Thank you to all of our donors whose support makes the music possible. To make a contribution and help present free weekly concerts summer after summer, click here.

Gifts below are from June 2025-May 2026.

premier sponsors

Lauridsen Family Endowment

program sponsors

Iowa Diamond
Music Performance Fund
Bravo Greater Des Moines
Iles Funeral Home
Des Moines Musicians'
   Association
Friends of Music Under the
   Stars

In kind donors

Drake University
Iowa Public Radio
Killinger Community Series
Jasper Winery
Tarbell & Co, PLC
Linda Robbins Coleman

friends ($10-$500)

Anonymous
Robin Arnold
Nancy Baltzley
Donald Beck
David Behrens
Mary Ann Bender
Callie Bierman
Doris Benson
Margaret Callahan
Ray & Annabelle Chamberlin
Sydney Coder
Stanton Danielson & Deborah
Danielson
Rhonda & Michael Davis
Mary Katherine Dial
Mark & Laurel Fleming
James Gallloway
Janet Hanlin
Barbara John
John Kendeigh
Jeffrey Lind
Marsha McAnally
Thomas McBride, III
Paige McClure
Ivan & Barbara McDonald
Robert McLearen
Rachel Thorson Mithelman

Andrei Murphy
Julie Murphy
Steven & Renee Newman
Phyllis Olson
Deirdre O'Neill
Ardith Ortgies
Craig Payne
Gloria Perry
In memory of Richard F. Rabe.
Jr.
Kay Reasoner
In memory of John H. and Ona
M. Riggs
Lowell & Rita Sameulson
Dan Stevenson
Jayne Stevenson
Joan & Herb Strentz
Richard Treiser
Susan Voss
Dolores Ann Willemsen
Bart & Mary Young

* In tribute to Dan Hartzer for the 63 years of talent and loyalty he has given to Music Under the Stars as a musician and director