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Calling All Altos!

My students need an alto xylophone. We only have 3 soprano xylophones and the students need to be able to hear the difference in pitch and tone quality with an alto!

  • $525 goal

This project expired on April 25, 2012.

This project expired on April 25, 2012.

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Ms. Gray Lincoln Elementary School
Fort Wayne, IN Grades 3-5

My Students

Alto versus soprano - do you know the difference? With this incredible gift of an alto xylophone my students will be able to see, hear, and feel the difference! Since children's voices are generally in the soprano range it is hard for them to understand what "alto" truly means.

The students at my K-5 elementary building are naturally curious and inquisitive.

They are mostly impoverished and have very little resources to experience more than the most basic elements of life. Music is an exciting world to them, and exploring sounds on instruments is an activity that most of them will only have at school! They love playing instruments, especially the "big" ones!

My Project

My students are becoming very talented at playing Orff instruments and Orff arrangements, but they lack the experience of hearing and playing these arrangements as they are truly intended to be played. Most accompaniments and many other parts are designed to be played on lower-pitched instruments, such as this alto xylophone. Since we do not have any alto xylophones the students cannot hear the difference and all of the sounds seem to blend in together. Having an alto xylophone will allow the students to aurally distinguish the different layers of an Orff composition and will help them to understand the difference between the alto and soprano classifications.

Your generous donation to this project will allow my students the opportunity to experience the contrast between alto and soprano xylophones, which will open up a whole new world of sound for them!

Once they realize that the same instrument can be made larger or smaller to create lower and higher sounds, they can transfer that knowledge to understand the differences in sounds of instruments in the brass, string and woodwind families!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

275 students impacted
Ms. Gray Lincoln Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Fort Wayne, IN View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

275 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Series 1000 Orff Xylophones • Woodwind & Brasswind $405.00 1 $405.00

Materials cost

$405.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$446.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.72

Total project goal

$524.80

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