President's Message
Robert J. Werner

After four years of operation and completion of several successful projects, The CMS Fund is contributing to the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of The College Music Society by sponsoring CMS Beyond Fifty, the organization’s first fund-raising campaign. The purpose of this important Anniversary Campaign is to provide the resources necessary to support innovative approaches to engagement and outreach (1) on campus and off campus and (2) within undergraduate and graduate curricula. The Anniversary Campaign will enable the Society to continue to foster effective and original approaches to curricula, pedagogy, and audience development to strengthen the place of music in our culture. Thus, for the next three years, The CMS Fund will oversee the Anniversary Campaign, enabling the Society to provide more resources for innovative and exemplary programs.

The CMS Fund will also continue to raise funds in keeping with its mission of assisting the programs and initiatives of The College Music Society. By so doing the Fund seeks to help in addressing the challenges facing the profession through its support of the Society’s leadership in bringing the accomplishments of its members and their institutions to a wider public. In today’s society musicians, whether they are composers, performers, educators, or scholars, must possess the skills necessary to interact and communicate with the general public in order to more effectively influence musical life in contemporary society.

While CMS Beyond Fifty will be the primary focus of The CMS Fund through 2011, the Fund continues its support of ADAMS (Academic Digital Audio Music Service) and a three-year program for the activities of CMS’s Committee on Community Engagement.

The Board of Directors of The CMS Fund wishes to thank the many members who have already contributed. We encourage all of our members to make contributions, of any size, which will help make possible these programs that benefit the entire profession.

Contributions – Contributions to the Anniversary Campaign may be made through this secure web site by clicking here.

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