Grant Munsey Memorial Music Endowment

In 2010, I set up an endowment fund through the West Valley-Mission Foundation in Grant's name. The endowment provides scholarships for music majors in vocal or instrumental performance.

The music major at most colleges requires students specializing in instrumental or vocal performance to have private lessons. Students are expected to pay for these private lessons out of pocket, so the music major has historically been biased in favor of more affluent students. The music department at West Valley College enrolls talented and committed music students of all income levels, however. Grant's endowment is intended to benefit West Valley College music majors with a serious commitment to a career in music, and who cannot afford private instruction in instruments or voice.