Our Sponsors and Funding Partners
Founding Partner
Presenting Partners
2024 Festival Sponsors
Diamond
- Larry and Shannon Bell Donor Advised Fund
- Roger Gauntlett – Endowed concert in honor of Uncle Irving
- Greenleaf Trust – Greenleaf Hospitality Group
- Gail and Tom Kasdorf Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation
- Joy and Timothy Light
- Diane S. Robertson
- Susan and David Thoms
- Heinrich von Schreiner in memory of Mary von Schreiner
- Western Michigan University
Platinum
- Bronson Healthcare
- Dorothy U. Dalton Foundation
- Eaton Corporation
- Conrad and Sonja Fischer
- Patti and Bob Huiskamp
- Kalamazoo College
- Faye Luscombe in memory of Robert Luscombe
- Michigan Arts and Culture Council
- National Endowment for the Arts
- The Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation
- Suzanne U. D. Parish Foundation
- Anne and Doug Petersen
- The Christopher Roberts and Nancy Zannini Family Fund
- William and Melinda Scott
- Peter and Elizabeth Seaver
- Three Rivers Manhattan Club
- Tyler Little Family Foundation
- Meyer C. Weiner Company
- Rosemary Willey
- Yamaha
Gold
- A Friend of The Gilmore with gratitude to all who so generously support the arts in the Kalamazoo area
- Friends of The Gilmore (2)
- Carol and Tom Beech
- Robert Boisture and Mary Margaret Pipkin
- Consumers Energy
- DeNooyer Jaguar
- Discover Kalamazoo
- First National Bank of Michigan
- Russell Gabier Fund
- Martha J. Harrison Piano Education Fund – endowed
- The Kalamazoo Promise
- Lakeview Ford Lincoln
- Peregrine Company
- Nancy F. Richardson in memory of William C. Richardson
- Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation
- Varnum
- Warner Norcross + Judd
- Zoetis
Silver
- A Friend of The Gilmore
- Allkins Family Foundation
- Hugh and Marian Beattie Family Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation
- Bell’s Brewery
- The Guido A. and Elizabeth H. Binda Foundation
- The Burdick-Thorne Foundation
- Alfred Garcia and Sandra Edwards
- Gibson Insurance
- Havirmill Foundation
- Honigman
- Howell, Parfet & Schau, PLC
- Judy Jolliffe
- Martha and Scott Larsen
- Laurie Marshall
- Marshall Community Foundation
- Martin & Associates Environmental, LLC
- Beth McIntyre
- Millennium Restaurant Group
- Ann and Don Parfet
- Kevin and Gina Paul
- Julie and Keith Peterson
- South Haven Community Foundation
- Michael and Lindy Storms
- Lance and Laura Trexler
- Vicksburg Foundation
- Carolyn and Sidney Williams
Bronze
- A Friend of The Gilmore
- Berrien Community Foundation
- Elizabeth Burns and Roger Zinser
- DeMent & Marquardt, PLC
- Joanna and Scott Dales
- Linda and George Dunn
- Deborah and Reid Hudgins
- Imperial Beverage
- Kellogg Community Credit Union
- Lake Michigan Credit Union
- Tom and Donna Lambert
- Bill and Jeannette Maxey
- Mercantile Bank
- Zaide Pixley and John Fink
- Janet and Arthur Riley
- Dr. Gary and Dr. Cynthia Ruoff
- Jan and Ed Sackley
- Schupan
- Jacob & Naomi Stucki Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation
- Doreen and Ed Thomas
- John and Linnaea Thomas
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe
- UHY
Copper
- Battle Creek Community Foundation
- Education for the Arts
- Don Flesche in memory of Grace Flesche
- Daniel and Barbara Gustin
- Karlsons & Associates, LLC
- Miller-Davis Company
- Raymond James & Associates – Kalamazoo City Centre Branch
- D. Terry and Sharon Williams
- WMUK
Audio Engineering Sponsor
The Christopher Roberts and Nancy Zannini Family Fund
Livestream Sponsors
- Russell Gabier Fund
- The Christopher Roberts and Nancy Zannini Family Fund
- Three Rivers Manhattan Club
Media Sponsors
Intermission Sponsors
- DeMent & Marquardt, PLC
- Kellogg Community Credit Union
- Miller-Davis Company
Community Partners (2022 - 2024)
- Allen Chapel AME Church
- Art and Culture Collective of Battle Creek
- Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo
- Battle Creek Juneteenth Family Day Celebration
- Battle Creek Latin American Heritage Initiative
- Battle Creek Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Bell’s Brewery
- Black Arts and Cultural Center
- Bureau of Services for Blind Persons Training Center
- Burma Center
- Canadiana Fest
- Celebration Cinemas
- Confections with Convictions
- Connecting Chords Music Festival
- Corewell Health of Saint Joseph
- Crescendo Academy of Music
- Dabney & Co.
- Discover Kalamazoo
- Douglass Community Association
- Edison Jazz Fest
- Education for Employment Culinary Program
- El Concilio / Hispanic American Council
- Factory Coffee
- Farmers Alley Theatre
- First Congregational Church of Battle Creek
- First United Methodist Church of South Haven
- Franke Center for the Arts
- Friendship Village
- Gordon Water Systems
- Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
- Grand Rapids Symphony Mosaic Scholars
- Great Lakes Acoustic Music Association
- Gull Lake Center for the Fine Arts
- Fox Music Center
- Interlochen Arts Academy
- Institute of Public Scholarship
- Jackson Symphony Orchestra
- Peggy Johnston
- Kahuna
- Kalamazoo Branch of the NAACP
- Kalamazoo Civic Theatre
- Kalamazoo College
- Kalamazoo Film Society
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
- Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra
- The Kalamazoo Promise
- Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital
- Kalamazoo Public Library
- Kalamazoo Public Schools
- Kalamazoo State Theatre
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum
- W.K. Kellogg Auditorium
- Kool Family Community Center
- Lansing Symphony Orchestra
- Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College
- Merze Tate Explorers
- Metropolitan Kalamazoo Branch NAACP
- M.I. Gente Radio
- The Northside Ministerial Alliance
- Orchestra Jammbo’laya
- PianoQuest
- Public Media Network
- Richland Area Community Center
- RiverRun Press
- Rootead Enrichment Center
- Sarkozy Bakery
- Sassafras
- Saugatuck Center for the Arts
- Society For History And Racial Equity (S.H.A.R.E.)
- Sounds of the Zoo Festival
- South Haven Performance Series
- The Stamped Robin
- Suzuki Academy of Kalamazoo
- Sweetwater’s Donut Mill
- VanderSalm’s Flowershop & Garden Center
- Voces
- Wellspring Theater
- What A Do Theatre Company
- Willard Library
- Western Michigan University
- WMed
- WMUK
Education Sponsors and Funding Partners
- Arts Fund of Kalamazoo County, a program of the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo
- Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne
- Rob and Lynda Bauckham in memory of Rachael “Rey” Bauckham
- Eric and Linda Brown *
- Terry Creed *
- Dorothy U. Dalton Foundation
- David Dvorak and Karol Peterson *
- Richard and Marsha Early *
- Eaton Corporation
- Education for the Arts
- Friends of The Gilmore
- Irving S. Gilmore Foundation
- Fred Harrison
- Lynn Harrison and Barbara Hazard *
- Martha J. Harrison Piano Education Fund – endowed
- Peggy Johnston in memory of Rachael “Rey” Bauckham
- Kalamazoo Community Foundation
- Gail and Tom Kasdorf Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Hung and Elsie Liang Fund for Music
- Lake Michigan Credit Union
- Elizabeth Upjohn Mason
- Michigan Arts and Culture Council
- Music Education Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation
- National Endowment for the Arts
- The Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation
- Estate of Wanda Pagel Herman
- Patti and Bob Huiskamp *
- Judy Jolliffe *
- Faye Luscombe *
- James MacVicar *
- Suzanne U. D. Parish Foundation
- Polzin Family Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation
- PNC Foundation
- Barry Ross and Jane Rooks Ross in honor of Dan Gustin
- Glen C. and Gail G. Smith Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation
- Michael and Lindy Storms
- Stryker
- UHY
- Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation
- Gayle Witt
- * Martha J. Harrison Piano Education Fund in memory of Fred Harrison
Rising Stars Sponsors (2022 - 2024)
- A Friend of The Gilmore
- Friends of The Gilmore, in honor of John C. and Helen F. Wattles
- Julie and Keith Peterson
- Jan and Ed Sackley
- Three Rivers Friends of The Gilmore
- The Wattles Family in memory of Helen Fischer Wattles
- Zhang Financial
Piano Masters and Special Event Sponsors (2022 - 2024)
- The John W. and Rosemary K. Brown Family Foundation in honor of Daniel Gustin
- Robert and Marianne Denes
- Barbara J. Parish in memory of Preston S. Parish
- William C. and Nancy F. Richardson – endowed
- John Stites Jazz Awards
Additional Support
This activity is supported in part by the Michigan Arts and Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
