President's Welcome
Welcome to the Friends of Music at Shepherd University website and through it, welcome to the exciting and remarkable range of music of the Department of Music at Shepherd University.
Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra
On this site you can view the 11 concerts which make up this year’s Friends of Music Concert Series at the Frank Center performance stage, ranging from the solo piano of the unique Awadagin Pratt to the full orchestra and 130 voice chorus of the Mozart and Brahms Requiems, from the small ensembles of the Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet and the Rebel Baroque Music Group to the Vienna Boys Choir, from Scott Beard playing Chopin to the special programming of the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra at each of its two concerts, and more.
You can buy tickets for any or all of these programs directly on the site. We’re hoping you will become a subscriber or major donor so we will see you frequently.
You can join the Friends of Music at various levels of support, and become part of the infrastructure that makes this music possible and supports the education of the 140 students becoming professional musicians in the department. Sign up to sponsor a chair in the Two Rivers Orchestra, to support a student as a Friends Fellow for a year, to become a Sustainer of the orchestra, or to purchase tickets for Tuxedo Junction, the big band dancing party in May, 2010.
The Friends of Music 2009 Fellows
And you can explore the Friends of Music as an organization, see who is on the Board, learn about the Fazioli, the $140,000 handmade Italian concert grand piano purchased for the music department by the Friends of Music, see clips of the European tour of the department to Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic in 2009 supported by the Friends, and review the outstanding contributors to music who have been honored in the Friends of Music Hall of Fame. And you can see who is making all this possible, through their personal donations and corporate sponsorships.
We hope you will linger with us for a while, or, if your mission is sharply targeted, jump directly to the page you need and move forward. If you find that something is puzzling, or you need something or some information which you can’t find, please contact me or any member of the Board directly by telephone or email as directed on the contact page. We look forward to seeing you at the Frank Center this season.
Robert S. Northrup, M.D.
President, Friends of Music
Who We Are
The Friends of Music is a non-profit organization supporting the musical excellence at Shepherd University for our families, for the Shepherd University students, and for you.
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