A Grand Performance Awaits:
Foundation grant SETS THE STAGE for a new community piano!

The Foundation awarded a $35,000 grant to the Watertown Concert Association non-profit for a new-to-Watertown Steinway grand piano. The current Steinway grand piano no longer holds a pitch and has several chipped keys which can injure musicians.

 

“This is the community’s piano,” said Watertown Concert Association board member Renae Mack. 

 

The piano is used for Watertown Concert Association concerts, Watertown High School music performances, and regional music events held at the D.D. Miller Auditorium.

 

“The ‘new’ piano was made by the Steinway & Sons company in the 1960s and was used by the Butch Thompson Trio of Minneapolis,” shared Mack. “This piano is in excellent condition. Visiting artists and local musicians will find it a pleasure to play on this piano and audiences will continue to enjoy performances on our Steinway grand.”

 

The Watertown Concert Association is raising an additional $30,000 to purchase the piano, a protective padded cover, and a humidifier, as well as build a storage unit to ensure the piano has many more years of performances ahead.

 

The Watertown Concert Association was created in 1937 and has the mission to cultivate in the residents of Watertown and the surrounding area an interest in quality music and to foster and encourage public appreciation of music and the teaching of music, history of music, and music appreciation in the schools of Watertown and the surrounding area by providing quality concerts at an affordable price.

 

Click here to learn more about this effort from Watertown Concert Association board members Renae Mack and Blair Titze