Elevating Advancing Musicians with Violin Donations
"Last year, Pam Stevens contacted our long-time partner, Hungry for Music, to donate her late sister’s two violins, viola, and three bows. Her sister played in the New York City Ballet Orchestra and one of the violins alone was valued at $10,000.
Over the years, Hungry for Music has been gifted with high-quality instruments that would be more appropriate for advanced students, and this was certainly one of those cases. After receiving this generous gift, they asked us to spread the word within our network of grantee partners to help identify a recipient for the $10K violin. Oftentimes it’s difficult for students to progress when they are still playing on a student-level instrument, so in reaching out to our partners we asked them to nominate advancing students who are perhaps playing on a lower-level violin & would greatly benefit from an upgrade of their instrument, plans to pursue music at a higher level, and would otherwise not be able to finance an instrument upgrade on their own.
After receiving four student recommendations from programs in Maryland, New York, Wisconsin, and Arizona, Joseas from UpBeat NYC was ultimately awarded the violin that was once played in the esteemed New York City Ballet Orchestra."
Read more at https://foundation.daddario.com/news/violin-donation-story/