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.
The Founder’s Match
To celebrate Brooke’s extraordinary contributions to the Desert Chorale, please join us in sponsoring the 2026 Summer Festival in Brooke’s name. Our Endowment Fund will match every dollar you donate, up to $30,000, and together we will honor Brooke’s vision for what the Chorale could be—and what it has become.
Thank You to our Matching Campaign Donors
Diane Buchanan and Rick Andrew, The Andrew Family Foundation
Patricia Assimakis
Michelle Baker
Benjamin Bankson
Norma Bekowies
Judith Benkendorf and Norman Marks
Richard Bentley
Nancy Brannin
Honorable Michael L. Bustamante
Betty Bevans and C. Carvel Jr.
George Case and Nathan Salazar
Kimberly Chavez Cook
Robin Coolidge
Ken Dickson and Terry Melendez
Joyce Dominguez
Catherine and Guy Gronquist
Annette Gruber
Jeni Houser
Kenneth and Jean Johnson
Marilyn Joyce
The Reverend Canon Ted Karpf
Margaret Knox
Ann Lehman
JD Leslie
Meria Loeks
Tom and Margaret Lopez
Samuel Lynn
Emma Marzen and Sean Johnson
Jane McGuigan
Jane and David McGuire
Tanya Meador
Jeanette (Boo) Miller
Barbara Mills
Stephen Montoya
Kathy Moore-Gregory
Roxanne Howe-Murphy and James Murphy
Anne M. Pearson
Amy and John Petrila
Lauren Phillips
Dr. and Mrs. Leon Podles
Cary Reynolds
Gladys Richardson
Kristen Rowley
Carmen Salazar
Will Spencer
Lore Thorpe
Rebecca Tobey
Dennis Tynan
Christine Warren
Linda Wolcott
Judith Worcester
Sara Wright
Double your impact and sustain the vision Brooke helped create!
If the Desert Chorale has a superpower, it’s the heart-to-heart connection that choral music makes—between the singers and the audience, between the past and the present—and you can still feel Brooke’s kindness and generosity in every note we sing. Thank you for celebrating Brooke and the difference she made for 44 years here at the Chorale.
$17,275 out of $30,000 raised
