Donor Impact

Donor Impact

At Boston Landmarks Orchestra, our music begins with you. It is only through the generosity of the community that makes it possible for professional musicians to bring free, live orchestral music into people’s everyday lives so that everyone, regardless of income, age, ability, or background, can be moved, connected, and inspired by music.

At a Glance: 2025 Season

14Concerts throughout the Greater Boston community.
58Pieces performed, with nearly 50% written by composers of color or women.
150Over 150 local artists and musicians engaged in sharing great music.
18000Audience members accessed great music for free.

Beyond the Numbers

  • American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreters and Haptic Suits translated music in new ways to d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing audience members at our Summer Concerts.
  • Families explored music through the Maestro Zone, Instrument Playground, and were inspired by Prelude Concerts performed by young artists from our partner organizations Four Strings Academy and Boston String Academy.
  • All concerts and activities were 100% free.

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Thank You

A special thank you to our Music Circle community listed below who have joined us at the Music Friends level and above during the 2026 season. The full community of donors who make our work possible is too numerous to list here, but our gratitude extends to every one of you. Because of your generosity, Landmarks can do what no admission price ever could: bring people together across cultures and neighborhoods through the power of great music, free to all. From the Hatch Shell to community stages across the city, you help ensure that a seat at the orchestra belongs to everyone.

Leadership Donors
Anonymous (2)
James Liu and Alexandra Bowers
City of Chelsea
Liz Dehler Real Estate | Donnelly + Co
Mary Dockray-Miller
Liberty Mutual Foundation, Inc.
The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation
Eric and Cathy Haines
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Laura Connors and Brian O’Connell
Stephen and Jeryl Oristaglio
John and Sharon Parisi
William and Lia Poorvu
Allison Ryder and David Jones
Cabot Family Charitable Trust
LP Charitable Trust

Community of Donors
Anonymous (2)
Suzette Abbott and David Klafter
Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy
Benjamin and Caroline Ansbacher
Robin Lee Baker
Suzanne R Bass
Kevin Batt
Sally Benbasset
Martha and Robert Berardino
Kathleen van Bergen
Sheila Boyle
Prilla Brackett
Ingvild Brown
Christopher Carey
Jill A Christians
Courtney Clark
Thomas and Evon Cooper
Chris Coveney
J Scott Craig
Sandra Cullison
Mary Beth Curtis
Alvin and Victoria Davis
Benjamin DiNardo
Katherine and Neil Diver
Ann Dolbear
Catharine-Mary Donovan
Kay Dougherty
Nancianne Doyle
Susan Duncan
Olga Maria Elias
Jennifer Elliott
James and Joan Engler
Margaret Evans
Kirill Finkelshteyn
Glenda and Robert Fishman
Edmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable Foundation
Israel & Mollie Myers Foundation, Inc.
Giovanna Franchi
Frederic J Freidus
Stinemack Family Giving Fund
Midnight Tango Fund
Gary Gorczyca
Charlene Grant
Camilla Haase
David and Barbara Hammond
Sylverlyn and Charles Hill
Kalon Ho
Ann Jansen
David Feinberg and Marina Kalb
Paul Kastner
Joan Kenney
Carol Kort
Daniel L. Langenthal
James and Bonnie Lawton
Steven E. Levitsky
David and Sandra Lyons
Carol Marcinkowski
Katherine M. Mason
Mary McCormick

Keith Carlson and Kathy McGirr
Bonnie Szarzynski McIsaac
Judith Merritt
Amy Meyer
Elizabeth P. Meyer
Jane Minasian
Amanda Miner
Paul Mueller
Mitchell and Cynthia Neider
Thomas F. Nestor
Richard Schwartz and Jacqueline Olds
Alan W. Pafenbach
Mary Christine Paxton
George Perkins
Rachel Perry
Daniel Perry
Andrea Porras
Audrey Prager and Steven Jakob
Allan and Bernette Rashba
Elizabeth Reed and Ulrich Klingbeil
Suzanne E. Ricco
Gloria Riley
James Roberts
Stacey Alden and Donald Robinson
Philip Rosenkranz
Cheryl Ryder
Richard and Kay Ryder
David and Maurie Sachs
David Saums
Steve Scarlata
Wendy Schwartz
Samuel and Jenni Seicol
Robert and Patricia Severance
Trudy Cole Sevier
Wendy Shattuck and Samuel Plimpton
Monte Silberger
Sarah-Jo Sinnott
Gabriella Spatolisano
Catherine Moon Stalberg
Morgan Stanley
Erin Stanley
Renee Sweeney
David and Megan Szabo
R. Gordon and Carole Talley
Harborne Stuart and Cathy Tankosic
Janice Danca-Thompson and Charles Thompson
Bill and Heli Tomford
Dorothy Vacca and Charles Valera
Michael Vinal
William Walczak
Sybil Williams
David and Nancy Williamson
Lisa Wilson
Howard Gardner and Ellen Winner
Sally Withington
Michael Yogman and Elizabeth Ascher
Joan and Isaias Zelkowicz
Samuel Kendall and Catherine Zusy

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