Community Music Encounters

Learning and Engagment Programs

The West Michigan Symphony Community Learning and Engagement programs enrich the lives of children and adults through music exploration, participation, and performance to inspire generations of music lovers.

With the belief that arts education is a key ingredient for development of life skills and is essential toward creating a vibrant community, the West Michigan Symphony is committed to offering a wide array of learning and engagement programs for school children, as well as a variety of activities and concert presentations for all ages.

Learning and Engagement Fund Donors

West Michigan Symphony is dedicated to providing programs that help children develop an appreciation for music that they will carry with them their entire lives. Your donations to the Education Fund help the WMS provide in-house music instruction programs as well as music enrichment opportunities that reach deeply into our local schools and community organizations.

Alpha Delta Kappa, Alpha Iota Chapter
Charles D & Laurel A Angus
Ann & Bud Eichmann Fund of the CFFMC
Anonymous (2)
Arconic
William & Susan Bissell
Ardy Bulthouse Kroes
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Comerica Bank
Community Foundation for Muskegon County
William & Carol Cross III
Don & Kathy Dahlstrom
DTE Energy Foundation Fund
Fifth Third Bank
Fremont Area Community Foundation
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation (GHACF)
LaDon Gustafson
Robert & Clara Harrell
William Horne
John L Wheeler Memorial Scholarship
Fund of the CFFMC
RENK America
Mr & Mrs Paul Ladas
Paul & Winnie McNergney
Mercy Health
Rich & Teresa Micheil
Nichols
Joanna & Fred Norris
Dan & Kendra Olsen
Mike & Kay Olthoff
Thomas Pascoe
Mary Payne
PNC Bank
Denis & Barbara Potuznik
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
Margaret Price
Mary L Price Fund of the CFFMC
Suzanne Richards & Lee Burlison
Rotary Club of Grand Haven
Samuel L Westerman Foundation
Sand Products Corporation Fund of the CFFMC
Sparta Community Foundation
Susan & Stephen Struck
Howard & Marilyn Swanson
The Gerber Foundation
Carol Parker Thompson
Peter M Turner
Roger & Rebecca Tuuk
Marguerite & Kenneth Winter
Women’s Division Chamber of Commerce
Jane Wright
Robert & Joanne Zayko

Michigan Arts & Culture Council
National Endowment for the Arts