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Past projects 25

• Music Room Essentials: Small Items for a Big Impact

  Funded May 3, 2023

  Thank you for your generous support of our elementary music program! Our music room is the site of lots of activity throughout the week: music classes, after-school ensemble rehearsals, band practices, student songwriting sessions, and more! It's often the little things -- like splitters and markers -- that keep our rehearsals running smoothly and help to ensure a positive learning experience for all of our students. Your generous support will make a HUGE difference in our day-to-day music making, and we are so very grateful! Thank you again for your generosity and kindness.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Schwartz

• Better Together: Audio Equipment for Collaborative Music Making

  Funded Nov 28, 2022

  Thank you for supporting our third, fourth, and fifth grade music students!

  Thanks to your generosity, our project is fully funded -- and swiftly! We couldn't be happier, as Battle of the Bands is fast approaching, and with this year's trophy on the line, our bands are ready for rehearsals! Thanks to your help, we've got new audio equipment headed our way, which will allow multiple bands to practice in the same space and still hear each other clearly.

  We are so grateful for the incredible kindness of our DonorsChoose community. Thank you again!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Schwartz

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Walt Disney Company and 7 other donors.

• Collaborating in Comfort, Continued: Materials for Our Elementary Music Studio

  Funded Sep 20, 2022

  Thank you so much for your generous support! Thanks to your help, our project is fully funded. Soon my elementary music students will have a new rug and new furniture— which we’ll use for rehearsing together as a class, practicing music in small groups, and working independently on new repertoire. We are looking forward to a wonderful year of music making. Thank you for helping to enrich our musical learning experiences!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Schwartz

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 9 other donors.

• Practice Makes Progress, Part 2: Tools for Music Literacy Practice

  Funded Jul 20, 2022

  Thank you for supporting our elementary music program! Our project is fully funded. Beginning in September, students will use these resources to practice reading and writing musical notation. Thank you for helping to promote music literacy in our music classroom! We are so grateful for the generosity and kindness of our wonderful DonorsChoose community.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Schwartz

• Exploring Tabla With a Virtual Class Visitor (Grade 1)

  Funded Mar 25, 2021

  Thank you for helping to inspire a new school tradition! Our first graders were delighted to welcome a virtual guest, and we loved exploring tabla and the music of India. Together we learned a tabla composition, and we performed our composition in a virtual school concert. Students enjoyed the opportunity to meet a musical visitor, to hear tabla music performed live (in Google Meet, of course), and to ask questions about tabla and Indian music. For future years, we hope that our virtual class visit, and the related unit of musical learning, will remain an annual tradition for our first grade students. ”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Schwartz

  This classroom project was brought to life by Stahl Family Fund and 3 other donors.

• Practice Makes Progress: Tools for Independent Practice in Elementary Music

  Funded Jan 10, 2022

  Thank you so much for your support! I'm excited to share that our project is fully funded.

  In our music classroom and at home, students are learning to take ownership of their own practice habits -- not just learning how to practice, but also creating practice routines that feel fun, engaging, and meaningful. Thanks to your generous support, students will have a variety of practice tools at their fingertips. I am so grateful for your help.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Schwartz

  This classroom project was brought to life by A New York City Parent and 4 other donors.

• Collaborating in Comfort, Continued: Materials for Our Elementary Music Studio

  Funded Nov 30, 2021

  Thank you for your generous support! Our project is fully funded. My students and I are excited to continue building our collaborative classroom studio space -- a place where students can rehearse, create, and perform together in comfort and style. Thanks to your help, new furniture and rugs are headed our way!

  Thank you again for supporting our music program. I am so grateful!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Schwartz

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 3 other donors.

• Collaborating in Comfort: Materials for Our Elementary Music Studio

  Funded Aug 13, 2021

  Thank you for your generous support! Our project is fully funded. I'm so excited to set up a collaborative classroom studio space for our K-5 musicians -- a place where students can rehearse, create, and perform together in comfort and style! Thanks to your help, we will receive our new classroom furniture, drum rugs, and storage solutions in time for fall music making.

  Thank you again for supporting our music program. I am so grateful!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Schwartz

  This classroom project was brought to life by Bill Gates and 8 other donors.

• Building a Community Collection of Instruments (Part 3)

  Funded Dec 2, 2020

  As our school year draws to a close, I'm feeling so very grateful for the support of our incredible DonorsChoose community. Thank you for helping to build a Community Collection of instruments for my elementary music students.

  Back in July 2020, we began to assemble a Community Collection of instruments for students to play at home. Our multi-part project seemed ambitious; we needed hundreds of instruments for students to play during remote music instruction. But your generous support helped to make the impossible possible.

  Thanks to you, we've had a year of meaningful music making. In the midst of a challenging year, our music learning has continued -- from wherever they were, our students continued to make music together. Though we couldn't play together in person, students used their Community Collection instruments to participate in virtual music lessons. This year, students worked together to create performance videos for virtual concerts and other virtual special occasions. As a part of our virtual music lessons, students worked together in bands. Together we practiced playing chords and drum patterns; we worked together in small groups to practice our parts; and we created rehearsal videos to prepare for our virtual concerts. Students watched each other's virtual performances, cheered for one another, and voted to select the winner of our second annual (and first virtual) Battle of the Bands. I've been so proud of students' musical curiosity, expressivity, and creativity.

  Thank you for your support of our music program. Our Community Collection has allowed students to continue making music this year, and the collection will continue to serve our music students for many years to come.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Schwartz

  This classroom project was brought to life by FamilyAlbum and 37 other donors.

• Building a Community Collection of Instruments (Part 4)

  Funded Sep 16, 2020

  As our school year draws to a close, I'm feeling so very grateful for the support of our incredible DonorsChoose community. Thank you for helping to build a Community Collection of instruments for my elementary music students.

  Back in July 2020, we began to assemble a Community Collection of instruments for students to play at home. Our multi-part project seemed ambitious; we needed hundreds of instruments for students to play during remote music instruction. But your generous support helped to make the impossible possible.

  Thanks to you, we've had a year of meaningful music making. In the midst of a challenging year, our music learning has continued -- from wherever they were, our students continued to make music together. Though we couldn't play together in person, students used their Community Collection instruments to participate in virtual music lessons. This year, students worked together to create performance videos for virtual concerts and other virtual special occasions. As a part of our virtual music lessons, students learned to play favorite melodies and created their own compositions; students worked together in small bands and practiced playing the chords of their favorite songs; students watched each other's virtual performances, cheered for one another, and voted to select the winner of our second annual (and first virtual) Battle of the Bands. I've been so proud of students' musical curiosity, expressivity, and creativity.

  Thank you for your support of our music program. Our Community Collection has allowed students to continue making music this year, and the collection will continue to serve our music students for many years to come.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Schwartz

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose 20th Anniversary Fund and 31 other donors.