Behind every note, there’s a name that made it possible.
The Huntsville Symphony Orchestra is deeply grateful to the businesses, foundations, and individuals who sponsor our concerts, programs, and special events. Your support helps bring world-class performances to our stage and music education to our community.
We couldn’t do it without you.
Help Others Experience the HSO
Each season, the HSO seeks contributions from all segments of our community – individual, corporate, foundation and government sources. In order to keep ticket prices affordable and provide music education opportunities, approximately one-half of the operating budget of the HSO comes from the generosity of organizations and individuals in our community.
For more information contact 256-539-4818 or janet@hso.org.
Join Our Circle of Support
We’d love to feature your name or brand here next season. Learn more about becoming a sponsor:
Current Sponsors & Grants
The HSO Guild
Our special thanks to the HSO Guild for their annual contribution of $305,965 and the City of Huntsville and Madison County for their support of the Symphony’s educational and youth programs. The HSO’s activities are made possible in part by funding from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
$100,000+
| City of Huntsville, Tommy Battle, Mayor |
$50,000 – $99,999
| Alabama State Council on the Arts |
| Madison County Commission |
$10,000 – $19,999
| Laurel and John Bailey |
| Dr. Alice Chenault and Dr. Milton Harris |
| Damson Automotive |
| First Horizon |
| The Jurenko Foundation – Ruth Jurenko, Carole and Buddy Jones, and Janet and David Brown |
| The King Family Fund |
| Morgan Stanley – The Mantooth Pols Group |
| Painted Violin Society 2022 |
| Physicians 100 |
| UBS Financial Services, Inc. |
| Allen and Tom Young |
$5,000 – $9,999
| @Homes Realty Group |
| Aero Thermo Technology |
| Bill Penney Toyota |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama |
| Jane E. Hays |
| Howard and Troth Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Collier County, Florida |
| Lawyers’ Century Club |
| Shirley and George McCrary |
| Publix Super Markets Charities |
| REALTORS® of Note |
| Mr. and Mrs. A. Eugene Sapp, Jr. |
| Jodi Stephens |
$2,500 – $4,999
| Amanda Howard | Sotheby’s International Realty |
| Dentists 2022 |
$1,000 – $2,499
$500 – $999
| Bank of America Charitable Foundation |
| The Bruckner Society of America |
| Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation |
In-Kind Gifts
Promotional Sponsors
| Steven Babin, Photographer |
| The Bottle |
| Jack Campbell |
| Church Street Wine Shoppe |
| Doug Eagan |
| Huntsville Botanical Gardens |
| Huntsville – Madison County Public Library |
| Laurie Heard |
| Made Beautiful Floral |
| Nola VanPeursem – Christine Jones |
| North Alabama Cosplayer Club |
| Peggy Ann Bakery |
| Premier Bank of the South |
| Randolph School |
| ServisFirst Bank |
| Walt Tyszka, Photographer |
| UAH Music – Dr. C. David Ragsdale |
| UAH Theatre – David Harwell |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| Von Braun Center |
| Jeff White, Photographer |
| Wilmer & Lee, P.A. |
| Yedla Management Company |
*Gifts to the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra School
The Amadeus Society
The Amadeus Society was organized to recognize and honor those individuals and private foundations that have set a standard in generous annual and cumulative giving to the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra since the year 2000, including gifts to the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Foundation since its inception. Their generosity has greatly enhanced and enriched life in our community.
Conductor’s Circle
$500,000+
Outright or cumulative gifts – membership in perpetuity
| Mrs. Dorothy Davidson * |
Leadership
$250,000 – $499,999
Outright or cumulative gifts – membership in perpetuity
| Dr. and Mrs. Walter V. Bouldin |
| Kathy and C. H. “Tony” Chan, The Pei-Ling Chan Charitable Trust |
| Dr. Alice Chenault and Dr. Milton Harris |
| The Jurenko Foundation – Ruth Jurenko, Carole and Buddy Jones, and Janet and David Brown |
| The Olin B. King Foundation |
| Shirley and George McCrary |
| Mr. and Mrs. A. Eugene Sapp, Jr. |
| Jan Smith |
Composer
$100,000 – $249,999
Outright or cumulative gifts – membership in perpetuityLeadership
| The Daniel Foundation of Alabama |
| Lt Col Sylvia Ferry (USAF Ret.) |
| Ms. Dorcas Harris and Mr. Dick Reeves |
| Frances K. Huffman |
| Dr. and Mrs. Macon Phillips |
| Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson |
| Mr. Patrick Robbins and Mr. J. Chris Wesley |
| Loretta Spencer |
| Drs. Mary E. and Martin C. Weisskopf |
Ovation
$75,000 – $99,999
Outright or cumulative gifts over 25 years
| The Estate of Nola B. Eiser |
| Mrs. Hoyt Q. Farquhar |
| Clare and Michael Grisham |
| Howard and Troth Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Collier County, Florida |
| Dr. and Mrs. John D. Johnson, Jr. |
| Maggie and Buddy Little |
| The Estate of Mabry Miller |
| The Estate of Joye Parker |
| Mrs. Lee Rhoads |
| Col Robert S. Troth (USA Ret.) |
| Allen and Tom Young |
Impresario
$50,000 – $74,999
Outright or cumulative gifts over 20 years
| Claudia G. Conn |
| Mrs. Betty Grisham * |
| Mrs. Barbara Lapidus |
| LTG (Ret.) and Mrs. James Link |
| Dr. and Mrs. Sam Lowry |
| Mr. and Mrs. Foster McDonald |
| Mr. Frank J. Nola Jr. |
| Dorrie and Jerry Nutt |
| Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Propst III |
| Mr. and Mrs. Remigius Shatas |
| Dr. and Mrs. William J. Shergy |
| Ms. Jodi Stephens |
| Mr. and Mrs. George Thacker |
| Ms. Wendy Wilson and Mr. Curtis Benzle |
Maestro
$25,000 – $49,999
Outright or cumulative gifts over 15 years
| Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Anderson |
| Dr. and Mrs. David Chenault |
| Mrs. Marge Feist |
| Joyce Griffin |
| Rajean and John Gully |
| Dan Halcomb |
| Joy Hall |
| Jane E. Hays |
| Mrs. William Heidish |
| Sarah W. and Tom Hereford |
| Christine Kirchberg Jones |
| Mr. and Mrs. George M. Jones III |
| Karen and Peter Kiss |
| Susan and Robert Kuehlthau |
| Mrs. William J. Lindberg |
| Mrs. W. Robert Mixon, Jr. |
| Dr. Robert Moorman |
| Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mruz, Mruz Family Foundation |
| Suzanne M. O’Connor |
| Mr. Elbert H. Parsons, Jr. |
| Jean and Jerre Penney |
| Mr. and Mrs. Tony Proctor |
| The Propst Foundation |
| Mr. and Mrs. Lee Prout |
| Pam and Ken Rhodes |
| Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Schaffer |
| Dr. and Mrs. Brian Scholl |
| Betty Schonrock * |
| Sasha and Charlie Sealy |
| Janet and David Skidmore |
| Elizabeth K. Smith |
| Mr. and Mrs. George Smith II |
| Mrs. Rosalie Smith |
| Mark Spencer |
| Mr. William H. Stender, Jr. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Stephenson |
| Mrs. Susan Todd |
| Nancy W. and Richard P. Van Valkenburgh |
| Dr. and Mrs. T. Benton Washburn, Jr. |
| Mr. Michael R. Whitley |
| Elizabeth M. Wise |
| Angie and Sam Yeager, DASA Foundation |
Bravo
$10,000 – $24,999
Outright or cumulative gifts over 10 years
| Dr. Rob and Linda Casselman Akenhead |
| Mr. and Mrs. A. Craig Akridge |
| Courtney and John Allen |
| Mr. Michael Auffenorde |
| Laurel and John Bailey |
| Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Belsky |
| Ruth and Michael Bentley |
| Hannah Elise Boon |
| Dr. and Mrs. Michael W. Brown |
| Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Browning |
| Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Bryant |
| The Doris Burwell Foundation |
| Dr. and Mrs. P. Michael Caruso |
| Mrs. Libby Adams Chambers |
| Dr. * and Mrs. C. S. Chang |
| Nancy and Skipper Colin |
| Mr. Robert J. Crook |
| Mr. Tom DeLay |
| Lisa and W. Brad English |
| Spike Field |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Fredrickson |
| Dr. and Mrs. Carl Gessler, Jr. |
| Dr. and Mrs. John T. Hartley |
| The Estate of Nancy Wayne Hendricks |
| Mary Shepard and E. Cutter Hughes |
| Mrs. David W. Humiston |
| Martha Sue * and Vernon Hutchens * |
| Dr. and Mrs. William L. Ingram V |
| Jerry Ann and Rein Ise |
| Patricia Ferrier Kiley |
| Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. King |
| Dr. Sue Kirkpatrick |
| Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Kurtz |
| Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Latham |
| Mr. and Mrs. James P. Lindberg |
| Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mantooth |
| Rev. Peggy A. McClure |
| Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mullins |
| Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Newberry |
| The Estate of Ruth and Foster Oliver |
| Dr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Patz |
| Mr. and Mrs. Alex Pols |
| Daphne and Ronnie Reed |
| Dr. Ken Rivenbark |
| Mrs. Andrea Rosler |
| Donna and Ed Rush |
| Sylvia and Arthur Sabia |
| Dr. Mark V. Sapp |
| Dr. and Mrs. William Schneider |
| Mr. and Mrs. John Shields II |
| Mrs. Eudare Shuey |
| Mr. and Mrs. Scott B. Smith |
| Mrs. Mark C. Smith |
| Cynthia Stewart and Art Johnson |
| Dr. * and Mrs. William C. Stone |
| Dr. and Mrs. Wilhelm Tietke |
| Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Titus |
| Mrs. Richard Tucker |
| Gregory Vajda |
| Kathleen Waite |
| Dr. and Mrs. Louis B. Weiner |
| Mr. and Mrs. John Wilmer |
| Dr. and Mrs. Peter S. K. Yu |
Virtuoso
$5,000 – $9,999
Outright or cumulative gifts over 5 years
| Mrs. A. J. Albert |
| Dr. and Mrs. Robert Altenkirch |
| Margaret and Walter Batson |
| Mr. and Mrs. Tom Berg |
| Mrs. William Billingsley |
| Sophia and Dudley Burwell |
| Mrs. James E. Chandler |
| Dr. and Mrs. Henry Chen |
| Kathleen and Philip * Dotts |
| Dr. Dick Fisher * |
| Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Alan Gann |
| Mr. and Mrs. William Barnwell Heyward |
| Erika L. Huber |
| Mr. and Mrs. V. Fisher Hutchens |
| Col and Mrs. Robert J. Kuehn, Jr. (USAF Ret.) |
| Brian Mathews |
| Mrs. Bryant Myers |
| Mr. Rodney Myers |
| Jimmie Parvin |
| Mr. and Mrs. Russell Penfield |
| Margie and Tom Pfalzer |
| Mr. and Mrs. Randy Renfroe |
| Mr. and Mrs. Randall A. Schrimsher |
| Ms. Linda Spalla |
| Jean Wessel Templeton |
| Kathi and Norm Tew |
| Jenny and Paul Tidwell |
| Mrs. Virginia Wagner |
| Mr. and Mrs. Newell Witherspoon |
| Wendy Yang and Rick Myers |
Overture
$1,000 – $4,999
Gifts within the year
| Patricia Blackman |
| Marlene Brown |
| Dr. and Mrs. Tres Childs |
| Frances and Wes Clayton |
| Dr. Richard Coleman |
| Edna and Jerold Deener |
| Naomi and Andy DuBois |
| Anne Farrell |
| Dr. Roddie and Michelle Gantt |
| Dianne and Jim Howell |
| Dr. Heather James and Mr. Mark Edward Smith |
| Ms. Susan Jester |
| Jennifer and Michael Lapidus |
| Mr. Steve Marz and Mr. Daniel Calens |
| Dr. and Mrs. James Ochoa |
| Drs. Rebecca and Lon Raby |
| Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Rea |
| Ms. Cynthia Richardson |
| Gail and Sonny Rodenhauser |
| Drs. Ingrid Roig and Diego Bedoya |
| Mr. and Mrs. Eric Scheidker |
| Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Schreeder |
| Kitty and Jay Simmons |
| Dr. and Mrs. Jim Smelser |
| Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Smith |
| Dr. Beverly Stickles and Dr. Joshua Krasnow |
| The Estate of Nancy E. Weston |
| Mary Ruth Yates |
| Ruth and Allen Yates |
The Encore Society
The Encore Society recognizes the following individuals who have made a planned gift to benefit the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Foundation:
| Mr. Jerry Barclay |
| Dr. and Mrs. Walter V. Bouldin |
| Dr. and Mrs. David Chenault |
| Lillian S. Clift Revocable Trust * |
| Ms. Dorcas S. Harris |
| Frances K. Huffman |
| Christine Kirchberg Jones |
| Mrs. Barbara Lapidus |
| Jennifer and Michael Lapidus |
| Dottie Little |
| Rev. Peggy McClure |
| Sara W. McDaris |
| Dr. Mabry Miller * |
| Drs. Jo Ann * and Robert S. Moorman |
| Dr. Everett C. Mosley * |
| Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Nutt |
| Mr. * and Mrs. Lee A. Rhoads |
| Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson |
| James P. Ryan |
| Stephanie Sherman |
| Ina and Garrett Smith |
| Ms. Jodi Stephens |
| Richard C. Titus |
| Mrs. David W. Todd |
| Mr. * and Mrs. Robinson J. Ward, Jr. |
| Ms. Nancy Weston * |
* deceased