The Musical Offering

Our Music Marathon fundraiser is off to an amazing start! We have already raised 25% of our $15,000 goal in the first 4 days! Help us reach our goal by the end of May to support our scholarship fund, piano upgrades, and general operating costs. 50% of all donations directly fund 2026-27 need-based scholarships. Learn more about the fundraiser and donate today at

Music Marathon 2026 Support music education in our community! For every $100 raised: $50 will directly fund scholarships $25 will directly support new/upgraded pianos $25 will directly support our general operating costs All donations are 100% tax-deductible and will

We had a fabulous time performing at last year's Main Street Fair and sharing the day with our wonderful community. The 2026 Main Street Fair is facing a fundraising deadline to ensure it returns this summer. Please help support this effort by donating or by sharing around to help bring the fair back this summer! Supporting the fair supports The Musical Offering and other local businesses!

Main Street Fair faces deadline - Evanston Now Has about a week to raise $30K or event won't happen.

Happy Holidays from your friends at The Musical Offering!

Happy Holidays from The Musical Offering! Learn more about The Musical Offering at https://www.themusicaloffering.org/

Last weekend our school was filled with beautiful music by our wonderful students showing off what they have learned in our our Fall Session at our Holiday Musicale recitals! Recitals and opportunities like these are made possible by your generous donations. So far, we've raised $3,290.18 so far toward our $25,000 goal by the end of 2026. Every little bit counts and makes a huge difference for the school and the future of music education! Learn more and donate at https://themusicaloffering.app.neoncrm.com/forms/annual-fund-2025

It's Holiday Musicale recital weekend at The Musical Offering! We're so excited for our building to be filled with our students and their loved ones to celebrate all of the wonderful musical accomplishments this Fall Session! Support our 2025 Annual Fundraiser: Music of our Time, to help The Musical Offering to continue to deliver the highest quality instruction and experience for our students. Learn more and donate at https://themusicaloffering.app.neoncrm.com/forms/annual-fund-2025

Support The Musical Offering's 2025 Annual Fund, 'Music of our Time,' and help us raise $25,000 by the end of 2025 to fund the school's operations, scholarships, and instrument upgrades/maintenance. All donations are 100% tax deductible and directly fund the school. Learn more and donate today at the link below!

Music of our Time At The Musical Offering, every lesson is more than just learning how to play or sing music. It's a doorway to lifelong confidence, creativity, and connection with others. For over 25 years, we have been dedicated to providing quality music education

Meet Mona Mod, IYWCC 2025 First Prize winner in the 15-18 age division for her composition, Lionel. When asked to tell a fun fact about herself, she said, "Leopold Auer and David Oistrakh strongly recommended playing instruments with different scales. I mastered the viola, but I was afraid of the cello. So I came up with a funny instrument - a fretless bass guitar! The unusual thing about my bass guitar is that it's tuned like a violin, in fifths, EADG instead of GDAE. I play Handel on it!!!" Read Mona's full interview at https://www.themusicaloffering.org/mona-mod-2025 and hear her winning piece tomorrow, November 22 at 7:00pm live at The Musical Offering or over livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/nS7UuX0nwn4

Meet Skye Neal, IYWCC 2025 2nd Prize winner in the 15-18 age division for her composition, "Impatience." When asked to tell us a little about her piece, she said, "I explore the emotions that come with waiting for something to happen, like restlessness, boredom, and frustration. I want to capture that mix of nervousness and excitement, along with the perception of time being stretched out while you're wishing it would hurry up." Read Skye's full interview at https://www.themusicaloffering.org/skye-neal-2025 and hear her winning piece this Saturday, November 22 at 7pm live at The Musical Offering or over livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/nS7UuX0nwn4

Meet Charlotte Guo, IYWCC 2025 Third Prize winner in the 15-18 age division for her composition, "Garden Dream." When asked to tell us a little about her winning composition, she said, "I was inspired by the Dmitri Shostakovich Waltz No. 2. I am always obsessed with waltzes and have taken this as my reference for many of my pieces." Read Charlotte's full interview at https://www.themusicaloffering.org/charlotte-guo and hear her winning piece this Saturday, November 22 at 7pm live at The Musical Offering or over livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/nS7UuX0nwn4

Meet Medhanshi Bhowmick, IYWCC 2025 first prize winner in the 12-14 age division for her composition, "Dreamland." When asked what she loves most about composing music, she said, "The freedom and creativity that I have to create something on my own. When I compose, I get to express my feelings, experiment with notes, and turn small ideas into full pieces." Read Medhanshi's full interview at https://www.themusicaloffering.org/medhanshi-bhowmick and hear her winning piece this Saturday, November 22 live at The Musical Offering or over livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/nS7UuX0nwn4

Meet Annabeth Senior: IYWCC 2025 2nd prize winner in the 12-14 age division for her composition, 'In a Field of Snow.' When we asked her to tell us a little about her winning composition, she said "I decided that I wanted to make it sound like you're playing in the snow. The beginning is when you first arrive at the snowy pearly field, the middle is when you play around in the snow, and the end is when you have to leave (sadly)." Read Annabeth's full interview at https://www.themusicaloffering.org/annabeth-senior and hear her winning composition this Saturday, November 22 at 7:00pm live at The Musical Offering or via livestream at https://youtube.com/live/nS7UuX0nwn4?feature=share