Trustees to meet in July

The Board of Trustees of the Delta Omicron Foundation, Inc. will hold its annual meeting on Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17, 2010. At that meeting, the trustees will vote on the applicants to be awarded the educational grants for 2010-2011.

It was a  great Centennial Conference!

The Delta Omicron Foundation had an active role to play in the Delta Omicron Centennial Conference in the metro Cincinnati area July 15-19, 2009.

The Foundation announced a new project at the conference's Foundation Luncheon on Friday, July 17. The Delta Omicron Studio at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, is in need of renovation, and the Foundation has agreed to lead a drive to contribute to the project. At the luncheon, David Macy, the resident director of the MacDowell Colony, brought conference attendees up to date on the current activities of the colony and the plans for the renovation of the Delta Omicron Studio.
The string quartet "Passages," composed by David Sartor, was performed at the conference's Premiere Concert on Friday, July 17. Sartor received the Foundation's triennial Thor Johnson Memorial Commission. At right, Sartor posed with the members of the Atlantis String Quartet, who premiered the work. From left, violinist Xiaoqing Yu, cellist Jose R. Dubon Tovar, composer David Sartor, violist Alvoy Bryan Jr., and violinist Norman E. Bernal. Read premiere concert program in Adobe PDF format.
	Foundation trustees conducted their annual meeting on Wednesday, July 15, and Thursday, July 16, evaluating proposals for the 2012 Thor Johnson Memorial Commission and selecting recipients of the Foundation grants for the academic year 2009-2010. At left, Foundation President Dr. Kay C. Wideman conducts a meeting session, assisted by Foundation Secretary Michelle Worthing (right).

• Foundation sponsors premiere of "Passages" at DO centennial conference in 2009.
• Trustees visit MacDowell Colony in 2007.
• Foundation sponsors premiere of "Carmina Whitmania" at DO triennial conference in 2006.

The Delta Omicron Foundation supports and promotes music and musicians through:

• educational grants for music study;
• composer commissionings;

• awards for musical accomplishments;

• subsidies for publications and programs promoting music; and

• national and international music endeavors.

The Delta Omicron Foundation, Inc. promotes the cause of music through:

• Scholarships, grants and awards to Delta Omicron members for graduate or undergraduate study at home and abroad

• Summer scholarships at music centers and youth music camps
  Roy Underwood Educational Grants in Music Therapy

• Underwriting the Delta Omicron Composition Competition open to composers the world over

• Seat Endowments at Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York and at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.

• Maintenance of Delta Omicron Studio and Petzold-Collyer Piano, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, N.H.

• Supporting American music and American composers through premiere performances

• Awarding the Thor Johnson Memorial Commission

• Contributions to Building Funds at the National Federation of Music Clubs, Indianapolis, Indiana; the Brevard Music Center, Brevard, North Carolina; and the National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan.