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Inspire Arts

Mission:

Building community through music and the arts

InspireArts was created to broaden the impact of the Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn organ, the largest organ of French aesthetics in the world. Designed for Broadway Baptist Church, the organ is considered a crown jewel in the Fort Worth cultural community and acclaimed by organists throughout the world.

In addition to sustaining this iconic instrument, expanding its uses and exposure to the community, we seek to provide musical experiences for students from elementary school to college, concert series for the community, and collaborative relationships with local and national organizations. Together we advance the future of musical excellence, while preserving the Cliburn organ for future generations. Join us as we pursue ways to share the joy of music!

Goals
  • Organ Preservation
  • Professional Experience for Choral Scholars
  • Community Outreach & Engagement
  • Music Education for Children
Targeted Projects

Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn Organ

Community Collaborations 

  • Offer diverse musical experiences
  • Commission arrangements by emerging artists
  • Partner with Community Choirs

 Choral Scholars Program 

  • Expand and enhance the program
  • Provide choral coaching
  • Offer professional experience for local university music students
Become a Sponsor

No gift is too small. Support and Underwriting opportunities:

 

30th Anniversary Celebration of the Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn Organ in October 2026

  • $7K – Sponsors a solo organ concert by an international concert artist
  • $25K – Sponsors a Hymn Festival
  • $80K – Sponsors an Organ + Symphony Orchestra concert

Broadway Series

  • $20K – Messiah Sing  (20 FTW Symphony musicians, 4 soloists)
  • $26K – sponsors a major choral work performance for Choir + Orchestra
  • $7K – sponsors an international concert organist concert
  • $15K – sponsorship of guest performing organizations (for example: Turtle Creek Chorale, Canadian Brass, Baylor University Men’s Choir)

Choral Scholars & Staff Singers program

  • $60K – provides funding for 10 singers for 1 year

Organ Demonstrations for School Children

  • $5K – allows 1,000 children to experience the King of Instruments

Organ Preservation & Piano Maintenance

  • $12K – provides for a full tuning of Cliburn organ
  • $8K – to renovate the Sanctuary & Choir rehearsal room Steinway pianos

How to Support

InspireArts can be supported through a tax-deductible restricted gift to Broadway Baptist Church’s 501c3.

The money designated to this account is not co-mingled with Broadway Baptist Church‘s operating budget; rather, it is restricted for specific InspireArts use. This fund is supported through generous donations and grants from individuals and foundations. These gifts sustain current programs and allow the initiation of new opportunities.