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Donating to the Santa Monica Symphony helps keep high-quality classical music free and accessible to everyone in our community. Your support directly funds performances, music education programs, community outreach, and opportunities for emerging artists. Every gift—large or small—sustains a vibrant cultural tradition and ensures that music continues to inspire, unite, and uplift for generations to come. The Santa Monica Symphony is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and all donations are tax-deductible and deeply appreciated.

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Santa Monica Symphony Association
P.O. Box 3101
Santa Monica, California 90408-3101

MATCHING GIFT 

Please check to see if your employer has a matching gift program. Please contact  info@smsymphony.org or (310) 395-6330 if you need additional information.

MAKE A SPECIAL GIFT TO HONOR A LOVED ONE

Honor a beloved family member or friend with a gift “in honor of” or “in memory of”. Your donation of $50 or more will be listed in concert programs and on the Symphony website for a full year. Simply click here and enter your donation amount. Add your honoree’s name when the credit card/Paypal site prompts “add special instructions to the seller”.

SANTA MONICA SYMPHONY ROSTER OF SUPPORTERS

The Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra would like to extend its deepest appreciation to all of its donors.

This roster reflects gifts from April 15, 2025, to April 15, 2026

ANGEL
($100,000 & ABOVE)
Anonymous
Mary Elizabeth Booth
Janice D. Myatt

PLATINUM CIRCLE
($25,000-$99,999)
Kadlec Family Trust
Smart Grid Options

GOLD CIRCLE
($10,000 & ABOVE)
Anonymous
Artigas-Etchegaray Family Foundation
David Bendett
California Community Foundation
City of Santa Monica
Conklin Family Trust, in honor of Pola Benke
National Endowment for the Arts

SILVER CIRCLE
($5,000 TO $9,999)
Anonymous
Anonymous
County of Los Angeles
Dorothea Kehler
Nick & Laurel Gallucci
Jenay Root

BRONZE CIRCLE
($2,500 TO $4,999)
ENKI Technologies
Sarah & Michael Hannallah
Manus Family: Iris, Renée & Ron
Music Performance Trust Fund
Pacific Ocean Pediatrics
Drs. André Vanderhal* & Nancy Robbins

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE
($1,000 TO $2,499)
Anonymous
Andrew Brettler
Dr. James Cherry
Paul Dolid*
Eve Espey
Walt Fidler
George Goldberg*
Susan Greenberg* & Michael Norman
Richard Kellam
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Westside Coalition
Ohr Family Fund
Rebecca Rodman*
Ted & Nancy Sanborn
Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club
Richard & Andreia* Silvera
Kelly & Sean* Stackpoole
Philomena Tam
Tom & Susan Weisner

BENEFACTORS
($500 – $999)
Cindy Bass
Emily & Mathew Benedetto
Lawrence & Zan Diener
Zenovia Edwards* & Andrew Beer
Antonio Ferranti
Jeff Jarow
Walt Fidler
Daisy & Joshua Julian
Judy Karinen
Edward Kehler
Virginia Kohfeld, in memory of James Kohfeld, who treasured playing under the baton of Maestro Lamell
Nancy Lamell, in loving memory of Maestro Guido Lamell
Amy & Chuck Martinez
Debra Myers
Dr. Skorn Ponrartana
Proel North America
Jezzamine Quibal
Carol Sandstrom*
Susan Siphron
Gayle Taylor

SUSTAINING MEMBERS
($250 – $499)
Anonymous
Marsha Berman
Stephen & Evelyn Cederbaum
Barry & Julie Engelman
B. Erickson
Denise Gerber* & Stuart Perlman
Michael Graff–Weisner*
Khin Khin Gyi, M.D., Ph.D.
Sharon Hauptman
Judith Hopkins
Mary Ichiuji, in loving memory of Maestro Guido Lamell
Sherry Johnson
Daniel Persitz*
Lisa Cleri Reale
William Rehwald
Adrian Reyes*
Robert Ryemon*
Jeffrey Smith*
Sean Stackpoole
Caroline Torosis
Mathew Vander Wilt

PATRONS
($100 TO $249)
Mrs. Elizabeth Abbe & Mr. Lewis
Anonymous
Andrew Apter*
Olivia Avelino
Jason Axe
Thomas Belin
Barry Bernstein
Sherry Bigelow
Barbara Blake
Frances Caricagni
York Chan
Thomas E. Cleys
Eve & Donald Cohen
Kenneth & Stephanie Cooper
Israel Coutin
Katharine Dreyfuss
Mike & Virginia Fawcett
Marlene & Stephen Friedlander
Lawrence & Roberta Goodfried
Fernanda Gray
Gerald Grossman
Alison Hagoski
Justin Hamilton*
Susan Hannan
Bruce Hayes
Sean Hennigan
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
Steven Jung & Lois Barnes, in memory of Guido Lamell
Kandell-Estrin Charitable Fund
Michael Kerekes
Bui Khanh
Jeanne Laurie
Thomi Liebich
Monica Minden*
Alexandra Morgan
Robin O’Connell
Krystyna Pawlus
Viviane Petit
Maria Quinlan
Quinlan Family
Renaissance Charitable Giving
Mimi Rose
Richard Ross
Barbara Rubens
Daniel Seabolt
Leslie Shapiro
Tim & Rosalie Sheridan
David Sherr
Margaret Shipman
Glenn Shull
Joanne Sinaiko
Cabell Smith
Jeffrey B. Smith
Margaret Smith
Judith Spector
Carole Stein
Linda Stein
Li-Han (Eliza) Tseng
Janice Warne
Drs. André Vanderhal* & Nancy Robbins, in honor of the 90th birthday of
Virginia Kohfeld and in memory of Jim Kohfeld
Monika Winkler
Pamela Worden
Joe Young
Zhu Giving Fund
Ben Zuckerman

SUPPORTERS
($50 TO $99)
Shahira Badran
Greg Cheng
Henry Chilvers
Paul Diamond
Stephen & Marlene Friedlander
Marina Gallas
Elizabeth Galton
Gary Gleicher
Jeanette Gilkison
Angelica Hurtado
Zina Josephs
Phyllis Kelleghan
Alvin Lau
Richard & Charlene Lawrence
Gwynn Lewis
Susan Lorenzini
Alex Novakovich, Celebrating Virginia Kohfeld
Chris McPherson
Kiyomi Mizukami
Larry Moeller
Rebecca Nunnelee
Vivian Petit
Sarah Phillips*
Helene Phipps
Julie Schatz
Christian Serge
Sheri Sharpe
Homa Shirzad
J. Donald Smith
Mary Souther
Bob Stern
Kent Strumpell
Kristina Sunness
Adam Taylor
Teryl Warren
Stephanie Wolf
Daniel Wong
Amy Zhang

* Indicates Orchestra Member

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