your support.

GIFTS OF $50,000 AND UP

The Living Composer Circle

Living Composer’s Lifespan: Still Kicking. Music is alive. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the works of our present day. New works give us the perspective to appreciate that all music was once new, surprising, and even shocking. By performing and championing the works of our musical present, we are better able to appreciate the masterpieces of the past.

GIFTS OF $20,000 TO $49,999

The Josef Haydn Circle

Haydn’s Lifespan: 77 years. Haydn was the most prolific composer of symphonic and chamber music during the Classical Era. He invented the String Quartet and perfected the form in his mature works. “Papa” Haydn, as he was known, lived to the ripe age of 77 and is considered to be the father of chamber music as we know it.

• Anonymous, In Honor of Albert Marshall’s Dedication To Our Festival

• Darcie Furlan

• Susan Monahan & Mark Brucks

GIFTS OF $10,000 TO $19,999

The Clara Schumann Circle

Clara Schumann’s Lifespan: 76 years. A virtuoso pianist, patient mentor to both her husband Robert and her dear friend Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann was also a composer of exquisite refinement, nowhere more so than in her chamber music.

• Alison & Norman Bell

• Michael D. Martin

GIFTS OF $5,000 TO $9,999

The Johannes Brahms Circle

Brahms’ Lifespan: 63 years. Brahms was perhaps the most influential composer of symphonic and chamber music in the nineteenth century after Beethoven. The variety, breadth, and beauty of his chamber music, as well as his contributions as a teacher, make him a towering figure on the musical landscape.

• Banner Bank

• Iain, Rebekka, Adam & Timothy Christie, in loving memory of Stephanie Christie

• John Jamison & Kathy Wildermuth*

• David Meeker*

• Heather Morado & Ahmed Shihab*

GIFTS OF $2,500 TO $4,999

The Ludwig van Beethoven Circle

Beethoven’s Lifespan: 56 years. Beethoven cast a long shadow across the nineteenth century and beyond. His late string quartets remain revolutionary works to this day. Despite his deafness, Beethoven did more to change the course of music than any other composer.

• Beth Barbre & John Mangan

• Columbia REA

• Mike & Sue Gillespie*

• Cathy Lee-Haight & Michael Haight

• Albert Marshall

• Sepehr Steven Maxood MD PhD

• Brad Anderson & Kay Mead

• Brenda Ramirez

• Dick & Julie Swenson

GIFTS OF $1,000 TO $2,499

The Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Circle

Tchaikovsky's lifespan: 53 years. Tchaikovsky was a melodist of endless invention. Though we know him by the cannon fire of his “1812 Overture,” Tchaikovsky truly reveals himself through his music for the great indoors, his chamber music.

• Kris & Tim Barry*

• Cecile & Rick Ervin*

• Estate of Bryan Ford

• Amelia & Dan Grinstead

• Jamie Guerin & Ingrid Heintzberger-Vu

• Anne Haley & Jim Shepherd

• Edward & Karleen Heintzberger

• Jim Johnson

• Jane & Jeff Kreitzberg

• Port of Walla Walla

• John Sampen & Marilyn Shrude, in memory of Stephanie Christie

• Douglas & Malinda Saturno*

• Margo & Tom Scribner

• Ronald Van Yserloo

GIFTS OF $500 TO $999

The Felix Mendelssohn Circle

Mendelssohn’s Lifespan: 38 years. Mendelssohn’s contributions include rediscovering the music of Bach and pioneering new forms, such as “Songs Without Words.” Mendelssohn both protected the legacy of the past and looked to the future.

• Anonymous

• Anonymous*

• Anitra & Thomas Breit*

• Cindy & Dick Clover

• Sarma & Tom Davidson

• Marilyn & Robert Franklin

• Karen Hedine

• Margaret Jamison, with thanks to Timothy Christie

• Ann Johnson

• Rebekka Christie Sharma & Karun Sharma, in memory of our beloved Stephanida Christie

• La Dessa Smelcer, in memory of Dale Smelcer

• Kelly Reynolds

GIFTS OF $300 TO $499

The Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Circle

Mozart’s Lifespan: 35 years. His every work a pearl, every musical gesture a poem, Mozart is perfection.

• Becky Burad

• Fred & Genie Crowe

• Laura Curtis & David Glenn

• Gene Dixon & Tim Theriac

• Timothy Machonkin

• Fiona Mak

• Barbara & Bill Manierre

• John Tombari

• Jill & Robert Zagelow

GIFTS OF $100 TO $299

The Franz Schubert Circle

Schubert’s lifespan: 31 years. A prolific composer of songs, Schubert took chamber music to lyrical heights.

• Richard Alan

• Diane & Robert Alexander*

• Anonymous*

• Jon & Mary Campbell*

• Wayne Chabre & Jeanne McMenemy*

• Liz Conover, in honor of Timothy Christie

• Joyce & Ted Cox*

• Brian Dohe

• Leila El-Wakil

• Margaret Eubanks

• Bill Eyestone*

• Larry Hoof & Kathy Foster Fund*

• Jeanine Johnston*

• Sharon & Timothy Kaufman-Osborne*

• Linnea & Robert Keatts*

• Patrick Keef & Nancy Mitchell*

• Mary & Michael Luce*

• Janet & Robert Miller

• Joyce Muzzall

• Greg Nelson*

• Priscilla Nicolaysen

• Michael Reese & Amy Watkins

• Jan Roberts

• Jan Rolfe

• Candace Rose*

• Diane Royce, in memory of Susan Johnson

• Kathy Ruggeri*

• Larissa Shepard, in loving memory of my dear sister, Stephanie Christie

• Robynne Snow & Peter Viavant

• Karen Szall*

• Stephen & Suzanne Towery*

• Suzanne Watnick & Max Ball*

• Andy Zahl, in honor of Kathryn Zahl

• Kathryn Zahl, in memory of cellist Stevie McDougal

GIFTS OF UP TO $99

The Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Circle

Pergolesi’s Lifespan: 26 years. Though short-lived, Pergolesi was a prolific composer of operatic, sacred, and chamber music. His “Stabat Mater” has been performed annually on Good Friday in Naples, Italy, for almost 300 years.

• Emily Asmus*

• Douglas & Karen Bayne*

• Earl & Sandra Blackaby, in memory of Myrna Mullard

• Gloria M. Burkhardt, in memory of Ginette Guerin

• Chelanne Brown, in memory of Sigrid Grinius, Spokane Symphony pianist

• Cathy Carkner & Craig S Heacock

• Ann Berner Counsell & Richard Counsell*

• Nancy Driver*

• Melissa Gearman & Ronald Tokar

• William Hickey

• Stacia Peterson*

• David Schober

• Jenny & John Stratton*

• Jonathan Travis*

• Donald & Valerie Weaver

How we acknowledge the generosity of our beloved audience:

• All entries are alphabetical by last name within each circle.

• When couples share a last name, entries are arranged alphabetically by first name.

• When couples have different last names, entries are sorted alphabetically by last name within each entry.

The fiscal year of the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival is September 1 to August 31. This donor list reflects contributions made September 1, 2025 through May 12, 2026. In cases where a donor made more than one gift during this period, the assignment to a giving circle is based on the total of their contributions. Gifts with dedications are recognized individually and not aggregated.

An asterisk (*) indicates a gift made at least partially through the Blue Mountain Community Foundation’s Valley Giving Guide. A special thank you to the Blue Mountain Community Foundation for managing the Guide, providing additional funds, and covering transaction fees through the Bonus Pool.

* Valley Giving Guide