Honoring a Founding Voice
This summer, we sing with profound gratitude for Brooke Bandfield Taylor—a founding board member and soprano who sang in our very first ensemble.
Brooke helped create the profound heart-to-heart connection that our singers and audiences feel to this day. For 44 years, she shared her generosity, her expertise, and her passion to shape the Desert Chorale.
This summer, we invite you to honor Brooke’s incredible legacy and sustain the future of the music, the artists, and the audiences she loved so dearly.
Match Goal Reached!
Thanks to the wonderful geneoristy of Desert Chorale donors, we have met our initial $30,000 endowment match and the $10,000 extended match!
While the matching funds have been fully allocated, you can still honor Brooke’s remarkable impact and make a gift in her memory. Your gift will support the 2026 Summer Festival and directly support the programming she loved so dearly.
Thank You to our Matching Campaign Donors
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Vicki Holmsten and Don Allen
Diane Buchanan and Rick Andrew, The Andrew Family Foundation
Patricia Assimakis
Leslie and Edward Atler
Benjamin Bankson
Marilyn and Cris Barnes
Elizabeth S. Bayne
Norma Bekowies
Richard Bentley
Honorable Michael L. Bustamante
Celia Baldwin and Bruce Catania
Mary Cauble
Seth Cohen
Chase Coleman
Elizabeth Cooper
Mary Crothers
Kathleen Davis
Susan and Conrad De Jong
Joel and Janet DeLisa
Linda DiFede
Ms. Johnson and Mr. Dougherty
Jack and Juanita Dunn
Margie Edwards and Ellie Edelstein
Nancy Fairchild
Jude Ford
Robert Hirasuna and Martha Formosa
Timothy R. Fox
Richard and Chris Frenk
Carolyn Marie Gair
Dorothy and George Gamble
David Gay
Douglas S. Gould
Catherine and Guy Gronquist
DeLisa Brown-Guc and Nathan Guc
Kent Hetherwick
Lori Hintzsche
Shirley and Frank Hirsch
Lynne Horning
Emma Marzen and Sean Johnson
Evan Johnson
Kenneth and Jean Johnson
David Jones
The Reverend Canon Ted Karpf
Brad King
Kristen Klasky
A J Kleinman
Margaret Knox
Rita Leard
Julia and David Leifeste
JD Leslie
Miranda and David Lind
Michael Paige Lynn and Barbara Golden Lynn
John Thompson and Bob Mackenzie
Judith Benkendorf and Norman Marks
Fraser and Alice McAlpine
Jane McGuigan
Jane and David McGuire
Dr. Walter L. Kirchner and Mary Meredith-Kirchner
Jeanette (Boo) Miller
Richard Moraskie
Mary Jo Morgan
Nancy Morgan
Roxanne Howe-Murphy and James Murphy
Pamela Najdowski
Laura Taylor Nanartowich
Skip and Molly Naylor
Laura Norman
Jane Woods and Anne M. O’Connor
Patty and Gary Osborne
Dr. Mary Lou and Alex Padilla
Rae Hoffacker and Peter Pappas
Michael Partridge
Anne M. Pearson
Amy and John Petrila
Cynthia Piatt
Dr. and Mrs. Leon Podles
Catherine Pope
David Prochnow and Gail Reitenbach
Kate Rindy
Martha Rochelle
Margaret Rogers
Richard Schacht and Judith Rowan
Kristen Rowley
Carmen Salazar
George Case and Nathan Salazar
Kathryn Lowerre and Robert Shay
Magnus Sigurdarson
Glen and Barbara Smerage
Laurie Sowd
Alison Sowden
Irina Thomas
Lore Thorpe
Rebecca Tobey
Linda Eccard and Vi Varble
Tobi Watson
Bill and Kay Whitman
Brahna Lauger Wilczynski
Linda Wolcott
