More than 130 local nonprofits are expected to participate in the Park City Community Foundationwe are in 2024 Live PC Give PC donation day November 15.

While volunteers from some of these organizations will work to encourage the public to dig into their pockets for donations, three — the Park City Chamber Music Society, Mindful. Summit County and the Song Summit Foundation will take a more low-key approach and do most of the fundraising online.

Donations can be made to organizations through their links on the Live PC Give PC website, or donations can be made directly through their individual websites.

Park City Chamber Music Society

For the past 41 years, the Park City Chamber Music Society, formerly the Park City Beethoven Festival, has introduced the community to the joys of chamber music through concert series featuring national and international artists, the director said. artistic Russell Harlow.

“Last season we performed 18 concerts with guest artists from all over the country,” he said.

The society held these concerts at the Park City Community Church and the City Park Bandstand, and guests included violinists Airi Yoshioka, Timothy Baker and Marc Djokic, violists Laura Bossert, Thomas Duboski and Brett Deubner, cellists Sergey Antonov, Matt Haimovitz and Cheung Chau, pianists Doris Stevenson, Hiroko Sasaki and Michael Gurt.

“We also brought in violinist Arturo Delmoni with a new group called the CDK trio,” Harlow said.

The CDK Trio owes its name to the first initials of the musicians, including Delmoni, pianist Matthieu Cognet and cellist Kenneth Kuo, according to Harlow.

“They just returned from a tour in Taiwan to packed houses, and we hope to welcome them in January,” he said.

The Park City Chamber Music Society, one of the oldest chamber music festivals in the United States, was founded by Harlow’s late wife, violist Leslie Harlow, who died in 2023.

Over the years, it has operated on a shoestring budget, Russell Harlow said.

“It’s not a cheap business, and it takes a bit of planning and making sure things work out the way you want them to,” he said. “Our annual budget is about $238,000 and we’ve always been financially conservative to keep things running.”

Harlow is currently working on programming for the next season which generally takes place over a six-week period between July and August, but also on a few off-season specials.

“We are planning wonderful things, and although the CKD trio is scheduled to perform in January, we also want to bring cellist Mark Kosower in April,” Harlow said. “He is principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra and performs all over the world as a solo artist.”

Harlow also hopes to bring Philadelphia’s Dali Quartet in June, just before the festival’s 42nd season kicks off.

“They were named Chamber Music Group Ensemble of the Year by Chamber Music America,” said Harlow, who thanked his volunteers, the Park City Community Foundation, the Park City Community Church and the fiscal committees of the RAP and restaurants.

Even though the nonprofit won’t be performing concerts this Friday, Harlow said he might walk around to greet supporters.

“Live PC Give PC is something absolutely wonderful that the Park City Community Foundation is doing,” he said. “It brings an energy to this whole nonprofit sector, and that energy continues and creates something very important for the community.”

For more information about the Park City Chamber Music Society, visit pccms.org.

Aware. Summit County

Aware. Summit Countyone of Park City’s newest nonprofits, is the brainchild of certified yoga and wellness instructors Rebecca Brenner and Randi Jo Greenberg.

“Randi Jo and I have separately been teaching mindfulness in the community for 20 years, and we have both worked in the Park City School District, Park City Hospital, Summit and EATS Community Gardens, Swaner Preserve and the ‘EcoCenter, everywhere in the world. community, supporting organizations and bringing mindfulness to the people who work with them and to the community members,” she said, “so we got together and thought we should start an organization to non-profit and offer these services free of charge to provide more presence and emotional regulation. and compassion in the community.

One of the reasons Brenner wanted to offer these services for free is because mindfulness is an essential part of his life.

“When individuals are more present, embodied and connected to their hearts, they can enter into the community and bring these attributes to their neighbors, their families and their work,” she said. “So, one of our mission elements is that we believe that mindfulness goes beyond self-care and extends to community care with a vision to foster a compassionate, peaceful and connected community. So it’s such an honor and such a joy to be able to share it with anyone who will listen.

Last year, Mindful. Summit County has offered more than 50 free mindfulness classes, which have reached more than 500 participants, Brenner said.

“We also collaborated with the Park City School District to integrate mindfulness into after-school programs, reaching 500 children, and we hosted and participated in over 12 community events with different nonprofit organizations,” he said. -she declared. “We have also hosted workshops and training which benefit over 325 participants with skills such as managing stress and improving wellbeing.”

Prior to Live PC Give PC, Greenberg will lead a free in-person community session from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the Park City Library, according to Brenner.

“Then on Friday I will be hosting an online session from 9 to 9:30, and information on how to join that class is on our website,” she said. “We wanted to start the day from a place of presence and compassion as organizations move into the community with all the beautiful energy that unfolds with Live PC Give PC. »

Brenner loves the annual Day of Giving.

“It reminds me how generous and caring our entire community is,” she said. “It’s special and inspiring to be a part of this generosity and kindness. And any donation will help us grow our nonprofit and the things we have to offer.

For more information, visit mindfulsummitcounty.org.

Sommet de la chanson Foundation

THE Sommet de la chanson Foundationthe philanthropic arm of Park City Song Summitis another new nonprofit in Park City, according to executive director Meredith Lavitt.

“We will be two years old in February,” she said.

Yet as a newly established organization, the Song Summit Foundation has a clear mission of music for wellness that rests on three pillars: prevention, support and healing, Lavitt said.

“As part of prevention, the foundation focuses on empowering young musicians and young people in general by helping them find their voice,” Lavitt said.

“We want to create a community of young people in a program where they come from across the country and the world to perform and have the opportunity to benefit from mentorship from established artists and musicians, so they can to go out and collaborate with each other,” she said. said. “Once a young person feels heard and validated and is able to pursue their passion with such support, we believe it keeps them on the right trajectory.” »

The pillar of support is for musicians who “unite us with their music,” Lavitt said.

“It feels alone on the road, and if you’re recovering, you might not feel safe,” she said. “The Foundation thus helps support clean rooms for artists and facilitate recovery meetings for dedicated musicians and fans. We also host mindfulness sessions – yoga, meditation and sound baths – and we have therapists on call who are there to support the artists. We believe in creating a safe and inclusive festival that reaches out and embraces the artists who sing and perform for us and their dedicated fans.

The healing pillar highlights the transformative power of music, Lavitt said.

“Every time you hear music, you feel a physiological and mental response,” she said. “We’ve all had physical and mental health challenges, and many of us don’t realize we turn to music to find healing and joy.”

The Foundation showed this a little more deeply in a program called Healing Harmonies held at the National Ability Center last year.

“We created this organization called Songwriting with Soldiers, and the songwriters worked with veterans and used the creative process of songwriting to heal trauma and make meaning of their war experience,” a- she declared. “(Later in the evening), the songwriters not only performed their hits, but also the songs they created with the soldiers.”

Lavitt appreciates that Live PC Give PC supports all area nonprofits and she hopes some will consider donating to the Song Summit Foundation.

“We are delighted to participate in this day of giving,” she said. “This is such an important day for the entire community, coming together to celebrate all of our nonprofits. And being part of these nonprofits is important. It means a lot to the community to recognize the work we do.

For more information about the Song Summit Foundation, visit parkcitysongsummit.com/pages/foundation.

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