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Music

Support the Music Department

at Truman State University

The Music Department must provide students with the tools needed to fulfill their artistic potential. To carry out that responsibility, we need your help. Listed below are a few examples of our department’s current needs:

  • Increased music scholarship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students
  • Funding for concert series, master classes, lectures, and demonstrations
  • Instruments and music stands for ensembles (including instrument maintenance)
  • Sophisticated electronic equipment for music composition, recording, and performance
  • Funding for undergraduate, graduate and faculty research
  • Collections of CDs, DVDs, books and music scores
  • Computers, printers, scanners, and projectors for the music department

In addition to the needs listed above, the Truman Music Department also has several funds toward which alumni and friends could contribute.  For a current listing, see Fine Arts Funds.

Donors may wish to establish a named, endowed fund in their name or the name of someone they wish to honor.  Endowed funds are created with a minimum gift commitment of $15,000.  The Truman State University Foundation has established an investment and spending policy with the intent of providing income for these funds in perpetuity, while protecting and growing the principal.  A portion of the fund’s earnings are awarded for the fund’s designated annual purpose; remaining earnings are reinvested to maintain the fund’s purchasing power in the future. 

Gifts of all levels are encouraged and appreciated.  Gifts to the Music Department can be made through:

  • Outright Gifts/Cash
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  • Planned Gifts
    Forms of this type of giving include retained life estates, bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, life insurance, real estate and retirement plan assets...MORE
     

  • Matching Gifts
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  • Gifts of Stock/Securities
    By making a gift of appreciated securities, you can receive an income-tax charitable deduction for the full market value of the appreciated securities if they have been held for at least one year (or for your cost basis if they have been held for less than one year), and you can avoid capital gains tax on the transfer...MORE
     

  • Tributes & Memorial Gifts
    Leave your own legacy on campus or make a tribute in honor of someone special through one of the various naming opportunities available through the Truman State University Foundation...MORE

All gifts to the Truman Music Department are considered charitable donations. Contributions may be made directly to the Music Department, and you may specify which of the Music Department’s specific program(s) you would like to support.  For more information about the Music Department and our request for support, please contact Dr. Jay Bulen, department chair, (660) 785-4441 or jbulen@truman.edu.

If you would like to make a gift or desire more information about major and/or planned gift opportunities in support of the Truman Music Department, please visit http://giving.truman.edu or contact:

Charles Hunsaker (’98)
Director of Development
Office of Advancement
Truman State University
Kirksville, Missouri  63501
660-785-4133
660-785-7519 fax