Benefit Concert Honoring Tom McGuire
Please join us for the 5th Annual Brighter Futures Through Music Event! This annual event honors the late Tom McGuire’s passion for music and his dedication to children’s welfare. Tom was committed to building a better world through his philanthropy.
Proceeds benefit Community Music School, whose mission is to enrich and inspire children through music education.
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Brighter Futures Through Music
Community Music School is a perfect match for honoring Tom McGuire’s legacy. CMS has offered high quality personalized music education to underserved Wake County youth for more than 30 years, and served over 250 students this year.
Weekly tuition is just $1 and instruments are supplied free of charge for students’ use. Paid professional faculty are dedicated to ensuring that every child has access to the life-changing benefits of music education.
The event fundraising goal of $150,000 will strengthen experiences for students as CMS expands partnerships and offerings. CMS is the only organization in Wake County that provides private, personalized music instruction in multiple genres exclusively to socioeconomically challenged students.
We appreciate all of our 2024 supporters!
Platinum Sponsor $15,000+
- Anonymous
Gold Sponsor $10,000+
- Elizabeth and David Beam
- Linda and Rob Grew
- Barbara McGuire
Silver Sponsors $5,000+
- Clancy & Theys Construction Company
- Ella Ann L. & Frank B. Holding Foundation
- TowneBank
- Frank K. Webb Charitable Trust
Bronze $2,500+
- Heather Arabie
- Joan and Prentiss Baker
- David Casteel**
- Thuy and Mitch Dancik
- Anne Faircloth and Fred Beaujeu-Dufour
- A.J. Fletcher Foundation
- Sallie and Gordon Grubb
- Orrin and Donna Haywood
- Jennifer and Andy Martin
- Lynn and Paul Reynolds
- Bob Sar
- Smith Anderson
- Aubrey Kerr Walker
Supporters $1,000+
- Chip Anderson
- Carol and Robert Bilbro
- Lynne and Walter Brock
- Nancy Brockman
- Katherine and Mike Connell
- John and Jill Cramer
- Floyd Family Foundation*
- David Jernigan
- Rosemary Gill Kenyon
- Lyn Maness
- Lany McDonald
- Marjorie Hodges and Carlton Midyette*
- moss +ross
- John and Lane Nash
- Gwen Reynolds
- Ruggero Piano
- Martha and John Sanders
- Peter Scott
- Chris and Charlie Wagner
- Shelle and Phil Wheeler
- Dargan and J. Blount Williams
- Charlotte Wooten
- Rosemary and Smedes York
- Ginny Zehr
Friends $500+
- Armstrong McGuire
- Catharine Biggs Arrowood
- Carroll and Tim Clancy
- Rebecca Crosson
- Lowell Davidson
- Dr. Glenn Davis
- Alexander Donaldson
- Thomas Fisher Jr.
- William Hamlin
- Stephanie and Cole Harris
- Edna Hensey
- Nancy and Fred Hutchison
- Dr. Latonja Ivery (Avance Care North Wake Forest)
- Nell Joslin
- Chancy and Keith Kapp
- Martha Keravuori
- Robert McDevitt
- Patricia Poe
- Laura and Bill Rogers
- Linda and Dick Roseberry
- Kathy Klotzberger and John Sarratt
- Susan and Russ Stephenson
- Mary Ann and Robert Thomas
- Jenny and Charles Winston
*multi-year pledge
**in-kind
For More Information Contact Executive Director Melanie Doerner at 919.832.0900 or mdoerner@cmsraleigh.org