Donors
Thank you for supporting Black Hills Symphony Orchestra!
Grants 2025-2026
SD Arts Council through the Department of Tourism and the National Endowment for the Arts
City of Rapid City
Arts Investment Fund through the Rapid City Arts Council
Concert Sponsors
Garden of the Gods
Norm McKie
Holidazzle Big Band Experience
Black Hills Symphony League
Cowboys & Aliens
South Dakota Trust Company, LLC
David & Laurie Schaefer
Bright Horizons
Frances & Tim Becker
Symphony Safari/4th Grade Concert
Black Hills Energy
Jami Beck Memorial Fund
Young Artist Competition
Black Hills Symphony League
American In Paris
Don & Kyle Blada
Esther Swan
Music Memory
Rapid City Area Schools
Principal Chair Sponsors
Dr. Prema Abraham & Dr. Jim Buchanen
Amanda Swartz, Concertmaster
Doris Lind Memorial
Nancy Olney, Principal Oboe
Stuart & Mary Kellogg
Deb Knowles, Principal Clarinet
Adult Chairs
Black Hills Regional Eye Institute
Susan Guthrie, Viola
Casey Peterson
Kayla Giesey, Violin
Jolly Lane Greenhouse
Alan Cornford, Violin
Michael L. & Marnie L. Gould
Meghan Knowles, Violin
Ethel Rounds Memorial Fund
(in honor of Ethel Rounds & Rapid City Music Teachers)
Bill Evans, Cello
Scheel's
Ashley Julius, Violin
Student Chair Sponsors
Ryland Blauer
Alexandria Anderson
Nancy Gowen
Connor Stuck, Violin
Scott and Patty Marzluf
Markus Walter, Viola
Nancy Stephenson
Anonymous
Rachael Bunger, violin
Judy Vidal & Brent Cogswell
Lifetime Endowment Contributors
Lucyle Billam -- Margaret Heywood -- Dr. Stella Hughes -- Dr. Greg Iverson -- Stu & Mary Kellogg -- Ketel Thorstenson, LLP
Toni Martin -- Nancy & Duncan Olney (in memory of Richard Hill and Jack Knowles) -- Dr. Ernest & Linda Schabauer
Mary Snortland -- Clayton & Anella Southwick (in memory of Jack Knowles, Richard Hill, Lola Meier, and Bob & Mary Cullum)
Dr. Don & Verla Van Etten -- Wilfrid & Bernice White Memorial -- Hotel Alex Johnson -- Rapid City Medical Center, LLP
Rapid City Medical Federal Credit Union -- Samuel's Studio -- Sound Pro
Donors
Platinum Stradivarius ($5000+)
Black Hills Energy
Black Hills Symphony League
City of Rapid City
Frances & Tim Becker
Jami Beck Memorial Fund
Barbara Clement
Tom Fulbright & Angela Anderson
Esther Swan
Rapid City Area Schools
Conductors CIrcle ($2000+)
Randy Baker
Don & Kyle Blada
Frances & Tim Becker
Dale Clement Family Designated Endowed Fund
Diana & Ray Cornford
Dr. David Gwinn & Gina Nania
Dave & Laurie Schaefer
Streeter & Barbara Shining
Guarantors ($1000+)
Anthony & Brenda Cleberg
Janette Leno-Thomas
Dan Rasby & Molly Meehan Rasby
Patrons ($500+)
Anonymous
Mary Burnett
Casey Peterson
Deanne Farrar
Michael L. & Marnie L. Gould
Jolly Lane Greenhouse
Alice & Paul James
Stuart & Mary Kellogg
Ms. Mely Neufville Rahn
Bill Rounds
Performing Arts Center of Rapid City
Scheel's
Jennifer & Tony Terentino
Donors ($125+)
Ryland Blauer
Elizabeth Carbo
Scot Dobbs
Hugh Foreman
Nancy Gowen
Scott & Patty Marzluf
Jamie Schaeffer
Valerie Simpson
Nancy Stephenson
Judy Vidal & Brent Cogswell
Friends (Up to $125)
Nannette Gerdes
Kevin & Kirsten Hollenbeck
Lissa Ingraham
Rosann Legge
Christy Leichtnam
John & Heidi Long-Lind
Joyceann Kroger
John & Linda Morgan
Deborah Shannon
Susan Wheeler
Orchestra Members
(Donated Pay)
Alan Cornford
Kayla Giesey
Jennifer May
Alexandria Anderson
