Friends of Music at Princeton

Friends of Music at Princeton is a donor-supported organization which exists for the primary purpose of sponsoring a wide variety of concerts at Princeton University. The concerts, usually in the Frank E. Taplin '37 auditorium in Fine Hall, are open to the public and free of charge, and feature professional musicians as well as talented amateur and student musicians.

Friends of Music at Princeton was founded in the 1940s by Professor Roy Dickinson Welch, who was also the first chairman of the Department of Music, however the history of concerts at Princeton dates back to the founding of the Glee Club and other popular singing groups in the late 19th century. In 1894 the Princeton University Concerts series was founded by Philenas Forbes Fine (wife of Henry Burchard Fine) and the Ladies' Musical Committee. In 1929 the Princeton University Concerts Committee was established and took control, which in conjunction with the Friends of Music has guided the concerts series ever since. Administrative support for the Friends of Music and the Princeton University Concerts Committee is provided by the Princeton University Concert Office, which handles accounting, event planning, and artist coordination.

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