Our PARTNERS

2021 – 2022

We’re excited for the opportunity to continue growing and changing as we work to deliver exceptional music education and high-impact musical experiences to our students and community. Our Partnership Program is designed to bring our corporate supporters in closer to the UMC family, and to recognize just how impactful and important their generosity is to our program. full list of benefits, click here. If your business is interested in becoming an annual partner with us, please reach out to Adrienne Wertz, Development Coordinator, at [email protected].

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Executive Producer Partner Spotlight

UPMC North Central Pa

and UPMC Health Plan.

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We are incredibly grateful for our partnership with UPMC North Central Pa and UPMC Health Plan, with which we share a common denominator: the welfare of the children in the region.

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We appreciate your commitment to highlighting the important role that Uptown Music Collective plays in the lives of its students. Thank you, UPMC!

Geisinger Partnership Spotlight

Executive Producer Partner Spotlight

Geisinger: Janet Weis Children’s Hospital

We are incredibly grateful for our partnership with Geisinger: Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, with which we share a common denominator: the welfare of the children in the region.

We appreciate your commitment to highlighting the important role that Uptown Music Collective plays in the lives of its students. Thank you, Geisinger!

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Mostly, thank you.

To all of our Supporters – We couldn’t do it without you.

We are eternally grateful for every way in which we’re supported; to the individuals, businesses, and foundations are all a part of what we do because they give so generously to our cause.

Thanks to all of you, we continue – year after year – to change lives by connecting our students to the life-changing power of music.

The Geisinger – Janet Weis Children’s Hospital/Department of Pediatrics and Uptown Music Collective share a common denominator: the welfare of the children in the region. And as a neighbor and partner in addressing the pressing needs of young people, Geisinger wanted to highlight the important role that Uptown Music Collective plays in the lives of its students.

“Everything we do is about caring for children and families – their mind, body and spirit,” Dr. Frank A. Maffei said. “We are so proud to sponsor Uptown Music Collective because we share this goal. Together, we will remain committed to support creative activities that nurture healthy relationships and overall well-being.”

Colleague Dr. Paul J. Bellino added: “As a pediatric organization, we are keenly aware of the many challenges that face kids. UMC is a place where all kids can find a home and be accepted. The mentorship and role modeling offering by the staff has created a place where the students learn to help and support each other. This peer support is a wonderful aspect of UMC.”

Dr. Bellino recognizes that UMC isn’t just about helping students develop the musical skills they need to improve as vocalists and instrumentalists, but also important life skills that will help them throughout their lives: developing a manageable schedule; balancing schoolwork, community and school activities with their music; and fostering important values of teamwork, responsibility, professionalism, organization and care for others.

The children’s hospital is firmly committed to the medical, psychological and social support of all the children that call Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania their home. It is their goal to make every child feel safe and welcome, and to nurture meaningful relationships that help them through their lives as they grow into young adults.

“Having supportive role models and friends that share similar interests not only promotes well-being, but also impacts psychological and physical health,” Dr. Bellimo said. “Our pediatric program feels that it is important to highlight organizations such as UMC that provide this valuable opportunity to our local kids.”

And it is the psychological and physical health of students that is an important aspect of the UMC-Geisinger partnership.

“It is increasingly hard to be a kid,” Dr. Bellimo said. “We are constantly seeing increases in pediatric psychological illness and suicide. Many aspects of our current culture make it very difficult for kids to feel good about themselves. This has reached new proportions over the past few years, now culminating in some truly terrifying statistics. At such a challenging time, an organization such as the Uptown Music Collective needs to be spotlighted and held up as an example of what can be done when people truly care about children.”

Thank you, Geisinger – Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, for being a partner in our work!

Lycoming College believes in thinking deeply and acting boldly. As we pursue our students through music education, we hope to teach them to embrace those same ideals.

We are fortunate to have a partnership with Lycoming, and are humbled for their view of our work. “The Uptown Music Collective is one of Williamsport’s greatest resources for music education and entertainment,” stated Marla Kramer. “The organization draws out the talents and passions of young musicians and encourages musical genres that few organizations foster as well as the Collective.”

Lycoming believes in the mission of the Uptown Music Collective and shares in its commitment to developing musicians and the performing arts. As a dedicated member of the Williamsport community, Lycoming College supports programing that contributes to the musical development of area youth, provides them a creative outlet, and helps them develop leadership skills.

When we partner with area orazniations, we know that there are always parallels in our work. Like the Collective, Lycoming College provides a modern education that is rooted in over 200 years in the arts, humanities and sciences. They strongly believe that experiential learning is a valuable component in any education, and the real-world performance experience provided to students shows our shared commitment to developing the whole person and their creative talents as musicians.

In addition to shared passion, we are always humbled by the value our partners find in our work. “The Collective inspires students to give their best to music making in order to help young people develop into confident individuals who endeavor to share their gifts with the world.” Kramer shared. “And these are the same values that we at Lycoming College also espouse.”

Our work this year is challenged by our partners, and we are committed to delivering on their expectations. For Lycoming, they expect our continued work of helping to prepare students for meaningful lives and equipping them with knowledge and skills that they will benefit from and enjoy for the rest of their lives.

“The Collective fills a gap in a small city that takes pride in its unique restaurants, galleries, theatre and musical performances, and film offerings,” Kramer concluded. “Arts programs are always the first to suffer during economically difficult times, but it’s important to many individuals and organizations to keep Williamsport “artsy” – we just can’t do that without the Collective. Lycoming College values Williamsport’s reputation as a local hotspot to experience the arts, and the Collective is an indispensable part of that.”

Thank you, Lycoming College, for being a partner in our work!

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