Friends of Music took shape in 1985 when a group of music lovers along the southern Oregon and northern California coast decided to pool efforts and resources to bring high quality musical performances to the area. Over the years the Friends of Music has grown and prospered. The artists coming to the Brookings venue have continued to provide the concert audiences with superb performances.

The Friends of Music not only present concerts featuring internationally-known and regionally-acclaimed artists, the organization also sponsors mini-concerts for schools and promotes the Curry/Del Norte Orchestra Guild and the Curry/Del Norte Orchestra.

The Friends of Music could not exist without the efforts of many people. Among these are the members of the Board of Directors:

• President: Suzanne Gold
• Vice President: Tom Broderick
• Secretary: Alice Brueggeman
• Treasurer: Ruth Cavaliere
• Directors: Patricia Bisgrove, Barbara Burke, Margaret Crowley, Andrew Drago, David Gordino, Emily Grimes

Also critical are our Benefactors:

• Friends of Brahms - $500 to $999
  • Suzanne Gold
• Friends of Beethoven - $250 to $499
  • Thomas and Sara Dee Broderick
  • Barbara Burke
  • Hugh M. Schwab
• Friends of Haydn - $100 to $249
  • Michael and Jean Cosgrove
  • Richard and Doris Hills
  • Robert and Margaret Reeves
  • Dave and Lois Tyce
• Friends of Dvorak - up to $100
  • Michael and Patricia Bisgrove
  • Ethel Evans
  • William D. Moore, Jr.
  • Phillip H. Pfaendler
  • Carolyn Self
  • Laverne Steeneck
  • Martha Turner

In addition are the contributors to the Pat Burson Endowment Fund:

• Virginia Lee Babbitt
• Thomas and Sara Broderick
• Suzanne Gold
• Robert and Lorraine Wilkerson

We are currently in the middle of our annual donation drive to help supplement the cost of the concerts. The money we collect for tickets does not begin to cover the cost of bringing such fine artists to the area. If you would like to donate, please send your tax-deductable donation to P.O. Box 7893, Brookings, OR 97415. You can specify that your donation go to the Pat Burson Endowment Fund if you would like your donation to "live on forever." If you don't designate your donation for the endowment fund, it will go into the Friends of Music general fund where all of the funds are used for ongoing expenses.