DONORS & SUPPORTERS
GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL is grateful to the following individuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies for their annual contributions. This list reflects gifts made through September 1, 2026.
THE DR. M. Lee Pearce
Foundation
Media Sponsors
Orchestra | $100,000+
Paul M. Angell Foundation
Mellon Foundation
Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation
University of Rochester/
Eastman School of Music
Anonymous
Conductor | $50,000+
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Composer | $25,000+
Patrick C. Burke
William & Sheila Konar Foundation
The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation
Concert Master | $15,000+
Lee Koonce/ Theophilus-Rosa Foundation
Musician | $10,000+
David and Margaret Burns
Hal and Brenda Kaplan
Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts
Monroe County
Cedric Welch
Artist | $5,000+
Joan and Jeff Beal
Gabriel and Monica Bender
Shirley Blandino and Kevin Frick
Beverly J. Brown and Jerome P. Denno
Harry T. Burleigh Legacy Foundation
Susan Feder and Todd Gordon
Monica Meehan Mackey and Mark Holmes
Toni-Marie Montgomery
Paul Marc Ness and Pamela Miller Ness
Douglas and Diana Phillips
Marie Rolf
Sound Exchange
Edith Van Slyck
Kathleen Washington
Trumpets | $1,000+
Anonymous
LaTanya D. Afolayan
Cindy Aron
Coretta and Kenneth* Bigelow
Kearstin Piper Brown and Gareth Warren
Wayne S. Brown and Brenda E. Kee
Mary Burris
Stacey Caldwell
Mary Allison Callaway
Paige Cherry
Melanie Clarke
Carmen Coleman
Delbert Coward
Katherine DeCosta
Lance and Hope Drummond
Gregory Ewing
Mark and Chris Fitzstevens
Peter Flint/Shrieking Meadow Foundation
Emerson and Vernita Fulwood
Terry Griffin
Sonja Hanson
Sharon Hatchett
Barbara J. Jones
Shirley King
Lucas Klein
Alex and Utiki Laing
Edward J. Lewis III
Katherine Lewis
Patrick Macey
Marilyn Mackel and Shirley Thornton
Richard and Katleen Magere
James McNeil
Tom and Mary Lou Mees
John Morning
The New York Community Trust
James and Lois Norman
Angela Pichichero
Bernadette Puskas
Ramon and Judith Ricker
Jesse Rosen
Eric and Leslie Sadler
Robert and Nina Schor
Kimberley Scott
Kate Sheeran
Roger Smith
Weston Sproutt
Evelyn Stroud
William Terry
Truman and Erin Tolefree
Bob and Wanda Weeks
Robert Thomas Werth
Melissa White and Regina Washington-White
Karen Wolf
*deceased