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, 2024 onwards. Thank you to the donors listed below and to those who have chosen to remain anonymous.
2024-2025 Donors
Encore Society
Gold Baton
$25,000+
- W.J. Henderson Foundation
- Kingston Symphony Volunteers
Symphonic Circle
$10,000 - $24,999
- Kathy Beers
- Charles Milne
Maestro Circle
$5,000 - $9,999
- Dr. Eric Carstens & Dr. Anita Krebs
- Davies Charitable Foundation
- Peggy Geracimo
- Marion Westenberg
Orchestra Circle
$2,500 - $4,999
- Community Foundation for Kingston & Area
- Peter & Reine Dawe
- Janice Payne
- Gord & Carol Ramer
- Sherry Richardson
- Rotary Club of Cataraqui-Kingston
- Gloria & Gavin Shanks
Patron
$1,500 - $2,499
- Luca Andolfatto
- Marilyn E. Bennett
- John & Nancy Burge
- Mark Chen & Mara Shaw
- Dorothy & Murray Cotton
- Gunnar & Pauline Heissler
- Crawford M. MacIntyre
- Charles Simonds
- Gord Simons & Helene Kommel
- Robert H. Thomas
- Fenton & Jennie Weston
- Denise Williams
- Jean & Jim Wilson
- Beth Woodley
Friends of the Symphony
Benefactor
$800 - $1,499
- Arlene Aish
- Josette Arassus
- Kim Carter
- Susan Cole
- Dubuc & Tien
- Robert & Elizabeth Harlow
- Dale & Sylvia Jones
- Larry & Sheilagh Manuel
- Julia McArthur & Justin Connidis
- Valerie & William McCready
- Terry & Katherine Murphy
- Tom & LaVerne Russell
- Sonny & Gillian Sadinsky
- Dr. Steven Salterio & Family
- Kathi Toth-Switzer & Rob Switzer
- Daryl Tremain & Stephen Bonnycastle
- Lorraine & Peter Watson
- Todd & Carol Wright
Partner
$500 - $799
- Dieter Brueckner
- Dr. Tanya Grodzinski
- Myrna Haughton
- W. Peter Kissick
- David Kister
- Neil & Karin McVean
- Dr. David Mitchell & Dr. Susan Till
- Gordon Muir
- In Honour of David Notman
- Gordon & Sandra Sinclair
- Joyce South
- D.J. & M-L. Thomson
Friend
$300 - $499
- Eleanor M. Christopherson
- Keith & Harriet Collins
- Jon Dessau
- Peter & Judy Froud
- Eleanor Grennell
- John & Liz Harrison
- Gerald McGrath
- Thelma Mott
- Dale & Orla Myrfield
- David Notman
- Susan Watt O'Reilly
- Cynthia Phipps
- Michael & Penny Robinson
- Diane Sackfield
- Gillian Turnbull
- Dr. Margaret Walker
Member
$20 - $299
- Bill Adamthwaite
- David Allan & Laura Talbot-Allan
- Judith Austin
- Earl Bardswich
- Sue Bates
- Donald & Sharon Beattie
- Sonia Bergstrom
- Franceen A. Berrigan
- Ben & Haroula Borrel
- Pamela Bough
- Joan & Doug Bowie
- Kathleen Brady
- Robert & Marilyn Campbell
- Christine J. Cannon
- Katherine Carleton
- Gillian Cleghorn
- Lyn Connock & Bob Wilson
- Gisèle Dalbec-Szczesniak
- Jon Dessau
- Hanna Dodwell
- Elizabeth & Robert Duffin
- John Eby
- Glen Fast
- Diana Duncan-Fletcher & Fred Fletcher
- Ted Friesen
- Carina Canonico and David Gazaille
- Elizabeth Gibson
- Rev. & Mrs. William & Lorna Hendry
- Kathryn Innes
- Ameena & Taj Jaffer
- Andrew & Pronica Janikowski
- Katie Legere
- Sylvia Lennon
- LifeLabs
- Linda MacKinnon
- James MacLachlan
- Kathryn McConnell
- Janet & Art McDonald
- David McGoey
- Larry Meikle
- Doreen Morrison
- David Mott
- Wayne Myles
- Olga Oleinikow
- Janet Panabaker
- Clara Paquin
- Bill Park
- Peterborough Police Service Board
- Frank & Linda Poce
- Kelly Purpura
- Lyn Rapin
- Helga Rausch
- Beate Scheffler
- John Schlueter
- David Scott
- Cheryl & Gordon Skinner
- Rachael Souch
- Carole Steele
- Mary Stewart
- Heather Sutherland
- Gordon Wight
- Carolyn & Michael Woogh
In Honour
- Kathy Beers
- Ross Beers
In Memoriam
- Arthur R.C. Cole
- Michael Davies
- George Stephenson Duncan & Susanne Fletcher
- Andy Geracimo
- Alan Grant
- Bobbie Frances Lyon-McKnight
- Russell Lyon
- David Notman
- Susan Jean Purvis
2023-2024 Donors
Encore Society
Gold Baton
$25,000+
- Estate of Barbara M. Parrott
- Estate of Helene Pratt
- Kingston Symphony Volunteers
- W. J. Henderson Foundation
Symphonic Circle
$10,000 - $24,999
- Kathy Beers
- Charles Milne
Maestro Circle
$5,000 - $9,999
- Ameena & Taj Jaffer
- Marion Westenberg
Orchestra Circle
$2,500 - $4,999
- Dr. Eric Carstens & Dr. Anita Krebs
- Peter & Reine Dawe
- Peggy Geracimo
- Elinor Gill Ratcliffe, C.M, O.N.L, LLD (hc)
- Janice Payne
- Gord & Carol Ramer
- Sherry Richardson
- Charles Simonds
Patron
$1,500 - $2,499
- Luca Andolfatto
- Marilyn E. Bennett
- John & Nancy Burge
- Mark Chen & Mara Shaw
- Dorothy & Murray Cotton
- Janis Grant
- Gunnar & Pauline Heissler
- Gloria & Gavin Shanks
- Gord Simons & Helene Kommel
- Robert H. Thomas
- Fenton & Jennie Weston
- Denise Williams
- Jean & Jim Wilson
- Ross Wilson
Friends of the Symphony
Benefactor
$800 - $1,499
- Arlene Aish
- Josette Arassus
- Dr. James Beliveau & the Honourable Helen MacLeod-Beliveau
- Stephen Bonnycastle & Daryl Tremain
- Dawn Davis
- Dubuc & Tien
- Dale & Sylvia Jones
- Larry & Sheilagh Manuel
- Melba Matthews
- Julia McArthur & Justin Connidis
- Katherine & Terry Murphy
- Tom & LaVerne Russell
- Sonny & Gillian Sadinsky
- Dr. Steven Salterio & Family
- Nancy South
- Kathi Toth-Switzer & Rob Switzer
- Beth Woodley
- Carol & Todd Wright
Partner
$500 - $799
- Barbara & George Aitken
- Alice Baumgart
- Dr. Robyn Brown
- Kim Carter
- A. & A. Dierick
- Mark Frederick & Wendy Pentland
- John & Jane Glassco
- Dr. Tanya Grodzinski
- Robert & Elizabeth Harlow
- Sharon Johnson & Axel Thesberg
- W. Peter Kissick
- Janet Lee & Rob Wood
- Ann & Steve Lukits
- Valerie & William McCready
- Neil & Karin McVean
- Dr. David Mitchell & Dr. Susan Till
- Gordon Muir
- Daniel Norman
- Robert & Angelyn Paul
- Gordon & Sandra Sinclair
- Joyce South
- H.J. Sutherland
- D.J. & M-L Thomson
- Gordon Thomson
- Meikle & Margaret Turner
- Peter & Lorraine Watson
Friend
$300 - $499
- Dieter Brueckner
- Madeleine & Edward Chown
- Eleanor M. Christopherson
- Keith & Harriet Collins
- Jon Dessau
- Nicole Eaton & Bill Park
- Maureen Farr-Eagan & Bob Hotrum
- Peter & Judy Froud
- Eleanor Grennell
- Beverley Harris
- John & Liz Harrison
- Linda & Robert Harrison
- Myrna Haughton
- Judy Jeswiet
- Phyllis Kearns
- Janet Lee
- Janet & Art McDonald
- Sona Moffat
- Mariella Morrin
- Thelma Mott
- Wayne Myles
- Dale & Orla Myrfield
- David Notman
- Susan & Miles O'Reilly
- Howard Pulver
- Lyn Rapin
- Michael & Penny Robinson
- Diane Sackfield
- Meg & Michael Shirlaw
- William Stevenson
- Kelvin & Catherine Tang
- Gillian Turnbull
- Margaret E. Walker
Member
$20 - $299
- David Allan & Laura Talbot-Allan
- Judith Austin
- Gordon & Joan Bales
- Ellen Barton
- Sue Bates
- Donald & Sharon Beattie
- Sonia Bergstrom
- Lorie Bell & Jake Hofstee
- Franceen A. Berrigan
- Marilyn Birmingham &
Matthew Gventer - Patricia Bogstad
- Kath Brady
- Alan Bronskill
- Bob & Marilyn Campbell
- Christine J. Cannon
- Carl Chevalier
- Patricia Chown
- Martha Clarke
- Janice Coles
- Nancy Cosgrove
- Jayne Craig
- Judith Dalché
- Merv Daub & Elaine Forshaw
- Helen & Ray Di Rinaldo
- Rosemary Dobbin
- Hanna Dodwell
- Elizabeth & Robert Duffin
- Diana Duncan-Fletcher &
Fred Fletcher - The Dwosh Family
- John Eby
- Leslie Farmer
- Caroline Farrell
- Meg Freer
- Renka Gesing
- M. Elizabeth Gibson
- Arlene Glynn
- Sandra Hamp-Lane-Mortensen
- Rev. & Mrs. William & Lorna Hendry
- John & Henrietta Henson
- Ian & Jill Hodkinson
- Andrew and Pronica Janikowski
- Gayle Johnstone
- Silvina Kade
- Dan Kasaboski
- Gizella Keppel-Jones
- David H. Kister
- Laura Knap
- Diane Lawford
- Justine Lord
- Vivien Ludwin
- Linda & Brenden MacKinnon
- John & Marj Mason
- Kathryn McConnell
- Gerald McGrath
- James McLellan
- Michelle McNichol
- David Mott
- Astrid Muschalla
- Nancy Nicol
- Olga Oleinikow
- Anne Palmer
- Ron & Clara Paquin
- Janice Payne
- Carol Pepper
- Cynthia Phipps
- Frank & Linda Poce
- Lynnette Purda-Heeler
- Nigel & Ann Raincock
- Thomas B. Rance
- Dianne Raniowski
- Jennine Reid
- John & Hana Rossiter
- Andrea Rowley Panet
- Claire & Peter Shragge
- Cheryl & Gordon Skinner
- Rachael Souch
- Joanne Sparks
- Carole Steele
- Frank Steele
- Rachel Stewart
- Carole Thierrin Nemeth
- Margaret E. Walker
- Michael & Carolyn Woogh
In Honour
- Ross Beers
- Mara Shaw
In Memoriam
- Laszlo & Eva Acs
- Julian Brown
- Kye Dalziel
- Michael Davies
- Andy Geracimo
- Alan Grant
- Elizabeth Krehm
- Mary Lindt
- Bobbie Frances Lyon-McKnight
- Russell Lyon
- Douglas Morren
- Iris & Paul Smits
- George Stephenson Duncan & Susanne Fletcher
- Dr. Hans Westenberg
- Konrad Wolf