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Mr. Freed from Thousand Oaks CA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Improving Students’ Intonation With a Harmony Director

Help me give my students the ability to play better in tune than ever before

  • $1,988 goal

This project expired on July 15, 2020.

This project expired on July 15, 2020.

My Students

Our students are hard working, talented goof-balls. Our band program consists of four levels of classes including Beginning Band, Concert (intermediate) Band, Advanced Band and Symphonic (our highest achieving students) Band in grades 6, 7 and 8. We are made up of a diverse population that ranges from English language learners on free/reduced-price lunch programs to upper middle class students. Students range from special needs to highly gifted students. This year we had 9 students selected for the Ventura County Honor Band and 3 selected for the California All-State Honor Band.

My Project

The Yamaha Harmony Director is an electronic piano keyboard that is designed to help band and orchestra students learn to play with better intonation. It is not meant to perform with like a standard keyboard but to help music students’ ear training. This is a difficult skill that takes time to develop. The Harmony Director will be connected to our existing keyboard amp for all the students to hear and song or play along with. We will be able to use this to help them better hear how to tune intervals and chords to make our band sound even better!

Mr. Freed
Never Before Funded Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
HD-200 Harmony Director - Instructional Keyboard • Woodwind and Brasswind $1,500.00 1 $1,500.00

Materials cost

$1,500.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$137.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,689.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$298.19

Total project goal

$1,987.94

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