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Follow on Google News | Give the Gift of Music Foundation Established to Assist Local Students With Music EducationLocal students aged 7-18 now have more access to music education and instruments thanks to the new Give the Gift of Music Foundation, which announced its first major donation and first music student recipients.
By: Druimmer PR, LLC The $12,000 donation is from the Steel City Blues Society, which hosted the inaugural Phoenixville Blues Festival held September 11, 2010 and which was attended by more than 3,100 people. Funds raised from the festival were designated for the Give the Gift of Music Foundation, the new, non-profit Pennsylvania 501 (c) (3) Foundation that donates musical instruments and/or financial assistance in the form of scholarships for lessons in approved music education or enrichment programs in the greater Phoenixville area to eligible music students. Its first two recipients are brothers Solomon and Isaiah Wilson, ages 7 and 9, of Crum Lynne, PA. The boys will study guitar and drums at Rock and Roll After School. Give the Gift of Music Foundation Chairman Erin Riley said, “It’s especially appropriate and gratifying that our first donation is from Phoenixville’ “We were overwhelmed by the local support for our inaugural Blues Festival,” said Jim DiGuiseppe, president of the Steel City Blues Society. “Our partnership with Give the Gift of Music Foundation aligns our missions and we look forward to making the festival an annual event.” Interested students can find applications forms for assistance at the Foundation’s web site, http://www.givethegiftofmusic.org, where information on approved local service providers who are dedicated to the mission of providing quality music education to children in need can also be found. These include professional musicians, composers, performers or musical educators accredited by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, the National Association of Schools of Music, or are listed as a Private Music Instructor by one of these Pennsylvania Public School Districts: Great Valley, Methacton, Phoenixville, Spring-Ford, Norristown, North Penn, Pottsgrove, Tredyffrin-Easttown, Owen J. Roberts, Perkiomen Valley, and Upper Merion. Complete information is available at www.givethegiftofmusic.org # # # Drummer PR, LLC provides independent PR and marketing for innovative businesses and extraordinary individuals. End
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