Donors
To All Bach Society of Minnesota Contributors, with Gratitude
Thank you to all who have given so generously; allowing us to keep the music of J.S. Bach alive.
Bach Society of Minnesota was founded in 1932 by musicians and educators from the University of Minnesota, a movement led by music Professor Donald Ferguson that brought together two music fraternities to prepare a Bach cantata under his direction. The organization was one of the first in North America to take the legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach as an exclusive starting point for performances and programming featuring the timeless music of the great composer and those he inspired. In 1959, nearly 30 years into its founding season, the society’s new leader Dr. David LaBerge developed programming that included works by composers other than Bach.
In 1980, Henry Charles Smith, resident conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, became artistic director and initiated an annual collaboration between Bach Society and the Minnesota Orchestra performing Handel’s Messiah. Subsequent artistic directors include Paul Oakley, 1987; Roderick Kettlewell, 1997; Myles Hernandez, 2000; Thomas Lancaster, 2004; Paul Boehnke, 2007; and Matthias Maute, 2016. Under Maute’s direction, the Bach Society continues to communicate the depths and passions of Bach’s compositions through period instruments and historic practices, and – much like the musical experimentation that typified the Baroque era – artistic collaborations and performances that occasionally infuse renowned compositions with references to other genres and eras.
Donors
To All Bach Society of Minnesota Contributors, with Gratitude
Thank you to all who have given so generously; allowing us to keep the music of J.S. Bach alive.
$10,000 and Above
David & Terry Gilberstadt
Katherien B. Andersen Fund of Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Minnesota State Arts Board
Steven Savitt & Gloria Kumagai
$5,000 to 9,999
Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of The HRK Foundation
Boss Foundation
Cynthia Chapman
Joan Rabe & Jay Kurtz
Jonathan & Martha Morgan
Kustritz Family
in memory of Arnold
Steven Mayer & Susan Doherty
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Management Improvement Fund
Thrivent Employee Matching Grant
$1,000 to 4,999
3M Donation and Matching Gifts
Andrew Leung & Holly Fistler
Ann Jennen & Bruce Jacobs
Anonymous
BankCherokee
Carl & Verna Schmidt Foundation
Diane & Paul Jacobson
Emerald Financial Group Thrivent
General Mill Corporate Matching Gifts
Heide H. Buettner
Jane & Dobson West
Marcia Leatham
Randall M. Egan Publisher of Music
Ruiqi Li & Chi Gao
Sarah & Richard Amos
Schmitt Music Company
Shuang Liang
Thomas & Laurie Rossin
Wiessner Insurance Agency
William B Hauserin memory of my parents
Yunyue Liu & Marco Real
$500 to 999
Amy & Jack Fistler
Dianne Legg & Claire Selkurt
Dutton & Caroline Foster
Harry Walsh
IBM Matching Gifts
Janet Hickenbottom
John Isch
John Setterlund
Liu CPA Inc
Paola Sandroni
Patricia & Colin Aldis
Paula Goldstein
Philip Asgian
in honor of young musicians
Phyllis Kahn
Randall Egan
in memory of Robert W. Anderson
Sarah & Richard A. Amos
Shelley Cross
Woodbury Andrews
$100 to 499
Alan & Jolene Hansen
Aleta Borrud & Jim Findlay
Alfred & Ann Moore
Alvin C. Kvaal
Amanda Knoke
Andrea Leap
Anonymous
in honor of Jonathan Morgan
Arturo Steely
Barbara DeGrote
Carlton Kittleson
in memory of Marilyn Kittleson
Carolyn & Philip Brunelle
Carolynne and Bill Mathis
Carol J. d'Arbelles
Caroline Ganz & James Olsen
Charles Driscoll
in memory of Cynthia Brackett Driscoll
Christine Huelster
Christine Laughlin
Colleen M. Halpine
Craig Campbell
Cynthia Burns
Cynthia Stokes
Daniel & Nora O'Sullivan
David & Carolyn Levitt
David & Kathleen Christenson
David Morris
Diane and Paul Jacobson
Dick & Marit Nowlin
Dorothy Lageroos
Dynnell Hein
Elynn & Chet Welle
Francis Luikart
Fred Franklin & Kaaren Grimstad
Gary & Lorilee Petrangelo
George Ehrenberg
Gerard & Louise Olson
Gordon & Dorothea Anderson
Grace Wiechman
Gretchen Bratvold
Harald Eriksen
Jayne Gardner
Jeffrey L. Daehn
Jim Findlay & Aleta Borrud
John W. Windhorst
Judith & Steven Madole
Julia O'Brien
Julie Brown & Jones Adkins
Lester & Dianna Horntvedt
Lynn and Scott H. Okuno
Michael & Amy Dickson
Michael & Lise Barone
Michael & Martha Koch
Nancy Werner
O'Shaughnessy Family
Pamela Marentette
Paul & Joyce Riedesel
Paul Boehnke
Pauline Siepka
Peter & Carol Parshall
Richard and Barbara Resch
Richard Helling & Charles McCormick
Ronald Weiss
Ryan & Jennifer French
Scott Schilbe
Benjamin & Sarah Scott
Steve & Barb Demlow
Virginia Miller
William & Stephanie O'Brien
William H. Gamble
William Halverson
William Mathis
William Wallace
Yvonne Grover
Up to $99
AmazonSmiles
Anonymous
in memory of Mendelssohn's revival of Bach's music
Anonymous
Anthony Harder
Barbara Wismer
Brandy Johnson
Carol A. Peterson
in honor of James R. Buskirk
Christie Dauphin
Colleen Pollack
Daniel & Hannah Borup
Daniel Vogel
David & Jane Townsend
Deb Tetzlaff
Denis Ryono
Duane Esterly
in memory of Crystal Rossow
Elaine S. Alper
in memory of John E. Landgraf
Elizabeth Burr
Elizabeth Woolner
Garth & Norma Hunt
Glynn Behmen
Gregory Sauve
Jeffrey Ulku
John Albers
John K Dalland
Justin and Denise Cole
Kimberly Ziegler
Laura Potratz
Leda Barnes
Linda Forsberg
Martha Mangan
Michele Deslauriers
Minnesota Chinese Daycare
Pamela Tezak
Patricia & Bradley Larson
Patricia Seidl
Paul & Susan Stageberg
Paul C. Walker
Philip Friedlund & Lisa Isenberg
Rex & Arlene Holzemer
Richard Bell
Ruth Lincoln
S.E. Hodulik
Sara & Karl Fiegenschuh
Sara Hall
Sharleen Spear
Signe & Maurice Dysken
Theresa Quinn-Accurso
Uli Koester & Elizabeth Kautz
Victoria Van Slyke
Winston H. Kaehler
The above list of donors includes those that have contributed between August 1, 2021 to December 1, 2022.
If we have mistakenly left your name off this list, please let us know so we can correct the error.
