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Mr. Poulter from Syracuse UT is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Coming Alive with a 5-octave Marimba!

Help me give my students a five octave marimba so more students can play, and so all my students can experience an excellent percussion sound.

  • $12,900 goal

This project expired on August 26, 2022.

This project expired on August 26, 2022.

My Project

As we recover from covid, we're seeing great growth in our band's percussion enrollment (almost triple!). Unfortunately, we don't have enough instruments for all the students to play. The purchase of a 5-octave marimba will allow three or four students to play together, learning side by side on the same instrument.

A five octave marimba is required for many percussion ensemble songs.

Until we have one, we are limited in the music that we can perform. My students absolutely LOVE playing marimba and other keyboard instruments. The marimba will also being used in the regular band classes, increasing the instrument's reach to over 140 students.

Mr. Poulter
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Concert M650Hb 5.0 Oct Rosewood Marimba Majestic • Woodwind and Brasswind $10,773.09 1 $10,773.09

Materials cost

$10,773.09

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$161.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$10,964.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$1,934.95

Total project goal

$12,899.64

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