Broadway stars celebrate BMFA’s 10th Anniversary! As we move into summer, we are still basking in the glow of our spectacular 10th Anniversary Celebration. On April 9th, top stars from the Broadway stage joined BMFA at Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena to honor and celebrate our 2022 Springboard Grant Winners. Each year BMFA awards $2,500 grants to…
Welcome to our SPRINGBOARD SPOTLIGHT! BMFA will feature a series of individual Springboard Grant winners, so that our readers can follow their progress. Our inaugural SPOTLIGHT shines on Amber Emerson, one of our first grant recipients in 2014. Enjoy learning about her! Amber Emerson At what age did you begin performing and what inspired you…
It is with great sorrow that we say goodbye to our beloved Nick Thomas, one of our Founders and the Treasurer of the Bruce Montgomery Foundation for the Arts. Nick’s contributions to BFMA are immeasurable and he will be missed. Nicholas B. Thomas May 27, 1933 ~ December 11, 2021 Nicholas B. “Nick” Thomas passed…
BMFA Springboard Grant Awards are moving to the Spring! The BMFA Board of Directors is delighted to announce a major change in our annual schedule. We’re moving our Springboard Grant Awards Reception to the Spring, beginning in April 2022. In addition to the uncertainties created by Covid 19, we believe the young artists we support…
Watch the live streamed event! The Bruce Montgomery Foundation presents a live streaming of our 10th Anniversary 2020 Springboard Grant Winners Showcase.
In the year of Covid 19, BMFA’s Board of Directors is delighted to still be able to announce our 2020 Grant recipients, and to welcome and congratulate four outstanding new performing artists into our Springboard Grant Family! Myles Bell, (West Chester, PA), Violinist Myles is a senior at B. Reed Henderson High School in West…
The Bruce Montgomery Foundation’s sixth annual Winners Showcase took place at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia on Friday, November 1, 2019 and what a magical celebration it was! Four remarkably talented winners were honored with $2500 Springboard Grants to fund special projects or urgent needs that go beyond the protocols of traditional scholarships. Last…
Please mark Friday, November 1st on your calendar, and save the date to attend our 2019 Springboard Grants Event, being held again at South Philadelphia’s trendy 2300 Arena. We hope to see you there! BMFA has awarded twenty $2500 Springboard Grants over the past five years and our goal is to expand this program as…
The Bruce Montgomery Foundation lived up to its promise on October 26, 2018 at South Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena, where 150 attendees experienced a “magical evening of music and entertainment!”. Our fifth annual Winners Showcase celebrated five uniquely talented musicians by awarding four new $2500 Springboard Grants to fund special projects or urgent needs that go…
A lot is happening at the Bruce Montgomery Foundation for the Arts! Last Sunday our Grants Committee met for personal interviews with ten extremely talented finalists in our Springboard Grants competition. Five exceptional winners were selected (two of whom will share one grant equally – but more about that later). Our winners include three instrumentalists,…
