Eastern Music Festival is honored announce receipt of a significant scholarship fund gift from The Louis DeJoy and Aldona Wos Family Foundation. This generous gift will provide scholarship assistance to eight North Carolina musicians between the ages of 14 and 23 studying at EMF this summer. Eastern Music Festival stands among the country's premier summer music educational programs and most imaginative performance festivals. For 55 years, EMF has served three missions: to provide exemplary musical education; to present and produce concerts; and to serve as a cornerstone artistic and cultural institution in the Triad. This season there are 210 young artists enrolled from 40+ states and a number of countries and a teaching faculty of 80+ acclaimed musicians. The Eastern Music Festival’s 55th season begins with student arrivals on Saturday, June 25. Performances begin on Monday, June 27 and continue through Saturday, July 30 at venues on the Guilford College and UNCG campuses. For more information about the 2016 EMF season, visit www.easternmusicfestival.org/festival/calendar