Alaska Youth Orchestras, home of the Anchorage Youth Symphony, invests in Alaska’s next generation of leaders through music education and performance. We teach responsibility, commitment, self-confidence, discipline, and teamwork – values that will serve our young musicians well no matter the career path they choose. For more than 50 years we’ve worked to build musicianship, inspire our youth to love music, offer enriching opportunities for music performance, and create a musical legacy that will sustain arts throughout the lives of our members and our communities.
With your support, we will continue to invest in the next generation for another 55 years!
Thank you for supporting Alaska Youth Orchestras, home of the Anchorage Youth Symphony!
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Concert Sponsorship
Arts education is more important than ever before in a world that is changing so rapidly! How we educate may not look the same, but our mission hasn’t changed. We invite you to join the generous foundations, corporations, small businesses, and individuals from across Alaska and beyond by investing in Alaska’s next generation of leaders!
Sponsor A Chair
We invite you to show your support and enthusiasm for AYO by sponsoring a musician, section or even the Maestro’s podium. With this unique, tax-deductible gift, you can let your child, grandchild, friend, student, etc., know how proud you are of their AYO accomplishments and musical accomplishments. All sponsors are listed in entire season of concert programs.
Linn Weeda Scholarship Fund
In honor of Linn Weeda’s 31 years as AYO Music Director, the Linn Weeda Scholarship Fund exclusively supports tuition scholarships for musicians are experiencing financial hardship, as well as to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion. Each AYS musician’s tuition is subsidized by $1325, leaving just $675 in payable tuition. The Linn Weeda Scholarship Fund is available, by application, for those musicians requiring extra assistance to pay the annual $675 tuition.
Make A One Time Donation – Any Amount
A great way to help us is by making a donation we can use for whatever our dedicated young musicians need. AYO strives to constantly increase and improve the opportunities available to our students, the visibility of our orchestras within our community, and the excellence of our orchestral groups.
Frank and Carol Pinkerton AYS Endowment
The Frank and Carol Pinkerton Anchorage Youth Symphony Endowment endowment celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Anchorage Youth Symphony’s founding and is intended to help ensure the organization remains sustainable in the years ahead. The $100,000 donation is the largest single contribution the Anchorage Youth Symphony has received since its founding, by Frank Pinkerton, in 1965.
Contributions to the Frank and Carol Pinkerton Anchorage Youth Symphony Endowment can be made by visiting the Alaska Community Foundation website: alaskacf.org.
Click Donate to find the fund. You may also mail your donations to The Alaska Community Foundation, 3201 C Street, Suite 110, Anchorage, AK 99503. Please note “Frank and Carol Pinkerton Anchorage Youth Symphony Endowment” in the memo line.
Fred Meyer Rewards
Fred Meyer is donating $2.6 million this year to non-profits in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to
us at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. You can search for us by our non-profit number EP 469.
Amazon Smile!
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