We ❤️ Our Donors

The California Symphony gratefully acknowledges the members of our ever-growing donor family! These individuals and organizations have demonstrated a commitment to the arts and improving our community. The following reflects gifts and pledges received from May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026.

$100,000+

Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
Herring Family Trust

$50,000-$99,999

Sharon Simpson

$20,000-$49,999

Mike Lazur and Mary Ellen Rockdale
Orchard House
Shari Ward

$10,000-$19,999

Alfred and Meryl Norek
Barbara and Roy Hodgkinson
Beverly Louie
California Arts Council
Carlotta and Bob Dathe
County Of Contra Costa

Doris Marx
Estate of Helen Elaine Halliday
In Memory of Fred Smith
Janet Welter
Jeanne Ryan
Jon Dickson and Dee Formusa

Mechanics Bank
Michael and Denise Weiner
Paul Cortese
Rod Mickels and Lisa Franzel
Sandy and Marc Macaulay

$5,000-$9,999

Abby Dye
City of San Pablo
E M Downer Foundation
Hal and Marcia Wilson
Hazel Eshleman

Karin Eames
KPMG LLP
Robert and Alice Bridges Foundation
Michael Elmore

Ralph and Loella Haskew
Ruby Robins
Sunjams Foundation
William H. and Navid Armstrong

$2,500-$4,999

AAA
Allan and Carol Tobias
Angela Franz
Christina and Kirk Miller
Hal Wilson
Irene Desmond
Jacqueline Carson
John Duarte

Joseph Ficurelli
Juliette LeBlanc
Kelly Crawford
Laura and Andrew
Linda Ingham
Mary Alice Stadum
Monika Deutsche
Pam Ryan

Rebecca Miller Teutle
Richard Goodman
Ruth Reeves
Sarah Hartglass
Sigrid Jarrett
Simone Hoelck
Steve Berg and Claire Kinney
Timothy Carlson

$1,000-$2,499

Aaron Durr
Alan Bergstein and Carol Joffe
Anne Grodin
Audrey Richards
Barbara Greeno
Barton and Nadine Lane
Betsy Templeton
BlackRock Charitable Fund
Carl Graziani and Nancy Hart
Cindy and Tom Silva
Dave and Madeleine Carlsen
Debra Deitch
Diane Crowley Young
Dirk Mellema
Donna Green
Dr. William Coby and Teresa Rasfeld
Ed and Denise Del Beccaro

Frederick Lezak
Gary and Kathi Ryness
Gretchen Doolittle
Gwen Buchholz & David Durand
Hillary Fowler
Janet Black
Jed Daniel
Joanne Ghiglieri
John and Sunne McPeak
Kathryne and Calvin Tucker
Kathy Briner
Kenneth and Carol Soult
Kim Asher
Kristine Soorian
Laurence McEwen and Kathy McKeown
Lisa Dell
Meredith Brown

Mike Tuciarone & Nadine Peterson
Natalie Inouye
Peggy White
Peter and Irene Reich
Peter Newell
Phil Gottlieb
Pleasant Hill Community Foundation
Rebecca Calzia-Bhatt
Richard Leffingwell
Robert and Shirley Kramer
Robert Corning
Sara Soltan
Susan Hanson
Ronald and Katherine Stupak
Theresa Yarborough-Fields
TJT III Gifting Foundation
Vibs Lichtman

$500-$999

Aimee Johnson
Angie Coffee
Anthony Thompson
Barbara and Phil Gottlieb
Brian Deans
Carol G. Smith
Catherine A. Smith
David and Robin Minor
Diane L Choquette
Gail Murray
Geraldine Dye
Ivor Silver
James Reiter
Jan Geahry

Joseph and Bette Hirsch
Kathleen Quinlan and Marc Parham
Ken and Lana Burns
Kenneth and Candy Caldwell
Kurt Riemer
Linda Barron
Lucy Ober-Silvey
Mark J. Powers and Albert E. Moreno
Martha Holstlaw
Mary Leigh Miller
Matt and Samantha Francois
Matthew Francois
Merle and Bonnie Hall
Neil Brennan

Pam and Ed McGrath
Peggy White
Penny Meyerhoff
Road Runner Print Mail, Inc.
Robert and Claudia Waldron
Robert and Gay Laaback
Russell Nelson
Sandra M Cavallo
Shelly Scruggs
Sue Farmer
Susan and Stephen Philpott
Theresa Madeira
Troy and Denisa Feddersen

$250-$499

Annette Stiefbold
Barbara Langerman
Carleen Goeckel
Carol Santa Maria
Carole Lyons
Caroline Lee
Carolyn Anderson
Charlotte Foley
Christine Monsen and Amal Moulik
Cory Tiffin
Cynthia Foster
Deborah Orel-Bixler
Dianne Nicolini
Dick and Lynne Hildebrand
Dyanne Vojvoda
Earl Turner
Freeman and Catherine Cullom
Gail Gabriel
Gail Givens
Gail Stevens and Hank Grimmick
Gary Wong

Georgia Maslowski
Gordon Berke
Graham Crow
Ingrid Hempell
Jack and Carole Kay Lynn
Jane and Roger Emanuel
Jean Fiske
Jen Martin and Steve Pugh
Jill Fernald and Charles Levine
John Klein
Julia Novak
Kathe Mitchell
Ken Bartsch
Kenneth Gutierrez
Kimberly Cuccia
Kristen Klehr
Leslie Pfeifer
Lolly Lewis
Lou and Lynnette Cabrera
Manya Helgerson Casto
Marco Gonzales

Marion Atherton
Mary Knott
Mary Moyce
Mrs. Greta Zielinski
Nakisa Alborz
Nancy Mueller
Neil Sitzman
Nina Dickerson
Pamela McGrath
Patsy Ronat
Paul Menkes and Judith Rosen
Robert and Carrol Foxall
Ron and Cathryn Ramin
Seongjun Park
Sherrie Fraser
Susan Foxall
Thomas DiSanto
Tina Akins
Victoria Bissell
Visions in Education
Yvonne LaLanne

$100-$249

Al Davis
Alan and Joanne Nadritch
Alex and Nicole Orfaly
Angela Tucker
Ann Moriarty
Anne Hayden
Barbara and Walter Knoll
Barbara Abernathy
Barbara and Robert Lenox
Barbara Kuklewicz
Betty Gump
Bill and Susan Kidd
Birgit Karlsson
Brittain Habegger
Cal and Agatha Sue Lee
Carla Blackmon
Charleen and Kurt Elste
Charmaine Bell
Christoper and Rene Rores
Dale Deffner
Dana Norton
Deanna Thompson
Dee Thompson
Dianne Brackin
Edwin Walker
Elaine Kowalik
Elaine Wong
Elizabeth Summer
Emiko Rosenberg
Emily Manders
Erica Ferreira
Eve Gordon
Fred Riccio
Gail Taylor

Gary W Brannan
George Mathews
Gerda Mueller
Hannelore Harwood
Heidrun Held
Helen Josephine
Helene Cavior
Ilona Frost
James and Beverly Dubrin
Jane B Mowry
Jane Greene
Janine Collins
Jeanette Herzer
Joan and David Pierce
John And Joan Hines
Joy Todd
Judy Cabrera
Katherine Jarrett
Kendall and Lana Burns
Kevin and Jill Wilk
Kim Starr
Laura Reynolds
Laurence Berger
Laurence S Oppenheim
Leslie De Giere
Linda and Mike Bandler
Linda Furlong
Linda Hastings
Louis and Stephanie Chase Brooner
Maggie Boscoe
Marilyn Mansfield
Marta Parker
Martha Jo Cazenave
Mary Ann Pape

Mary Boyd
Mary Koch
Maureen Vavra
Mike Scala
Ms. Sandra Berggren
Nabil Azzam
Nikolay Yushin
Patricia Shanahan
Patsy Shepherd
Paul and Cathy Witkay
Paul Miller
Paula Austin
Peter Heyman
Ricardo Liberman
Robert Denison
Robert Moon
Ron and Haleen Armijo
Ronald Rogness
Scott and Shirlee Graff
Shinji Eshima
Shuki Chan
Silvano and Gerarda Marchesi
Stephen and Laurel Epstein
Steven Lowe
Susan Boreliz
Teresa and Chris Washburn
Tom Stone
Valeria Kisiday
Valerie Petersen
Vera Bulaevskaya
Wayne Emrich
We Mail For You, Inc.
Yvonne Knight
Zev Kahn