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Our posts are about upcoming shows, our talented and dedicated students, our accomplished alumni, and daily insights about the busy life of the Uptown Music Collective.
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EITC Update!
The Uptown Music Collective received a $5,000 donation from C&N as part of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. Offered through the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development, EITC offers tax credits to eligible businesses...
Uptown Music Collective awarded nearly $30,000 through FCFP grant to meet equipment and technology needs
The Uptown Music Collective awarded nearly $30,000 through FCFP grant to meet equipment and technology needs. WILLIAMSPORT – July 2021 – The Uptown Music Collective, the area’s premier nonprofit school of music, has received an award in the amount of $26,954.23...
Dave Brumbaugh is a Bright Light
Dave Brumbaugh is a Bright Light. Dave Brumbaugh, founder and executive director of the Uptown Music Collective earns his 2020 PPL Bright Light Award AND $10,000 from PPL Electric Utilities & PPL Corporation representatives Tracie Logue Witter & Brenda Nichols...
Working Wednesday 2: Team Building
Working Wednesday 2Everyone is definitely excited to be working their way back into the groove. Even under the cloud of the pandemic, and with full knowledge that the rug could be ripped out from under us at any point. The feeling of being part of something bigger...
Putting the Band Back Together: Working Wednesday 1
Working Wednesday 1 Putting the band back together after the unceremonious end to last year's record-breaking 2019-2020 season has been exhilarating. For the second time in a week, I had the opportunity to be around the youthful energy of a group of excited young...
Shayne Williams
Music is what grounds me. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if I just spend 9 hours working on a music-related project. I can always find the right song that gives me inspirational chills. Music is the one thing that never grows old. It’s like a footprint that stays forever engrained in the heart of the world. It will always be there for me when everything else seems to be lost.