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Why Do People Support Their Orchestra? This Couple Gave Tens Of Millions To The Toronto Symphony

ISSUES Posted: October 11, 2019 11:27 am

Mary and Tom Beck emigrated to Canada in the 1950s from Europe. “When Tom got to England, not being an English-speaking person, the school didn’t know what to do with him. They took him at any opportunity to the symphony. Music is a universal language. It doesn’t matter your language skill set and I think that was where he became really exposed. It really made a lasting impression on him.” – The Globe and Mail (Canada)

ISSUES Published: 10.10.19

Read the story in The Globe and Mail (Canada) Published: 10.10.19

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