Support MYS: Donor listing

MYS and its Board of Directors thank the following supporters for their generous donations during the 2010-11 concert season. Donations listed were received June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011.

Corporations & Foundations

Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation
Cunningham Family Foundation
Joseph C. & Lillian A. Duke Foundation
Richard and Beverly Fink Family Foundation
Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation
Margaret H. & James E. Kelly Foundation
Emerson Process Management-Rosemont Inc.
Margaret Rivers Fund
Sewell Family Foundation
Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker Foundation

Corporate Matching Gifts

Ameriprise Financial Minnesota Philanthropic Program
Allina Health System
WSB & Associates Inc
United Health Group
Securian Foundation
General Mills Foundation
Thompson Reuters
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
3M Foundation
Allstate
US Bank

Carissa Hayen Memorial Scholarship Fund

Shirley Decker
Todd, Linda and Glenn Hayen+ In memory of Carissa Hayen
Jeremy Pierotti and Kathryn Klibanoff In honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Emma Richman

Mary West Memorial Scholarship Fund

Daniel and Susan Byrne
Alicia Koelz Georgalis+ In memory of Mary West
David Kamminga
Vicki Krueger
Peter and Ingred Koller
William and Barbara Welke

Instrument Fund

Daniel and Susan Byrne
Elsa Carpenter
Harry and Nancy Cohen+
Miriam and Chad Junker+
Vicki Krueger
Claudette and Manny Laureano
William and Barbara Welke+
Michael and Daria Adams

Government Grants

Minnesota State Arts Board
United Arts Fund / COMPAS

$5000 to $9999 Director’s Circle

David & Debra Andreas (Lownade Fnd)

$2500 to $4999 Platinum Guarantor

$1000 to $2499 Gold Guarantor

Rose and Michael Eckhardt+
Marjorie and Joseph Grinnell
Ajay Gupta and Jyothsna Rayadurg*
Richard and Diane Kruger*+ In honor of Mark Andrew Bittner
Claudette and Manny Laureano*+ For our children Max and Kiko, who bring joy to us and the world around them
Sasan Mokhtari and Mary Brown*+ On behalf of violists everywhere!!!
Joe Pingatore*
Will and Becky Rathbun*
Barbara and Wendell Welke+

$500 to $999 Silver Guarantor

Monica Baik*+
Jeffrey and Gretchen Brown
Kathy Brown*
Daniel and Susan Byrne
Erika and William Carter
Julie and Jim Chosy
Vicki and Chuck Densinger*+ In honor of Jim Bartsch and his 20 years with MYS
Ronald and Kirsten Johnson
Vicki Krueger*
Phillip and Nelle Nones+ _In memory of MYS past President Walter Nones / In honor of past MYS President Jane Nones_
Lyn and Dan Palacheck*
Ronald and Christina Strachan+
James Tako*
Kathy Brown and Wayne Wensley*+
Janet Wick* In honor of Carl, James and Jacob Rosamilia
Johh and Terri Wottrich+

$250 to $499 Fellow

Christopher and Ceclie Alper-Leroux
Lynne Morishta and Thomas Amatruda*
John and Becky Arenivar
Ingrid Brown* In honor of Claudette and Manny who make this possible. They are dear friends and generous of heart_
Kathy Brown
Magda and Khaiaf Bushara* In honor of Diane Kruger’s devotion and service to MYS
Phil and Mary Jo Cole*
Seth Cruden+
Timothy Eisenbeisz+
Jonathan and Jill Eisenberg*+
Geneva Eschweiler In honor of Sarah Marie Eschweiler
Michael and Donna Wolstad*
Erika and William Carter*
Mark Gitch
Barb and Mark Gustaferro
Adam and Bobbi Haglin*
Charles Hardy and Andrea Hauser
Carol and Jerry Holguin*
Eva Janke-Furman and Elizabeth Furman*
Robert and Linda Lach*
Andrew Lee+
Josephine Lee and Kevin Kinneavy*
Allen and Nancy Levine+
Kaiser and Teresa Lim
Bonnie and Donn McLellan
Scott and Judy Olsen
John and Terri Penshorn
Al and Carol Rudnickas*+
Nina, Arthur and Talin Spring*
Elizabeth and Manny Villafana*
Silvia Yueh*+

$100 to $249 Benefactor

Anonymous*(6)
Audrey and Robert McCabe and Holly Ager
Robert and Jane Aldrich _ In honor of Peter’s teachers, Irina Elkina and Caroline Lemen_
Robert and Lucia Anderson In memory of Frances Anderson
Sofia Ardalan*+ In memory of Mary West
Robert Bartholic*+ For Cathleen Bartholic who benefitedfrom this program – Bartholic Family Foundation_
John and Michele Belisle
Ginny Bement
David and Mary Ann Benditt
Paul and Tien Belk*
Ginny Bement*
Patricia, Bryan and Kristofer Bergh*
Dr. David Berman and Maggie Meagher* In honor of our daughter Meghan
Rachel Brudnoy
Janet Cain*
Caroline, Heidi and Eric Carls*
Stephanie Krejcarek Childs
Sherry Crayne*
Erwin and Janette Concepcion*
Jeanne Corwin
Jane Densinger*
Bob and Jean De Vere+
Geneva Eschweiler
Philip and Susan Ferbuyt+
Thomas Fiutak*
Sean and Darcy Foreman*
Ted Field and Anne Jackson*
Bridget Fitzgerald and Anthony Collins*
Barbara and Steven Gaynor+
Jennifer Gerth and William Eddins* In loving memory of Nancy and Steve Gerth
Michael Gast
Jack Goldfeather and Christie Clark*+
Mark and Barb Gustaferro
Charles Hample In honor of John, Paul & Tien Belk
Jennifer Haugh
Dr. Michael and Debbie Haydock In honor of Chuck Densinger and Family
Markus and Yuko Heberlein*+
Kathy and Scott Heiderich In memory of Bernard Stepner
John and Julia Holtze*
Lee and Betty Johnson*+
Jocelyn Kalajian
Matthew and Barbara Kan
Robert and Rosemary Kapsch*
Lisa, Jim and Andrew Keller
Jay Kennedy*+
Paul and Nancy Krestes
Sarah Kwak and Vali Phillips+
Roger and Mary Larson*+ In honor of Orin H. Larson
Joann and Don Leavenworth
Jim and Perry Leger*+ To the Laureanos for the enrichment of Kate and Paul Leger’s lives
Michele and Philippe Leroux
Guoqing and Cindy Liu*
John Litch
Hannah, Ron and Cathy Lutz*
Stacey Mackay* In memory of Mary West
David and Shelagh MacLeod*
Stacey Mackey
Ann and Mick McCann*
Sharon and Cliff McGinnis+
Nancy and Peter McIntyre
Steve and Bev Mello*+ In honor of Michael Mello and his continued dedication to music
Lynn and David Meyer
Mike and Karen Mickelson*
Paul and Carol Moen
Paul and Delores Mordorski*
Ted and Christine Morris*
Steven and Ellen Neseth*+
Paul and Elinor Niemisto*+
Duane and Kathy Noecker*+
Cameron and Karen Obert*
Dale and Denise Osterman+
Walter Ostrom
Jim and Kirsten Peterson*+
Michael and Rebecca Pfeifer*
Larry Pry*
Robert and Susan Rani
Kathy and Patrick Romey*+
Julia Scattergood In honor of Manny Laureano
Paul and Camille Schroeder
Gerald and Diane Shoemaker In honor of Christopher and John Paul
Krystyna and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Robert Sauer
Julia Scattergood
Kelsey and Cindy Schnabel*
Ellen Skorseth*
Daniel and Catherine Smith*
Aihua Song*
Jennifer, Dona and Gary Stanull*+
Glenn and Rose Stoerzinger
Andrew Talle*
Daniel and Barbara Tako*
John and Karen Taylor*
Amala and Bimal Thakkar
Keith and Mara Thompson+
Tom and Gretchen Twiss
Barbara and J.J. Wang
Lola Watson*
Oden and Elizabeth Warren In memory of Mary Meikle
Carl and Barbara White
Frank and Francis Wilkenson
David Williamson*
Debra Wood
Yamin Ma and Ying Xue*+ In honor of the Mary West Scholarship
Danny and Lai Ying
Paul and Charlotte Zietlow In honor of Henry Zietlow

Supporter $99 and less

Anonymous* (14)
Roger and Connie Aiken+
Robert Aldrich*
Gary and Loretta Alexander*+
Alison Antoun
John and Becky Arenivar+
David and Christine Baldwin
Warren Bandel*
Jens Beck and Susan Issacman
Katie Beutel+
Susan and Dean Billmeyer In Memory of Fred W. Billmeyer Jr.
Elaine Bleifield and Ray Tschida*
Donna and Gary Bordner*+
Marie Booth*
Michael and Jane Brossart*+
Linnea Brown*+ In memory of my grandpa, Raymond Nilsson, who taught me to love music
Ryan and Nancy Brown+
Bud and Carol Burniece
Kristine Callahan
Barbara and Timothy Carlson+
Cathy Carlson and Gerry O’Sullivan*
Cheng Chang and Jessie Ni*
Celeste and Pratana Chayabutr
Jan and Nicha Chitphakdithai+
Diane and Chris Clemens*
Harry and Nancy Cohen+
Mark Countryman
Julie and Tom Curran
Elizabeth and Donald Davies
Bill and Sharon Dierberger*
Christopher Dronen and Katherine Jursik*+
Jayne and Jim Early+
Chari Eckmann*+
Barbara Eckoldt
Nancy Esslinger*
David and Dawn Espindola*
Jason Etten
Amy Funk
Cynthia and Daniel Gallaher*+
Conall and Sara Gallagher*
Nancy and Jack Garland
Susan and Christopher Geller In honor of Emma Richman
Bob and Ruth Georges+
Beatrice and Eric Giere
Richard and Brenda Glasow+
Stanley Graham
Margaret Gohman*+
Rebecca Hagestuen*
Lynn and Reid Haglin*
Kay and John Hatlestad*
Ingred Henning
Fredrick Hey Jr.
Otis Hilbert
Eric and Penelope Hillemann*
George and Valerie Huhnke In honor of Madison Holtze
Ida Lee and Louis Hurvitz
Deborah and Tim Hutchison In honor of Callie Hutchison
James L. Jenkins
Brad and Juliet Johnson*+
Brenda Handel-Johnson and Andy Johnson
Patricia Kasimor
Stephen and Gail Knutsen
Barbara and Gary Krejcarek
Jocelyn Kalajian and John Middleton*
Winston Kaehler
Robert and Rosemary Kapsch*
Lisa and Jim Keller*
Judith Kennedy*
Thomas and Jeanne Kneer
Paul and Deb Knutson*+
Julia Bogorad and Peter Kogan+
Andrew McLennan and Nita Krevans*+
Mark and Susan Larson+
Joanne and Jim Lefebvre+
Heather LeVesseur*+
Grace Li and Kebiao Yuan*
Ron and Cathy Lutz*
Marjorie and David Maier*
Timothy Marburger* In honor of Nick Brown, horn player and great youth in the symphony
Kathy and Randy Margolis
Jane and Randy McGregor*
LaVonne Middleton*
R.L. Meier
Lydia Miller
Mike and Sandy Mullaney+
Gregory and Jenny Murphy*
Virinchipuram Narayan and Sudha Marimanikkuppam*
Teddy Niedermaier*+
Karen Neinstadt*+
Ron and Karen Neitzer
Jeffrey and Katie Nordquist*+
Laura Nortwen
James and Julie Phelps
Don and Sue Place
Kameron, Kim and Karl Poncius* In honor of Bev Poncius who loved music
Ingrid Radio*+
Anthony Ross and Beth Rapier*
Mary and John Regnier+
William and Carol Robbins
Jim and Barbara Rosamilia*
Rita Rosenberger and David Barthel
Steve and Karen Rothermel
Daniel and Linda Rukavina
Kathy and Craig Runde+
Edwin and Jennifer Ryan+
Jeanne Schleh*
Leslie and Daniel Schmidt
Carol and James Schneider
Gary and Claudia Schnitker+
Carl Schroeder*
Paul and Camille Schroeder
Robert Sells and Laurie Whipple+
Xiaolong Shih and Karen Moline Shih*
Beverly Shupe
Ray Shows and Nancy Oliveros*+
Ladi Stanisha
Leigh Ann and Eric Steeber*
Andrea Stern
Didi and Bob Storeygard+
Glenn and Rose Stoerzinger
Paul Swedenborg and Rita LaDoux+
Darrell Thorstenson and Nancy Stutzman+
Twin Cities Musicians Union
Lori and Anton van der Merwe*
Larry and Dawn Voelkers
William and Margaret Wagensteen+
Whipple Sells Family
Alex and Marguerite Wilson*
Neville and Lynn Wilson*+
Dana Fisher and Janet Wollam*+
Douglas and Laurinda Sager Wright
Richard and Jill Wylie*
Hong Zhou and Kevin Yang
Kebiao Yuan and Grace Li*
Larry and Dawn Voelkers
Timothy C. Zerface
Sarah Risser and Nathan Zietlow*

In Kind Donations

Barnhart Percussion Services
Jim Bartsch
Rachel Bittner
Nate Boutang, DJ for pizza party
Breadsmith
Kathy Brown
Bryant Lake Bowl
Cafe Latte
Cheesecake Factory, The
Chuck & Vicki Densinger
Eko Backen
Ingrid Henning
House of Note
Ichiban Japanese Steak House and Sushi Bar
Izzy’s Ice Cream Cafe
Joe’s Garage Restaurant
Alex and Terri Kiresuk
Vicki Krueger
Claudette & Manny Laureano
Shelagh MacLeod
Mall of America
Carl & Maria Melichar
Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota Opera
Minnesota Orchestra
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Vikings
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, The
Punch Neapolitan Pizza
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, The
Science Museum of Minnesota
Cheryl Sletten
Andrew Staupe
George Taylor
Target Edina
Tea Garden, The
Wild Mountain, Taylors Falls Recreation
Zuhrah Shrine Circus

+Alumni or Family of Alumni *Donated on Give to the Max Day

MYS makes every attempt to ensure the accuracy of our donor list. Please contact the MYS office with corrections. Thank you.