carol DeVine
Eleanor Long
John Ordway & Molly Power
Oakland Foundation
Patricia Sampson
Thomas Thompson Trust
Vermont Humanities Council
Thomas Vogelsang
Barbara M. Wessel
Walter Cerf Fund
Silver Baton $2,500 – $4,999
AARP Vermont
Kristi & Sanford Bragg
Burke Mountain Resort
John Canning ◊
Four Seasons International Realty LLC
James & Jacquelyn Girardin
Dr. Britt Holmen & Lisa Aultman-Hall
John M. Bissell Foundation
Liisa Kissel
Spencer Knapp & Barbara Cory
Todd Lockwood
Northeast Delta Dental
Jeffrey Prescott & Andy Shuford
George & Judith Russell◊
Elizabeth A. Stewart
VELCO
Bruce & Lillian Venner

Annual Fund Donors ($1 – $2,499)

Anonymous
802 Credit Union
AARP Vermont
Harris Abbott
Natalie Aborn
Anne & Richard Adler
Robert Aieta & Mary Jane Verdery
Kenneth & Gail Albert
Donna & George Alexander
Align Inn
Frances Holliday Alford
Antique Mansion
Patricia Passmore Alley
Gary Alsofrom
Simeon & Regine Ananou
Douglas & Debra Anderson
Frederick Anderson
Kenneth Austin
Caroline Bailey◊
Martha G. Baker
Lauren & John Bakewell
Jean and Robert Baldwin
Carol Bam
Matthias & Alexandra Bannach
Douglas & Lynn Barnes
Bruce & Peggy Barter
Robert Bast & Laura Carlsmith
Anne Bataille
Adam Bates
Sam Battaglino
Mr. and Mrs. Bauer
Walter & Katherine Baumann
Rick & Elaine Beal
Daniel Bean & Jeanette Voss
Barbara Oski Beane◊
Russell Benghiat
Iris Berezin
Cathy Bergeron
Berkshire Bank
Berkshire Choral International
Deborah Billado
Birch & Berry Inn
Judy Gerber & John Bisson
Blake Hill Preserves
Margaret Blane
Eleanor Bliss
Sam & Gerri Bloomberg
Nick & Kristin Bogovich
Charles V. Bonin
Mary Ellen Bourgault
Kristi & Sanford Bragg
Burke Mountain Resort
Eileen & Edward Brennan
Dr. Anne Brewer & Dr. James Kowalski
Sheri Brienza-Wypyski
Diane & Bill Brigham
Stephen & Laurie Brittain
Frances Brock
Anne Brown
Nancy Brown
Elise Brunelle & Jeremy Greeff
Rodney & Sandra Buck
Amy Budish
James & Patricia Burgmeier
Dan DiBiasio & Chris Burns-DiBiasio
Barbara Butler
Anna & Adam Cadmus
Benjamin & Natalie Cadwallader◊
Julie Cadwallader Staub
Celia Cadwell & Tad Cooke
Amy Caldwell
Rick Campopiano
Mary & Tom Candon
John Canning ◊
Thomas & Dorothy Cannon
Stephen & Sharon Card
Diana Carlisle
Kathy Carpenter
Roger & Janet Cartee
Casella Waste Management
Lois Castonguay
John & Deborah Cave
Champlain Valley Apiaries
Stephane Charbonnnier
Charles R. Wood Foundation
Brianne E. Chase
Clifford Kramer & Michele Chesson
Natalie Churchill & Wally Wanagaitis
Margaret Clarino
David Clark
Sen. Alison Clarkson & Oliver Goodenough
Janice Clements
Brett Cluff
Robert Cochran
Norman Cohen
Rose and Richard Colletti
Edwin & Nancy Colodny
Community Bank N.A.
Community National Bank
John & Rosemarie Conn
Howard & Anne Connolly
Anne Conolly
Hilary Cooke
Patrick Cooperman
Copper Leaf Financial
Diane & Bob Corcoran
Richard Cormier
Cota & Cota
Courtyard by Marriot Burlington
Harbor
Janice E. Couture
Katharine & Philippe Crane
Geoffrey & Leslie Crawford
Crossroads Beverage Center
John & Judith Crowley
Marcus Coxon & Jonna Goulding
Carol Curran
Howard Brett Cutler
Martha Dale
Will & Laurie Danforth
Robert & Beverly Davis
Rusty Davis & Linda Saarnijoki
Gerald & Karin Davis
Nicole Davis
Davis & Hodgdon Associates
Drs. James C. & Caroline W. Dawson
John & Peggy Day
Donna De Angelis
Lucas DeForest
Sally Deinzer◊
Robert Demarco & Diane Dressler
Barbara Densmore
Michael & Leanne Desjardins
Francis & Carol DeVine
Larisa & Donald Devost
Sandra & Robert Diamond
Dan DiBiasio & Chris Burns-DiBiasio
Michael & Susan Dick
Arthur Dimock
John & Alida Dinklage
Anne D’Olivo
Philip & Mary Ann Dombrowski
Maryanne & Robert Donald
Frank & Ducky Donath
Gail Dougherty
James & Dorothy Douglas
Peter & Bari Dreissigacker
David & Roberta Dress
Kathleen Drew
Vida Drungilaite
William & Linda Drunsic
Dale Duckworth
Anna Dundas
Paula Duprat & George Ostler
Robert & Alice Durkin
Lisa C. Dwyer
Peter & Lisa Dwyer
Peggy & Zon Eastes
Shohreh Eckhardt
Diana Edwards
Russell Edwards◊
Judith Ehrlich
Penni Eldredge-Martin
Martha J. Elliott
David Ellis & Ann Greenawalt
David & Janet Ellison
Alan Elrick
John & Amy Jo Emerson
Lucius & Barbara Evans
Emory & Diana Fanning
Kathryn Farmer
Mary Farnsworth
Patricia J. Fastiggi
Madeline Fay
Fecteau Residential, Inc.
Robin Fedchenko
Mary Howard Feder
Lynn & Michael Field
Dorothy Finnerty & Ronald Unterman
Tim Foley & Deborah Flanders
Tonia Fleming
Richard Flood
Patricia Fontaine
Virginia and William Foote
Craig & Maria Fortier
Roger S. Foster & Baiba J. Grube
Four Seasons International Realty LLC
Carl Fowler◊
Frankenburg Agency, Inc.
Alan & Wendy Franklin
Franklyn Farm Inn
Richard & Judy Freeman
Andrew Fried
Suzanne & Mark Friis
Bronwyn Fryer & Daniel Jones
Barbara Gaida
Michael & Margaret Galbraith
Mary Galeti
Lisa Gardner
Maxine L. Garfinkel◊
Tracey Gasiz-Rondini
Denise Gaudreau & Jim Goodwin
Kathleen Geagan
Ian Gehlbach
John & Emily Gennari
Judy Gerber & John Bisson
Gidget Getson
Rooney & Cynthia Gibbs
John & Linda Gibson
Carol & George C. Gibson
Mary & David Gibson
David Giese
Allen Gilbert & Lila Richardson
James & Jacquelyn Girardin
Jeffry D. Glassberg & Amanda L. Bodell
Matthew Peake & Leslie Goldman
Holly Gorton & William Williams
Charles & Patricia Goulding
Karen & Ian Govett
The Grafton Inn
Valerie Graham
Wayne & Deborah Granquist
Tom & Mary Grape
Peter Gray
Growald Climate Fund
Roseanne Greco & Higley Harmon
David Green & Margaret Edwards
Marv & Diane Greenberg
Ginny & Arthur Greenblott
Harriet & Charles Grenier
Anne & Adam Greshin
Paul Gruhler & Jane Marlin
Harriet Grunvald
Joe & Joyce Hagan
Robert & Honore Hager
Valerie Hale
George Hall
Natalie Hall
Noralee Hall
Richard & Carol Hall
Robert Hall
Amy R. Hamlin
Elinor Hands
Hanson & Doremus Investment
Management
Eric Hanson & Xin Yang
Jennifer Hart
Ms. Susan Hartman & Mr. Peter
Burrage
Hilary Hatch
Hawk Rock Cabins
Francis and Doris Hauert
Christine Hauslein
Stephanie Hayden
Douglas Slaybaugh & Nancy Hayes
James & Mary Ellen Hebert
Barbara Heilman
Judith Henchel
Donald Hendrich & Lynn Jenness
Jean F. Henshaw
Sally Herschorn & Ed Wolfstein
Carl & Carlanne Herzog
Carole Hinners
Lenice Hirschberger
Ann L. Hogan
Doreen Hogle
Mr. & Mrs. George Hooker
Charles Hooker & Carol Lind
Marie Horkan
Bill Hoyt
Hubbardton Forge
Tom & Natalie Hubbs
Elaine Hubert
William & Lucie Huckabay
Caroline & Charlie Huebner
Wendy and Ed Huether
Brian & Cori Humes
Gale S. Hurd
Jon & Linda Hutchins
Robert & Martha Ide
Judith Irven
Alan & Joanne Irwin
Christopher & Elizabeth Isles
The Jack and Dorothy Byrne
Foundation
Linda Jackson
Willard & Carolyn Jackson
Penrose & Schuyler Jackson
Sandy & Susan Jacobs
Rafael Jaeger
Sheryl Jaffe
Patricia Jancova
Betti & Nelson Jaquay
Jasper Hill Farm
Susan Jenkins
Marty & Carolyn Sue Johansen
John M. Bissell Foundation, Inc.
Marilynne Johnson
Tom & Kathy Johnson
Susan & Frank Johnson
Nicola & David Jordan
Bethany Juscen & Jennifer Oakes
James & Allyn Kahle
Christopher Kaufman
Chapin Kaynor & Patricia G. Carr
Gordon & Bonnie Kelly
Kenneth Kero-Mentz
The Kimball House B&B
Dean & Patricia King
Donald & Judith Kinley
Brenda Kissam
Liisa Kissel
Amy Kittiver-Kay
Charles & Susan Cooke Kittredge
Spencer Knapp & Barbara Cory
Nancy Kobert
Victoria Kohler
R. MacLean Kohler
Robert Kohler
Yutaka & Kathleen Kono
Peter & Ann Kreisel
Margot Kuebler
Linda Kulp
Gov. Madeleine Kunin
Mark Kuprych
Tina K. Kurrelmeyer
Dan Kurzman & Susan Riley
Gary & Jocelyn Laber
Michalea LaCoss
David & Barbara Lacy
Liz Laferriere
Lisa Laird
Maria & Frank Lamson
Linda Lane
Mark Langan
Lake Champlain Chocolates
Ann Larson
Ferdinand & Lyn Lauffer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lavalette
Dr. John Lawlis III & Mrs. Jane Lawlis
John & Marian Lawlor
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Lisa K. Lax
Ronald & Joan Lazzaro
John Learmonth
Abe & Kathleen Leber
Pat Lee
Jacqueline Leeds
Angela Lennox-Kay
John Leppman
Margaret Leshinski
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Levis
Steven Lidle & Nancy Wright
Amy Lilly & Prospero Gogo
Sheila Liming
Kim Lipman
Todd Lockwood
Marjorie London
Eleanor Long
Rocky and Gail Lontine
Joan Lorber
Lorri Love
Joseph & Camille Lovering
Denis & Carolyn Lyster
M&T Bank
Mr. Scott B. Macdonough
Ben Machado
Virginia & John Maciejowski
Marjorie Macintyre
Mary & Peter Mackie
Ellen MacLellan
Cassie Major
Dana Mann
Kathleen Manning
Sudie Marcuse
Maple Capital Management
Isobel Marks
Wendy Martin
Chappy & Margo Matt
Julie and David May
Paul & Betty Mayer
Stephen Mayer
Karen McAndrew Allen
Christopher & Ellen McCulloch-Lovell
Ryan McDonald
Fiona McElwain
David & Patricia McGarry
Jacqueline McGlenn
Mike Berglund & Anne McGuire
Donald McIntyre
Mary & Robert R. McKearin
Debbie Mcleod & Bill Walker
McSoley McCoy & Co.
Stephen & Catherine Meholic
Antoinette Mercadante
Peter & Karen Meyer
Jason Meyer
Wolfgang & Barbara Mieder
Melissa Mielens
William Mierse & Helen Wagg
Muffie Milens
Eric & Elizabeth Miller
Jacqueline Fischer & Ron Miller
Sarah I. Miller
Catharine & Jeffrey Miller
Edith Miller
Irene Mitchell
Ann-Marie Mitroff
Mojo Cafe
Martha Molnar
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Monroe
Joe & Linda Montecalvo
Ted Montgomery
Barrie and John Montross
Marleen M. Moore
Moose Meadow Lodge
Betsy & C. Baird Morgan
Glenn & Betsy Morgan
Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation
Barclay Morris
Christine Moseley
Bruce & Angela Moulton
Brett & Carol Murphy
Chic & Pat Murphy
Susan Murphy
Kathleen Murray-Jones
Karl Naden
Neat Repeats Resale Shop, Inc.
Hartley & Virginia Neel
David Neiweem
Katharine Nelson
Catherine Nelson◊
Radetta Nemcosky
Jeanne Nemlich
Denise Niemira
Birgit Nilsson
Claire Noble◊
Elizabeth Norman
Northfield Savings Bank
Oakland Foundation
Thomas & Barbara O’Brien
Thomas & Lorrie O’Donovan
Nancy & Thomas O’Keeffe
OneDigital
John Ordway & Molly Power
Colin Osborne
Amy Otten
Mary & David Otto
James & Susan Overfield
Michael Pacht & Barbara Barry
Kathleen Pajcic
Barbara Parker
Gary & Sylvia Parker
William Parsons
Nancy Lasley
Arlene Pasley
Passumpsic Savings Bank
Marcia Patterson & Judity Gray
Paw Print & Mail
Lisa Pawlik & Andrew Rosacker◊
Matthew Peake & Leslie Goldman
William & Martha Peck
Rob and Ingrid Pels
Diane Peters
Hans Pfisterer
Roberta Pheiffer
Robert Phillips
Melissa Pierce
Francis Pinard
Bill & Joannie Pinchbeck
Remo & Donna Pizzagalli
Joe & Elizabeth Pollio
Pomerleau Real Estate
Edward Myers & Edith Poor
Dorothy R. Pour
Helen Powers
Cynthia & Joshua Powers
Patricia Pranger
Jeffrey Prescott & Andrew
Shuford
Edward Preston
Bob & Ellie Primeau
Mr. & Mrs. Pucillo
Daniel & Susan Raabe
Kara & Stuart Ramsdell
Mildred Reardon, M.D.
Laura Reed
Jordan Reed
Judy Reed
Ivanna Reed
Alison Reeves
Jeff & Meredith Rehbach
Remax All Seasons Realty
Sharon Reich Paulsen
Douglas Reigeluth
Addie Hall & Harold E. Reindel
Tamara Reisbach
Reynold’s House B&B
Keith & Marvelene Richards
Marilyn Richardson
Melanie Richardson-Severo
Elma Rickards
Genevieve Rideout
William Riley
Gail & Joe Rinderknecht
Charlene & Karl Rinker
Diane Rippa & David Rome
Bill & Sally Rivard
Rhonda Rivers
Robert F. Hunsicker Foundation
Peter & Ellen Roberts
Norman & Linda Robertson
Rural Solutions
Patrick Robins & Lisa Schamberg
Sylvia Robison
Dr. Valerie Rooney & Fred
Carter
Patricia Rosenzweig
Royer Camp & Assoc. Insurance, Inc.
Phyllis Rubenstein
Bernard Rubenstein
Alan & Cynthia Rubin
Ronald & Nancy Rucker
Ana Ruesink & Andrew Barker
Robin Russell & James Paulsen
George & Judith Russell◊
Mary Rutherford
Rutland Regional Medical Center
Frederick & Mary-Em Saar◊
Sue Sargent
Randy Sargent
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Saulnier
Janice Saulnier
Laurel & Dennis Scannell
George Schenk
Robert & Gail Schermer
Christel Schiffer
George & Jane Schildge
Amy Schiller
Patricia Schroeder
Ruth Schwinge
Susan A. Seigle
Jerome Shedd
Del Sheldon
Michael Sherman
Sarah Sherrill
Susan Shull
Mary-Ann Simpson
John & Nancy Simson
Charles Sincerbeaux
Stephen & Ann Singiser
Michael Sitton & Mark Martin
Marjorie & Robert Skiff
Sleep Woodstocker Motel
Amy Mellencamp & Charles
Smith
Gail D. Smith
John Snell
David Snyder & Sara Coffey
Barbara Sofferman
Gregory Soukup & Mary Jo Carr
Linda H. Sparks
Douglas & Vivian Spates
Linda Spencer
Elizabeth Sprague
Maggie Springer
Glenn & Marga Sproul
Stackpole & French
Abbott Stark
State of Vermont
James Stead*
Portia Stein
Lois Steinberg
Allison & Cameron Steinmetz
Robert Steuer
Carolyn & John Stevens
Elizabeth A. Stewart
Stewart’s Shops
Lee Stockwell
Douglas & Susan Stoehr
Charles Stone
Stone Hearth Inn
Thomas & Michele Streeter
Linda Studer
Sugar Lodge at Sugarbush Resort
Brigid Sullivan
Leslie & Thomas Sullivan
Betsy Sussman
Dennis & Katharine Swanson
Jeff Taft-Dick
John P. Tampas*
Francis & Toni Ann Taginski
Arnie & Sally Tannen◊
Mark Tanzer
Wallace & Mona Tapia
Christine Tattersall
Kate Taylor
Pamela Taylor and Paul Strikwerda
TD Bank
Trevor & Jennifer Tebbs
Faith Tempest & Alex Yuster
Paul Tesik & Elizabeth A. Latino
David & Frances Thomas
Thomas Thompson Trust
Linda Thompson
Douglas Thompson & Jean Follett-
Thompson
Nina Tomes◊
Craig Tomkinson
Mrs. Carolyn & Mr. Dick Toof
John Tower
Town of Brighton
Town of Charleston
Town of Coventry
Town of Glover
Town of Jay
Town of Lowell
Town of Newark
Town of Troy
Town of Westfield
Maida Townsend
Trapp Family Lodge
John Turner & Andrea Turner
Turrell Fund
Cheryl Ullman
United Way of Northwest Vermont
Maarten & Sarah van Ryckevorsel
Pieter Vandermade
Polly Vanderputten
Bruce & Lillian Venner
Vermont Humanities Council
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group
Vermont Salumi
Vermont Telephone Company, Inc.
Susan Vicinelli
Marc Vincent & Alex Nalbach
Thomas Vogelsang
Kevin Volz
Luman & Jennifer Wadhams
Tom & Amy Wagner
Waitsfield Warren Rotary
Debbie Mcleod & Bill Walker
Janet Wallstein
Walter Cerf Fund
Warren Arts Committee
William & Connie Warren
Anne & Arthur Warwick
Waterbury Service Center, LLC
Suzanne Welch & Bill Watson
Westminster Crackers
Janet Watton
Shelley Watts
Dr. Donald Weaver & Caroline Moore-Weaver
Eric A. Wegar
Barbara M. Wessel
Diane Wessel
Mrs. Constance West
Gary West
Martha Whitfield & Jonathan
Silverman
Denise Whittier
Arlinda & Timothy Wickland
Paul Willard
Patty Wiliams
Sharon Wilson
Windham Foundation, Inc.
Elizabeth Winkelmann
Winthrop H. Smith Jr. Family
Foundation
William & Joanna Wright
John & Linda Wulff
Eric and Paulette Yasinow
David Adair & Barbara York
Robert & Victoria Young
Peter & Rosemary Zamore
Bryan Bowers & Georgia Zaveson
Steven & Sophie Zdatny
Wendy & Ralph Zimmerman
Syndi Zook & Bones Blankinship
Thank you to those who have donated in memory of:
Jeffrey Hatch
Hon. David A. Jenkins
Mary H. Kohler
John McClure
Albert P. Mitroff
Harvey Smith
William Soons
John Tampas
Scott Thompson
Thank you to those who have donated in honor of:
Tom & Kathy Johnson
Pamela Myers
Virginia Roth

▪ Donation Made to Endowment

◊ Fermata Society Member (monthly giving)

* Deceased