President’s Circle
Benefactor - $10,000 & Above
KMC Foundation in memory of Ken Cummane
Mary and Gordon Christopher Foundation
Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation
RBC Foundation
Rix Family Foundation
Leader - $5,000-$6,999
Morris and Susan Biddle
John Hardie Mitchell Family Foundation
Partner - $3,000-$4,999
Count Enrico and Countess Aline Dobrzensky
David E. Lemon
Barbara and David Lowy in memory of Otto Lowy
Advocate - $1,500-$2,999
Bryan and Gail Atkins
Mrs. Marti Barregar
The Christopher Foundation
Debra Hewson
Terry and Heather Hodgins
George Laverock and Jane Coop
Sylvia L'Ecuyer
Bruce Wright
Fanfare Level
Supporter - $750-$1,499
Matthew Baird and Heather Wood
Dr. Jean and Dr. Alastair Carruthers
Warren and Cecilia Chueh
Stephanie Chung
Dr. Stephen Drance, OC and Mrs. Betty Drance
Heather Edwards
Paddy and Graeme Macleod
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Anonymous
Patron - $500-$749
Tama and Maurice Copithorne
Amy Laverock and Ken Neal
Nancy Nanji
Anne B. Piternick
Robert S. Rothwell, MD
Karen Wilson
Anonymous
Anonymous in memory of Tom Blom
Associate - $250-$499
Don Brooks
Karen and Ed Foss
Kenneth and Mitzi Hopkins
Daniel Lewin
Marjorie and George Major
Chris Patrick
Sam Sullivan
Mary McGeer and Rollie Thompson
Gerald Whittall
Contributor - $150-$249
Edward and Dorothy Chiasson
Karen and Andrew Dawes, CM
Sal Ferreras and Janet Miller
Elisabeth Finch
Blake Gilks
Vi Goosen
Irene and Michael Jeffery
Harry Jongerden
Wu Lee Chen-Shien
The Frank and Joan Lew Charitable Trust
Douglas Loughran
Nicolas and Marta Maftei
David and Bettie Merrell
Vera Micznik
Charmian and Al Moul
J. Cameron Mowatt
Laurel Mowatt
Sarah Sidhu
Laura Siliatrault
Robert and Ellen Silverman
Cherie Stutz
Ching Tien
Jay and Susie Tyrrell
Moyra Van Nus
Nancy Wu
Raymond and Patricia Young
Friend - up to $150
Peter Arbuckle
Herb and Mary Auerbach
Jodi Beaubien
Dorothy Beckel
Kathy Bell-Irving
Rick Bennett
Lois M. Bewley
Donna Brown
William and Sandra Bruneau
Dr. Lawrence Burr and Maggie Burr
Luisa Canuto
Angela Chang
Michelle Chang
Stephen Chatman
Alice Chen
Sheng-Kuei Chen
Yuwen Chen
Chin Hsien Chiang
Chung-Wu and Wen-Yee Chou
Antonia Chu
Marylin P. Clark
Rob Coatsworth
Signy Coatsworth
Virginia Coatsworth
Darryl Condon
Ann Corrigan
Terry Cox
Nancy Davidson
Judith F. Davis
Laura Di Cicco
Janet Dickhout
James Don
Elise Drake
Morna Edmundson
Kris Etches
Kate Evans
Su Forbes
Jorden Foss
Christopher Gaze
David Gouthro
Margo Gram
Dr. Evelyn Harden
In memory of Anne Hathorn
Joyce Hinton
Chian-Li Hsu
Frances Hudson
Treena Innes
Brian Johnston
Linda and Michael Jones
Heather Kennedy
Sharman King
Joyce Tzu-Yao Ko
J. Evan Kreider
Wing Len Chu
Marc Lindy
Flora Liu
Mei Tsen Liu
Patrick MacDonald
Natalie Marach
Jacques Marquis
Dan Mattinson
Sarah and John McAlpine
John McBain
Mary McGeer and Rollie Thompson
Wendy Mckee
Donald K. McQueen
Catherine Merlin
Colin Miles and Winnie Nowell
Andrew Mowatt
Shelley Munro
Susan Munro
Christine Nicolas
Susan and Paul Ohanessian
Anida Olsen
Carol Li-Chiang Pan
Anite Parke
Colette Parsons
Edward Pascal
Dr. and Mrs. Ross Petty
Pat and Eric Peura
Sandra Phillips
Jeff Pitcher
Darrell Rea
Don and Ginny Russell
Diana H. Sanderson
Larissa Saunders
Manfred Scholermann
Sarah Sidhu
Bernice and Ronald Slemko
Ron Stern
Michele Swanson
Chia-Shun Tseng
Virani Mahmoud
Gayle Webster
Pam Withers
Charles Yang
Alvin S. Nemetz -Founding Donor to MusicFest Vancouver and Namesake of the Alvin S. Nemetz Festival Vancouver Endowment Fund
Born and educated in Vancouver, Alvin S. Nemetz moved to the United States in 1952 to pursue further studies in his chosen field of economics at the University of Washington and at the School of Business at Columbia University where he was a Samuel Bronfman Fellow. After 30 years in business in the US and Toronto, he realized his dream of returning to the city of his birth. Back in Vancouver, he generously shared his time and assets for the enrichment of the community until his death in May 2001. A devoted family man and keen traveler with his wife Sheila, daughters Andrea and Jill, son-in-law Ralph, and grandchildren Ian and Sarah, Alvin always made a point of seeking out indigenous music in any place he visited, purchasing recordings in locales such as Greece, Memphis, South America, and St. Petersburg, Russia, to name a few.
A life-long lover of music, Alvin was especially proud to have had a part in bringing the inaugural MusicFest Vancouver 2000 from a dream to reality. He joined the fundraising committee at the invitation of Founding President Stephen Drance who describes Alvin as “a visionary as far as the Festival was concerned. He was a very early supporter when it mattered most – one of the very first people to present us with a cheque – and remained a consistent supporter through three years of organizing.”
