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Mrs. Rolan-Dryer from Albuquerque NM is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Can You Hear Us Now?

Help me give my students the ability to play their instruments! It's impossible to play a violin, viola, cello or bass without rosin. Rosin is crucial to being able to make a sound and hear their progress.

  • $302 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate 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

My orchestra students are at an urban, Title I school. Over 65% of them are low-income, so they are unable to receive supplemental music instruction through private lessons and struggle to provide their own instruments and materials. About 95% of my students play on school owned instruments. Our school provides free breakfast and lunch to 100% of students.

They are dedicated, eager, committed and work in class daily with passion and love for their instrument and music.

My students are excited to learn, eager to try new things and develop their skill and love of music. Their positive attitudes are so inspiring. Music really does change their lives and gives them a place to be themselves.

In our orchestra program, I focus on providing an environment that is safe and welcoming, where students can develop strong character, become excellent all-around students and grow into wonderful musicians and people with a life-long love of learning and music.

My Project

Students are always very intrigued to learn about rosin and it's use in their music making. Rosin is a crucial part of playing a stringed instrument. It allows the bow to make sound when you pull it across the string. Without it, the instrument is beautiful, but silent.

We use rosin daily in class to ensure that everyone can hear themselves and continue to progress.

Over time, rosin can wear down, crack or chip and make it difficult for students to use effectively, which makes playing all the more challenging. We have currently used up our rosin and are in need of new ones!

With rosin comes rosin dust, which can build up on the instruments and strings, damaging the varnish, affecting the sound and in general being a sticky mess. Cleaning cloths are a part of our routine to help us take care of their provided instruments and make them last longer.

By providing them with rosin and cleaning cloths, students are able to hear their own sound, the progress they are making and gain motivation to continue to make beautiful sound and tone on their instrument.

Mrs. Rolan-Dryer
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Deluxe Violin / Cello Rosin • Woodwind and Brasswind $8.49 8 $67.92
Bass Rosin • Woodwind and Brasswind $12.99 5 $64.95
Polishing Cloth • Woodwind and Brasswind $3.99 15 $59.85
Violin/Viola Rosin • Woodwind and Brasswind $2.99 10 $29.90

Materials cost

$222.62

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$255.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.17

Total project goal

$301.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$301.13

7 Donors

-$290.54

Donations toward project cost

-$255.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.59

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$0.00

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