MPTF Concerts

With the support of the Music Performance Trust Funds , members of COMA regularly put on free concerts in schools and other public locations.

To check the listing of free concerts in your area, see the Current MPTF Concert Schedule.

The Recording Industries Music Performance Trust Funds were created in 1948 under agreements between the recording industry and the American Federation of Musicians, to present free, live instrumental performances in connection with community, educational, charitable and civic occasions. The funds are administered by an independent trustee, Noel B. Berman, and based in New York City.

Approximately 25,000 individual programs are cosponsored annually by the Funds, reaching an audience of 15 million people throughout the United States and Canada each year. Long known as the largest single sponsor of live music in the world, MPTF encourages co-sponsorship by nonpolitical organizations. Its programs cover a vast range of musical styles: classical, country-western, renaissance, rock, Dixieland, blues, jazz, Afro, Latin, and ethnic music. More than 30% of the MPTF's available funds is earmarked each year for music appreciation and education programs. The emphasis is always on quality and an awareness of today's musical tastes.