A special thank you to those who joined us last Saturday. It was a great event (see the videos below). The event helped us to get started on our fundraising goal, but we still have a long way to go.
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"For each student we will need to raise $3,100 (a total of $6,200) by the end of June. To date, we have raised $1,500 towards their room and board, but we have $4,700 to go." says Regina Nixon, Executive Director, Phoenix Conservatory of Music. "Their flights have been donated by Infinite Spectrum Productions, and their tuition is covered with their scholarship, but we need to cover the costs of meals and lodging while they are in Boston. It would be a crime to not allow these students to go because we did not have enough community support to get them there." If every person who reads this does two things: 1) Donate- every dollar helps. We know that not everyone can give a lot, but if we all give a little- we can give these students an experience that will change their life forever. 2)Forwards and shares this information with your networks on twitter, facebook, and email and asks their community to donate a little.
The community can make a donation to help Isabella and Nick attend the Berklee Summer Institute by making a tax-deductible contribution at www.pcmrocks.org.
Click Here to Donate Online! or call 602.353.9900. Mail Checks: PCM, PO BOX 1163 Litchfield Park, AZ 85340 |
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 The Berklee College of Music Five-Week Summer Program Benefit Concert for the students of the Phoenix Conservatory of Music was a success!Special thanks to:
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Jay Soto Jazz at PCM Berklee Benefit Concert |
Mr. Jay Soto for his amazing peek at what these students have to look forward to. His show of dedication to our young students is much appreciated.
J. Curtis Warner, Jr., Dr. Krystal Prime Banfield and Lenore Fauliso for coming all the way from Boston to award our students with their full academic scholarships to the Berklee College of Music Five Week Summer Program.
Taliesin West and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation for the use of their beautiful facility.
Infinite Spectrum for their considerable donation of airline tickets to take our young students to Boston and back! And the Arizona Lottery for Sponsoring our event.
Our Students were amazing at this event. A special thank you and congratulations to our two Berklee College of Music Five-Week Summer Music Program Scholarship Recipients:
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Ms. Isabella Perrino, Piano, Berklee College of Music Five-Week Summer Perfomrance Program Scholarship Recipient. A special thanks to Isabella's family and her Phoenix Conservatory of Music Teaching Artist, Ms. Randi Meador. |
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Mr. Nick Garzon, Guitar, Berklee College of Music Five-Week Summer Perfomrance Program Scholarship Recipient. A special thanks to Nick's family and his Phoenix Conservatory of Music Teaching Artist, Ms. Laura Meador. |
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A Special Thank you to our other student perfomers and their families for their support!
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Michael Gloria, Piano and Voice
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Both students are part of Phoenix Conservatory of Music's private music programs that teach instrumental and vocal instruction in rock and jazz, classical music, ensemble performance, and musicianship. This year, as part of Phoenix Conservatory of Music's affiliation with The Berklee City Music Network, the students were able to participate in an online college preparatory curriculum via donated computers from AZ Strut. This curriculum provided by the Berklee City Music Network is fun, hip, edgy, interactive, and teaches solid musicianship through contemporary greats like Michael Jackson, Green Day, Jason Mraz, and Christina Aguilera.
Isabella and Nick will join hundreds of students from all over the world for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at the 5 week summer program, sharpening their music skills in private lessons, ensembles, master classes, and concert performances of jazz, rock, funk, pop, and R & B. They will be immersed in musicianship and theory courses plus attend lectures and demonstrations in songwriting, music synthesis, and music business led by renowned musicians, such as Quincy Jones.
In 2010, The Berklee City Music Network, through a competitive process, selected Phoenix Conservatory of Music to be the only national network affiliate located in Arizona. Both organizations share the goal of changing students' lives through contemporary music education. The Phoenix Conservatory of Music is a 501 (c) 3 organization whose mission is to unleash the power of music in children and families by providing a platform for creativity and expression, and preserving music as an essential building block to a person's development.
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