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?
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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2022-2023 Annual Sustaining Fund Donors
Please click the button to see the last season’s donor listing for the 2022-2023 Annual Sustaining Fund. A million thanks to our generous donors!
Thank you to our
2023-2024 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 12/31/23
^ 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
David DeBolt
^John & Fonda Elliot
William & ^Sharon Flanery, in honor of Angie Ovies
Steve & Sharon Jubelirer
Nina R. Peyton
Keith and the late Jim Straw
The Cecil I. Walker Charitable Trust
$5,000 - $9,999
Maestro's Circle
Marlies Charbonniez, in memory of Colette Charbonniez
^The Stephen P. & Tricia L. Dexter Fund
^Dan & Kathy Foster
John & Janet Gagnon
John & Beverley Hall
Roberta L. Levine & Richard Hess
^Callen McJunkin
William Mearns
Michael & ^Shelia Neal
Jane Hain Ray
^Francis Saldanha, MD
Daniel & Judith Schuda
Anne Ray Silbernagel
^Andy & Margo Teeter, in honor of Dr. Stephen Jubelirer
H.B. Wehrle Foundation
$2,500 - $4,999
Trustee’s Circle
Vic & Ellen Kay Bastron
^Patrick & Mary Kay Bond
Terry & Evan Buck
Bill Carlon & Luanne McGovern
Bill & Elsie Carter
Suzanne Crandall
Anne & ^Jack Dever
Duane Dombek & Barbara Warren
^Judge Jim Douglas & Phyllis Veith
Herbert E. Jones, Jr. & Gloria C. Jones Fund
Art & Virginia King
^Sallie F. McClaugherty
Brittain & Judith McJunkin
*Rebecca McPhail & David Yaussy
MontyBrownArt
Alan & Catherine Morrison
^Tim & Cheryl Quinlan
Aurelia Smith
Millie Snyder
Gail & Walker Thompson
Janet H. & Michael B. Victorson
^Pat & Beth Walker
Richard B. & Jane H. Walker
Robert & Diana Westmoreland
Melani & Luke Zyla
$1,500 - $2,499
Sustainer's Circle
Ted & Calvert Armbrecht II
Louise Babst
Joshua Barrett & Julie Adams
Nelle Ratrie Chilton Charitable Trust
^Julie Chincheck
Horace & Sally Emery
Helen Epps
Dwight A. Foley
Peyton & Anna Forbes
Pat & Bill Garner
*^Skip & Pat Gebhart
Susan Courtney Harpold
Mike & Denise John
Brett & Tammy Kelly
Albert Liu
Bruce E. Moss & family, in memory of Sue Campbell Moss
Charles & ^Patricia Moyers
Bill & Phyllis Payne
Anne L. Patterson & Martin Shaffer
^Mike & Jo Proops
Juliana Serafin
*^Patricia J. Schumann
Lorena M. Surber, DDS
Mrs. Linda M. Turner
^N. Andrew & Amy Vaughan
Bill & Mary Wagner
Jim & Ann Weimer
$1,000 - $1,499
Member's Circle
Anonymous
Clay & Clara Armstrong
Mrs. Marion Baer
*^Gene Bailey
*Dr. Jim Bryant & Lucy Hornor
Lewis Cook
Judge & Mrs. John T. Copenhaver, Jr.
^Dr. John L. Fuller
Martha Gaines & Russell Wehrle Memorial Foundation
Larry & Sandra Groce
^Stephen & Barbara Hopta
Jim & Jessica Lane
*Otis L. Laury
Sally & Charlie Love
Marilyn McGeorge
Perry & Taunja Willis Miller
Sue Price, in memory of Roy E. Price, Jr.
Missy & Art Rubin
Elizabeth Watson
*Jordan & Lauren Wooldridge
David & Christine Zinn
$600 - $999
Benefactor's circle
Anonymous
*Linda Bouvette
Anderson H. Brown & Captolia Casey Brown Memorial Fund
Charles Carder
Kelly & Melissa Castleberry, in honor of John & Fonda Elliot
Ellen M. Freer
Stephen & Martha Hall
*Jack Hoblitzell & ^Emily Hopta
Dave & Karen Huffman, Becky & Pete Ruegger, & Jerry & Mary
Huffman, in memory of Joyce Gruntler Barickman
Jeff & ^Ruth Joseck
Raymona & Paul Kinneberg
Robert & Mildred Lynn
*Ric MacDowell
James & ^Becky McGinnis
*Steve & Kathy Moss
Lionel & Maryrose Nair
LaRee Navjaux & Frank D’Abreo, in honor of the fabulous WVSO
staff
John & Lucille Pianfetti Fund
Janis Reynolds & Douglas Kilmer
*Robin Snyder
David & Betty Stern
Garth & Darlene Thomas
*Sue A. Thompson
Sam Uppala
Kenneth & Jane Wright
$300 - $599
Patron
Anonymous (2)
Robert Kathryn Alford
Steven Artz
Drs. Mark & Vera Ayoubi
Ron & Cindy Bailey
Patricia S. Bibbee
^Ellen Cappellanti
Bruce & Cheryl Caswell
B. Diane Clements
Mike & Dale Clowser
Robert & Annette Fehrenbacher
Robert & Barbara Foster
Gary & Anna Belle Gillespie
Cookie Glasser
Grace & Geoff
Jennifer Jackfert & family, in honor of Matt Jackfert
^Keith Jackson
Sam Kapourales
^Michael Klausing
Richard & Ann Knebel
*Michael Knight & Dawn Warfield
Thomas Kirk
^Adam & Sara Krason
Priscilla Lawson
Ronald & Ramona Lockwood
Tony & Prudence Majestro
Marc Monteleone & Kelli Diuguid
Jim & Ann Nelson
Jean E. O’Connor
Norma Parker
*Corleen Patterson, in memory of Gregory Patterson
Bob & Sharon Perkinson
Joan Phillips, MD
Dr. Mary C. Pozega
Dave & Laura Pray
Peggy & David Sadd
Bennie Shields, in honor of Edward O. Lewis
Deborah A. Sink
Russ & Carolyn Smith
Beth Ann Surber
Bob Sylvester
Eliza & J.D. Teodoro, MD
*Rick & Beth Vorhees
James & Joan Waggy
Eugene C. Warner
*Barbara & James Wilson
*John & Jo Ellen Diehl Yeary
$150 - $299
Partner
Anonymous (6)
Mike & Laura Lee Albert
Laura Harbert Allen & Jeffrey S. Allen
William J. Bartley
Larry & Ilene Beckett
Kevin Burgess
*Chester & Amy Brenan
Dr. & Mrs. Jim Caudill
Charleston Memorial Eye Clinic Trust Fund
Dr. David & Janet Clayman, in memory of Newt Thomas
Lois J. Coffey
David & Karen Donathan
Bob & Nancy Douglas
Alysa Drozdowski
Debbie & Bryan Eads
Lisa Ferrara & Ronald Gaertner
Michael & Bonnie Fidler
Douglas Fisher
John & Diana Fleek
Peyton & Anna Peyton Forbes
John & Paddy Sue Gay
James M. Gibbons, MD
Donna Goldberg, in memory of Jerry Goldberg
Lindsey Goodman
Todd L. Green
Vic Grigoraci, in honor of John & Sallie McClaugherty
Dr. William & Janet Grimes
Jim Hansen
Bob & Maggie Hardesty
Thomas Heywood & Melody Simpson
Thomas & Jan Howard
Denise John
^Angela M. Jones
Dr. Samuel King II
Gregory & Lynnda Kozera
*Alan & Carol Kuhlman
John & Pamela Kuyk
John Lawson
Katherine Leggett
*Jacquelyn Lilly
Chad & ^Emilie Love
Lura Malcolm
Dr. Grant & Hallie Mason
Mike Maurer
Charles McElfish
Sandra McQuain
Margaret & Scott Miller
Carol Mollohan
Victoria Moles
Karon Myers
Emily Okes
Mary Pat Owen
Anne L. Patterson, in memory of Alison Flowers
Ron Pearson & Elizabeth High
Robert & Robin Peck
Bradley Maier Rowe
Jean E. Rutledge
Mrs. Stuart Lewis Smith
Archie & Linda Snedegar
Susan Tams
Larry D. Taylor
Dr. Cyril & Veronica Tellis
Ed & Melanie Van Metre
Martha & Jerry Walker
Donald & Anne Wandling
Rebecca Warren
Kit & John Wellford
Up to $149
Friend
Anonymous (3)
Aaron Alexander
Richard & Betty Alexander
Pamela Anderson
Camille & Jay Arcenceaux
Karen Barker
Ed & Larrie Bartrug
Tom & Lydia Beirne
Ms. Evelyn Borio
Gary & Bonnie Brown
Kathryn W. Burgess
Ruth Still Chase
Drema Clark
L. Gray & Karen Cochran
Steve Cohn & Nancy Eberhardt
Bruce Colella
Len & Judy Deutsch
Barbara C. England
Lee & Dorothea Duqua
Gallery 11
Norma Garrett
Mark Gaston
John P. Gay
Charles “Chappy” Gibb
Mr. & Mrs. Robert “Flick” Goldsmith
Sam Haddad & Betty Ireland
Richard & Debra Hanna
Richard Hartman
Conrad & Beverly Haskell
Katherine S. Hastings
William & Marilyn Henstock
John & Donna Holstine
Barbara Hutchison-Smith
Michael Istfan
Nancy Jackson
Kurt & Carla Jaenicke
Jeanne Javins
Harriet H. Jones
Karl & Karen Kumpf
^Richard Lewis
Sue Littlejohn
John Maher & Regan Quinn
Scott Mansour
Deatra Markham
Frank Martin
Justin & Carol McCarthy
Stephen Meyer
Patrick J. Miller
John & Lisa Mullenax
William & Carolyn Mullett
Otis L. O’Connor
Anthony Orr
Karen Osmola, in memory of Rev. James M. Kerr
Stevie Palenchar
Sandra Carole Pence
Rebecca Powell
Jack & Janet Ramsayer
Julius & Ann Rembrandt
Ron & Judy Roberts
Robert & Rebecca Rodak
*Jerry Roueche, in memory of Becky Roueche
Larry L. Rowe
Dave & Pat Stanton
John & Pat Strickland
Rebecca & Tom Tinder
Marilyn Walbe
Tammy Watcher, in memory of Nancy Warner
Kathryn Weed
Thomas Weiner
Steve & Linda Wilson
JoEllen Zacks, in memory of Lucie Mellert
In support of WV Symphony Chorus
Linda Austin
Yvonne Ballantyne
Susan Beeler
Amy Brenan
Evan & Terry Buck
Marlies Charbonniez
Linda Ealy
Lisa Ferrara
Dwight A. Foley
Barbara Foster
Grace Gibson
Carla Guthrie
Marilyn Henstock
Jan Howard
Koki Hunter
Roger Hunter
Stephanie Hysmith
Patricia A. Jarvis
^Angela M. Jones
Joy Kleeman
James Lange
Nu Ling McGrath
Sandra McQuain
Mindy Miesner
Toni Miller
Sandra Murphy
Karon Myers
Bernard Ream
Paul & Sylvie Steranka
Jeff & Carrie Swing
Susan Tams
^Andrew & Margaret Teeter
Margaret Theodos
Brian Vannoy
Robert & Diana Westmoreland