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2019-2020 Donors

This list acknowledges gift made July 2019 – June 2020.

$10,000+

4Culture
ArtsFund
ArtsWA
Terry Clark
The Clowes Fund
Kreielsheimer Fund from ArtsFund
Yoshiaki & Naomi Minegishi
Nesholm Family Foundation
Norcliffe Foundation
Peach Foundation
Realnetworks Foundation
Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Rick & Debbie Zajicek
Anonymous

$5,000 - $9,999

Ms. Irene Campbell
Christine Chang & Steve Bush *
Erika Dowd & Douglas Lanman
Mr. Jeff Eby III & Dr. Zart Dombourian-Eby
Virginia H Luce
Microsoft Matching Gift Program
U.S. Bank Foundation
The Wollenberg Foundation

$2,500 - $4,999

Boeing Matching Gift Program
Emily Bonwich
Donald & Mary Lou Brown
Tony & Diana Chen
Dolors & Frank Dean
Robert & Judith Eagan
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Kelly Foundation of Washington
Dr. George Kenny & Ms. Mary Kenny
Dr. Gilbert Omenn & Ms. Martha Darling
Hana Park & Wooseung Jang *
Mr. Robert Sokol
St. John's Lodge No. 9, F&AM
Narendra & Pinky Vaish *
Williamson Foundation For Music
Anonymous

$1,000 - $2,499

Ms. Kate Labiak & Mr. Mark Adamo
Mrs. Rebecca Benaroya
Matthew Berge
Ruth & Kevin Berry
Eric & Bobbie Bremner
Charles Schwab Matching Gift Program
Ms. Amanda Course Misbe
Joan Edwards
Wesley Fisk String Scholarship
Ms. Nancy Grauman

Carolyn Gronlund & Doralee Moynihan *
Christy Johnson
Fredrik & Emma Jonsson *
Duyen Le & Henrik Metzger *
Ms. Christine Lee *
Paul Rafanelli & Dan Williams
Ronneburg Family
Frederick & Connie Scheetz
Andrey Shaw
Kathy Shaw

Stowe & Richard Sprague *
Ms. Helen St. John
Alan & Bonnie Steele
Ms. Judith Tsui and Mr. Peter Dull *
Mr. Adam Tullman
Ms. Junko Uchida *
Ms. Elaine Waller
Colin Wilson & Jiayun Chen
Ms. Sabrina Yon and Mr. Jimmy Yu *
Mr. Wei Zhang & Mrs. Chunping Li *

$500 - $999

Yuri & Yana Babich • Baird Foundation • Mr. Jeffrey Barker • Mrs. Micaela Brostrom • Judith Cochran • Donna Lee Drury • Michelle & Colin Farrell * • Google Matching Gifts Program • Dr. Martin Greene & Kathleen Wright • Ms. Margaret Hellyer • Li-Tan Hsu & Huan Bui * • Ms. Alice Ikeda & Mr. Philip Guess • Michele Janin & Tom Linebarger • Fritz Klein • Mr. Evan Kuhlmann • Ms. Carol Laurier and Mr. Russell Laurier * • Mrs. Shuyin Zhao * • Mikko Mannisto & Amy Lenox * • Vijay Menon & Emily Menon-Bender • Dr. Harvey Maulbroek & Dr. Paula Shockley • Patricia Weston & Aaron Noble • Kayoko Ogimoto & Dan Chirillo * • John & Ingrid Osterhaug • Valerie D. Payne • Diana Lim & Brad Preston • Linda Quirk • Mr. Craig J Russell • Xixi & Jonathan Shakes * • Ms. Lynn Shapiro • Goichi & Tomoko Shiotsu * • Theresa Moore & Steven Sommer • Brad Tupper & Liz Hemer • Kenneth & Rosemary Willman • Daniel & Joann Wilson • Mr. Jeffrey & Ms. Esther Yan * • Michael & Megumi Ziegenhagel • Anonymous (2)

$250 - $499

John & Jangeun Beack * • Mr. Richard Bell & Ms. Katie Bell * • Ms. Karen Bonnevie • Eliot & Rebecca Brenowitz • Karen & Mark Brentnall * • Joyce & David Brewster • Ms. Sheila Lukehart • Ms. Erica Moon • Cassandra Carr • Castrogiovanni Family • Sylvia & Sam Chin * • Ms. Yan Cui & Mr. Chun Yu * • Jocelyn Eby • Expedia • John & Kristine Inadomi * • Ms. Alison Grauman • Samuel & Marjorie Gulkis • The Hinnant Family * • Melanie & Jean-Louis Robadey * • Mr. Robert Koerner • Mr. Jaeho & Mrs. Keumhee Lee • Jong Eun & Seungbum Lee * • Mr. Bumsoo & Mrs. Joungsun Lee • Nathaniel Kim’s Family * • Esther Li & Huoping Chen * • Yuyan Lou & Haoyi Shi * • Catherine & Gene McConnachie * • Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation • Peggy Newsom • Jimmy Pandra & Vivi Rusli * • Jeff & Ruthanne Parker * • Lucio & Mirtes Pessoa • Pugh Capital Management, Inc. • Landi Shan & Yong Huang • Brandon & Teodora Shuman * • Kurt & Motoko Swihart * • Dr. David Weidig & Dr. Rasa Tautvydas * • Sherwin Tolentino • Alex Vollmer * • Washington State Federation of Music Clubs • Ms. Norma Wells • Janet Neumann • Derek & Michele Wong * • Grace Zhang & Eric Wang * • Anonymous (8)

$100 - $249

Beth Albertson • Leslie Ambrose • Mr. Barrie & Mrs. Margaret Austin • Ms. Kay Barmore • Drs. Mel Belding & Kate Brostoff • Kathleen Bennett * • Ms. Lisa Bergman • Butch Blum & Kay Smith-Blum • Carl Bolstad & Beatrix Wiedmer • Louis Brooks • Mr. Daniel Burdick • Mr. Dale Callison • Mr. James Cavin • Jan & Ken Chapman • Billy & Carmen Lin • Dave Colando • Mr. Walt Cole • Ms. Isabelle Cormier & Mr. Paul Opryszek • Mr. & Mrs. Kermit Wilson * • Butch & Rachel de Castro * • Richard Dobrow • Donna Handly • Fred & Adele Drummond • David & Leanne Durham • Mr. & Mrs. Toby Ehrenkranz * • Lisa & Gregory Engel • Ms. Ming Fang & Mr. Xingchen Lu * • Ms. Marie Farrelly & Mr. Jeremy Griffin • Ron & Karen Fasano • Mr. Matthew Fei and Ms. Thida Ong * • Pat & Bruce Finlayson • Rosario & Steve Freeman * • Mr. Jing Xiao * • Benton Gordon • Allen & Janine Goss • Sean MacCarthy-Grant * • Dr. Francisco & Mrs. Susan Grijalva • Jane Gu & Max Ma • Dr. Donald Guinee, Jr. • Dr. Marie Bleakley & Dr. David Harris * • Mr. Lee Haslett • Ole & Ikuko Hellevik * • Mike & Rebekah Henderson * • Betty Hendrix • Lisa & Kai Hirayama • Paul Holt • Yongsheng Wu * • Qian Huang & Gang Zhao * • Rebecca Ifland * • Courtney Johnson & Peter Waxman * • Mr. Taehwan Jung and Ms. Yanghee Kim * • Mr. Jacky Kang and Ms. Melon Shen * • Jonathan Karschney • Leslie Brown Katz • Kehrli Family • Dr. Jamie & Wende Keyes • Steve & Lori Kraynak * • Steve & Alice Kunkel • Joseph & Janet Labiak • Cherilyn Lacy • Ann Sauer & Richard Ladner • Robert & Joyce LaFramboise • The Clarius Group • Mr. Wei Lee & Ms. Shirley Xu * • Ms. Alisoune Lee * • Ms. Catherine Chen Lee • Mr. Andrew Lemmel • Janis Traven & Mark Linsey • Ms. Marcia Lotter • Mr. & Mrs. Mark Lovre * • Ling-Xi Ma’s Family * • Magellan Associates PLLC • Ms. Runying Mao & Mr. Nengwu Zhu * • Mr. Shane McRoberts • Deborah Merrill * • Steve & Trish Merrill • Mr. Rajiv Misra and Ms. Rashmi Misra * • Thomas Monk • Mr. Coe Morgan • Mrs. Mary Nelson • Rebecca Noreen • Christine Olason & Terry Koss • Junghei Park & Yohan Choi * • Tricia Purvis * • Yoon Soo Pyon & Bong Hyun Shin * • Joan Rabinowitz • Chris & Ann Reedy • Mr. Edward Roberts & Ms. Peyina Lin-Roberts * • Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Robshaw • Mr. Thomas Rodrique • Mr. Michael Romine & Ms. Kay Barksdale • Ben & Jennifer Ross * • Kate & John Russo • Salesforce.org • Brenda Schweitzer • Peter Fang & Nancy Shen * • Joyce & Frank Shuck • Ms. Jeannie Simpson * • Rebecca Solomon • John Sordetto • Ms. Diane Stevens • Lisa & John Stewart • David & Marcie Stone • Ms. Jan G Strand • Joanna & Benjamin Sun * • Mr. Paul Szabo and Ms. Kelly Szabo * • Ms. Mary Szabo • Kestutis & Birute Tautvydas • Mrs. Meryl Thulean • T-Mobile • Pamela Tonglao • The Toskey Family * • Nicole Truesdell & Damon Morris * • Jim Valley • D Walker • Yanyan & Di Wang * • Charles & Patricia Way • Ms. Kathleen Wilson & Mr. Clyde Wilson • The Winton Family • Mrs. Margaret & Mr. John Woll • Madeline Woodward • Ms. Inga Wu and Mr. Gong Li * • Zhigang Xu & Jenny Xiao * • Ms. Hyuna Yoo and Mr. Jason Mun * • Jian Zeng * • Mr. Qiang Zhao & Mrs. Shumei Lin * • Mr. Zhi Zhao & Ms. Wenrui Zhang * • Anonymous (7)

$1 - $99

Connor Altagen • Mr. Chris Penkala * • Ms. Stephanie Diemel & Mr. Shane McRoberts • BECU • Dr. Michael Beecher & Dr. Inger Beecher • Paul & Jan Bleakney • Doug & Joanne Bornstine • Chris & Mary Ann Brooks * • Robert W Burnham • David & Linda Burns * • Mr. Chris Calero * • Matthew Cancio • Izchel Chacon • Guy & Patricia Chan • Sandra Chase • Tan Chen * • Ms. Christine Zhang • Julie Chivo • Hao & Taryn Duong * • Mr. Jikang Choi and Ms. Hyewon Kwon * • Ms. Nancy Chou and Mr. Henry Chou * • Elizabeth Clyma • Ken & Allison Connell * • Ms. Meredith Course • Mr. Laren Crawford * • Tom & Fran Curley • Arnold & Chin-Mei Davidson • Ingrid de la Jara * • Deborah Dinzes • Cindy & Russell Drake * • Mrs. Jennifer Zou * • Mr. Rudramurthy Duraikkannu and Ms. Arthi Mohanraj * • Phoebe Jenkins * • Phyllis West Ernsberger • Sandra Fann & Michael Griesedieck * • Mr. Christopher Fast * • REPLACE • Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Fisher * • Mr. David Flood • Ms. Thelma M Franco • Aloysia Friedmann & Jon Kimura Parker • Ms. Carolyn Fung * • Daniel Garland • Ms. Judith Giniger • Go Daddy • David Hall • Cam Hancock • Mr. Robert Loewecke * • Kami Hettwer • Mr. Mike Hettwer • Dr. Clyde S. & Ms. Patricia Hawkins Hiss • Veronica Ho • Ms. Evelyn Hsu and Mr. Matt Kronman • Dan Stroh & Lucie Huang * • Hyunsun Hwang • Joelle Hymel * • Mike James • Charles & Joan Johnson • Julien Rollins • Jaime Vera-Valenzuela • Alia Kerr • Eulsuk & Sujung Kim * • Jiae Kim * • Eun Kim * • Mr. & Mrs. Moonsoo Kim * • Mr. & Mrs. Eric Kinder * • Amy & Geoffrey King • Kim & Ross Klein * • Stanford & Yuko Kobayashi • Bhavani Kotha • Carrie La Seur * • Corinne & David Lawson • Hyunjin Lee * • Yangtsun Lee & Mingwei Chang * • Janelle Leger • Jenny Lill * • Bryan Lindeman • Lucia Liu * • Ms. Huiling Liu and Mr. Yushun Wang * • Cheryl & Carl Loeb • Ms. Anne Mac Arthur • Lauren Majewski * • Mr. & Mrs. Paul Manfredi * • Talia Toni Marcus • Megan Sheridan & Terence McIver • Patrick McMillan & Minori Watanabe • Debbie Meisel & Jim Meyer * • Roger & Deborah Millward * • Melody Mistlin • Ms. Jihyun Moon and Mr. Yong Moon • Ki & Hyeyoung Nam * • Kristina Narruhn-LaBore * • Ms. Megan Nguyen and Mr. John Scarborough * • Margaret L. Masar & Geoffrey Nichols • Ms. Svetlana Nikishina and Mr. Vladimir Nikishin * • Shireen Nori • Robert & Catherine Oberg • Eric Oberg • Kari Oberg • David Oeser • Michael & Emily Osburn • Tom Owen • Lou-Chuck F. Donaldson • Susan Park * • Kyunghee Park * • Mr. David Parker & Ms. Alice Boytz • Michael Parker • Leslie & Michael Patching * • Sandra Payton • Michael & Consuelo Pete • Mr. Ron Pike & Ms. Ann Brooke • Esther Poirier • David Poston • Nancy Rasor • Lillias Bever • Joanne Ringen & Christopher Jones * • Ms. Marcy Roeder and Mr. Thomas Roeder * • Tyler Romesberg • Yan Rong & Hanshi Li * • Jodi Rosen * • Willadean & Elmer Ross • Isidore Rudnick • Nancy Ryan * • Jerret Sale & Rachel Klevit • Urmi Saraiya • Kevin Schindler * • Tani Sethy-Sailer & Chad Sailer • Christine Shigaki & Kyle Sato * • Alice & Jae Myong Shin * • Maeve O’Leary Sloan • Mr. Mason Sol and Ms. Heejin Sol * • Andrew Spicciati • Eric Steig • Michelle Stone • Mr. Han Suh and Ms. Young Rang Do * • Ms. Leslie Synnestvedt and Mr. Craig Synnestvedt * • Shireen Tabrizi • Ms. Ling-Wen Teng * • Liam Tevlin • Dale Turner • Aja Utsugi • Ms. Vivien Wang and Mr. Herbert Wang * • Kurt Wedgwood & Jody Quickstad * • Lempriere Family * • Judith Widrig • Ms. Eva Wong and Mr. Rainer Leuschke * • Mr. Kwan Wong & Ms. Grace Lee • Doug & Laura Wood * • Mr. Jian Wu * • Chunye Xu * • Rui Xu * • Ms. Judy Yi and Mr. Byungkyu Son * • Mr. Xiaofang Zhang & Mrs. Wenjing Li * • Ms. Yuanyuan Zhang and Mr. Ping Xie * • Qi Zhang • Ms. Qi Zhang and Mr. Min Tang * • Ms. Tracy Zheng & Jian Sun * • Andrew Zillig & Jillian Johnston Zillig • Anonymous (13)

In Honor Of

Morris Chang, M.D.
Anonymous

Kathleen Allen
Anonymous

Luca Robadey
Anonymous

The Marriage of Amanda Course and Eric Misbe
Jan & Ken Chapman

Luca Robadey
Michele Janin & Tom Linebarger

Francine Peterson
Mr. Evan Kuhlmann

Janice Gatti
Bryan Lindeman

Paul Rafanelli
Janis Traven & Mark Linsey

Michael Nutt
Talia Toni Marcus

Anasara Lysaker
Linda Quirk

Katie Griffin
Kate & John Russo

Barbara Sauntry
Frederick & Connie Scheetz

Nancilyn
Ms. Lynn Shapiro

Our Daughter, Monica Shuck
Joyce & Frank Shuck

Mary Lou Brown
Ms. Diane Stevens

Samuel Szabo
Ms. Mary Szabo

In Memory Of

Tommy W Ambrose
Leslie Ambrose

Maestro Sokol
Anonymous

Shiu-Thi Shaw
Anonymous

Margaret W. Sullivan
Ms. Kay Barmore

Seymour Temkin
Castrogiovanni Family

Dr. David W. Grauman
Ms. Alison Grauman

Cecilia Jensen
Cherilyn Lacy

Maestro Vilem Sokol
Ms. Catherine Chen Lee

Ted Dragoo
Mrs. Mary Nelson

Donald Thulean
Sandra Payton

Jürgen Ronneburg
Ronneburg Family

Shiu-Thi Shaw
Andrey Shaw

Gayle Sordetto
John Sordetto

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