Welcome to the Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association. We invite you to explore our website and to consider becoming part of our organization. There are many ways to participate, including DPVA membership, becoming a docent in the schools, contributing to or actively working within our extensive scholarship programs and competitions, individual and corporate sponsorships, volunteering at concerts, or helping with our exciting fundraising efforts. We encourage you to become involved as a way to utilize your skills or develop new ones and meet new friends who share your values of service to the community and a love of music and children.

The Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association was created in 1952 with an on-going mission to support the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra in the areas of education, promotion, fund raising and membership development. The current membership of the DPVA is 300 men and women, the largest volunteer organization to support the Dayton Philharmonic and the largest music education program in the United States.

You can find DPVA volunteers throughout the community in schools as docents, educating school children prior to attending Young People’s Concerts, ushering youth concerts, providing hospitality to musicians, collecting used instruments to be refurbished for Dayton Public School children and fund raising. The DPVA signature event is the biennial Designers’ Show House & Gardens which is a multi-faceted community event which our largest fundraiser. There are additional fundraisers and events that take place on the even years. Additionally, there are ongoing musical and social events for the members throughout the year.

We hope that you will make the decision today to become a member of the DPVA!

Nancy King