Denver - Swallow Hill Music Association is proud to announce the appointment of long-time member and active donor Tom Scharf to the position of Executive Director, effective September 1, 2007.

An entrepreneur for twenty years, community leader and music impresario, Mr. Scharf was selected by the Board of Directors to lead Swallow Hill. As a professional in marketing communications, sales and management, Mr. Scharf is a Certified Business Communicator who has demonstrated a wide base of proficiencies, successful marketing and donor/sponsorship development.

The organization has enjoyed an unprecedented growth spearheaded for the last seven years by retiring Executive Director Jim Williams. Mr. Williams will remain at Swallow Hill as the Director of the Concert Department. Jim Butler, President of the Board of Director, comments, "The entire Swallow Hill Board is excited about working with Tom and the rest of the Swallow Hill staff to build on [Jim Williams'] success."

A comprehensive press release will be distributed in the coming weeks.

About Swallow Hill Music Association:
Helping people make and enjoy music since 1979, Swallow Hill Music Association is the largest institution of its kind west of the Mississippi as a source for folk, roots and acoustic music. With more than 2,100 members, Swallow Hill provides a place to celebrate music that is rarely heard elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain Region. Three concert venues house more than 200 performances a year, featuring some of the world's great artists as well as up-and-coming new talent. The Julie Davis Music School at Swallow Hill provides a valuable and affordable extra-curricular educational resource to the community with more than 60 music instructors involved in more than 240 adult classes and 70 children's classes annually.

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