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Ms. Kercorian from Detroit, MI is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a Bigger, Bolder and Better Band!

Help me give my students D’Addario reeds/mouthpieces, Rico reeds, Emerald oboe reeds, ligatures, and Paititi trumpet mouthpieces for playing wind instruments. These are the musical materials they will need to put on an amazing spring concert!

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

The school Bands are putting on their annual Spring Concert this May and are in need of essential materials to aid in their success! The bands are made up of very passionate over 120 musicians from grades 6 through 12.

Each of our band ensembles have grown significantly in size this school year and the students are in need of many additional materials.

Reeds are an essential material to play the clarinet, bass clarinet, all saxophones, and oboe, and unfortunately reeds only last about a month before they break or need to be replaced. Having the highest quality reeds such as Rico, D’Addario and Emerald, will not only help students play their instruments, but it will help them play with the most beautiful sounds possible.

Along with reeds, leather clarinet ligatures will help improve the sound quality and technique of our clarinetists. Additionally, gold plated Paititi trumpet mouthpieces will allow our most advanced trumpet players grow to new levels with such high quality mouthpieces.

Thank you for your help growing our students into even stronger, more independent, passionate, and capable musicians!

Ms. Kercorian Academy of the Americas Tiger Grades 6-8

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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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Detroit, MI View local requests

Nearly all 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

120 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Paititi Gold Plated Rich Tone Bb 3C Trumpet Mouthpiece • Amazon Business $24.99 2 $49.98
Bb Clarinet Leather Ligature and Plastic Clarinet Mouthpiece Cap Ligature Fastener Mouthpiece Cover for Clarinet • Amazon Business $9.99 5 $49.95
D'Addario Rico Graftonite Alto Sax Mouthpiece, A3 • Amazon Business $22.99 2 $45.98
Emerald Oboe Reed- Medium • Amazon Business $13.57 3 $40.71
D'Addario Woodwinds Rico Reed Storage Case with Humidity Control Pack for Oboe and Bassoon • Amazon Business $25.47 1 $25.47
Rico Bb Clarinet Reeds - Reeds for Clarinet - Thinner Vamp Cut & Unfiled for Ease of Play, Traditional Blank for Clear Sound - Clarinet Reeds 2.5 Strength, 10-Pack • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
D'Addario Woodwinds Rico Baritone Sax Reeds, Strength 3.0, 3-pack • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$249.07

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$282.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.91

Total project goal

$332.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $332.72

2 Donors

-$0.00

Donations toward project cost

-$0.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

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 $332.72

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