The Butler Society represents a dedicated community of our supporters whose contributions help the School offer the very best enrichment and professional growth opportunities to students and faculty.
The Butler Society acknowledges the generosity of all donors to the school during each calendar year.
The continued financial support of members of the Butler Society allows us to achieve our goal to be the best music education program in the country. For over 100 years, The University of Texas at Austin through the Butler School of Music, has provided opportunities for students to study, train and perform with some of the world's most celebrated and accomplished faculty, ensembles and organizations.
Members of the Butler Society are the key to the success of this vibrant music program. Thank you for making the successful launch of tomorrow's music performers, teachers, composers and scholars part of your giving plan.
Butler Society Permanent Members
Cumulative Gifts of $1,000,000 and above
Frances and Stephen Berman
Sarah and Ernest Butler
Richard M. Church, Jr.
Cheney G. Crow
Timothy Ann Sloan and Vincent R. DiNino+
Bruce G. Garrison and Jeffery A. Helton
Thomas Ross Gambrell
Mary Winton Green and David Green+
E. Sheryl Goodnight
Edgar Griffith
F. Marie Hall+
Kent Wheeler Kennan+
Gail and Jeff Kodosky
Teresa and Joe Long
Darla D. Moore and Richard E. Rainwater+
Randall Storm
The 2024 Butler Society
donations from September 1, 2023 through July 15, 2024
Gifts $100,000 and above
Erika and Ronald Burt
Michael D. Korte
George D. Moxley
Sandra New
Kristi and Ben Lee Schneider
Julia and Michael Webber
David L. Wheeler
Sandi and Greg Wilson
Gifts from $10,000-$99,999
Anna J. and David M. Abbott
Nannette and Allen G. Borden
Theodore Brannon
Steven Bryant
Melody B. Chatelle
Tania and Donn Cox
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
William D. George
Edgar Griffith
Karolen Keane
Michelle and Dan Mullaney
National Philanthropic Trust
Hilary C. and Jon E. Olson
Jo Lyn T. Peters
Anne Q. and Brien P. Smith
Dennis Spencer
The Eva and Marvin Womack Foundation
The Presser Foundation
Tim Wilborn
Mary E. Waddell
Elizabeth Wylie
Gifts from $1,000-$9,999
Matthew M. Afflerbaugh
Austin Swing Syndicate, Inc.
Edgar D. Bailey
Kristin B. and Payton L. Biggs
Douglas W. Carpenter and Link Mitchell Davidson
Ernie Chan
Chevron Corporation
Conn-Selmer, Inc.
Tania and Donn K. Cox
Donna J. and Joe F. Dahlstrom
Katherine H. and Eric R. Davis
Haley and Derek Deas
Susan A. and Joseph I. Gasca
June V. and William M. Harriss
Live Nation Entertainment
Mary H. and Paul S. Ho
Barbara Hulit
Dixie H. and Stephen D. Houston
David Jones
Jayne Johec
Jeanne and Michael Klein
Cheryl S. and Keith D. Krewer
Rebecca B. and Mark E. Konen
James R. Littlefield
Martha F. MacDonald
NVIDIA Corporation
Martha Orozco
Robert and Catherine Purdy
Laura Robinson
S & D H Llano, LLC
SASI The Leadership People, LLC
Jeanne D. and Ray K. Sasaki
Jennifer K. and Daniel E. Scheel
Araminta Sorrell
Melodie and Robert A. Summersett
Twilia W. and Milton Y. Tate
Susan Thomas
Vicky M. and Robert W. Tillerson
Peyton L. Townsend
Cynthia A. and John M. Vivona
Carolyn B. and Robert Warner
Sharon Wertz
Joseph Winters
Mark White
Barbara C. and R. Corbin Wilson
David Wolfe
Steven Yanagisawa
Gifts from $500-$999
Austin Community Foundation
Rex Baker
Jerome Bierschenk
Kristin B. and Peyton L. Biggs
Elizabeth and Preston Black
Emily and Wayne Dunlap
Anne A. Axelson and Adam B. Hochfelder
Daniel Caswell
Amber N. Caver and Thomas F. Caver III
Fei Pang Ching
Conoco Phillips Company
Patricia Corn
Katherine and Lee Crain
Colleen and Mahlon Debard
Dell Technologies, Inc.
Angela Douglas
M. Diane Dwight and Andrew C. Jackson
Tina and Cliff Foster
Cara Fox
Emily and James Gray
David F. Green
Pauline and Gary Green
Pamela and Craig Greenway
Erika L. Griffith
Nancimarie G. Haehnel
Virgina L. and Steven B. Harrod
Sarah and David Hoffman
Hannah Huckaby and Kent Kostka
Anita Israni and Arun Prakash
JD Janda
Brenda and Henry Kleespies
JP Kirksey
Susan LaRonde and Michael Guentzel
Pamela D. Lyles
Michelle and Dan Mullaney
Minnesota Public Radio
Vivian Moore and Kent Dinkel
Hahna Muehlberger
Azili Omar
Yeni Paz and Ariel Ortega
Mary Patsatzis
Scott Rachels
Melodie and Jonathan Ramirez
Ramón H. Rivera-Servera
Wallis and Brendon Ottmers
Ann and Michael Owen
Carrie and Bryan Pogor
Susan and Max Reinbach
Elizabeth and Andy Schutz
Kim Scofield
Lucy Jo Conn and William M. Sherrill
Steven Smith
Randall J. Storm
Kathleen Thomas and Mark C. Hastings
Sumit Thomas
Malia and Gary Turk
Keith Winking
Gifts up to $499
Michael Abramowitz
Judith Adams
Lori and Allan Adelman
Susan K. Adler
Matthew Afflerbaugh
Donnie Albert
Mohammed I. Ali
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Jason Anthraper
Jose Arispe
Jennifer Arthur
Stephanie and Gary Ashby
Courtney and Andrew Assir
Fernando Balderas and Fred Ellis
Julie and Buddie C. Ballard, Jr.
Emma Balsamo
Sandra Barber
Carol Barwick
Loretta Baze
Sara Beechner and Mark Aitala
Stephen Bell
Michael Benson
Randall Best
Jennifer and Travis Lee Betak
Jasmine Bisett
Celina Bernhard Bley
Kristin and Emil Bliss
David Breeding
Lynn Butler
Stacey Block and Jeffrey Goldman
Carolyn Bobo
Bonnie Bock
Kelly and John Bolinger
Janice and Dale Boothman
Anna Boxall
Jamie Boyle
Sara Bradfield
William Brent
Kirsty Brewster-Arnold
Caroline Bristoll
Charles D. Brooks
Patti Brookshire
Kelly D. and Stephen M. Brune
Mariko and Blake Brunson
Kaitlyn Bliss
Mark Bryan
Cecelia Burke
Jon Burrows
Burns and McDonnell, Inc.
Katherine and David Burns
Sarah Campa
Aidan Cardona
Delia and Andres Cardona
Kelli and John Carlton
Robert M. Carnochan
JoVonna Carter and Michael Cavazos
Stacy Castillo
Victoria Chamberlain
Stephanie Chapman
Christopher Chavez
Martin Cherry
David Childs
Karen Chong
Jill and James Christian
Catherine and Kenneth Christen
Eliza Christen
Edward Chung
Janet and Ron Cody
Kaye and Richard Conant
Caleb Connor
Charles Cook
Grant Cook
Matthew Coury
Michael Cowan
Caroline Creeden
Paula Crider
John Crow and Marcus Loy
William Cunningham
Paralee Curry
Joshua D’Agostino
Gail and Mark Dankis
James Daross
Kirsten and Scott Davenport
Charles Davis
Gary Davis
Lea and Mark Davis
Cynthia Densmore
Darlene Denton
Christine Dillingham
Kathy Ding
Adonis Directo
Christina and Victor Dominguez
David Donohoe
Donohoe Advisory Associates, LLC
Richard Dove
David DuBose
Jocelyn and David Dunham
A. V. Easter
Sue Alice and J. Eaton
Salvadora Ebanks
Faith Allen and Terry Edwards
John Elford
Tiffany and Jeremy Elliott
Casey Ellis
Anne Ellzey
Paula Maysonet Espinsoa
Margaret Ferry
John Fitzpatrick
Carla Flores
Stuart Folse
Teresa Fox
Sarah Franklin
Dawn Stadnyk Fredland
Brian Frock
Heidi and Gary A. Frock
Clay Froseth
Glenn Fugett
Cheryl Fuller
Larry Galbreath
Vicki Galbreath
Karla and Kennon Garrett
Celina and Roland Garcia
Sarah Garza
Virginia and Joby Gaytan
Christianne and Charles Gell
Jeanne Gibson
Kaylon Gilbert
Michael Gilbert
Cynthia Gonzales
Holly Gonzales
Lazarus Gonzales
John Goodroe
Caroline and Robert D. Graham
Janet Graham
Sally and Thomas P. Grant III
Gary Graser
Robert Gray
William Gray
Anastasia Grebnova and Adrian Torres
Gary Green
Randy Greene
Laura and Dan Greff
George Gregory
Craig Greenway
Janet Gronbach
David Guadiano
Julie and Jeffrey Guillot
P. Malcolm Gulley
Arlette de Koning
Michael Haecker
Nancimarie Haehnel
Jenny Hagedorn
Keith Henderson
Susanna and Richard Hagedorn
Eric Hagstette
Janet Halter
Kathy Hamilton
John Hamlet
Heather L. and Bradley R. Hanson
Stephen Harding
Carol and Robert Hardy
Bryan Harlow
Thomas Harrell
Jennifer and Randall Harris
Teresa and Alan Hastings
Colin Haymes
William Hefner
Barbara and Dennis Helbert
Douglas Henderson
Nadine and Paul Herbst
Kathryn and Chris Hiester
Candace Hinkle
Kimberly and Seth M. Hollander
Mark Hollahan
Joyce and Charles Holman
O. F. Hooper
Sharon Houghton
Sarah Howe
Katherine Howell
Wendy Howell
Vivian Hsiang
Patrick Hughes
Angela and David Hurwich
Kieuvy Huynk
Wade Hyde and Tim Thobe
Kimberly Illhardt
Kate Ivie
Renee and Jeffrey Laffitte
Megan Larson
Adrienne and Manuel Leyva
Gary Lindahl
Dee and Robert Jackson
Thomas Jackson
Makenzie James
Kevin Jedele
Edward Jenkins
Ashley Johnson
Kayrin Jones
Nelda Jones
Rebecca and Michael Jones
Newton Jordan
William Jordan
Sharon H. Justice
Nadeen Kablawi
Jessica Karlinski
Keather Kehoe
Nicole Keller
Rachel Keish
Sherry and Ray Kent
Terri Kilgore
Justin Killingsworth
Jessica Kizer
Sarah and James Klein
Ann Klinar
Myra Klinksiek
Heather and Mark Knolle
Lee Kohlenberg
Jenny Kondo
Kari Koopmann
Jarek Kozlowski
Weldon Kuretsch
Christopher Lachance
The Larry and Annette Sondock Foundation
David Laughlin
Lisa Lawson
Sara B. and Thomas M. Leach
Daniel Lecompte
Natasha Ledum
Charlotte Lee
Ruth Lim
Julie Linder
Sharon and David Lindemann
Peggy and David Little
Tracy Little
William Little
John Loessin
Christi Lotz
Melissa Macneil
Charles Magee
Padmashree Mahnanayak
Susanna Mammen
Casey Manuel
Joseph Martella
Trina and Kevin Martin
Rachel E. Mathers
Noel Matthews
Derek Mathis
Juliet Mathis
Molly Mathis
Nita Martinez
Lauri and David Martino
Tommy Mathis
Karen and Michael May
Barry Montgomery
Karen McCoy
Lionda McDavitt
Bridget and James McDonald
Jennifer and Stuart McKennon
Caitlin and Mickey McNamee
Michael McVey
Evelyn Meisell
Victoria Mendoza
Sonia M. Merubia
Arlene and Christopher M. Meyer
Eugenia Meza
Bianca Miller
Mary and Joseph Monahan
Michael Moore
Eric Monashkin
Laurel and Stattler Mood
Elizabeth Hansing Moon
Peggy Mueller
Roy Muniz
Patricia Mulkey
Twilah Munk
Melissa Hallmark Munsell
Murphy Oil Corporation
Ivan Naranjo
Juli Naranjo
Karin Nelson
Susan and Stephen Nichols
Patrick Niemann
Iga Niagi
Nina Nixon-Mendez and Samuel Mendez
Roxanne Moreland
Barbara Nunn
Suzan Nyfeler
Wanda and Donald O’Connor
Julie and Derrik Olsen
Amy and Amin Omar
Jeff Otchis
Freddie Nutt
Jose Pacheco
Shea Palamountain
Don Parker
Veronica Patino
William Peace
Sheri Ann and Brett Perroux
Personal Administrators, Inc.
Kristie and Anthony Peterman
DeEtte B. and Paul C. Peters
Sheila and Edward Peters
Jacob Philip
Diana Phillips
William Phillips
Phillips 66 Company
Amanda Pierce
Les Pittman
Samuel Pollack
Rich Ponce
Courtney Pope
Barara Potts
Mary Powers
Niyati Prabhu
Janet Presley
Michael Prewitt
John Purdy
Sara Purdy
Manjula and Senthilkumar Rajagopal
Rose A. Renteria and Steven S. Zahniser
Kathy Rider
Rachel Roberts
Jeffrey T. Robinson
Claire Rudy
Virginia Saad
Melissa Safi
Leena Sanchez
Jennifer Sanders
Mary Ann and Michael D. Sandgarten
Aubrey Saunders
Olivia and Benjamin Sawyer
Robert Sewell
Kathleen and Tony Schiber
Kenneth Schultz
Lorrie Schultz
Alex Scull
Jerry Sedatole
Kevin Sedatole
Gregory Sells
Sonia T. Seeman
Maria Serrano
Aditi Sharma
Jeffrey Sherman
Ryan Showers
Jeffrey Simpler
Karon S. and J. Scott Simpson
Laura Sites
Hope M. Smith
Joleen and Glen John Smith
Debra Smith-Brinkley
Mark Smolen
David Snow
Cathy Sorsby
Billie Southern
Deborah Sparks
William Sparks
Mark Stoddard
Joni Spanjer
Karen Sperry
Aimee Stead
Brennan Stein
Jamie Stevens and Benjamin Willard
Andrea and Carl Stolle
Deborah Streety
Sherri and Ronald M. Stewart
William Stripling
Barbara Stroud and Robert O’Boyle
Steve Suddreth
Sarah Suggs
William Sullivan
Allison Summersett
Billye Sutton
Amy Swearingen
Brenda and Dan Talley
Tandy Talburt-Schoolcraft
Lizabeth Tankersley
Dena and Mark A. Tarpley
David Taylor
Richard Taylor
Teresa Taylor
Kathleen Thomas and Mark Hastings
Mary and Michael Tollefson
Kandace and Perry Tornquist
Steven Treistman
Sandra K. and John Trieb
Frances and John Trimble
Olga Tumanova
Blake Turner
Michael C. Tusa
Deboral Ulrickson
Peter Unger
Lisa and John Updegrove
Veronica and Benjamin Vacula
Julie and Gary Vander Stoep
Jebaseelan Varuvel
Stephen Vickers
Victor X. Villarreal
Frances von Rosenberg
Cynthia Wade
Anna and James Walker
Joey Walker
Kyle Walker
Pey-Hwai Wang
Jennifer Ward
Katherine and Gorman D. Warren, Jr.
Christina Weaver
Audrey Webb
Angela and Andrew Weirauch
Charis and Brett Weiss
Drew Wessels
Eve White
Mark White
Teagan White
Catherine Whited
Julia and Thomas Whited
Mark Whiteman
Jennifer and Charles Whitten
John Wiggans
Terry Willard
Nefertiti Williams
James Wilson
Richard Wyman
Jacob Wohleb
Dan Woldert
Ketty Wong
James Word
Cynthia Wren
Raghavendra Yarlagadda
Hanson Yong
Erin and James Young
Susan Young
Joaquin Zamora
Xinmaio Zhao
Yin Zhu
Derrell Zimmerman
Kurt Zimmerman
Some of our donors have requested to remain anonymous and therefore are not listed.
+ Denotes deceased.