Community Service
 
The Friends of Music is dedicated to the study, performance, and appreciation of music in the Lehigh Valley community, particularly for young people. To further this purpose it engages in the following activities, thanks to the generous gifts from our contributors.

  • Holds an annual competition for individual young musicians. The winner of the competition, named Outstanding Young Artist is given a public recital and a monetary award.

  • Supports an annual Gifts to Schools program and other area programs that provide opportunities to enhance music education for children. The Gifts to Schools program is competitive and provides funds for projects (activities or purchases of materials) that further music education in private, public, and charter schools, grades K–12, in the Lehigh Valley region. To participate, download the Grant application and complete per the application instructions.

  • Makes annual donations to The Bethlehem Area Public Library and other area public libraries to support classical music collections of books, scores, recordings, and video and DVD programs.