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SPECIAL LOW COST INSTRUMENT RENTALS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED:
Thanks to a grant from the D'Addario foundation we have been able to purchase instruments that may be rented for $70 for the school year ($35 a semester). Priority will be given to:
- families whose child(ren) qualify for the federal free lunch or reduced lunch program
- those who have lost their job (including layoffs) or have major medical expenses
- those families that have more than one child in the band program
- those families that have multiple children enrolled in tuition-based schools
To be considered for one of these instruments, please download a pdf of the application
by clicking on the appropriate link below:
Click here for a Low Cost Instrument Rental Application for a New or Beginning Band Student.
Click here for a Low Cost Instrument Rental Application for a Returning Band Student.
The 2011 Christmas Honor Band featured 102 students representing 40 different schools. The group performed a free concert in front of a full house at Lakeland Community College’s Fine Arts Auditorium on December 10th. Performing at the event for the first time as the opening act was a special ensemble made up of the high school students who volunteered as assistants/mentors for the regular Christmas Honor Band.
December 2011
MusicAlliance is a non-profit 501c3 music education & performing arts organization founded in 2004 and based in Mentor, Ohio which provides school band programs for 31 schools throughout the Cleveland, Ohio metropolitan area with a staff of 12 teachers and also operates several honor band programs which include both non-public and public school students.
We believe that studying a musical instrument has many far reaching benefits which play an essential role in the creative, social, emotional, and cognitive development of children. Participation in band helps to cultivate a greater love, appreciation, and understanding of music - one of humanity's oldest art forms and means of expression. Learning to make music in a school band program fosters a sense of belonging and accomplishment while also promoting self-esteem, self-confidence, self-expression, self-discipline, teamwork, and organizational skills.
Scientific research into the effects of studying music continue to produce new data about music's relationship to brainpower and academic success. University research studies have shown that students who participate in instrumental music score significantly higher than their non-band peers in standardized tests (such as the S.A.T.). Furthermore, significant correlations have been found between the number of years of instrumental music instruction and academic achievement in math, science, and language arts.1
When you consider the positive force that music education can be in the lives of both children and adults, we think you will agree that Music is Instrumental to a Sound Education!
1 Source: University of Sarasota Study, Jeffrey Lynn Kluball; East Texas State University Study, Daryl Erick Trent
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