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Headphones For Existing Equipment

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Needs $118 ($255 already given of $373 total cost) -- Give Now
Bridgeport, CT
Level: Grades 9-12
Subject: Performing Arts
Resource: Technology

At our school we try to actively involve the students in our Performing Arts classes in public performance. These headphones will allow our students to avoid having extraneous sound from other instruments interfere with their practice sessions. Read More

My students need 20 sets of durable headphones for practice within the classroom in their Performing Arts classes.

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New Instruments Please?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Needs $119 ($1,010 already given of $1,129 total cost) -- Give Now
Coraopolis, PA
Level: Grades 9-12
Subject: Music
Resource: Supplies

My trumpet players, especially are suffering right now. The soldering on their instruments is failing, and many of them come from homes where they need to worry about putting food on the table. Read More

My students need 3 new student trumpets.

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An Oboe Is a Fair Wind....

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Needs $779 ($2,029 already given of $2,807 total cost) -- Give Now
Old Westbury, NY
Level: Grades 9-12
Subject: Music
Resource: Supplies

We need a good student oboe that will last through the generations of students. A good oboe with good reeds will give our students the joy of learning a beautiful new instrument. It will also enhance the repertoire choices for our concert and open our community up to... Read More

My students need an a number of oboes for the band and orchestra which will enhance the music choices we can play and bring much joy to the students who have requested to learn it!

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LCD Projector For An Inner City Classroom

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Needs $950 ($81 already given of $1,032 total cost) -- Give Now
Chicago, IL
Level: Grades 9-12
Subject: Music
Resource: Technology

An LCD projector will allow for extra materials to be provided without using copies or the chalkboard. Students will also be able to view examples of world music and how the Opera really works, as well as present their own projects and musical compositions. Read More

My students need an LCD projector to view daily assignments and participate in interactive lessons.

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Logic Pro for Classroom Use

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Needs $899 ($50 already given of $949 total cost) -- Give Now
Los Angeles, CA
Level: Grades 9-12
Subject: Music
Resource: Technology

Logic Studio and a USB Microphone would be a great beginning to allow my students the ability to use a industry standard software package and begin to make their own music. This will allow them to practice their skills and examine music as a possible job field. Read More

My students need Logic Studio and a USB microphone to begin learning how to produce and manipulate their own music on our MAC computer.

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Instrumental Tune-Up: The Tenor Saxophone!

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Needs $949 ($1,099 already given of $2,048 total cost) -- Give Now
Brooklyn, NY
Level: Grades 9-12
Subject: Music
Resource: Supplies

During these difficult financial times, I am thankful that I am still able to provide an instrumental music program to students in an inner-city school. Please help support music in the schools by helping us maintain our instrumental programs. Nothing can take the place of... Read More

My students need two tenor saxes.

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Stories of the Orchestra

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Needs $175 ($265 already given of $441 total cost) -- Give Now
Chicago, IL
Level: Grades 9-12
Subject: Music
Resource: Supplies

For visual/hands-on learners, we'll examine posters and children's books geared toward teaching about instruments and then work in small groups to create our own instrument picture books. The end goal of this project will be to take the books to a local elementary school... Read More

My students need a classroom Instrument Bingo game set, Instrument Picture Posters, Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts DVD set and various children's books about instruments and the orchestra as examples for creating their own children's books.

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All That Jazz!

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Needs $124 ($224 already given of $349 total cost) -- Give Now
Bridgeport, CT
Level: Grades 9-12
Subject: Music
Resource: Supplies

Jazz is an extremely important part of American Music History. A lot of my students listen to Rap, Hip-Hop, and R&B, but really have no idea where the roots of their "favorite" music lie! Read More

My students need the Ken Burns Jazz Series on DVD, The Real Book, The Real Standards Book, the Vocal Power Course Book, and the Ken Burns Jazz series on CD.

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Help my Drummers to Play a Steady Beat!!!

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Needs $159 ($259 already given of $419 total cost) -- Give Now
Jersey City, NJ
Level: Grades 9-12
Subject: Music
Resource: Supplies

My students really need practice pads and metronomes in order to learn steady beats and sixteenth notes. Something so simple would improve this drum line a great deal! A practice pad will also save the ears of parents whose child might actually decide to practice on a pot. Read More

My students need practice pads and metronomes to play steady!

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Music Students Deserve a Well-Rounded Education Too!

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Needs $313 ($513 already given of $827 total cost) -- Give Now
Lakewood, NJ
Level: Grades 9-12
Subject: Music
Resource: Technology

With music computer centers in the classroom, my students can begin to develop their skills in more ways than one. With the computer programs that are now offered, students can create files that are their OWN compositions, develop their aural skills through listening... Read More

My students need 2 desktop computers.

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