DV Music Department receives Ashenfelter Fund for Performing Arts
Milford. The $500 grant will help support aspiring musicians within the Delaware Valley School District.
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| 09 Mar 2024 | 10:38
DV Music Department Booster Club President Jack O’Leary, DV Music Department Chair Richard Horst, Greater Pike Community Foundation Board Chair Luke Turano, Kathryn Wolf-Ashenfelter, Michael Zimmerman, and Greater Pike Community Foundation Executive Director Rick Little. (
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The Delaware Valley High School Music Department’s Booster Club was the recipient of the first grant from the Walt Edwards Ashenfelter Fund for Performing Arts, administered by the Greater Pike Community Foundation (GPCF). According to GPCF, this $500 grant “underscores the commitment of both organizations to support the development of young, aspiring musicians within the Delaware Valley School District and our community.”
Established by Kathryn Wolf-Ashenfelter and Michael Zimmerman, the Walt Edwards Ashenfelter Fund for Performing Arts honors the legacy of Milford’s Walt Edwards Ashenfelter, a music artist and advocate for live performing arts. The fund’s mission is to provide grants to nonprofit organizations presenting performance arts and scholarships to young musicians, thereby fostering the growth of artistic talent.
The community is invited to Back Road Brewery (248 Old Milford Rd., Milford) from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, to celebrate Walt Edwards Ashenfelter’s legacy and love of live music. The event is free and open to the public, with optional donations to Walt’s fund accepted onsite. The evening will feature performances by local musicians, including John Curtin, Dan Engvaldsen, Mark Ferguson, Matthew King, Eric Langberg, Lenny Miller, Scott Palermo and Marc Von Em. Each artist will entertain the crowd with a set of Walt’s favorite pop, folk, rock, and Irish songs and ballads.
Walt Edwards Ashenfelter was a modern troubadour and interpreter of some of the most iconic rock and folk songs of the 20th century. His legacy as a mentor and friend to Milford’s music community lives on through the Walt Edwards Ashenfelter Fund for Performing Arts.
Online donations to the Walt Edwards Ashenfelter Fund for Performing Arts at the Greater Pike Community Foundation can be made at greaterpike.org/fund_list. Scroll down to the fund name for the link.
For more information, contact Rick Little, executive director, at 570-832-4686 or at RickLittle@greaterpike.org or visit greaterpike.org.