DSQ: Support the DSQ

Support the DSQ

FDSQ Mission Statement

How to Volunteer

Contribution Form

Board Members

FDSQ Board Members presently include:

Les Fossel Alna: President — Les is president of Restoration Resources, and is a popular lecturer on our architectural heritage. He owns a small farm in Alna and serves in the Maine Legislature.
Susan Blagden Wiscasset: Treasurer — Susan, a native of Wiscasset and descendant of one of Maine's governors was a radio disc jockey and later had a computer consulting business.
Richard Hobby Yarmouth: Vice President — Richard, who resides in Yarmouth, is a film producer and is also the President of Greengage.
Joyce Chaplin Brunswick: Director — A piano teacher, Joyce is very active in garnering scholarships for young musicians. She and her husband David live in Brunswick.
Cynthia Howland Brunswick: Director — As past president of the Bath-Brunswick Regional Arts Council for five years and former chair of the Islesboro concert committee, Cynthia, of Brunswick, has always been involved in community arts planning.
Daniel Levine Brunswick: Director — A retired professor of history and political science at Bowdoin, Dan is an avid skier and sailor, and also plays cello in the Midcoast Orchestra.
Bill Master Thomaston: Director — Bill, who studies violin with Lydia, is a doctor of internal medicine in Thomaston, Maine.
Kathleen Moses Round Pond: Director — Kathleen lives in Round Pond. She studies violin with Dino and plays in the Seacoast Orchestra. She is a retired school teacher.
Kate O'Halloran Portland: Director — A resident of Portland, Kate is a freelance editor and writer who also produces a local radio program on public affairs.
Marie Sabin Bristol: Director — Marie has published two books on the Gospel of Mark and is currently at work on a new project involving the Jewish Wisdom texts. With her late husband Bill, she moved 14 years ago to Bristol.
Scott Teas Portland: Director — The principal architect and business manager for Portland based TFH Architects, interested in sustainable design, Scott is an enthusiastic sailor.
Kathleen Halm Edgecomb: Director —
Lea Wildes Brunswick: Director — Lea is a retired high-risk obstetrician and an enthusiastic sailor and recorder player. In the past he has worked with many boards and committees in sciences, public health, and the arts. This is his first such assignment since moving to Maine.

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Executive Director

Sarah Childress: Executive Director — Sarah, who lives in Brunswick, was an advertising executive for ten years and is now a filmmaker and research associate in Film Studies at Bowdoin College.

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FDSQ Mission Statement

Friends of the DaPonte String Quartet (FDSQ) is a non-profit organization formed to develop the resources to enable the DaPonte String Quartet to bring excellence in chamber music to audiences worldwide through performances, education, and personal contact.

FDSQ presents the DaPonte Quartet's Summer Season (in South Bristol, Harpswell, Kennebunk and at The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay) and Winter Season (in Newcastle, Topsham, Falmouth and Thomaston). FDSQ also supports the Quartet's performances for schools, hospitals, and retirement communities in Maine, and its national/international performance tours, master classes, and workshops.

How to Volunteer

FDSQ always needs volunteer expertise to fulfill its mission. Much goes on behind the scenes of all DaPonte Quartet performances. A network of volunteers assists the Quartet and helps audiences enjoy the concerts. You are warmly invited to work with us in support of the DSQ Share our enthusiasm for the DaPonte Quartet and our appreciation of chamber music.

Please consider how you might become a working Friend:

Performances: Box Office
Ushering
Sets/lighting
Artistic Tasks: Photography
Videography
Group Tasks: Publicity/Marketing
Program Book Production
Audience Development
Hospitality: Concert Reception
Special Events
Fundraising/Stewardship: Individual
Corporate
Foundations
Administration: Volunteer Coordination
Mailings

To participate or suggest volunteer prospects, please contact Kathleen Moses by phone: , or e-mail:

Contribution Form

To Make a Pledge or Gift for the Continued Success of the DaPonte String Quartet, please send the following information to:

Friends of DaPonte String Quartet
P.O. Box 401
Damariscotta, ME 04543

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Address:

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Please make checks payable to Friends of the DaPonte String Quartet, and send to FDSQ, P.O. Box 401, Damariscotta, ME, 04543.

For gifts of securities please call First Advisors () for detailed instructions prior to securities sale or transfer.

Thank you very much!

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FDSQ Supporters

FDSQ Membership consists of the DaPonte String Quartet, the FDSQ Board of Directors, and all Contributors to FDSQ. All Members are welcome at the Annual Meeting each Spring.