The Fred Fox School of Music at the University of Arizona received a $2 million donation Wednesday to endow its Graduate String Quartet.
It is the second multimillion-dollar gift to the school since February, when Alan and Daveen Fox gave $20 million in horn player Fred Fox's honor. Fred Fox is Alan's father and has a long relationship with the school and UA horn professor Daniel Katzen.
Wednesday's gift came from Sheldon Danielson, who designated that $1.5 million be used for the Graduate String Quartet and to add a double-bass player into the mix; and $500,000 be used to fund the established endowment for the Jeffrey Haskell Recording Studio. Money generated from the fund will be used to maintain, upgrade and purchase equipment used for recordings by UA music students.
According to a School of Music press release, the $1.5 million will help the school attract and support five graduate string students, who will perform in the Arizona Symphony Orchestra and as an established string quintet.
The Fox family gift earned them naming rights to the school, which was rechristened the Fred Fox School of Music in mid-February.
