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Aeolian Campaign 2025

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Music That Transforms. Community That Lasts

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Building the Future of Music and Community Together

For over 20 years, The Aeolian has stood as a beacon of music, education, and belonging in London. Thanks to your generosity, we’ve grown into a place where children discover their voices, artists share world-class performances, and communities come together in song and solidarity.

Now, we invite you to be part of our most ambitious chapter yet.

This Fall, our campaign unites three vital goals under one vision. Click the individual tabs below for more detail:

 El Sistema Aeolian:  Empowering Youth:
For 14 years, El Sistema Aeolian has been transforming young lives. More than a music program, it’s a movement that breaks down barriers and gives over 100 children access to free orchestral and choral training. Beyond musical skill, it teaches leadership, inclusiveness, and confidence. With 30 students still on the waiting list and grants nearly gone, your gift ensures no child is turned away from this life-changing program.

 Aeolian Hall: Building a Legacy:
Retiring the mortgage on Aeolian Hall is about more than paying off debt — it’s about securing a future where every dollar serves our mission, not the bank. Freeing up $27,000 annually means more concerts, more education, more impact. Your gift today becomes a lasting legacy, multiplying its effect for generations.

Aeolian Pride Chorus:  Strengthening Communities:

Now over 60 strong, Pride Chorus stands as part of a global movement of 2SLGBTQIA+ choirs raising their voices to shatter stereotypes and sing for love, justice and human dignity.

  • Empowering youth who are ready to soar.
  • Building a legacy that will outlast us all.
  • Strengthening communities that need champions like you.

Pick your passion. Make your mark. Transform what’s possible. Change everything

Why Your Gift Matters

Your support creates ripple effects far beyond today:

  • It places instruments in the hands of children who could not otherwise afford them.

  • It sustains a world-class venue that belongs to the community.

  • It raises voices of inclusion, acceptance, and joy.

✨ Every dollar strengthens our mission of building community through music.
✨ Donations over $20 receive a charitable tax receipt.
✨ Monthly giving ensures stability and helps us plan with confidence.

How to Give

💌 Through CanadaHelps
📞 By calling our Box Office at 519-672-7950
📬 By mailing a cheque to:
Aeolian Hall Musical Arts Association
795 Dundas Street, London, ON N5W 2Z6

🌟 No gift is too small. Every gift is part of something bigger.
🌟 Together, we will transform lives, secure the future, and grow a community where music always finds a home.

EMPOWERING YOUTH

EL SISTEMA AEOLIAN – HELP US KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING

For 14 years, El Sistema Aeolian has been changing lives through music.

This isn’t just another music program. It’s a movement that breaks down barriers and builds up dreams. Every child who walks through our doors—no matter their financial circumstances—discovers something powerful: their own potential.

When a child picks up an instrument for the first time, magic happens. They don’t just learn to play notes on a page. They find their voice. They discover they belong to something bigger than themselves—a community of young musicians supporting each other, leading each other, and growing together.

We’re building more than musical skills. We’re cultivating confidence, teamwork, problem-solving abilities, and leadership. We’re investing in the next generation of engaged, responsible citizens who know they can accomplish extraordinary things.

Right now, 100 children are thriving in our program. But 30 more are waiting for their chance.

With grants drying up and demand growing, we need your help to keep the music playing—and the transformation happening.

Your donation creates real impact:

  • $450 puts a beginner violin in a child’s hands
  • $750 launches a young brass player’s journey with a trumpet
  • $1,500 brings another inspiring teacher into our classrooms
  • $1,800 gives one student a full year of life-changing music education

Every single dollar fuels our mission. Every contribution—no matter the size—matters. (And donations of $20+ receive a tax receipt!)

Want to make an even bigger difference? Monthly giving helps us plan with certainty and serve more children consistently.

Join us. Help us transform more lives through the power of music.

2025 esa-gift of music donors:

CONDUCTOR $5K & UP
Anonymous Gifts
Canada Life Assurance Company
Curt Lind
London Jewish Community Foundation-B. Zaifman
Sheffar Potter Muchan
Sisters of St. Joseph
David Southen
Beverly Zaifman

SUSTAINER $1K to $4999
BlueStone Properties Inc.
Karen Clarke
Paul Cooper and David Hiebert
Mary Beth Denomy
Janice Elloway
Tom Getliffe
Mike Hanson
Gord and Maria Hardcastle
Sheri Horan
Andrew and Cindy House
J Craig Hunt
Nicholas J. Koppert
Matthew Kranendonk
Ann MacPhail
Ruth Noble
Maureen O’Dwyer
Deborah Pannell
Rotary Club of London Hyde Park
Anne Siess
Spence Family Fund
Andrew M. Spriet
Janice and Paul Strickland
Simon Thorel
Westfield Public School in Memory of Nathaniel Dube
William and Ann Fleming

BENEFACTOR $500 to $999
1836917 Ontario Corp
Debbie & Ralph Crandell
Jim Cressman
Cliona Geraghty
Bill Jansen
George Kerhoulas
Jacob Malkin
Miriam Mann Medicine Professional Corporation
Kelley McKeating and Bruce Jones
Gabrielle Savard
Meghan Seaman
Margaret Szilassy
The Beckett Project
Nancy Wright

FELLOW $250 to $499
Kevin Abma
Lee Anderson
Joan Rose Catedrilla
Rose Day
Brian Field
John and Anne Howitt
Ted Kelly
Knox Presbyterian Church – St. Thomas
Sara Lanthier
Zhiqiang Li
Janice Palarca
Bruce Reid
Jeffrey Stokes
Ken Tapper
Deb Tveit
Kirk Wallis
John Wiebe

CONTRIBUTOR $100 to $249
Sandra Adkin
Teresa Ainsworth
Marleny Álvarez
Juan Rios Anubla
Leila Bakhtiari
Luke Baylis
Heather Bishop
Jim Blumsom
Cristin Bowie
Sue Brown
Julie Bui
Sandi and Paul Caplan
Jeff Carroll
Julian Caspari
M Joanne Dow
Aija Downing
Brian Dunne
Jeff and Vera Eames
Allan Edwards
Renee Ellis and Gary Renlund
Stephen Elson
First Baptist Church
Elyse Fisher
Jennifer Gaitan
Federico Garcia
Vicki Gerth
Barbara Gowland
Jackie Hogan
Trinh Hyun
Lone Jensen
Juliana Jimenez
Hyunhee Joo
Carol Kehoe
Suzanne Lanthier
Kelsey and Judy Lawson
Andrew Lester
Philip Lowry
Lorrinda Mabee
Jennifer Macdonald
Andrew Marshall
Jeniffer Matias
Dawn McLeod
Diane Merrifield
Beverly and Paul Mills
Marcela Molina
Isabella Monsalves
Catharine Monteith
Francia Quintero Neira
Michael Parody
Kate Pattarasen
Jeffrey Pease
Juliana Pelaez
Gary Rains
James S. Reaney
Maria Restrepo
Mauricio Restrepo
Sara Isabel Ricaurte
Jim Robson
Adriana Romero and Jonathan Torres
Natalie St. Louis
Wanda Sawicki
Mike Sheffar
Maria Sibongo
Susan Soney
Evelyn Sutton
Gordon Thompson
Hiedi Vamvalis
George Varghese
Sandra Vera
Julie Weeks
Doug Williams
Adele Woolfe
Dan Xia
Susan Yerema

AMBASSADOR $50 to $99
Laura Ballesteros
Lina Maria Bernal Martinez
Alba Bonilla
Jennifer Buchanan
John Davenport
David Foulds
Jesse Helmer
Diane Knoppert
Ana Guadalupe Melgar Lira
Luz Martin
Anthony Matias
Shirley Nartey
John Newell
Jackson Pineda
Bente Rowe
Ken Sumnall
Ukes of London
Carlos Villaquiran
Karen Walkey

FRIEND $20 to $49
Oscar Nino Aguillon
Wilma Bayang
Ian Begg
Sofia Bernal
Yeymis Ramos Betancourt
Maria Calpito
Alejandro Cardona
Sonia Cardozo
Wai Lee Chan
Jose Conde
Carol Cornwall
Luciano Costa
Yordan Gallegos
Ana Hermida
Carolina Hernandez
Carleen Hone
Majid Jahanmiri
Lyun Joo
Magdalena Kazubowski
Kathi Kellestine
Nadezda Lopez
William MacKenzie
Amber-Lyn McDonald
Randy Mills
Alison Morse
Angela Maria Ocampo
Carolyn Phelps
Patricia Thornton
Yuly Paola Perez Trujillo
Andrew Turnbull
David Vallarino
Shanshan Wang
Alfonso Whitford

AEOLIAN HALL GENERAL FUND: Building a legacy that will outlast us all.

Retiring the mortgage on Aeolian Hall is about more than paying off debt — it’s about securing a future where every dollar serves our mission, not the bank. Freeing up $27,000 annually means more life-changing concerts. More transformative education programs. More young musicians discovering their potential. More communities strengthened through the power of music. Your gift today becomes a lasting legacy.

Free the hall. Fuel the future. Create a legacy that never stops giving.  We can do this.

Your support today to the General Fund becomes the gift that keeps on giving—powering our mission not just this year, but for generations.

2025 Aeolian general fund donors:

CONDUCTOR $5K & UP
Brian & Louise Keith
Curt Lind
Devereux VanOstrand Fund
Merry Rosebush Family Fund

SUSTAINER $1K to $4999
Anonymous Gifts
Paul Cooper and David Hiebert
David Crawford and Julia Holland
Vimla Harry and Robert Heacock
Samuel Hornby
William Horne
Bill Jansen
Valarie Koziol
London Jewish Community Foundation – Bev Zaifman
Ross Pottage Endowment Fund
Robb Family Trust
Burton and Hilary Moon
Ruth Noble
David Southen
Mark and Donna Teeple
Janet Wombwell

BENEFACTOR $500 to $999
Gord and Maria Hardcastle
Karen Lilley
Susan Soney
David Southen
Michael Virostek
Kirk Wallis
John Winspear

FELLOW $250 to $499
Moira Burke
James Clement
Savita Dhanvantari
Joel Faflak
Allan Gedalof
David Girard
Bryan Gloyd
Andrew and Cindy House
Kennedy Kimber-Johnson
Susan Kyle
Robert McCullough
Beverly and Paul Mills
Thomas Peace
Sarah Poole
Janet Shute
Paul Siess
Michael Weinberger
Ailene Wittstein

CONTRIBUTOR $100 to $249
Leila Bakhtiari
Mary Benson
Alice Boyle
Bill Burnett
Daniel Burns
Pierre Bussieres
Canada Life Community Relations
Murray Cardiff
Jeff Carroll
Bonnie Douglas
Renee Ellis and Gary Renlund
Cora Endean
Shawn Flick
Beth Girvan
Oscar Gomez
S Vincent Gray
Jennifer Hale
Highstreet Asset Management Ltd.
Joe Hoffer
David Johnstone
Kang Howson-Jan
Don Kelly
Brian Landon
Leslee Lefteruk
Andrew Lester
Andrew Marshall
Cathy Maxwell
Mary McCracken
Nan McIntyre
Miriam Mann Medicine Professional Corp
Zillah Moss
Mike Nagle
Dimitrios Nikolakakos
H Elizabeth Parmeter
Lisa Pegg
David and Tina Perlman
Bryan Prytulak
Peter A Regier
Regina Satorius
Annette Schmidt
Barbara Scott
Amit and Anita Shah
Pirkko Sheldrick
Brenda and Derek Shipley
James Shreve
George Spanos
Elizabeth Spracklin
Gordon Thompson
Liz Thompson
Renny Thomson
Barry Uttley
Marvin Weisler
Eric Winquist
Brenda Wylie

AMBASSADOR $50 to $99
Patricia Allison
Chris Babcock
Kate Bloxham
Barbara Cecchin
Richard Comfort
Grace Coutinho
Carole Echlin
Allan Edwards
Peggy Anne Endean
Gina Farrugia
Patricia Fewster-Lengyell
Neil Flegel
Michael Hallett
Anne Janes
Lorraine Janzen
Perry Jeffery
Peter Karle
Mandy Deans Kassies
Vera Kittelson
Lauri Leduc
Dorinda Lewis
Robert Linnen
Jo-Anne Lounds
Laurel Baker Martin
Diane Merrifield
Dorothy Murphy
Keith Nabozny
Tim O’Connor
Ingrid Pawley
Anne Pedersen
Trevor Powell
Barbara Robinson
Paul Tratnyek
Tim Turner
Bernie VanDenBelt
Siwi Vodden
William Whitlock
Jill Wilcox
Connie and Frank Zolotar

FRIEND $20 to $49
Emily Agnew
Bradley Allender
Jerry Argany
Mary Arnold
Ruth Baer
Larry Barker
Kelly Bell
Althea Blackburn-Evans
Patrick Bruxer
Ian Cooper
Megan Cornwell
Grace Corrin
Laurel Cunningham
Angela Desand
Kristen Diotte
Josh Duncan
Robert Dykstra
Gary England
Julie Fisher
Debra Gilpin
Juanita Gomez
Jessica Grahn
Adam Grant
Elizabeth Hicks
Robert Howell
Louisa Howerow
Tony Huys
Deb Laskin-Rich
Rick Letton
Bradley McKay
Julie McNab
Julia Mullins
Jan Parkinson
Marilyn Payne
Carole Perraud
Barry and Lisa Phillips
Kristina Plouf
Bronwyn Powell
Sean Raleigh
Terry Rushton
Jerry and Brenda Sagriff
Megan Sansom
Virginia Schoffer
Kathy Seguin
Mark Shickluna
Matt Simpson
Janet Slade
Jonathan Stover
Frank Tchorek
Tammy Thibert
Lynn Tremain
Dean Vallis
Marie and Glenn Veale
Phil Waldie
Jennifer Watt
Robert Whitmore
Lotus Why
Wayne Wolanski

AEOLIAN PRIDE CHORUS:   SINGING OUT. CHANGING HEARTS. TRANSFORMING THE WORLD, ONE VOICE AT A TIME.

This is more than a chorus. It’s a revolution in harmony.

Every voice matters here. Every identity. Every gender. Every ability. Every story. Whether you’ve sung your whole life or never hit a note in public—you belong. No auditions. No barriers. Just music, community, and the courage to be exactly who you are.

Over 60 voices strong and growing, Aeolian Pride Choruses stands as part of a global movement of 2SLGBTQIA+ choirs raising their voices for love, justice, and human dignity.

Our story began in heartbreak and defiance. On June 14, 2016, we made our unexpected debut at the Vigil for The Orlando Massacre at Aeolian Hall. In that moment of collective grief, we discovered our purpose: to sing when silence feels safer. To love when hate seems louder. To open hearts that fear has closed.

In a world where human rights—especially 2SLGBTQIA+ rights—face constant attack, we don’t back down. We sing up.

We shatter stereotypes. We challenge the status quo. We prove that love in harmony is unstoppable.

Through every performance, we celebrate hard-won victories and honor lives lost too soon. We create spaces of unconditional acceptance where authenticity isn’t just welcomed—it’s celebrated. We use music as advocacy, art as activism, and community as our greatest strength.

“They said, yup you’re part of this, and I just felt like I had come home.” – Jay Caldwell

Your donation will purchase new music and help install our music library.

2025 aeolian pride choruses donors:

Joan Ang
Anonymous Gifts
Sydney Brouillard-Coyle
Paul Cooper and David Hiebert
James Shreve
Strathroy Pride
Angelica Velasquez
Robert Wallace

giving to aeolian hall

At Aeolian Hall, we celebrate the generosity of our donors and volunteers.

We thrive because of the thoughtful contributions of many. We are humbled by your kindness and pleased that you share our mission.

We treat every gift as special, no matter the size. A small gift for today, a larger gift for the year, or a long term pledge to ensure a sustained legacy all play a role in in building a better community.

Vital programs like El Sistema Aeolian – our free after-school music program for children and youth who do have access to affordable music education – are shaping the lives of our next generation of leaders and philanthropists: our participants care about the community, the environment, and the world they live in: just like you.

how to Donate

MAIL

Write a cheque made out to Aeolian Hall Musical Arts Association and mail to:

Aeolian Hall – 795 Dundas Street – London, Ontario – N5W 2Z6

one time or monthly gifts by credit card

Credit Card gifts can be made on the secure CanadaHelps website. Donors have the option of selecting a monthly recurring gift or a one-time gift.

PLANNED GIVING

The Aeolian welcomes all levels of support, but if you feel that you can give in larger ways, consider us when preparing your Estate Will or any other type of gift giving instrument.  We can assure you that your gift will positively impact greatly on the quality and number of services we provide to the London and region Communities.

Your contribution will leave a memory, enrich people’s lives and support the growth and development of our Mission and Vision.

TAX RECEIPT

A tax receipt can be provided for monetary donations of $20 and up or donations in kind which have an official appraisal.  Donations for services cannot receive a tax receipt as per CRA regulations.

giving online

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Rent The Aeolian

The Aeolian is a beautiful, unique, award-winning location to host your event.

While particularly renowned for its acoustic/live music presentations, the Aeolian is a versatile facility and can also host conferences and fundraisers.

Give to Culture

Explore the arts. Support your community. Discover yourself.

The Aeolian relies heavily upon a strong base of community support that benefits many projects and events. All contributions, whether small or large, make a huge difference and will help sustain The Aeolian Musical Arts Association’s mission and future.