Grants & Foundations

Abundance Canada
Kenton Fast Gifting Fund
Abundance Canada
Vern & Christine Warkentin Gifting Fund
Bertrand A. Goodman, May Easton Goodman, & Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation
Blennerhassett Family Foundation
Canadian Bridge Federation Charitable Foundation 
Canadian Heritage 
The Canada Council for the Arts
Christianson Wealth Advisors Foundation 
F.K. Morrow Foundation
Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba 
Giftfunds Canada
Government of Manitoba 
Jewish Foundation of Manitoba—Marym & Izzy Peltz Fund
Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation
The Manitoba Arts Council
Marguerite Sours Foundation
Marr-Slonosky Family Foundation
Philanthra Foundation
David Christianson & Vera Steinberger 
Christianson Wealth Advisors Foundation 
The Richardson Foundation
SOCAN Foundation 
Susan & Ross Hagemeister Charitable Contribution Fund
Abra Family Fund
Duprey Fund
George Warren Keates Memorial Fund
Macdonald/Cageorge Fund
Mauro Family Fund
Wick & Margie Sellers Fund
The Winnipeg Foundation
The Winnipeg Arts Council
Sonya & Scott Wright Fund

Concert Sponsors

Gail Asper Family Foundation Inc.
Johnston Group
LBL Holdings Ltd.
Pollard Banknote Ltd.
TD Bank Group
 Wawanesa Insurance

Media Sponsors

Classic 107
Golden West Radio 
Nostalgia Broadcasting Co-operative (CJNU93.7)
Winnipeg Free Press

Guest Artist Sponsors

The Asper Foundation
SOCAN Foundation
Frank Plett
Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett Pope
Scott and Sonya Wright 

Music Director Sponsors

Stella’s Café and Bakery
Margaret Cuddy
Roger Groening, In memoriam, Edd Groening
Neil & Elaine Margolis
Sandi & Ron Mielitz
Don Streuber
Faye Warren
Erin Wolfe & Ryan Palmer

Concertmaster Sponsors

Edmond Financial Group
Robert Giesbrecht
Raymond Hébert 
Maggie Keller, In memoriam, Dr. Robert Keller

Education & Outreach Sponsors

Assiniboine Credit Union
Access Credit Union
Bertrand A. Goodman, May Easton Goodman, & Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation
Blennerhassett Family Foundation
Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation
Manitoba Arts Council
Manitoba School Boards Association
Musicians’ Performance Trust Fund
Red River Cooperative Ltd.
SOCAN Foundation
TD Bank Group
The Winnipeg Foundation
Mauro Family Foundation 
Winnipeg Public Libraries

Founding Patrons

Mrs. Wadworth Doster
Angela B. Ross

Honorary Life Members

Ms Gail Asper & Dr. Michael Paterson
John & Bonnie Buhler
David Johnston
Peter Letkemann
John Loewen
Rita Menzies
Angela B. Ross
Dr. Majid Shojania

Patrons

Ted Bock & Liane Chalmers-Bock
Marilyn Burt
Margaret Cuddy
Robert Giesbrecht
Roy Halstead
John Loewen
Elaine & Neil Margolis
Sandi & Ron Mielitz
Frank Plett
Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett Pope
Dr. M.L. Schroeder
Walter & Nicole Silicz
Nick Slonosky & Elizabeth Marr
Wesley & Virgina Stevens
Don Streuber
Alison Thiessen & Robert Reimer
Faye Warren
Several anonymous donors

Benefactors

Patricia Bovey
John Burge
Florence Carey
Maggie Keller
Dr. T. Kucera
Marion Lewis
Roberta & John Lewis
Susan McCawley
Brenda Morlock
Beryl & Blair Peters
Herb Peters & Donna Peters-Small
Barbara Scheuneman
Alyson Shane
Several anonymous donors

Contributors

Marjorie Blankstein
Helga & Gerhard Bock
Jean Boyes
Gerald Brown
Shelley Chochinov
Ben & Margit Coltvet
Joy Cooper
Alison & Robert Darling
Elizabeth Derraugh
Tim Doyle
Fred & Bev Dyck
Roberta Dyck
Marianne Farag
Helios & Marilyn Hernandez
Jennie Hogan
Charles Huband
Pat & Bonnie Ireton
Carell Jackimiek
Gerald Jewers
L. Kampeas & J. Gartner
Michael Li
Keith & Anne Love
Zana Lutfiyya
Catherine Macdonald
Melanie McCreath
Sharon Mooney
Morna-June C. Morrow
Heidi Ouellette
Linda & Wayne Paquin
Bev Peters
Lois Powne
Anne Ratuski
Edwin Redekopp
H. Sanford & Deborah Riley
Celia J. Rodd
Kathryn Schwartz
Jason Smith 
Moira Swinton
Edith Ugrin
Dr. Suzanne Ullyot
Dr. Alexander Waugh
Donald Whitmore
Raymond & Shirley Wiest
Ted & Sarah Yates-Howorth
Several anonymous donors

Donors

Nancy Adkins
Jean Altemeyer
Pascale Altes
Dr. Aubie & Esther Rose Angel
Jeanette Angel
Elaine Arsenault-Schultz
Janet Belanger
Gillian Bird
Wendy Boyd
Clark Brownlee & Joan Stevenson
Nicole Cadotte-Worden
Cathy Campbell
Paul Campbell
Robert & Linda Campbell
Jim Chapryk
Josephine Chudzik
Liz Coffman
Mr. & Mrs. R.E. Cunningham
Bradley J. Curran
Gerry Daly
Jacquelyn Dawson
Jane Dick
Daniel Donahue
Nykola Dubenski
Kathleen M. Edwards
Linda Fearn
Linda Freed
Corinne Friesen Loewen
Katina Gagné
William Glover
Shirley Grierson / AIHM
Betty Haese
Barbara Hague
Margaret Harvie
Leona Herzog
Mary Hoberg
Kenneth Holack
N. & L. Holliday
Ivan Hughes
Gila Isaacs
Michelle Johnston
Drin Jones
June Kaan
Brenda Kennedy
Richard & Karin Klassen
Surafel Kuchem
Donna Lagopoulos
Yvan Larocque
James & Elizabeth Lee
Roberta & John Lewis
Carol Macoomb
Priya Mani
Elizabeth Masi
Harmanjit Mavi
Paul McCulloch
Barbara McNeill
Rita & Don Menzies
Derek Morphy
Kathleen Mulder
Elizabeth Nair
Cristabel Nett
Lynda Norman
Walter Nykolyszyn
Beth O’Dell
Darya Omelchenko
Gim Ong
Graham & Shirley Padgett
Shelley & John Page
Marlene Pauls Laucht & C. Mathias Laucht
Cindy Pelletier
Helga Pepneck-Joyce
Victor Pereira
Kristine Perlmutter
Elaine Phillips
Donna Plant
Gisèle Poirier
Manfred Proch
Mark Rash
Jeff Rempel
Sandra Roberts
Jay Ross
Carol Runions
Shirley Salay
Michelle Samagalski
Bill Sands
Nicola Schaefer
Jean Skromeda
Jon Snidal & Susan Briggs
Christine Snodgrass
Lindsay Somers
Peter & Mary Somers
Patricia Stefanchuk
Bill & Billie Stewart
Brenda Suderman
Estelle Sures
Conrad Sweatman
Gayle Swirski
Lloyd Talbot
Kristin Templin
Rosalie Tennison
Betsy Thorsteinson
Dr. Helen A. Toews
Elaine Toms
Jean Travis
Bernice Turner
Ray Turner
Rose van der Hooft
Roy & Nancy Vincent
Gloria Waldron
Bette Woodland & Tom Lovatt
Hazel Yates
Audrey Young
Vicki & Graham Young
Several anonymous donors

Endowment Fund Planned Gifts
—administered by The Winnipeg Foundation

MCO Board of Directors 06/07

Endowment Fund Donors 2001 to 2023
—administered by The Winnipeg Foundation

Gail Asper Family Foundation Inc.
The Zita & Mark Bernstein Family Foundation
Conference of Mennonites in Canada
Ernst Hansch Foundation
Gateways International
German Canadian Cultural Association
Golden West Radio
Johnston Group
LBL Holdings
Manitoba Hydro
ONEX Corporation
Payworks
Peak of the Market
Prairies / NT Regional Headquarters, Citizenship & Immigration Canada
P.W. Enns Family Foundation Inc.
Signature Vacations Inc.
Board & Membership of Site Gallery
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Winnipeg Airport Authority

Peter M. Abel
Ian & Heather Adamson
Neil Adamson & Jennifer Biebrich
D. Trevor Anderson
Elise Anderson
Dr. Aubie & Esther Rose Angel
Babs Asper
Lynne Axworthy
Zdzislaw Bajon
Alison Baldwin
R.D. Bell
Gail Benson
Aaron Berg
Anne & Peter Berg
Mark & Zita Bernstein
Marjorie & Morley Blankstein
David R. Bolton
Beverley Bosiak
Patricia Bovey
Sheldon M. & Penny Bowles
Susan Briggs & Jon Snidal
Ada Bronstein
Coralie Bryant
John & Bonnie Buhler
John Burge
Jean G. Campbell
Laura Campbell
Mary Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Causley
Liane Chalmers & Ted Bock
Jim Chapryk
Richard Cherewyk
Bjorn & Roberta Christianson
David &Vera Christianson
Ross M. Cleeve
Christine Coltart
Dr. & Mrs. D. Corner
Barrie & Sally Cranston
Ted & Margaret Cuddy
Bob & Alison Darling
Vera & Frank deBues
Mr. & Mrs. R.B. Dewson
Mary Dixon
Fiona Duncalf
Ruth M. Elders
Carol Ellis
Amanda Evenson
Helen Fast
Gil & Heather Forrest
Gitta Fricke
Robert Giesbrecht
Marian Gillies
Joan Gillis
Margaret & Fred Granger
Beverley Grant & Bob Hastie
Judith Hall
Roy & Betty Halstead
Gerry & Ian Hamilton
Joan Hardy
Benjamin F. Harnish
Tony Harwood-Jones
Micheline & Tom Hay
J. Hayakawa
Caroline Haydey
Jim & Ursula Henderson
Dr. Paul & Nel Henteleff
Mr. & Mrs. H. Hernandez
Clare & Bob Hoeschen
Marilyn & Charles Huband
Ishbel Isaacs
Sue & Jim Irving
Harry & Martha Janzen
Koren Kaminski
Loretta Kampeas
The Estate of Mr. George A. Keates
Audrey Kerr
Dr. Thomas G. Kucera
Katarina Kupca
Hon. Otto Lang
Helen LaRue
Ann E. Lawler
Donald R. Lawrence
James Palmer Lewis
Marion Lewis
Michael Li
Bruce & Norma Linney
John Loewen
Zana Marie Lutfiyya
Shirley Lysack
Catherine Macdonald
Hon. Donald S. Macdonald & Mrs. Adrian Macdonald
Dr. Sharon M. Macdonald
Jill MacLean
Lynda & Jim Macovichuk
Priya Mani
David & Trish Mann
The life insurance policy of David Mann
Elaine & Neil Margolis
Marg & Maurice Mayor and family
Deborah J. McCawley
Melanie McCreath
Shirley McMillan
Sam & Joan McMorris
Dr. Chris Meiklejohn
Frances Menard
Don & Rita Menzies
Norm Micklewright
Sandi & Ron Mielitz
Dr. Allen Mills
Nathan Mitchell
Julie Mongeon-Ferré
Elizabeth Morrison
Sharon & Mel Myers
Dr. Emily Nett
William Neville
Maureen Newsome
Sunyung Oh
Nona & Gim Ong
Sadao Ono
Patricia M. Patterson
Murray G. Pearson
Beryl & Blair Peters
Norman & Margaret Pettigrew
Donna Phillips
Margaret A. Pickering
Gisèle Poirier
Laurie & Fran Pollard
Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett Pope
M. Lois Powne
Catherine Purchase
Ruth & Harry Rachlis
Andrea Ratuski
Anne & Bill Ratuski
Charlotte Redekopp
Bonita Reimer
George T. Richardson
Hartley & Heather Richardson
David & Helene Riesen
Lucy & Max Rifkin
Sanford & Deborah Riley
Dieter & Gisela Roger
Angela B. Ross
Dr. R.T. Ross
Olga & Bill Runnalls
Shelley & Aubie Rusen
Nicola Schaefer
Barbara Scheuneman
Dr. M.L. Schroeder
Trudy Schroeder
Mrs. E. Shapiro
Dr. Paul Shelton & Ms Gina Rempel
Drs. Majid & Moti Shojania
Morse & Jimmy Silden
Walter & Nicole Silicz
Beth Simkin
Juliet H. Simon
The Estate of Miss B.A. Smith
Muriel Smith
Cecile Steele
Lynne Stefanchuk
Robert P. & Judy Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Stewart
William S. Stewart
M. Swinton & B. Léveillé
Pamela & Reeh Taylor
Alison Thiessen & Robert Reimer
Peter Thiessen
Deborah Thorlakson
Dr. T. Kenneth Thorlakson
Dr. Elizabeth Tippett Pope
George H. Tomlinson
Ray Turner
Robert & Audrey Vandewater
Roy & Nancy Vincent
Dorothy Vipond
Mary Vipond
Roy & Ruth Vogt
Erika von Kampen
Anne K. Voth-Doerksen
Paul Walsh
Aimee Warkentin
Faye Warren
Dr. Alexander Waugh
Leslie Weir
Allan & Mavis Whicker
Donald W. Whitmore
Alfred J.J. Wiens
Margaret & Paul Wright
Scott & Sonya Wright
Graham & Vicki Young
Several anonymous donors

Special donations

In appreciation of Irmgaard Baerg
Bruce & Joyce Berry

In honour of Pam & David Bolton
Judith Doctoroff

In honour of Florence Carey
Pennie-Lynn Davidson

In honour of Keith Knox
Susan Knox

In honour of Elaine Margolis
Vicki Young

In honour of Augustus & Lottie Morris
Andrew Morris

In honour of Beryl Peters
Manitoba Music Educators Association

In honour of Sid Robinovitch (premiere of Jonah)
Sheryl Rosenberg

In honour of Angela Ross
John L. Ross

In honour of Marlis Schroeder
David & Marlis Jacobson

In honour of Estelle Sures
Elaine & Neil Margolis

In memory of Dr. Paul V.C. Adams & Louise Adams
Drs. Moti & Majid Shojania

In memory of Jeffrey Anderson
Jeff, Elise & Callum Anderson

In memory of Eileen & Ken Baron
Elise, Jeff & Callum Anderson

In memory of Ron Bell
Elaine & Neil Margolis

In memory of Yehonatan Berick
Mark Rash

In memory of Leon Cole
Andrea Ratuski & Jim Hiscott

In memory of Ruth Dowse
Betsy Thorsteinson

In memory of Barbara Filuk
Faye Warren

In memory of Judy Flynn
Priya Mani

In memory of Madge George
Joe & Cathy Fry

In memory of Arthur Gillman
Dorcas Wehner

In memory of Bob Hastie
Elise & Jeff Anderson
Jon Snidal & Susan Briggs

In memory of Dr. Robert Hoeschen
Carol Macoomb

In memory of Claire Jewers
Kendall Blunden
Roy & Nancy Vincent
Two anonymous donors

In memory of Dr. Bob Keller
Maggie Keller

In memory of Ruth & Malcolm McKay
Richard McKay

In memory of Margaret Moroz
Anonymous donor

In memory of Roland Penner
Gail Asper & Michael Paterson
Blair & Valerie Bingeman
Marjorie Blankstein
Murray Blankstein
Joy Cooper & Martin Reed
Ron Dueck
Ashleigh Everett & Stuart Murray
Martin & Roxy Freedman
Eleanor Girman
Leslie Iredale
Emma Kadar-Penner
Barbara Cansino Kaufman
Elliot Leven
Sharon & Mel Myers
Ruth Simkin
Maurice & Patricia Steele
Tom & Shirley Strutt
Joanne Sutherland
Linda Vincent
Meeka Walsh
Sherri Walsh
One anonymous donor

In memory of Merrily Peters
Merrily Marchessault
Vicki Young

In memory of Moti Shojania
Dr. Aubie & Esther Rose Angel
Elaine & Neil Margolis
Ron & Sandi Mielitz
Graham & Vicki Young

In memory of Morse Silden
Dr. Aubie & Esther Rose Angel

In memory of Justin Silicz
Drs. Majid & Moti Shojania
Vicki Young

In memory of Maurice Steele
Dr. Aubrey & Esther-Rose Angel

In memory of George Thomson, veteran
Timothy & Sheila Duprey

In memory of Brandy Lee Warren
Faye Warren

In memory of Susan Williams & Jack Peet
Roger Foster

Marilyn Huband Endowment Fund
—administered by The Winnipeg Foundation

Zdzislaw Bajon
Charles Huband
Graham & Vicki Young

Rita Menzies Endowment Fund for Arts Education
—administered by The Winnipeg Foundation

Investors Group
Prairie Theatre Exchange
The Winnipeg Foundation

Esther Rose Angel
Cathy Auld
Jan & Marcel Belanger
Ted Bock & Liane Chalmers
Hal & Cheryl Bordy
Phyllis & Sid Boyling
Gerald R. Brown
Coralie Bryant
Robert, Linda & James Campbell
Roberta Christianson
William O. Chubb
Cynthia & Isadore Coop
Ted & Margaret Cuddy
Elizabeth A. Currie
Ray & Wendy Delbaere
Joan & Ray Dewson
Irmgard & Ken Doerksen
Jeanie Dubberley
Bruce & Darcy Duggan
Rose Ferries
Dorothy & John Funnell
Dr. John Gartner & Loretta Kampeas
Roy Halstead
Ted & Phyllis Harland
Glen & Margaret Harrison
Dr. Paul & Nel Henteleff
Clare & Bob Hoeschen
Marilyn Huband
Patricia Hurlburt
Margaret Jeffries
Cherry E. Karpyshin
Laurie Lam
Joanne Lee
Keith & Anne Love
Hon. Donald S. Macdonald & Mrs. Adrian Macdonald
Leona J. MacDonald
James & Joy Manishen
Neil & Elaine Margolis
Holly & Paul McNally
Mae Menzies
Tanis, Jeannette & Jennifer Menzies
Rita & Don Menzies
Sandi Mielitz
Marcelline Moody
Paul & Carolyn Nagelberg
Paul & Marlene Neustaedter
Karen Oliver
Adeline Penner
Miles H. Pepper
Frances E. Pollard
Andrea Ratuski
Bill & Anne Ratuski
Ron & Phyllis Reader
Rennie & Jenny Regehr
Bonnie Reimer & David Harms
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rennie
Margaret J. Robertson
Marie Schroeder
Drs. Majid & Moti Shojania
Winnifred & Bill Sim
Juliet H. Simon
Vern & Ann Simonsen
Wesley & Virginia Stevens
Ruth Suderman
Shona Suderman & James Blatz
Sandra Thacker
Ray Turner
Erika von Kampen
Phyllis Watson
Terry Welsh
Dr. & Mrs. Robin Woods
Scott & Sonya Wright
Graham & Vicki Young
Several anonymous donors

Special Acknowledgements

All Charities Campaign
Terry Barr
Martin Eagleton Ltd.
St. John’s Music
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Yamaha Canada Music
Susan Burko & Ian Keenan
Jennifer Gillis
Brandon Johnston
David MacKenzie
Sherri McConnell
Suzanne Ullyot
Donny Wharf

Ushers

Elda Borse
Hedie Epp
June Finnson
Flo Friesen
Louise Gillman
Beverley Grant-Hastie
Keith & Anne Love
Shirley McLean
Kathy Mestery
Bonita Reimer
Sally Sweatman
George Tacik
Pat Walsh

Vinyl Vault

Alice MacKenzie
Lindsay Butt
Roxanne Byman
David Carr
Dennis Henney
Kathy Mestery
Walter Nykolyszyn

To the many volunteers who assist with our concerts and special projects … thank you!