The Charlottesville Municipal Band is pleased to announce it has received a $15,000 challenge grant from the Perry Foundation. These funds will support the Foundations for the Future Campaign, a capital improvement project for their building the Municipal Arts Center (MAC). This campaign has also earned funding from Marietta McNeill Morgan & Samuel Tate Morgan, Jr. Trust and the Mary Morton Parsons Foundation.
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Congratulations to the winner of our 2019 James W. Simmons Solo Contest and Dr. Genevieve Murphy Scholarship, clarinetist Rose Bittle, a 10th grade student at Albemarle High School. Rose is a student of James Tobin. She will perform Carl Maria Von Weber’s Fantasia and Rondo with the band on the band’s 97th Season Dogwood Festival Spring Concert on Sunday, April 14 at 3:30 at Piedmont Virginia Community College. She will also receive a $1,000 scholarship to be used for further study or college tuition.
