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Published on: 1/1/2007
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Frances Belcher, Program Coordinator for the Bridges Program
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Frances BelcherProgram Coordinator for the Bridges Program
Frances Belcher, Program Coordinator for Bridges, has been with the GBYOA since 1994.She has spent the past year refining elements of the program, having researched various other organizations' models of providing music instruction to underserved children.She initially served as Manager then Executive Director of the GBYOA from September 1997 through June 2001.From June 2001 through June 2002 she was a Fellow in the American Symphony Orchestra Leagues Orchestra Management Fellowship Program, a unique and highly-selective year-long opportunity to work in some of the nations top orchestras alongside experienced Executive Directors.
Ms. Belcher worked in Aspen at the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Winston-Salem Symphony (North Carolina), and at the Chicago Symphony.After completing the program she served as Executive Director of the Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, North Carolina for two years and returned to Baltimore as Executive Director of the GBYOA from June 2004 through August 2005, stepping down to take on the role of Program Coordinator for Bridges.
She has a degree in Music Education from the University of Tennessee and completed some graduate study at the Memphis State University (Tennessee - now University of Memphis ) and the Peabody Conservatory in Piano Performance and Pedagogy.Ms. Belcher had a studio of private and group piano students for over thirty years before beginning a career in Arts Administration.
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