My Students

My name is Mr. Sims. I am a music teacher and band director in Woodruff, SC. I want my students to fall in love with music and experience types of music they are not typically used to. Percussion instruments would open a whole new world of band literature that we could not play before.

My students come from low poverty families.

The families in my school district are very hard-working people who support their students and value education, although monetarily may not always be able to do so. Students at my school are excited about music and band classes and are always eager to learn new things. Our band program is rapidly growing and with this new growth comes the need for new instruments!

My Project

My students need tambourines, cymbals, and accessory percussion. My students will be able to use the instruments to play music we have not been able to play before. Because of our lack of percussion instruments, we've had to substitute instruments that are inappropriate for the piece. Our percussion students are not able to learn how to be well rounded percussionists appropriately. These instruments would allow us to create a well rounded band program and program literature that students and the community will enjoy!

You project will make a difference because it will make students excited about music education.

At the middle school level, it is one of the first opportunities for students to take band classes. This is an attempt to create lifelong music lovers of students and to get them excited about more than just what comes on the radio. Students will be able to relate music to other historical and cultural events which will provide added success in the regular classroom.