2024-2025 Instrument Repair Drive | Whitman Music Boosters
$6,195
Raised
25
Donations
$20,000
Goal
Whitman Music Boosters needs your support!
2024-2025 Instrument Repair Drive
Our immediate needs include:
- Purchase new 4 new cellos - $5,000 ($1,250 each)
- Purchase new Baritone Saxophone - $5,800
- Purchase new Tenor Saxophone - $1,500
- Purchase new Concert Vibraphone - $2,800
- Repair 10 unusable instruments in storage - $4,000
> violins, violas, saxophones, trumpets, clarinets
- Repair & Replace violin, cello, & bass bows - $500
- Replace & Purchase new percussion stands - $400
Help support the Walt Whitman High School Instrumental Music Department as we continue to grow and provide our students with access to high quality musical equipment. This year we have a record number of students in need who rely on school-owned equipment in order to participate in our classes. However, our aging inventory of school instruments is not able to meet our needs and we currently do not have enough quality equipment to provide to our students.
We are also hoping to increase the amount of professional-level equipment that our students have access to across the program - these investments will continue to improve the quality of our live performances and the daily student rehearsal experience. In order to support student involvement and our overall growth as a program, we are asking for your donations to help us repair, replace, and purchase high quality musical equipment for our Whitman Music students to use for years to come!
Several cellos are damaged with split seams, warped bridges, and in need of constant repairs
Vibraphone is held together with tape, pedal arm regularly falls off during class
Marimba is held together with tape, very difficult to transport to and from auditorium for performances
Clarinet tone hole covered in duct tape | Cello and Bass bows to be re-haired
Viola missing strings with unusable bow in a case that does not zip
Percussion equipment is bent/misshapen & held together/covered by masking tape
Donor Wall 7
Gregory Minkoff
Jennifer Arangio | $150
So proud of Whitman Music!!
Betsy | $150
Gabriel
Appreciate all the great music and leadership by the students and staff!
JASON
The world needs more more music.
Jason | $50
Shrut
Way to go WWHS!