University and College KSO Programs

FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS: Providing Professional Training

Master Classes and Artist Presentations
KSO guest artists give master classes at Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College.

WMU Artist Scholars
KSO offers scholarships to professional-level WMU string students that play in the KSO.

The KSO serves over 50,000 young people every year with educational programs that are at reduced costs or free of charge. We are grateful to the following for support:

Major Support
Arcus Gay & Lesbian Fund
Dorothy U. Dalton Foundation
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
National Endowment for the Arts
Pfizer Corporation
Ronda Stryker and William Johnston
Upjohn Mason Grandchildren's Chair in Music Education

Additional Support
Arts Fund of Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Arts Outreach Fund, through the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo
AVB Construction and American Village Builders, Inc.
Bank One, a JPMorgan Chase Company
Chemical Bank
Denso
Heart Center for Excellence
Howard and Howard Community Reinvestment Fund
John E. Fetzer Institute Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra League
Ladies Library Association
Mignon Sherwood Delano Foundation
Monroe-Brown Foundation
Ronda Stryker and William Johnston
String Scholarship in Memory of Dorothy M. Farrell
Target
Target Distribution Center
Tower Pinkster Titus
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett