The fifth
annual Isaac’s Day of Music will be Sunday, November 13 from 1-5 p.m. at First
Christian Church in Newburgh.
The
family-friendly event will include an afternoon of performances by local vocal
and instrumental music groups, dance groups, and storytellers. The day will also include inflatables, craft
and activity tables sponsored by local organizations, and food sales.
Performances include:
·
Evansville
Music Academy Rock Ensemble,
·
Magician
Bill Delmar,
·
Castle
High School Knightingales,
·
Castle
North Middle School Troubadours
·
Suzuki
Strings Ensemble,
·
Castle
High School’s Legally Blonde the Musical selections,
·
Music
Together demonstration,
·
Mermaids
Dance Studio,
·
Stories
From the Heart by Susan Fowler,
·
Hoops
of a Feather with Abs Marie,
·
Holy
Rosary Choir, and
·
Harmony
Choir
Admission is $5 per person, ages 2 and under are free. All proceeds from the event will go directly
to the Isaac Miller Music Matters Endowment Fund.
Evansville’s
Matt and Amy Miller, with the help of family members and friends, organize the
annual Isaac’s Day of Music to raise money for the Isaac Miller Music Matters
Endowment Fund, named for their son who died after an 18-month battle with
cancer at the age of 4.
The Millers
established the Isaac Miller Music Matters Endowment Fund in 2012
to support music education and music therapy programs in the
Evansville area. The fund is managed by
the Warrick County Community Foundation.
Local Impact
Isaac’s Day of Music is the major fundraiser for the
Music Matters fund, raising about $10,000 annually allowing the Millers to make
sizable donations to local music education projects. “Throughout his life, we saw the impact music had on Isaac, whether he was using music to express his feelings, interact with other children, or just be a ‘regular kid,’ even for a brief moment,” the Millers said when asked why they started the music endowment.
Previous recipients include St. Bernard School in Rockport to add outdoor
musical instruments to their playground and St. Benedict Cathedral School to purchase a new keyboard.
The
Power of Music
“Every child should have the opportunity to experience
music in the same ways,” she said, “and we started this fund to give them that
chance.”
For more information about the Isaac Miller Music Matters
Fund and Isaac’s Day of Music, visit www.musicmattersfund.blogspot.com,
facebook.com/MusicMattersEndowmentFund or contact 812-760-1575 or musicmattersfund@gmail.com.