LENOX â The Boston University Tanglewood Institute has launched its Young Artists Fund with a $1 million pledge by Dr. Chester W. Douglass and his wife, Joy, operators of the seasonal Douglass House bed-and-breakfast on the shores of the Stockbridge Bowl.
The pledge is the largest in BUTIâs 55-year history, according to an announcement from the Boston University College of Fine Arts, which operates the summer institute on West Street for young musicians.
Hilary Field Respass, executive director of Boston Universityâs Tanglewood Institute in Lenox, applauded the gift from Dr. Chester W. Douglass and his wife, Joy. Douglass, chairman of the instituteâs advisory council, âhas been an invaluable leader for BUTI for the past six years,â Respass said.