We gratefully note that more instruments were donated in 2021 than in any of the previous five years! We would like to thank the 776 individuals who generously parted with one or more of their instruments, including Rocky and Dorothy DeNiro of Pueblo, Colorado (pictured here at their home) who gifted us with 100 horns and woodwinds from their private collection.
Read the June 2021 edition of Quarter Notes here.
By: NATALIE CHUCK
Mr. Rocky DeNiro, a longtime district music teacher who retired in 2007, will keep music alive in the district through a donation of 100 brass and woodwind instruments, given to the district as part of the Bringing Music to Life instrument drive.
As a longtime music educator in the district, Rocky DeNiro never hesitated to personally purchase a brass or woodwind instrument for a student lacking the means to do so.
Together with instruments donated to him by former students or purchased through monetary donations from community benefactors, Mr. DeNiro loaded up these tools of the trade into his station wagon before every class, traveling to schools throughout the district to pass on his love of music-making to students.
Read more about Pueblo’s “Music Man” on the Pueblo Academy of Arts website.
By NELSON GARCIA.
Music Director Matt Steele is building a legacy at Northfield High based on flutes, clarinets, saxophones, and even a tuba, from Bringing Music to Life. Watch him in the classroom and listen as he tells Nelson Garcia about the pride and confidence these instruments instill in his students.
Email: SteveB@BringMusic.org
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