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Join 1000 walkers and raise money for your favorite music program in the
5th Annual


Sunday, May 18, 2008

online pre-registration is now open ... the walk will proceed rain or shine

1:00 - 2:00pm ... Registration, with music
2:00 - 3:30pm .... Walk & Rally, with music


A short 2-mile loop through the Back Bay Fens, Boston's Emerald Necklace park
in the heart of the Fenway Cultural District

Join over 1000 music lovers for a music-filled afternoon in the park. Our goal is to celebrate and fund community-based music-making, so the route is a short, 2-mile loop designed for children, seniors and everyone in between.

100% of pledges support local programs...and
EACH TEAM KEEPS 100% OF ITS PLEDGES!!!

Thus far, the Walk for Music has raised
over $300,000 for almost 100 music programs.

Low ($5) registration fee per family
No required pledge commitments
No cost to music programs

HOW TO JOIN THE WALK

  1. Register your team online
  2. Recruit walkers for your team, and ask them to register as walkers online
  3. Collect pledges – we supply pledge sheets & other fundraising tools
  4. Collect $5 registration fees from the walkers on your team
  5. Walk, have fun, and deposit 100% of your pledges in your bank account

DOWNLOADS

  1. Poster
  2. Pledge Sheet
  3. Pledge Postcard
  4. Pledge Email
  5. Press Release - coming soon

PRESS

Read WFM in the Boston Phoenix, May 12, 2005:

  • "an imaginative, innovative approach to community-based fundraising for the arts"
  • "65 individual fundraising campaigns, with the visibility that comes from presenting a united front "
  • "destined to grow into an annual event that will prove vital to enhancing the well-being of the region’s cultural community"

Sponsors:
Dunkin' Donuts
Grail Technology Group

Partners:
ArtsBoston
Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston
Berklee College of Music
Boston Conservatory
Boston Public Schools
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Community Music Center of Boston
Family Folk Chorale
The Fenway Alliance
Fenway Civic Association
First Night
From the Top
Greater Boston Choral Consortium
Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Massachusetts Music Educators Association
Mayor's Office for Arts, Tourism and Special Events
New England Conservatory
New England Orchestra Consortium
Stage Source

Young Audiences of Massachusetts

Music Programs to Benefit:
7th Mass Regiment
Alexander Children's Theatre School
American Classics
Back Bay Chorale
Berklee City Music
Boston Arts Academy
Boston Children's Chorus
Boston City Band
Boston City Singers
Boston Civic Symphony
Boston Choral Ensemble
Boston Institute for Arts Therapy
Boston Latin School
Boston Minstrel Company
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Boston Opera Collaborative
Boston Opera Project
Boston Secession

Boston Singers' Resource
Boston Womens Rainbow Chorus
Brookline Chorus
Cambridge Madrigal Singers
Cantilena
Citations Drum & Bugle Corps
Concord Chorus
Concord Orchestra
Conservatory Lab Charter School
Coolidge Corner Community Chorus
Coro Allegro
Creative Arts for Kids
Curley K-8 School (Boston Public School)
Dedham Choral Society
Dunya
Edwards Arts Team
Exsultemus
Family Folk Chorale
Firebird Ensemble
First Religioius Society UU, Newburyport
Folk Song Society of Greater Boston
Fourth Church Music & Art Program, South Boston Golden Tones
Guerilla Opera
Haley Elementary School
Heritage Chorale
Jewish Preschool of Lexington
Juventas New Music Ensemble
Joyful Voices of Inspiration
Just 4 Praize
Lawrence Girls' Ensemble
Lawrence Instrumental Music
Lexington Pops Chorus
Libana
Longwood Symphony
Ludovico Ensemble
MAB Community Services
Making Music Matters! (Beethoven & Ohrenberger Schools)
Master Singers
Masterworks Chorale
MetroWest Harmony
Middlesex Concert Band
Mystic Chorale
Nantucket Community Music Center
Nashoba Valley Chorale
Needham Community Theatre
New England Classical Singers
New England Conservatory Community Gospel Choir
New England Conservatory Prep Piano Department
New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
New England Conservatory Youth Symphony
New England Philharmonic
New Gallery Concert Series
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Newburyport Choral Society
Newton Community Chorus
Newton Country Players
North Shore Chorus
OperaHub with Sebastian Chamber Players
OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center
PALS Children's Chorus
Pan United Steel Orchestra
Philharmonic Society of Arlington
Pilgrim Festival Chorus
Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra
Polymnia Choral Society
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra
RMHS Band Parent’s Organization
Reading Community Singers
Reading Symphony Orchestra
Roland Hayes School of Music
Senior Echos
Sharing a New Song
Snug Harbor Community Chorus
Somerville Community Chorus
Spectrum Singers
Spencer Performing Arts Company
Spontaneous Celebrations
Stajez Center for the Arts
Taylor School Music as Expression

Team Operatunity
The Boston Stage Company
The Concert Singers
The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company
UCC Norwell Music
United Ringers
Voices Rising
Vox Consort
Wild Pitch! Quartet
Young Audiences of Massachusetts
Youth Pro Musica
Zumix