About The Focal Point

Focal Point is an educational corporation dedicated to the promotion of folk music and other musical forms which have come from folk music, as well as other associated traditional art forms like dance, storytelling, etc...

LosTrios. Photo courtesy of http://meramec.org/lotm/ESB/LosTrio_400.gif

LosTrios. Photo courtesy of http://meramec.org/lotm/ESB/LosTrio_400.gif

 

Volunteer assistance makes Focal Point possible as do individual contributions and concert attendance.

Focal Point, over the last 25 years, has been supported by grants & business support from

  • The Missouri Arts Council,
  • The Regional Arts Commission,
  • The St. Louis Arts & Education Council,
  • The Catherine Manley Gaylord Foundation,
  • Music Folk,
  • Backroads Music,
  • Mel Bay Publishing, Inc.,
  • Webster Records
  • The Maya CafĂ©
  • M and J Leasing,
  • The Gateway Foundation, and
  • The Dave Mungenast Automotive Family.

Matching grants have been supplied by

  • Southwestern Bell,
  • Mastercard,
  • Boeing, and
  • Maritz.