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

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Metronome Mastery: Keep The Beat Alive!

Help me give my students a metronome so we can improve our tempo and timing as an ensemble!

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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 Students

My students come from the vibrant Kingsbridge community in the Bronx. Our school is a Title I school, serving low-income students from the surrounding area. The students face diverse challenges inside and outside of the classroom, and many are first- or second-generation immigrants.

Together, my students and I are building a band program where there wasn't one before.

Our school offers numerous arts programs for students to choose from, including band, dance, art, and piano. The students who choose band truly want to be there; they are hard-working and dedicated to becoming the best musicians they can be.

"Band is the only class I can pay attention in besides when I play video games. And I have ADHD!" a student said to me proudly in the hallway last week. My band students are passionate, motivated, and enthusiastic, coming to class every day with a million new questions about music. They are thrilled to have the opportunity to play a wide variety of instruments, from the tuba to the bassoon. It is so important that we value their interests and passions by supplying them with all of the materials they need to be successful in band and life.

My Project

We have such incredible students at our school, with musical talents that are undiscovered until they enter our band room for the first time! Most students enter our program without any prior musical knowledge. When they pick up their band instrument, an entire new world opens to them, filled with artistic and expressive possibilities they never had access to before.

One of the biggest challenges for young musicians is practicing their tempo and timing within an ensemble setting.

Band is a community, and it is important that all members of the ensemble work together to keep a consistent and steady beat. Each student must listen across the band to sounds being made by their peers, adjusting and blending in real time to create a cohesive ensemble sound. A metronome is a learning tool that clicks a steady beat, helping young musicians stay together.

We do not have a metronome to help us develop our sense of time. Our Promethean board is broken, and even when it works, the speakers are not loud enough to project a metronome over our playing. The Dr. Beat Metronome would immediately be used in all activities, including our long tones, scales, chorales, rhythm studies, and ensemble pieces. It even has different percussion beats programmed in to make tedious technique work more fun for students! Funding for this project would give our young musicians an important resource that would deeply impact their learning on a daily basis. Thank you for your consideration of our project!

Ms. Mutze New School Leadership Journalism 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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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
DB-90 Dr. Beat Metronome • Woodwind and Brasswind $169.99 1 $169.99

Materials cost

$169.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$202.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.74

Total project goal

$238.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $238.28

1 Donor

-$202.54

Donations toward project cost

-$202.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.74

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 $0.00

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