Endow a Chair
Your Chair is Waiting!
In WYSO’s Endowed Chair Program, you can create special recognition for a friend, family member, or a beloved music teacher while supporting WYSO’s transformative music opportunities and experiences.
Your chair will hold a permanent position in our endowed Youth Orchestra. As part of an endowment, your donation will continue to support WYSO music programs in perpetuity.
Each endowed chair will be acknowledged on the WYSO website, featured in each concert program, and showcased in a special display in the new WYSO Center for Music.
Donations for Endowed Chairs can be conveniently split into installments by filling out our pledge form below.
Chairs that have already been selected are darkened in the diagram and outlined principal and section instruments are still available to fund.
Join the growing family of WYSO leaders with a gift that will last a lifetime!
John J. Frautschi Conductor’s Podium
Susan Hoeft Vandewalle Concertmaster Chair
Wilke Family Associate Concertmaster Chair
Miriam Schneider Memorial Section Violin chair
Marvin J. Levy Section Violin Chair
Mei and Zhou Family Section Violin Chair
Maxwell C. Martin Section Violin Chair
Andrée and John Valley Principal 2nd Violin Chair
The Inhorn Family Principal Viola Chair
John and Marian Bolz Section Viola Chair
Pei and Zhuang Family Section Viola Chair
Doug and Martha Maxwell Principal Cello Chair
Marvin J. Levy Section Cello Chair
Muldowney Family Section Cello Chair
Graham Fuguitt Principal Bass Chair
Nancy Ellis Wolf Memorial Section Bass Chair
Betty Bielefeld Principal Flute Chair
Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Sectional Flute Chair
Marc and Marcia Fink Principal Oboe Chair
James Smith Principal Clarinet Chair
Neal Williams Section Bassoon Chair
Bruce Matthews Principal Horn Chair
Charlie Williams Section Horn Chair
Roderick J. Lippert Section Horn Chair
Marvin J. Levy Sectional Trombone Chair
Karl Stadler Memorial Principal Tuba Chair
Anonymous Principal Harp Chair
Vicki Peterson Jenks Principal Percussion Chair
Andrew George Section Percussion Chair
Eric Douglas Batterman Memorial Section Percussion Chair
Download An Endowed Chair Pledge Form
Please reach out to Development and Communications Director Susan Gardels at susan@wysomusic.org with any questions.