Duquesne Day of Giving 2023

Here at the Mary Pappert School of Music, we help students become the musicians they want to be with degrees and programs backed by the skills and experiences of our world-class GRAMMY Award-winning faculty. Our students benefit from state-of-the-art music technology and recording studios, 68 Steinway pianos, and two performance venues, among many other facilities. Your gift helps us to provide our students an education that utilizes all of these resources to their fullest potential.

This year, the Mary Pappert School of Music will use funds raised from the 2023 Day of Giving for two primary projects:

1. Maintenance, upkeep, and staffing needs to continue to grow our live streaming initiatives.

Now that our live stream system has been implemented, we have a much better understanding of what it takes to put together a successful live stream event, and we want to be able to bring you more! Each stream requires a significant amount of preparatory work including (but not limited to) pre-production planning meetings, venue review/scouting, full-screen and lower-third graphics production, and day-of staffing needs such as system setup/teardown and blocking, stage management, video production/switching, stream monitoring, house management, etc.

We are fundraising to help defray the costs associated with this work, as well as the maintenance and upkeep of our system.

2. To help offset the costs associated with travel and lodging for our students and faculty as they go on a three-week-long interdisciplinary study tour of the “Sites of Spiritan Spirituality” in France.

From May 14–June 3, 2023, the “Sites of Spiritan Spirituality” tour (Led by Spiritan Father, Jean Michel Gelmetti and Professor of Organ and Sacred Music, Dr. Ann Labounsky) will include stops at the Museum of African Arts in Allex, Solesmes, and significant churches and cathedrals, including the cathedrals of Strasbourg, Reims, Chartres, and Mont St Michel. Through this pilgrimage, places and events that were only names will become lived experiences. We do not want anyone to miss these opportunities for historical, cultural, and spiritual education, discernment, and formation.

Due primarily to rising fuel costs, the price tag on this trip has increased significantly, this year at an estimated $4,300 per person. Any gifts designated for the Dean’s Discretionary Fund (Greatest Needs) on the Duquesne Day of Giving this year will be diverted to this tour, so please consider making your gift to that fund.

In addition to our these projects, you can also choose to designate all or part of your gift to any one of the following funds:

• Audio Engineering Society: Typically, students in the Audio Engineering Society benefit from donations to assist with funding to attend the annual AES and NAMM conferences. 
• City Music Center: Funds raised for CMC will benefit students (where possible) through individual musical instruction, group classes, workshops, recitals, and concert performances, as well as summer camps packed with music-making activities and performance opportunities.
• Institute of Entertainment, Music, and Media Arts: Gifts made to IEMMA will be used to bring world famous guest artists and lecturers to campus to supplement our students’ education with real-world experience. 
• Music on the Bluff Series: Gifts made to this series ensure that we can continue to present the highest caliber performers and performances for this highly successful chamber music series.
• Music Therapy Endowed Fund: This fund provides scholarship funding to aspiring music therapy students here at Duquesne. 
• Music Therapy Student Association: Members of MTSA will utilize Day of Giving gifts to support registration costs for the annual Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy conference.
• National Association for Music Education (NAfME): Members of NAfME Collegiate Chapter #159 will use the funds to assist with costs associated with their attendance at the Pennsylvania Music Education Association Annual In-Service Conference in the Poconos in April 2022, including conference registration, accommodations, and travel.
• National Band Association Duquesne Chapter: Your gift to NBA helps support our students in bringing in world-class speakers and participate in band-related Conferences and events.
• Trumpet Ensemble/Studio: Students in the trumpet studio regularly take trips and raise funds to help offset travel expenses. 
• Voices of Spirit: This fund supports future travel and recording projects of the Voices of Spirit, Duquesne’s premier choral ensemble.

Don't forget to also spread the word!

An additional way to make a major impact on the Duquesne Day of Giving is to help us spread the word via social media, e-mail, text, and/or word of mouth! Share this address www.duq.edu/dayofgiving with #DUQDayOfGiving and encourage your family and friends to make a donation. Go Dukes!