Musical Instrument Loan Program - Orangevale Rotary
Is your high school band or orchestra instrument still hanging out in your closet, waiting for a second chance? Did your kids leave their band instruments in there, too? If so, the Rotary Club of Orangevale has an offer that you should not resist. We will find a home for that horn or stringed instrument in the hands of a promising young middle or high school student!
We have established a relationship with San Juan Arts (part of the San Juan Unified School District) to place good student and professional-quality musical instruments with selected students under an instrument loan program. Music directors at the schools with music programs will identify promising young students who will benefit from working with an instrument suited to an advanced player, and who may not have the resources to obtain one. We will refurbish your instrument as needed, give it to San Juan Arts for inventory control, and San Juan Arts will loan the instrument to the selected student for the duration of his or her middle and/or high school career.
In 2016, we successfully placed reed instruments with selected students at Bella Vista High School and Carnegie Middle School, and we now have the opportunity to expand the program into other San Juan schools. We also purchased one new instrument for a deserving trumpet player. For 2016-2017, we have been granted matching funds from Rotary District 5180 to supplement our instrument repair and purchase budget.
The timing for the loan program is good, since music curricula will soon be re-instated at Pasteur Middle School and Casa Roble High School. And we are certainly open to discussions with other school districts.
So, to any of you Rotarians who have been saving that cherished horn, violin, viola or cello for the “just the right student,” this is your opportunity! Heck, we can even find a home for a drum set!
If you wish to participate in this fun and satisfying project, please contact Jim Buntin at jbuntin@sbcglobal.net or (916) 765-6205.