My students need a new baritone horn so no one has to share an instrument and can take it home to practice.
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My Students
“Without music, Life would be an error. –Nietzsche Low brass instruments are large and challenging for middle school students to handle. Musicians need to be proud of their instruments and themselves.
We have a large instrumental music program of over 300 musicians.
Students can play brass, woodwinds, strings or percussion. If they want to, they can be in music all three years of middle school. Many students come in with musical experience and many students learn how to play an instrument in beginning winds/percussion or beginning strings. We are proud that our school and music program is very ethnically diverse.
My Project
A new baritone horn will enable more students to play the baritone and take it home to practice. Our worst baritone has a removable bell that falls off and bangs on the floor. No one wants to play it and that shouldn't be a challenge. Learning to play an instrument should be challenging in music terms not in equipment terms.
A new instrument is a joy to a student.
A new baritone will make the student who uses it this year proud and the ones that follow in the future will be able to make music and be a part of a band.
More than half of 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
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