According to music teacher, Mr. David Short, being in the choir completely turned around one student’s life. He recalls of Jacob Muneda (name changed for anonymity): “After a tumultuous freshman year of fights, suspension, truancy, and poor grades, I thought for sure...
“Andre’ was very excited that we were finally going to have a school band. I told him to focus on his grades and we would talk in December to see how he was progressing...– Connie Sparacello, Music Teacher at John L. Ory Communication Arts Magnet School in Louisiana
Jay didn’t have to wait until high school to play an instrument. His elementary received a STM grant and he learned to play the saxophone. Now, he says “music helps me bring out my inner talent.”
In 2014, we started a music program at Park Place Middle School in Brooklyn, NY. We received an email from the principal updating us on the class of 2017, the first group of students to experience the full benefits of our instrument grant: “Our Valedictorian and...
Thanks to our donor and community partnerships, we were able to provide music programs to every district school in need in Trenton, NJ.