CYSO is generously supported in part by individuals and the following foundation, corporate and government funders, without whom we could not provide the programming and support that brings CYSO to life.
49%
percentage of CYSO students who receive financial assistance or attend a free program
89000
Dollars given out in the 2019-2020 season to ensure that tuition is never a barrier to participation
96%
of students say CYSO connects them to the community
Why Our Donors Matter
Foundation, Corporate, Government and Individual Contributions
| $50,000 and above | The Negaunee Foundation | |
| $25,000 to $49,999 | Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Crown Family Philanthropies Julius N. Frankel Foundation | The MacArthur Fund for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at Prince |
| $10,000 to $24,999 | Baum Realty Group* The Buchanan Family Foundation DLA Piper* John R. Halligan Charitable Fund | Illinois Arts Council Agency Peoples Gas Community Fund Zachry Group |
| $5,000 to $9,999 | The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | Sargent Family Foundation The Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund |
From March 1, 2022 – February 28, 2023
Individual Donors
Encore Society
| Symphony Circle $25,000 and above | Ms. Jennifer Myerberg and The Alvin and Louise Myerberg Family Foundation, Inc. | The Jean-Paul Spire Trust Brittany Viola, ’03 and Justin Bernbrock Zell Family Foundation |
| Maestro’s Circle $10,000 – $24,999 | Willard E. Bransky J. Laurence and Susan Costin Peter M. Gotsch and Dr. Jana L. French Angela and Dana O’Banion Hank Turner and Erin Aleman Ross Bricker and Nina Vinik Daniels-Malinski Family Foundation C/O Todd and Heidi Daniels | Dr. David Lang and Ms. Toni Lang Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert Cynthia Van Osdol and John Sandwick Dr. Louanne Carabini and Shawn O’Leary Mary and Lionel Go Laura Mandel and Richard Blessen John and Joyce Schladweilerulius |
| Composer’s Circle $5,000 – $9,999 | Anonymous James, ’61 and Marcia Franklin Helen and Marc Rubenstein Sara and Scott Fisher | Linda and Richard Price Family Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Stephen L. and Terry Schwartz |
| Principal’s Circle $2,500 – $4,999 | Saurab and Anjani Bhargava Stacie and Jon Dennis Sarah and Justin Kessler Mike Lobash and Laura Cordell Michele and Edmund Taylor Patrick Bitterman Pamella Der and Wei Shih | Sam and Jess Lang Yeming and Aaron Rankin Azure and Steve Thill Natalie Brown Lori Julian and the Julian Family Foundation Anne and Zachary Lazar Noah Silverman and Marriott International |
| Musician’s Circle $1,000 – $2,499 | Anonymous Aruna Ganju and David Morris Andrew and Kelly Masse Samuel Schwartz and Rose Traubert The Benjamin and Bettina Van Cleave Charitable Foundation Mary Jo Abrahamson Xuefie Han and David Ding Mick and Becca McDonnell Susan H. Schwartz Mark and Alane Wanda Peter and Allison Abrahamson, in honor of Rose Abrahamson The Huovie Family Anthony Menna Amanda and Peter Schwob Scott and Angela Weiner The Barr Charitable Trust Shiv Iyer and Kavita Narasimhan James Merkel Meredith, ’98 and Lance Shaner Demerre’el Williams Tracey Beck John Jordan and Claudia Hernandez-Jordan Brenda and Mark Michuda Peter and Susan Sidebottom Gemara Williams Catherine Bendowitz and Andrew Gilmour Zhuang Kang and Tianming Wu Bryan and Sherri Miller Caleb, Crystal, and Hyunseok Sim Quad Blassengale Robert and Jingjing Kipp Martha Nolin | Maria and Andy Smith Peter Todd Borich and Carrie May-Borich, in honor of Payton Borich Matthew Klein Bonita and Delano O’Banion Arthur B. Smith, Jr. and Tracey L. Truesdale, in honor of Thomas Smith Rebecca and Josh Butler Susan Lape and Timothy Bowling, in honor of Harry and Larry Erin and Beau O’Hara Juliet and Bram Spector Michael Butler Chu-An and Anh Lee Liz and Gregory Peebles Becky and Eric Spratford Hansen Chen and Teresa Xiong Bill Lee Stacy and Joseph Raviv Nicole and James Stork Linan Chen and Qin Chang Felisha and Ron Lewis Eric Reside Michael Streicher William Dugan Kristen and Don Lorenzen Israel Rocha Streiffer Anz-Meador Family Ellen Feldman Peter E Manis and Susan Richman Lynn and Max Schrayer, in honor of Steve and Terry Schwartz The Greg and Anne Taubeneck Family Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation |
Overture Society
| Benefactors $500 – $999 | Anonymous (2) Dean and Janet Dimitroff Christine Helmer and Robert Orsi, in memory of Mario Orsi Barbara and John Moore Fred Siegman Peter and Calliope Aliferis Brandon Dixon and Leigh Krahenbuhl Chunyan Huang and Xiaoxi Zhuang Janina Lord Morrison ’97 Lalitha Sitaraman and Joseph Orchanian Becky Ballard Linda Easler Hank Kelly The Muro Family Nancy and Jerry Sjostrom Erik Barefield Sarah and Jeff Eberhard Douglas and Catherine Knuth Shelly and Dan O’Brien Michael Small Rachel Barton Pine and Gregory Pine Paula Elliott Andrea and Paul Lang Darnell Oliver Angie Smith Carey Bartell Gregg and Wendy Elstien Valerie Le Deroff and Alexander Keller | Kristine and Nathan Partain Faith Spencer and Mark Parts Mac Blessen Ben and Sara Eno Dave Lenz John C. Robak Gaines Sturdivant Ian and Yolande Borden Jeff Levine Wayne Liang and Annie Feng Luba Romansteva and Benjamin Blander Kenneth Suh, ’95 Payton Borich ’19 Chris Farr Pin Lin and Ikuo Hirano Eugene and Ellen Rontal Scott Tegge, ’98 Todd, Lynne and Ellen Cassidy Maury Fertig Kevin Lindt Marcy and Arnie Roth John and Doris Toher Micky Chan and Brian Eng Ms. Deborah Fineberg Lili Liu and Jinbo Xu Ms. Margaret Scheyer and Mr. Eric J. Scheyer Susan Van Huis Pam and Dave Conroy, in honor of Lauren J. Conroy Tyler Forbes Kristin Marsilje and Kurtis Kossen | Renee Schuler Lei Wang Kristina and Daniel Crandall Trevor Foster Sophie McCarthy and Andy Hronek Pauline Schultz and David Rudis Meade Whitaker Linda and Charles Dawe Seth and Jodie Gastwirth Scott and Jess McConnell Dan Schwartz David Wilkov Nathan Deckard and Qin Cai The Goodrich Family Gift Fund McLaurin and Patrick Files Mia Seo and Christopher Chung Elizabeth Williams Mehul Desai Kevin Gupana, ’11 Mr. Robert B. McLellarn Adam Sherman and Monica Holliday Sherman Renata and Randy Yuill John Deverman Matthew Hanes and John Williams George Miller Matthew Siebert Allan and Caryn Zelinger |
| Patrons $250 – $499 | Anonymous (4) Sarah Forbes Orwig Ken and Barbara Lieberman Lois and Philip Miller, in memory of David William Lawrence, Sr. Charlie and Adriana Russ Kate Akos, ’76, in honor of Mark Brandfonbrener and John Dee Melissa Gatto Victor Lobo Ms. Diane Mues Rob Schoenstedt and Christy Christian Akash Amin and Shraya Soundararajan Erika and Joel Gimbel Elizabeth Loentz, in memory of Evelyn and Dimitrios Ganas Patricia Moore Melanie Sever, in honor of Mrs. Mara Maddocks Michael Anderson James Ginsburg and Patrice Michaels Long Family Vickie Nauman Todd and Talitha Shamaly Jack Ayer Tania and David Haigh Colleen and Andrew Kowalkowski Denise Ndukwu Steven Shaw Matt Becker Leo and Angela Harmon | Renée and John Lundy Nicole and Morris Neal Todd Snead and Joe Cunningham Suchita Bedi Marc Harper Tanya Lux Elizabeth Neary Ken Soltesz Katie Black Shields and Jeff Shields, in memory of Desiree Grode Rebecca Hill, ’98 Molly Lynch Gail and Marvin Newman Kevin Stanciel Alisa and Ken Brady Kuang-Hao Huang Ralph and Bonnie Mandell Anita Nikolich Jamie Stanesa and Paul Ellenbogen Steven and Karen Braun Brian Jacoby Suseela and Benjamin Marion Kousiki Patra and Saurabh Shah Benjamin and Lauren Stewart Lorenzo Cabrera Jackie Kalis, on behalf of Bennett and Elliot King Beth and Michael Marrion Greg Peck Mikela Sutrina and Dave Busch Anson Coolidge Rob and Yuri Kern Catherine and Michael Mascari | Jeffery and Dena Perry Stacey Tang and Wei Wu Kelly Coyle Amy Looi Maxwell Drums Theodore Pigott and Shu-Ting Chiu Beverly qnd Allen Tinkham Kate Donaldson and Ryan Whitacre, in honor of Sara and Scott Fisher Adam Kreis Josephine Lee and Kevin McConkey Juliet and Steve Plonsker Kyra K. Tyler, ’95 Monica Drane and Paul Shadle Toni Lang, in honor of Bev and Allen Tinkham and Maddy Vincent Qingshu Meng and Deliang Liu David Poell and Alica Cao Stephanie and Mijo Vodopic Anne Duggan and Jaime García-Añoveros Kristina Lee, ’91 Wendy Merz Nighet Razvi and Joseph Sachleben Jill and Stephen Williamson Jerome and Yifang Fifer Stephen Lester Pat and Yasuko Metcalf Todd Rowden Catherine Eckel, in honor of Julia Wodzien |
| Friends $100 – $249 | Anonymous (12) Cloverleaf and the Basofin Families Patricia Holmes Jaynellen and Michael Mikulski Linda and Robert Taubenheim Arthur Adler Pace Cooper Barbara and Francis Hunt Ethan Montgomery Jacqueline Tilles Jill and Maher AlJundi Lydia Danikolas Mike and Catie James Yvonne Moy William Tong and Candy Ng Carol Allegretti, in honor of Mara Maddocks and John Williams Gareth and Becky Davies Anne Huynh McTighe and Michael Huynh Sandra Myers Madalyne Tregellas Maxwell Sharon Anderson, ’67 Brian Der Daniel Kahn William Nealon, ’70 Jean Ung Richard Armandi, ’72 Carol Der Edward Karls, ’84 Dan Novak, ’85 Zalman Usiskin Richard S. Bair, ’61 Donald and Julie Deroche Donna Kendall Cecilia Oh Carlos and Lucia Valdez Maria Banda and Mauricio Ochoa Cheng Dong and Langchi Zhu Anastasia Khoubaeva and Christopher Hummel Caroline and Eric Older Linda Van Dyke James Barrow and Soo Kim Peter K. Duda Barry Kogan, ’70 and Cheryl Gelder-Kogan | Akhila and Venkat Palli Madeline S Vincent The Basofin Family, in honor of Stephen Schwartz Malathi Echambadi Deborah and Daniel Kriho Angela Papassavas Eugenia Vining Sherry and Bob Battalini Elizabeth M Fiden, on behalf of Alec Fiden Janet Larchey Jonathan Paul and Lisa Masinter Paul Adam Weber Mr. and Mrs. Wes Baumann, in honor of Louis and Henry Auxenfans Madalyn Frigo Michael Lawitts Craig Petersen Stephen and Helen Weingust, in honor of Ethan Weingust John Bausch, in memory of Al Schlatmeyer Carlos García León Alina and Sorin Lazar Helene and Jean-Pierre Ngoy Mayumi and Axel Wille Martine Benmann and Ilya Levinson Jolanta and Michael Glotzer David Leali Priya Rajagopalan and Harish Devarajan Loren Williams and Ruth Masters James Bensdorf Mitchell Goldsmith Lisa Leali Servia Rindfleish Anne S. Wilson and Jay Carl Klemme, ’70 John Boncimino and Jean Juarez Boncimino Ross Gombiner, ’84 Donald Lee Lillie Rockey Patrick Wilson, ’73 | Stuart Bradley and Francesca Cornelli Bryan and Kate Gough Pravel Emily Lewis Mantell, in memory of Matthew Mantell Linda and Gary Rudenberg Theresa and John Wood Katie and Jeff Bryk Dana and Heather Green Aizhen Li and Zhihong Xia Solomiya and Andrian Saldan Barbara Wright-Pryor Garrick Bunting Michael and Diane Green, in honor of Dana Green Mei Li and Jie Song, in honor of Derek Song Greg Schahet Jing Xing and Wei Li Rizelle Capito Greg Greenberg Derrick Mackavich and Sofia Khoubaeva Mackavich Peter Seidenberg, in memory of David Niwa Weihua Ye and Tao Zhu John Cerauli Paul Gregory Vaiva and Tomas Marchertas Urmi Sengupta, on behalf of Chitra Bhattacharya Gina Zachariah Weixing Cheng and Zhenya Yu Abbey Hambright Maria Cucicea and Ivan Benzar Sam Shaw ’19 Sandy Zhang and Tao Bai Joseph and Barbara Chevalier John and Patty Henek Tina and Nick Mascari Joel and Donna Stender In Honor of Stephen Schwartz Charlene Zimmerman, ’68 James Cho Mr. John B. Hirsch Virginia A McCluskey, in honor of August Schwob Shelly Sun Ken Zroka |
| Donors $50 – $99 | Anonymous (5) Paula Deutsch Mueller, ’68 Ellen Huang and Ted Liu Susan L. Nigro, ’69 Amy Knutson Strack and Steven Strack Jaymara Baker-Hill Lisa Faletto Davis Shaum Jhansale Michael Pettersen and Jan Aramini Judy Henderson Thorne, ’63 James Bartley Lisa Frederick Scott Kim Carole Polacek Antonina Vasilishina Emilia Blaszak-Freymiller Jennifer Gartenberg, in honor of Natalie Brown Bob and Linda Kozoman Emily Polacek and John Polacek Ann and Bruce Vaughen John P. Brittain Carlos Gonzalez Jeffrey Krieger, ’75 Robert Whitebone | An-Me Chung and George Trone Robert Heine Ilan and Susan Pragaspathy Barbara Walker Lewis, ’57 Patricia and Lawrence Burns Flora Gu and Qi Yuan The Krishnans Hadley Reynolds, ’54 Summer Wallace Jennifer Chada and Michael Torti Mary and Arthur Gugulski Mijin Lee Kevin and Holly Rouser Fanghwa Wang and Sun M. Li Sarah Chen and Simon Wang Nishanth Harikumar Marie A. Lona Jacqueline Salzinger, in honor of Geetha Somayajula Allison Webb Yimei Chen and John Zhou Hai He and Wenyi Cao Michael Lowenstern, ’85 Rich Samonte, in honor of Sarah Williams | James P. McGinnis, in honor of Michael Freilich Susan Schrean Jennifer Willis Nancy Clement Randi and Brian Heuser Bethany McLean Carol Schulze and Daniel Richter Charlotte Wilson Katherine Coleman Benjamin Hobson Jennifer and David Meger Eleanor Shifley Tao Xie and Liqiong Tong Iris Cosnow, M.D. Stephen B. Hommowun Edward L. Michael, in memory of Alinda A. Michael Vicki Siegelman Jiawen Yan and Mike Ouyang Jason Decker Yuqian Hu and Xingguo Pan Eileen Mikulski Ann Steller Paul Zafer, Betty Lewis |
Continuo Club
| Monthly Donors | Angela and Dana O’Banion Bryan and Kate Gough Pravel Kyra K. Tyler, ’95 Renata and Randy Yuill | Azure and Steve Thill Ms. Deborah Fineberg Meredith, ’98 and Lance Shaner Sam Shaw, ‘19 | Beverly and Allen Tinkham George Miller Rebecca Hill, ‘98 Valerie L |
From September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023
The 2023 CYSO Gala
On Saturday, February 25, nearly 500 CYSO supporters gathered at The Geraghty for the 2023 CYSO Gala. Celebrating pioneering women in music, the event raised more than $680,000 to support CYSO’s music training programs for students from across the Chicago region. Almost 200 of CYSO’s young musicians were on hand, performing works composed, made famous by, or arranged by women. Gala proceeds are key to keeping tuition affordable for all CYSO families, funding financial assistance, and ensuring our expansive community programming is always offered free of charge. Your generosity will have a lasting impact on the lives of our young musicians.
| Platinum Sponsors | Sheppard Mullin | |
| Gold Sponsors | Jenner & Block LLP / The Bricker Vinik Family US Bank | Cynthia Van Osdol & John Sandwick Brittany Viola & Justin Bernbrock |
| Silver Sponsors | Conagra Brands Mesirow Old National Bank | Pritzker Traubert Foundation Stephen & Terry Schwartz |
| Bronze Sponsors | Accenture Alliant Anonymous Dr. Jana L. French & Peter M. Gotsch ESOP Structuring Specialists Inc. Green River Films | KPMG LLP Mary & Lionel Go Louanne Carabini & Shawn O’Leary Real Digital LLC Sipi Metals Corp. |
| Advocate Sponsors | Baker McKenzie | Wintrust Chicago’s Bank |
| Ally Sponsors | RSM US LLP | Israel Rocha |
If you would like more information about how you or your company can become a sponsor of CYSO’s annual gala, contact Marc Bitler at mbitler@cyso.org or call 312-939-2207.
