Help Give the Gift of Music

Since 1974, Musicopia has brought music programs to underserved children, schools and communities in the Philadelphia region and has built neighborhood vitality through music festivals, community concerts, and with the Musicopia String Orchestra.

Their instrument instrument donation program (Gift of Music) collects gently used instruments, repairs them, and distributes to students in need.

The organization is holding its High Note Fundraising Luncheon on Thursday, February 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Musicopia also offers an in-school programs that include assemblies, artists-in-residence programs, and various instrumental and vocal coaching workshops. The organization is an advocate for restoring and improving in-school music instruction throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. 

The featured speaker at the event will be Timothy Blair, D.M.A, Dean and Professor of Piano, College of Visual and Performing Arts, West Chester University.

The Master of Ceremonies is retired Radnor Elementary School Principal Charles Shupe. The Agnes Irwin Bel Cantos will perform and member Chiru Mondo Murage, Chair of the Musicopia Student Leadership Board, will make remarks during the luncheon.

Berwyn resident Maxwell Chambers will perform a violin solo. He is first violin in the Musicopia String Orchestra. He is the recipient of a piano donated by a Merion family.