Welcome to the home page of the Madison Youth Performing Arts Foundation.

We are very excited about everything that has been happening to us over the past few years.

Our involvement in some of the major music and youth festivals and activities has been extremely fulfilling. It aligns perfectly with our mission of creating performance and fundraising opportunities for youth and performing arts groups in the greater Madison Wisconsin area.

On May 9, the MAMAs (Madison Area Music Awards) announced the 2009 Award Winners. The category for Compilation album had 4 excellent semi-finalists with BRATFEST 2008 MUSIC, Madison for World Health, BamFest 2007 and The Light Shines On. We are pleased and honored to announce our BRATFEST 2008 MUSIC was selected as the Compilation Album of the Year for 2009.

While MYPAF spearheaded the effort to create this labor of love, we could not have done it without the support of Madison Festivals, Inc, Purple Door Productions, Midwest Family Broadcasting and Metcalfe's Sentry. We also owe a very special thanks to Jake Johnson and Paradyme Studios for all of the work they do.

Most importantly, to all of the bands who give of their time to help Brat Fest raise so much money for so many worthy community groups, this award is truly a tribute to your hours of dedication, energy, passion and compassion. Thank you!

Our next major event is the 'Share The Stage ' charity showcase, coming on June 27, 2009.

This event features multiple charities from the Madison area, plus music, food and fun of course. Tickets can be purchased through us or through numerous other youth and performing arts groups across the Madison area.

We hope you can attend.

Also, you can now own a signed limited edition print of Jeff Koehn's Madison Magic. 100% of these proceeds go to support our work. Madison Magic prints are available at

Milward Farrell Fine Art
Knickerbocker Place
2701 Monroe St
Suite 200
Madison, WI 53711
608-238-6501

or

Gary’s Art & Frame
2029 Parmenter Street
Middleton, WI 53562
608-831-2231

Later in 2009, Jeff's newest masterpiece, entitled 'Red Zone', will be available to donors of our organization.

'Red Zone' is an exciting piece depicting the Wisconsin Badger football team in historic Camp Randall. The sun is setting as the Badgers storm the end zone, capping a memorable day for 80,000 plus loyal Badger Backers.

You will want to own this magnificient piece.

We also just finished the 2009 Brat Fest event where we were responsible for the stages. Click on the Brat Fest link to learn more.

Many wonderful things underway. Is your group involved? For more information, check out our Fundraising section.