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Ms. Pohl from Brooklyn, NY is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Student-led project

Advancing Musicians Need Advanced Mouthpieces

We need twenty eight new Yamaha mouthpieces and Rovner ligatures for our advancing clarinetists.

  • $1,858 goal

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About My Students

My students are talented young adults who dedicate their time before and after school to our Jazz Ensemble. We participate in two competitions each year; one for New York state and one in the Northeast Region. We are planning to attend a festival in Hershey Park, Pennsylvania in the spring and my guitarists are struggling with the guitar we currently have. It is old and in need of several repairs. We are constantly changing strings and doing other repairs but my lead guitarist is such a hard working young lady that she deserves a new guitar.

My 7th & 8th grade clarinetists are struggling to get a quality tone from their instruments and it's because their mouthpiece is a student model piece of equipment (beginner level). As clarinetists advance in their learning their mouthpiece selection becomes a vital part to their success, especially in the upper register.

In Their Own Words

We are struggling clarinetists who really want to succeed except we don't have the right mouthpiece for our instrument. We are using the same mouthpieces we got when we were beginners and now our needs have changed. We need amore advanced mouthpiece to make a better sound in the upper register of the clarinet.

We have been researching mouthpieces and reading many reviews to find the best one to overcome our challenge. We have discovered that the Yamaha 4C mouthpiece is a great choice at an extremely reasonable price. If we pair it with the Rovner ligature, we will give ourselves a better chance to succeed while we learn high school level music in a middle school band.

If this project is funded it will allow us to learn more difficult music and have a better chance of success. We want to set ourselves up for the best possible spring concert we can do. It will take time to get used to these new mouthpieces but we are ready to make the change!

Ms. Pohl Junior High School 278 Marine Park Grades 6-8

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than half 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 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
4C Bb Clarinet Mouthpiece • Woodwind and Brasswind $27.51 28 $770.28
Light Bb Clarinet Ligature and Cap • Woodwind and Brasswind $26.99 28 $755.72

Materials cost

$1,526.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,578.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$278.63

Total project goal

$1,857.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,857.52

2 Donors

-$1,848.69

Donations toward project cost

-$1,578.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$269.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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 $0.00

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