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 December 9, 2024. If we have mistakenly left your name off this list, please let us know so we can correct the error.
Up to $99
Alyssa Anderson
Andrea Leap
Andrea Patten
Anthony Harder
Barbara Levie
Barry Rubin
Brian Krysinski
Carol A. A. Peterson in honor of James R. Buskirk
Carol Pagac
Charles Asher
Charles Calhoun
Colleen Kennealy
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 Hartjes
Dominic Pease
Duane Esterly
Elizabeth Burr in memory of John E. Landgraf
Ellen Prozumenshikov in memory of Gisya Rubashkin
Emek & Elif Ediboglu
Gary & Rita Steffenhagen
Gigi Yau
Gregory Sauve
Hans Bjornson
John K Dalland in honor of Mendelsson-Bach's St. Matthew Passion
John Matthias
Kelly Turpin
Kyler Nelson
LeAnn Anderson
Lynn Petersen
Marie Lynch
Marta Bowman
Michele Deslauriers
Patricia & Bradley D. Larson
Paul Westermeyer
Paula Linnen
Philip Rickey
Rebecca Hansen & Ralph Westcott
Robert A. Peskin
Ruth & Frank Bures in memory of Don Hoiness
Ruth Lincoln
Sally Harris in memory of Paul H. Harris
Sandra & Terry Severson
Sara & Karl Fiegenschuh
Signe & Maurice Dysken
Stacy Hollenback in memory of Jilleen Hollenback
Stephanie Summers & Thomas O'Brien
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
Arturo Steely
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
D. William O'Brien
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
Ellen Grace
Fred Krohn
Gayle Thorsen
Gordon & Dorothea Anderson
Guy Western
Harald Eriksen
Harold & Grace Kurtz
Harry M. Walsh
House of Note
IBM Employee Matching Grant
James Noble
Jane & Dobson West
Jay Beck & Gretchen Bratvold
Jay & Cynthia Mclaren
Jean Lown
Jeffrey L. Daehn
Jerome Quinn
Jerry & Maribeth Heying
John & Maryann Corbett
John Peters
John W. Windhorst
Joseph Allen
Joseph Halloran
Judith Davis in memory of Bill Davis
Judith & Steven Madole
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 in memory of Roger Tenney
Kyler Nelson in memory of Gail Nelson
Liu CPA
Lynn & 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 & John Corbett
Michael & Connie Landreville
Michael & Lise Barone
Michael & Martha Koch
Michael Hollerich
Michael Rivard
Michael Root
Michael Short
Mike & Susan Cizek
Nancy Carlson
Naomi Haugen & Peter Mansfield
Norman Senjem
Pamela Marentette
Patricia & Colin Aldis
Paul & Julie Boehnke
Paul & Sally Westermeyer
Paul Ray
Pauline Siepka
Peggy Malikowski
Peter & Carol Parshall
Philip Asgian
Rachel Runnels
Richard Helling
Richard Ollmann & Suzanne Leung
Rick Pepin
Ron Solyntjes
Ruth & Jon Dalager Buuck
S.E. & Lynn W. Hodulik
Sara Mushlitz
Scott Schilbe
Sheryl & Steven Schellhaass
Sheryl Ramstad
Steven & Karen Hartberg
Steven & Corilee Skildum in memory of Auke Tellegen
Sue O’Connell in honor of Isabelle Murphy O’Connell
Tamra Nelson
Victoria Van Slyke in memory of Solveig Steen
William H Halverson
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
Jay Kurtz & Joan Rabe
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
Ilya & Tara Berchenko
Kustritz Family in memory of Arnold
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
Claire E. Selkurt
Gerard & Louise Olson
John S Setterlund
Julia O'Brien
Katherine H Anderson
Mark Lystig
Robert L. Lee & Mary E. Schaffner in honor of Jonathan Morgan
Nancy Werner
Sarah & Richard A. Amos
Shelley Cross
Virginia Miller