Hi! I’m Everest and I am more than excited for LSM this summer. I could write three paragraphs or three thousand, and I still don’t think I could convey how important LSM is to me. I may as well try, though:

LSM is my home. The place where I live in Washington is also my home, but LSM has given me the blessing/burden of having two. I feel like myself there, I learn so much, and I reconnect with important friends. I am lucky to have the opportunity to get a fourth year of LSM, and I am so desperate for it.

The three pillars of LSM are music, community, and faith. They’re on the website, brochures, and any advertisement you’ll see. But truly there are not any three words better to describe it. Music is my life, and I learn more about music in that month than I do in a year of school. The community there is like nothing else I’ve ever experienced, every single student and staff member is friendly and welcoming. LSM is the singular place I feel most in touch with my faith. It would mean the world to me if you would help get me there!

Note from LSM: Everest is eligible to receive up to $500 from LSM as a 50% match to funds raised. In other words, if Everest raises $1,000, they will be eligible for the full match. Any funds raised beyond that will help to further defray costs for Everest's family. To contribute towards Everest's tuition, you can give two ways:

Online through this page. Givebutter will automatically apply online processing fees (which you can opt out of paying) and a suggested "tip" (which you can set to zero). If you do not pay the online processing fee, LSM will. This will not affect your payment amount toward Everest's tuition.
Mail a check to LSM, PO Box 8687, Minneapolis, MN 55408. Checks should be made out to Lutheran Summer Music, with Everest's name in the memo line.

Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival (LSM) is the nation’s premier faith-based music academy for high school students. In addition to advanced musical instruction and numerous performance opportunities, LSM students form an intentional community, living together for four weeks on a Lutheran college campus. Since 1981, this unique and immersive program has guided the lives of young musicians who credit LSM as the starting place for their future careers and vocations.

LSM was founded to celebrate and extend the rich musical heritage of the Lutheran church. Our founders believed that by providing high-quality training and performance opportunities to young musicians they could cultivate a lifelong love of classical and sacred music, thus preserving these art forms for generations to come.

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