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Mrs. Perez from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sound Off For Great Sounds: Saxophones!

My students need quality mouthpieces and ligatures to help them produce a good, strong sound.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Perez's classroom raised $357

This project is fully funded

My Students

"Ago?" "Ame!" ("Are you ready to learn?" "Yes, we are ready to learn!") My music students are familiar with this call and response which, borrowed from the folkloric traditions of West Africa, loosely translates to "Listen!" and "I am listening." The students at my school are comfortable with multiple languages. Mandarin, Spanish, Urdu, Russian, Arabic, and Uzbeck make up the first languages of most of my students. Some are still learning English, but that doesn't stop them from having fun in the new music room!

It is no doubt their capacity to understand two or more languages attracts them to music.

A community of immigrants, the students have a wonderful opportunity to bring a bit of their musical culture to our school, sharing their unique experiences and learning to appreciate others' contributions. Our school is large, around thirteen hundred students, with seventy percent of them qualifying for free lunch. This year, our music department received the best gift music students could ever get - a music room! No longer will the music teachers have to push into the crowded classrooms bringing only as much as we can carry. Now students have a large space dedicated entirely to music!

My Project

Learning to play an instrument is a very hard, but worthwhile endeavor. Beginners must learn to coordinate their finger and tongue movements all while controlling their breathing. It can be quite daunting to even attempt making a good sound. This is made all the more hard when the instrument they are playing is not in good working order - like trying to cut a steak with a butter knife! Most band programs start their students on "stock" mouthpieces - cheap, plastic mouthpieces and ligatures that hinder the students' ability to form a strong embouchure and produce a good tone.

Quality mouthpieces are expensive and requiring students to purchase them would eliminate some of our lower income students from being in band.

I am hoping to fund an initial set of quality mouthpieces for my students. While these aren't professional level mouthpieces, they are a step up from "stock" mouthpieces and will give my musicians a chance at greater success.

Mrs. Perez PS 200 the Benson School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

6 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
4C Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece • Woodwind and Brasswind $25.79 6 $154.74
Rovner Alto Sax Ligature 1RL • Amazon Business $18.99 6 $113.94

Materials cost

$268.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$302.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.42

Total project goal

$356.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $356.13

17 Donors

-$228.39

Donations toward project cost

-$202.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.31

Matching donations from our partners

-$118.39

Match offers toward project cost

-$100.63

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.35

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 $0.00

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