"a beautifully blended, thoroughly unified sound"

Allan Kozinn, New York Times

CONTRIBUTORS TO THE ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

List current as of March 2025. Please inform us of any mistakes or omissions, which are unintentional.

The generosity of its many patrons allows the Oratorio Society to continue its more than 150 year legacy as New York’s standard for grand choral performance. For more information about giving opportunities, contact the Society at development@osny.org.

The Woodside Circle

The Woodside Circle was established in memory of the Society’s long-time director, Lyndon Woodside. Joining the Woodside Circle with a three-year commitment makes you a member of a community that tangibly ensures the continuing success of the Oratorio Society of New York. Woodside Circle contributions enable the Society to engage in long-range planning, produce innovative programs, sponsor programs to provide financial support and coaching experience to young professionals, produce recordings, and more.

During the concert season, Woodside Circle members are invited to participate in special events such as an annual dinner, an end of season party, and special tours and performances. When the chorus performs abroad, the Woodside Circle hosts a reception for current and prospective members.

woodside circle Levels of Giving

Maestro $10,000 and above
Virtuoso $5,000-$9,999
Grazioso $3,000-$4,999
Arioso $1,500-$2,999

Damrosch Circle

Create your own musical legacy! Join the Damrosch Circle and help to sustain and build on the Oratorio Society’s musical traditions. Including the Society in your estate planning can provide you with significant tax advantages while benefiting singers and audiences for generations to come. To discuss the inclusion of the Society in your estate planning, please email us at development@osny.org.

All gifts are recognized in performance programs and on the website and help ensure that the Society is able to continue its tradition of presenting great choral performances.

The Oratorio Society of New York is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Additional information for contributors, underwriting, planned giving, and other ways to support the concert season: development@osny.org

Corporate & Foundation

The Elizabeth Fernald Allen Family Foundation

The Casement Fund

The Kaplen Brothers Fund

PSEG

Women’s Empowerment Networking Group in honor of the memory of Richard Alan Pace

Susan Zwanger & Steve Karger *

damrosch circle

Dorothea Brady

Simon Dratfield

and others marked with #

Over $10,000

Jennifer Herring & Fernand Brunschwig *

Martha Hess & Michael Dolinger

Richard & Lois Pace Charitable
& Cultural Fund *#

Bruce Patrick *#

Denise Littlefield Sobel in honor of Jody Spellun

Estate of Theodore Voelker

Albert Watson *#

Susan Zwanger & Steve Karger *

$5,000 – $9,999

Katherine S. Cahill *

Bill & Lesleigh Forsyth *#

Susan & Alexander Lotocki de Veligost *

Robin Ludwig *

Sara Sonne Roberts & Donald Roberts

Deirdre & Christopher Schell *

Michele & Michael Wolfson *

$3,000 – $4,999

Patricia Hopkins *#

Suky K. Kwak *

Phyllis Lusskin *

Shereen Taylor-Berger & Steven Berger *

Mina Tulchinsky

Judith E. & Mary A. Vaughn Williams *#

$1,500 – $2,999

Richard Aftanas

Linda Amster

Anne-Marie Audet *#

Gyasi N. Barber *

Nathaniel Barber

Karin & Henry Barkhorn in honor of Bruce Patrick

Barbara Barnes *#

Jay Benzon *

Lisa Cecchini *

Miriam Cohen

Robert Conley & Evan Fein *#

Yona M. Corn *

Julie & Colin Cropper *

Rick Donner *

Penelope Foley

Stephen H. Gardner Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation

Deborah Griffin

Doug Harrison *

Patricia & Jay Jacobson *

Dean Kevlin *

Mary Kevlin *

Mary-Jo Knight & Michael Parish *#

Florence C. Long *#

John Matjucha & Joselyn Gonzalez *

DiAnn Pierce *

Janet Plucknett *#

Elke & Casey Raskob *

David Robb *

Anne & Larry Sandberg *

Gary Schieneman & Susan B. Fisher *#

Susan Smodish *

Bente Strong in memory of Mette Strong

Kent Tritle & Arthur Fiacco in memory of Richard Pace

Christina & Oscar Vallejo *

Laura Vecchione & Daniel Tranchina *

Karin & Bob Wiseman *#

Hyung-Gon Paul Yoo *

Margaret Young *

Frances Zawilski

$500 – $1,499

Anonymous

Eva Bachrach

David Beek

Tina & David Byrne Gonzalez

Caroline Coleman

Matt Fremont-Smith

Catherine M. Green

Angel Gardner

Claudia & Steve Huter

Rob Knapp & Helena Meyer-Knapp

Karl F. Lauby

Kate Levin

Josh and Tess Lewis

Nicholas W. Lobenthal

The Matheny-Waechter Family Fund in honor of Suky Kwak

Karen McCahill

Kathryn McCarthy in honor of Bente Strong

Ora McCreary

Carol McMillan in honor of DiAnn Pierce #

Diane & Alan Meltzer #

Claudia Mooij

Brian R. & Marianne S. Percival

Elizabeth & Michael Simpson

Connie Steensma and Rick Prins in honor of Bente Strong

$100 – $499

Blessing Agunwamba

Anonymous (x2)

Anonymous in honor of Mary Kevlin

Jill Arbetter in memory of Richard Levine

Carol Auerbach in memory of Richard Levine

Susan Brown

Marion Buchbinder

Kathleen M. Burke in memory of Mary Braunsdorf

Kate Bushmann

Lisa Cecchini in honor of Ted Kuck

Nancy and John Cline

Jennifer Coury

Barbara Edmondson in memory of Marie Barrett

Kathryn (Kate) Gerlach

Jonathan Havel

Laura Hogan

Arthur H. Hopkirk

Richard Kreuter

Robert Krinsky & Carol Herselle

Shea Scanlon Lomma

Renée Anne Louprette in memory of Richard Pace

Salesha Mahadeo

Kelly Mooij

Kristin Moore

Stephen & Mary Anne Nelson in honor of David Rosenmeyer

Ruth G. Nolan & Bruce McKenna

Cesar Pereira

Sean Petersen in honor of Stephen Vann

Gary & Enid Press

Stephen P. Radacinski in memory of Lila Deis Lauby

Roger Rahtz

Eileen Richter

Alan Schaplowsky

Karen Simon-Leff in honor of Dr. Sanford Leff

Dr. & Mrs. Fred B. Smith

Robert Storch in honor of Charlotte Storch

Martha D. Trowbridge

Stephen Vann & Lindsay Fasano

Lisa Waterworth

Albert Watson in memory of Mary Braunsdorf

Albert Watson in honor of Bob Conley

Albert Watson in memory of Richard Putter

Jeff Wells in memory of Mary Braunsdorf

Up to $99

Anonymous (x2)

Marion Barak in memory of Richard Levine

Richard Barcham & Prema Samuel in honor of Fred Smith

Oliver Caplan

Marie Colella

Marjorie Crandell in honor of Charles Wray Crandell Sr, Jr, + 3rd

Marguerite Duprieu

Rosemary & Alan Eckard

Kari & Kamal Elias

Ellyn & Robert Leverone in memory of Pegi Goodman

Ellyn & Robert Leverone in memory of David Leverone

Hannah Margolies

Florence Maynard

Patricia Park in honor of Mary Vaughn

Susan Rothschild in memory of Colony Elliot Santangelo

Sara & Youssef Squali in memory of Richard Levine

Ellie Tewlow

Terry & Jane Woolums

Donations made in memory of Brian R. Percival

Samuel Berg

Michael D. Caratzas

Elaine Emling

Harley & Kate Kooker

Jeanine McPartlin

Alan & Diane Meltzer

DiAnn Pierce

Anne & Melvin Siegel

Elizabeth & Michael Simpson

Christina & Oscar Vallejo

Albert Watson

Dorothy Young

Donations made in memory of Dorli Tallmann

Tina & David Byrne Gonzalez

Katherine S. Cahill

Nancy & John Cline

Julie Cropper

William & Lesleigh Forsyth

Catherine M. Green

Deborah Griffin

Jennifer Herring & Fernand Brunschwig

Peter Howland

Lynne Kaufmann

Marcia Kelly

Carole & Richard Kjellsen

Ellyn & Robert Leverone

Florence C. Long

Carol McMillan

Kristin Moore

DiAnn Pierce

Michele Pierce

Deirdre & Christopher Schell

Karen Sutton

Elaine Terrell

Joe & Becky Thigpen

Albert Watson

Karin & Bob Wiseman

Donors to the American Voices Trilogy Benefit

Maria Abeshouse

Christopher Angell

Robin & Ralph Arditi

Sarah Banker

Lidia M. Bastianich Foundation

Phillip Bettencourt & Jared Dworken

Diane Britz Lotti

Caroline Coleman

Maneesh Deshpande

Gale Epstein

Leslie & Bill Forsyth

Jennifer Herring

Susan & Alexander Lotocki de Veligost

Phyllis Lusskin

Susan Mackenzie

Kathryn McCarthy

Elizabeth Munson

Michael & Liza Musgrave

Gloria Neuwirth

Margaret Osius

Rudolph Rauch

Frederic Rich

Jonathan & Diana Rose

Cathy Schleussner

Connie Steensma & Rick Prins

Bente Strong

Maureen Testa

Hazel Weiser

2024 AUCTION DONORS

Richard Aftanas

Gyasi Barber

Barbara Barnes

Elizabeth Berwick

Gina Bratter

Susan Brown

Sister Patricia Bruck

Fernand Brunschwig

Katherine S. Cahill

Judith Cascone

Lisa Cecchini

Robert Conley & Evan Fein

Malena Dayen

Rick Donner

Tim Dwight

Leslie Fagan

Amir Farid

Jim Finder

Michiyo Fisher & Ron McClure

Bill & Lesleigh Forsyth

Adrienne Giardiniere

Alex Golaj, V&T Restaurant and Pizzeria

Barbara Harrington

Jennifer Herring

Martha Hess & Michael Dolinger

Patricia Hopkins & Carlo Zaskorski

Arthur Hopkirk

Theresa Hubbard

Mary Kevlin

Karl Lauby

Sanford Leff

Ellyn & Robert Leverone

Jane Levi

Elizabeth Levine

Nicholas Lobenthal

Susan & Alexander Lotocki de Veligost

Phyllis Lusskin

Annika Many

Karen McCahill

Ora McCreary

Alan & Diane Meltzer

Maria Miller

Kristin Moore

Ruth G. Nolan & Bruce McKenna

Katrin Naelapaa

Lois Pace

MaryJo Pagano

Marianne Percival

DiAnn Pierce

Silvia Zerbio Pillitteri

Gretchen Pingel

Janet Plucknett

Elke & Casey Raskob

Eileen Richter & Paul Livant

Jennifer Ritter & Daniel Katz

Lita Robinson

Mitchell Rodbell

David Rosenmeyer

Michael Sagalyn

Anne Griffin Sandberg

Deirdre Schell

Curtis Scott

Maria Silva, Maz Mezcal

Charles Stewart & Brittney Wetzel

Bente Strong

Shereen Taylor-Berger & Steve Berger

Eleanor Tewlow

Kent Tritle

Mina Tulchinsky

Oscar & Christina Vallejo

Judith E. & Mary A. Vaughn Williams

Laura Vecchione & Daniel Tranchina

John Verkuilen

Sharon Webb

Karin Wiseman

Michele Wolfson

Margaret Young

Susan Zwanger & Steve Karger

The Oratorio Society gratefully acknowledges the support and assistance of BNY Mellon and Davis Polk.​​

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.