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Mr. Phillips from Coeur D Alene ID is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Planning Ahead for Christmas - Part 1

Help me give my students Christmas Duet books for wind and percussion instruments playing together in small ensemble settings.

  • $1,238 goal

This project expired on May 1, 2021.

This project expired on May 1, 2021.

My Students

Our school is a public four-year high school with a wide range of students from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Approximately 35-40% of our student body participates in fine arts on some level. Offering our music students the chance to succeed is my top priority. We strive daily to make opportunities available for our high school students to further their musical skills and expand their horizons.

Students attending our school have earned recognition at the district, state, regional, and national levels.

We have alumni working on Broadway, teaching college and public school music, and performing as professionals all over the world. Our music department has a 100+ year history of excellence, and we try every day to live up to that legacy. We offer jazz band, two levels of string orchestra, and concert band, pep band, and marching band. We also have strong choral, guitar, drama, and fine arts programs.

My Project

During this pandemic, we discovered that making music as a large ensemble is not really as possible as we first hoped. I am proposing to make a large injection of Holiday Duet Music into our school music library.

Our students deserve the opportunity to share festive joy with our school and community - this project will help them to do just that.

The year 2020 was not the best year for making music, but 2021 holds much promise for the continuation of our program. An investment in sheet music is always a worthwhile endeavor since it does not ever go out of style.

Mr. Phillips
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Officemate Recycled Plastic Large Magazine File, Black • Quill.com $9.53 12 $114.36
Fifty Christmas Duets: Flute and Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, or Trumpet • Amazon Business $55.75 2 $111.50
Christmas Trios for Three Flutes: 23 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged especially for three flutes of Grades 3 - 5 standard. All in easy keys. • Amazon Business $14.57 3 $43.71
Flex-Ability Holiday -- Solo-Duet-Trio-Quartet with Optional Accompaniment: Percussion (Mallet Solo, Mallet Harmony, Auxiliary Percussion, Drum Set (Snare, Bass, Cymbals) (Flex-Ability Series) • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
One-Two-Three! Christmas - Clarinet: Perfect for Solo, Duet or Trio Playing • Amazon Business $10.99 3 $32.97
Christmas Songs for Vibraphone • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Three is a Crowd: Christmas: Flute: Perfect for Solo, Duet or Trio Playing • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
12 Christmas Duets for Bass Clef Instruments: Duets on Traditional Carols for Intermediate and Advanced Player of Bass Clef Wind Instruments • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Christmas Duets, Volume 2, for Trumpets • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
12 Christmas Duets for Clarinets: Duets on Traditional Christmas Carols for Intermediate and Advanced Clarinet Players • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Christmas Duets for Saxophones or Oboes, Volume 2: 11 More Duets on Traditional Christmas Carols for Intermediate and Advanced Saxophone or Oboe Players • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Christmas Duets, Volume 2, for Flutes: Duets on Traditional Christmas Carols for Intermediate and Advanced Flute Players • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
12 Christmas Duets for Trumpets: Duets on Traditional Christmas Carols for Intermediate and Advanced Trumpet Players • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Christmas Joy for Flute Duet • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
The Easy Christmas Songs Fake Book: 100 Songs in the Key of C • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Twinkling Tuba Book of Christmas Carols in Bass Clef: 40 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged especially for Tuba in Bass Clef • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Trombone and Tuba: 22 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged especially for two equal players of intermediate standard. • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
More Christmas Duets for Clarinet and Alto Saxophone: 26 Christmas songs arranged especially for two equal players of Grades 2-4 standard. Most are less well-known, all are in easy keys. • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Two Clarinets: 21 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for two equal clarinets of intermediate standard. Several are below the break. • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Two Flutes: 21 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for two equal flutes of intermediate standard • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Alto and Tenor Saxophones: 21 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for two equal saxophone players of intermediate standard • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Two Tubas: 22 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged especially for two equal players of intermediate standard. All in easy keys. • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Two Trombones: 21 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged in Bass Clef for two equal trombone players of intermediate standard • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
More Christmas Duets for Alto and Tenor Saxophones: 26 Christmas songs arranged for two equal players who know all the basics. Most are less well-known, all are in easy keys. • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Two Trumpets: 21 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for two equal trumpets of intermediate standard. • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Two Oboes: 21 favourite Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for two equal oboe players of intermediate standard. • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Clarinet and Bassoon: 21 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for equal clarinet and bassoon players of intermediate standard. ... of the clarinet parts are below the break. • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Two Saxophones: 21 Duets arranged for two equal saxophones of intermediate standard • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Trumpet and Trombone: 21 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for equal trumpet and trombone players of intermediate standard • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Christmas Duets for Flute and Clarinet: 21 Traditional Carols arranged for equal flute and clarinet players of intermediate standard. • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
More Christmas Duets for Oboes: 26 Christmas songs arranged for two equal oboe players who know all the basics. Most are less well known. All are in easy keys. • Amazon Business $9.87 2 $19.74

Materials cost

$916.13

Vendor shipping charges

 $36.48

Sales tax

 $55.43

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,051.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$185.61

Total project goal

$1,237.39

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