Donor Recognition

Corinne & Victoria Nevinny with Idyllwild String Quartet

Gary & Phyllis Schahet with Joshua Bell

Jane & Larry Sherman

Reception with San Diego Symphony Fans

Yvonne & Derek Bell
Donor List as of October 1, 2025
The Board of Directors of the Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic wishes to express its gratitude to the following annual donors:
Distinguished Maestro
$25,000 and above
Nancy & George Maas
Robert & Carlyn Stonehill
Maestro
$10,000-$24,999
Laura & Wayne Bellows
Stephen Brint & Mark Brown
Sallie & Allan Bulley
Dean L. & Rosemarie Buntrock
Foundation
Sol & Toby Cera
Kathleen & Jerry Eberhardt
Norman Forrester &
William Griffin
John & *Katherine Fox
Mrs. Karlene Garber
T. Robert Greene Foundation
Rich & Judy Guggenhime
Roberta Holland
Kathy Intihar & Fran Campbell
Erik Jaeger &
Andreas Woytowitz
Dr. Myron & Joanne Mintz
The Nevinny Family
Charles & Yvonne Pigott
Judy & Jerry Potthoff
Paul & Rolande Pringle
Jane & Larry Sherman
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Stein Jr.
Douglas G. Stewart
Sheila Stone
Rosemarie Vacano
Dr. Weyburn Wasson &
Dr. Robert Meili
JoAnn G. Wellner
David & Jessie Woolley-Wilson
Distinguished Benefactor
$5,000-$9,999
Miles & *Joni Benickes
Lynda & Charles Biggs
Ellen Blumberg & Butch Shimelman
Deborah & David Brown
Lois Nehring Darr
Donald Feinberg
Jeannette & Raymond Galante
Diane & Harold Gershowitz
Bernice E. Greene
Ira Helf & John Knoebel
Elissa Hepner
Patti & Brian Herman
Glen & Ann Hiner
Dr. Robert & Sharon Lesnik
Henry & Carol Levy
Carol Horwich Luber
Ron Lushing & Dan Reid
Phillip Mathewson & Robert Griffith
Rob Moon & Bob Hammack
Susan & Jim Palm
Jacqueline & Barry Panter, M.D.
Larry & Cathy Pitts
Mary Pohlad
Phyllis & *Gary Schahet
Craig & Junior Vickers
Senator & Mrs. Francis A. Wong
Benefactor
$2,500-$4,999
Jerry Abeles
Barbara & Alan Abrams
Janet Abrams
Bill & Judy Allred
Richard Alther
*Diane & Mike Beemer
Dr. & Mrs. Austin G. Buffum
Jessie & Charles Cale
Marla Campagna
Pam & *Tim Chanter
Gennaro DeVito
Marcy & Leo Edelstein
Phyllis Mintz Eisenberg
Burton & Jo Falk
Dr. Robert J. & *Janice Flamer
Barbara Fremont
Barbara & Bernie Fromm
Christina Gantz
Christine & Michael Gennet
Buzz & Peg Gitelson
Carol & Carl Gregory
Rosalind & Stanley F. Hack, Esq.
Toni Hafey
Mary Sue & Bob Hawk
Boyd & Dody Hopkins
Michael Jaworski
Mrs. George E. Jones
Hank Kaminski
Garry Kief & Barry Manilow
Dr. David Ko & Dr. Sara Azar
Robert Kohl & Clark Pellett
David Lee
Drs. Howard Lee & Jean Lew
Marlene & Howard Leitner
Dr. *David & Janice Leshner
Carol Schnitzer Lewis
Rodney & Susan Lubeznik
Al & Mary Jo Means
Brian Mellstrom
Marnie M. Miller & Joseph Noren
Tom & Marnie Mitze
John P. Monahan Foundation
Deborah & Michael Mullin
Larry & Beth Peerce
Gary Pollock & Laura Conti
Peggy & Peter Preuss
Gail Richards
Robert Richards
Rella & Monty Rifkin
Diane Rubin & Leonard Eber
Frank M. Ryan, M.D.
Sherry & *Howard Schor
Michael & Pat Schumaecker
Linda & Jesse Singh
Mr. David Smerling
Robert & Sheila Snukal
Donald Stein
Anne Swindells
Jean Baur Viereck
Bob Walker & Ken Belville
James & Lucy Wang
David Weigle & Mark Yacko
Jane Witter & Fred Delanoy
Patron
$1,000-$2,499
Jim & Julia Adams
Merv Adrian
Dinesh & Raj Agrawal
Don Alexander & Betty Davis Gates
William & Patricia Anton
Judith L. Appelbaum
Noyes & Elizabeth Avery
Rhona E. Bader
Alexei Barnes
Nora Barron
Constance M. Barton
Pamela Bass-Bookey & Harry Bookey
Drs. Rainer & Carolyn Izu Bergmann
Carl & Tammy Birnberg
Steven & Carol Bloch
Robert Bracken & George Applegate
Nancy Breighner
John & Leslie Breitner
The Robyn L. & Norman S. Brooks
Family Foundation
Richard & MaryJeanne Burke
Dr. Robert & Sandra Carroll
The Irmgard Cheek Foundation
*Paul R. Christen
City of Palm Desert
Jonathan & Doria Cobb
Susan E. Cooper
Joel T. Cutler
Tony DeLorenzo
David Demers & Robert Tall
Isabelle Diamond
Joan Don
David Dotlich & Doug Elwood
Bob Drake & Gary Wentworth
Joy Dunlevie & Ted Humphrey
The Wendy Eager Charitable Fund
Kathy & Michael Elliott
Joann B. Firmage
Shirley Fitterman
Mel Flint & Shirley Creek
Natalie Freeman & Jack Austin
James & Tracey Fuller
Ariela Gallen
Mrs. Deane T. Garrison
John Geary & Chuck Middleton
Philip L. & Ellen V. Glass
Muriel & Ron Goldberg
Tom & Alix Goodman
Bridget Gray
Alan Greene
Willie & Joanne Greenspan
Marcy & Ron Gregory
Nan & Reed Harman Foundation
Judy & Mel Hecktman
MaryEllen Herman & Phil Markel
Deon Hilger & Jerry Delaney
Tanya & Joshua Winget Hill
Maralyn Howard
Loreen Jacobson & Bertel Lewis
Norma Jenkins
William & Ruth Jones
Andrew & Andrea Josephson
Professor & Mrs. Ken Jowitt
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Kaplan
Sherwin Kaplan & Patricia Sullivan
Harriet R. Karmin
Treuman & Suzi Katz
Nora Kaufman
Ruth & Malvin Kaufman
Retha Ellen Keenan
Marcia Koslov
James Levitas
Norman J. Lewis & Myra L. Gordon
Harriet Litt
James Lockwood
Mrs. Ogniana Masser
Michelle Massie & Frederick Vettese
Mattlin Foundation
Renee J. Mayer
Allan McMurray & Judy Kaffka
Dr. Ernest & Patricia Meinhardt
Eunice & *Jerry Meister
William & Jane Melzer
Zan & Paul Merriman
Birgit E. Moller
Colonel & Mrs. Dave Mueh
Mr. James Nutter & Mr. Philip Burgess
Constance & John Nyhan
Ms. Caryl Olins
Jason & Rob Ollander-Krane
Mrs. Gilman Ordway
Cydney Osterman
Laurie & Mark Parkin
John & Gayle Perl
Norma Person
Rita & Robert Philip
Linda Pike
Vicki M. Rauscher
Susan & Arthur Rebell
*Theodore & Carol Robinson
Marcella Ruble
Elise Sacks
Gerald J. & Lucinda Schissler
Joseph & Dixie Schulman
*Gloria & Michael Scoby
Anneruth Serman
Jim & Toni Severson
Mrs. John C. Shevlin
Nancy & Stan Sibell
Evelyn & David Simon
Sheila Sloan & Ted Goldman
Jeffrey Sosnick & *Albert A. Carucci
Sally Sproat
Mike Steiner & John Burge
Ann & Robert Stevens
Kenneth Talmage & Jin Kim
Kory & Betty Teoman
Vicki & Michael Turoff
Julie Pehrson Tybout
Marsha and David Veit
Frank Wagner
Steve Walker
David & Marlyne Weiner
Alice & Jesse Weinger
Marysia Weiss, Ph.D. & Stuart Weiss
David & Troy Weissberg
Victoria M. Willock
Stephen Winters
Jane Woolley
Eileen & Lawrence Zoll
Supporter
$100-$999
Steven Acree & Jaesung Kim
Debbie Allen
Melvon Ankeny
Merle Arenson
Judith Baenen
*Michael & Lee Bard
Bill Barrick & Roy Wald
Dr. James Barry
Phyllis & Peter Bart
Gudrun Bauer-Farr
Cash & Betty Baxter
Darryl K. Beach
Jonathan R. Beard & Grace Nordhoff
Helen Risom Belluschi
John R. Benfield M.D. & Mary Ann Shaw
Zeev & Shoshanna Berger
Melinda & Harvey Bernstein
Marlene & Bert Bilsky
Al Bloch & Fefe Passer
Dr. Charles & Mrs. Lynne Bomzer
Barbara & Ronald Borden
Janet Hartzler Braslow, M.D.
Ann Broadwell
Minette Brown
Richard E. Brown
David & Kathryn Bruce
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Bryman
David Burnett & Kenneth Walker
Sue Cameron
Anne Camil
Dr. Rich Cansdale
Daniel Carey & Michael Thigpen
Bonnie Carmell
Penny Carpenter
Brenlee Carrington Trepel, K.C. &
Brent Trepel
Bruce Cervone
Judy Chilnick & E.J. Oshins
Joanne & Bill Chunowitz
Joana G. Ciurash
Joan & Frank Cohee
Bram Conley
J. Patrick Cooney & Karl Buchberg
Corinne & Roger Coplan
Dr. Gerald & Marianne Corey
Irene Corne
James V. Daber & Robin L. Goode
Judy & Lee Davidson
Edwina Davis
John Martin Deely
Nicholas Delgado
Ingrid DeMarta & Judy Osborne
Sally Cherry Dempsey
Svanhild Dolin
Deborah Dooley & Paul Mittermeyer
Mark & Sarah Douglas
Sheila Dulin
Janice Dunn
Jane Effress & Harvey Lambert
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Ellzey
Karen Engman
John & Noella Farrauto
Lorraine & Ron Farro
Robert Feferman & Steven Bing
Jeanette & Saul Fein
Hank Finesilver
Frances & John Fleckenstein
Larry Fox & Gail Baum
Arva & Robert Frank
Jacob Frick & William Pape
Sara Galloway
Adrienne Garland
Joe Giarrusso & Charlie Paglia
Barbara & Peter Gleissner
Carol Glickman
Gay G. Goerz
Susan B. Goldberg
Deborah & Sidney Goldman
Philip & Carol Goldsmith
Thorey & Barry Goldstein
Joseph Gole
Steve & Carolyn Goodfriend
Dr. & Mrs. Edward E. Gordon
Daniel & Kathy Greenberg
Dr. Robert & *Maxine Greenstein
Stephanie & Tom Greer
Joyce Grim
Peter & Marla Gropper
Lianne Gulka
Diane & Cynthia Gunn
Robin & Eric Hananel
Rod & Diane Hassett
Grace Heilig
George & Libby Henrich
Carole Herrera
Barbara & Murray Hirsch
Robert & Lorna Houck
Penny Hudnut & Stephen Schoenfeld
Jim & Kay Hughes
Antonius Jansen
Michael Jennis & Michael Butler
Al Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Sang Kahng
Linda Kanter
Bruce Karp & Dr. Stephen Goldstone
Jim Karpiak
Fran Kaufman
Sheila W. Keeshin
Sheldon & Barbara Kent
Stan & Denise Kessel
Maxine & Joe Kirshenbaum
Karen Klein
Jeanette H. Kleist
David Klingenberger & Dan Weisberg
Dr. & Mrs. George H. Koenig
Diane M Kolasinski
Phillip & Darlene Kraft
Martin & Judy Krasnov
Dr. & Mrs. Walter F. Krengel Jr.
Richard & Dena Krown
Kenneth & Anne Laconde
Jo Laird & I. Michael Danoff
Edward Ledding
Robert Lehman & Christopher Mathews
Robert & Joyce Leppen
Bette & Steven Levine
Bill & Risa Levine
Dr. Robert & Kay Levine
Dolly & Julian Levy
Gary & Ann Marie Lindstrom
Bonny & Drew Link
Laura & Martin Lipshutz
David Lopez
Robert & Carol Lowitz
Laurel Malkin & David Folk
Marliyn Malkin
Marilyn S. Marker
Dr. Robert B. & Suzanne J. Martin
Patricia & Richard May
Nicky & *Lester Mayber
Nick McCully
Joseph & Shirley McEvoy
Jon & Marjorie McGihon
Mark McGowan &
Didona Marcinkevicius
Pamela & Eugene McGuire
Michael McLaughlin & John Wieland
Barbara Melcher
Barbara & Richard Melcher
Joseph Migliore & Jane Udall
Kenneth Mikos & Douglas Rioth
Mr. Thomas Miller
James T. & Marianne D. Millican
Jeanie Mills
Martha & Mark Moench
Foong Mo Moon
Paula Moore & Matthew Accardo
Nancy Morrison
Michael H. Motherway
Fran Muir
Barbara & John Murray
Susan & Doug Myrland
Michael Napoli
Susan Nathan
Betty Nelson-Lahti
Rick & Virginia Newton
Marylin Noll
Miriam Nugit
Eva Cebulski Olivier
Jack & Sharin Orr
Dr. Marsha & *William Pachter
Shelley & John Page
Michael Pagliaro
Elizabeth Parese
*W. Stuver Parry
David Peck & Dennis Duca
David H. Perrin
Dr. Christine Peters
Lynn & Jim Philpot
Mary Lou Pitcher
Susan Podolsky
Bob & Susan Pristave
Elyse Rabinowitz & Jim Porter
Diane Rader
Martha Ranney & Steven Martin
Melinda Raphael Goodman
Nancy Rapoport & Mal Rudner
Miriam & Ira Raskin
Joan Reid & Steve Frankel
Gisela & Nelson Reid
Paul Reid & Tom Hartnett
Michael Reynolds
Robert Rimac
Rebecca Ringer & William Cohon
Robert Rogers
Elizabeth & Stephen Rosen
Dr. & Mrs. Mark E. Rosenberg
Leslie Roth
Susan & John Rothschild
Dr. Joan RuBane
Ellen & William Sachs
Dario Sacramone & John Pariseau
Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Sanderson
Robert G. Sanderson
Howard Sayette
Mariana Scarcella & James Slagter
Alan & Sherie Schneider
Jeffrey Schneider
Judith Schurr
Judith Schwartz
Trudy Schwartz
Sanford Seplow & Susan Walpert
Sharon Seraphin & Ulf Lokke
Steven Shaer
Linda & Stephen Sharp
Christa Siegel
Michael Sonduck & David Zeligson
Robert M. Speaks
Fred & Roman Stark
Marie Staudhammer
Diane D. Stauffer
Chuck Steinman & John Marksbury
Dr Tom & Sherry Stevens
Susan Surber
Hilary Swirsky
Robert Tannenbaum
Barbara W. Thormann
Jim & Linda Tjaden
Donna Toulmin
Jane Townsend & *Alan Gross
Pauline Trimarco
Joseph A. Trunk
Elizabeth Tucker & Mikael Jacobson
Leslie & Dr. Barry Usow
Mark & Janet van Hartesvelt
André van Niekerk & Steven Rogers
Paula & Daniel Voorhees
Susan & John Walker
Judy Wallis
Sandra Wetrich & Max Davis
Steven White & Nickolas Contento
Joanna Whittaker
Lita June Widran
Mary & Jim Wilson
Robbie Winick
DeAnn Young
Ellen Yuracko
*In Memoriam