What is a Friend of Music at Stanford?
We're glad you asked! For over sixty years, the Friends of Music — in its support of Stanford’s Department of Music — has helped enhance musical activities on campus and in the community. Your membership support and generous contributions enable the Friends of Music to:
Beyond these tangible goals, Friends of Music is also a social group, where people with a common love of music
Lesson Scholarships for Stanford Students
Each year Friends of Music give out hundreds of scholarships to help cover the costs of private music lessons for Stanford students, both Music majors and non-majors alike. If you would like to help us in our efforts, click on over to Stanford's secure donation server, or call (650) 723-1780.
Students may apply for a Friends of Music Applied Music Scholarship if they meet the following criteria:
- Taking individual private lessons through the Stanford Department of Music (scholarships do not cover the costs of group lessons, nor the costs of private off-campus instruction)
- Have been accepted into an instructor's studio and are registered
for 3 units and a letter grade in the proper class and section
(students may petition to maintain scholarship eligibility while
taking lessons for fewer than three units)
- Currently enrolled Stanford student (TGR graduate students ARE eligible)
Join Friends of Music at Stanford
Friends of Music is always looking for new members. Our members attend concerts, receptions, and special events on campus. They sponsor scholarships for students, organize special faculty showcase events, and can become truly integral parts of the life of the Music Department.
Membership Levels and Benefits
Note:You receive all benefits up to and including your level- Student membership/Recent Graduates ($20) and Individuals $40
- Announcements of all Department of Music events
- Semi-annual newsletter
- New member reception and tour
- One free pair of tickets to a departmental performance*
- Invitation to our annual dinner meeting and scholarship concert
- Family/Dual membership: $60
- A second free pair of tickets to a departmental performance*
- Soloist: $100
- Seating priority, when available
- Three free pairs of tickets to departmental performances*
- Discounts on selected merchandise at the Stanford Bookstore
- Annual donor recognition
- Invitation to special receptions, lectures and performances
- Concertmaster: $500
- Access privileges to selected courses and master classes
- Free admission to departmental concerts*
- Invitations to receptions for visiting artists and other social events
- Donor recognition in concert programs
- Maestro: $1,000
- Student concert in your home (within contiguous Peninsula area)
- Personal tours of departmental resources
- Virtuoso: $1,500
- Provides a full lesson scholarship for one student for the school year. For donors ar this level and above, each $1,500 donation funds an additional scholarship and can be designated toward a particular music category. Additionally, donors can be assigned a specific student, who will be informed of a scholarship in your name. Please contact Nette Worthey for more information about this program, which is independent of the other membership benefits at this level.
Remittances: For membership remittances, please click over Stanford's secure donation server, or contact us to receive a brochure or to join over the phone:
Nette Worthey
Friends of Music at Stanford
Braun Music Center
541 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-3076
You will receive an acknowledgment letter and a membership card in the mail. You will also be placed on our Concert Calendar mailing list (we send out three concert calendars every year for Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters). You may also elect to be on our Friends of Music e-mail Concert Alert list.
Thank you!
Contact the Friends of Music:
phone: 650.723.1780
fax: 650.725.2686
email Nette Worthey, Friends of Music Liaison
Send us mail:
Friends of Music at Stanford
Braun Music Center
541 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-3076
