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Wisconsin Conservatory of Music is deeply grateful to all sponsors and donors for their support of our mission

These gifts make it possible to serve more than 12,000 students in the Greater Milwaukee area through private and group lessons at 3 WCM locations, as well as 50+ Community Partner sites. The following list reflects donors who have given between September 1, 2025 – July 1, 2026.

Thank you for helping us inspire individuals and communities through exceptional music education, accessible to all!

Individual, Corporation, Foundation, and Government Giving

$50,000 and Above

Bader Philanthropies
Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation
Henry and Suzanne Herzing
Katharine Mallin
Jack Miller and Courtenay Kessler
Schwartz Family Foundation

$25,000-$49,999

Mike and Laura Arnow
Carol A. Gehl
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
     Adelaide F. Banaszynski Fund
     Mary L. Nohl Fund
The Herzing Foundation
Michael J. Schmitz
Kate and Don Wilson

$10,000-$19,999

Anonymous
Associated Bank
Baird Foundation, Inc.
Ralph Evinrude Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
     Elvita E. Clementi Fund
     Mary Corcoran Music Scholarship Fund
Kate Hauser
Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation
Johnson Financial Group
Patricia and Gordon Pierce
David and Julia Uihlein
United Performing Arts Fund, Inc.

$5,000-$9,999

Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
Jim Caraway
City of Milwaukee Arts Board
Felcenera Charitable Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation
The Gardner Foundation
Camille and Adolph G. Laubenstein Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
Judith J. Goetz
Douglas M. Hagerman
Heil Family Foundation
Herbert H. Kohl Charities, Inc
Laskin Family Foundation
Milwaukee County CAMPAC
Chris and Susan Nolte
Rhonda and Greg Oberland
Ulice Payne Jr.
Phyllis D. and Wayne Spaeth
The Bert L. and Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust
Versant Solutions
Terrence and Catherine Wilkinson

$2,500-$4,999

Cherchian Family Foundation, Inc.
The Marjorie L. Christiansen Foundation
CMRignite
Stephen Delahunt
Rhonda Downey
Dalibor and Jacquelyn Drummer
Jane Fuller
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
     Tom Green Fund
     George and Nancy Sedloff Fund
     Bernard J. and Marie E. Weiss Fund
Hintz Giuffre CPAs S.C.
Jayne and Michael Hladio
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation
Milwaukee Bucks
Orion Motors
Pat Rieselbach
Tabak Law
Eric and Terri Tillich
UMB Bank
Wendell and Anne Willis
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Wilfred W. Wollner Jr.

$1,000-$2,499

Sharee Allain and David Schertz
Anonymous
The Appenzeller Family
Kathy Armbruster
Leigh Barker-Cheesebro
Robert Cleary
James and Mary Connelly
Connie and Kamal Daya Gift Fund
Patrick Dunphy
Virginia Eades
Albert J. and Flora H. Ellinger Foundation, Inc.
Fresh Coast Jazz Festival
Thomas and Sally Gawle
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
     JayKay Fund
     Lewis and Kathryn Weiner Ed Fund
Goode Family Charitable Fund
Edward Hammond
Michael and Jennifer Hansen
Lynn Heimbruch
William and Marguerite Helmers
Judith Hessel
Alex Jensen and Bethany Schmid
Gary and Judy Jorgenson
Kathryn and Matthew Kamm
Mary and Ted Kellner
Kolaga Family Charitable Trust
Eric Krismer
Gilbert Krueger
Jason and Leah Kuwayama
Dr. Syneathia and Robert LaGrant
Kate Lewis and Scott Silet
Maryanna Meikrantz
Patrick and Mary Murphy
Richard Pauls
Clare M. Peters Charitable Trust
Tom Russell
Saint John's On The Lake
Carol and Kevin Schuele
Jan Serr and John Shannon
Laura and Jay Sorensen
Evan Timmermann
Gile and Linda Tojek
We Energies Foundation
Donald Zien
Herbert B. Zien and Elizabeth K. Levins

$500-$999

Akel Akel
The Estate of John Barajas
Patricia A. Barwig
William and Barbara Boles
John Bolger
Jeff Bowles
Enrique and Jennifer Breceda
Bruce and Maggie Barr
Michael Burkhardt
John P. Clausen
Genyne Edwards and Antonio Butts
Mary and John Emory Sr.
Laura and John Emory Jr.
Jeff and Lisa Featherstone
Rachel Fritz
Dr. Frank and Cheryl Galka
Anna Clair and George Gaspar
Arvind Gopalratnam and Brenda Long
Mark and Julia Harrington
Margarete and David Harvey
Mary E. Hauser and Jerry Randall
Stephen Kaniewski and Judith Peck
Susan Kasten
Gordon and Jean Lang
Shirah Levine
Susan LeVine and Kevin Mackey
Sanford and Judith Mallin Donor Advised Fund
Brian Packham
Blaine Eugene Rieke
Mark Schoenfeld
Richard Schreiner
Jennifer Sheehy
Brent and Mindy Sullivan
Jack Sullivan and Penny Klitzkie
Fred and Leigh Tabak
Mr. Carl Robert Tisone
United Way of Greater Milwaukee
Susan and Andrew Varela
Steve and Tricia Zimmel

$250-$499

Anonymous (2)
Julie Baron
Donald and Donna Baumgartner
Matthew Brophy
Todd and Megan Brown
Terry Burko and David Taggart
Rick and Dixie Deines
Kevin Delahunt
Linda Edelstein
Myra Edwards
Alli Engelsma-Mosser and Jeff Mosser
Lee Erickson
Michelle and Scott Godden
Margie Haeworth
Marilyn Haker
Michael Hilbert
Dolores Holman
Tina Johnson
Dave Klante
Karen Kubiak
Tom and Wendy Luljak
Lois Malawsky
Patricia Parsons
Benjamin and Kristen Pavlik
Paula Pergl
June Perry-Stevens and Bill Stevens
Mary Beth Petersen
John and Jill Peterson
Emily K. and Mike Robertson
Paul Schmitz and Jennifer Frank
Sally Schwarz
Amanda and Shantanu Singh
Katie Smith
Jason Steigman
Gordon Vytlacil
Nicholas Watry
CJ Wauters

WCM appreciates the individuals from the following organizations who participated in their company’s employee giving program.

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City of Milwaukee Community Development
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
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United Way of Greater Milwaukee

In-Kind Gifts

In-kind giving supports accessible music education by providing supplies and refurbished instruments to students, helping them hone their skills through practice and discipline on their own instrument. The following list includes in-kind donors for this fiscal year, including those who participated in our 2026 Instrument Drive.

*2026 Instrument Drive donor

Anonymous (6)*
Laurie Arendt*
Robert Bennicoft*
Christine Blaine
Jennifer Blasiola*
Julie Brigham Viergutz*
Barbara Britten*
Jeffrey Buchholz
Carole Burns*
Lori and James Cameron
Kristin Chula*
Ed Curley*
Denise Daniels*
Janet Day
Cathy and Carol Debevec
Brian Dranzik*
Dr. Thomas G. and Maria Fenske
Susan Foran*
Karen George*
Patrice Henderson-Glad and James Glad*
Hannah Goodman
Mary Christina Grogan*
Susan Grosse*

Jessica Hager*
Candice Haight
Thomas Hester*
David and Stephanie Honan
Donald Horaitis
Veronica Jaeger*
Leslie Jahnke*
Arvid G. Johnson Jr.*
Derek Johnson*
Susan C. Johnston
Michael Jorn
Patrick Knapp
Margaret Krei
Beth Ann Kumer
Tomislav Kuzmanovic
Arrie Larsen Manti
Ellen Hing
Kathy Longhini
Leonard M. Lutzke*
Karen Maierle*
Nicole Marinelli
John T. Mart*
Linda Marten*
Wendy Melotik*

Nancy and Dody Noonan
Patti Nortrom*
Elizabeth O'Connell*
Lori Opichka*
Patricia and Gordon Pierce*
Piper Plummer
Karen Powelec
Clark Rendall*
Charlie and Susan Ritter*
Emily K. Robertson
Lynn Roginske*
Karen Rosio
Brian G. Schultz*
Sally Schwarz*
Parker Sear*
Tim Sett
Ili Subhan
Rodney and Carolyne Swain
Michael Uselmann*
Mary Washburne
Marie Weiss*
Kathryn West*

Tribute Gifts

The following list reflects donors who gave to memorialize or honor of an individual, organization, or program since April 1, 2025

Memorial

In Memory of Carl Henry and Joan Marie Anderson
     Michelle Marie Dietrich
In Memory of Mark Doornbosch
     Anonymous
In Memory of Hal Horneffer
     Anonymous
In Memory of Eva Jacob
     Chelsea R F Aibinder
In Memory of Robert LaPaz
     Bruce Larkin and Rose LaPaz Larkin
In Memory of Hal Mazzoni
     Paul and Mary Erickson
In Memory of Esther and Joseph Pollack
     Reesa and Irving Gottschalk
In Memory of Joe Russell
     Mary Lacy
In Memory of Arla Sahagian
     Jill Sahagian
In Memory of Francis Wasielewski
     Jill Baum
     Mary Baum
     Mary and Michael Bills
     Norma Lee Carroll
     Lucy Cooper
     Teresa Drews and Jason Mishelow
     Dianne Erickson
     Paul and Mary Erickson
     Daniel and Patricia Fetterley
     Carol Hauer
     Chuck Kahn and Patti Keating Kahn
     Cathy Kendrigan
     Duane and Jo Ann Kexel
     Dan and Susan Kirkham
     The Lars and Rebecca Klevan Fund
     Bill and Marian Nasgovitz
     Roger Ruggeri
     Susan Schrager
     Michelle St. Marie Boelkow
     Patty Stevenson
     Susan and Michael Mikos
     Olga Titko
     Tom and Patti Tole

Honor

In Honor of Kate Baldwin
     Sandra and Ronald Baldwin
In Honor of Lance Braun
     Celeste Lesch
In Honor of Die Kreuzen
     Jeremy Ampe
In Honor of John Hackbart
     Katherine Kieffer
In Honor of Ethan Hansen (The Coolest Drummer Around)
     J&M Technology
In Honor of Mary Horwitt
     Jeff Horwitt and Lauren Briggerman
In Honor of Sandy Horwitt
     Jeff Horwitt and Lauren Briggerman
In Honor of Stefanie Jacob and Scott Tisdel
     Barbara Hamilton
In Honor of Art Jaehnke (Dad)
     Colin Jaehnke
In Honor of The Jazz Program
     Yue Liu
In Honor of Judy Knoernschild
     Janette Moore
In Honor of Elizabeth J Kraniak
     John J. Kraniak III
In Honor of Tyler and Amanda Leahy
     Dana Schmidman
In Honor of Carol E. Mathews
     Daniel Alms
In Honor of Chris Ostergaard
     Avery Watts
In Honor of The Prometheus Trio
     Barbara Hamilton
In Honor of Alec Patrick Ripp
     Aaron Jonasen
In Honor of Rippy F
     Ashlyn Hurley
In Honor of Michael J. Schmitz
     James and Mary Connelly
     Virginia Eades
     Susan Kasten
     Blaine Eugene Rieke
In Honor of Carol Speckin
Randall Hernke
In Honor of Calvin Stokes
     Vinu George and Denise Laferriere
In Honor of Eric Tillich
     Stefanie Jacob and Scott Tisdel

For questions about this list or to contribute to Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, please contact:

Alli Engelsma-Mosser

Director of Advancement
414-459-3463
AEngelsma-Mosser@WCMusic.org

Email Alli

Yolanda G. Doney

Assistant Director of Development
414-459-3447
YDoney@WCMusic.org

Email Yolanda