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.

RMF IN ACTION:

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
each year.
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YOUTH & OUTREACH PROGRAMS
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.
 

WAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP:
Support the RMF Annual Fund and Make a Tax-Deductable Donation: Give Now!
Donate an Instrument to Operation Replay: Donate an Instrument!

Click Here for information on Music Advocacy and Other Ways to Help

NEWSLETTER:

Campaign 2010 Newsletter

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Full Event Details

OCTOBER 2011.

20   KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY PRESENTS, Gerald Clayton Trio, MSU Multipurpose Room, Kutztown University, 7:30 PM, Tickets: $20, Available at the Kutztown University Box Office at (610) 683-4092 or Kutztown University Online Ticket Sales

22   READING POPS ORCHESTRA, Children’s Dyslexia Center for Reading Gala, Scottish Rite Cathedral, 7 PM, Tickets: $7.50-$15

22   MILLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Remember Me - Parsons Dance Company, 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.

22   ALBRIGHT COLLEGE, Mane Men Turns 10 - Reunion Concert, Albright College Center for the Arts, Memorial Chapel, 7:30 PM, Call Albright Box Office at (610) 921-7547 for tickets/prices

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

29   READING PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Children’s Halloween Party, Reading Public Library, 1 PM, FREE