With help from our incredible DonorsChoose community, we have built a "Community Collection" of instruments for students to play at home and at school. Last year, students used their Community Collection instruments to participate in virtual music lessons and work together in bands. We practiced playing chords and drum patterns; we worked together in small groups to practice our parts, and we created rehearsal videos to prepare for our virtual concerts. Students watched each other's virtual performances, cheered for one another, and voted to select the winner of our second annual (and first virtual) Battle of the Bands. Even when we couldn't play together in person, our students found ways to collaborate and perform together.
This year, students are loving the process of making music together in person.
We're preparing for a full calendar of virtual, hybrid, and outdoor performances, and we're excited to share our music with our school community.
My Project
Our new "Community Collection" instruments have opened a world of musical possibilities. During remote musical instruction last year, our students worked hard to collaborate in digital platforms. Now, we are working to create a physical classroom space that supports ongoing collaboration and teamwork in music. In the first installment of this project, our incredible DonorsChoose community helped to provide flexible seating, drum rugs, and equipment for our music studio. Our young musicians are enjoying their practice time in the comfortable and collaborative work space that we are building together.
Please help us continue to develop a collaborative classroom studio space -- a place for students to create, rehearse, and perform together.
Your generous support will help to provide seating that students can arrange and rearrange to accommodate their collaborative rehearsal set-ups, and rugs for our shared rehearsal spaces.
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