Friends of Music Receives State Grant

The Friends of Music has received a $8,023 grant from the state of West Virginia.

The funds are coming from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.

The grant will be used to support the Friends’ Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra during the upcoming 2016-2017 concert season.

The season, which begins in November, will include two concerts by the Orchestra and three more concerts by small ensembles. All of the concerts will be held in Shepherdstown’s Trinity Episcopal Church. Season details will be announced later this month.

“We’re very pleased and honored to receive this financial assistance from the Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment,” said Friends of Music board president Kenneth Mann. “It reflects well on the quality of music we’re providing to the community, and on the hard work of our excellent Music Director, Jed Geylin, and our board of directors and volunteers.”