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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.

The above list of donors includes those who have contributed between August 1, 2023, and September 1, 2024. If we have mistakenly left your name off this list, please let us know so we can correct the error.

Up to $99

Andrea Leap

Andrea Patten

Anthony Harder

Barbara Levie

Barry Rubin

Brian Krysinski

Carol A. A. Peterson in honor of James R. Buskirk

Charles Asher

Charles Calhoun

Cynthia Wright-Dellanave to acknowledge Joan Rabe and Jay Kurtz’s love of music

Daniel & Hannah Borup

Daniel Vogel

David & Jane Townsend

Deanna Carlson

Dominic Pease

Duane Esterly

Elizabeth Burr in memory of John E. Landgraf

Ellen Prozumenshikov

Emek & Elif Ediboglu

Gary & Rita Steffenhagen

Gigi Yau

Hans Bjornson

Harold and Grace Kurtz

John K Dalland in honor of Mendelsson-Bach's St. Matthew Passion

John Matthias

Judi Madole

Karl Fiegenschuh

Kelly Turpin 

Kyler Nelson

LeAnn Anderson

Lynn Petersen

Marie Lynch

Marta Bowman

Michele Deslauriers

Patricia & Bradley D. Larson

Paul Westermeyer

Paula Linnen

Philip Rickey

Robert A. Peskin

Ruth & Frank Bures in memory of Don Hoiness

Ruth Lincoln

Sally Harris in memory of Paul H. Harris

Sandra & Terry Severson

Signe Dysken

Stephanie Summers

Stephen Muehlberg

Susan & Paul Stageberg

Susan Lasoff

Ulrïch Koester

Yang Giving Fund

$100 to 499

Aaron Brown

Alan & Jolene Hansen

Aleta Borrud & Jim Findlay

Allan W Klein

Amanda Knoke

Anonymous

Benjamin Scott

Bill & Ann Hart Wernz

Carolyn & Christopher Bingham

Carolyn & Philip Brunelle

Charles & Pamela Nichols

Cheryl & Bruce Struve

Christie Dauphin

Christine Huelster

Christine M. Laughlin

Cindy Burns

Claire Miller

Cléa Galhano

Cynthia Burns

Cynthia Stokes

Dana Skoglund

Daniel & Patricia Rukavina in memory of John Matthias

David & Kathleen Christenson

David Morris

David Shaffer-Gottschalk

Debra Timming

Dennis & Patti Doran

Don & Natasha Hensrud

Donald Nightingale

Dr. F Mark Carter

Elim Lutheran Church of Robbinsdale

Fred Krohn

Gayle Thorsen

Gerard and Louise Olson

Gordon & Dorothea Anderson

Harald Eriksen

Harry M. Walsh

House of Note

IBM Corp Matching Grant

James Noble

Jane & Dobson West

Jay & Gretchen Bratvold

Jay and Cynthia Mclaren

Jean Lown

Jeffrey L. Daehn

Jerome Quinn

Jerry and Maribeth Heying

John Peters

John W. Windhorst

Joseph Allen

Joseph Halloran

Judith Davis in memory of Bill Davis

Julia O'Brien

Julie Brown & Jones Adkins in honor of Karen & Arnie Kustritz

Kaimay & Joseph Terry

Karen Minge

Karen Snedeker

Kathleen Welte

Kathryn Keefer in honor of Linh Kauffman

Kit Bingham

Kristi Sullivan 

La Grande Bande

Liu CPA

Lynn and Scott H. Okuno in honor of our friends Jay Kurtz & Joan Rabe

Marcia Leatham

Margret Oethinger in memory of my father Hermann Oethinger

Maria Alderink in memory of Larry J. Alderink

Mary St. Clair in honor of Joanna St. Clair

Maryann Corbett

Michael & Connie Landreville

Michael & Lise Barone

Michael Hollerich

Michael Koch

Michael Rivard

Michael Root 

Mike & Susan Cizek

Nancy Carlson

Nancy Werner

Naomi Haugen & Peter Mansfield 

Norman Senjem

Pamela Marentette

Pat & Colin Aldis

Paul & Julie Boehnke

Paul Ray

Pauline Siepka

Peggy Malikowski

Peter and Carol Parshall

Philip Asgian

Rachel Runnels

Richard Helling

Richard Ollmann and Suzanne Leung

Rick Pepin

Ron Solyntjes

Ruth and Jon Dalager Buuck

S.E. & Lynn W. Hodulik

Sara Mushlitz

Sheryl & Steven Schellhaass

Sheryl Ramstad

Steven & Karen Hartberg

Steven and Corilee Skildum in memory of Auke Tellegen

Steven Madole

Tamra Nelson

William Wallace

Yvonne Grover

$10,000 and Above

3M Community Fund Community-Led Investments in Partnership with the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

City of Saint Paul Cultural STAR

Thrivent Employee Matching Grant

Savitt-Kumagai Family Foundation

Terry & David Gilberstadt

$5,000 to 9,999

Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of The HRK Foundation

Carl & Verna Schmidt Foundation

Cathedral Heritage Foundation

Holly Fistler & Andrew Leung

Jonathan & Martha Morgan

Medtronics Employee Matching Grant

Steven Mayer & Susan Doherty in memory of Auke Tellegen

William B Hauser

Yunyue Liu & Marco Real

$1,000 to 4,999

Ada Dong
Amy & Jack Fistler

Athwin Foundation
Bruce Jacobs & Ann Jennen
Cynthia Chapman

Cynthia Shingler
Diane & Paul Jacobson
Dr. Ronald & Joan Weiss

General Mill Corporate Matching Gifts
Heide H. Buettner
Kustritz Family
Lucy Jones
Michael & Julie McKenny

Randall M. Egan, Publisher of Music Ltd.
Ying Fan & Hongkang Wan

$500 to 999 

Brent & Kristin Robbins

Carolynne & Bill Mathis

Catherine Wood

China Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Joan Rabe & Jay Kurtz

John S Setterlund

Mark Lystig

Robert L. Lee & Mary E. Schaffner in honor of Jonathan Morgan

Sarah & Richard A. Amos

Shelley Cross

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