Applause!
Symphony Supporters
Applause!
The NBSO expresses its deep appreciation to all who support our concerts, educational programs, and community outreach. Donations of $100 or more received between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024 are listed below.
$100,000+
Dr. Roger Allen
Anonymous
$25,000+
Nancy Braitmayer
Howard and Fredericka Stevenson
$10,000
Baldwin Wealth Partners
Tom Barry and Nancy Shanik
Cile and Bill Hicks
Wendy and Ken Joblon
Sara H. Johnston
Andy Kotsatos and Heather Parsons
Susan and Dexter Mead
Sandria Parsons
Geoff and Judy Swett
Ann and Hans Ziegler
A Friend of NBSO
$5,000+
Bristol County Savings Bank
Janet and Bill Coquillette
Ralph Eustis, in memory of Merry Eustis
Drs. James T. Griffith and Susan J. Leclair
Dr. Edward Hoffer and Madeleine Deschamps Hoffer
Lilian Kemp and David Marks
Paul and Denise Lamoureux
Wayne Matelski
Diana Nichols
Harry and Pam Norweb
Jane and Neil Pappalardo
Margaret-Ann Rice, in memory of Clifton V. Rice
Barry and Meg Steinberg
Margot Stone
Vineyard Wind
Richard and Patricia Wecker
Anonymous
$2,500+
Albert Fox Facial Plastic Surgery Center
Joel and Lisa Alvord
Christina Bascom
Jan and Chuck Bichsel
Sandra Bilodeau
Mary Jean and Bill Blasdale
Lizanne and Malcolm Campbell, in honor of Yaniv Dinur and the wonderful NBSO musicians
Gail Davidson
Helen DeGroot
Michael Esposito and Cynthia Redel
Fiber Optic Center, Inc.
Suzanne and George Gebelein
Richard and Sharon Grahn
Hawthorn Medical Associates
Maryellen and James S. Hughes
Trudy Kingery
LandVest
Frances Levin
Michael Malone and Debra Gayle
Susan Eldredge Mead
Ed Ottensmeyer and Anne Donnellon
Richard Pline and Roseann Radosevich
Karen and Jim Prieur
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Reideler
Margot and Mark Schmid
Jamey and Laura Shachoy
Shepard Turf Management, Inc.
South Coast Almanac
Rachael Kolb and Thomas Stritter
The Symphony Shop
The Tow Foundation Inc., in honor of David Tobias
Whaling City Sound
Drs. Laima and Bert Zarins
Anonymous
$1,000+
Milton and Marilyn Adams
Pat and John Baillieul
Hope Lincoln Baker
Douglas Balder and Joan DeCollibus
Michael and Margie Baldwin
David and Laurie Barrett
Bianca and Michael Bator
Ana and Dudley Bauerlein
Charlotte Berman
Ellen and Tom Bowler
Edward C. and Elizabeth H. Brainard
Irene and Norman Buck
Betty Ann and Jack Cannell
David Cole and Betty Slade, in memory of Robert Harding
Sheila Powers Converse
Dwight and Loretto Crane
Douglas and Cindy Crocker
James and Edwina Cronin
Wendy and Ray Cullum
Andrea and Emmanuel Daskalakis
Michael K. Davis
John and Zelinda Douhan
Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips
Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips, in honor of Ed Ottensmeyer and Ane Donnellon
Breck and Jeanne Eagle
Randall Elgin and Mark Whalen
Tom and Barbara Farquhar
Rebecca Welch Foley
Jim and Margaret Forbush
Drs. Albert and Cynthia Fox
Elsie R. Fraga
John Paul Garber and Katri M. Huypaä-Garber
The Gladstone Family Fund
Marjorie and Nick Greville
Philip Guymont and Susan McLaren
Tom and Ava Hallam
Maryann Hayes
Jack and Leslie Howard
Heidi and Arthur Huguley
Gary P. Johnson and Luana Josvold
Nan Johnson and Alan Minard
David and Jen Kaiser
Betsy and Rusty Kellogg
Diane and Peter Lafond
Dr. Raina and Stephen Lamade
Scott and Monica Laurans
Sarah Lederman
Ken Lipman
John and Doris Ludes
Holly and Joe McDonough
Joe Nauman
Connie Nelson
John Newton and Janice Weber
Donald and Genie Rice
Kitt and Heather Sawitsky
Robert B. Smith
Southcoast Health
Jane Ross Stankiewicz and Mark Southworth
Winfield and Winifred B. Swarr
Richard Tabors and Mary Ellen Lees
In memory of Joan Underwood
Rhonda and Roy Veugen
Henry and Marion Wainer, in honor of Terry Wolkowicz
Marge Waite and Neal Weiss
John and Mallory Waterman
Kathy Wattles
Davis Webb, Jr. and Jennifer W. Webb
Janet Whitla
Vincent Mor and Margaret S. Wool
A supporter of NBSO
$500+
Virginia and Myles Boone
Bruce Brown, in memory of Dr. Charles Parsons
Dr. Peter Campisano and Joyce Tower
Russell and Lorraine Carey
Gloria Clark
Robert Darnton
Bob and Sue Daylor
Robert and Patricia DeAngelis
Kathy Dinneen
Roy and Arline Enoksen
Janet and Bob Feingold
Marie L. Fontaine
Drs. James T Griffith and Susan J Leclair, in memory of Ruth Prentiss
Jim Harrison
Nicholas and Susan Iwanisziw
Fran and Will Keene
Edith Lauderdale
John and Victor Pinheiro – Luzo Auto Center
Jean MacCormack
Lloyd and Ann Macdonald
Marilyn and Raymond Melanson
Morningstar Family
Carolyn Osteen
Anne Donnellon and Ed Ottensmeyer, in honor of Janice Weber
Geraldine Perry-Lopes
William Prescott
Cecilia and Chris Ross
Christopher Saulnier, in honor of Margo Saulnier
Susan C. Schenker Family Charitable Giving Fund
Charlotte D. Smith
John and Eileen Sorrentino
Alan Steinert, Jr.
Elaine and Geoff Swaebe
William Tifft and Ellen Bruzelius
Bob Trahan and Denyse Conrad
Anna Whitcomb and Samuel Knight
Anne Whitney
Robin Worcester
Grace and David Wyss
Anonymous, in memory of Anna L. Tracey and Annabelle Thielman
$250+
Chris and Trish Arnold
Peg Bacon
Joel Brenner and Victoria Pope
Camilla Brooks and Margaret Egan
Dan and Jennifer Bungert
Dan Calano and Kate Thompson
Ms. Janice Z. Clark
Patricia and Peter Dean
Tommie and Jack Desmond
Kate and David Fentress
Anne and John Gorczyca
Jane B. Goulet
John and Gretchen Graef
Patricia and Duncan Gratton
Kevin Halligan and Sheilah Sullivan
Sandra S. Hewitt
Lesley Hill and Alan Stone
Mark and Nancy Keighley
The Kemp Family, in memory of Dr. Charles Parsons
Mary Ellen Kennedy
Audrey G. Knapp
Edward and Nancy Kurtz
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lang
Sasha Lauterbach and Peter Sturges, in honor of Sally Johnston
Elizabeth Lufkin
Robert and Carolyn Lytle
Christopher Makepeace and Marilyn Whalley
Hank Mastey
Carolee Matsumoto and David Gilbertson
Freddy and Alex McFerran
William and Beth Miller
Ed and Anne Motley
Jayne Abbott Mucciarone
Michael and Margaret Nash
Norma M. Olivier
Maura and Brian Packham, in honor of Yaniv Dinur
Gisele Pappas
Susan and Daniel Perry
Larry and Jackie Philla
Steven and Debra Pickup
Kathy Reed
Michael Rocha, MD
The Selley Family
Ann Silva
Louis and Arlene Silverstein
Paul and Karen Snyder
Judith and Kristian Stoltenberg
Nicholas and Deborah Sullivan
June and William Swanson
Sarah Bucknell Treco
Rillis Watkins
John and Virginia Wilkens
Diana M. Worley
Anonymous fund at The Rhode Island Foundation
$100+
Meg and Bob Ackerman
Thomas Anders and Constance Bowe
Dana Anderson
Taylor Baldwin
Carol and Brien Barnewolt
Tessa and Jack Belkin
Arthur Bennett
Christina and Ron Biron
Nina Blumenthal and Scott Corin
John and Jennifer Brindisi
Deborah Persons Brooke
Carol Brown
Mr. and Mrs. John Bullard
Patricia and Richard Burke
Virginia Callas
Charles F. Carlstrom
Chi Hau Chen
Jessica Chester
Thomas Ciesielka and Christine Hoh
Bob Clancy and Kathi Rogers
Bill Clements
Penny Cole
Nelson Coluzzi
Natalie Costa-Marron, in memory of Vincent Marron
Chuck Cotter and Marilyn Saint-Aubin
Michael Couture and Diane Brown-Couture
Michael and Jennifer Coye
David Croteau
Bob and Vickie Cunningham
Judith Davis
Mark and Rhonda Dearing
Arthur M. Deascentis
John DeSimas
Karl and Sheila Dlugosinski
John and Mary Beth Dowd
Don and Jane Dufault
Ben Dunham and Wendy Rolfe-Dunham
Al Easterday
Anne Eisenmenger and Patrick Lester
Tobey Eugenio
Elizabeth S. Eustis
Kathy and Jim Feeney
Feingold Bonnet-Hébert, P.C., in memory of Clifton V. Rice
Linda and Peter Fenton
Sandra Ford
Angela and Dennis Fusco
Ms. Lavinia Gadsden
Jody and David Gastfriend
Gordon W. Goodfellow
Paul and Carole Griffith
Sissy and Mike Halter
Ann M. Harris
Helena and Ken Hartnett
Luther Damon Howard III
Eric and Jaime Huber
Elizabeth Isherwood-Moore
Marsha Jackson, in memory of Myra Bensen
Ilene and Richard Jacobs
Anne and David Jarvis
Margaret and Derrick Jones
Barbara and Ron Kaplan
Peter Kaplan, in honor of Barbara Kaplan
Henry and Andrea Keene
John D. Kelleher and Viki A. Fowler
Nora and Claire Kelly
Roberta and Kevin Kennedy
Nancy Knutsen
Michael and Susan Kramer
Ronni Krasny
Rob and Beth Ladd
Elizabeth M. Lafleur
Paul and Denise Lamoureux, in memory of Ruth Prentiss
Catherine and Henry Lanier
Raymond Lantz
Chris and Cynthia Latham
Margaret and Frederick Law
Douglas and Elizabeth Leatham
Joyce LeBlanc
$100+ Continued
Deborah Lee
Martin Lipman and Barbara Pearl
Michael and Beth Luey
Judith N. Lund
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. MacGregor
Stephen Swain and Barbara Maddocks
Bettina Borders and Victor Mailey
Mary Mandeville
Gayle Mandle
Joan B. May
Peggy McDonough
Marlene R. Meyer, in memory of Sr. Dorothy Donovan, O.S.F.
Anne Mozzone
Robin Muise, in memory of Peter J. Muise
Regina M. Mullen
James Murray
Betts and Wisner Murray
Tony and Carol Oliva
Bruce J and Pamela Oliveira
Margaret Olney
Thomas and Alice Openshaw
Teresa and Maurice Ouellette
Hripsime Parsekian
James Perry
Gil Perry and Donna Sachs
Winifred S. Phyfe
John and Emily Pinheiro
Susan Portnoy and Family, in memory of Dr. Bernard Portnoy
Jane and Dennis Pucello
Branden Quental
Karen Quigley and Russell Hensel
Tara Rajaniemi and Elliott Talley
Paula Rego
Nancy and Tom Revene
Edward and Cynthia Ritter
Cecilia Roberts
Mr. Michael Rogovsky – Artist
Cecilia and Chris Ross
Marion Salm
Edward Sefranka and George Tinkham
Joanne Seymour and Brian Ruh
Caroline Shamu and Peter Sorger
Larry and Louise Shwartz
Mark and Janet Silverman
Paula and Michael Sitarz
Christopher and Marlene Smith
Anne Morton Smith
Conee Sousa
Conee Sousa, in memory of Dolores Sousa
Joseph and MaryAnne Sousa, in memory of Dolores Sousa
Sally Spooner
Robert and Judith Sterns, in honor of the birthday of Frances Levin
Margot Stone, in memory of Ruth Prentiss
Sylvia and Eiv Strand
Mary and Christopher Strasser
June Strunk
Law Offices of Jane E. Sullivan
Suzanne Sullivan
David and Jan Tatelbaum
John Temple and Ann Miller
Mary L. Tomlinson
Bob Unger and Barbara LeBlanc
Sarah Van Vleck
Michael and Blair Walker
Ellen and Larry Walsh
Sara D. Waters
Ken Weber
Philip and Bailey Whitbeck
Ronald and Sylvia White
Dr. Natalia Whitley and Raymond Whitley
A Grateful Fan
Anonymous
Anonymous, in memory of Leonard Poyant
Dr. Roger Allen
Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield
Michael Esposito and Cynthia Redel
Dorthy A. Hebden-Heath
Paul and Denise Lamoureux
Sandria Parsons
Janet Whitla
Patricia Plum Wylde
Anonymous
Albert Fox Facial Plastic Surgery Center
Baldwin Brothers
Bristol County Savings Bank
Diana Henry Realty
Fiber Optic Center, Inc.
Hawthorn Medical Associates
Howe Allen Realty
LandVest
Minuteman Press
On the Go
Servedwell Hospitality
Shepard Turf Management, Inc.
South Coast Almanac
Sylvia Group of Insurance Agencies
The Symphony Music Shop
Tri-County Music Association
Vineyard Wind
Whaling City Sound
Your Theater
Association for the Relief of Aged Women
Barr Foundation and The Klarman Family Foundation through the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative
BayCoast Bank
The Howard Bayne Fund
The Carney Family Charitable Foundation
Enable Hope Foundation
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation
Island Foundation, Inc.
Leonard and Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation
The Markel Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh
Massachusetts Cultural Council
The Nelson Mead Fund
New Bedford Day Nursery Fund
SouthCoast Community Foundation: Acushnet Foundation Fund, Creative SouthCoast Initiative, The Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield Fund, Stasia Gorczyca Endowment Fund for the New Bedford Symphony, Henry H. Crapo Fund, Jacobs Family Donor Advised Fund, The Wintrub and Barton Family Fund
Special Support
Learning in Concert program support provided by Concerts at the Point for Fall River, Westport, and Tiverton elementary schools and by Up with School Arts for Little Compton and New Bedford elementary schools. Educational program support is provided in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as grants from the following Local Cultural Councils, which are local agencies supported by the MCC, a state agency: New Bedford and Mattapoisett.
