The Friends of Music have donated a variety of musical instruments and supplies to the Shepherdstown Day Care Center. The Center had requested the items to restart a musical activities program that had lapsed because of a lack of funds. The items that were donated included a 15-player rhythm band kit; a Tom Boy drum […]
The Friends of Music have donated musical equipment to Spring Mills High School in Berkeley County. The donation, which was made January 31, consisted of four adjustable, folding stools for use by bass players in the school orchestra. Dr. Jeannine Sturm, music teacher at the school, requested the stools. She said they were needed to […]
The Friends of Music donated 15 ukuleles to North Jefferson Elementary School in Kearneysville on January 13. The donation was part of an ongoing effort by the Friends to support music education in area schools. Music teacher Katie Madrid had requested the instruments, which will help her students learn to read music and to apply […]
The Friends of Music have donated a xylophone to Rosemont Elementary School in Martinsburg. The donation is part of an ongoing effort by the Friends to support music education in area schools. The school’s music teacher, Patricia Cooper, had requested the instrument for use in all her classes, from pre-Kindergarten through Third Grade. She said […]
The Friends of Music are sponsoring their Fifth Annual “Puzzle Mania” jigsaw puzzle competition in Shepherdstown the afternoon of Sunday, February 9. The event will be a fundraiser for the Friends and their Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra. It will be held from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Shepherd University Wellness Center on the West […]
Students in teacher Brian Lange’s piano classes at Berkeley County’s Spring Mills High School are benefiting from an electronic piano donated recently by the Friends of Music. The donation was part of an ongoing effort by the Friends to support music education in area schools. The accompanying photo shows the students with the piano. The […]
TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR NOV. 23 ORCHESTRA CONCERT IN SHEPHERDSTOWN WV The Friends of Music will present a Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra concert in Shepherdstown, WV, on Saturday, November 23. The concert will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m. Entitled “Magic and Majesty,” it will feature three works: Mendelssohn’s overture to […]
The Friends of Music, as part of their ongoing effort to support music education in area schools, have begun their annual campaign to offer grants to Berkeley and Jefferson county schools. Music teachers at those schools may apply for grants by completing the grant request forms provided on the Friends’ website at www.friendswv.org. The deadline […]
The Friends of Music will present the first concert of their 2019-2020 season on Saturday, October 5. The concert will feature the Friends’ resident small ensemble, the Two Rivers String Quartet. It will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Shepherdstown, WV. Entitled “Classic Contours,” the concert will include three […]
The Friends of Music have announced the schedule for their 2019-2020 performance season. The season will run from October 2019 through May 2020. It will include a total of five concerts: three by the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra, one by the Friends’ resident string quartet, and another by a guest choral ensemble. All of the […]
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