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Music in Every Home

The "Music In Every Home" Project

An initiative by HMTA to ease some of the access barriers to music education from underserved members of our community in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. We aim to provide a musical instrument and sponsored lesson time on that instrument ​to 25 k-12 students by 2025.

​Thanks to our partners Yamaha Cares and Oasis Fine Art and Craft!
And thanks to our generous community, we've been able to sponsor lessons for:
3 piano students
2 guitar students

and provide
2 keyboard instrument
2 guitar instruments
​(updated 9/24/23)


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TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED:
​$5,936.51

SO FAR WE'VE SPONSORED:
2 piano students
2 guitar students
12 guitar lessons
8 piano lessons
1 keyboard purchased
2 guitars purchased
​BECOME A SPONSOR!
Level // Needs
- Spruce: $30 for materials
- Bronze: $130 for one month of lessons
- Ebony: $350 for 3 months of lessons
- Ivory: $500+ sponsor one student

​

Music in Every Home Gala Recital, 12.12.21

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Gala Recital at JMU, 12.12.21

"Guitar Heroes"
Partnership with Yamaha Cares and Oasis Fine Art and Craft, Downtown Harrisonburg

In the Press:

- JMU SADAH students transforming guitars into artworks to be sold (5.10.21)

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- Guitar Heroes: Music Teachers Strike a Chord with Repurposed Yamaha Guitar Fundraiser (8.15.2021)
"​I have to say all and all, these are the most creative set of guitars we have had to date with any organization. Kudos to all of you and your collaboration!" - Dave Jewell, Yamaha Cares
HMTA would like to thank and recognize the contributing artists:
​
Bahir Al Badry, Gemma Amendola, Aaron Borchers, William Borchers, Rebecca Brydge, Barbara Camph, Jim Clemens, Warren and Natalie Darling, Amanda Darling-Thompson, Nancy Dauer, Donna and Bob Detrich, Ellen Fairchild-Flugel, Alisha Gangwer, Zach Gesford, Cheyenne Granahan, Diane Gould, Alden Hofstetter, Judith Lagon, Sarah Lock, Pete Johnson, Elizabeth Karaffa, Frank Marshman, Janet Marshman, Britney Mongold, Jeremiah Morris, Shelley O'Connor, Selcuk and Shannon Oflaz, Nancy Ridgway, Sally Ridgway, Levi Ryman, Viktoria Samoylov, Anna Stephenson, Anna Stegmeier, Jackson Taylor, Pam and Greg Tittle, Eve Watters, Janet Lee Wright

Current Guitars for Sale

We have 11 remaining guitars for sale! For availability and pricing, please contact [email protected]. All proceeds go to sponsoring instruments and lesson time for beneficiaries of Music in Every Home.
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    • Nov 15-Jazz & Improv - Quintin Walston
    • Dec 12 -Christmas Concert
    • Feb 14-Eloise Kornicke
    • Feb 21-VMTA Theory/SR Tests
    • March 7-JMU Piano Day
    • March 7-8 Piano Festival
    • April 11 - Non-Judged Festival
    • Apr 25-Katherine Fisher
    • May 23-VMTA District Aud
    • Other Recitals, Concerts
    • Music in Every Home
    • Past Festivals, Events >
      • 2022 Play-A-Thon
      • 2021 Piano Festival
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