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
Estate of Wendy Dianne Leckie
$25,000+
Alexandra & Gregory Mondre
David Van Dine
$5,000+
- Alan Poplove
- Anda Sipolins
- Anne Robinson
- Anonymous
- Bill Fenton
- Cheryl & Doug Casey
- Cornelia & Gary Duck
- David Holdsworth & Nicole Senecal
- Evan Huus
- Jody Gomber
- John & Jean Gomez
- Mary Nash
- Paul Wells
- Peter Sagar
- Robin & Louise Higham
- Susan Prior
$1,000 – $4,999
- Allan Whitney
- Angela Hewitt
- Anonymous
- Barbara Lavictoire
- Beverley Hughes
- Brenda Muir
- Carole Swan
- Cathy Doolan
- Charlotte Gray
- Chloe McLellan
- Claire Marshall
- Constance & Stans Van Wijk
- Don & Sheila Bayne
- Eileen Overend
- Elizabeth Cosgrove
- Evan Frank
- Graham Carpenter
- Issac & Marguerite Gollish
- Janet Campbell
- Jeff Heynen
- John & Janina Kraus
- John Hollander
- Jonas Thompson
- Joseph Ha
- Judith Anne Creamer
- Karen Ferguson
- Kate Preston
- Linda Ham
- Lynda Heyden-Carroll & Michael Carroll
- Margaret Campbell
- Margaret Jaques
- Marilyn Dawson
- Marilyn Hart
- Marilyn McMillen
- Mark Stiles
- Mathhew Lewis
- Mike McGurn
- Nancy Taylor
- Peter Duschenes
- Roseann Runte
- Ruth & John Walton
- Sandra Legault
- Shirley Valois
- Ted Friesen
- Tina Fedeski & Gary McMillen
- Van Mardian
- Vicken Norian
- Victor Wehrle
- Walter Hendelman
- Winston Webber
$500 – $999
- Aleksander Hynna
- Allison Dingle
- Anna Lenk
- Anna Mauviel
- Anthony Anderson
- Arnold Postma
- Cathy Bonnah
- Christopher Duschenes
- Denise Stone
- Don & Patricia Amundrud
- Donald MacLeod
- Donna & George Haynal
- Eleanor Thomson
- Ellen Bobet
- Fredeswinda Walsh
- George & Pat Hendry
- Glenda and Neil Yeates
- Hart Shouldice
- Irenka Farmilo
- Jacqueline Newton
- James Wright
- Janet McKeage
- Janice Payne
- Jennifer Hicks
- Joan Catterson
- John & Carolyn MacDonald
- John and Rosemary Williams
- John Goldsmith
- John Graham
- John Moffat
- Jon Snipper
- Karen Donnelly
- Karen Gray
- Karen Junke
- Linda Mcdonald
- Louise Laporte
- Marie-Josee Lambert
- Martin Low
- Mary Martel-Cantelon
- Meg Myers
- Michael Joyce & Joan Spice
- Nancy & Barry Craven
- Nathalie Chartier
- Pasha Yaghini
- Per Unheim
- Rajiv Kalsi
- Sally Melville
- Sandie McArdle
- Sandra MacDonald-Rencz
- Sarah Jennings
- Sheldon Posen
- Stephane Emard-Chabot
- Stephanie Courneyea
- Suzanne Halpenny
- Thomas Wilkinson
- Victoria Compton
- Wendy Frisch
- William Bonnell
Up to $499
- Aadi Koundal
- Aaron Tam
- Abby Browne
- Adam Harvey
- Adam Janes
- Adam Rain
- Adele DesBrisay
- Aileen Derby
- Aileen Leo
- Aira Kolin Napolitano
- AJ Mensah
- Alan Bowker
- Alan Pickersgill
- Alaukwu Anozie
- Aleksandr Anseev
- Alex McElroy
- Alex Trzmiel
- Alex X
- Alexander Camenzind
- Alexander Clay
- Alexandra Belanger
- Ali Mouawieh
- Alireza Ghayekhloo
- Allan L Chrisman
- Allan MacKay
- Allen Brown
- Amelia Sproule
- Aminah Attar
- Amogh Attri
- Amy Gordon
- Ana Contreras
- Ana Maria Correa Vazquez
- Anastasiia Kot
- Andras Birkus
- Andrea de Boer
- Andrea Harrison
- Andrea McCrady
- Andrea Rheaume
- Andreea Rada
- Andrew Duncan
- Andrew Famme
- Andrew Stewart
- Angel Albarran
- Angela Marcus
- Angela Maxwell
- Anik Lacroix
- Anita Biguzs
- Anita Chrisp
- Ann & Robert Frederking
- Ann Flynn
- Ann Marie Buckingham
- Anna Gray
- Anna Sivets
- Anne Bowker
- Anne DesBrisay
- Anne Peterson
- Anneke Jansen van Doorn
- Annemarie Reineche
- Antoine Léveillé
- Antonio Hortas
- Aoph Sied
- April Barrie
- Argel Aguilar Valles
- Ariel Troster
- Ashley Thompson
- Astrid Camarena
- Atsu Dogbey
- Audrey Korpan
- Babatunde Esaojo
- Barb Clubb & Kevin Burns
- Barbara E Woodward
- Barbara Martin
- Barbara Newbegin
- Barbara Popel
- Barbara Riley
- Barbara Uteck & Graham Fraser
- Barbara Wright
- Basel Al-Sukhon
- Béatrice Amellal
- Bessa Whitmore
- Betsy Cornwell
- Beverley McKiver
- Beverly Charette
- Biff & Denise Heringer
- Bill & Jennie Riddick
- Bill Robertson
- Bob & Carolyn Buchan
- Brandon Lagace
- Brandy Coughler & Daniel Holmes
- Brenda Encarnacion
- Brendan Gawn
- Brendan Johnson
- Brett Harris
- Brian Belchamber
- Brian Williams
- Britteny Smith
- Bronchi Toiled
- Bryan Parker
- Callum Sutherland
- Carla Klassen
- Carla Ricalde
- Carlos Eduardo Chaves Fleck
- Carmen Guay
- Carol Barr
- Carol Collier
- Carol Diamond
- Carol Doucet
- Carol Lovejoy
- Carol Lutes Racine
- Carole Zagerman
- Caroline Farmer
- Caroline Midgley
- Carolyn Ho
- Carolyn McMaster
- Carolyn Moffatt
- Carrie Lauzon
- Carrie Spencer
- Catherine Bélanger
- Catherine DesBrisay
- Catherine Foucault
- Catherine Graham
- Catherine Morrison
- Catherine Patton
- Catherine Richer
- Catherine Wilson
- Cathy Downes
- Cathy Nobleman
- Cedric Lachance
- Cedric Nowell
- Chantal Kielbasa
- Chantal Phan
- Chantal Raby
- Chantalle LeFriend
- Chantelle Komm
- Charles Spencer
- Charlie L.
- Chayanika Abeysekera Lutes & Michael Lutes
- Chelsea Corvus
- Chelsea Paoletti
- Cherrie Foster
- Cheryl Morris-Putman
- Chris & Sandra Van Barr
- Chris Cottrell
- Christene Boutilier
- Christianne Manuel
- Christine McAllister
- Christine Carter
- Christine Harmston
- Christine Minas
- Christine Weatherston
- Christopher Celinski
- Christopher Webber
- Cindy Ryley
- Claire Paquette
- Claire Speed
- Clairellen Nentwich
- Clarence Tollman
- Clarissa Lo-Nugent
- Claude Cantin
- Claudia Lopes
- Colin Leech
- Colin Mack
- Colin Murray
- Coralie Barrette
- Coralyn Chapman
- Corianne Bell
- Craig & Rosemary MacDonald
- Craig Jackman
- Crystal Fernandes
- Cynthia Baxter
- Daina Brumelis
- Dale Synnett-Caron
- Dan & Nikki B
- Dan & Sharon Kennedy
- Dan Allaire
- Daniel Pestana
- Daniel Prevost
- Danielle Vinette
- Daria Goulets
- David & Eithne Taylor
- David & Marianne Esdaile & Feaver
- David Broscoe
- David Hallman
- David Hendricks
- David Krawczyk
- David Rain
- David Reeve
- Dawn Edlund
- Deb & Ian Paterson
- Debbie MacQuarrie
- Debbie Stephens
- Deborah & Debbie Abbott
- Deborah & Wesley Dearham
- Deborah Cowley
- Deborah Doherty
- Denise Hebert
- Derek Jackson
- Diana Kirkwood
- Diana Massicotte
- Diane & Peter Schmolka
- Diane Bartos
- Diane Goldenberg
- Diane Ouderkirk
- Dianne Breton
- Dianne Lalonde-Girault
- Dominic Aquilina
- Dominique Skarzenski
- Donna Stanley
- Doug Stockwell
- Dr T M Quigg
- Ed McKenna
- Edit Lukacs Dragoi
- Edward & Elisabeth Day
- Edward and Dawn Berkelaar
- Edward Yeh
- Edwina Sutherland
- Ego Z
- Eileen Leversedge
- Elaine Keillor C.M.
- 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 Jenness
- Emma Rain
- Eric Littlewood
- Eric McCabe
- Eric Rupp
- Eric Wong
- Ericka Ushliyanage
- Esther Tarasofsky
- Eugene K Wai
- Eva Sheppard-Perkins
- Evelyn Greenberg
- Evelyne Pytka
- Ezekiel Ceron
- Farah Ahmed
- Farah Malik
- Farshid Mirshahi
- Fenja Brodo
- Fern Goldman
- Flavia Nayane De Sousa Franca
- Flora Benoit
- France Roy
- Frances Cherry
- Frances Itani
- Francesca Tria Espinoza
- Francine Schutzman
- Francis Dall
- Francoise Chartier
- Frank McInnis
- Frederick Packer
- Frederick Schipizky
- Gabriela Prada
- Gabrielle Allard
- Gaetan Garneau
- Gail Dobell
- Gail O’Brien
- Garrett Leaver
- Gavin Crisp
- Genevieve Lajoie
- Gennaro Busa
- George Brown
- George Langill
- Geza & Elena Petrovai
- Gillian Chaloner-Larsson
- Gillian Pearlstone
- Gloria Borts
- Gloria Fox
- Gordon & Wendy Peters
- Gordon McLaughlin
- Grace Xin
- Greg Hartley
- Greg Roderick
- Guillaume Vincelette Barrette
- Guilor Fernandez
- Gwendolyn Prillo
- E. Edwards
- Haiying Zhu
- Harm & Anne Rombeek
- Harold & Mary Jackson
- Harold Young
- Harri Vikstedt
- Harrison Mercer
- Harvey Slack
- Harvey Tremeer
- Heather Daley
- Heather Macnab
- Heather Williams
- Helena Robb
- Henrietta Langran DesBrisay
- Hichem Lahiouel
- Hilda Bleyer
- Himanshu Jethwani
- Honourable Marie-P Charette-Poulin
- Howard Nathan
- Hugh MacGregor
- Hugh Murphy
- Hugh Winsor
- Huguette Roussy
- Ian & Mary Glen
- Immanuel Lanzaderas
- Irene Mathias
- Irene Sacharuk
- Isaac & Sheila Braun
- Isabelle Mondou
- Isobel O’Hagan
- Isobel Bisby
- Isurini Wijesinghe
- Jack DesBrisay
- Jackie Holzman
- Jacqueline Poitras
- Jacqueline Snyder
- Jake Palmer
- James Dissake
- James King
- Jan & Maria Heynen
- Jan Calvo
- Jan Killen
- Jan Michaels
- Jan O’Donnell
- Jane Ann & Greg Klowak
- Jane Beaumont
- Jane Douglas
- Janet Bentham
- Janet Bowes
- Janet McLaine
- Janet Still
- Janice Lewis
- Janice McCoy
- Janice Newton
- Janina Wright
- Jason Hunt
- Javier Delgado
- Javier Porras Gil
- Jayla Kirkey
- Jayne Blemings
- Jean Christie
- Jean Hage
- Jeanette Rive
- Jean-Luc Daoust
- Jeanne DesBrisay
- Jeanne Laux
- Jeannie Thomas
- Jean-Paul Gagnon
- Jeff Rarig
- Jeffrey Gu
- Jennie HornostyIt
- Jennifer Marcus
- Jennifer Pagnotta
- Jennifer Armstrong
- Jennifer Johnson
- Jennifer Messer
- Jenny Jones
- Jenny Lee
- Jerry & Janos Csaba
- Jil Beardmore
- Jill Kirwan
- Jim Russell
- Jo Wood
- Joan Coulter
- Joan Milkson
- Jo-Ann Robertson
- Joanne Kelly
- Joanne Khouryati
- Jocelyn Zwicker
- Joel Beauchamp
- Joel Casselman
- Joel Sachs
- Joelyn Gregory
- Joey Yip
- John Maurice
- John Armstrong
- John Langstone
- John Scratch
- John Waddington
- John Weir
- John West
- Jonathan Westeinde
- Jonnah Lyne Guzon
- Jordan Bautista
- Jordan Ruby
- Jorge Aguela
- Jose Antonio Correa
- Jose Mendoza Rodriguez
- Joseph Barzyk
- Josephine Versace
- Joy McDonell
- Jozsef C Horvath
- Juan Perez
- Juanchito Falco
- Jude Bashto
- Judith Allanson
- Judith Dowler
- Judith Nolte
- Judy Billingsley
- Judy Herod
- Julia Cluff
- Julie Bourgoin
- Julie Charron
- June Kaethler
- Junqi Tong
- Justin Henry
- Kafui Dansou
- Kane Majocha
- Karen Finstad
- Karen Horl
- Karim and Maria Bechane
- Karine Brunet
- Karl Underwood
- Kassandra MacIntyre
- Kate Gilchrist
- Kate Marland
- Katharine Gourlie
- Katherine Arnup
- Kathryn Palmer
- Kathryn Racine
- Kathryn Slaney
- Kathryn Tremblay
- Kathy Dobbin
- Kathy Fischer
- Kathy Krywicki
- Keira Hardwick
- Keith Maddocks
- Kelley Giunta
- KellyLee Evans
- Ken Ruest
- Kenneth McKinlay
- Kevin Barclay
- Kimberley Greenwood
- Kimberly Schedler
- Kinga Petrovai
- Kris Joseph
- Kristina Guiguet
- Kristine Todd
- Lance Harris
- Lancelot Bennett
- Laura Anderson
- Laura Bouchard
- Laura Doliner
- Laura Vernon
- Laurel Ralston
- Laurie Lyon
- Laurie McMurdo
- Laurie Reedman
- Lawrence Cumming
- Lawrence Wolofsky
- Leith De Tracey
- Lenora Hansen
- Leo Konomis
- Leonard & Margaret Edwards
- Leonie Wall
- Leslie & Nick Noxon
- Leslie Ram
- Leslie Tinney
- Leslie Weir
- Leslie Youngson
- Liam McGovern
- Lilianne Gatien
- Linda Russell
- Linda Brydon
- Linda Huehn
- Lisa Adams
- Lisa Jacobson
- Lisa Spencer
- Lisanne Hendelman
- Lissa Charlton
- Ljiljana Stojanovic
- Loi Nguyen
- Lora Marinkovic
- Loretto Beninger
- Lori Kemp
- Lori Lynn Penny
- Lorna Tener
- Lorraine Berzins
- Louise Samuel
- Louise St. Germain
- Lucile Hildesheim
- Luyao Ji
- Lynda Dredge
- Lynda Steele
- J. Duncan
- Mackenzie Fraser
- Malaika Maclure
- Malcolm McEwen
- Maliha Khan
- Mara Indri
- Marc Rosembert
- Marco Di Fruscio
- Margaret Dunn
- Margaret Honeywell
- Margaret Kennedy
- Margaret Manson
- Margaret Tabalba
- Margie Mendell
- Margot Glatt
- Marguerite Henderson-Davis
- Maria Habanikova
- Maria Schouten
- Marian Hands
- Marianne Graham
- Marianne Wilkinson
- Marie Abbott
- Marie Claire DeMarbre
- Marie Hortas
- Marilou Reeve
- Marilyn Letts
- Marilyn Pieper
- Marilyn Totten
- Marina Kun
- Marine Noel
- Marion Robertson
- Marius Tihon
- Marlene Campbell
- Marlene Desjardins
- Marni Binder
- Marshall Wilson
- Martha Nabatian
- Martha Nixon
- Martha Ruben
- Mary Ann Jenkins
- Mary Ann Mucha
- Mary Anne McPhee
- Mary English
- Mary Glen
- Mary Lage
- Mary LeBlanc
- Mary Letellier
- MaryAdele Langran
- Maryan O’Hagan
- MaryAnn Foley
- Masao Imai
- Matt Lariviere
- Matthew Donoghue
- Mattia David
- Maureen Boyd
- Maureen Tomosk
- Maurice Prevost
- Meaghan Steinmann
- Mechthild Meyer
- Meghan Schreiner
- Mercy Ogunsanya
- Meryem Baskoun
- Michael and Colleen Giunta
- Michael Arkin
- Michael Partridge
- Michael Petrou
- Michael Silveira
- Michael Sinclair
- Michel Lacroix
- Michela Dumas
- Michelle Anawati
- Michelle Fortier
- Mimsie Rodrigue
- Miranda Frid
- Mitch Tucker
- MJ Proulx
- Mohammed El Mendri
- Moira Johnson
- Mona Lee
- Mona Whitaker
- Monica Chevalier
- Monica Lega
- Monika Nandini Natarajan
- Monique Lanoix
- Monique Lebel-Ducharme
- Mouhib Youness
- Mrs Linda A Stoltze
- Mtamandeni Chatsala
- Myles Kirvan
- Myriam Wallet
- Nadene McDermott
- Nadia Perez
- Nadine Sandercock
- Nairy Poulus
- Nancy Adams
- Nancy and Paul Spaven
- Nancy Bernini
- Nancy House
- Nancy Walkling
- Naomi Seminega
- Natalie Neville
- Natalie Andrews
- Nate Appelson
- Nathalie Leduc
- Nathan Au
- Nathaniel Tessier
- Neil Carew
- Neil Roberts
- Nelson Coyle
- Nelson McDougall
- Neva Bruce & David Cuthbertson
- NewWest Langrans
- Niamh Bloomer
- Nick Benoit
- Nicolas Perez
- Nicole Jeffrey
- Nicole Joly
- Nicole Lizee
- Nicole Presentey
- Okhaide Akhigbe
- Pablo Hernandez Arias
- Pam Gahan
- Pamela Noxon
- Pamela Siekierski
- Pat Churcher
- Pat Paterson
- Pat Shaw
- Patricia Allan
- Patricia Hay
- Patricia Spice
- Patrick Ready
- Patrick van Abbema
- Paul & Maureen Bernier
- Paul Debanne
- Paul Dixon
- Paul Hempel
- Paul Trudel
- Paul Zendrowski
- Paula Agulnik
- Paula Fedeski-Koundakjian
- Paula JC
- Paula Ochitwa
- Paulina Perez
- Pavlo Kuzhel
- Peggy Atherton
- Peggy Florida
- Penelope Ingles
- Peter Everett
- Peter Gamwell
- Peter Hartgerink
- Peter Kalab
- Peter Timbrell
- Peter Trotscha
- Petronila Mrosso
- Philip Rossy
- Pierre Heroux
- Pierre-Andre Ranger
- Prabir K Pal
- Quit GL
- Rabiya Merani
- Rachel Baxter
- Rachell Bourdon
- Rami Farhat
- Ramona Baksh
- Randle Wilson
- Rebecca Russell
- Rémi Racine
- Riaz Mohammed
- Richard Lee
- Richard Mason
- Richard Millen
- Rick Desclouds
- Rita Gero
- Rob Finch
- Robert Andrigo
- Robert Grasty
- Robert Marceau
- Robert Moon
- Robert Park
- Robert Tennant
- Robert Tritt
- Roberto Chavez
- Ronald Cross
- Ronald Prehogan
- Ronald Walsh
- Ronaldo Santos
- Rosalynn Heuer
- Rosemary Dunne
- Rosemary Warskett
- Ross Francis
- Ross Ward
- Rova Rajonhson
- roxanne ranger
- Rufus Obadiah George
- Ruth Freiman
- Ruth Poplove
- Ruth Vallis
- Saba Harding
- Sabine Rohlfs
- Sabine Sparwasser
- Salim Charabati
- Sam Lafond
- Sandra Busby
- Sandra E. Ings
- Sandra Graham Korjus
- Sandy Kusugak
- Sarah Dobbin
- Sarah Franco
- Sarah Gaudet
- 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
- Shelley Pelkey
- Shelley Rivier
- Sherrell Franklin
- Sherry Kane
- Shirley Grant Brown
- Shreyas Dhokte
- Sian Little
- Siegurd Weber
- Silvia & Chris Armstrong
- Silvia Arias
- Simon Beeksma
- Simone Thibault
- Sofia Gabor
- Sofianne Wade
- Stacey Byer
- Stan Meissner
- Stephane Raby
- Stephanie Kawamoto
- Stephanie Keane
- Stephen & Victoria Hunter
- Stephen Colwill
- Stephen Kauk
- Stephen White
- Steven Poplove
- Stuart Brooks
- Stuart MacKinnon
- Sue Bennett
- Sue Cardin
- Sue Pike
- Sue Whalen
- Susan Abbott
- Susan Ayala
- Susan Bailey
- Susan Blyth-Schofield
- Susan Boyd
- Susan Carter
- Susan Freeman
- Susan Isaac
- Susan Murdock
- Susan St. Amand
- Suzy McNeil
- Sy Mc D
- Sylvia & Ed Fockler
- Sylvia Gazsi Gill
- Sylvia Hoppner
- F.
- Tamara Jong
- Tammy Lynch
- Tanya McMurray
- Teresa Garavito
- Teresa Richmond
- Terri Semanyk
- Terry Gomes
- Tim Nelson
- Tim Waterhouse
- Tina Olmstead
- Tom Kissner
- Tomi Ahmed
- Tony Labillois
- Tram Dang
- Trudy Chapman
- Uday Dhaliwal
- University of Ottawa Cooking Club
- University of Ottawa Glee Gees
- Ute Braune
- Valerie Berube
- Valerie Bryce
- Vanessa Podgurny
- Varvara Bondariuk
- Venessa LaChance
- Vernesa Karamehmedovic
- Veronica Alba
- Veronica Ramirez
- Veronica Tedford
- Victor Fontenele
- Viktoriia Kaliuta
- Vivienne Denton
- Wallace Beaton
- Walter Hendelman
- Wanda Procyshyn
- Ward Charlotte
- Wendy Bryans & Jeffrey Simpson
- Wendy Hofmann
- Whitney Fox
- William Chu
- William David Raths
- William Johnson
- William Smith
- William Steele
- William Wu
- Wilma Kuiper
- Yolande Capra
- Yulong Chen
- Yvonne Bennett
- Zenon Slodki
Individual Donors updated November 20, 2025
Please note: this includes gifts (cumulative) made to OrKidstra between between July 1, 2024, and Nov. 20, 2025.
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+
Anonymous
Cajole Inn Fund – OCF
$10,000+
Kellett Patrick Family Foundation
Mierins Family Foundation
Suzanne and Keith Halpenny – OCF Fund
Wood Family Charitable Foundation
$1,000 – $9,999
- Andy Cohen Fund – OCF
- Barbara McInnes Executive Mentoring Project Fund
- Chamberlain Family Fund – OCF
- Children’s Millennium Play Association
- CIBC Children’s Foundation
- Cogir Foundation
- D’Addario Foundation
- Danbe Foundation Inc.
- Dufault Foundation
- Foundation of Greater Montréal
- Gallop Family Fund
- George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
- Harry P. Ward Foundation
- Kiwanis Club of Ottawa
- OrKidstra Allegro Fund – OCF
- RBC Foundation
- Sistema Canada Network
- Sommerer Privatstiftung (Sommerer Family Foundation)
- Swan Family Fund
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation
- William & Jean Teron Foundation
Up to $999
- Arbor Memorial Foundation
- Colin’s Future Fund – OCF
- The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation
- Harvey & Louise Glatt Fund – OCF
- Catterson Foundation
- Jill & Cedric Nowell Fund – OCF
- McCormack Family Fund – OCF
Donors updated November 20, 2025.
Please note: this includes gifts (cumulative) made to OrKidstra between between July 1, 2024, and Nov. 20, 2025.
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
- 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
- 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
- Buttle, Linda
- Bush, Mary & Don
- 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
- Cheng, Yihao
- Chen, Kai
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Germain, Cindy
- Gillespie, Darcy
- Gillis, Duncan
- 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
- 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
- Jarvlepp, Jan
- Jeffrey, Barbara
- Jenner, Julie
- Jesseman, Rebecca
- Kalsi, Rajiv
- Kane, Betsy
- Karam, Elie
- Kelley, Danford
- 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
- 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)
- Marks, Emily & Jethro
- Martel-Cantelon, Mary & Peter
- Martin, Carol
- Martin, George & Rosemarie
- Martin, Nancy
- Mathesius, Beverley M
- Mathies, Linda
- Mattson, Susie
- Maule, Christopher
- Mayost, Ruth
- McCarthy, Jean
- McCleery, Adele
- McCloskey, Bill
- McCormack, Ann
- McDonald, Scott
- McEvenue, Shannon
- McLaughlin, Lindsay
- McLelland, Alanna
- McLung, Janet
- Melvin, Janet
- Megginson, David
- Meslin, Eric & Robyn
- 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
- 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
- Osler, Campbell
- Ostapchuk, Rebecca
- Overend, Eileen
- Parchelo, Aidan
- Pasko, Dr. Stan
- Paterson, Matthew
- Paul Hahn Fund for Young Cellists (Nadeau, Guy)
- Perrior, Yvann
- 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
- Germain, Louise
- Jules, Denise
- Onge, Jeannine
- St-Amour, M Phil
- Steinmetz, Andrew
- Stephenson, Don
- Stern, Davee
- Stern, Joe
- Stiles, Mark
- Streefkerk, Len
- Subers, Peter
- Sullivan, Brian, Allison & Nicholas
- Sulzenko, Alexa
- 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
- 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 November 20, 2025 – 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.
