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Community Support

2025-2026 Concert Sponsors

We gratefully recognize donors who have made sponsorship gifts for the performances of the 2025-2026 season.


ORCHESTRA CIRCLE SPONSORS
($10,000 sponsorships)

Byron and Jeanne Balbach
(Happy Birthday, America!)
Anastasia Economy
in memory of James Economy
(The Thrill of the Orchestra)

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE SPONSORS
($5,000 sponsorships)

Carl and Nadja Altstetter
(Happy Birthday, America!)
Janice Bahr and Erwin Hoffman
(ConcertoFest Baroque Concert)
Helen and Gene Grandone
(Good Tidings! Holiday Concert)
Richard and Judith Kaplan
(CUSO Youth Concerts at KCPA)
Anne and David Sharpe
(Verdi’s “Requiem”)
Iris Swanson
(Verdi’s “Requiem”)
Ruth Wyman
(Happy Birthday, America!)

SYMPHONY CIRCLE SPONSORS
($2,500 sponsorships)

Walter and Marguerite Maguire
(The Thrill of the Orchestra)
Walter and Jane Myers
William and Wilma O’Brien
(Good Tidings! Holiday Concert)
Papp Family Trust, Tracy Shiffer
(Good Tidings! Holiday Concert)
Kip and Janet Pope
(Good Tidings! Holiday Concert)

GUEST ARTIST SPONSORS
($2,000 sponsorships)

Susan and Gerald Crawford
(Verdi’s “Requiem” Soloist)
Russel and Elaine Peppers
(Timothy Ehlen, piano
The Thrill of the Orchestra)

UNDERWRITER SPONSORS
($2,000 sponsorships)

Jane and Christian Scherer
(CUSO Youth Concerts at KCPA)


Maestro Circle Donors

We gratefully recognize donors who are supporting the current 2025-26 season with their gifts made from April 4, 2025, through November 30, 2025.


LIFETIME SPONSORS
Carl and Nadja Altstetter
Byron and Jeanne Balbach
Margaret and Michael Grossman
Lois Gullerud and the late Ernest Gullerud

SPONSORS | $5,000 & above

Carl and Nadja Altstetter
Janice Bahr and Erwin Hoffman
Byron and Jeanne Balbach
Anastasia Economy
Gene and Helen Grandone
Richard and Judith Kaplan
Meyer Charitable Foundation
Anne and David Sharpe
Iris Swanson
Ruth Wyman

BENEFACTORS | $2,500 to $4,999

Lippold and Beth Haken
Walter and Marguerite Maguire
Walter and Jane Myers
William and Wilma O’Brien
Papp Family Trust, Tracy Shiffer
Kip and Janet Pope

UNDERWRITERS | $1,000 to $2,499

David and Janet Butler
Susan and Gerald Crawford
The late Diane Dold
Terry and Barbara England
Mars Gentry
Marne Helgesen
Peter and Joan Hood
Jan Houston
Jeffrey and Patricia Kirby
Jon Liebman
James and Karen McKechnie
George and Elizabeth Miley
Rudi and Armine Mortimer
Barry and Terrie Pelham
Russ and Elaine Peppers
Ronald and Linda Roaks
Robeson Family Benefit Fund
Anne Robin
Jane and Christian Scherer
Andy and Charlotte Schuchart
Annilee Shaul
Millie Sims
Stephen Sligar
Evan Tammen
Linda Tammen
Kathryn Tongue
Stella and Max Volk
Ashton and June Waller


Donors

The Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra warmly thanks these community members and organizations who are supporting the current 2025-26 season with their gifts made from April 4, 2025, through November 30, 2025.


PATRONS | $500 to $999

Marc and Frances Ansel
Eugene and Kathleen Barton
Judith Baylor
Jerry Carden and Timothy Temple
Charlie Boast and Marsha Clinard
Robert and Patricia Davis
Luann Douglas

Ann Einhorn
Richard Ensrud
Michelle and John Johlas
Brenda Kimble
Gerri Kirchner
Chris and Sandy Kuhne
Robin Sahner

Grace Schoedel
Vaidas and Birute Simaitis
Cecile Steinberg
Carrie Storrs
Jim and Fran Welch
William Youngerman

FRIENDS | $250 to $499

Ken and Mary Beth
John and Susan Cobb
Richard DeLong
Harold and Nancy Diamond

Rosemarie and Brendan Foley
Alan and Clare Haussermann
Ellen Jacobsen-Isserman
Martha Jones

Ira and Cecile Lebenson
Marilyn Whittaker

FANS | $100 to $249

Marc Alexander
Grace Ashenfelter
Rob Beldon
Brenda Berg
Barbara Bohl
Charmian Bulley
Nancy Creason
Barbara Dalheim
Jennifer Gentry
Maria Goncalo

Armgard Haken
David C. Johnson
Paula Jones
Marianne Kalinke
Priscilla Kron and Gerald Frye
Mary McGuire
Bourema and Nancy Ouedraogo
Martha Palit
Esther Patt
Nelson and Phyllis Pelletier

Thomas Rozanski
Mary-Jean Sattazahn
Peggy Schneider
Ann Smith
Beth Stafford
Marc Taylor
Jerry and Karen Tow
Alice Vernon
Paul Weston
Pamela and Bruce Wolfe

SUPPORTERS | to $99

John Best
Elizabeth Chato
Naomi Dunn
Walter Feinberg
Fred and Donna Giertz
Gregory and Rhonda Gilmer

Linda Goble
Kay Hodson
Karen Kane
Joann Kilgus
Steve and Kathryn Marshak
Karla Peterson

Vada Repta
Sharon Scott
Carl Sonik
Dmitry Tartakovsky and Elena Negruta
Beverly Williams
Jim Young

MEMORIAL AND HONOR GIFTS

In Memory of Richard “Dick” Cogdal
Sara Elsasser
Ann Hoops

In Memory of Eric Dalheim
Barbara Dalheim

In Memory of James Economy
Anastasia Economy

In Memory of Wolfgang Haken and Anna-Irmgard Haken
Armgard Haken
Lippold and Beth Haken

In Memory of Helen Jahn
The Meyer Foundation

In Memory of Patrick Laughlin
Rosemary Laughlin

In Memory of Walter McMahon
Carl and Nadja Altstetter
Byron and Jeanne Balbach
Mars Gentry
Gerri Kirchner
Priscilla Kron and Gerald Frye
Walter and Jane Myers
Alice Vernon

In Memory of Joan Mary Shack
Daniel Michelson

In Memory of Jack Waaler
Byron and Jeanne Balbach
Mars Gentry
Gregory and Rhonda Gilmer
Linda Goble
Brenda Kimble
Gerri Kirchner
Walter and Jane Myers
Sharon Scott
Annilee Shaul

In Memory of Dan Wheatman
Susan and Gerald Crawford

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Calendar

Oct 4, 2025: The Thrill of the Orchestra
Nov 22, 2025: ConcertoFest
Dec 10, 2025: Good Tidings!
Mar 7, 2026: Happy Birthday, America!
Apr 7/8, 2026: CUSO Youth Concerts
May 2, 2026: Verdi’s Requiem

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