Mission

The Mozart Club is dedicated to providing opportunities to musicians of all ages and backgrounds to study, perform, and promote classical and standard works of musical literature. 

Since our founding in 1879, and the first Soiree Musicale in 1880, members have performed for each other, special guests, and the community. Although we no longer arrive by horse-drawn carriage, some of the repertoire is still the same. As a long-time member and advocate of The Mozart Club, Elizabeth Marvin, requested her home remain central to the life of The Mozart Club. 

Initially started as The Musical Club, The Mozart Club is rumored to have changed the name in June 1881, when Governor Fenton’s daughter, Josephine Fenton, became Mrs. Frank Gifford in an elaborate ceremony at St. Luke’s Church. The ladies of The Musical Club presented the bride and groom with an engraving in a massive frame portraying Mozart conducting for the first time. Possibly this gift precipitated the change in the name. The engraving is no longer part of the Fenton Historical Center's Collection.