Thank You!

The Music Department asks that you give directly to our student scholarships, enabling students to pursue studies through classes, conferences, and research.

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About Giving

  • Thank you for making a tax-deductible gift to a scholarship in the Music Department.
  • If you have questions or need help, please contact the department at music@buffalostate.edu or (716) 878-6401.
  • All donations will be acknowledged with a letter from the Buffalo State College Foundation for tax purposes. The Buffalo State College Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) organization with tax exemption number 166037117.

Giving by Mail

Donations may also be made to specific scholarships by mail:

Institutional Advancement Office
Cleveland Hall 304
ATTN: (Fill in appropriate scholarship fund name)
Buffalo State
1300 Elmwood Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14222

Lifetime Scholarship Endowments

Louis P. Ciminelli 
The Eckert Family
Lee Ann Grace
Paul and Kathryn Homer

Jacqueline LoRusso
Edward P. and Lois Rowland Klein
Ulysses J. Kontos
Charles and Mary Mancuso

Barbara L. Nelson
George E. and Joan Steinmiller Richmond
Edna Rosner Rowland
Lenore Rollett Wright

Contributors 2026-2027

Siena Abeler 
Phil Aguglia 
Norman Alexander 
Ellen Barnum
Suzanne Beiter  
Sherrie Bernat
Ho Eui Bewlay
Barbara Bielecki
Kimberly Blessing  
Emily W. Boyce 
Melanie Case 2017 
Shirley Chan 
Diane Chrisman
Marie K. Coco-Tessieri
Susanne J. Conrad 1960
Krista Constantino
Susan Daley
Michael DeMarco 
Marissa DeVoe 
Ruth Dietz 
Elka J. Dintcheva 
Doris Drago 
Shane P. Dugan 
Donna Dusel 
Donna R. Feathers 1975 
Ronald Fenske 
Gail Ferguson
Michael Flaherty 

John F. Fleischman 
Rick L. Fleming 
Lenore Foote-Beaver 
Andrea Furby 
Victoria J. Furby 
Lee Ann Grace 
Erika Grande 
Susan Grelick 
Carolyn Guzski 
Nicholas Hall 
Barbara R. Hanning
Wendy Higgins 2005 
Dru Hites 
Elizabeth Holley 
Christine Homer 
Paul J. Homer
Stephen Hunt 
Elizabeth Irwin   
Jean Jain
Dana Kahn
Joseph B. Kaplan
Anthony Knox
Melinda M. Kontos 1988 
Gary Korte 
Melissa Korte 
Yaileen T. Kren-Colon
Meredith A. Lavelle
Trever G. LeFevre   
 

Marilyn A. Leslie 
Eileen Lestition 
Marisa A. Licata 
Kate Lockhart 
Antoinette Louden 
Heather Lovelance 
Diane Macaluso 
Lily Mager
Charles Mancuso 1966  
Michael Masiello 
Carol Mays
Kathleen McCarthy 
Sheila McCarthy 
Robin McGrath 
Linda McNamara 
David M. Meinzer 1975 
Anna Merritt 
Sheri Morgan 
Lisa Moulin 
Melissa Natalie
Andrew Nicholls 
Michael Niman
Lea Nuwer 
Jill Ostendorf 
Patricia Peters
Karen Podd
Allison Plunkett 
Rachael Pudlewski
 

Dawn A. Pustelnik
Colleen E. Renzoni
Kerry B. Renzoni
Steven Ricca
Allan C. Ripley
James Roetzer
Brian Rosenberger
Chris-Elaine Santilli
Molly E. Secord 2022
Sandra Sills
Douglas Sosnoski
Carol Stadelmaier
Martin T. Stanford 1984
Susan M. Stievater
Sarah Strohmeier
Elizabeth Tennant
Ashley Thomasula
Barbara Tomasi
Gregory C. Voyzey 2010
Tina Webb-Ribakove
Maureen Wiedeman
Jeffrey Wilson-Martinez
Laraine Wright
Charles W. Yates
Cheryl Zanghi
Charmayne Ziezula ‘1974
Kimberley Zittel-Barr