Individual DonorsOur 2025 Individual Donors
Our individual donors are a special part of our OrKidstra family! With your donation, you give kids from equity-deserving communities in Ottawa the opportunity to learn and make music, and the chance to benefit from the individual skills and community values inherent in music making. Your gift is transforming the lives of at-risk youth!
$100,000+
Dasha Shenkman OBE, HonRCM
$25,000+
Alexandra & Gregory Mondre
David Van Dine
Estate of Merle Jones
Estate of Wendy Dianne Leckie
$5,000+
- Anda Sipolins
- Anne Robinson
- Cornelia Duck
- David Holdsworth & Nicole Senécal
- Guy Harrison
- Mary Nash
- Paul Wells
- Peter Sagar
- Rob Marland
- Susan Prior
- Suzanne Halpenny
$1,000 – $4,999
- Allan Whitney
- Allison Dingle
- Andras Birkus
- Angela Hewitt
- Anna Lenk
- Barbara Lavictoire
- Beverley Hughes – Orkidstra Friend
- Brenda Muir
- Carole Swan
- Cathy Doolan
- Charlotte Gray
- Chayanika Abeysekera Lutes & Michael Lutes
- Chloe McLellan
- Chris & Sandra Van Barr
- Chris Campeau
- Christina Honeywell
- Christopher Duschenes
- Claire Marshall
- Daniel Logue
- David & Susan Laister
- Deborah & Wesley Dearham
- Don & Patricia Amundrud
- Eileen Overend
- Elizabeth Cosgrove
- Ellen Bobet
- Evan Frank
- Evan Huus
- Fredeswinda Walsh
- George & Pat Hendry
- Graham Carpenter
- Issac & Marguerite Gollish
- Jacqueline Newton
- Jeff Heynen
- John & Carolyn MacDonald
- John and Janina Kraus
- John Hollander
- Joseph Ha
- Karen Ferguson
- Kelly Fritsch
- Lise Desmarais Fonds (Fund)
- Margaret Campbell
- Margaret Jaques
- Marilyn Dawson
- Marilyn Hart
- Marilyn McMillen
- Mark Anderson
- Mark Stiles
- Martin Low
- Nancy Taylor
- Peter & Judy Rinfret
- Peter Duschenes
- Robert Tennant
- Robin & Louise Higham
- Roseann Runte
- Sally Melville
- Sandra Legault
- Sandra Van Barr
- Sarah Jennings
- Shirley Westeinde
- Shirley Valois
- Simone Thibault
- Tina Fedeski & Gary McMillen
- Vicken Norian
- Victor Wehrle
$500 – $999
- Anthony Anderson
- Arnold Postma
- Bill & Jennie Riddick
- Carol Lovejoy
- Cathy Bonnah
- David Follini
- David Rose
- Denise Stone
- Display Name
- Don & Sheila Bayne
- Donald MacLeod
- Donna & George Haynal
- Elaine Keillor C.M.
- Ferhat Turunc
- Gail O’Brien
- Glee Gees
- Glenda and Neil Yeates
- Hart Shouldice
- Huguette Voyer
- Irenka Farmilo
- Janet Campbell
- Janice Payne
- Jean-Guy Brault
- Jennifer Hicks
- Jim Puskas & Ruth Smith
- Joan Catterson
- Joanne Davis
- John & Carolyn MacDonald
- John Moffat
- Jonas Thompson
- Karen Donnelly
- Len Streefkerk
- Lesley & Carl Bell
- Linda Ham
- Linda Mcdonald
- Lynda Heyden-Carroll
- Meg Myers
- Meghna Isloor
- Michael Joyce
- Nancy & Barry Craven
- Nancy Adams
- Nathalie Chartier
- Pasha Yaghini
- Per Unheim
- Rajiv Kalsi
- Renee London
- Rieley Hunt
- Ruth and John Walton
- Sandie McArdle
- Stephan Mirsky
- Stephane Emard-Chabot
- Stephanie Courneyea
- Thomas Wilkinson
- Valerie Maude
- Wendy Frisch
- William Bonnell
Up to $499
- Aadi Koundal
- Abby Browne
- Abhijit Potdar
- Adam Harvey
- Adam Rain
- Adele DesBrisay
- Aileen Derby
- Aileen Leo
- Aira Kolin Napolitano
- AJ Mensah
- Alan Bowker
- Alan Pickersgill
- Alan Poplove
- Alaukwu Anozie
- Aleksander Hynna
- Aleksandr Anseev
- Alex McElroy
- Alex Trzmiel
- Alex X
- Alexander Camenzind
- Alexander Clay
- Ali Mouawieh
- Alireza Ghayekhloo
- Allan L Chrisman
- Allan MacKay
- Allen Brown
- Amar Marouf
- Amarjargal Amar
- Aminah Attar
- Amogh Attri
- Amy Gordon
- Ana Contreras
- Ana Maria Correa Vazquez
- Ananda Kelly
- Anastasiia Kot
- Andrea Harrison
- Andrea McCrady
- Andrea Rheaume
- Andreea Rada
- Andrew Duncan
- Andrew Famme
- Andrew Rowden
- Andrew Stewart
- Angel Albarran
- Angela Marcus
- Angela Maxwell
- Angela Schwarzkopf
- Anik Lacroix
- Anita Biguzs
- Anita Chrisp
- Anita Desai
- Ann & Robert Frederking
- Ann Flynn
- Ann Marie Buckingham
- Ann O’Gorman
- Anna Mauviel
- Anna Sivets
- Anne DesBrisay
- Anneke Jansen van Doorn
- Antoine Léveillé
- Anton Campbell
- Antonio Hortas
- Aoph Sied
- April Barrie
- Argel Aguilar Valles
- Ariel Troster
- Arijana Schrauwen
- Astrid Camarena
- Atsu Dogbey
- Audrey Korpan
- Babatunde Esaojo
- Barb Clubb & Kevin Burns
- Barbara E Woodward
- Barbara Leech
- Barbara Martin
- Barbara Newbegin
- Barbara Popel
- Barbara Riley
- Barbara Uteck & Graham Fraser
- Basel Al-Sukhon
- Béatrice Amellal
- Betsy Cornwell
- Beverly Charette
- Biff & Denise Heringer
- Bill Robertson
- Billy Sabourin
- Bob & Carolyn Buchan
- Brandon Lagace
- Brandy Coughler & Daniel Holmes
- Brenda Encarnacion
- Brenda Martin
- Brendan Gawn
- Brendan Johnson
- Brett Harris
- Brian Foley
- Brian Roadhouse
- Britteny Smith
- Bronchi Toiled
- Bryan Parker
- Cameron Ferguson
- Carina Atacador
- Carla Ricalde
- Carol Diamond
- Carol Lutes Racine
- Carol Nixon
- Carole Zagerman
- Caroline Midgley
- Carolyn Hill
- Carolyn Jarvis
- Carolyn McMaster
- Carolyn Moffatt
- Carrie Lauzon
- Carrie Spencer
- Catherine Campbell
- Catherine DesBrisay
- Catherine Dymond
- Catherine Foucault
- Catherine Graham
- Catherine Gunther
- Catherine Morrison
- Catherine Patton
- Catherine Richer
- Catherine Wilson
- Cathy Downes
- Cathy Nobleman
- Cedric Nowell
- Ceylan Doran
- Chantal Kielbasa
- Chantal Phan
- Chantal Raby
- Chantalle LeFriend
- Chantelle Komm
- Charles and Marion Mossman
- Charles Spencer
- Charlie L
- Chatlotte Ward
- Chelsea Corvus
- Chelsea Paoletti
- Cherrie Foster
- Cheryl Morris-Putman
- Chloe McLellan
- Chris Carkner
- Chris Cottrell
- Christene Boutilier
- Christianne Manuel
- Christina Cameron
- Christina Carriere
- Christine McAllister
- Christine Harmston
- Christine Mattimoe
- Christine Minas
- Christine Rivet
- Christine Scharf
- Christine Thurgur
- Christine Weatherston
- Christophe Rene
- Christopher Celinski
- Cindy Ryley
- Claire Paquette
- Claire Speed
- Clarence Tollman
- Clarissa Bush
- Claude Cantin
- Claudia Lopes
- Clyde Goodlet
- Colin Leech
- Colin Mack
- Colin Murray
- Constance Van Wijk
- Coralyn Chapman
- Corianne Bell
- Craig & Rosemary MacDonald
- Craig Jackman
- Crystal Fernandes
- Cynthia Baxter
- Daina Brumelis
- Dale Craig
- Dale Synnett-Caron
- Dan & Nikki B
- Dan & Sharon Kennedy
- Dan Allaire
- Daniel Churchill
- Daniel Pestana
- Daniel Prevost
- Danielle Vinette
- Daria Goulets
- David & Eithne Taylor
- David Broscoe
- David Esdaile & Marianne Feaver
- David Hallman
- David Hendricks
- David Krawczyk
- David Masson
- David Rain
- David Reeve
- David Rose
- David Stimpson
- David Williams
- Dawn Edlund
- Debbie MacQuarrie
- Debbie Stephens
- Deborah & Debbie Abbott
- Deborah Abbott
- Deborah Cowley
- Deborah Doherty
- Denis Coote
- Denise Hebert
- Denise Therriault
- Diana Kirkwood
- Diane & Peter Schmolka
- Diane Bartos
- Diane Ouderkirk
- Dianne Breton
- Dianne Lalonde-Girault
- Dmitry Beniaminov
- Dominic Aquilina
- Dominique Skarzenski
- Donna C Lougheed
- Donna Stanley
- Dorotka Skirlo
- Doug Stockwell
- Dr T M Quigg
- E. Warankie
- Ed McKenna
- Edit Lukacs Dragoi
- Edward & Elisabeth Day
- Edward Yeh
- Edwina Sutherland
- Ego Z
- Eileen Channing
- Elaine Baring
- Elaine Graham
- Elana Adair
- Eleanor Thomas
- Elena Devlen
- Elhaam Namet-Allah
- Elisa Paoletti
- Elisabeth Morrison
- Elisabeth Stikeman
- Elizabeth Alexander-Cook
- Elizabeth Dickson
- Elizabeth Drent
- Elizabeth Nakahara
- Elizabeth Payne
- Elizabeth Powles
- Elizabeth Sutherland
- Ella Chan
- Ellen Kammermayer
- Ellen Tsai
- Elli McKean
- Elnaz Hayati
- Elodie Ouellette
- Elysabeth Blais
- Emily Burton
- Emily Jenness
- Emily Womack
- Emma Brown
- Emma Gazaleh
- Emma Rain
- Emma Stewart
- Emmanuelle Reid
- Eric Littlewood
- Eric McCabe
- Erica Braunovan
- Ericka Ushliyanage
- Erin Murray
- Estelle Delogin
- Eugene K Wai
- Eva Sheppard-Perkins
- Evan & Jean Gill
- Evelyn Greenberg
- Evelyn Stone
- Ezekiel Ceron
- Fairouz Naimy
- Farah Ahmed
- Farah Malik
- Farshid Mirshahi
- Fenja Brodo
- Fern Goldman
- Flavia Nayane De Sousa Franca
- Frances Itani
- Francesca Tria Espinoza
- Francine Schutzman
- Francis Dall
- Francoise Chartier
- Frederick Packer
- Frederick Schipizky
- Gabriela Prada
- Gabrielle Allard
- Gaetan Garneau
- Gail Dobell
- Garrett Leaver
- Gavin Crisp
- Genevieve Lajoie
- Gennaro Busa
- Geoff Buck
- George Langill
- Geza & Elena Petrovai
- Gillian Chaloner-Larsson
- Gillian Pearlstone
- Gloria Borts
- Gloria Fox
- Gordon & Wendy Peters
- Gordon McLaughlin
- Grace Xin
- Grant Johnson
- Greg Hartley
- Greg Roderick
- Guillaume Vincelette Barrette
- Guilor Fernandez
- Gwendolyn Prillo
- H.E. Edwards
- Haiying Zhu
- Harm & Anne Rombeek
- Harold Young
- Harrison Mercer
- Harvey & Janice Tremeer
- Harvey Slack
- Heather Daley
- Heather Macnab
- Heather Willisms
- Heidi Ruppert
- Helena Robb
- Henrietta Langran DesBrisay
- Hichem Lahiouel
- Hilda Bleyer
- Himanshu Jethwani
- Honourable Marie-P Charette-Poulin
- Howard Nathan
- Hugh Fraser
- Hugh Murphy
- Hugh Winsor
- Ike Braun
- Ilon Tyan
- Immacula Pierre
- Immanuel Lanzaderas
- Irene Mathias
- Irene Ryan
- Irene Sacharuk
- Isaac & Sheila Braun
- Isabelle Mondou
- Isobel O’Hagan
- Isobel Bisby
- Isurini Wijesinghe
- J.H Taylor
- Jack DesBrisay
- Jackie Holzman
- Jacqueline Best
- Jacqueline Snyder
- Jake Palmer
- James Dissake
- James King
- James Robertson
- Jan Bentham
- Jan Calvo
- Jan Killen
- Jan Michaels
- Jane Ann & Greg Klowak
- Jane Douglas
- Janet McKeage
- Janet McLaine
- Janet Meldrum
- Janet Still
- Janice Lewis
- Janice McCoy
- Janice Newton
- Janina Wright
- Jason Hunt
- Javier Clavelo
- Javier Delgado
- Javier Porras Gil
- Jayla Kirkey
- Jayne Blemings
- Jean Christie
- Jean Hage
- Jeanette Rive
- Jean-Luc Daoust
- Jeanne DesBrisay
- Jeannie Thomas
- Jean-Paul Gagnon
- Jeff Rarig
- Jeffrey Gu
- Jennie HornostyIt
- Jennifer Pagnotta
- Jennifer A. Davis
- Jennifer Johnson
- Jennifer Messer
- Jennifer Rae-brown
- Jennifer Wilson
- Jenny Jones
- Jenny Lee
- Jerry & Janos Csaba
- Jessy Lindsay
- Jil Beardmore
- Jill Kirwan
- Joan Milkson
- Jo-Ann Robertson
- Joanne Kelly
- Jocelyn Zwicker
- Jody Gomber
- Joel Beauchamp
- Joel Casselman
- Joelyn Gregory
- Joey Yip
- John Maurice
- John and Rosemary Williams
- John Armstrong
- John Goldsmith
- John Gomez
- John Langstone
- John McGovern
- John Scratch
- John Waddington
- John Weir
- John West
- Jon Snipper
- Jonathan Westeinde
- Jordan Bautista
- Jordan Ruby
- Jorge Aguela
- Jose Antonio Correa
- Jose Mendoza Rodriguez
- Joseph Barzyk
- Josephine Versace
- Joy McDonell
- Jozsef C Horvath
- Jp R
- Juan Perez
- Juanchito Falco
- Judith Dowler
- Judith Nolte
- Judy Mills
- Judy Billingsley
- Judy Herod
- Julia Cluff
- Julie Bourgoin
- Julie Charron
- Juline Fresco
- June Kaethler
- Junqi Tong
- Justin Henry
- Kafui Dansou
- Kane Majocha
- Karen Cote
- Karen Finstad
- Karen Gray
- Karen Junke
- Karim and Maria Bechane
- Karine Brunet
- Karl Underwood
- Kassandra MacIntyre
- Kate Gilchrist
- Kate Marland
- Katharine Gourlie
- Katherine Arnup
- Kathleen Armstrong
- Kathryn Slaney
- Kathryn Tremblay
- Kathy Dobbin
- Kathy Fischer
- Kathy Krywicki
- Keira Hardwick
- Keith Maddocks
- Kelley Giunta
- Ken McKinlay
- Ken Ruest
- Kerri O’Rourke
- Kevin Barclay
- Kimberley Greenwood
- Kinga Petrovai
- Kirsty Hahto
- Kris Joseph
- Kristina Guiguet
- Kristine Todd
- Laila Salman
- Lance Harris
- Lancelot Bennett
- Laura Anderson
- Laura Bouchard
- Laura Doliner
- Laurel Ralston
- Laurence Jones
- Laurie McMurdo
- Laurie Reedman
- Lawrence Cumming
- Lawrence Pascoe
- Lawrence Wolofsky
- Lenora Hansen
- Leo Konomis
- Leor Grebler
- Leslie Hamilton
- Leslie Ram
- Leslie Tinney
- Leslie Youngson
- Liam McGovern
- Lilianne Gatien
- Linda & Bert Catt
- Linda Brydon
- Linda Huehn
- Linda Thompson
- Lindsay-Erin Beatty
- Lisa Adams
- Lisa Jacobson
- Lisa Spencer
- Lisanne Hendelman
- Li-Shien Lee
- Ljiljana Stojanovic
- Loi Nguyen
- Lois Graveline
- Lora Marinkovic
- Lorenzo De Franco
- Loretto Beninger
- Lori Kemp
- Lori Lynn Penny
- Lorna Tener
- Louise Laporte
- Louise St. Germain
- Lucile Hildesheim
- Luyao Ji
- Lynda Dredge
- Lynda Steele
- Lynn Lovett
- Lynn Macdonald
- Mackenzie Fraser
- Mae Valerie Gonzales
- Maggie Henderson-Davis
- Maja-Lisa & David Thomson
- Malaika Maclure
- Malcolm McEwen
- Malcolm Stadig
- Maliha Khan
- Mara Indri
- Marc Rosembert
- Marcia Aronson
- Marco Di Fruscio
- Margaret Honeywell
- Margaret Kennedy
- Margaret Lyman
- Margaret Macpherson
- Margaret Manson
- Margaret Tabalba
- Margot Glatt
- Marguarite Keeley
- Marguerite Gollish
- Marguerite Henderson-Davis
- Maria Habanikova
- Maria Schouten
- Marian McGahern
- Marianne Wilkinson
- Marie Abbott
- Marie Claire DeMarbre
- Marie Hortas
- Marie-Josee Lambert
- Marie-Reine & Andre Lawrence
- Marilou Reeve
- Marilyn Letts
- Marilyn Pieper
- Marilyn Totten
- Marina Kun
- Marine Noel
- Marius Tihon
- Marja-Leena Majeed
- Marjo Monreal
- Mark Curfoot-Mollington
- Marlene Campbell
- Marlene Desjardins
- Marni Binder
- Marshall Wilson
- Martha Nabatian
- Martha Nixon
- Mary Ann Mucha
- Mary English
- Mary Glen
- Mary Lage
- Mary LeBlanc
- Mary Letellier
- Mary Martel-Cantelon
- MaryAdele Langran
- MaryAnn Foley
- Matt Lariviere
- Matthew Donoghue
- Maureen Boyd
- Maureen Tomosk
- Maurice Prevost
- Meaghan Steinmann
- Mechthild Meyer
- Meghan Schreiner
- Mercy Ogunsanya
- Mériel Bruer Benamra
- Meryem Baskoun
- MF Laughton
- Michael and Colleen Giunta
- Michael Chudobiak
- Michael Partridge
- Michael Petrou
- Michael Silveira
- Michael Sinclair
- Michel & Denyse Lemieux
- Michel Lacroix
- Michela Dumas
- Michele Murphy
- Michelle Anawati
- Michelle Fortier
- Michelle Parayaoan
- Mike Mccluskie
- Mimsie Rodrigue
- Miranda Frid
- Mitch Tucker
- MJ Proulx
- Mohammed El Mendri
- Moira Johnson
- Mona Lee
- Mona Whitaker
- Monica Lega
- Monika Nandini Natarajan
- Monique Lanoix
- Monique Lebel-Ducharme
- Morrie Paul
- Mouhib Youness
- Mr Alexander Nicholl
- Mrs Linda A Stoltze
- Mtamandeni Chatsala
- Myles Kirvan
- Myriam Wallet
- Nadene McDermott
- Nadia Perez
- Nairy Poulus
- Nancy Bernini
- Nancy House
- Nancy Walkling
- Nancy Wasserman
- Naomi Seminega
- Natalie Neville
- Natalie Andrews
- Nate Appelson
- Nathalie Leduc
- Nathaniel Tessier
- Neil Carew
- Neil Roberts
- Nelson Coyle
- Nelson McDougall
- NewWest Langrans
- Niamh Bloomer
- Nick Benoit
- Nicolas Perez
- Nicole Jeffrey
- Nicole Joly
- Nicole Lizee
- Nicole Presentey
- Nora Lee
- Nordau Kanigsberg
- Odile Waslander
- Okhaide Akhigbe
- Olivier Fontaine
- OrKidstra Friend – George Brown
- Pablo Hernandez Arias
- Pam Gahan
- Pamela Noxon
- Pamela Siekierski
- Pat Churcher
- Pat Paterson
- Pat Shaw
- Patricia Hay
- Patricia Bender
- Patricia Holst
- Patricia Speyer
- Patricia Spice
- Patrick Ready
- Patrick van Abbema
- Paul & Maureen Bernier
- Paul Debanne
- Paul Dixon
- Paul Hempel
- Paul Trudel
- Paul Zendrowski
- Paula Fedeski-Koundakjian
- Paula JC
- Paula Ochitwa
- Paulina Perez
- Pauline Prince
- Pavlo Kuzhel
- Peggy Atherton
- Peggy Cooke
- Peggy Florida
- Penelope Ingles
- Peter Beyer
- Peter Farrell
- Peter Gamwell
- Peter Kalab
- Peter Rey Perez Rojas
- Peter Timbrell
- Peter Trotscha
- Petronila Mrosso
- Philip Rossy
- Pierre Heroux
- Pierre-Andre Ranger
- Quit GL
- Rabiya Merani
- Rachel Baxter
- Rachell Bourdon
- Rami Farhat
- Ramona Baksh
- Raphael Solomon
- Rebecca Russell
- Rémi Racine
- Riaz Mohammed
- Richard Borsos
- Richard Lee
- Richard Mason
- Richard Millen
- Richard Moon
- Richard Taylor
- Rick Desclouds
- Rita Gero
- Rob Finch
- Robert Andrigo
- Robert Craig
- Robert Grasty
- Robert Marceau
- Robert Moon
- Robert Park
- Robert Tennant
- Robert Tritt
- Roberta Chouchani
- Roberto Chavez
- Roman Kotovych
- Ronald Cross
- Ronald Prehogan
- Ronald Walsh
- Ronaldo Santos
- Rosalynn Heuer
- ROSEMARY DUNNE
- Rosemary Kimberley
- Ross Ward
- Rosula Morgan
- Rova Rajonhson
- Roxanne Ranger
- Ruby Ewen
- Rufus Obadiah George
- Rui Qin
- Ruth Freiman
- Ruth Vallis
- Ruthlyn Faith Ramoton
- Saba Harding
- Sabine Rohlfs
- Sabine Sparwasser
- Sam Clemann
- Sam Lafond
- Sandra Burt
- Sandra Busby
- Sandy Kusugak
- Sarah Dobbin
- Sarah Franco
- Sarah Gaudet
- Sarah Jackson
- Sarah Kennedy
- Sarah Krieger
- Sarah-Maude Paul
- Sarka Friedl
- Scott Clark
- Sean McGee
- Shakura S’Aida
- Shamini Neill
- Shana Lobb
- Shannel Perron
- Sharon & Fred Olivo
- Sheila Burvill
- Sheila Grant-Trusdale
- Sheila Kulka
- Sheila Perry
- Shelley Pelkey
- Shelley Posen
- Shelley Rivier
- Sherrell Franklin
- Sherry Kane
- Shirley Grant Brown
- Shreyas Dhokte
- Sian Little
- Siegurd Weber
- Silvia Arias
- Silvia Armstrong
- Simon Beeksma
- Sofia Gabor
- Sofianne Wade
- Sondra Filoso
- Sophie Dupuis
- Sophie Kenward
- Stacey Byer
- Stan Meissner
- Stella 25
- Stephane Raby
- Stephanie Eikenberry
- Stephanie Keane
- Stephanie Lambropoulos
- Stephen & Victoria Hunter
- Stephen Colwill
- Stephen White
- Stuart Brooks
- Sue Bennett
- Sue Cardin
- Sue Pike
- Sue Whalen
- Susan Abbott
- Susan Ayala
- Susan Bailey
- Susan Blyth-Schofield
- Susan Boyd
- Susan Carter
- Susan Isaac
- Susan Rust
- Susan St. Amand
- Suzanne Faure
- Suzy McNeil
- Sy Mc D
- Sylvia & Ed Fockler
- Sylvia Gazsi Gill
- Sylvia Hoppner
- T. F.
- Tamara Jong
- Tammy Lynch
- Tanya McMurray
- Teresa Garavito
- Teresa Gravelle
- Teresa Richmond
- Terri Semanyk
- Terry Gomes
- Tim Nelson
- Tim Waterhouse
- Tomi Ahmed
- Tony Labillois
- Tram Dang
- Trudy Chapman
- Trung Nghia Doan
- Uday Dhaliwal
- Ute Braune
- Valerie Berube
- Valerie Bryce
- Valerie Collicott
- Vanessa Podgurny
- Varvara Bondariuk
- Venessa LaChance
- Verna Hawkshaw
- Vernesa Karamehmedovic
- Veronica Alba
- Veronica Ramirez
- Veronica Tedford
- Victor Fontenele
- Viktoriia Kaliuta
- Vivienne Denton
- Wallace Beaton
- Walter Hendelman
- Ward Charlotte
- Wendy Hofmann
- Wesley Benjamin
- Whitney Fox
- William Raths
- William Johnson
- William Smith
- William Steele
- William Wu
- Wilma Kuiper
- Yolande Capra.
- Yulong CHEN
- Zenon Slodki
Individual Donors updated May 11, 2026
Please note: this includes gifts (cumulative) made to OrKidstra between between January 1, 2025, and May 11, 2026.
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this donor list; if you feel that there is an omission, please contact us.
Corporate SponsorsThank you to our 2025 Corporate Supporters
Our Corporate Supporters transform the lives of at-risk Ottawa youth through the power of success through music. We celebrate both local and national businesses that have stepped up, on behalf of OrKidstra, to share their corporate social responsibility – thereby providing our students with opportunities they would otherwise not have. When you become an OrKidstra Sponsor or Corporate Supporter, you’re more than a donor – you’re family.
Foundation & Public FundingOur 2025 Foundation Donors & Public Funders
We’re very grateful for the civic-minded foundations, local charities, community organizations, and public funders who have made a strong commitment to empower kids from equity-deserving communities and build strong community. Music has the power to change lives!
$90,000+
$20,000+
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Kellett Patrick Family Foundation
$10,000+
Kellett Patrick Family Foundation
Cajole Inn Fund – OCF
Mierins Family Foundation
Suzanne and Keith Halpenny – OCF Fund
Danbe Foundation Inc.
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$1,000 – $9,999
- Andy Cohen OCF Fund
- Chamberlain Family OCF Fund
- CIBC Children’s Foundation
- City Of Ottawa
- Cogir Foundation
- D’Addario Foundation
- Dufault Foundation
- Foundation of Greater Montréal
- George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
- Harry P Ward Foundation
- Johansen Larsen Foundation
- Millard Churchfield Charitable Fund
- OrKidstra Allegro Fund OCF
- Paul and Rosanna Gardner Charitable Account
- RBC Foundation
- Scotia McLeod Charitable Foundation
- Sommerer Privatstiftung (Sommerer Family Foundation)
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation
- Watson’s Pharmacy & Compounding Centre
- Wood Family Charitable Foundation
Up to $999
- Colin’s Future Fund – OCF
- Dr. S. Carson & C. Speed Endowment – OCF Fund
- France-Anne Sweeny “Making a Difference” Fund – WCF
- Harvey & Louise Glatt Fund
- HollyHock OCF Fund
- McCormack Family Fund – OCF
- Ron Tremblett Charitable Account
- Swan Family Fund
Individual Donors updated May 11, 2026
Please note: this includes gifts (cumulative) made to OrKidstra between between January 1, 2025, and May 11, 2026.
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this donor list; if you feel that there is an omission, please contact us.
Legacy GivingThank you for making a sustained impact
We’re extremely grateful for the visionary donors who are playing their part to help children and youth find their voice through music. Your thoughtful Legacy Gift will help kids from equity-deserving areas of Ottawa reach for success, now and in the future, through music. Make a Legacy Gift by remembering OrKidstra in your Will and encourage others to make an In-Memoriam gift to OrKidstra. Your Legacy Gift will allow future generations of children to benefit from the many community skills inherent in music-making. Music has the power to change lives and your visionary gift will help ensure that tomorrow’s youth can reach for success through music! We’re happy to chat with you about options for your OrKidstra legacy gift, including endowment contributions.
Learn more about leaving a gift in your Will through our partners at Will Power!
Key Information:
Charitable Organization Number: 83246 7153 RR0001
Legal Name: OrKidstra – Sistema Ottawa
Address: OrKidstra, 211 Bronson Avenue, Studios 204 & 210, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6H5
Primary Contact: Carrie Lauzon, Executive Managing Director
Secondary Contact: Rebecca Russell, Director of Development & Communications
Primary Email: carrieolivo@orkidstra.ca
Secondary Email: rebeccarussell@orkidstra.ca
Phone: 613.233.0166
Legacy Gifts
The following individuals have pledged a Legacy Gift to OrKidstra. We thank them—very much in advance—for their foresight and generosity.
Suzanne Drapeau – “I feel that giving children a chance to explore the world of music is the most important gift I can give.”
Tina Fedeski – “Because singing and playing together teaches all of us how to form a community out of diverse parts and how to create something bigger and more beautiful than our individual selves.”
Sylvia Gazsi Gill – “Because the future belongs to those who have learned cooperation, hard work, listening, and leading – all gained through OrKidstra.”
Ian Prattis and Carolyn Hill – “We are observing and participating in a social revolution through the multiculturism the children of OrKidstra create on the path of becoming first-rate citizens.”
Claire Marshall – “To encourage harmony across cultures.”
Chloë McLellan – “Because access to the arts and culture for all leads to knowing ourselves, learning to be ourselves and learning to live together.”
Chayanika Abeysekera Lutes – “We have two young boys, and I want to make a difference in the world they live in and set an example of what it means to give back to your community.”
In Memoriam
We are very grateful to the individuals and families who have made In Memoriam donations. Thank you to the families and friends who have offered us permission to pay tribute to their loved ones below:
In Memoriam: Jane Anido, 1949-2019 – Appointed OrKidstra Board Member on March 30, 2016, elected Vice Chair on Nov. 14, 2016 and served as Chair from Nov. 1, 2019 until her passing. “Because she was thrilled by the simple idea of music, developing the hearts and the minds of the most wonderful kids in the world, to help them build their future!!!” – Martin Low
In Memoriam: Harry Elton, 1930-2004 – “Longstanding host of CBC’s ‘Mostly Music,’ who learned at his mother’s side the value of bringing music into the life of inner-city students, providing life-changing opportunities to learn, perform and excel.” – Elizabeth Elton (for Claire Elton, Kathryn Elton, Christine Elton and Victoria (Elton) Green
In Memoriam: Peter Henry Dawson, 1937-2015 – “Because music education challenges the mind and nourishes the spirit; it opens the door to a better future.”
In Memoriam: Anne Taylor, 1945-2014 – “Because music creates community and is one of the most enduring gifts we can give to children.”
In Memoriam: Alan Salvin, 1954-2016 – “Because he loved to share music—and his smile—with others.”
In Memoriam: Thomas Dent, 1923-2017
In Memoriam: Brian Parkin – “Small acts make beautiful music.”
In Memoriam: Pauline Fedeski
Instrument DonorsOur Instrument Donors
Thank you for giving kids the gift of music! Your donation is giving new life and love in the hands of kids from equity-deserving areas of Ottawa. Learning to play an instrument will help these at-risk youth develop a lifelong love for music while learning important life skills like commitment, patience and teamwork. Thank you for your support!
- Abbott, Debbie
- Adani, Nicole
- Ain’t Seen Noth’n Yet Productions (ASNY)
- Aird, Rebecca
- Aitcheson, Peggy & Ian
- Alexie Lalonde-Steedman
- Allaham, Chloe
- Allen, Catherine
- Allen, Murray
- Allen, Richie
- Anderson, Mark
- Anderson, Richard
- Anderson, Rosemary
- Andrew, Michael
- Andrews, Rosemarie
- Anido, P.J. and Diane
- Anonymous
- Armstrong, Angus
- Armstrong, John
- Armstrong, Scott
- Aronson, Myra
- Arseneau, Jules
- Ashbury College
- Asherman, Ellen
- Atherton, Peggy
- Aver, Josh
- Babyn, Cindy
- Baker, Kaarina
- Balthazar, Chantal
- Bamber, Marcia
- Barnes, Tom
- Bascombe, Dianne
- Bastien, Rose
- Baxter, Rachel
- Baynes, Jamie
- Beaton, Wallace
- Beatty, Leah
- Belchamber, Brian
- Bell, Stephi
- Beverley Billows
- Beverley Hughes
- Billingsley, Perry
- Bilodeau, Dany
- Blakey, Sonia
- Bobet, Ellen
- Boisvekt, Tina
- Borcomin, Sophie
- Boulay, Philip
- Boutin-Moore, Francoise
- Boyd, Anne Jarvis
- Brawn, Thomas
- Brennan, Paul
- Brierley, Doug
- Briscoe, Diane
- Broom, Anne
- Bruce, Neva
- Bryant, John & Simon
- Burns, Lori
- Burt, Andrew
- Bush, Mary & Don
- Buttle, Linda
- Byrne, Terry
- Calderisi Bryce, Maria
- Calderon, Ramses
- Callaghan, W. B.
- Campbell, Isabel
- Campbell, Marlene & Alex
- Capstick, Bernita
- Carpenter, Graham & Maureen
- Carson, Sam
- Casey, Cheryl & Doug
- Casey, Paul & Kang, Karen
- Catterson, Joan
- Chalk, Raymond
- Chatland, Maureen
- Chen, Kai
- Cheng, Yihao
- Cheung, Kevin
- Chik-Parnas, Lilian
- Choo, Bettina
- Chouinard, Genevieve
- Cindy Germain, Cindy
- Clark, Barbara
- Clarke, Norm
- Clunie, Harriet
- Clute, Brent
- Coast Music (Senra, Manuel)
- Collins, Barbara
- Colquhoun, Marilyn
- Cooper, Ben
- Cornish, Gerald
- Courage, Susan
- Cragg, Jim
- Craig, Elaine
- Crawford, Annie
- Crump, Maggie
- Cunningham, Graeme
- Currie, David
- Daniels, Jesse
- Darcy, Darren
- David Megginson
- David Megginson, David
- Davidge, Erin
- Davis, Jennifer
- Deevey, Barry
- Demers, Luc
- Derwent, Clea
- Despax, Cendrine
- Dessereau, Andre
- Dewar, James
- Don Stephenson, Don
- Donnelly, Karen
- Donnelly, Tom (Donnelly Ford Lincoln)
- Downey, Ann
- Dufault, Heather
- Duncan Gillis, Duncan
- Duncan, M.J.
- Duquette, Marie-Claude
- Duschenes, Christopher
- Duschenes, Ellis-Lynn
- Eadie, Nancy
- Edgecombe, Beverley
- Ekstrandh, Anna
- Ella, Catherine
- Elliott, Garry
- Estabrooks, Penny
- Estate of Chooi Kin Wan
- Estate of O’Kane, James
- Evans, Kellylee
- Faisa Hussein
- Farion, Ken & MacMaster, Tara
- Ferguson, Karen
- Ferguson, Kate
- Finlayson, David
- Flavell, Michael
- Foley, Brian
- Fontaine, Jennifer
- Fortier, Ivy
- Foulkes, Amy
- Frederking, Ann & Robert
- Frederking, Karin
- Friesen, Agnes
- Friesen, Ted
- Fynn, James
- Gagnon, Brigitte
- Gallienne, John
- Gamble, Arnold
- Garry Elliott
- Gary MacLean
- Germain, Cindy
- Germain, Louise
- Gillespie, Darcy
- Gillis, Duncan
- Gisela Knoepfler-Low
- Godwin, Sarah
- Gorsline, Kate
- Goss, Anna
- Gourret, Nicole
- Graham, Brian
- Graham, Darrell
- Grant-Zypchen, Emma
- Gratix, Diane
- Gray, Janice
- Greenspoon, Julie
- Greenspoon, Sylvia
- Greenway, Donald
- Gruber-Leglacé, Heidi
- Gunner, Sol
- Guy Harrison
- Haaland, Linda
- Hain, Allister
- Hain, David
- Hallman, Julia
- Hamaan, Charles
- Hansen, Lynda
- Harding, Beverly
- Harrison, Guy
- Hassan, Elizabeth & Zuhair
- Hayes, Kenny
- Hendelman, Tenna & Walter
- Henderson, Lorraine
- Henley, Doreen
- Henry, Michael
- Herleny, Lisa
- Hernandez Iraheta, Minerva
- Herron, Adrienne
- Heselmann, Christine
- Hewson, Norah
- Heynen, Jeffrey
- Hicks, Todd
- Higgs, Kathy
- Higham, Robin & Louise
- Hird, Brian
- Hlady, Bria
- Hobbs, Alison & Christopher
- Hockin, Jamie
- Hoffman, Caja
- Hoffman, Inge
- Hovey, Jeff
- Howell, Bruce
- Hubbertz, Andrew
- Hudson, Drummond & Marlene
- Huer, Evelyn
- Huggins, Rod
- Huggins, Sharon Ruth
- Hughes, Beverley
- Hunter, Stephen
- Hurd, James T
- Hutchings, Colin
- Huus, Jan
- Inglis, Jodie
- Jackson, Chris
- Jacobson, Verna
- Jacques, Audrey
- James Moores, James
- Jan Jarvlepp, Jan
- Jarraway, David
- Jarvlepp, Jan
- Jeffrey, Barbara
- Jenner, Julie
- Jesseman, Rebecca
- Jules, Denise
- Kalsi, Rajiv
- Kane, Betsy
- Karam, Elie
- Kelley, Danford
- Kells Moorcroft
- Kelly, Patrick
- Kemp, Karen
- Kemp, Katharine
- Kennedy, Sharon & Dan
- Khan, Kerstin
- Kingsley, Kathleen
- Klein, Louise
- Klimasko, Elaine
- Komesch, Kathy
- Kompass, Paul
- Koss, Patricia
- Kozicki, Sharon
- Kriger, David
- Kula, Eleanor
- Lalonde-Steedman, Alexie
- Larkin, Aileen
- Larocque, Jane
- Lash, Tim
- LeBlanc, Chantal
- Lecompte, Joelie
- Lecomte, Maxime
- Ledoux, Jamie
- Lee, Nora
- Leggett, John
- Levac, Pamela
- Levecque, Neil
- Liabotis, Helen
- Libon, Christine
- Linklater, John
- Lister, Ed
- Lithwick, Larry
- Louis Boisvert
- Loum, Momodou
- Love, Mary
- Low, Kathryn
- Lubbe, Annaline
- Lupul, Mary
- Macdonald, Neale
- MacDonald, Robert & Claire
- MacHattie, Leslie
- MacIsaac, Mariette
- Mackenzie, Susan
- Mackinnon, Jennifer
- MacKinnon, Norma
- MacLean, Gary
- MacLeod, Fiona
- MacMillan, William & Halstead, Jean
- Maddocks, Keith
- Makosa, Margarita
- Manson, Margaret (Marnee)
- Mark Anderson
- Marks, Emily & Jethro
- Martel-Cantelon, Mary & Peter
- Martin, Carol
- Martin, George & Rosemarie
- Martin, Nancy
- Mathesius, Beverley M
- Mathies, Linda
- Mattson, Susie
- Maule, Christopher
- Maura Ricketts
- Mayost, Ruth
- McCarthy, Jean
- McCleery, Adele
- McCloskey, Bill
- McCormack, Ann
- McDonald, Scott
- McEvenue, Shannon
- McLaughlin, Lindsay
- McLelland, Alanna
- McLung, Janet
- Megginson, David
- Melvin, Janet
- Meslin, Eric & Robyn
- Meyer, Chris
- Mike’s Music (Chambers, John)
- Mikoski, Kathryn
- Milani, Manuela
- Miller, Julie
- Mitchell, John
- Miura, Carlos
- Moll, Marita
- Moore, Karen
- Moore, Sarah
- Moores, James
- Morantz, Alan
- Morin-Labatut, Gisèle
- Morris, Jackie
- Moscovitch, Allan
- Mountenay Cain, Pamela
- Muir, Brenda
- Nabatian, Martha
- Nadeau Carriere, Stephanie
- Nagy, Anne
- Nagy, Philip & Anne
- Nandlall, Ian
- National Capital Suzuki School Of Music
- Neale, Katherine
- Nicol, Jennifer
- Nixon, Carol
- Nobrega, Leonardo
- Norton, Katherine & Chris
- O’Neil, Linda
- O’Connell-Campbell, Colleen
- Oliver, Judith
- Omiecinski, Teresa
- Onge, Jeannine
- Osler, Campbell
- Ostapchuk, Rebecca
- Overend, Eileen
- Parchelo, Aidan
- Pasko, Dr. Stan
- Paterson, Matthew
- Paul Hahn Fund for Young Cellists (Nadeau, Guy)
- Perrior, Yvann
- Peter Rey Perez Rojas
- Petersen, Anna
- Pickering, Patrick
- Pinard, Alain
- Pitzul, P.
- Poirer-Feraud, Zepherine
- Pollard, Bruce
- Powell, Sheila
- Prefontaine, Simon
- Preston, Kate
- Prouse, Dennis
- Prystawski, Walter
- Pyne, Corry
- Rager, Barbara
- Rain, David
- Ralchenko, Boris
- Raymond, Francine
- Reedman, Laurie
- Reid, Marilyn
- Renshaw, Linda
- Reynolds, Vaughan
- Richards, Catherine
- Richards, Mary-Lou
- Richardson, Scott
- Rive, Jeanette
- Robb, Helena
- Robert, Daniel
- Roberts, Ian
- Robertson, Jim
- Robinson, John B.
- Rogers, Cathy
- Rousseau, Joseph
- Rowden, Denis
- Roy, Janet
- Rupp, Susan
- Rutherford, Anne & Douglas
- Rymes, Elizabeth
- Sadowski, Helen & Allen
- Sagar, Peter
- Samson, Joanne D
- Saucier, Ron
- Sauve, Gerard
- Schepens, Tara
- Schmidtke, Penny
- Schmolka, Diane
- Schoen, Pamela
- Schwartz-Gagnon, Peni
- Scratch, John & Margaret
- Shaw, Murray
- Shehan, H. Gale
- Sheldrake, Derek
- Sherif, Ranya
- Shmelzer, Sol
- Siegel, Lois
- Simpson, Geoff
- Smith, Laura
- Snelling, Suzanne
- Solar, Christopher
- Sparks, Colin
- Spasoff, Robert
- Splinter, Dena
- Spraakman, Andrea
- Spring, David & Levine, Barbara
- St-Amour, M Phil
- Steinmetz, Andrew
- Stephenson, Don
- Stern, Davee
- Stern, Joe
- Stiles, Mark
- Streefkerk, Len
- Subers, Peter
- Sullivan, Brian, Allison & Nicholas
- Sulzenko, Alexa
- Suzanne Faure
- Swan, Carole
- Switzer, Philip & Anne
- Sykes, Kimball
- Tabalba, Margaret
- Takahashi, Bryan
- Taylor, Betty
- The late Leonard Surges
- The Maddocks Family
- Thies-Thompson, David
- Thorpe, Karla
- Tobolowska, Margaret
- Townsend, Bruce
- Turner, Tim
- Uhthoff Munro, Sylvia
- Unheim, Per
- Valair, Glenda
- van der Leeden, Zelena
- Van Loon, Catherine
- Vanderzon, Jeanie
- Vine, Lawrence & Moody, Lisa
- Voyer, Huguette
- Wade, Leslie
- Wang, Don
- Wang, Hermina
- Ward, Michellle
- Ward, W D.
- Warnock, Alf
- Watson, John
- Weatherup, W
- Webber, Winston
- Webne-Behrman, Lisa & Harry
- Welch, Tiffany
- Wendling, Laurie Anne
- Westington, Ralph & Helen
- White, Sheila
- Wiegand, Micaela
- Wigston, Karen
- Wilkie Kushner, Archibald
- Williams, Jill & Priddie, Trevor
- Wilson, Anne
- Wilson, Emily
- Wilson, Jane
- Winston Webber
- Wodin, Olly
- Wolofsky, Lawrence
- Wong, Tracy
- Wood, J. Wilson
- Woods, Carolyn & Douglas
- Worden, Mary Anne
- Wright, Kathryn
- Wyslouzil, Hans
- Yerxa, Barry
- Young String Performers’ Foundation
- Yu, Maria
- Zakrzewski, Peter
- Zambonini, Claudia
- Zuchowicz, Barbara
Updated May 11, 2026 – All instrument donors to OrKidstra since 2007 are listed.
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this donor list; if you feel that there is an omission, please contact us.
