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The Vermont Youth Orchestra Association is grateful to those who have made contributions over the course of the last season. Their support ensures that the VYOA carries on its mission. Donations made from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 are listed below. We strive to make this list as accurate as possible and apologize if we have inadvertently omitted your name or listed it incorrectly. Please contact Jen Greenwood, jen@vyo.org, with any changes.
* indicates VYOA alumni
Gifts made in honor of:
Mehren Blair
Dan Boomhower
Amy Caldwell
Rosina Cannizzaro
Rebekah Adams Donelan
Roland, Celia, and Edda Ekstrom
Lila Mae Frietze
Richard Gaull
Madeline Larrow
*Eleanor Long
Jeff Nowell
Bridgette Parascando
Ezra Reynolds
Ken & Sally Schumann
Lisa Shelkrot
Orion Stapleton
Gifts made in memory of:
*Garrit Anderson
Janice Brown
Robert Chaffee
Ann Cooper
John & Laurel Fosness
Tom & Marie Geno
Harry Hermance
*Sara London-Hinman
Judith Jasper
Arthur Kunin
Mike Kupnicki
Marjorie Major
William Metcalfe
Jonathan Milne
Geoffrey Penar
Robert Resnik
Alfred Rosa
Mary D. Scollins, MD.
VYOA Encore Society
The VYOA’s Encore Society recognizes individuals who have designated the VYOA as a beneficiary of their will, trust, life insurance, or life income program. By including the VYOA in your estate plan, you make it possible for students to have access to our programs regardless of need while also ensuring that the VYOA mantains the highest educational and artistic standards for future generations of young musicians.
We are grateful to the following individuals for their thoughtful support through a planned gift.
Anonymous (2)
Jean Anderson
David & Meredith Babbott
Joan Braun
*Carolyn Foulkes
Louise Freeman
Thomas Geno
John W. Heisse, MD
*Dr. Colin D. Hennessy & Dr. Jeremy S. Cohen
*Eleanor Long
Donna McCollough
Jay Powell
Janet Prince
Michael & *Ellen Rock
Catherine Satula
Endowed Funds:
*Garrit Anderson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Tom Barber Fund
Janice Hallock Brown Memorial Fund
*Corinne & *Jocelyn Crawford Scholarship Fund
Cummings Fund
Damrosch Fund
Harry Hermance Memorial Prize Fund
*Julian Lamb-Orgel Keep On Truckin’ Scholarship Fund
*Sara London-Hinman Scholarship Fund
Carolyn Long Fund
Eliot & Ann Weathers Scholarship Fund
Aaron Xue Friendship Fund
Financial Aid and Scholarships Given in Honor of:
*Garrit Anderson
Tom Barber
Janice Brown
*Corinne Crawford & *Joelyn Crawford Carr
Stephen T. Cummings
Damrosch Family
Harry Hermance
*Julian Lamb-Orgel
*Sara London-Hinman
Catharine M. Rogers
Eliot & Ann Weathers
Individual Donors
Anonymous (17)
*Anonymous Alumni (5)
*Deborah Abbott
Harris Abbott
Erin and Stephen Ackerman
Jeff and Anne Adams
Pike Porter & Ashley Adams
*Luke Albee
*Deborah Albert
Gail & Ken Albert
*Stephen A. Allen
Passumpsic Bank
Patricia Passmore Alley
Ramona Alpizar
Mark & Joanna Alpízar
Craig Olzenak and Amanda Amend
Ana-Klara and Stephen Anderson
AnnMarie & Jordan Anderson
*P.R. Appleget
Michael Hehir and Denise Aronzon
Nancy Aronzon
Ken Austin
Sarah Avery
Wendy Aydinyan
Roberta Baker
*Cecilia Balogh
Barbara Barra
Emily Bayer-Pacht & Bob Katims
Greg and Teresa Bazán
Florence Beaird
Barbara Oski Beane
Edward Benz Jr & Margaret Vettese
Niquette Bergeron
Deidre Berman
Morty Bernstein
Richard and Elizabeth Bernstein
Donna Bister
Julia Blake
Linda & Bob Blanchard
David and Carol Blanshine
Julian and Kristin Blazewicz
Margaret Bonesteel
Jason & Martha Botten
Andrea Boulanger
Miriam Boyle
*Ted Braun and Lori Froeling
Jonathan & Barbara Breen
Charles & Sarah Brooks
*Lorelee and Scott Brown
Anne S. Brown
Japheth & Suzanne Brubaker
Elise Brunelle
*Geoff & Kathryn Bryant
Mr. Stephen L. Buchman
Ralph and Lenore Budd
Andrew & Chrysanna Burke
David Burley
John & Stacy Burnett
Joel Goldberg and Barbara Burroughs
Chris & Steve Burt
*Ben Cadwallader
*Max Calabro
Amy Caldwell & Eric Carlson
William and Lara Calfee
Nancy Karlson and Brian Calhoun
Dan and Marta Cambra
*John Canning
Beverly & John Canning
*Nicola and Rosina Cannizzaro
*Nora Cannizzaro
Ann Cannizzaro
Nicole Carignan
*Travis Carpenter
Nadine & Al Carpenter
Michael Carrese and Tricia Coates
Dan Cavanagh
Tom and Laura Chadwick
Maureen Chaffee
Elizabeth Chang
Shawn Chapman
*Jessica Chappell & Michael Clauss
Mallory Chilton
Debra Chisholm
*Monique Citro
David and Rita Clark
Melanie Clarke
Eileen Clegg
Gordon & Dianne Clements
Ryan & Kristin Clouser
Bob Cochran
Jeanine Cogan
Joe and Nicole Colantoni
Adam Cole
Barbara Collins
*Kelly Collins Meade
Concept2 Inc.
William Conlon
Roger and Catherine Cooke
Kenneth & Donavee Copenhaver
David Copley
Mayram & Travis Counter
Norman Carpenter and Dolores Cox
Catherine Croteau
Paul and Rita Daley
James Dam and Renee Piernot
Harry and Kim Dauerman
Christina & Matea Davenport
Gerald and Karin Davis
John P. Davis
Robert and Beverly Davis
Allan & Victoria Day
Larry Day
*Rebecca DeCamp
Steve Titcomb and Maureen Delaney
Matthew & Eileen DeLuca
Jennifer Demers
Alida & John Dinklage
Nancy & Richard DiVenere
Frank and Ducky Donath
Jim Donovan and Patricia O’Donnell
The Doubleday Family
Jim and Dorothy Douglas
Karen Drawbaugh
*Brian Dunlop and Sylvie Vidrine
Chris and Ann Dutton
Charlie and Carmel Eastwood
John & Cindy Eastwood
Heather and Jonathan Ebbers
*Charles Edwards-Kuhn
Elise Egan
Max Ekstrom and Keeley Schell
Soren and Carlyn Ekstrom
Jaime Tibbits and Mary Elbaum
*Rachael Elliott
*David Ellis and Ann Greenawalt
John Ellis
Fred Erdman and Cindy Cole
*Laura & Mark Erhart
Esco Technologies Foundation
Household of Mr. Rob Evans
Emily and Alec Ewald
John Fassett and Miriam Bolotin
Roy Feldman
Stephen Ferber and Elaine Fournier
Karen Ferrari
Pauline & *John Fife
Edward Fitzpatrick
Deborah Flanders
John Flood
Deborah Flanders & Tim Foley
Drs. Roger S. Foster and Baiba Grube
*Carolyn Foulkes
*The Leary Family
Ryan and Sarah Freebern
Kay Freedy
Seth and Marie Frietze
*Jean and Davis Fulkerson
Mary Furtado
Mark and Robin Fyles
Connell & Nancy Gallagher
Joyce Gallimore
Valerie Gardner
Wendy Geller
Shannon Gile
Kala Gillim
Ira & Angela Glasser
Kevin and Deirdre Goldenbogen
Stephany Goldzband
Lisa Gonzalez
William Gonzalez
Jane Goodman
William & Kirsty Gourlay
Karen and Ian Govett
Jed and Sunyana Graef
Christine P. Graham
Valerie Graham
Jonathan & Karin Gray
Martin Green
Marc & Linda Greenblatt
*Bart and Tara Greenfield
Jerry Greenfield and Elizabeth Skarie
Jen and Chris Greenwood
Lizabeth Greer
Eileen and Paul Growald Fund
*Caroline Gulati
*Anna Hadden
Joseph & Carol Haddock
William Hagen & Kathleen McCartney
Natalie N. Hall
Diana Halvorsen
*Francine Hamberlin
Melissa Ham-Ellis
Heather and Jom Hammack
David Hathaway
*Naomi Heindel
Judy Chaves & Craig Heindel
John Heisse MD
*Rebekah Heller
Gail and Tom Heppner, *Leah Schwartz Aksnes and *Maria Schwartz
Jonathan and Susan Hermance
*Kelly Herrmann
Valerie & Peter Hersey
Nate Herzog & Kerry Swift
Scott Dorwart and Lyndall Heyer
Linda & Jerry Himelstein
Marilyn & Churchill Hindes
Lenice Hirschberger
*Sarah Holton
Jacqui Hood
Nicholas Quiles and Nicole Howard
Cynthia Huard and Jeff Lunstead
Heather and Thomas Hubbard
Natalie R. Hubbs
Leendert Huisman
Jeanne Hutchins
David and Katharine Hutchinson
Kevin Hutt and Monica Caserta Hutt
Brian and Jeanne Irwin
Joanne Irwin
Louis Izzo
Peter & Jessica Jackson
Sandy and Susan Jacobs
*Nina Jaffe
*Pierre and Julia Jalbert
Annette Jalbert
Don Jamison and Christina Root
Julie Jennings
Scott Jeter & Nicole Giard-Jeter
Douglas Johnson and Viola Haarmann
Guy Johnson
Mary Ellen Jolley
*Katie Jordan
Nicola H. Jordan
Simon & Jennifer Jorgenson
Marc Juneau
Damascus and Betty Kafumbe
Howard and *Tina Kalfus
*Sharon Albert Kaplan
Michelle Kareckas
Christopher Kaufman and Chris Ilstrup
Dina Kazmier
*Helen Kebabian
*Joe and *Christie Kecskemethy
Susan Keefe & Richard Gaull
Kathleen Keenan
Cynthia & Todd Kelley
Andrea Kelly and Laura Ramirez
Patrick & Katherine Kelly
Household of Donald Kent
*Erik Kenyon
Priscilla Kerr
*Tyler D. Kieft
Craig and Sally Kieny
Christine Kilburn
Roselyn Kinnick, RPT
*Jane Kittredge
Debra C. & Harvey J. Klein
Daniel Kless & Elyse Boisvert
Rama Kocherlakota and Jeanne Harris
Household of Edward Koenemann
Day and Josie Kokarev
Erik and Carey Kolomaznik
Yutaka and Kathleen Kono
Kathleen Kort
Aaron Tyler and Kristine Kraushaar
*Heather G. Krueger
Mark Kuemerle and Sachi Hergesheimer
Edwards-Kuhn Family
Jane Kunin
Louise Judith & Edgar May Foundation
Madeleine Kunin
Don LaCroix
Tamsin & Chris Laflam
Linda Lake
*Deborah Bowers Lang
Sharon & Jaime Laredo
Greg Larmond
*Isabel Larrow
Michael and Alice Larsen
Keith and Carrie LeBlanc
James and Clorinda Leddy
Golodtez Leech Family
*Katie Levin
Martin and Barbara LeWinter
*Lisa Ruth Lilja Wells
Prospero B. Gogo, Jr. & Amy Lilly
Dan and Jaye Lindner
Alan and Ellen Liptak
Gloria Liptak
Todd Lockwood
*Daniel and Andrea London
Susanne London
*Eleanor Long
Sara Lourie
Deborah and Scott Lowe
*Grace Lu
Liz and *Beth Moore
Virgie Luchsinger
*Kimberly Luisi
Wei Jiang and Lan Luo
Thomas Lynch and Aika Inoue
Dexter Mahaffey and Era MacDonald
*The Dombek/MacKulin Family
*Gabriel Mantegna
John and Suzanne Mantegna
Lester & Jeanette Maple
Theodore W. Marcy and Kimberly Hornung-Marcy
Chelsea Mares
Kristopher Dulmer and Karla Martinez-Dulmer
Jeff & Lucy Masters
Josh May & Rachel Daley
Stephen Mayer
Candice McClure
Charlotte McCorkel
David & Patricia McGarry
*John McGill M.D.
Kristen and Scott McIntyre
James McKean
Jean McKenny
Angelica McLennan
Marilyn McSweeney
Denise Mellia
George W. Mergens Foundation
*Elizabeth Messier
Armand and *Gianna Messier
Kathleen Messier
*Scott Metcalfe
Johan and Julia Miceler
Middtown Dental PC
Barbara and Wolfgang Mieder
*Albert Miller
*Nicole Miller
Crane School of Music
Nancy Milne
Alissa & Brooke Monte
Erin & Heidi Moreau
Eva Morocz
Lucy Morrill
Jim Morris
Katlyn Morris
Kevin J. Morris and Shelly Lafleur-Morris
Stephane Mulligan
Timothy & Jo Anne Murad
Kevin and Amelia A. Murphy
Magdalena Naylor
Karrie and Shane Nelson
Scott and Laura Nelson
Milner Noble
*Sally and Peter Nolan
Jeff Nowell and *Maryann Carlson
Kathryn Nugent
The Oakland Foundation
*Sharon O’Daniel & Jason Fearon
Susan and Michael O’Daniel
*Eileen O’Grady
Virginia Olliff
Robert & Nora Olson
Donna and Greg O’Malley
John Ordway and Molly Power
Wallace Orr
Connie Paci
802 Credit Union
Mary Ellen Palmer
Ernest and Darlene Palola
*The Parascando Family
Pare Home
Ann C. Parker
Barbara L. Parker
Sylvia and Gary Parker
Faith A. Parkins
Vermont Violins
Abby Paul
Lisa Pawlik and Andrew Rosacker
Paul and Dorothea Penar
Stephanie Perkins
Eleanor and Dan Perl
Thomas & Rebecca Peterson
Giuseppe and Veronique Petrucci
Joshua & Julie Phillips
Oliver Pierson & Julie Parent
Pizzagalli Foundation
Keith and Janet Polk
Antonio and Rita Pomerleau Foundation
*David and Caroline Porter
Steven and Joan Previte
Constance Price
*Martha Pullen
Steve and Sally Pullen
Suzie Quinn and Mike Herrmann
Richard Raab
Dyeanne Racette
*Malcolm Ranney
Ilse Graf Raymond
Mildred Reardon
*Peter & Alyssa Reit
Art & Sue Renaud
Jay and Amber Renshaw
Harrison Reynolds
*Kym (Bergendahl) & Jenns Robertson
Lisa Schamberg & Pat Robins
James E. Robison Foundation Inc.
Barbara Saylor Rodgers
Andrea Rogers
*Diane Rippa and David Rome
*Morris & Dianne Root
Maggie Rosa
Margaret & Paul Rosenau
Tammy Rost
Phyllis Rubenstein
*Aaron Rubin
William & Amanda Ryan
*Sarah Samnick
Patricia Sampson
Randy Sargent, CPA
Jose Schmidt
Lisa Schnell
Tulgey Wood Foundation
Kay Schweers
Jessica Scott
Jim and Linda Scott
Julia Scott
Geoff & Jessica Scriver
Sarah Seaver
Robert & Monica Shattuck
Richard Sheftic
Del K. Sheldon
Lisa Shelkrot
Shelkrot Family Giving Fund
Sarah Sherrill
Norm and Betsy Silcox
*Linda Jones Silver
Craig and Alicia Simmons
Susan Simmons
Jack Smiles
Richard and Carolyn Smiles
Anna Smiles-Becker and Jarrod Becker
Debi Smith
Penny Snow
*Amy Zabiegalski
Rebecca Starks and Andy Solomon
Joan Spasyk
*Susan Metcalfe Speno
Rosalee Sprout
*Aaron Stambler and Elaine Miller
Jonathan and Renee Stapleton
Sally Steele
Cathy Steg and Skye Schell
Nancy Steger
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Amanda Stenroos
Lesley Straus
Megan Sullivan
*Sarah Sussman
Geoff & Jessica Sweeney
Nicole Sweeney
Dr. Peter D. Swift and Diana L. McCargo
Wallace & Mona Tapia
Linnea Taylor
Joel Teenyanoff
*David Thanassi
*Mark Thanassi
John and Natalie Thanassi
*Rebecca Thomas
Theresa Thyng
*Barbara Tobi
Patricia Tobias
*Emily Trono
John A. and Rebecca L. Trono
Kathryn Tufano
*Daniel Turgeon
Acrisure
Household of Huong Vu
Maarten and Sarah van Ryckevorsel
Gretchen Van Slyke
*Polly Vanderputten
William Vanderputten
Vermont Electric Power Company
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group Giving Fund
Sandra Vigilante
*Jim and Ann Vogelmann
*Andrea Vogl
Joan Wagner
Susan Wallis
Rebecca & Patrick Walsh
Chun Wang
Greg and Nancy Waples
*Judah Ward
William and Mary Ward
Pat Waterman and Barbara Maltby
Katherine and Michael Wayman
*David W. Webster
Izchak Weiss
*Paul Wennberg
*Dan Wesolowski
*The Thunem Family
Mascoma Bank
Korey Whitfield
Kim Whitmore
*Beth Wiemann
*Emily Wiggett
Jill Wilkens
Anthony & Jane Williams
Dean Williams & Barbara Russ
T. Borchert and R. Williams
William Williams & Holly Gorton
John Wilson and Mary Sweig Wilson
The Windham Foundation
Any and Brendan Witherell
Mina Levinsky-Wohl and Peter Wohl
Brian and *Julie Wolfe
Ms. Rylee Wrenner
Malcolm and Marjorie Wright
William and Dana Wright
William and Joanna Wright
Bruce and Carol Wyatt
Bob Summers & Orly Yadin
Greg and Shauna Young
Mary Ann Young
Nevin & Barbara Zablotsky
Julie Zack and Wayne Maceyka
Xu Zhou
Danila Zidovsky
Corporate Sponsors
Chicago Venture
Copper Leaf Financial
Ellis Music
Emerging Artists Chicago
Green Mountain Credit Union
M&T Bank
National Endowment for the Arts
NorthCountry Federal Credit Union
Oak Maple Finance LLC
Physician’s Computer Company
Primary Care Health Partners
Strange Birds Consulting
Turner Toys & Hobbies
Union Bank
Vermont Arts Council
Vermont Community Foundation
In Kind Gifts
Addie & Grace Boutique
Alliance Franaise of the Lake Champlain Region
Amanda Amend
American Flatbread Burlington Hearth
April Cornell
August First Bakery & Cafe
Ausable Chasm
Barb Tobi Coaching
Basin Harbor Club
Ben & Jerry’s Factory
Billings Farm & Museum
Bistro de Margot
Blake Hill Preserves
Bolton Valley
Bow Meow Pet Grooming Boutique
Buch Spieler Records
Bueno Y Sano
Burlington Trolley Tours
Burly Axe Throwing
Carolyn Bever’s Violin Studio
Citizen Cider
Craftsbury Farmhouse
Dirty Paws Pet Spa
ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
Elmore Mountain Farm LLC
Emerson Family Maple Syrup
Enchanted Skin and Ink
Executive Car Wash
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
Farmhouse Group
Finest Image Photography
Fitness Options
Foam Brewers
Fort Tichonderoga
Frost Beer Works
Girlington Garage
Great Vermont Corn Maze
Grow Prenatal & Family Center
Hanna C. DeFuria MS L.Ac EAMP
Hannaford Supermarkets
Hartford Area Chamber of Commerce
Homeport
Hotel Vermont
Jasper Hill Farm
Jay Peak Resort
Judi’s Ice Cream
Julio’s Cantina
Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Lost Nation Theater
Lucy & Howe Brewing Company
Lyric Theatre Company
Mad River Glen Cooperative
Martone’s Market & Café
McDonald Farm Stand
Metrorock
Middlebury Community Music Center
Mirror Mirror
Montshire Museum of Science
Mudcraft Pottery Studio
Myti
Northern Stage
PaddleSurf Champlain
Palmer Lane Maple
Pan’s Pizza
Pare Home
Peace of Mind Pilates
Peak Neurofeedback
Pet Food Warehouse
Pete’s Greens
Petra Cliffs
Phoenix Books Burlington
Plante Guitar Co.
Playscape Vermont
Pure Barre Vermont
RL Photo Studio
Rose’s Piano Service
Shelburne Farms
Shelburne Meat Market
Shelburne Vineyard
Sinclair Inn Bed and Breakfast
Small Oven Pastries
Smugglers’ Notch Resort
Snowflake Chocolates
Spare Time Entertainment
Spirit of Ethan Allen
Starbucks
Stowe Bowl
Stowe Cider
The Essex Resort & Spa
The Flynn
The Mad Taco
The Mill
The Piano Gallery
The Savoy Theater
The Scale Poké Bar
Three Ponds Sandwich Kitchen
Three Sharps Woodworking by John Young
Turner Toys & Hobbies
Ursa Major
UVM Athletics Ticket Central
Vermont Comedy Club
Vermont Cookie Love
Vermont Green Football Club
Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS)
Vermont International Film Festival (VTIFF)
Vermont Lake Monsters
Vermont Moonlight Cookies
Vermont Pub & Brewery
Vermont Stage Company
Vermont State Parks
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Vermont Teddy Bear Company
Von Trapp Family Lodge & Resort
Whistling Man Schooner Co.
Woodstock Inn & Resort
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