Below, you will find a simple running list of all of the ways that money has been used. If possible, the cost of the items will be stated.
Below, you will find a simple running list of all of the ways that money is going to be used this year. If possible, the cost of the items will be stated.
Violin and viola strings
Instrument repairs - open seams, cracks, new strings, new fine tuners, new chinrest
$220 - chair rack
Stand rack
$2,000 total so far - new music
$1,000 - Carowinds tickets
Bus drivers
Bus rental
Substitutes during field trips. (The orchestra program does not pay for a substitute if I request the day off or am sick.)
Violin, viola, and cello mutes
$180 - viola bows
Bow repairs
Ms. Cortez's American String Teachers Association membership + North Carolina Music Educator Association membership. (Required from all orchestra teachers for student auditions and MPA.)
$100 - MPA (every year)
Rosin
$300 - Pianists for MPA and Winter Concert
$100 - Drummer for Winter Concert
T-shirts
Scholarships for NC ASTA auditionees
Scholarships for SHO auditionees
Scholarships for WRO auditionees
$200 - MPA participation (two separate groups this year)
Scholarships for field trip to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA in the Spring semester
$200 - $300 of new music
Ongoing instrument repairs
Violin, viola and cello strings
Violin and viola shoulder rests
$14 - Cello rock stops (4)
Cello mutes
$11 - dark rosin (2)