Southern Highland Music Foundation Provides ‘Right-Sized’ Instruments to Local Students
The Southern Highland Music Foundation (SHMF) has received an $850.00 grant from The Georgia Music Foundation to provide ‘right-sized’ acoustic instruments for local music students. SHMF is using the grant proceeds to purchase instruments for use by students at Blue Ridge Music in Clayton, GA.
Tom Nixon, Chief Executive Officer of SHMF said, “Right-sized instruments are generally three-quarter sized models that are easier for younger students to hold properly. Working with a right-sized instrument makes it easier for young students to practice, play and create music. We find that by matching students with instruments that are easy and comfortable to hold helps them make rapid progress,” Nixon said.
In addition to purchasing the right-sized instruments, SHMF is supporting their use through a free instrument lending program at Blue Ridge Music. “Allowing very new students to borrow the right-sized instrument at no cost lets them try them out and decide whether that instrument is right for them or if their interests lie in a different area,” Nixon added. “Children often change their minds. Our free, right-sized instrument lending program eliminates any guilt or ‘buyer’s remorse’ attached to the purchase of an instrument,” he added.
So far, four new students are using the ‘right-sized’ instruments for practice and learning at Blue Ridge Music.
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