AMADOR STUDENT MUSIC FUND
P.O. Box 270
Volcano, CA 95689
209-296-4754
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COPYRIGHT 20-12-13
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Kevin Eubanks:
"When you remove the arts from schools, you remove a sense of humanity as well," said Eubanks. "It’s not only the students that suffer, the entire community suffers".
Read more about Kevin Eubanks, the new Artistic Director of the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz in the classrooms in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
AMADOR STUDENT MUSIC FUND
PARENT'S CORNER
"Parents - youre never to old to try something new!"
Read one of our parent's comments on music ...
I was thinking about, how as a little kid, we listened to music in the house as a family and we had sheet music.
So by the time I started playing the flute in the 5th grade, music notation was a familar sight, even though
I didn't know what it meant. It was not intimidating.
I know every generation says, " oh, it's not like the old days." But the way I see it, these days are not like any other in the history of mankind, what with all the technology. Maybe kids are not as exposed to music the way it use to be, by it being in the home first. So,with that in mind, what if the push for Amador music could be as a family activity? Something to do as a family, especially in Amador, in which a family activity is so hard to come by.
Plus, Obama wants parents, moms, to go back to school, There is lots of money for that in grants. I played the flute for only 2 years 5th and 6th grade, so I consider myself to be an adult beginner. What an adventure it has been to pick up an instrument and play! The time spent together as a family is priceless. How many kids never see music, nor do the parents from my generation, so when they see what it looks like, maybe it's intimidating to the parents. Why not include them to enhance our community? Anyway, I'm just shooting from the hip here.
Wendy Warren
*if any other parents wish to write in about music, we will publish all letters. ASMF
The mission of ASMF, an independent 501(c)3 music program founded in 2008, is to provide and promote the integration of music into the lives of disadvantaged students in order to enhance students' academic performance and creative and general development.
ASMF serves to provide instruments and weekly music instruction for EVERY child who wants to learn to play an instrument.
What people seem to forget about children is that while math and science are essential components of early education, so is MUSIC. In fact, one could argue that without a proper education in music, math and science skills are harder to attain. A proper education in music is like having math, science, social studies and history all rolled into one.
Music is not just frivolous playtime for the kids - it's essential to a proper and well-rounded education. It's intrinsic to the life experience, teaching us to relate to our world in invaluable ways. That we haven't done a better job educating the public about this is one of our great failings as a community. We want to change this and feel we really can change this with the help of our local musicians and music lovers right here in our community.
ASMF makes music lessons a reality for many children who would otherwise have limited or no exposure to music. Will you join in making music for a child a reality?
OUR WISH LIST
$25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ONE WEEKLY LESSON FOR ONE CHILD
$650. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 WEEKS OF MUSIC LESSONS FOR ONE CHILD
$1300- ADOPT A CHILD . . . . . ONE FULL YEAR OF MUSIC LESSONS FOR ONE CHILD
ADOPT ASMF
$ 5,000 Level . . . . . . . . . . . WEEKLY LESSONS FOR 4 CHILDREN FOR ONE YEAR
$10,000 Level . . . . . . . . . . . WEEKLY LESSONS FOR 8 CHILDREN FOR ONE YEAR
JOIN OUR $5.00 A- MONTH- CLUB
IF ONLY 250 PEOPLE DONATE $5.00 A- MONTH , ($60 A YEAR)
WE CAN GIVE MUSIC LESSONS TO 8 CHILDREN
OR ...16 -20 CHILDREN IN GROUP LESSONS FOR 1 YEAR AND ALSO
PROVIDE A CONCERT SERIES IN THE SUMMER JUST FOR CHILDREN
NEWS FLASH!! ( 2011)
THE AMADOR STUDENT MUSIC FUND IS THE RECIPIENT OF A SECOND GRANT FROM THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO
On July 29, 2011, the Amador Community Foundation (ACF) received a check designated for the Amador Student Music Fund (ASMF)from the James Irvine Foundation of San Francisco.
This grant was totally unexpected and the ACF wrote to Lynnette Lipp to tell her the good news.
"Oh my gosh" was all Lynnette could keep saying ! "It's just so exciting to know that they thought of us, again, and thanks go to Adam for bringing the ASMF to the attention of a friend, affiliated with the James Irvine Foundation." This is the second grant from the James Irvine Foundation for the Music Fund. The first was in 2010 in August. Click here to read about the James Irvine Foundation
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