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Dr. Melendez from Corpus Christi TX is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Shoulder Rests are Comfy!

Help me give my students shoulder rests in order to play more comfortable their violins and violas!

  • $547 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 students are very respectful and fast learners! They love their instruments and each time they learn something new I see how their eyes light up!

My goal is to teach them how to play with proper technique in order to accomplish musical concepts.

Their sound has improved enormously this year and they can hear the difference! Now, we are ready to develop more skills in our left hand. Having the right equipment and instruction, my students can reach their musical potential.

Practice WELL makes better!

My Project

These shoulder rests will help our violin and viola students to play comfortable. Not only they will be comfortable, but they will also be able to learn proper left hand technique faster and efficient.

By using shoulder rests, violin and viola students can relax their left arm and concentrate in the movement along side the instrument.

Vibrato and shifting in any string instrument requires for the violin, viola, cello or bass to be stable. Since the cellos and basses have their instruments supported on the floor, they do not have to deal with the movement of the left shoulder interfering with their left hand.

Dr. Melendez
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Violin Shoulder Rest • Woodwind and Brasswind $13.99 25 $349.75
Muco Easy Model Shoulder Rest For Viola • Woodwind and Brasswind $15.59 5 $77.95

Materials cost

$427.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$464.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.90

Total project goal

$546.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $546.02

7 Donors

-$546.02

Donations toward project cost

-$464.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.90

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 $0.00

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