Your Gifts Make Magic Happen.
The WVSO's greatest asset has always been the community that has supported & nourished it for over 85 years.
Donate to the Annual Sustaining Fund today
to make music possible tomorrow.
Why
do you give?
“For our children to grow up exposed to wonderful music”
There are so many inspiring reasons to include the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra on your annual “gift list.” Your gift helps to sustain the cultural vibrancy of the community you call home. It brings the thrill of live classical music to families and underserved audiences. The Annual Sustaining Fund provides critical operating dollars that enable the WVSO to create the music you love.
Want more info? Contact:
Jessica Silber, Development Director
jsilber@wvsymphony.org | 304.957.9879
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West Virginia Symphony
PO Box 2292
Charleston, WV 25328
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2024-2025 Annual Sustaining Fund Donors
Please click the button to see the last season’s donor listing for the 2024-2025 Annual Sustaining Fund. A million thanks to our generous donors!
Thank you to our
2025-2026 Annual Sustaining Fund donors!
Thanks to the many generous donors who contribute to this season’s Annual Sustaining Fund, the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is able to open the doors of imagination for thousands of young people and bring the thrill of live classical music to audiences throughout the state.
updated as of 12/31/25
^ denotes a WVSO board member
* denotes a member of the Music Makers Monthly Giving Club
Your donation keeps the music playing.
$10,000 +
Diamond Circle
In memory of Angie Ovies
Clay & Clara Armstrong
David DeBolt
^Stephen P. & Tricia L. Dexter
^John & Fonda Elliot
Larry & Sandra Groce
John Hall, in memory of Beverley Hall
Sharon Jubelirer
Nina Ratrie Peyton
Jane H. Ray
Anne Ray Silbernagel
Keith Straw, in memory of Mary Price Ratrie
Cecil I. Walker Charitable Trust
West Virginia Wins Inaugural Committee, Inc.
$5,000 - $9,999
Maestro's Circle
Ellen Kay & Vic Bastron
^Price Bradshaw III & Christy Brown
Marlies Charbonniez, in honor of the Symphony’s IATSE Local 271
stagehands
Nelle Ratrie Chilton Fund
Frank D’Abreo & Laree Naviaux
^Dan & Kathy Foster
Richard Hess & Roberta L. Levine
*^Cindy S. McGhee
^Callen McJunkin
Alan & Catherine Morrison
Maryrose Nair, in memory of Dr. Lionel J. Nair
Michael & ^Shelia Neal
^Francis M. Saldanha, M.D.
Daniel & Judith Schuda
^Pat & Beth Walker
H.B. Wehrle Foundation
$2,500 - $4,999
Trustee’s Circle
^Patrick & Mary Kay Bond
Terry & Evan Buck
Bill Carlon & Luanne McGovern
Suzanne Crandall
^Jack & Anne Dever
Duane Dombek & Barbara Warren
Nancy Douglas, in memory of Robert E. Douglas
Horace & Sally Emery
Helen Epps
*^Skip & Pat Gebhart
Susan Harpold
Denise & Mike John
Herbert E. Jones Jr. & Gloria C. Jones Fund
Art & Virginia King
Albert Liu
^Sallie F. McClaugherty
Brittain & Judith McJunkin
MontyBrownArt
^Tim & Cheryl Quinlan
Missy & Art Rubin
Juliana Serafin
Dr. Aurelia Smith
Mildred W. Snyder
^Andrew & Margaret Teeter
Walker & Gail Thompson
Janet H. & Michael B. Victorson
Robert & Diana Westmoreland
Dr. George & Mrs. Sue Zaldivar
$1,500 - $2,499
Sustainer's Circle
Ted & Calvert Armbrecht
Louise Babst
*^Gene Bailey
Joshua Barrett & Julie Adams
Bill & Elsie Carter
^Julia Chincheck
Dwight A. Foley
Pat Garner
Rory & Kimberly Isaac
Brett & Tammy Kelly
Jessica & Jim Lane
*Otis L. Laury
Charles & ^Patricia Moyers
Anne L. Patterson & Martin Shaffer
Phyllis & Bill Payne
Mike & Jo Proops
^Patricia J. Schumann
David & Rebecca Shuman
John & Patricia Strickland
^N. Andrew & Amy Vaughan
^R. Austin Wallace, MD
Bill & Mary Wagner
Jim & Anne Weimer
Jill Wilson
David & Christine Zinn
$1,000 - $1,499
Member's Circle
In memory of Marie A. Moore
The Becker Family
*Dr. Jim Bryant & Lucy Hornor
Judge & Mrs. John T. Copenhaver, Jr.
Peyton & Anna Forbes
^Dr. John L. Fuller
Gary & Anna Belle Gillespie
Mike & Pat Habenschuss
^Charlie & Sally Love
Marilyn McGeorge
^Rebecca McPhail & David Yaussy
*Steve & Kathy Moss
Bob & Ann Orders
Corleen Patterson
Missy & Art Rubin
Susan Scott
Garth & Darlene Thomas
*Jordan & Lauren Wooldridge
$600 - $999
Benefactor's Circle
Anonymous
Tom & Ellen Beal
Joe & Betty Beeson
CAMB Fund
*Ellen Cappellanti & Mark Carbone
*Joe Cevallos & Johanna Miesner
*L. Gray Cochran Jr.
*Warren & Sheila Danzer
Stephen & Martha Hall
*Jack Hoblitzell & ^Emily Hopta
Thomas & Jan Howard
^Ruth & Jeff Joseck
Paul & Raymona Kinneberg
*Ric MacDowell
Norma L. Parker
John A. & Lucille S. Pianfetti Fund
Stephen Revercomb
*Robin Snyder
David & Betty Stern
Jennifer Taylor & Stephen Haid
*Sue Thompson
Sam R. Uppala
$300 - $599
Patron
Anonymous
Laura Lee & Mike Albert
Steven & Jacqueline Artz
^Ibtesam Sue Barazi
Linda Bouvette
Jane Bowling
Jack & June Canfield, in memory of Newt & Nancy Thomas
Steve Cohn & Nancy Eberhardt
B. Diane Clements
Karen & David Donathan
Bob & Barbara Foster
Geoff & Grace
Dr. Sami M. Ghareeb D.D.S.
Carole “Cookie” Glasser
^Dr. Craig & Leah Glover
Todd L. Green
Richard & Debra Hanna
Michael Istfan
Jennifer Jackfert Family, in honor of Matt Jackfert
^Keith Jackson & Teresa Prullage
Parry & Pam Johnson
*^Angela M. Jones
^Michael L. Klausing
*Michael Knight & Dawn Warfield
^Adam & Sara Krason
John & Pam Kuyk
Priscilla Lawson
Chad & ^Emilie Love
Tony & Prudence Majestro
Thomas & Sara Marchio
Ditty & Gary Markham, in honor of Sallie McClaugherty
*Kathleen Madigan Muehlman
National Orchestral Association, Inc.
Ron Pearson & Beth High
Dr. Mary Pozega
Peggy Sadd
Deborah Sink & Robert McLusky
Barbara & James Smith
Russ & Carolyn Smith
Archie & Linda Snedegar
Beth Ann Surber
Susan Tams
Cyril & Veronica Tellis
Eliza G. & J.D. Teodoro, M.D.
Dr. Emily Thomas
*Rick & Beth Vorhees
Ed Webb
*Barbara & James Wilson
*John & Jo Ellen Diehl Yeary
$150 - $299
Partner
Anonymous (4)
Max & Cynthia Alkire
^Robby Aliff & Tracy Wilkerson
William & Erika Bartley Charitable Fund
Larry & Ilene Beckett
William & Lara Bissett
Sandra S. Bowles
M. Ann Bradley
Kevin B. Burgess
Jack & June Canfield, in honor of Walt & Rita Helmick
Jon & Vicki Cavendish
Lois Coffey
John & Diana Fleek
Lee & Dorothea Fuqua
Dr. & Mrs. Sami Ghareeb
Donna Goldberg, in memory of Jerry Goldberg
Lindsey Goodman
Frank & Genne Gourley
Vic Grigoraci
Bob & Maggie Hardesty
Thomas Heywood & Melody Simpson
John & Sara Hoblitzell
Jann Holwick
John & Jerri Kee
Dr. Samuel King II
Gregory & Lynnda Kozera
*Alan & Carol Kuhlman
John Lawson
Alfreda Leef
Katherine Leggett
*Jacquelyn Lilly
Lura Malcolm
Carol Mollohan
Karon Myers
Mary Pat Owen
Robert & Rebecca Rodak
Brad Rowe
Bill & Dorothy Scharf
Mrs. Stuart Smith
Catherine K. Taylor
James & Joan Waggy
Martha & Jerry Walker
Kathryn Weed
Debra Weinstein
Up to $149
Friend
Anonymous (5)
Dr. Timothy Alderman
R. Ruffner & Betty P. Alexander
Leonard Allen
Jay & Camille Arceneaux
Karen Barker
Laura Bickett
Mrs. Evelyn Borio
Judith Bradford
Gary & Bonnie Brown
Don & Michelle Broyles
Charleston Memorial Eye Clinic Trust
Drema Clark
David Cottrell
Gianna Davis
Mark B. Davis
Len & Judy Deutsch
Michael & Debora Duvall
Focus Marketing Co.
Robert & Lynn Goldsmith
Doug & Jeanne Goodman
C. Grey & Cynthia Harris
Katherine Hastings
Linda S. Heatherman
Bill & Marilyn Henstock
Judge Tod J. Kaufman Family, in memory of Frank & Marion Baer; Steve
Jubelier, M.D.; John Lambros; Tom McJunkin; and Paul & Rose Jean
Kaufman, and in honor of Rosalie Gaziano
Kim Kristic
Karl & Karen Kumpf
Sue Littlejohn
Ron & Ramona Lockwood
Dr. Raymond Lowther
Scott Mansour
David Mayle
Tom McCaffery
Allan McVey
Patrick Miller
Jodi & Brett Mondy
Lisa & John Mullenax
Bill & Carolyn Mullett
Bing M. Murphy
Emily Okes
Larry & Donna Pethel
Jack & Janet Ramsayer
Dr. David Ranson
Ronald & Judy Roberts
*Jerry Roueche, in memory of Becky Roueche
Dennis A. Sayre
Monica K. Schwartz
Bennie Shields
Derrick Smalley
Pat & David Stanton
Rebecca & Tom Tinder
Donald & Anne Wandling
Joe Watkins
John & Kit Wellford
Michelle Wilson
Steve & Linda Wilson
Alex Winter
In memory of Dr. Lionel Nair
Becky M. Croft
Goutam & Padmini Hattiangadi
Brittain & Judith McJunkin
Maryrose Nair
Nirmala & Pejawar Rao
Cyril & Veronica Tellis
Sam Uppala
The Walshes
In memory of Marion Baer
Tom & Ellen Beal
Roberta Lee Levine, Richard Hess, & Robert Hess
Sharon & Steve Rubin
Pam, Simon, & Kalman Weisberg
In memory of Jane Hain Ray
Shearer Aldridge
Gregory & Barbara Dunn
Carole “Cookie” Glasser
Goodwyn Family
J B Hain Company
Harry & Becky McCawley
Cathy & Joe Rice
Russell & Carolyn Tucker Smith
Samuel A. & Lynda Strickland
Bill Wallace
In support of WV Symphony Chorus
Linda Austin
Yvonne Ballantyne
Joshua Barrett & Julie Adams
Margaret Bays
Chester & Amy Brenan
Terry & Evan Buck
James & Rebecca Butler
Marlies Charbonniez
Charlotte Dorsey
Deborah & Bryan Eads
James & Linda Ealy
Dwight A. Foley
Bob & Barbara Foster
Ronald Gaertner & Lisa Ferrara
Beth Gifford
Carla & Michael Guthrie
Bill & Marilyn Henstock
Koki Hunter
Roger Hunter & Pamela Cutright
Patricia Jarvis
^Angela M. Jones
^Michael L. Klausing
James Lange
Charles Loeb & Sandra Murphy
Kevin & Nu Ling McGrath
Sandra McQuain
John & Mindy Miesner
Toni D. Miller
Karon Myers
Donald & Gena Ryan
Bernard Ream
^Patricia J. Schumann
Sarah Shaver
James L. & Carol C. Simpson
Paul & Sylvie Steranka
Jeff & Carrie Swing
Susan Tams
^Andrew & Margaret Teeter
Robert & Diana Westmoreland
Carolyn Zain
In support of the Symphony Honors Gala
honoring ZMM Architects & Engineers and
Mrs. Sallie F. McClaugherty
Laura Lee & Mike Albert
^Patrick & Mary Kay Bond
William & Mary Booker
Kathryn Burgess
Jack & June Canfield
City National Bank
^Stephen & Tricia Dexter
Elliot Foundation
^A.L. Emch
Pamela P. Emch
Dwight A. Foley
Shirley Furry Witte
David E. & Ann (Fredeking) Graham, Lauren Whitney & their families
Lenore Hendricks
Barbara & ^Stephen Hopta
Jackson Kelly PLLC
Christine & Ken Kastan
Sylvia Kozlove
^Charles T. Ledbetter
Albert Liu
M & L Electric
Lura Malcolm
^Rebecca & Jim McGinnis
Luanne McGovern & Bill Carlon
Bing M. Murphy
Mike & ^Shelia Neal
Omega Commercial Interiors
Susie Orders
Nina Ratrie Peyton
Remington Corporation
Missy & Art Rubin
Juliana Serafin
William Shepherd & Jane Beattie-Shepherd
David & Rebecca Shuman
Herk & Sherry Sims
C. Russell Smith & Carolyn Tucker Smith
John & Pat Strickland
Beth Ann Surber
^Andrew & Margaret Teeter
Jeri Topp
Andrew & Amy Vaughan Student Symphonic Fellowship
Donald & Anne Wandling
WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals
