Our city's public schools are going to offer a string orchestra class in middle school for the very first time next year! Our school's music department is excited and committed to supporting the orchestra as much as possible! Starting an orchestra from scratch will require everyone's help!
Our city is located on the urban fringe of a large metropolitan area.
Parts of our city have high poverty rates, and our entire school district does qualify for Title I services.
Our students are always excited about joining the band and choir in middle school. As we add four more instruments and a brand new ensemble to their list of options, I am certain their excitement will grow even more!
As we start this new orchestra, we want to be sure that financial circumstances, whatever they may be, are not a major contributing factor in a family's decision whether to participate in orchestra. To this end, we have a giant mountain to climb as we outfit our new orchestra classroom with all the instruments, music, and supplies required to provide high quality instruction to each student, no matter his or her financial circumstances.
My Project
Every music classroom needs a library of sheet music! Our new orchestra is starting with no sheet music at all! The Sinichi Suzuki method books are a great place to start when building a repertoire of solo music for students to perform.
In addition, every string player must learn to tune his/her own instrument. The tuners and microphones will be a great starter set for our new classroom.
In an era where many music educators are losing their positions, and many music departments are being asked to downsize, our district is "doubling down" on the importance of music education in our schools.
As music teachers, we are committed to this new program's success and sustainability.
You, too, can be a part of this success. Your donation reaffirms the importance of music education. You are providing the basic supplies so that our students can make beautiful music in each coming year.
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