Second shipment of instruments for 2010: four more electric guitars to Rock N Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, OR (six total); four electric guitars to the Intonation Workshop in Chicago, IL; one accordian, various percussion instruments, three music stands to at the Casa Timateo orphanage of Sonora, Mexico; and three… trombones, four flutes, two clarinets, and two trumpets to Arizona school with no music budget.

Third Shipment: Third shipment of instruments for 2010 going out this week: 15 violins (some violas) to children in Austin, TX (donated in the memory of Amy Farris) and 6 acoustic guitars to JAMM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) Program in Sparta, NC.

Total year-to-date instrument donations: 58

Come out and enjoy an awesome chldren’s music show with Barry Louis Polisar and Robbie Schaefer!!

When? Saturday, February 13 at 2 pm
Where? University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Center Gildenhorn Theatre
Who? Barry Louis Polisar and Robbie Schaefer
How Much? $15.00 (Tickets go on sale soon – check back for updated info)
Why? A fundraiser for Hungry for Music in celebration of our 15th anniversary

Polisar and Schaefer are teaming for the first time in a benefit show celebrating the 15th anniversary of Hungry for Music, a nonprofit that donates musical instruments to underprivileged kids. Polisar (”Sesame Street,” “Juno”) is a pioneer in the world of books and music for children and a four-time Parents’ Choice award winner. His fans just released a 60-song CD, “We’re Not Kidding! A Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar.” Schaefer, guitarist and songwriter for the indie folk/rock band Eddie From Ohio, recorded “Songs for Kids Like Us” in 2006, which led to co-hosting XM Radio’s Kids Place Live channel and his show, “Robbie Schaefer’s Stuck in a Real Tall Tree.”
The event is co-sponsored by the Beta Eta chapter of Tau Beta Sigma, National Honorary Band Sorority, which serves the University of Maryland’s Mighty Sound of Maryland marching band.

Web sites:
Barry Louis Polisar – www.barrylou.com
Robbie Schaefer – www.robbieschaefer.com
Hungry for Music – www.hungryformusic.org

Click here to view the Facebook event page

Video:
Hungry For Music Intro Video

Hungry for Music is very pleased to announce a very generous donation by the Vanguard Charitiable Endowment.

We are very grateful for this timely gift that will allow us to expand our outreach. Hungry for Music has supported our efforts for 15 years through benefit concerts, CD sales, membership/supporter donations, and raffles and we look forward to the opportunities that a grant award enables us to do. Our heartfelt thanks to the Vanguard Charitible Endowment Fund.

www.vanguardcharitable.org

The first shipments for this year:
–>a trumpet for child in Alexandria, VA;
–>a violin and set of recorders to our long-time partners at the Casa Timateo orphanage of Sonora, Mexico;
–>six violins to an underfunded elementary school in Baltimore, MD; AND
–>a big shipment to Girl’s Rock & Roll Camp in Portland, Oregon. The girls get two electric guitars, two amps, and a bushel of new drumsticks.