The Tar River Orchestra and Chorus League is a volunteer organization which promotes partnership with the Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, the Tar River Symphonic Band, and the newly organized Tar River Swing Band. For our young people's musical enrichment, appreciation and education, we promote youth concerts through participation in the Junior Strings, Children's Chorus, and Young Artist Competition.

The League supports these musicians and programs through a number of projects. Some of these are pre-season ticket sales, program advertisements, fund-raisers, providing ushers at concerts, and furnishing refreshments for the musicians during rehearsals.

The League is also very proud to present several scholarships each year to members of the Children's Chorus and Junior Strings.

We invite you to become a member of the TROC League. Becoming a volunteer will give you an excellent opportunity to make a major inpact on the cultural enrichment of our community. Together we can continue our promotion of quality musical entertainment for everyone.

• GOLD BATON ($1,000 or more)
  includes 4 season tickets
• CONDUCTOR'S CIRCLE ($500 to $999)
  includes 2 season tickets
• CONCERTMASTER ($100 to $499)
• PRINCIPAL PLAYER ($50 to $99)
• MUSICIAN'S CIRCLE ($20 to $49)
• Memorial $___________

• ENHANCING AND ENRICHING the quality of life in the Tar River area
• STRENGTHENING the cultural arts through choral and instrumental performances
• ENGAGING members of the community in making music
• INTRODUCING children and youth to live orchestral music through educational outreach programs

In its 21st performing season, the Tar River Orchestra and Chorus - founded in 1986 - is blending strands of pop, gospel, and country with classical sounds to delight an increasingly broad audience.

MAKING THE MUSIC LAST

The ENCORE! campaign that will take place over the next few months is about ensuring the future of choral and instrumental music as a defining force in the cultural development of our area.

ENCORE! is an endowment campaign - clearly the most significent financial effort ever undertaken by our organization. In economic "down cycles," the arts ore often the hardest hit. The security of the Endowment will help us continue to attract high quality Principal Players and more instructors for the Junior String Program. (Presently there is a far greater demand for teachers than we are able to meet.)

An active Endowment will also allow us to build our Music Library and obtain additional instruments that are so badly needed.

I am honored to chair this historic effort by TROC, assisted by a group of outstanding community volunteers. Together, we can endow a creative community that will be a beacon throughout our beloved Eastern North Carolina.

Mail your contribution check to

North Carolina Community Foundation
4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 524
Raleigh, NC 27609.
telephone: 919.828.4387
Please identify yourself as a contributor to the Tar River Choral & Orchestral Society, Inc. Endowment Fund. The finance manager at the foundation is John A. Hartley, Jr.