Support the GSO!
The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra is passionate about bringing the beauty of music to our community, and your support is instrumental in helping us achieve that goal. Did you know that ticket sales cover less than 25% of our operating costs? That's why your donations play a crucial role in sustaining our orchestra. By contributing to the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra, you become a vital part of our mission to enrich lives through the power of music. Your involvement helps us continue to deliver exceptional music experiences right here in Greenwich. Help us make a lasting impact in our vibrant community. Thank you for your generosity!"
To make a memorial gift, click the “DONATE HERE” button below; choose the amount of the gift, and click “Additional Information.” In the “Comment or message to GSO” area, please indicate that this is a memorial gift, and the name of the honoree.
All gifts made using the “DONATE HERE” button below are pure donations (do not include Membership benefits), and will be acknowledged in concert program books and on this web page.
If you are interested in making a major grant, for most efficient use of your funds, please consider sending a check to GSO, PO Box 35, Greenwich, CT 06836. For more information please email us at gsorch@verizon.net.
Thank you.
CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS
The Greenwich Symphony is grateful to the individuals, organizations, and agencies whose generous donations make the GSO’s live concerts and engaging educational programs possible.
The following list includes donations made in 2023.
For information on being a Corporate Sponsor, please contact us here.
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STANDARD BEARER
($10,000 and above)
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Office of the Arts
Connecticut Humanities
Giving Bee Family Foundation
Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. Family Foundation
S. & L. Marx Foundation
The Resource Foundation
Town of Greenwich -
GRANTOR
($5,000 and above)
Dalio Philanthropies
Shropshire Family Charitable Trust -
CHAIR UNDERWRITER
($1,750 and above)
Judith L. Biggs Fund
Ronald N. Dubin Foundation
Greenwich Country Day School
Barbara and Edward Netter Foundation
Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation -
GUARANTOR
($1,000 and above)
Deutsche Bank
The Gibbons Foundation
Per and Astrid Heidenreich Family Foundation
J. McLaughlin
Gerda and Ole Skaarup Foundation
Wrightson Ramsing Foundation -
BENEFACTOR
($500 and above)
Bank of America
Brunswick School
Greenwich Catholic School
GHS Orchestra Association
Donald Pogoda DDS
Woman’s Club of Greenwich -
PATRON
($150 and above)
A Vrtiak & Sons Tree Service
David Hair Care
Richey’s Charitable Trust -
DONOR
($100 and above)
Panwy Foundation
20/20 Optical
GSO MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
In 2023, GSO’s Board of Directors initiated a new Membership Program to replace its prior donor categories. The Membership Program will provide opportunities to enhance and deepen the relationship between the orchestra and its patrons, and to recognize the generosity of the Symphony’s most committed supporters. The following list includes donations made in 2023.
We have tried to be as complete as possible in recognizing our generous donors. Please contact gsorch@verizon.net with any corrections or questions. Thank you.
PATRONS OF THE GSO
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DIAMOND TIER
($25,000 and above)
Chris and Joanne Stavrou -
PLATINUM TIER
($10,000 and above)
Lenore de Csepel
Gale and Robert Lawrence
Anita and Jeff O’Sullivan -
VIRTUOSO CIRCLE
($5,000 and above)
Arnold F. and Constance Stancell
Ronald and Davidde Strackbein
CONCERTMASTER CIRCLE
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GOLD TIER
($3,600 and above)
Louise S. Hoffman
Sandra Shaw Murphy
Eric Schwartz -
SILVER TIER
($2,400 and above)
Robert Burns
Martin and Sandra Heikel
Naomi Schiff and Stephen A. Myers
Judith B. and Ray Soto -
BRONZE TIER
($1,200 and above)
W. Michael Brown
Susan Ellis
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
Mimi and Don Kirk
Nancy N. Lane and Thomas M. T. Niles
Richard G. and Theresa V. Lubman
Bernice J. (Bunny) Lukas
Michael and Anita Malina
Don and Jan Marchand
Katherine S. Prokop
Michael and Dena Radcliffe
Janice and Gary Riddell
Renée Seblatnigg
Leslie and Marcus Tarkington -
BATON CIRCLE
($500 and above)
Christine and Stephen B. Boies
Nan B. Chequer
Bruce B. and Barbara L. Croaning
Nancy Cunniffe
Anders and Marianne Ekernas
Wyman L. and Joy Emery
Kathy Epstein
William H. Foulk -
BATON CIRCLE
Pierre and Claudia Gourdon
Joanne Graham
Margot and James Mabie
James B. and Carolyn McArdle
Dennis W. and Donna Monson
Lu Morris -
BATON CIRCLE
Robert O. and Adriana V. Phillips
Suzanne Storr
David S. and Mary G. Versfelt
Marei Von Saher
Fred and Beth Weiler
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FRIENDS OF THE GSO
($375 and above)
Marilyn and Stuart Adelberg
Sue Baker
Maria Friscia and John Dubaz
Anita H. Eng
Joseph F. and Kathryn Gagliardi
Linda and Edward Hortick
Harold B. and Sok Nam Kuplesky
Susan G. Larkin
Robert and Barbara Luce
Laura Petit
Carl and Zelie Pforzheimer
Brynn Putnam
Marie Rubino
Suzanne Simpson
Louis and Helene van Leeuwen
Karin and Mitchell L. Weisburgh
Frederick Y. and Vivian H. Wu -
SUPPORTERS
($150 and above)
Kenneth G. Bartels and Jane Condon
James and Hsiao-Lien Boardman
John J. Bolebruch
James and Amy Burger
Esther S. and Michael Bushell
Steven M. and Marilyn Cahn
Bruce and Susan Cohen
Constance Cowen
Jean Crocco
Dolores D’Elia
John Denne
Arline Epstein
Susan Fisher
Elizabeth and Nelson Fitts
Ernest and Amy Fleishman
Barbara H. Freeman
Jacob and Robin Friedman
William D. Gaillard III
Allen and Christie Green
Sue Grele
Peter Guletsky
Charlotte and Andrew Gutmann
Helen W. and Holly Hall
Peter A. Hamilton
Beatrice T. and Robert C. Harper
Margaret and David Heap
Deborah Herrington
Barbara Hopkins
William C. and Martha Howland
Bo B. and Natalie Jarnstedt
Diane C. and Michael B. Jones
Jean-Pierre and Anne Kemper
Rita A. Lapcevic
Aie Teck Lau -
SUPPORTERS
Alan Lesure
Margie Louie
Aileen C. and John C. Lowe
Domenica Manuli
James McDonald
Barbara McGuigan
Angenette and Bob Meaney
JoAnn Messina
Judith Meyer
Robert Morgan
Robert J. and Rena W. Mulcare
Heidi Nolte
Louis Paglia
Suzanne Prunier
Harriet Rader
Bob and Jinny Rimmer
Laura R. Rogers
Judy Schedler
Irene Shen
Jean Shen
Sharon Shisler
Barbara and George Sommerfeld
Sandra and Steve Soule
Don Stern
Ellie A. and Sam Telzer
Peter J. Tesei
John Toner
Jacqueline Walker
David and Marie Wardell
Mary Webster
James W. Weil
Anne Wichman
Jeannine Wojnas
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DONORS
Donors (up to $150)
Judith Ablon
Suzanne E. and Daniel Adams
William F. Baker
Jacqueline D. and Peter A. Braunthal
Virginia Campbell
Carolyn Cleveland
Madeleine Duerst
Erin Flynn
Elizabeth Foley
Pauline L. and Richard W. Franck
George Fritz
Barbara Fuller
Stephen and Nancy Fuzesi
Patricia Geismar
Robert M. and Judith Goodchild
Monroe E. Haas
Marilyn Hess
Ardith Holmgrain
Lori Jackson
Shirley Jones
Margreth E. Knehans
Ann A. Koontz -
DONORS
Paul H. and Susan J. Levine
Barbara and Donald E. Long
Neil P. and Virginia C. Lucey
Louise A. and Samuel J. Marasso
Jean May
Susan F. and Stuart W. McCalley
Sheryl Miller
Donna Moffly
Rudolph G. and Betty Morin
Robert E. and Susan Morris
Margorie H. and Robert Neaderland
Christopher Potts
Joy Rendahl
Abigail Sambrook
Margaret and David Simon
Jeffrey Tomkins
Peter and Sydney Uhry
Christopher Von Keyserling
Nancy Susan Voye and Mark Lee Weissler
James Wilson
Grace Zeolla
Eric K. and Margaret B. Zitzmann
GSO SUSTAINABILITY FUND
The Sustainability Fund ensures the Greenwich Symphony’s long-term viability and financial security. Gifts to the fund support the orchestra’s ability to plan for future seasons of extraordinary performances and engaging music education programs.
In addition to cash donations, we welcome planned gifts in donors’ estate plans as well as appreciated securities, life insurance bequests, and other beneficiary designations. We are happy to discuss planned giving with you. Please get in touch with us at Greenwich Symphony, P.O. Box 35, Greenwich, CT 06836, (203) 869-2664, or email us at gsorch@verizon.net.
We are deeply grateful to GSO supporters who generously contribute to the fund through their charitable donations or planned gifts. The following donors have made contributions to the Sustainability Fund between July 1, 2017 and December 31, 2023.
To discuss planned giving, contact Greenwich Symphony, P.O. Box 35, Greenwich, CT 06836,
(203) 869-2664, or gsorch@verizon.net.
We have tried to be as complete as possible in recognizing our generous donors. Please contact gsorch@verizon.net with any corrections or questions. THANK YOU!
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LEADERS
($15,000 and above)
Estate of Immaculata Franco
Estate of Mary J. Radcliffe
Estate of Joan M. Warburg
Gabelli Foundation
Robert and Gale Lawrence
Martha Nierenberg
Christopher and Joanne Stavrou -
FOUNDERS
($10,000 and above)
Estate of Kenneth Connaughton
Estate of Irene D. Martin
Christine Doney
Richard and Mary Radcliffe -
ADVOCATES
($2,500 and above)
James Boardman,
in memory of Richard Radcliffe Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Case
Marian K. Cordner Revocable Trust -
ASSOCIATES
($1,000 and above)
Caserve Foundation,
in memory of Richard Radcliffe
Nan Budde Chequer
Naomi Schiff Myers,
in memory of Richard Radcliffe
John M. and Lucille Morris
Anita and Jeff O’Sullivan
Richard and Mary Radcliffe,
in memory of Carmel Signa
David and Kathleen Renton,
in memory of Richard Radcliffe -
SUPPORTERS
($500 and above)
Marilyn and Stuart Adelberg
John Dubaz and Maria C. Friscia,
in memory of Richard Radcliffe
Pierre and Claudia Gourdon
Bernard Hoffer
Liebergesell Foundation
Suzanne Simpson,
in memory of Richard Radcliffe
Walter Staab, in memory of Diane Staab
John and Marianne Wyman -
DONORS
(up to $499)
Janice Baragwanath
Kenneth G. Bartels
John J. Bennett
Helen Campo,
in memory of Richard Radcliffe
David Creswell,
in memory of Richard Radcliffe
Carolyn Dursi
Rita Edelston
Anders and Marianne Ekernas
Olivia R. Floren -
DONORS
Margaretha Hilgefort
Louise S. Hoffman
James W. Hornblower
Susan Huang and Oliver T. Kane
Hungarian Cultural Society of
Connecticut
Paul Ingraham
Bo Jarnstedt
Estelle Clausen Jones
Linda Kata
Lynda Kinney
Kathleen Knight
Diane Lesser, in memory of
Richard Radcliffe
Sachiko Liebergesell
Robert and Barbara Luce
James and Margot Mabie -
DONORS
Valerie S. Makin
Domenica Manuli Donat and Janet Marchand Daniel Miller, in memory of
Richard Radcliffe
John W. and Donna C. Moffly
Carole Pierce
Robert Rimmer
Alma Rutgers
Renée F. Seblatnigg, in memory
of James Larkin
Patricia Schachner
Rolf and Christine Sellge
Richard G. Schulze
Sharon Shisler
Suzanne Simpson
Jane and Richard Slagle
Maureen Smith -
DONORS
Cecila Stanley
Suzanne Storr
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Strackbein
Peter J. Tesei
Elizabeth Theofanidis
Corinne Tolles
Jeffrey Tomkins, in memory of
Victor Lionti
Elizabeth Vershay
Christopher von Keyserling
Frederick and Vivian Wu
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GIFTS IN MEMORY OF MARY J. RADCLIFFE
James and Hsiao-Lien Boardman
Bruce Museum
Jean Crocco
Dr. and Mrs. John Dubaz
Kenneth and Nancy Aborn Duffy
Wendy Dziurzynski
Anders and Marianne Ekernas
Dr. and Mrs. Ernie Fleishman
Joseph F. and Kathryn Gagliardi
Pierre and Claudia Gourdon
Erika Hall
Dr. Susan Harris
Louise and Harrison B. Hoffman
Linda and Edward Hortick
Barbara and William King
Robert and Gale Lawrence
Penelope Lehman
Paul H. and Susan J. Levine
James and Margot Mabie
Malkin Fund, Inc.
Domenica Manuli Donat and Janet Marchand James and Carolyn McArdle
Esther Odescalchi -
GIFTS IN MEMORY OF MARY J. RADCLIFFE
Anita and Jeff O’Sullivan
Panwy Foundation
Perrot Memorial Library
Robert O. and Adriana V. Phillips
David and Kathleen Renton
Janice and Gary Riddell
Anne W. Semmes
Anne P. Simpson
Suzanne Simpson
Jane and Richard Slagle
Prof. Arnold F. and Constance Stancell
Rita Stewart
Peter J. Tesei
Drs. Elizabeth and Stelios Theofanidis
Caralliene Westbrook
Frederick and Vivian Wu