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Over 80 years old, RMF is a public charity that provides financial support for music presenters in Berks County, music scholarships by audition and in response to financial need, and extensive music outreach, including programs in most of Berks County’s public and parochial schools.  RMF is governed by a self-perpetuating board of volunteer trustees and is administered by two full-time employees. The Foundation depends upon the public’s support each year.

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 SCHOLARSHIPS
RMF is by far the largest provider of music scholarships in Berks County. Last year RMF awarded $47,305  in audition-based (“merit”) scholarships and $34,779 in scholarships sensitive to financial need (“need-based scholarships”) to students of all ages, for music instruction, instrument upgrades and music enrichment. Music scholarships are now available on nearly every instrument, voice and keyboard, to pre-college and college students, in jazz, folk, ancient and classical music.  New programs send several dozen children to summer music camp
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You can find RMF :      In our Public Schools      In our Parochial Schools     and After School


SUPPORT OF LOCAL MUSIC PRESENTERS
 RMF supports local music performance in three ways – by direct financial support, by encouraging the best governance practices, and by finding solutions to problems, like audience replenishment, that local music performing organizations share. RMF’s grants for local music performance totaled $126,000 for the current fiscal year ending next June. Business donors, in particular, consider RMF a “one-stop-shop” with which to entrust their budgets for community music performance. They value RMF’s understanding of performing organizations and the community’s artistic needs.
 


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Campaign 2010 Newsletter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Full Event Details

APRIL 2012

14   MET OPERA HD BROADCAST, La Traviata, R/C Reading Movies 11 & IMAX Theater, 12:55 PM, Tickets: $22/Adult, $20/Senior, $15/Student

14   ALBRIGHT COLLEGE, Roar Like a Lion - Student Recitals, Albright College Center for the Arts, Roop Hall, 7:30 PM 

15   RINGGOLD BAND, 160th Anniversary Concert, Scottish Rite Cathedral, West Reading, 3 PM, Tickets: $15, Go to www.ringgoldband.com for tickets. 

15   ALBRIGHT COLLEGE, Walden Trio, Albright College Center for the Arts, Roop Hall, 3:00 PM, Call Albright Box Office at (610) 921-7547 for tickets/prices

21   READING MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, Master Class and Workshop with Dr. Vincent Craig, Albright College Center for the Arts, 10:00 AM: Lecture/Recital on the Bach Sinfonias, 1:00 PM: Student Masterclass, Lunch Provided, Tickets: $12, Contact mgeben@mac.com for tickets or more information.

22   MILLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, H.M.S. Pinafore - New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Miller Center for the Arts, 2nd & Penn Streets, 7:30 PM, Tickets: $36/Advance, $40/door, $20/Student, Available at The Miller Center Box Office at (610) 607-6270 or www.racc.edu/millercenter/events.aspx.

27   FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC, The N-E-W Trio, The WCR Center for the Arts, 140 N. 5th Street, Reading, 8 PM, FREE 

28   READING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Pops Concert: Night at the Movies, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, 8 PM, Tickets: $32-$66; Subscriptions: (610) 373-7557/Single Tickets: go to www.ticketmaster.com or (610) 373-7557 

28   MILLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Metropolis - Vox Lumiere, Miller Center for the Arts, 2nd & Penn Streets, 7:30 PM, Tickets: $27/Advance, $32/door, $20/Student, Available at The Miller Center Box Office at (610) 607-6270 or www.racc.edu/millercenter/events.aspx.

29   ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY, Charlotte Blake Alston, Alvernia Music Series, Frances Hall Theater and Recital Hall, 7:30 PM, Tickets: $18/General Public, $15/Students, $10/Alvernia Students, Purchase Charlotte Blake Alston Tickets Here   

29   READING CHORAL SOCIETY, Spring Concert - Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of the Blessed Virgin, 1610, Sacred Heart Church, West Reading, 4 PM, Tickets: $1-$20, Call (610) 898-1939/Or purchase at door

23   ALBRIGHT COLLEGE, Sounds of Spring - Symphonic Band and Jazz Band Concert, Albright College Center for the Arts, Memorial Chapel, 3:00 PM

MAY 2012

5    ALBRIGHT COLLEGE, Celebrate Spring Choral Concert, Albright College Center for the Arts, Memorial Chapel, 7:30 PM

6   READING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA with BERKS CLASSICAL CHILDREN’S CHORUS and BERKS OPERA WORKSHOP, Brundibár, presented by the Oritsky/Skaist Family Fund of the JFR, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, 3 PM, FREE 

6   BERKS CLASSICAL CHILDREN’S CHORUS, Twentieth Anniversary Spring Concert, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, 4:30 PM

6   READING POPS ORCHESTRA, Miller Center Concert Series, Details available at www.readingpops.com

12   FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC, The Brentano String Quartet, The WCR Center for the Arts, 140 N. 5th Street, Reading, 8 PM, FREE 

13   FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC, The Brentano String Quartet, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, 2:30 PM, FREE

13   READING SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, Spring Concert, Schuylkill Valley High School, 7:30 PM

16   BERKS WOMEN IN CRISIS, At the Edge of the Unknown, a country and folk project featuring singer-songwriter Rabbi Minna Bromberg, Miller Center for the Arts, 7:00 PM, Tickets: $25/Concert, $50/Premium with Dessert Reception and Meet-and-Greet with Rabbi Bromberg. Tickets available at the Miller Center Box Office, www.racc.edu/millercenter or (610) 607-6270.

19   READING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Subscription 6: Audience Choice, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, 8 PM, Tickets: $18-$68; Subscriptions: (610) 373-7557/Single Tickets: go to www.ticketmaster.com or (610) 373-7557 
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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE READING MUSICAL FOUNDATION
P.O. Box 14835, Reading, PA 19612
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Reading Musical Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization, deductions to which are tax-deductible as permitted by law. Federal ID: 23-1472487. No goods or services are provided unless otherwise specified above. The official registration and financial information of the Reading Musical Foundation may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1 (800) 732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.
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