One Child. One Instrument. One Life.
Atlanta Music Project, social change organization using classical music to transform the lives of Atlanta metropolitan underserved youth launches its first city-wide Musical Instrument Donation Drive.
Online, July 21, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Atlanta Music Project, an 18-month old, tax-exempt, 501(c)3 organization based in Atlanta is launching its first city-wide Music Instrument Donation Drive. The instruments will assist in providing musical instruments for children involved in AMP's intense 5-day-a-week program of classical, orchestral training at the Gilbert House, a cultural center located in Southwest Atlanta and operated by the City Of Atlanta Office Of Cultural Affairs.
From July 18th through August 6th, instrument donations will be accepted Monday - Friday from 11:00am- 2:00pm and on Saturday from 9:00am - 12:00pm to the following specified locations:
Gilbert House 2238 Perkerson Road Southwest Atlanta, GA 30315 (404) 766-9049
Closed on Saturdays
Emory University Center for Ethics 1531 Dickey Drive Atlanta, GA 30322 (404) 712-8307
Ronald Sachs Violins 836 Pleasant Hill Road Lilburn, GA 30047 (770) 931- 2440
Closed on Mondays
Juravel & Company, LLC 390 North Main St Alpharetta, GA 30009 (770) 475- 9348
Closed on Saturdays
Donations may include string (all sizes), wind, and percussion instruments including Violins, Violas, Cellos, Basses, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Euphonium, Timpani, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Cymbals and Mallet Percussion Instruments. Tax receipts available.
"Instruments make up 30% of Atlanta Music Project's program expenses," says Executive Director Dantes Rameau. "Every instrument donation that we receive helps us serve more kids and further our mission of enacting social change through music."
For details contact www.atlantamusicproject.org or call (678) 235-4AMP (4267)
Media Contact:
Jen Farris, ZDennis Media Group
(404) 921-5921
[email protected]
ABOUT ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT:
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT (AMP) is a tax-exempt, 501(c)3 organization with the mission of transforming the lives of Atlanta's underprivileged children through youth orchestras and choirs.
Investing early in youth in underserved communities is a practice of The Atlanta Music Project. Piloted at the Gilbert House, a cultural center located in Southwest Atlanta and operated by the City Of Atlanta Office Of Cultural Affairs, it offers an intense 5-day-a-week program of classical, orchestral training, a safe haven for at-risk youth, musical instruments for each child, field trips to various Atlanta cultural institutions, and instills confidence, creativity and ambition through practice and live concert performances. AMP is inspired by El Sistema ('The System'), Venezuela's globally-acclaimed National Youth Orchestra System, the Venezuelan music-education program founded in 1975 by Dr. Jose Antonio Abreu.
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