Help me give my students get some upgraded mouthpieces to help them make better sounds!
$1,894 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My students love music and they love coming to band! Our students need these instruments to assist them in their community performances and help them make the best sounds they can possibly make!
Our program has tripled in size since I started teaching at my school and our budget has decreased each year, so we don't have the funds to purchase basic items for the kids.
Some of these students had zero hope of ever being able to afford to play an instrument, until they came to our school, where we provide an instrument to every student. Music is a huge part of Texas's education and our students deserve the best. These students have worked very hard over the past three years to grow this program from literally 40 students to over 300. They are dedicated and passionate and love coming to band. We are one of the few CCC middle schools in the North Texas area that doesn't turn students away simply because they can't afford to buy or rent an instrument and the supplies that go with it.
My Project
My beginner band students are developing at a rapid pace and they are starting to outgrow the beginner mouthpieces we have the funds to purchase for them from the start of the year. Most of my students are starting to get to a point where they aren't able to play some of the more advanced notes on their instruments due to the limitations of their current mouthpiece. Most times the students think that the instrument is no longer working, but most of the time it is due to their mouthpiece not being advanced enough to help them progress further. My private lesson teacher even tried to play on some of the beginner mouthpieces we have and told me he couldn't even produce certain notes on his instrument due to the mouthpiece. This will help my students advance quickly and will allow them the opportunity to play on a good mouthpiece for the rest of the year, and their time in middle school band!
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