
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 Donors
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.
Up to $99
Amanda Knoke
Anonymous
Anonymous in honor of Mendelssohn's revival of Bach's music
Anthony & Allison Harder
Barbara Wismer
Brandy Johnson
Carol A. Peterson in honor of Dr. James R. Buskirk
Charles Asher
Charlotte Peterman
Daniel & Hannah Borup
Diane Steen-Hinderline
Duane Esterly
Dwight Jilek
Elaine S. Alper
Elizabeth Burr in memory of John E. Landgraf
Ellen & Rusty Turpin
Eric Bigalke
Gloria H. Horowitz
Helena Li
Herb Pilhofer
James Rentz
John & Solveig Pearson
John Matthias
Karl Fiegenschuh
Leda Barnes
Martha Mangan
Michael Kohout
Patricia & Bradley D. Larson
Paul Westermeyer
Paulette Lenz
Philip Friedlund & Lisa Isenberg
Pollack Family In honor of our piano teacher, Yunyue
S.E. Hodulik
Susan & Paul Stageberg
AmazonSmiles
Network for Good
John W. Windhorst
Joseph Allen
Judith & Steven Madole
Julia O’Brien
Kathleen Welte & Lowell Anderson
Kathryn Keefer in honor of Linh Kauffman
Kit Bingham
Lester & Dianna Horntvedt in honor of Jay Kurtz
Linda Forsberg
Linda S. Hall
Lynn & Scott H. Okuno
Mark Lystig in memory of Becky Lystig
Mary Pickard
Mary St. Clair in honor of Joanna St. Clair
Mary Trimbo
Michael & Lise Barone
Michael & Martha Koch
Michael Dickson
Michael Hollerich
Michael L. Goldstein
Nancy Werner
O'Shaughnessy Family
Olivia Luo
Pam McCarthy-Kern in memory of David Kern
Pat & Colin Aldis
Paul & Joyce Riedesel
Paul Boehnke & Julie Elhard
Philip Asgian
Rachel Runnels & Clem Douglass
Richard Helling & Charles McCormick
Robert Riesberg & Christine Hartmann
Sara Thompson & Jim Schmitz
Sarah J. Nowlin
Stephanie Summers
Stephen Muehlberg
Steve & Barb Demlow
Sthitie E. Bom & Andrew J. Gesell
Susan Richardson in memory of my mother Janet Richardson, concert pianist
Virginia Miller
William & Stephanie O'Brien
Yunyue Liu & Marco Real
Yvonne Grover
Thrivent Choice
$100 to 499
Alan & Jolene Hansen
Allan W. Klein
Amy & Jack Fistler
Andrea Leap
Anonymous
Arturo Steely
Benjamin & Sarah Scott
Bill & Ann Hart Wernz
Brent & Kristin Robbins
Carol Jean d'Arbelles
Carolyn & Philip Brunelle
Carolynne & Bill Mathis
Catherine Wood
Charles & Pamela Nichols
Charles Driscoll in memory of Cynthia Brackett Driscoll
Chris Westermeyer
Christine Huelster
Christine M. Laughlin
Cléa Galhano
Craig Campbell
Cynthia A. Burns
Cynthia Stokes
Daniel Nelson
David & Kathleen Christenson
David I. Weinberg
David Morris
Deanna Carlson
Dick & Marit Nowlin
Dynnell Hein
Elizabeth Kautz
Ellen & Stanley King
Elynn & Chet Welle in honor of Jay Kurtz
Erik Haaland & Daniel Holmgren
Fred Krohn
Gary & Lorilee Petrangelo
Georgia Duncan
Gerard & Louise Olson
Gordon & Dorothea Anderson
Grace Wiechman
Greg Sauve
Guy Western
James & Merrie A. Stolpestad
Jay & Gretchen Bratvold
Jayne Gardner
Jeffery Saarela
Jeffrey L. Daehn
Jerome Quinn
Jim & Aleta Borrud
Jim Olsen
John Nuechterlein
John Phelan
$10,000 and Above
Gloria Kumagai & Steve Savitt
Terry & David Gilberstadt
Katherien B. Andersen Fund of Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Thrivent Employee Matching Grant
$5,000 to 9,999
Jay Kurtz & Joan Rabe
Holly Fistler & Andrew Leung
Jonathan & Martha Morgan
Susan Doherty & Steven Mayer
Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of The HRK Foundation
Boss Foundation
Carl & Verna Schmidt Foundation
Medtronics Employee Matching Grant
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Management Improvement Fund
$1,000 to 4,999
Ada Dong
Ann & Alfred Moore
Barbara & Richard Resch
Bruce Jacobs & Ann Jennen
Cynthia Chapman
Diane & Paul Jacobson
Dr. Ronald & Joan Weiss
Heide H. Buettner
John S. Setterlund
Kustritz Family
Michael & Julie McKenny
Ruiqi Li & Chi Gao
Sarah & Richard A. Amos
Shuang Liang
Thomas & Laurie Rossin
William B. Hauser
Ying Fan & Hongkang Wan
General Mill Corporate Matching Gifts
Randall M. Egan, Publisher of Music Ltd.
$500 to 999
Dutton & Caroline Foster
Harald Eriksen
Harry M. Walsh
Jane & Dobson West
Paola Sandroni
Paula Goldstein
Renate Sharp & Don Notvik
Shelley Cross
Woodbury Andrews
3M Donation and Matching Gifts

The above list of donors includes those who have contributed between August 1, 2022 and September 1, 2023. If we have mistakenly left your name off this list, please let us know so we can correct the error.