Thanks to YOUR generous donations,
we were able to award numerous scholarships.
Click for the 2018 recipients!

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OUR MISSION: To help preserve, promote, and maintain the excellent music programs of the Sun Prairie Area School District.
Our goals:

Principal Endowment
$250,000

Our permanent source of self-sustaining funding. Contributions build our fund for continued growth.

Music 
Scholarships

Our Foundations awards yearly scholarships to our band students for College Education, Jazz Camps, SOSP and more!


BPBF awarded $3,200 in scholarships in 2018.

Music 
Mentors

Dozens of current band students are taking advantage of private lessons to supplement the fine education they receive during the school year. Learn more at Sun Prairie Lesson Academy. 

BPBF is committed to providing $1,500 annually for band student mentoring.

Music 
Advocacy

Each of us knows the importance of music education and the impact it made on our lives. Our future musicians deserve the same opportunities.  

Over the last 15 years, our Foundation has granted nearly $28,000 in requests from the music program. 
 
Click HERE to
​Join our Band Foundation Family!

Help us stay in touch with our alumni (and their parents) about the work of our program, as well as updates on alumni activities. Thanks!

Please take the time to upd​ate your contact information.  
We are working to build a strong network of advocates who can speak to the value of music education.
​We can only do that if we know how best to reach you – and the others you know who are parents or graduates of the program!  

Click the logos below to visit these Sun Prairie band education web sites:

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SUN PRAIRIE BAND BOOSTER WEBSITE
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Sun Prairie High School Bands
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Sound of Sun Prairie
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Jazz Bands in Sun Prairie Schools
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Prairie View Middle School Bands
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Patrick Marsh Middle School Bands
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Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School Bands

Share your story!

Personal stories are our best "advertising." Whether you made a career in music because of your experience in band, or whether the values you learned through the program continue to impact your life today, we want to hear from you.  Your voice is the strongest when music programs are threatened in our schools. 
 BPBF, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization. Your donation is tax deductible.
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