Blue Ridge Center for Music & Creative Arts

Help Us Prepare the Next Generation for Lifetime Involvement in Music and the Creative Arts

The Blue Ridge Center for Music & Creative Arts provides facilities and supporting services that attract professional musicians, recording artists, and other practitioners of the creative arts in conjunction with educational and developmental programs for talented high school students in a manner that promotes meaningful interactions, learning opportunities, creative expression, mentoring relationships, and ongoing development of careers in music and the creative arts.

Bring Extraordinary Learning Opportunities to Talented Youth in Our Region

Our workshops, summer camps, musical jam sessions, and other teaching approaches are designed and managed by nationally recognized musicians and artists who work one-on-one and in small groups with the students. Full scholarships are provided to ensure that talented, motivated students from all backgrounds and family income can participate in these extraordinary learning opportunities. Our programs help prepare these students for successful auditions for admissions to colleges and music conservatories and to obtain financial support through scholarships based upon their talent and proven capabilities.

We Need Your Support for Our 2024 Programs 

Our goal is to raise $80,000 to support our planned 2024 programs which include a 4-day visual arts workshop, a one-week creative music camp, bluegrass master classes, workshops in sound management, photography, videography, and other support areas, and establishment of art studios for oil painting and clay, metal, and stone sculptures. Your tax deductible donation at any level will help us make a difference in the lives of aspiring young musicians and artists. Please consider the options below and make the Blue Ridge Center for Music & Creative Arts one of your important charitable contributions.

Donors at all levels are acknowledged as Friends of the Blue Ridge Center, receive invitations to Center events including concerts and other live music performances, art shows, and festivals, and are listed on our website and program brochures. Donors at the following levels are listed on our website and program brochures and those who have a personal interest in one of the Center’s workshops are welcome to apply as an Invited Guest and participate in workshops as a guest of the Center.

Student Scholarship Fellows - $500

Patrons of the Blue Ridge Center - $1,000

Program Sponsors- $2,500

Founder’s Circle - $5,000

The Founder’s Circle are donors of $5,000 or more in our first year of operation. Members of the Founder’s Circle receive permanent special recognition on our website (including logo or photo and bio), are listed in our program brochures and other promotional materials.