{"id":181605,"date":"2026-02-26T18:02:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/181605\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:02:24","slug":"fort-worth-symphony-gala-raises-1-7-million-for-education-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/181605\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Symphony Gala Raises $1.7 Million for Education Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Monday\u2019s (2\/23) <a href=\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/2026\/02\/23\/record-breaking-1-17m-raised-for-fort-worth-symphony-orchestras-education-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fort Worth Report<\/a>, David Moreno writes, \u201cThe Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Feb. 21 gala \u2026 raised funds for the orchestra\u2019s Adventures in Music program, an educational initiative that provides concerts and classroom curriculum to more than 20,000 students throughout North Texas\u2026. Several luxury items were auctioned off and individual donations were made until a record-breaking $1,175,150 was raised for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. For music director Robert Spano, the packed downtown ballroom proved that everyone, like him, believes in the power of music. \u2018It\u2019s worth reminding ourselves how important our work is \u2026\u2019 he told guests at the gala. \u2018The work that we do at the symphony is a critical and important part of the cultural life of Fort Worth. Without a cultural life, there is no life worth having.\u2019\u2026 Honorary gala chairman Mercedes T. Bass wrote in the event\u2019s program that philanthropic support helps strengthen the organization\u2019s presence \u2026 \u2018We know the importance of music education extends beyond teaching musical skills; it encourages creative expression, builds discipline and confidence, and nurtures leadership abilities,\u2019 she wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Monday\u2019s (2\/23) Fort Worth Report, David Moreno writes, \u201cThe Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Feb. 21 gala \u2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[15108,116,118,117,72775,1049],"class_list":["post-181605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-business-and-finance","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-grants-and-funding","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}