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Celebrating Latin America Through Music

My students need a bass xylophone to provide a strong musical foundation for our celebration of Latin America.

  • $947 goal

This project expired on January 28, 2009.

This project expired on January 28, 2009.

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Mrs. Tanner E.K. Powe Elementary School
Durham, NC Grades 3-5

I am lucky enough to teach elementary music in an inner city school in North Carolina. My students are a diverse group; they come from Europe, Asia, Africa, and increasingly from Latin and South America. I want every child to feel like they can share a part of their culture with the school, and so this year I'd like to create a celebration of Latin America. My idea is to choose several traditional Latin American folktales, have the children retell them in their own way, and then present them, bilingually, as a musical. I don't want the traditional school concert with piano accompaniment or a CD blaring in the background. I want the children to accompany themselves using Orff instruments. If you've never heard of Orff, it's a growing method of teaching music that uses small barred instruments like xylophones. These xylophones have removable bars that allow the music teacher to remove unneeded notes, so children can play with success and always make great sounding music. It gives children such a sense of empowerment to know that they can play music right away at a young age, and have it sound amazing! For this performance we will need a strong bass xylophone that will carry over the sound of 60+ students singing at a time. This instrument will keep the beat and keep the children singing and performing together. Right now, I don't have enough instruments that will carry that low sound, so I need your help! Please help us celebrate our diverse population through music and storytelling. Please help our students create and perform their own music. Please make this dream experience come true.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

350 students impacted
Mrs. Tanner E.K. Powe Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Durham, NC View local requests

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

350 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Global Beat Xylophones (Diatonic Deep Bass, GBX-GB) • Woodwind & Brasswind $650.00 1 $650.00

Materials cost

$650.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $65.00

Sales tax

 $27.63

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$776.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$170.34

Total project goal

$946.34

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