ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS
We gratefully acknowledge the kindness of our many contributors who have given their financial support on behalf of our concerts and our “What Makes It Great?” educational outreach series with Rob Kapilow.
This list of contributors represents donations and pledges received between July 1, 2008 and August 1, 2009. The Friends of Chamber Music’s fiscal year is July 1 – June 30.
VISIONARIES ($50,000 and above)
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation
William T. Kemper Foundation
Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts
GUARDIANS ($25,000 - $49,999)
The Friends of Chamber Music
Endowment Funds
Missouri Arts Council
Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund
Sanders & Blanche Sosland Music Fund
SUSTAINERS ($15,000 - $24,999)
H & R Block Foundation
Francis Family Foundation
Hall Family Foundation
Hallmark Corporate Foundation
Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust,
Daniel C. Weary and Bank of America, Trustees
MAJOR BENEFACTORS ($10,000 - $14,999)
Anonymous
ArtsKC Fund of the Arts Council of
Metropolitan Kansas City
Charles & Virginia Clark
Stanley H. Durwood Foundation
David Woods Kemper
Memorial Foundation
Miller-Mellor Association
Missouri Arts Council Cultural Trust Fund
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
- American Masterpieces: Chamber Music Initiative
Oppenstein Brothers Foundation
Sosland Foundation
Michael Waterford
BENEFACTORS ($5,000 - $9,999)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City
Dick & Jane Bruening
Chamber Music America
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
Mr. & Mrs. Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
Master Craftsmen Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas McNair
J. B. Reynolds Foundation
RLS Illumination Fund
Cynthia H. Schwab
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet -
St. Louis Province
Edward A. and Beth K. Smith Philanthropic Fund
PATRONS ($1,000 - $4,999)
Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Bacon, Jr.
George K. Baum Foundation
Hugo & Sharon Becker
Leonard & Irene Bettinger Philanthropic Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Biber
Mr. Jack Coakley & Ms. Jane Ratcliffe
Copaken Family Foundation
Jay & Kit Culver
J.E. Dunn Construction
David M. & Sandy Eisenberg
Scott Francis
John R. & Ellen R. Goheen
B.A. Karbank & Co. LLP
Dave & Demi Kiersznowski
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Lyons
Robert P. Lyons
Marshall & Janet Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Mark O’Connell
A. Rae Price
Dr. Edward & Merry Prostic Philanthropic Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Cynthia Siebert & Lawrence Hicks
Morton & Estelle Sosland
Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund
George W. and Ada Heath Ultch Memorial Fund
Ellen & Jerome Wolf
DONORS ($500 - $999)
Anonymous
Mary Adams
Peter & Diana Baumann
Lennie & Jerry Berkowitz
Jon & Juli Ellis
Anne Fraser
Alan Grimes
Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Hall, Jr.
Drs. James & Linda Hamilton
Shirley & Barnett Helzberg Foundation
Pamela A. Hoelzel
Honeywell Hometown Solutions
Dave Hughes
Tom & Ann Isenberg Donor Advisory Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Ian Kennedy
David Lindberg
Donald B. Marquis
Nan Muchnic
Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation
Julia Scherer
Dr. & Mrs. David M. Steinhaus
Tension Envelope Foundation
SUPPORTERS ($250 - $499)
Anonymous
Barbara & Ernest Adelman
Dwight & Naomi Arn
Mr. & Mrs. Richard O. Ballentine
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Don & Patricia Dagenais
Ruth Evans*
Duane J. Flaherty,
in memory of Gertrude S. Flaherty
Norman E. & Marilyn A.W. Gaar
Clint & Mikaela Garrett
Roni & Tony Genova
Sherrill Gerschefske
Neil & Lona Harris
John Peter Hazangeles
& Monica Jeffries Hazangeles
Mr. & Mrs. James B. Hebenstreit
Betsey R. Hughes
Father Ambrose Karels
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Kipp
Thomas Lucero
Lindsay & Lee Major
P. Alan McDermott
Ken & Elizabeth Meisinger
Donald J. Mrozek
Diane & Ernest Neighbor
June & Cal Padgett
Stanley S. & Ardyce H. Pearson
Beverley Byers-Pevitts & Robert Pevitts
Jana E. Pinker Memorial Foundation
Sally & Lewis Popper
George & Wendy Powell
Naoma & Webster Schott
Jean & John Scurlock
Joshua & Jane Sosland Philanthropic Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Spillman
Gerald & Marilyn Uppman
Dr. & Mrs. David D. Zoller
SPONSORS ($100 - $249)
Mr. & Mrs. Sam G. Adler, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Baker, Jr.
Thomas & Susan Bamford
Mrs. Wayne Barnes
William F. Barstow & Laurie Schulman
Marie Rubis Bauer & Michael Bauer
Jane Anne Beachner
Marcia & Eliot Berkley
Dan Bernstein
Dr. & Mrs. Lance G. Beshore
James & Betty Jean Bingham
E. Bollier
Marcel & Connie Bollier
Elaine D. Boyer
Marilyn T. Bradt
Dorothy Burggraaff & Tim Scott
Sally Chapple
Karen L. Christiansen
Joan F. Curran
Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Damjanov
Dorinda Derow
Mr. John E. Dieter III
Marles S. Dudley, NCTM
Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Easterday
Dr. Gustave & Elinor Eisemann Philanthropic Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Fred D. Fowler, M.D.
Jerry Fry
Karen & William Halverhout
Nancy Hawley
Caroline & George Helmkamp
John F. Herbst
Charles & Leslie Herman
Maxine L. Hetherington, M.D.
Emily M. Hodges
Ann & Jim Hotchkiss
Joseph T. Jensen
Jerry & Joy Kaplan
Duane & Cosette Kelly
Drs. John & Ann Kenney
Pamela D. Kingsbury
Donna & Parker LaBach
Mr. & Mrs. Art Lafex
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lesley
Dr. N. J. Lindsey,
in memory of Dr. Elizabeth Wilson
Wayne Lippman
Sally Verburg Livengood
John & Kathy MacDonald
Robert & Heather Maynard
Dr. & Mrs. H. Richard McFarland
Jerry McManus, M.D.
& Meghan McManus
Metzler Bros. Insurance
C. Stephen Metzler
Stu & Nancy Nowlin
Ben & Lyndal Nyberg
Richard & Louise Parizek
James W. Reed
Dr. Lewis & Cheryl Roht
Ed Scherer & Helen Aspebakken Scherer
Edmund & Eleanor Scherer
Uri & Marlene Seiden
Shalon Fund
Sigma Alpha Iota - Kansas City Coordinating Council
Shirley Spiegel,
in memory of Marshall Spiegel
Alice Statland
Strauss-Goodman Family Foundation
Gary Tegtmeier
Benjamin & Marilyn Tilghman
Virginia & Edwin Trainor
Rebecca Vogt
Heinz K. Wehner
Paul & Meta Ann White
Bruce J. Williams
Paula Winchester/Twelve Winds Tea Company
E. David & Judith Frame Wiseman
Joyce Zibro
FRIENDS (Up to $99)
Anonymous
Susan Akin, NCTM
Tandy & Janet Allen
Arthur A. Anderson
Gary N. Anderson
Donald & Jeanne Andrade
Edna Atkisson
Kate & Reed Beebe
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Berger
Joseph & Francoise Bien
Curtis & Sharon Bock
Lawrence & Rose Marie Boehm,
in memory of Robert B. Steinacker
Phil Chambers
Nancy Cramer
Robert Delisle & Eileen Roach
Dan Devine & Michelle Chollet
Mrs. Ray W. Dunn
Rob & Melissa Falkner
Gary & Marilyn George
Baila Goldstein
C. Vance Gosney
Walter & Jean Hiersteiner
Kim & Ted Higgins
Lynnis Jameson & Lawrence Hamel,
in memory of Robert B. Steinacker
Sonja & Louis Joline
Ann & Ed Kander
David & Christy Kirby
Jennifer Lacy
Mark Lowry & Tammie Kresse-Lowry
Evan Luskin & Andrea Kempf,
in memory of Robert B. Steinacker
Beth Markley
Mrs. Betty B. McDermott
Millie B. Mehnert, NCTM
Jay & Symie Menitove
Michael Milens
Mu Phi Epsilon
Henry Mudge-Lisk
Dr. & Mrs. Jorge C. Paradelo
Dick & Audre Patel
David & Beth Pener
Steven Perlmutter,
in memory of Robert B. Steinacker
Richard I. Preis
Ann T. Reed,
in memory of Robert B. Steinacker
Jim Sapenaro
Walter & Sally Sedelow
Jack & Norma Jean Sigler
Richard & Karin Smith
Tom & Vicki Smith
Shirley Spann
John Stavropoulos
Clyde D. Stoltenberg
Anthony & Diane Stolz
Melody D. Stroth, NCTM
Swiss Re Matching Grant Program
TWA Old Timers, Carol Wade, Treasurer,
in memory of Robert B. Steinacker
Velma J. Tyson
Ann & Martin Unger
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Wingert
Dewey K. Ziegler
Fritz & Nancy Zschietzschmann
*deceased
Every effort has been made to ensure an accurate list of contributors. If we have made an inadvertent mistake, please bring it to the attention of Kate Beebe, Director of Development, by calling 816-561-9999. The lists printed here represent donations andpledges received between July 1, 2008 and August 1, 2009.