Friends of the symphony

Symphony donors

A special thanks to all the organizations and individuals below that have become Symphony Supporters by making significant contributions to the Jacksonville Symphony’s Annual Fund. The Friends of the Symphony is a group of like-minded arts lovers who are forging the future of the arts within our community. Your gift helps bring the Jacksonville Symphony to life and unlocks special opportunities for you to engage with the music you love.

As of September 1, 2024


Conductor’s Club Founder


$1,000,000+

Mr. and Mrs. Gilchrist B. Berg
Haskell Endowment Fund for Artistic Excellence
Mrs. Ann Hicks
C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry*


$500,000 - $999,999

Henry and Lucy Gooding Endowment advised by the Bryan Family
Poppy and Rob Clements
Ms. Lory Doolittle
Mr. Michael J. Ward and Ms. Jennifer Glock

*denotes deceased

$250,000 - $499,999

Bob* and Monica Jacoby
Dr. and Mrs. Ross T. Krueger
Delores Barr Weaver Legacy Fund
Mr. Quentin E. Wood*
Douglas C. Worth and Karen A. Breakell

*denotes deceased
$100,000 - $249,999

Anonymous
Carl and Rita Cannon
Blanche B Coggin*
Mr. & Mrs. Martin C. and Mistie A. Eltrich, III
Mary Virginia Skinner Jones

*denotes deceased

Conductor’s Club Benefactor

$25,000 - $99,999

Mr. & Mrs. Jacob F. Bryan, IV
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Cost
Stephen and Suzanne Day
Dr. Sandra Every Dean and Mr. Michael Dean
Mr. and Mrs. R. Chris Doerr
Mrs. Susan Doherty
Mr. Richard Cullen and Mr. Robert Finnerty
William E. and Josephine V. Flaherty Family
Mrs. Ann D. Gibbs
Mr. William G. Gingrich and Penney Burnett
Calvin and Ellen Hudson*
Lillian and Bunky Johnson
Charles and Sandra Johnston
Drs. Anne and Robert Lufrano
Tom Vickery* and Elizabeth McAlhany
Lee and Darlene Nutter
John A. and Amy B. Reed
Susan and John Ryzewic
Helen Morse and Fritz Skeen
The Winston Family Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Winton
Dr. Eugene and Brenda Wolchok

*denotes deceased

Conductor’s Club Platinum

$10,000 - $24,999

Anonymous
Dr. George F. and Mrs. Kay* Armstrong, Jr.
Drs. Julie R. and James D. Baker, III
Mr. and Mrs. Don Baldwin
Mr. Peter E. Bower
Mr. David B. Boyer
In Memory of Pete Carpenter
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Casler
Jack and Dorothy Cernik
The Clinton Family Foundation
Dr. Elizabeth Lovett Colledge
Sally and Tyler Dann
Mr. John A. Darby and Dr. Barbara Darby
Virginia A. Deroy
Ms. Bonnie Drewes
Jon A. Ebacher and Jill T. Wannemacher
Brian J. Fay
Margaret and David* Foerster
Margaret Gomez
Rabbi Robert and Mrs. Marilyn* Goodman
Cynthia and Walter Graham, Jr.
Mr. Glenn & Mrs. Denise Hansen
Michael Harper and Kay Turner
Bill and Nancy Hetzel
Dorothy Iaconis
Ira and Eva Jackler
Magnolia Foundation
Jim and Lanie Johnson
Mr. Edward S. Jones
Charlie and Anne Joseph
Dana and Londra Karzan
Bob and Cindy Kastner
Mrs. Helen M. Lane
Trevor Lee
Dr. Anjali J. Lueck
Bill and Barbara Maletz
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Marcin
Kelley Matthews
Mrs. Frances W. McCurry
Julie and Michael McKenny
Sheila McLenaghan and Duke Butler
Margaret Leu Means
Lydia Saris, M.D. and Daniel Mechenbier
Ms. Carol J. Neville
Mrs. Jacqueline W. Nichols
Ms. Mary C. Patton
John and Anne Petersen
Mrs. Betty Petway
Deborah and David Pierson
Mr. Joseph Porter and Mr. Carter Elliott
Conchita Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Shorstein
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Sisisky
Ann F Skinner and Dr. R. G Skinner Jr.
Kent and Marie Smith
Dr. Timothy Snyder
Joseph and Anna Spiak
David and Linda Stein
Pat and Bob Stichweh
David and Elaine Strickland
Robert Stringer
Mrs. C. G. Strum
Mr. and Mrs. John Tancredi
Together Strong Community Fund
Bob Tonsfeldt
Chip and Phyllis Tousey
Henri Landwirth Family Advised Fund
Dr. Warner Webb and Sherrie Calvert Webb
Derold and Nancy Wertz
Dr. and Mrs. Scott Wiedenmann
Dr. Tim and Mrs. Evelyn Woodward
Hon. Gwen Yates and Lt. Col. Alton Yates (Ret.)
The Simon Yates and Kevin Roon Foundation

*denotes deceased

Conductor’s Club Gold

$5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous
Martha Adams
Thomas and Kathleen Argyris
David and Beth Arnold
Teri and Jim Babcock
B. Hudson Berrey
Cherie Billings in memory of John Billings
Rebecca Black
Amanda and Francesco Borghese
Borkowski Family Foundation
Paul and Kathy Bosland
Judy Bradshaw
Mr. John C. Bryan
Nancy and Ted Burfeind
Lt. Col. Robert Burkart
The Burroughs Family Foundation
Mrs. Diane Cannon
Sandra and Andrew Clarke
Poppy and Rob Clements in honor of Ann Hicks
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Clyne
Mr. Paul Conley, Jr.
E. and S. Cornehl
Jean Cox
Husein and LeAnna Cumber
Mr. and Mrs. Henry D'Hulst
Peter Dalmares
Suzanne Burns Dalton
Dattilo Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Duffy
Mr. Mark R. Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Fairley
Karen H. Farrell
Mrs. George Fipp
Dr. Lawrence and Phyllis Goldberg
Mr. and Mrs. Mattox Hair
Gretchen Harris
Barbara Haugen
Jordan and Shirley Ansbacher Family Foundation
Mr. Robert Huhta
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Igoe
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Imbriani
Rebecca and Randolph Johnson
Donald E. L. and Susan J. Johnson
Dr. Justin Stowell & Travis Joyal
Peter and Kiki Karpen
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kinsella
Kenneth M. Kirschner
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Kovarik
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas LaFon
Mrs. Debra K. Layton
Ben Leaderman and Rickie Rubenstein
Janine Leland and Thomas Larson
Tony and Gayle Manning
Judith and Ray Mantle
Steven D. McCormick
Marcia Mederos
William Messer
Janet and Joseph Nicosia
Bob and Flo Anne O'Brien
Stephen Obeng
Ms. Sue Patton
Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Peter
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pippin
Mr. Alan Ragan
Ronald and Karen Rettner
Ann Saunders Roberts
Eric and Judy Rosemund
Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur C. Rust
Peter Ryan in memory of Sandra J. Ryan
Ed and Whitney Selover
Stephen and Joan Shewbrooks
Mr. Benjamin Shorstein and Ms. Nicole Shorstein
Samuel Shorstein
Ms. Laura Shumay
Steve and Judy Silverman
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Singletary
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Skilton
Debra J. Snyder
Mrs. Isobel Spink
Mireille and Robert Threlkel
Diana Ray Tope
Rolf* and Neely Towe
Jim and Joan Van Vleck
Gabriele Van Zon
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Watson
David and Jill Weisblatt
Robert and Angela Wilmink
Carleton and Barbara Zacheis
Carolyn and Elliot Zisser

*denotes deceased

Conductor’s Club Silver

$2,500 - $4,999

Anonymous(2)
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Anderson
Ansbacher Law
Stephen E. and Phyllis C. Bachand
Sally and Jim* Baldwin
George and Carole Banks
Claudette* and Richard Barker
Mr. Jeffrey Bernardo
Dr. James and Lisa Bolling
John and Cletia Bowron
Peter T. and Hollis J. Boyd
Nancy and Peter Bragan
Edward W. Brink
Mark and Beth Brockelman
Cecilia Bryant and Dr. Richard Lipsey
Christopher Bultinck
Jeff Burgess
Sandra Burnaman in memory of Phillip Burnaman
Ron Clark
Bill Coates
Jonathan Coles
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cooper
Mr. Kevin Craig
Jacqueline Crane
Ms. Beverly Crowe
Dr. Nick Curry and Dr. Cara Tasher in honor of Steven Libman and Carol Killworth
Julie B. and Thomas P. Davis
Regine Denis
Mrs. Gracia Drew
In Memory of Shirley Collupy
Charles and Virginia Dunn
Greg and Helen* Euston
Bill and Judy Franson
Clark and Lauretta Gaylord
Gloria J. Griffin
Richard Habres
Gisela Haemmerle
Clay and Jimmy Hall
Janice Hall
Jack and Grace Hand
Drs. Alfred & Katherine Harding
Mr. and Mrs. Alva A. Hollon, Jr
David and Carole Holt
Dr. Diane D. Jacobsen
In loving memory of Hansell (Ted) Jeffers
Mr. and Mrs. C. William Johnson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery J. Kapples
Linda Kimmel
Mr. and Mrs. E. Michel Kruse
Annette Laubscher and Ken Mattiace
Mr. Courtney Lewis
Steven B. Libman and Carol Killworth
Dr. Lawrence and Emily Lisska
Leyse Lowry
Kenneth M. Manning
Mrs. Daria M. Martin
In memory of Pat Mayhew
Alison McCallum
Davis and Sandra McCarty
James McGuffin and Kathleen Mullen
Chris McNevin
Kylie McQuain
Mr. and Mrs. David Miron
Mrs. Jeanne Moomaw
Katherine Mulcahy
John and Dorothy Nutant
Capt. John E. O'Neil, Jr. (USN Ret) & Mrs. Caron S. O'Neil
William H. Owen
Marie and Joel Pangborn
Larry Parrish
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Patterson
Honorable John S. Peyton
Yolanda Piazza
Martha Planton
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Price
Judith J. Ratcliffe
Mr. Gilles Renaud and Mrs. Gladys M. Draper-Renaud
Jim & Jeri V. Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ruhsam
Kevin P. Russell
Florence Sanders
The Scheidel Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Sheffield
Mr. Joseph E. Sherin
Mr. Darnell Smith
Dr. Edward and Mary Ellen Smith
Kevin and Rena Smith
Elaine Stallings
Steve Stem
Dr. Kip and Ann Strasma
Mr. and Mrs. James D Thompson
Suzanne Tierney
Mr. and Ms. James M. Tilley
Richard and Helen Tufaro
Mr. Jonathan I. Wade, Esq.
Chris Walker
Dr. Lowell B. and Leslie Weiner
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Wilchek
Linda F. Wilkinson
Mr. Stephen C. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Witczak
Dr. Daniel & Cindy Wohl
Mr. and Mrs. A. Daniel Wolff, III
Alan Worley
Dr. Mary Ellen Young

*denotes deceased

Concertmaster Circle

$1,000 - $2,499

Anonymous
Richard Abdullah
Cathy Andorfer
Mrs. Nicole Ansbacher and Mr. Bob Gardner
Mr. Stanley Arkin
Barbara H. Arnold
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Ashourian
Dr. John & Janet Avendano
Dr. William and Linda Ann Bainbridge
George and Carole Banks
Sara Berman
Taylor Black
Annette and Bill Boling
Douglas and Mary Braaksma
Mr. and Mrs. William Braddock
Ms. Deirdre Brewster
Michael Britten-Kelly and Janet Markham
Sarah Brooke
Derek Brown
Caren and Dennis Buchman
Mrs. Rushton Callaghan
Capt. James and Pamela Christenson-Callan
Warren and Clarissa Chandler
Mr. Kevin J. Chase and Ms. Ileana Fernandez
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clare
Mike Cobb
Lisa Cochran
Ms. Jean C. Coker P.A.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Commander
Mrs. Robert C. Corbett
Michael Corbitt
Jackie Cornelius
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Darnall
Emily Dawkins
Bob Dieringer
In Memory of Shirley Collupy
Hanna Duncan
The Bondi-Ernoehazy Family
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ezequelle
Mr. William J. Fern
Nancy Fishback
Ms. Laurie Flynn
Fred Franklin
Mr. John Gaver
Dr. and Mrs. Michael O. Gayle
Mrs. Paula G. George Staples
Mr and Mrs. James Giblin
Yvonne P. Goldsmith
Drs. Thomas Gonwa and Dr. Mary Alice Westrick
Christopher Goodin
Mr. and Mrs. Otis C. Gregg Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grune
Janice Hall
Mary Helen and Bill Halloran
Abel Harding
Anna Harper
Camille Harrison
Mrs. Harriet Hart
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Hayden
Mrs. Elizabeth Head
Thomas C. Heagy
Sahar Aboudan, MD
Dr. and Ms. Mike Hillyard
Mrs. Susan Hitch
Tarah Hunt
Mrs Martha Huntley-Robertson
Ms. Jo Carol S. Hutchins
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Iannucci
Luke and Sandy Karlovec
The Kazlauskas Family
Kristin Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Kirk
Ruth and Richard Klein
Ashley Koenigsknecht
Elizabeth Kumbhari
Mr. David Lakari
Christopher Lambert
Mark and Mary Lemmenes
Leslie Lohse
Bob & Judy Lonergan
Eleanor L. Lotz
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Lynch
Eric Mann
Mrs. Susan C. Masucci
Ann and Bob Maxwell
Capt. Carl M. Mayer USN Ret
Mrs. Rose C. McCall
Rosemary and Allan McCorkle
Judy and Scott McCue and the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
James McGuffin and Kathleen Mullen
Drs. Mark & Barbara McKinney
Harold* and Pamela Medina
Janet B. Metcalf
Eileen C. Miele
Constance Miller
Velma Monteiro-Tribble
Kenneth Munsch
John and Kathie Nevin
Newman Family Foundation
Jennifer Olsen
Mg Orender
Miguel Ortega
The Honorable Jimmy Peluso
Suzanne C. Perritt
Richard G. Pohlig
Joseph and Phyllis Power
Dr. Eric and Barbara Puestow
Wynn Redmon
Ms. Lucy Reep
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roberts
Rachel Roberts
Mrs. Virginia Roemhild
Tamra Rushing
Claudia and Steve Russey
Sheila and Louis Russo
Miss Mollie A. Saunders
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Sawyer
Jeff and Chelly Schembera
Laura M. Schepis
Becky Schickley
Tom Schmidt
Mr. Jeffrey Schroer
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Seubert
Dr. Richard G. Skinner Jr.*
Brad & Jeannine Smith
Darnell Smith
Mrs. Rena Smith
Dr. Raul Soto-Acosta MD
Julie Spelman
Anne and Mike Steel
Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Stein Jr
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Sur
Ina Taffet
Bernadette E. Tasher
Windy Taylor
Brandyn Thomason
Mr. James Tolson
Alice and John Trainer
Cyndy Trimmer
Mr. Aundra Wallace
Mary V. and Frank C. Watson
Dr. and Mrs. Carl H. Weidenmier Jr
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whittemore
John Willim
Dr. Eugene and Brenda Wolchok
Jamie Woodward and Max Chmura
Redmon Wynn
Allen Yee
Mary Jean Zimmerman
Mr. Seeman H. Zimmerman

*denotes deceased

Player's Circle

$500 - $999

Anonymous(5)
G Anthony
Katie Athey
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Attner
Casey Ayers
Janean C. Baker
Michael Balistreri
Mr. Quinn Baxter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell
Lisa Benedict
Mrs. Amanda Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bishop
Peter Blackwood
Margaret Brady
Teresa Brewer
Mrs. Dorothy Cahill and Dr. Thomas A. Marsland
David and Lynne Campbell
Bill Caverly
Kenneth Chamberlain
Mr. Kenneth Charron
Monica Chavez
Steve & Jane Clark
Walter and Ellen Clayton
Jeff and Lee Ann Clements
Dr. and Mrs. Yank D. Coble Jr
Elizabeth Schell Colyer
Susan and John Coman
Mr. Ayako S. Cone
Sarah Conners
Jennifer Conway
Jennifer Cox
Mr. Kevin Craig
Mr. and Mrs. David Crum
Harriett L. Dame
BJ Davis
Wendy Davis
Ms. Elise S. Day
Dr. and Mrs. Julius Dean
Margie and George Dorsey
Ms. Sarah J. Edwards
Mr. David Engdahl
A. Zachary Faison, Jr.
Mr. Earl Farris
Mr. Julian E. Farris
Mr. Thomas M. Fiorentino Jr.
Ms. Gina D. Fish
Sutton Fisher
Cheryl Fluhr
Aubrey Fulmer
Yves Genre
Mr. & Mrs. L. Frederick Gieg, Jr.
Mr. Richard Goodman
Paul and Nina Goodwin
Elinor Gregory
Mr. and Mrs. John Grim
Travis Guthrie
Bruce Rosborough and Judy Ham
J.E. Hammack
Bill and Helen Hendrich
Mr. and Mrs. Al Herndon
Mr. Robert Hersh
Paula & Stephen Heuser
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Higdon
Paula and Kenneth Horn
Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Houseman
Mrs. Voncile Jackson
Arezou Jolly
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Kaplan
William Kastelz, Jr. in memory of Sandra
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Klose
Ms. Ann-Marie A. Knight
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Kolar
Mr. Leo Kreisel
Sunny and Harold Krivan
Shane Layton
Rich Lehmann
Wayne Letizia
Drs. Jeffrey and Ilene Levenson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Linn
Dr. Leonard J. Lipkin
Dr. and Mrs. Dean C. Lohse
Dr. Albert Lopez
Mrs. Patricia Ludwig and Mr. Sam Winternitz
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Macleod Jr
Ed and Sunnie Malesky
Dr. William J. Maples
Faith Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. McCauley
Dr. Gary McCoy
Judge P. L. McWhorter
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Menezes
Lee and Bobbie Mercier
Dorcas Meroney
John H. Moore
Iva Nathanson
Paul and Donna Nelson
A M. Nogelo
Cmdr. Irvin F. and Mrs. R. Norwood
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Novak
Vicky Oakes
Paul and Zeina Ossi
Mr. Parker and Ms. Diane Hale
Clifford H. Parrish and Thomas P. Rodgers
Donna N. Parrish
Audrey B. Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Payson
Mr. Rickie Petersen
Mr. Thomas H. Petersen
John and Sally Pettegrew
Mrs. Jane Preston
James Ridley
Mrs. Lyn Rion
Mrs. Nancy K. Rochester
Daniel S. Yip, MD and Teresa Rodriguez-Yip
Mr. William Rotchford
Susan Rudov
Ms. Jennifer Salisbury
Blake Schlabach
Betty J. Shepard
Adam Silvers
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Slattery
Robin Smathers
George and Shirley Spaniel
Mr. Michael Spino and Ms. Susan Henderson
Joyce Stebbing
Rebekah Stevens
Cyndi and Henry Stevenson
Scott Stevenson
William J. Struck
Terence J. Sullivan
Julia K. Theodore
John Thibeault
Ms. Marilyn P. Thornton
Donald and Gwendolyn Todd
Mr. Patrick Toomey
Dr. Marcie Turner
Mr. Rudolf E. Urban
Dr. and Mrs. Marinus Van Ooyen
Brad VanZee
Mr. Lester Varn, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Verbeck
Gianni D. and Sonia Vivian
Mary E. and Grace L. Voyles
Billy J. and Nettie T.* Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Walker
Ms. Eileen Ward
John Watson
Mr. and Mrs. John Wegl
Matt Werder
Ms. Lisa Wetzel
Christa Wilson
Robert and Dianne Wilson
Shamika Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Young

*denotes deceased