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If you love music consider giving the gift of music. If you have the good fortune to live in Brecksville, Broadview Heights,
Independence, or any of the other wonderful "wealthy" suburbs in the Cleveland
area, your children have probably participated in a wonderful music education
program. The Brecksville-Broadview Heights website lists about 10 music
teachers on staff, indicative of a tremendous commitment to music education in
the community! When your child entered 4th or 5th grade, and joined the
school orchestra or school band program, you rented or bought your child a
beautiful new musical instrument. The school band and orchestra teachers
emphasized that all children benefit greatly from private music lessons, so you
probably enrolled in quality private music lessons at one of the fine local
music shops, or made arrangements with an "at home" private music teacher.
In many cases your child had already been taking private music letters since 1st
grade. Perhaps you even traveled on weekends with your child to Cleveland
Institute of Music, known as one of the premier music education facilities in
the entire country. As the years went by and you attended your school
concerts, you were awed by the talented musicians, almost all of whom will go on
to college, and some who will even study music at their college. Consider that parents of many students attending public schools in financially challenged neighborhoods must make a considerable sacrifice just to rent a musical instrument. Purchasing a quality instrument is not an option. Private lessons are out of the question. And some public school struggle just to continue to operate their music programs. Needless to say, for some of these students, music can make a difference in their lives. Independence School of Music is working to establish an outreach program to provide private music lessons, and small group lessons to students who can not otherwise afford to pursue their musical interests. Independence School of Music wants to offer subsidized lessons available at our Independence facility, and also make arrangements for our teachers to travel to the area public school to provide the music lessons to students who would not otherwise be able to study music. Financial aid awards will be determined by a lottery of students in financially challenged elementary school systems in conjunction with a selection committee of public school music teachers in the who are asked to coordinate the awards to students who express a desire to make music a part of their lives. There are three ways to give: 1.) Musical instruments in good condition may be donated to Independence
School of Music - Musical Instrument Financial Aid program. All donated
musical instruments are made available to elementary students (grades 4 through
6) who might not otherwise be able to participate in their public school band
and orchestra music programs. The parents of recipient students are asked
to pay only a small annual maintenance fee so that we can keep the instruments
in playable condition. |
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