Become a Sponsor

There are many wonderful ways you can support La Musica: consider sponsorship based on your own personal tastes and preferences.

You can:

Sponsor a musician for an individual concert
Sponsor the annual 3-concert Festival series in April
Sponsor a concert during the season
Sponsor the entire season
or sponsor Wu Han’s performances all season long!

By becoming a member of the Artistic Director’s Circle, you’ll receive invitations to all our donor events, PLUS a private evening you and your friends can uniquely enjoy with Wu Han and other Circle members.

To find our more, call or e mail Joan Sussman at jsussman@lamusica.org or call 704-293-4907.

Kerrianne and Keith McMurdo with David Finckel.

Our 2026 Season Donor Community

Contribution listed were made January 1, 2026 through September 1, 2026

Artistic Director’s Circle

Derr Family in memory of Frederick M. Derr
Jan and Bill Farber
Charles Hamilton and Miriam Lockhart
Herald-Tribune Media Group
Peter and Melody Kretzmer
Tony and Dorid Lamb
Marian Moss
Charles and Vicki Raeburn
Susan Robinson
Shelley Roisen
Karen Selwyn

President’s Circle

The Exchange
Bernard Friedland
Nancy Gold and Bruce Lehman
The Patterson Foundation
Sarasota County Tourist Development Council
Susan Scarbrough

Quintets

Appleby Foundation
Susan and Duncan Brown
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
André and Sheila Guilloton
Werner and Karen Gundersheimer
George and Carolyn Kotlewski
Stephen and Susan Neumer
Jeff Sebeika
Joan Sussman
Waddy Thompson and Charles Cosler
Sandra Van Langen
WEDU
Jim and Sharon Westby
Wu Han and David Finckel

Trios

Steven Dixon and Peggy Allen
Elizabeth Allen
Gail Berenson
Thalia Dorwick
Donald and Cynthia Elitzer
Bruce Ensinger and Clark Denham
Lawrence and Elizabeth Gallick
Jeanne Glazer
Stephen and Ruth Ann Heller
Cheryl Hoffman
Lenore Jost
Sally Markell
Stuart M. Matlins
Richard Maulsby
Kutay and Rebecca Taysi
Keith and Kerrianne McMurdo

Emily Poriss and Sandra Williams
Kelley Rea and Mary Jecklin
Samuel and Joy Schackow
Susie Sharpe and Reidar Hammond
Peg and Herbert Walker
Linda Whitted
Sandra Williams

Quartets

Charles Albers and Julie Planck
Judy and Ted Beilman
John Bradbury and Frances D. Fergusson
David Chivas and Ron Rice
Melissa and Scott Dunlap
Louis and Cosette Kosiba
Harry Leopold and Audrey Robbins
Ann Leventhal and Jon O. Newman
Craig and Sharon Ramey
Amanda Stiff
Martin and Nancy Zimmerman Family Fund

Solos

Anonymous
John Finkbohner and Larry Miller
Bruce and Marjorie Goldstein
Mary Ellen and Edmund Laue
Louis and Rosanne Martorella
Anita Pihl
Jim and Debbie Reda
Toska and Richard Strong
Lesley Svenson
Angelo and Beverly Tramontelli
Graeme and Erica Wheatley
Nancy and Philip Mount Wilking

Duos

Katherine DeSousa
Martin and Lynda Geller
Roz Goldberg
Priscilla Kauff
Paul and Adele Kellman
Lawrence Sage
Philip and Lucy Sandler
Gordon Stanley
Randy and Mara Winn

Friends

Burton Benjamin

Richard and Bonnie Berner
Peter and Milly Bierwerth In Memory
of Derek Han
Barbara A. Blackburn
Neil and Margery Blacklow
Kimberly Bleach
Audie Bock
Paul Borella
Jacqueline Cochran
Bernard and Linda Erven
Ina Goldberg
Gene Keidan and Walter Maxymuk
Martha Kenerson
Gail M. Klein
Ralph Liebstein and Arlene Levy
Joseph and Virginia Mallof
John Mayer
Ann McClure
Strathmore McMurdo
Dennis Muzzi
Sharon Oberlander
Theron Palmer
Sally Peterson
Linda Reimer
Paul and Gail Riemer
Sharon Schwartz
Barbara Simon
Robert and Linda Smith
Ann Stephenson-Moe
Michael Sweet and Leonard Zwilling
Andrea Thorne
Paula Tietjen
Kathleen Ulman
Iris Graffman Wenglin
Cynthia Wolloch and Joseph Reid

Additional Supporters

Jill Bloom

Simone Booth
Angela Carrubba and Robert Rainer
Linda Duncan
Michael and Cecile Fallon
Monica Gagnier
Andrea Ginsky
Linda Hagen
Patricia Heyman and Alan Roer
Susan Hinko and Carl Batlin
John Jaffer
Daniel and CY Jordan
Bruce Kalt
Kate Konrad and Mark Griesbach
Steven Ludmerer
Mary Lou Morton
Harriet Mosson
Paula and Alan Rothman
Alexa Scanziani
Philip Shacter
Roberta Simon In honor of Joan Sussman
Midge and Josh Stulberg
The Gluchov Family In honor of Marian Moss
Jeanette Young

Donors to the Marian Moss Challenge

Charles Albers and Julie Planck
Elizabeth Allen
Steven C. Dixon and Peggy Allen
Burton Benjamin
Richard and Bonnie Berner
Kimberly Bleach
Audie Bock
Paul Borella
Susan and Duncan Brown
David Chivas and Ron Rice
Judy and Ted Beilman
Teresa Derr
Thalia Dorwick
Melissa and Scott Dunlap
Donald and Cynthia Elitzer
Bernard and Linda Erven
Michael and Cecile Fallon
John Finkbohner and Larry Miller
Jeanne Glazer
Nancy Gold
Roz Goldberg
Bruce and Marjorie Goldstein
Sheila and Andre Guilloton
Stephen and Susan Neumer
Werner and Karen Gundersheimer
Stephen and Ruth Ann Heller
Susan Hinko and Carl Batlin
Paul and Adele Kellman
George and Carolyn Kotlewski
Mary Ellen & Edmund Laue
Bruce Lehman
Ann Leventhal and Jon O. Newman
Ralph Liebstein and Arlene Levy
Marian Moss

Anita Pihl
Emily Poriss and Sandra Williams
Raeburn Family Foundation Inc.
Kelley Rea and Mary Jecklin
Shelley Roisen
Paula and Alan Rothman
Lawrence Sage
Philip and Lucy Sandler
Sharon Schwartz
Karen Selwyn
Robert and Linda Smith
Gordon Stanley
Amanda Stiff
Toska and Richard Strong
Joan Sussman
Lesley Svenson
Kutay and Rebecca Taysi
Waddy Thompson and Charles Cosler
Andrea Thorne
Iris Graffman Wenglin
Graeme and Erica Wheatley
Linda Whitted
Sandra Williams
Randy and Mara Winn