New Building Campaign. A capital campaign will soon be underway for construction of new School of Music performance spaces. For details on the campaign, please contact:
Jon Sorenson, University Foundation
Phone: 608-262-7211
Email: jon.sorenson@uwfoundation.wisc.edu

Scholarships. State funds cannot be used for this purpose; however, through private gifts, the School is now able to award nearly 200 undergraduate and graduate scholarships. Each reflects the particular interests of its donor. If you would like to make a contribution to the Music Excellence Fund for student scholarships at the School of Music, please give online (specifying the Music Excellence Fund) or make your check payable to University of Wisconsin Foundation, mailed to the address below.

Special Projects. There seems to be a never-ending supply of original projects worthy of funding in the School of Music: research, outreach, special concerts and master classes. Each year, private contributions support some of these projects.

Endowed Professorships or Chairs. Endowed professorships allow the School to attract the most sought-after, experienced scholars and performers. While the salary of faculty members is almost always paid by the University, the endowment provides guaranteed funds for a particular faculty member to conduct research and hire graduate students.

There are two basic types of gifts: outright and deferred.

Outright gifts include cash gifts, corporate matching gifts, gifts of securities, and gifts of property.

Deferred gifts are simply gifts that are made in the present and received by the Foundation in the future. Some deferred gifts are straightforward, such as a bequest in a will. Others are more complex, providing current tax benefits as well as life income for the donor and/or beneficiary.

Through a secure University Foundation website. Gifts can be directed toward the general School of Music Fund, the Music Excellence Fund, or you can specify where you would like your contribution to be directed. Gifts may be made in memoriam through the website.

For scholarship gifts, please see the "Music Excellence Fund" information on this page. For all other gifts, write out a check for the amount you would like to contribute and make it payable to the University of Wisconsin Foundation. Use the memo portion of your check to identify the specific project, department, or program to which you would like your gift to be applied. It is very important that you complete the memo portion of your check. We want to make sure your gift will be applied to your area of interest. And finally, mail your check to the following address:

University of Wisconsin Foundation
U.S. Bank Lockbox
P.O. Box 78807
Milwaukee, WI 53278-0807

Artist's rendering of the site plan for a new School of Music Building.