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Mrs. Black from Rocky Point, NC is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ensembles With Orff

Help me give my students a new bass xylophone so that they can build complete works of art.

  • $769 goal

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My Project

Simply put, my students love music. Their eyes fill with joy when they walk into the music room, especially on days when we will be playing instruments! I try to include instrumental performance in every class, but unfortunately, we have an incomplete set of instruments.

Every student has a voice in class, and every instrument has a voice in our ensemble.

With our Orff barred instruments (think 'xylophones'), we have enough high-pitched instruments, but absolutely zero low-pitched instruments. This would be equivalent to a band only having trumpets or an orchestra only having violins. It's also important to note that some students do not tolerate high pitches well; their ear prefers a lower pitch and right now, I can't meet those students' needs.

My students need this instrument to provide the foundational low notes required for a quality music performance. Since it is played similarly to our other xylophones, students will be right at home on the bass xylophone, all the while experiencing the fullness of the new sound. It is my hope that we can begin building our bass instrument section in order to create beautiful, complete works of art.

Mrs. Black Rocky Point Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Rocky Point, NC 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Xylophone Regular Diatonic • Woodwind and Brasswind $569.99 1 $569.99

Materials cost

$569.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $44.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$653.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.24

Total project goal

$768.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $768.24

5 Donors

-$744.56

Donations toward project cost

-$642.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$102.18

match offer

-$12.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$10.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.18

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 $0.00

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