B. Mus. César Mora - Fundraisings

Grade 8 International Exam ABRSM (320$)

https://whydonate.com/fundraising/grade-8-exam-abrsm

I have earlier paid as an investment on my personal development on doing the obligatory music theory exam of ABRSM, then since that time I have already recorded the required pieces for grade 8 international performance grades exam. My personal opinion is that some employers should promote and encourage this type of academical achievements, in my case nothing is promoted or sponsored, so I'm looking for a kind investor or sponsor to help me reach this academical milestone in regards of ABRSM curriculum.

Editing and Publishing of Guitar Method for Beginners (3,200$)

https://whydonate.com/fundraising/editing-and-publishing-of-guitar-method-for-beginner-level-by-cesar-mora

Since early times when I started learning the guitar, I was always fascinated by the learning act itself and how different books or methods will bring different results. I was inspire to do a guitar method all during my years of studying the guitar, while at conservatory and then at university level. During all this time I have implemented several methods and teaching techniques in order to reach an ideal method for the Arab Students specially Egypt and Saudi since this is a community of students that requires the teachers attention to details and to their different needs.

I can tell you now I have a great draft in written of this beginner level guitar method, but the different limitations are regarding the editing costs and the publishing costs. See the examples below for more details.

Combined Estimate: Editing + Publishing in KSA

Printing & Publishing (local): ~5,000 SAR

Editing (copyediting + proofreading): ~2,800–6,750 SAR

Estimated Total: 7,800 to 11,750 SAR

If you also include developmental editing, costs could rise further, potentially reaching 9,000 to 14,000 SAR, depending on the depth of services.

Having this in mind I have created this fundraising with to reasons, if actually is a material that student or audience will request and as well as a way to cover the expenses of this work by pre selling and fundraising this project.

Thank you very much for your support and your name will be written on the book itself for all those who supported this project!

High Quality Classical Guitar (7,500$)

https://whydonate.com/fundraising/high-quality-classical-guitar

Since the beginning of my musical career having the appropriated classical guitar have been key to an additional advantage on performance and outcome , as it happen to me on one of the lasts classical guitar competitions I participated , after I did spend on airplane tickets, and hotels fees, and once I managed to reach the 4 round of this competition in Rome Italy at the National Library of Rome, once on the final round , the jury told me that having a better instrument would have help me to achieve higher results in the competition and therefore I got the 4th place on this competition. This fundraising is meant to get me a livelong instrument that I can use to record and participate in competitions as well as produce some high quality videos for my audience. Some of the prices of this instruments are quite expensive and out of reach for a humble artist as myself.

See a professional classical guitar made by one of the greatest Japanese luthiers of our times. https://www.guitarsalon.com/product/2025-masaki-sakurai-special-sp-ar?sort=attr.16&order=DESC

Master Degree in Classical Guitar Performance (8,000$)

https://whydonate.com/fundraising/cesar-mora-master-degree-in-classical-guitar-performance

Nowadays in this competitive market worldwide, a master degree can get you different job opportunities, but this is a privilege for some people since it requires a long period of work absence, minimum a 6 months long just to dedicate to this master degree, which involves a 6 months without a payroll, plus the expenses of the course and living cost.

In my case I like this master degree located in Spain, Alicante, see their website:

https://www.master-guitarra-alicante.com/en/home-5/

The University of Alicante organizes the Master in Classical Guitar Performance from January to June. This master is a completely new experience offered to 14 guitarists, a unique opportunity to improve their knowledge and practice of the instrument with professors selected from the most renowned virtuosi in the world: Manuel BARRUECO, David RUSSELL, Hopkinson SMITH, Nigel NORTH, Ignacio RODES, Roberto AUSSEL, Carles TREPAT, Sérgio y Odair ASSAD, Paul O’DETTE, Fabio ZANON, Shin-Ichi FUKUDA, Pepe ROMERO, Paul GALBRAITH, Stefano GRONDONA, Ricardo GALLÉN, Keigo FUJII, Xavier DÍAZ-LATORRE, Jordi SAVALL, Álvaro PIERRI, Jakob LINDBERG, Tilman HOPPSTOCK, Pablo MÁRQUEZ, Alex GARROBÉ, BEIJING GUITAR DUO, Judicael PERROY, DUO MELIS; dancer Tanja SKOK, neuroscientist Víctor CANDIA and conductor José de EUSEBIO, Angel GIL ORDÓÑEZ and Mihnea IGNAT. Top-level Professors Personalized and thorough education Provide excellence in student training Performance experience.

The cost of this course is up to 8,000 euros is a 6 months intensive period, which in regards of this 6 months non working period and living expenses all will cost me around an additional amount euros for the 6 months of pure academical endeavors.

For all of the above explained, and due to the limited budget of this humble music teacher, I have decided to create this Fundraiser and see if my community and all of the good hearted people can support me on this efforts.

Thank you very much for your time and support of my musical career!

Music Album (13,500$)

https://whydonate.com/fundraising/first-music-album

See the pieces I have prepared for this album: Afro Blue, Afternoon in Paris, Alfie, Alice in Wonderland, All by Myself, All of Me, All the Things you are, Always, Autumn Leaves, Beautiful, Love, Black Orpheus, Blue Bossa, Blue Monk, Cest Si Bon, The Girl from Ipanema, How High the Moon, How Insensitive, In a Sentimental Mood, Mr Pc, Misty, My Favorite Things, My Funny Valentine, My Way, Satin Doll, Take Five, The Shadow of your Smile, Blue Moon, Cheek to Cheek, Fly me to the Moon, A Foggy Day, Moon River.

It is a 30 pieces album, where chord melody jazz sounds and classical training merge into an experience of joy and relaxation. I'm currently looking for some sponsors to this musical project.

Educational Musical App - Complex Development (200,000$)

https://whydonate.com/fundraising/educational-musical-app-complex-development

While a standard educational app might just serve videos and quizzes, a musical app requires highly specialized engineering. These features drive up the cost significantly:

Real-Time Audio Processing: Features like pitch detection (checking if a user is singing or playing in tune), low-latency audio playback, or MIDI device integration require specialized engineering.
AI and Adaptive Learning: If your app listens to a user and provides instant, personalized feedback or adjusts the difficulty dynamically, you are building an AI-heavy architecture.
High-Fidelity UI and Gamification: Interactive sheet music, custom animations, badges, and progress tracking require intensive design and frontend work.