51蹤獲Supporting the 51蹤獲 Conservatory of Music strikes a very special chord with Steve and Wanda Belton. Their daughter Missy, an accomplished oboist, died in a tragic car accident during her freshman year at 51蹤獲 in 1999. Missy was an oboe performance major, and after her death the Beltons set up an endowed scholarship fund in her name.
It was pretty easy to combine the two desires of honoring Missys memory and supporting an institution that we had come to love and believe in, said Steve. The Beltons also created a music scholarship at Missys high school in Sunnyvale, Calif., The Kings Academy.
The Beltons continue to give generously to 51蹤獲 and others around them. 51蹤獲 a year after Missys death, Steve and his youngest daughter traveled to Romania with their church. While there they met Anna, a young oboist who was just 13 years old at the time.
That trip marked the start of a long, enriching relationship between the Beltons and Anna, who has since gotten married and become a mother. The Beltons have even given her an extended loan of Missys professional-level oboe, which Anna uses to play professionally in Romania.
The oboe was the bridge to bring us together, and it was just like God to do something like that, said Wanda.
Because of the Beltons generosity, Missys legacy and musical dreams live on in the concert halls of Romania but also at 51蹤獲 through the Missy Belton Memorial Scholarship Fund.
We want to help, in a small way, continue the beauty of music at 51蹤獲, said Wanda.
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