ENRICH
Enriching lives is the “why” of our mission and what makes Harmony Foundation such an important organization.
Our donors trust HFI to take their investments and apply them to the most beneficial programs available that impact the most lives through singing and build stronger communities. Although we do not always get to hear about the amazing ripple effects HFI is making, here are a few stories of lives enriched by singing.
Dream it.
NEW Endowment Funds for Harmony University Scholarships Rich and Peggy both know first hand the power of music, especially singing in harmony with others. For them, Barbershop Harmony is THE art form and community that has impacted their lives in immeasurable ways and they want to see that impact on future singers and communities. That’s why they each created an endowment fund specifically to provide perpetual scholarships to hopeful Harmony University participants. Through these endowment funds, which they hope to grow, now their legacies will continue to help musical leaders long after they are gone.
Peggy Leon “Women in Barbershop” Scholarship Education for women who are musical leaders and want to grow in their understanding of Barbershop, teaching and directing skills.
Rich Knight “LEAD The Way” Scholarship Education for future quartet leads to grow musically.
Build it.
New Next Generation Barbershop Chorus Program Sponsor President’s Council member, Dan Bell, became a Chorus Program Sponsor in January, 2017, after watching the Midwinter Youth Festival in San Antonio. That year, he discovered one of the new Youth Choruses was from Anna High School, minutes from Dan’s house. He attended their concerts & rehearsals, watched them grow spectacularly from 2018 to 2019, and continues to be a Chorus Festival Sponsor today. All because he witnessed the impact the festival had in 2017.
Grow it.
Super-Music-Educator When Darin Drown’s Supermen’s & Superwomen’s choruses were invited to Midwinter Costa Mesa, 2018, some of the student’s parents approached Darin to let him know they couldn’t afford to send their kids on such a trip. However, when Darin told them that because of HFI Sponsors, the major portion of the costs were covered, the parents broke into tears. Some of their kids had never even traveled out of state, let alone gotten to participate in a festival like Midwinter.