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Building the Orff Experience: The Bass

My students need this Bass Xylophone to complete our first full set of Orff Keyboard Instruments to play full Orffestrations of amazing songs!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Jacques's classroom raised $648

This project is fully funded

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My Students

Music has the power to change our lives. In a community where language barriers often inhibit my students learning and every day conversation, learning the universal language of music helps us bond together as a class and team in order to be more successful in our every day lives.

My school is a Title 1 school with 100% of students on a free or reduced lunch plan.

Many of my students live below poverty and simply don't have the same opportunities as many other suburban school students. With so much funding going towards the necessities, i.e. backpacks, shoes, and weekend snack packs, very little funding makes it to the school music program. My students are very appreciative of the minimal supplies we have and would be incredibly thankful for the widened musical experience that this Bass Xylophone would give them.

My Project

Orff keyboard instruments, like this Bass Xylophone, are the basis for the Orff Musical Pedagogy. Students will learn the basics of how to play instruments; how to grip mallets and how to produce tone on percussion keyboard instruments. In the early stages, these instruments are used to create simple accompaniments to help the class sing various songs. In the intermediate stages, students will learn the notes of the keyboard as well as how these notes are notated on the musical staff. At the advanced levels, students will play and create full Orff Arrangements of various folk songs or even songs that they've written themselves. One potential project I'm really looking forward to is using an Orff Ensemble to accompany the reading of Dr. Seuss books to perform during Read Across America Day.

Please help give the gift of music to our children.

Music really does have the power to change lives for the better. I know this to be true because it happened to me. Music can give meaning to children's lives, music can keep students off the streets, music can move others to do bigger and better things. Please help our kids. invest in them now and they'll pay off more than any other investment you can make. Thank you.

Mr. Jacques Shaw Butte Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

400 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diatonic Bass Xylophone with Mallets • Woodwind and Brasswind $478.99 1 $478.99

Materials cost

$478.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $34.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$550.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.13

Total project goal

$647.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $647.55

2 Donors

-$275.21

Donations toward project cost

-$275.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$323.78

Match offer toward project cost

-$275.21

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$48.57

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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