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Fripp Island Friends of Music
Our Charitable Mission: Music in the Schools
Every Season:
● Students are admitted free to our Sunday concerts.
● Student musicians open Sunday shows, providing them performance experience.
● Our artists perform at an area school the Monday morning after the Fripp show.
● We provide an annual grant to the Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra.
In Addition! $20,000 during the past 3 years:
February 2024 and 2026: Key financial support for the “Electrify Your Symphony” student workshop and concert.
March 2024: Funded an “Artists-in-Residency” 2-day workshop at St. Helena Elementary.
April 2024 and March 2025: Funded travel costs for students of need for orchestra and band trips to Atlanta and Carowinds for music competitions.
March and November 2025: Licensing & materials fees for the musical production of The Lion King, Jr. (grades 4 – 8), and new sound equipment, at the Robert Smalls Leadership Academy
School Grants:
Whale Branch Early College High School: Develop their band Music Library for 2 years
Robert Smalls Leadership Academy: Build their Music Library
Shanklin Elementary School: Initiate an "Artist in Residence" program with Robert Smalls Leadership Academy Band, Choir and Orchestra
Beaufort High School: Build their Music Library
Lady's Island Elementary School: Purchase instruments to initiate a drumline
Whale Branch Middle School: Purchase of a beginning band curriculum
Even More To Be Granted in 2026-2027!
This would NOT be possible without your support!
THANK YOU!
We are a charitable 501c3 nonprofit organization supported by the South Carolina Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Our Charitable Mission: Music in the Schools
Every Season:
● Students are admitted free to our Sunday concerts.
● Student musicians open Sunday shows, providing them performance experience.
● Our artists perform at an area school the Monday morning after the Fripp show.
● We provide an annual grant to the Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra.
In Addition! $20,000 during the past 3 years:
February 2024 and 2026: Key financial support for the “Electrify Your Symphony” student workshop and concert.
March 2024: Funded an “Artists-in-Residency” 2-day workshop at St. Helena Elementary.
April 2024 and March 2025: Funded travel costs for students of need for orchestra and band trips to Atlanta and Carowinds for music competitions.
March and November 2025: Licensing & materials fees for the musical production of The Lion King, Jr. (grades 4 – 8), and new sound equipment, at the Robert Smalls Leadership Academy
School Grants:
Whale Branch Early College High School: Develop their band Music Library for 2 years
Robert Smalls Leadership Academy: Build their Music Library
Shanklin Elementary School: Initiate an "Artist in Residence" program with Robert Smalls Leadership Academy Band, Choir and Orchestra
Beaufort High School: Build their Music Library
Lady's Island Elementary School: Purchase instruments to initiate a drumline
Whale Branch Middle School: Purchase of a beginning band curriculum
Even More To Be Granted in 2026-2027!
This would NOT be possible without your support!
THANK YOU!
We are a charitable 501c3 nonprofit organization supported by the South Carolina Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Electrify your Symphony -- February 10, 2026
Lion King, Jr.
Robert Smalls Leadership Academy
March 14, 2026
March 14, 2026
The Cast
FIFOM Board Members Kathlyn Gray (left) and Mike Wheat (center) join Fripp residents Jim Patek (second from left) and Patty Patek (second from right), along with the drum team.
The giraffe and Patty Patek wore similar outfits.