The Best of Friends
The Blue Ridge Orchestra owes everything we do to our fantastic and devoted Friends. Their support is directly responsible for keeping the orchestra on the stage, and we couldn’t be more grateful. We offer heartfelt thanks to every single person who shares their time, energy, and generosity with us.
Business Friends
Friends of the Blue Ridge Orchestra
BUSINESSES
Platinum ($2,500+)
Arts Avl, Buncombe County, NC Arts Council
Mosaic Community Lifestyle Realty
Souther Williams Vineyard
Gold ($1000+)
Kathy Kmonicek Photography
The Organic Mechanic
Silver ($500+)
HomeTrust Bank
Prestige Subaru
Whistle Hop Brewing Co.
Bronze ($250+)
Asheville Pediatric Associates P.A.
Asheville Elevated Photography
Colton Mattress Factory
Eclipse Salon
Gillespie Dental Associates
Manicomio Pizza & Food
The Palmer Company
Rickenbacker Violins
White Labs Brewing Co.
INDIVIDUALS
SUSTAINERS ($2500+)
In Memoriam: Chuck Cole and Nancy Yeager Cole
The Margarete W. Moon Endowment
Cadenza Fund
Francee & Richard Healy
Keith Keener
Gary Spaulding & Deb Kenney
Ben Trotter
BENEFACTORS ($1000+)
Gary Anderson
Karen Cianciulli
Elizabeth & Andy Glatstein
Ruth Hall
Gail Gregg Jolley
Anne (Rooney) McKenzie: In honor of Casey Coppenbarger
Ann & Jerry McLellan
Miles for Music
Kay Rouse
Craig T. Smith
Melon Wedick & Jonathan Stockdale
Gary Ticknor & Linda Lutz
PATRONS ($500+)
Anonymous
Paul Alexander: In honor of Carlton Alexander, oboe
Arnold & Marguerite S. Brown
Randolph & Martha Carson
Anna & Jules Nagy
C. David Pomeroy, Jr.: In memory of Cait Pomeroy
David & Kay Kuroda Teague
SUPPORTERS ($250+)
Paula Akbar: In honor of Dorothy Lindgren McCormick
Nancy Bourne & Terry Agner
Meredith & Peter Candler
Gene and Lee Casey
Bruce G. & Judith H. Clark
Alberto Colonia & George Hunker
Casey & Nancy Coppenbarger
Rich & Holly D'Amour
Ed Davis & Brad Edmonds
Deborah K. Delano- In honor of Gary Spaulding & Deb Kenney
Day Ann & Bruce Emory
Martha Fugate
Marian & Thomas Jerdee
Charlie & Shirley Mitchell
Brenda Phetteplace: In memory of Tom Trout
Richard & Sandra Purdy
Fred & Jean Riggs: In honor of MJ & Daniel Leich
Tamara & Mark Rohrer
BJ Sharp
Kirsten Sikkelee & Paul Walker: In honor of Abby Walker
Stephen Snap
Doris Sotirellis
Sissel Topple: In honor of Concertmaster, Paula Akbar
Sarah Van Gunten
INDIVIDUALS
BACKERS ($100+)
Anonymous
Carlton Alexander: In memory of Leone S. Alexander
Dennis Ash & Sarah Lashlee
Charles & Stephanie Baer
Luther Barnhardt
Katherine Blackburn
Charles & Beverly Briedis- In honor of Ruth Hall
Janice Brown & David Goldsmith
Sylvia Cassel
Mr. & Mrs. Dudley Cate
Sarah Cifani
Bill & Meg Clontz
Susan Cohen
Amber & Brian Cook
Warren & Diane Edwards
Howie & Barb Fiedler
Stephen Frost
George & Rachel Hahn
Jean Allen Harvey: In honor of Mari Hashimoto
Valerie Hogstrom
Jane Lysko Isbey
Charles Johnson & Leslie Bennis
Andrew & Hilary Krueger
Heather G. Krueger, MD
Doug Kruger
David Lehlbach & Heather Miracle
Frederick & Martha Lehlbach
Meredith Lenell
Scott & Elizabeth Malbon
Diana Martelly
Karen Matluck, MD
Margaret McAlister
Victoria E. Mobberly
Cameron Peck
James F. & Dee Dee Perkins: In honor of Milton Crotts
Jack & Susan Pierce
Ruth Planey & Stephen Boyer: In honor of Craig Smith
Stephen M. Robinson
Sharon Rodgers: In honor of Justin Landry
Cheryl Russell
Suzanne & Norman Schneiderman
Bob & Florence Sharp
David Slobodin & Jane Fant
Janet Spletzer
Alexandra Stark: In memory of Henry H. Rousseau
Leslie Starkey
Sanford Stoddard
Ken & Joyce Stoppelbein
Donley & Susan Studlar
William Waff
Gary& Rosalyn Wasserman
Shirley & Michael Waterkotte
James Weikart
Courtland & Cathryn White
Bob & Mary Williamson
Carolyn & Hamish Ziegler
INDIVIDUALS
ASSOCIATES ($50+)
Anonymous
Judith Albertson & David Bird
Deborah and Jose' Alvarez
Tinder Kurtz Burris
Mary Brady
Dr. Louis Dwarshuis & Dr. Marilyn Kolton-Dwarshuis
Peggy & Kurt Eckel
Tom & Jan Fife
Charlie & Tricia Franck
Jean Haggar
Victor Harabin
Karen Herrell
Harris Hunter
Mack Johnston
Kenneth D. Kahn
Kris Kramer
Justin Landry
Mary Jo LaPorte
Bobbi Laratta
Dan Leich
Louis Lieb
Bea Lothrop
Bradford Malbon
Jeanne Marsh
Ethel & Garry Mayer
Merritt & Madeline Moseley
Sylvia Nissley
Sharon R. Parker
Billie Prosser
Ed Ramey
Anne Russell
Eric & Patricia Sands
Janet Schlaufman
Nicole Stallings
Robert & Pat Stolz
Steven & Sara Storck
Michelle Summey
Mary Thomas
Thomas Tookey
Laura Williamson
Tyrus Wilson
Wink & Venny Zachritz
CONTRIBUTORS ($1+)
Kenzie Alexander & Dillon Hopper
Barbara Bewernitz
Stephen Canner
Tina Jenkins
Ann F. Kieffer: In honor of Franklin Keel
Carol Marin
Waltraut & James Muldrow
Ingeborg Robert
Joan Dwayne Skolimowski