At the Jan. 6, 2016, Board of Education meeting the Bethlehem Music Association presented a $1,703.45 check to benefit the district’s music program in the form of funding the purchase of a full classroom set of 31 ukuleles for the Middle School.
In his remarks accepting the donation, Music Supervisor David Norman stressed that the ukuleles, in addition to being more accessible and inexpensive for the students than a guitar, also will serve as engaging and effective music theory teaching tools. BMA President Alan Goldberg noted how wonderful it is to see funds contributed by the BMA’s many donors used to put instruments in the hands of Bethlehem students.
BMA instrument grants typically fund the purchase of smaller numbers of more expensive instruments for the District’s band and orchestra programs — last year the BMA donated $6,780 for BCHS to purchase a french horn, a string bass and a bass clarinet for use at the high school.
This year’s grant will benefit every music class student in the Middle School.
“On behalf of the BMA and its many donors, I just want to thank the Board for its continued recognition of the invaluable role that music plays in the educational experience of all of our children,” said Goldberg.
Thank you, BMA!
For more information about the Bethlehem Music Association, visit their website.