In celebration of five decades of music education scholarships, supporters and music lovers filled Bower Chapel on February 29, 2020 for the Going for Gold concert.  Twenty musicians, many working professionally who previously were awarded scholarships, gathered from all over the country and even Canada to celebrate the milestone. The awards each musician received...

Johanna Parkes, a founding member of the Legatos performance group, died on July 5, 2020 at her home on Marco Island. For more than twenty years, Parkes was a vibrant member of the Music Foundation of Greater Naples, formerly The Naples Music Club. As a child in St. Louis, Missouri, Parkes studied classical piano at...