Our Donors

Our Donors

Now more than ever, your support plays an important role in helping us sustain the quality of our performances for you and for generations to come. Consider making a donation! Each gift makes a profound difference in our success and in the lives of many musicians, students, and music lovers in Kingston and beyond. We gratefully acknowledge the donations received from June 1 – November 15, 2023. Thank you to the donors listed below and to those who have chosen to remain anonymous.


2023-2024 Donors

Encore Society

Gold Baton
$25,000+

  • W. J. Henderson Foundation

Symphonic Circle
$10,000 - $24,999

  • Kathy Beers
  • Estate of Barbara M. Parrott

Maestro Circle
$5,000 - $9,999

  • Marion Westenberg

Orchestra Circle
$2,500 - $4,999

  • Dr. Eric Carstens & Dr. Anita Krebs
  • Peter & Reine Dawe
  • Janice Payne
  • Charles Simonds

Patron
$1,500 - $2,499

  • Luca Andolfatto
  • Dr. James Beliveau & the Honourable Helen MacLeod-Beliveau
  • Marilyn E. Bennett
  • John & Nancy Burge
  • Mark Chen & Mara Shaw
  • Dorothy & Murray Cotton
  • Janis Grant
  • Gunnar & Pauline Heissler
  • Gloria & Gavin Shanks
  • Robert H. Thomas
  • Fenton & Jennie Weston
  • Denise Williams
  • Jean & Jim Wilson

Friends of the Symphony

Benefactor
$800 - $1,499

  • Arlene Aish
  • Josette Arassus
  • Dubuc & Tien
  • Dale & Sylvia Jones
  • Larry & Sheilagh Manuel
  • Julia McArthur & Justin Connidis
  • Katherine & Terry Murphy
  • Tom & LaVerne Russell
  • Nancy South
  • Kathi Toth-Switzer & Rob Switzer
  • Beth Woodley
  • Carol & Todd Wright

Partner
$500 - $799

  • John & Jane Glassco
  • Dr. Tanya Grodzinski
  • Sharon Johnson & Axel Thesberg
  • W. Peter Kissick
  • Ann & Steve Lukits
  • Valerie & William McCready
  • Neil & Karin McVean
  • Dr. David Mitchell & Dr. Susan Till
  • Gordon Muir
  • Dr. Steven Salterio & Family
  • Gordon & Sandra Sinclair
  • D.J. & M-L Thomson
  • Peter & Lorraine Watson

Friend
$300 - $499

  • Eleanor M. Christopherson
  • Keith & Harriet Collins
  • Peter & Judy Froud
  • Eleanor Grennell
  • Beverley Harris
  • John & Liz Harrison
  • Phyllis Kearns
  • Mariella Morrin
  • Thelma Mott
  • Dale & Orla Myrfield
  • David Notman
  • Susan & Miles O'Reilly
  • Howard Pulver
  • Michael & Penny Robinson
  • Diane Sackfield
  • Meg & Michael Shirlaw
  • Gillian Turnbull
  • Margaret E. Walker

Member

  • Judith Austin
  • Sue Bates
  • Donald & Sharon Beattie
  • Sonia Bergstrom
  • Franceen A. Berrigan
  • Marilyn Birmingham &
    Matthew Gventer
  • Kath Brady
  • Dieter Brueckner
  • Marilyn Campbell
  • Christine J. Cannon
  • Helen & Ray Di Rinaldo
  • Elizabeth & Robert Duffin
  • Diana Duncan-Fletcher &
    Fred Fletcher
  • Caroline Farrell
  • Ian & Jill Hodkinson
  • Silvina Kade
  • Gizella Keppel-Jones
  • David H. Kister
  • Diane Lawford
  • Astrid Muschalla
  • Nancy Nicol
  • Olga Oleinikow
  • Frank & Linda Poce
  • John & Hana Rossiter
  • Claire & Peter Shragge
  • Michael & Carolyn Woogh

In Memoriam

  • Laszlo & Eva Acs
  • Julian Brown
  • Michael Davies
  • Alan Grant
  • Bobbie Frances Lyon-McKnight
  • Russell Lyon
  • Douglas Morren
  • Iris & Paul Smits
  • George Stephenson Duncan & Susanne Fletcher
  • Dr. Hans Westenberg
  • Konrad Wolf

2022-2023 Donors

Encore Society

Gold Baton
$25,000+

  • Kingston Symphony Volunteers

Symphonic Circle
$10,000 - $24,999

  • Charles Milne
  • Estate of Konrad Wolf

Maestro Circle
$5,000 - $9,999

  • Kathy Beers
  • Community Foundation for Kingston & Area
  • Elaine Davies
  • Davies Charitable Foundation
  • Margaret & Michael Sheppard
  • John Weatherall

Orchestra Circle
$2,500 - $4,999

  • Anna & Edward C. Churchill Foundation
  • Dr. Eric Carstens & Dr. Anita Krebs
  • Peter & Reine Dawe
  • Janice Payne & Russell Lyon
  • Gord & Carol Ramer
  • Rotary Club of Cataraqui-Kingston
  • Charles Simonds
  • Hans & Marion Westenberg

Patron
$1,500 - $2,499

  • Luca Andolfatto
  • Dr. James Beliveau & the Honourable Helen MacLeod-Beliveau
  • Marilyn E. Bennett
  • John & Nancy Burge
  • Dorothy & Murray Cotton
  • Gunnar & Pauline Heissler
  • Crawford MacIntyre
  • Gloria & Gavin Shanks
  • Gord Simons & Helene Kommel
  • Robert H. Thomas
  • Bhavana & Rakesh Varma
  • Fenton & Jennie Weston
  • Denise Williams
  • Jean & Jim Wilson

Friends of the Symphony

Benefactor
$800 - $1,499

  • Arlene Aish
  • Josette Arassus
  • Betty Bryant
  • Kim Carter
  • Peter & Carol Davy
  • Dubuc & Tien
  • Mark Frederick & Wendy Pentland
  • Dale & Sylvia Jones
  • Rachel Krehm
  • Janice Ley
  • Terry & Katherine Murphy
  • Helene Pratt
  • Tom & LaVerne Russell
  • Sonny & Gillian Sadinsky
  • Nancy South
  • H.J. Sutherland
  • Ross Wilson
  • Konrad Wolf & Cécyle Trépanier
  • Beth Woodley
  • Carol & Todd Wright

Partner
$500 - $799

  • Barbara & George Aitken
  • Pat Antliff
  • Robin & Bernie Boadway
  • Susan Cole
  • Dugald Carmichael
  • Julia McArthur & Justin Connidis
  • Glen Fast & Lisa Draper
  • Sharon Johnson & Axel Thesberg
  • W. Peter Kissick
  • Judy Lawless
  • Ann & Steve Lukits
  • Larry & Sheilagh Manuel
  • Valerie & William McCready
  • Karin & Neal McVean
  • Dr. David Mitchell & Dr. Susan Till
  • J. Gordon Muir
  • Dr. Steven Salterio & Family
  • David & Anne Sinclair
  • Gordon & Sandra Sinclair
  • Bradley Thachuk
  • John Wiley & Beverley Mahon

Friend
$300 - $499

  • Dr. R.E. Boyce Dentistry
  • Eleanor M. Christopherson
  • Keith & Harriet Collins
  • Jon Dessau
  • Peter & Judy Froud
  • Eleanor Grennell
  • Dr. Tanya Grodzinski
  • Elizabeth & Carl Hamacher
  • Beverley Harris
  • John & Liz Harrison
  • Robert & Elizabeth Harlow
  • Bob Hotrum & Maureen Farr-Eagan
  • Andrew & Pronica Janikowski
  • Phyllis Kearns
  • Gary & Heather Kembel
  • Ian & Elaine Ladd
  • Janet Lee
  • Douglas Morren
  • Thelma Mott
  • Dale & Orla Myrfield
  • Dan Norman
  • David Notman
  • Susan & Miles O'Reilly
  • Cynthia Phipps
  • Howard Pulver
  • Barry & Dona Riddell
  • Michael & Penny Robinson
  • Diane Sackfield
  • Meg & Michael Shirlaw
  • William Stevenson
  • Estate of Robert Swartman
  • D.J. & M-L Thomson
  • Kathi Toth-Switzer & Rob Switzer
  • Gillian Turnbull
  • Kit Wheeler

Member

  • Shirley Albinson
  • David Allan & Laura Talbot-Allan
  • Barry & Julie Andrews
  • Ted & Janet Ashbury
  • Judith Austin
  • Sue Bates
  • Alice Baumgart
  • Donald & Sharon Beattie
  • Mrs. Betsy Beckwith
  • Lorie Bell & Jake Hofstee
  • Franceen A. Berrigan
  • Marilyn Birmingham & Matthew Gventer
  • Joan & Doug Bowie
  • Edgar Brown
  • Eileen Bruce
  • Dieter Brueckner
  • Susan Buckingham
  • Marg Campbell
  • Christine J. Cannon
  • Katherine Carleton
  • Anne Childs
  • Wendy Cliff
  • Alevia & Rob Colwell
  • Carol Dickson
  • A. & A. Dierick
  • Murray & Dixie Dittburner
  • Lesley Drummond
  • Elizabeth & Robert Duffin
  • Diana Duncan-Fletcher & Fred Fletcher
  • The Dwosh Family
  • Ronald & Brenda Earl
  • John Eby
  • Joan Edwards
  • Sharon Esford
  • Christiane Fleig-Hamm
  • John Kelvin Ford
  • Meg Freer
  • Stevan & Ruth George
  • Peggy Geracimo
  • Geoff Gibson
  • J. Edward & Teresa Gibson
  • John & Katherine Gibson
  • M. Elizabeth Gibson
  • Arlene Glynn
  • Sandra Goldman
  • Mary Gordon
  • Virginia Gordon
  • Karen Grant
  • Gordon Hall
  • Sandra Hamp-Lane-Mortensen
  • Camille Hanlan
  • Michael Hart
  • Myrna Haughton
  • Monica Heine
  • Rev. & Mrs. William & Lorna Hendry
  • Douglas & Ella Hogeboom
  • Paul & Peggy Hutchison
  • Kathryn Innes
  • Ameena & Taj Jaffer
  • Ralph Kendall
  • Andrew & Ann Kertesz
  • Trudy Killin
  • Don Kurman
  • Karin Lavin
  • Murray Lefebvre
  • Patrick & Sylvia Lennon
  • Ann Levison
  • Kathleen Lewis
  • John & Marjorie Mason
  • Melba Matthews
  • Norman & Linda Mattice
  • Joe McCabe
  • Daniel & Martha McConnachie
  • Kathryn McConnell
  • Patricia McConville & Michael P. Jordan
  • Mariella C.C. Morrin
  • Roy & Doreen Morrison
  • Mary Josephine Mullan
  • Myrna Murdock
  • Robert & Rose Nolan
  • Robert Pangborn
  • Ron & Clara Paquin
  • Carol Pepper
  • Stefan Petrovic
  • Don & Linda Petruccelli
  • Frank Poce
  • Kelly Purpura
  • Thomas B. Rance
  • Mary Sue Riggs
  • Bill & Sherri Robertson
  • Jane Rodgers
  • Vicki Schmolka
  • David Scott
  • Joan Sherman
  • Claire & Peter Shragge
  • Pierre Simard
  • Margaret Sixel
  • Rachael Souch
  • Sharron & Peter Stangeby
  • Frank R. Steele
  • Jennifer Tindale
  • Lois Elaine Tryon
  • Meikle & Margaret Turner
  • Nicolaus & Joanna Vandervelt
  • John Veenendaal
  • Jill Vitols
  • Pamela Walmsley
  • Valery Watts
  • Anja Wilke
  • Gail Williams
  • Kathryn Wirsig
  • Cynthia Woods
  • Carolyn & Michael Woogh
  • Leslie Wright
  • Janet Zilstra

In Honour

  • Ross Beers
  • The Ludwin Family
  • Amelia Lyon and Family
  • Erika Nielsen & Graham Smith
  • Melissa Scott

In Memoriam

  • Laszlo Acs
  • Julian Brown
  • Betty Clark
  • Arthur R.C. Cole
  • Kye Dalziel
  • Michael Davies
  • Susan Gibbon
  • Elizabeth Krehm
  • Sylvia MacIntyre
  • Dr. Ray Matthews
  • Mary Moore
  • Douglas Morren
  • George Stephenson Duncan & Susanne Fletcher
  • Hans Westenberg
  • Konrad Wolf