Palm Beach Symphony’s Instrument Donation Program Receives Record Number of Violins

Palm Beach Symphony has received the largest, most substantial instrument donation from a single party at one time with a generous donation from TeamWork USA. The Palm Beach Gardens-based non-profit donated 62 ½ size violins to the Symphony’s Instrument Donation Program.

“We had 60-plus violins in our storage area, so we formed a partnership with the Palm Beach Symphony,” said Sue Chafin, TeamWork Education Foundation Board Member.

The outfitted and repaired violins have been gifted to students at The Conservatory School @ North Palm Beach, Berkshire Elementary School in West Palm Beach and the Florida Youth Orchestra in Fort Lauderdale.

“We are so grateful to TeamWork USA for their generous support and for believing in Palm Beach Symphony’s mission to engage, educate and entertain the greater community of the Palm Beaches and beyond through orchestral music,” said Palm Beach Symphony CEO David McClymont. “This donation demonstrates TeamWork USA’s commitment to the needs of our youth. This will have a transformational impact on our students.”

In March 2024, the Symphony named its impactful instrument donation program for the late Todd Barron, a longtime supporter and founder and first president of the Young Friends of Palm Beach Symphony. Funds raised for the Todd Barron Instrument Donation Fund go directly toward putting musical instruments into the hands of promising young musicians. In addition to refurbishing instruments, the Fund also enables the Symphony to purchase new instruments and accessories on an as-needed basis, as well as for professional model instruments and accessories gifted to the Symphony’s annual Lisa Bruna B-Major Award winners for high school seniors who present a financial need and will pursue music as their major in college.

Since the program’s inception in 2016, 841 instruments and over 2,100 accessories and pieces of equipment have been donated. The Instrument Donation Program accepts a wide variety of instruments including string, woodwind, brass, percussion, guitars, pianos and electric keyboards, as well as music technology equipment and accessories such as bows, music stands, instrument cases and new reeds. For a complete list of accepted instruments and accessories or to make a donation, please visit PalmBeachSymphony.org, email Bryce Seliger, DMA, Education & Programming Associate at bseliger@palmbeachsymphony.org and put “Instrument Donation” in the subject line or call the Symphony’s administrative office at 561-655-2657.

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Instruments and accessories may be dropped off at Palm Beach Symphony’s office, located at 700 South Dixie Highway, Suite 100 in West Palm Beach on Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office is located in the Community Foundation building, and complimentary on-site parking is available. Donors will receive a tax-deductible receipt and complimentary tickets to a Masterworks concert. Teachers interested in requesting instruments for their students, may complete an online form at PalmBeachSymphony.org.

Palm Beach Symphony’s education programs are made possible through support from The Paul and Sandra Goldner Conservatory of Music, Jacqueline and Ray K. Farris, The McNulty Charitable Foundation, James R. Borynack and Adolfo Zaralegui/Findlay Galleries, Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Foundation, Mr. William Robertson, Charles Frederick Schmidt, The Annette Urso Rickel Foundation, Edith Hall Friedheim/Eric Friedheim Foundation, PNC Foundation, The Walter & Adi Blum Foundation, Inc., James H. and Marta T. Batmasian Family Foundation Inc., Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation Inc., Komansky Foundation, Josephine DuPont Bayard, Al Zucaro, Yvonne S. Boice Trust and Lois Pope, with additional funding from Cultural Council for Palm Beach County Arts and Cultural Education Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Proud sponsors of Palm Beach Symphony include Cindy and Jerome Canty, Mrs. James N. Bay, Carol and Harold Baxter, C. Kenneth and Laura Baxter Foundation, Inc., JoAnne Berkow, Kathy Lee Bickham and John Bickham, Leslie Rogers Blum, Yvonne S. Boice Trust and Alfred Zucaro, Jeffrey and Tina Bolton, James R. Borynack and Adolfo Zaralegui / FINDLAY Galleries, Jerome J. Claeys, Thomas and Carol Bruce, CIBC Private Wealth, Amy and John Collins, The Colony Hotel, CORPGOV, Suzanne Mott Dansby, The David Minkin Foundation, Michelle DuBois and James Roiter, Jacqueline and Ray K. Farris, Mary and Will Demory, Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Foundation,  Willard H. Dow and Kelly Winter, Dr. Richard and Diane Farber, Bill and Kem Frick/The Frick Foundation, Inc., Edith Hall Friedheim/Eric Friedheim Foundation, Gerry Gibian and Marjorie Yashar, Paul and Sandra Goldner, Douglas and Jo Gressette, Irwin and Janet Gusman, Walter Harper, Thomas E. Harvey & Cathleen P. Black Foundation, Doris Hastings Foundation, Carol S. and Joseph Andrew Hays, John Herrick, Addison Hines Charitable Trust, George Hines, HSS Florida, IPO Edge, Charles and Ann Johnson/The C and A Johnson Family Foundation, Elaine Kay, Aban and Percy Kavasmaneck, Leonard and Norma Klorfine Foundation, The Kovner Foundation, Gary and Linda Lachman/The Lachman Family Foundation, Patricia Lambrecht/The Lambrecht Family Foundation, Lugano Diamonds, Donald C. McGraw Foundation, The Honorable Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, The McNulty Charitable Foundation, Tish Messinger, David Moscow, Palm Beach Design Masters, Patrick and Milly Park/Park Foundation, Nancy and Ellis J. Parker, III, PNC Private Bank, Lois Pope, Provident Jewelry, Ari Rifkin/The Len-Ari Foundation, Dr. Martha Rodriguez and Dr. Jesus Perez-Mendez, Annette Urso Rickel Foundation, Karen Hunt Rogers, The Honorable Ronald A. Rosenfeld, David Schafer, Seth Sprague Foundation, Robin B. Smith, Kimberly V. Strauss, Dodie and Manley Thaler and the Thaler/Howell Foundation, Don and Mary Thompson, Jerome and Carol Trautschold, Sieglinde Wikstrom/The Wikstrom Foundation, and The Ann Eden Woodward Foundation/James and Judy Woods.

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