Press Release
The Music School of Delaware Receives over $70,000 in Grant Funding
2/17/2010
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Wilmington, Del. – The Music School of Delaware recently received four grants totaling over $70,000 in support of its mission to provide music excellence for everyone.
• The Davenport Family Foundation has awarded the Music School $42,753 to purchase computer equipment and furniture for the Music School’s first music library. The music library was included in the first phase of the Music School’s Sustaining a Sound Future Capital Campaign which added a $1.8 million wing to its Wilmington Branch in September 2008.
• The Chichester duPont Foundation, Inc. awarded the Music School $10,000 in support of educational and financial assistance programs for children from low-income families. As a non-profit organization, the Music School is committed to serving all members of the community including those in need of financial assistance.
• The Laffey-McHugh Foundation and Borkee-Hagley Foundation both awarded the Music School $10,000 for its Sustaining a Sound Future Capital Campaign. These funds will support the campaign which is now in the completion stage of its first phase.
“The Music School is extremely grateful for grant support from local foundations,” says President & CEO Kate M. Ransom. “Given the current economic conditions, grant funding is more important than ever.”
Contact: Tara Hurlebaus, 302-762-1132 ext. 18
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Founded in 1924, The Music School of Delaware reaches thousands of people from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland through its instructional programs and 75 public performances each year. The Music School is the only nationally accredited program of its kind in Delaware and is the only statewide accredited community music school in the nation. The Music School offers standard-setting instructional programs for all ages including the Early Childhood program, Suzuki Academy, private study and ensembles. A faculty of nearly 100 expert artists and educators are among the best-trained musicians in the country. Open to all, the school administers a financial assistance program to help ensure music excellence for everyone, regardless of financial means. The Music School offers programs at branch locations in Wilmington and Milford and at over 25 satellite and outreach locations in Kent, Sussex and New Castle counties. For more information, please call the Wilmington Branch at 302-762-1132, the Milford Branch at 302-422-2043 or visit www.musicschoolofdelaware.org.
The Music School of Delaware is proud to be an active partner in the IN Wilmington Arts Campaign. 
Programs are made possible, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
