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Goal

The goal of this grant is to provide a fun, effective way for students to make music in the classroom and prepared them for music making in middle and high school and beyond. These Nuvo instruments introduce students to the band world and offer a super fun and inventive way to learn wind instruments and give them a huge head start in proper posture, technique, emboucher, sound production and fingerings.  

What will be done with my students

The students (likely 3rd-5th) will create a classroom wind band which will give them an opportunity to explore and sample the different instruments of the wind orchestra. Students meet once a week for 50 minutes and each class will play through a rotation of flutes, clarinets, sax and horn. By having an early experience with these instruments, they will be much better equipped to make the decision to continue with band in their middle and high schools and will also have them go in as excelling students, already trained in the basics of making good sounds on their instruments. 

Benefits to my students

These instruments allow our upper grade students to feel more connected to their musical path through school and gets the excited about band and music making in general. The sooner and the better they can get at making actual music, the much higher their likelihood to continue music not only in school but to become life long music makers, music lovers and even professional symphony musicians! We have the largest student body elementary school in the county and it would be a fantastic opportunity to bring real music to the masses! 

Budget Narrative

The NUVO instruments were created in 2008 and have since gained a massive following. Their reputation has proven them to be durable and highly effective in sound quality and accessibility. These instruments can go on to teach many LOE music students for years to come. I have been teaching at this level now for 20 years and these are the best marriage between the contemporary elementary music student and what they look to achieve musically throughout their schooling. I'd love to be a part of that process for them. 

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