Individual DonorsOur 2024-25 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+
Van Dine, David
$4,500+
- Beaumont, Colin & Jane
- Casey, Cheryl & Doug
- Douglas, Susan
- Duck, Gary & Cornelia
- Estate of Margaret O’Brien
- Gibb, Ian
- Holdsworth, David & Senecal, Nicole
- Nash, Mary
- Poplove, Alan
- Prior, Susan
- Sagar, Peter
- Sipolins, Anda
- Surges, Leonard
- Teron, Jean
- Wells, Paul
- Anonymous
$1,000 – $4,499
- Abeysekera Lutes, Chayanika & Lutes, Michael
- Ashbury College
- Bayne, Don & Sheila
- Belchamber, Brian
- Birkus, Andras
- Campbell, Margaret
- Carpenter, Graham
- Child Play International
- Creamer, Judith Anne
- David, Melanie
- Dawson, Marilyn
- Dearham, Deborah & Wesley
- Drapeau, Suzanne
- Estate of Joyce Davey
- Fedeski, Tina & McMillen, Gary
- Ferguson, Karen
- Friesen, Ted
- Gagnon, Rachel
- Gloucester Music Club
- Gollish, Issac & Marguerite
- Gray, Charlotte
- Ha, Joseph
- Hart, Marilyn
- Heynen, Jeffrey
- Higham, Robin & Louise
- Huus, Evan
- Kenward, Jim
- Lafrance, Michelle
- Legault, Sandra
- Low, Martin
- Mardian, Van
- Maxwell, Judith
- McLellan, Chloe
- McMillen, Charles & Marilyn
- Muir, Brenda
- Newton, Jacqueline
- ORMTA Ottawa Region Branch
- Overend, Eileen & Ralph
- Runte, Roseann
- Stiles, Mark
- Taylor, Nancy
- TD Community Engagement
- Tennant, Robert
- Valois, Shirley
- Van Barr, Chris & Sandra
- Walsh, Fredeswinda
- Wehrle, Victor
- Yu, Emily
$500 – $999
- Adams, Nancy
- Amundrud, Don & Patricia
- Anderson, Anthony
- Bell, Lesley & Carl
- Bugler, Gary
- Campbell, Janet
- Colcleugh, David & Janice
- Cosgrove, Elizabeth
- Courneyea, Stephanie
- Craven, Nancy & Barry
- Davis, Joanne
- Dingle, Allison
- Donnelly, Karen
- Emard-Chabot, Stephane
- Farmilo, Irenka
- Goldsmith, John
- Graham, John
- Ham, Linda
- Hassan, Elizabeth
- Haynal, Donna & George
- Hendry, George & Pat
- Heyden-Carroll, Lynda
- Hicks, Jennifer
- Hunt, Paul
- Jennings, Sarah
- Joyce, Michael & Spice, Joan
- Kalsi, Rajiv
- Kauk, Stephen
- Keillor C.M., Elaine
- Lavictoire, Barbara
- Lenk, Anna
- Leversedge, Eileen
- Lovejoy, Carol
- MacDonald, John & Carolyn
- MacDonald-Rencz, Sandra
- MacLeod, Donald
- Marshall, Claire
- Miller, Marion
- Mondou, Isabelle
- Norian, Vicken
- Pagani, Marco
- Payne, Janice
- Pickersgill, Alan
- Posen, Sheldon
- Postma, Arnold
- Puskas, Jim & Smith, Ruth
- Riddick, Bill & Jennie
- Rose, David
- Russell, Jim & Deanna
- Ryan, Joel
- Shen, Leqi
- Thompson, Jonas
- University of Ottawa Glee Gees
- Walton, Ruth & John
- Westeinde, Shirley
- Whitney, Allan
- Wright, Dr. James
Up to $499
- Abbott, Debbie
- Abbott, Marie
- Adair, Elana
- Agulnik, Paula
- Alexander-Cook, Elizabeth
- Ali, Wasif
- Allan, Patricia
- Allanson, Judith
- Allard, Eden
- AlZaher, Hoor
- AlZaher, Kawthar
- Amundsen, Camilla
- Andie, Emma
- Andrews, Natalie
- Andrigo, Robert
- Aplin, Nick
- Appelson, Nate
- Armstrong, John
- Armstrong, Kathleen
- Armstrong, Silvia & Chris
- Arnold, Jennifer
- Arnup, Katherine
- Asherman, Ellen
- Atherton, Peggy
- Au, Nathan
- Austen, Barbara
- Ayala, Susan
- Bailey, Susan
- Baker, Frances
- Balfour, Ian
- Balfour, Patricia
- Balkwill, Janet
- Baptiste, Rhebecca
- Barclay, Brian & Jane
- Barrette, Coralie
- Barrie, April
- Baxter, Cynthia
- Beadle, Leona
- Beeraj, Robert Daniel
- Beks, Laura
- Belanger, Alexandra
- Bélanger, Catherine
- Bell, Corianne
- Belzile, Carolyn
- Beniaminov, Dmitry
- Beninger, Loretto
- Bennett, Yvonne
- Bentham, Janet
- Bernier, Paul & Maureen
- Biguzs, Anita
- Bleyer, Hilda
- Boa, Thomas
- Borts, Howard
- Boutilier, Christene & Dempster, Doug
- Bowers, Martha
- Bowker, Alan
- Bowler, Joan
- Boyd, Susan
- Braun, Isaac & Sheila
- Braun, Jamin
- Brodo, Fenja
- Brodo, Sharon
- Broscoe, David
- Brown, Jane
- Brown, John
- Bruce, Neva & Cuthbertson, David
- Brumelis, Daina
- Bryans, Wendy
- Bryce, Valerie
- Buchan, Bob & Carolyn
- Burles, Carolyn
- Burnie, Thomas
- Burrows, Isabel
- Burvill, Sheila
- Busa, Gennaro
- Bush, Clarissa
- Byrne, Bev
- Campbell, Catherine
- Campbell, Peggy & Woods, David
- Canning, Cheryl
- Canning, Joanne
- Carrick, Rob
- Carriere, Christina
- Carter, Susan
- Casselman, Joel
- Catt, Linda & Bert
- Charest, Annie
- Chaves Fleck, Carlos Eduardo
- Cherry, Frances
- Chivers, Jennifer
- Chouchani, Roberta
- Christie, Benoit
- Chu, William
- Churcher, Pat
- Clark, Scott
- Clavelo, Javier
- Clemann, Sam
- Cleyne, Marion
- Clubb, Barb & Burns, Kevin
- Collier, Carol
- Colman, Debbie
- Constantine, Frederick & Mary
- Cooper, Virginia
- Costelo, Analou
- Coupal, Monique
- Cowan, Charmaine
- Cowan, Erin
- Cowley, Deborah
- Craig, Robert
- Csoti, Gabriella
- Cumming, Lawrence
- Curfoot-Mollington, Mark
- Da Silva, Nathan
- Daley, Heather
- Darling, Heather
- David, Mattia
- Davis, Eleanor
- Davis, Jennifer
- De Tracey, Leith
- Dearham, Kat
- Debogorski, Ezekiel
- Denis, Margot
- Derby, Aileen
- Desclouds, Rick
- Desjardins, Marlene
- Di, Gennaro
- Dickson, Ellynne
- Dobbin, Sarah
- Donnelly, Leslie
- Donovan, Bonnie
- Doolan, Cathy
- Doucet, Carol
- Doucette, Andre
- Douglas, Jane
- Downes, Cathy
- Drance, Thomas
- Dredge, Lynda
- Dunlavy, Cynthia
- Dyett-Gordon, Barbara
- East, Reuben
- Edlund, Dawn
- Edwards, Leonard & Margaret
- Emmanuel, Julian
- Esdaile, David & Feaver, Marianne
- Esrock, Eva
- Everett, Peter
- Ewen, Ruby
- Famme, Andrew
- Faure, Suzanne
- Favretto, Mathieu
- Ferguson, Cam
- Ferris, Blake & Clarke, Jana
- Finkelstein, Arnold
- Finstad, Karen
- Fischer, Kathy
- Fleming, Patrick
- Fleury, Leslie
- Florida, Peggy
- Fockler, Sylvia & Ed
- Foerster, Jennifer
- Foley, Brian
- Fontaine, Jean-Michel
- Forsyth, Jane
- Foster, Cherrie
- Fox, Gloria
- Frederking, Ann & Robert
- Freeman, Susan
- Freemark, Colin
- Frisch, Wendy
- Fuchs, Rose
- Furlong, Deirdre
- Gagnon, Jean-Paul
- Gahan, Pam
- Galvin, Linda
- Garrett, Ollie
- Gatien, Lilianne
- Gaudet, Sarah
- Gazaleh, Emma
- Gazsi Gill, Sylvia
- Geibel, Monika
- Georgopoulos, Steve
- Gerrow, Jan
- Gesing, Renka
- Gill, David
- Gill, Evan & Jean
- Gillis, Alasdair
- Glen, Ian & Mary
- Gluckstal, Elizabeth
- Goddard, Murielle
- Gold, Trudy
- Goldenberg, Diane
- Goldman, Fern
- Gomber, Jody
- Goodman-Galbraith, Marilyn
- Goodwin, Elizabeth
- Goulet, Chanelle
- Gourlie, Katharine
- Graham, Catherine
- Graham, Elaine
- Grasty, Robert
- Gravelle, Karen
- Gray, Anna
- Greenberg, Evelyn
- Gregory, Joelyn
- Grimsley, Jordan
- Grimsley, Kevin
- Grimsley, Meghan
- Guay, Carmen
- Gueye, Abdoulaye
- Haggart, Fred
- Hallman, David
- Hamilton, Allison
- Hamilton, Stephen
- Hansen, Lenora
- Hansen, Lynda
- Hardwick, Keira
- Harrison, Andrea
- Hartley, Greg
- Haydon, Gaie
- Heble, Ajay
- Hempel, Paul
- Hendelman, Lisanne
- Hernandez Arias, Pablo
- Hobbs, Alison & Christopher
- Holland, Adriana
- Holzman, Jackie
- Honeywell, Margie
- Horava, Tony
- HornostyIt, Jennie
- Hortas, Antonio
- Hoysted, Lois
- Huang, Li Qing
- Hubbertz, Cynthia
- Hudson, Karen
- Hughes, Edward
- Hunter, Morgan
- Hunter, Stephen & Victoria
- Hynna, Aleksander
- Ikeda, Atsuko
- Imai, Masao
- Ings, Sandra
- Irvine, Donna
- Isaac, Susan
- Itani, Frances
- Jackson, Derek
- Jackson, Richard
- Jaques, Margaret
- Jiwani, Arees
- Johnson, Christine
- Johnson, Gordon
- Johnson, Moira
- Johnson, William
- Jones, Jenny
- Jones, Laurence
- Jones, MaryJane
- Joseph, Kris
- Junke, Karen
- Junkin, Sarah
- Kaethler, June
- Kalza, Ebrahim El
- Kammermayer, Ellen
- Kanigsberg, Roz
- Kelly, Joanne
- Kennedy, Dan & Sharon
- Keywan, Zonia
- Kielbasa, Chantal
- King, Jennifer
- Kirkey, Jayla
- Kirvan, Myles
- Kirwan, Jill
- Kissner, Tom
- Klassen, Carla
- Klowak, Jane Ann & Greg
- Kohler, Nicholas
- Konomis, Leo
- Konst, Barbara
- Korjus, Sandra Graham
- Kot, Anastasiia
- Kraus, John & Janina
- Kropp, Judith & Carl
- Kusugak, Sandy
- Labillois, Tony
- Lachance, Cedric
- Lada, Mae
- Lafountain, Erica
- Lalonde-Girault, Dianne
- Lambert, Marie-Josee
- Langstone, John
- Lanoix, Monique
- Larocque, Suzanne
- Lauzon, Carrie
- Lawrence, Marie-Reine & Andre
- Lee, Li-Shien
- Lee, Nora
- Lee, Richard
- Leech, Colin
- Lefort, Louise
- Lega, Monica
- Legris, Merri
- Lemieux, Breanna
- Lemieux, Michel & Denyse
- Leo, Aileen
- Leslie, Joy
- Levans, Andrea
- Levine, Sharon
- Lewis, Janice
- Liao, Shawna
- Linker, Margot
- Lissansky, Andrey
- Little, Sian
- Littlewood, Eric
- Lizee, Nicole
- Lockwood, Eugenia
- Lortie-Lussier, Monique
- Lundrigan, Gary
- Lunney, Barbara
- Lutes Racine, Carol
- Luyendyk, Karen
- Lyman, Margaret
- Lyne Guzon, Jonnah
- MacDonald, Colleen
- MacGregor, Hugh
- Mack, Colin
- MacKinnon, Stuart
- Macpherson, Margaret
- MacQuarrie, Debbie
- Maddocks, Keith
- Manson, Margaret
- Marcus, Angela
- Marinkovic, Lora
- Marks, Fanny
- Marks, Scott
- Marland, Annie
- Marland, Kate
- Marland, Molly
- Martel-Cantelon, Mary
- Martin, Brenda
- Mathis, Linda & Beedell, Jeff
- Mattimoe, Christine
- Maude, Valerie
- Maurice, John
- Mausner, Maxwell
- Mauviel, Anna
- McCaw, Adam
- McCrady, Andrea
- McDermott, Nadene
- McDonald, Linda
- McDonell, Joy
- McEwen, Malcolm
- McGee, Quinlan
- McGregor, Edward
- McInnis, Frank
- McKeage, Janet
- McKean, Elli
- McKenna, Ed
- McKiver, Beverley
- McLaine, Janet
- McLaine, Susan
- McLean, Denise
- McMaster, Carolyn
- Mejia, Freddy
- Melville, Sally
- Mendell, Margie
- Mercer, Harrison
- Merino, David
- Meyer, Mechthild
- Michaels, Jan
- Milkson, Joan
- Mingarelli, Oliviana
- Mingle, Camilla
- Mirsky, Stephan
- Miszk, Emily
- Moffatt, Carolyn
- Monk, David
- Montgomery, Donna
- Moon, Bob & Salamon, Miriam
- Moore, Joy
- Morrison, Elisabeth
- Morris-Putman, Cheryl
- Morrow, Jackie
- Mossman, Charles & Marion
- Mulvihill, David
- Murdock, Susan
- Murphy, Michele
- Murphy, Raymond
- Murray, Colin
- Musical Arts Club
- Mussani, Jasmine
- Myers, Meg
- Nabatian, Martha
- Namer, Dina
- Nathans, Lila
- Nelson, Elinore
- Nentwich, Clairellen
- Neville, Natalie
- New Opera Lyra
- Newbegin, Barbara
- Nielsen, Erika
- Nixon, Martha
- Nobleman, Cathy
- Nolte, Judith
- Nowell, Cedric & Jill
- Nowlan, James
- Noxon, Leslie & Nick
- Noxon, Pamela
- Nwokoma, Charles
- O’Brien, Gail
- Ochitwa, Paula
- Olivo, Sharon & Fred
- Olmstead, Tina
- Ong, Huy
- Ottawa New Horizons Band
- Pagnotta, Jennifer
- Pal, Prabir K
- Palmer, Jean
- Panich, Marie
- Parkin, Liz
- Parungao, Robert
- Pascoe, Lawrence
- Paterson, Deb & Ian
- Paterson, Pat
- Paterson, Rodney
- Patterson, Carol
- Patton, Catherine
- Paul, Morrie
- Payne, Elizabeth
- Peca, Nadia
- Peters, Gordon & Wendy
- Peterson, Anne
- Phan, Chantal
- Pidduck, Beverley
- Pierce, Zoe
- Pope, Lori
- Poplove, Ruth
- Poplove, Steven
- Porras-Gil, Javier & Gil Garcia, Gina
- Powles, Elizabeth
- Prattis, Dr. Ian & Hill, Carolyn
- Preston-Brooks, Kendra
- Prevost, Maurice
- Prince, Pauline
- Procyshyn, Wanda
- Pytka, Evelyne
- Pytlik, Pat & Mark
- Raby, Emma & Antoine
- Raimondo, Giuseppe
- Rain, David
- Ralston, Laurel
- Ram, Avigail
- Ramanampanoharana, Casey
- Rangar, Oshima
- Rarig, Jeff
- Raths, William David
- Rau, Kristina
- Rava, Margus
- Reeve, David
- Reid, Emmanuelle
- Rempel, Amy
- Rheaume, Andrea
- Richmond, Teresa
- Rider, Gordon
- Riley, Barbara
- Rive, Jeanette
- Rivet, Christine
- Rivier, Shelley
- Roadhouse, Brian
- Robb, Helena
- Robertson, Janet
- Robertson, Jim
- Robertson, Marion
- Rodrigue, Mimsie
- Rogers, Dawn
- Rogers, Wendy
- Roland, Anne
- Rombeek, Harm & Anne
- Rose, Ron
- Rousselle, Brendan
- Roussy, Huguette
- Rowe, Shelley
- Roy, France
- Roy-Laurore, Raphael
- Ruben, Martha
- Rupp, Eric
- Russell, Linda J.
- Russell, Rebecca
- Rust, Susan
- Rutherford, Michael
- Ryan, Irene
- Sacharuk, Irene
- Sachs, Joel
- Salman, Laila
- Samson, Karine
- Sandercock, Nadine
- Schmolka, Diane
- Schouten, Maria
- Schwarz, Anneke
- Scott-Douglas, Roger
- Scotti, Susan
- Scratch, John
- Scrivens, Sean
- Seidman, Gill
- Shah, Sophie
- Shorrocks, Christine
- Slater, Darcie
- Smith, Jayda & Jayden
- Smith, Johanna
- Soubliere, JP & Cathie
- Spaven, Nancy & Paul
- Spencer, Charles
- Speyer, Patricia
- Spice, Patricia
- Sproule, Amelia
- Steele, Lynda
- Stewart, Andrew
- Stikeman, Tony
- Stone, Evelyn
- St-Pierre, Magali
- Sutherland, Callum
- Sutherland, Elizabeth
- Swan, Carole
- Sweeney, Debbie
- Symmonds, Peter
- Symons, Jay
- Talor, Zita
- Tan, Lesley
- Tanunagara, Francesca
- Tarasofsky, Esther
- Tattersfield, Sharleen
- Taylor, David & Eithne
- Taylor, J.H.
- Taylor, Jane
- Tener, Lorna
- Theriault, Renee
- Therriault, Denise
- Thomas, Amy
- Thomas, Jeannie
- Thompson, Ashley
- Thompson, Graham
- Thornhill, Natalie
- Thurgur, Christine
- Tittiger, Ilse
- Tran, Nancy
- Tremeer, Harvey & Janice
- Tri Do, Minh
- Tritt, Robert
- Trotscha, Peter
- Turner, Ann
- Unheim, Per
- Uteck, Barbara & Fraser, Graham
- Van Wijk, Constance
- Venner, Marilyn
- Vernon, Laura
- Voyer, Huguette & Royle, John
- Walke Bows, Bernard
- Wall, Leonie
- Ward, Chatlotte
- Warren, Lucy
- Warskett, Rosemary
- Washburn, Edith
- Wasserman, Nancy
- Webber, Christopher
- Webster, Glenys
- Webster, Sandra
- Weir, Leslie
- Weise, Joan
- Weisz, Larry
- Whitaker, Mona
- Wilcox, Cathy
- Wilkinson, Marianne
- Williams, Brian
- Williams, John & Rosemary
- Williams, Owain
- Wilson, Cameron
- Wilson, Catherine
- Wilson, Jennifer
- Wilson, Julie
- Wood, Bruce
- Wood, Jo
- Woodward, Barbara E
- Wright, Barbara
- Wylie, Wayne
- Yeates, Glenda & Neil
- Yeh, Edward
- Zappio, Lisa
- Zhu, Haiying
Individual Donors updated Nov 21, 2024
Please note: this includes gifts (cumulative) made to OrKidstra between July 1, 2023, and Nov 15, 2024.
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 2024-25 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 2024-25 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!
$50,000+
$20,000+
J.P. Bickell Foundation
$10,000+
Aaron Brock Foundation
Cajole Inn Fund – OCF
Kellett Patrick Family Foundation
The Matt Foundation
Mierins Family Foundation
$1,000 – $9,999
- Andy Cohen OCF Fund
- Arnold Shinder Scholarship Fund via the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation
- Barbara McInnes Executive Mentoring Project Fund
- CIBC Children’s Foundation
- Danbe Foundation Inc.
- Dufault Foundation
- Friends Of The National Arts Centre Orchestra
- Gallop Family Fund
- George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
- Harry P. Ward Foundation
- Johansen Larsen Foundation
- Kellett Patrick Family Foundation
- Kiwanis Club Of Rideau
- The Metcalf Foundation
- Millard Churchfield Charitable Fund
- Ontario Ministry Of Tourism, Culture & Sport
- OrKidstra Allegro Fund
- Sistema Canada Network
- Sommerer Privatstiftung (Sommerer Family Foundation)
- Swan Family Fund
- The Wood Family Charitable Foundation
Up to $999
- Arbor Memorial Foundation
- Bayne Family Foundation
- Emmanuel United Church
- Gloucester Music Teachers’ Association
- Harvey & Louise Glatt Fund
- HollyHock Fund
- J. Catterson Foundation
- Jill & Cedric Nowell Fund
- McCormack Family Fund
- Paypal Giving Fund Canada
- Pledgeling Foundation
- Ross & Ardath Francis Charitable Foundation
- Rotary Club of Ottawa-Stittsville
- Volunteer Ottawa
Donors updated Nov 21, 2024.
Please note: this includes gifts (cumulative) made to OrKidstra between July 1, 2024, and Nov 15, 2024.
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!
- Anonymous
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Cheung, Kevin
- Chik-Parnas, Lilian
- Choo, Bettina
- Chouinard, Genevieve
- 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
- Davidge, Erin
- Davis, Jennifer
- Deevey, Barry
- Demers, Luc
- Derwent, Clea
- Despax, Cendrine
- Dessereau, Andre
- Dewar, James
- Donnelly, Karen
- Donnelly, Tom (Donnelly Ford Lincoln)
- Downey, Ann
- Dufault, Heather
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Hunter, Stephen
- Hurd, James T
- Hutchings, Colin
- Huus, Jan
- Inglis, Jodie
- Jackson, Chris
- Jacobson, Verna
- Jacques, Audrey
- Jarraway, David
- 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
- Larkin, Aileen
- Larocque, Jane
- Lash, Tim
- LeBlanc, Chantal
- Lecomte, Maxime
- Lecompte, Joelie
- Ledoux, Jamie
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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. Germain, Louise
- St. Jules, Denise
- St. 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 Maddocks Family
- Thies-Thompson, David
- Thorpe, Karla
- Tobolowska, Margaret
- Townsend, Bruce
- Turner, Tim
- Uhthoff Munro, Sylvia
- Unheim, Per
- Valair, Glenda
- Van Loon, Catherine
- 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
- Young String Performers’ Foundation
- Yu, Maria
- Zakrzewski, Peter
- Zambonini, Claudia
- Zuchowicz, Barbara
Updated Nov 15, 2024 – 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.
