StubHub to host concert at Exit/In this Friday to support donations like these
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Metro Schools continues to bolster music education in Nashville, this time thanks to 102 musical instruments donated by the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation and StubHub. Hunters Lane High School, I.T. Creswell Arts Magnet Middle Prep and Isaac Litton Middle Prep each took delivery of a truckload of free instruments late last month, coming to a combined total of nearly $100,000.“We are so grateful to the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation for its continued support of our young musicians,” said Laurie Schell, director of Music Makes Us for Metro Schools. “This marks the second year in a row we have received instruments from the Foundation. They are truly one of our most valued musical partners.”
The donations from Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation were made possible by StubHub and its Next Stage concert series, which will be coming to Nashville Friday, June 13. In addition to a $250,000 initial grant from the StubHub Foundation (a corporate advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation), StubHub is donating 100% of the proceeds from each show to Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation. Friday’s show will feature emerging rock group Grouplove at the Exit/In. Tickets for this intimate show are only $40; doors are at 8 p.m.
“Few places can rival the city of Nashville in what it has contributed to music fans,” said Emma Leggat, StubHub Head of Corporate Responsibility. “Partnering with the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation to support
youth music education is just one of the ways StubHub aims to give back to Nashville and to local music fans.”
The donations reflect a shared focus by Metro Schools, the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation and StubHub to support grassroots music education. Through Music Makes Us, a joint effort of Metro Nashville Public Schools, Mayor Karl Dean and music industry and community leaders, Metro Schools aspires to be a national model for high-quality music education. With a focus on music literacy and student participation, Music Makes Us is strengthening traditional school music while adding a contemporary curriculum that embraces new technologies and reflects a diverse musical landscape. Among its list of accomplishments, Music Makes Us has restored band in all middle schools and created 40 new contemporary music classes in 18 different middle and high schools.
“The study of music tends to enhance student success as it requires great rigor and discipline as well as a creative sensibility,” said Schell. “Research done in our schools shows that students involved in music achieve academically and have high graduation rates. Donations like this one make it possible for even more students to get involved and benefit from what music has to offer.”
Last year MHOF made another major donation to Litton Middle. Tickets for the June 13 concert are still available on StubHub.com.
Each school received musical instruments with the total retail values of:
· Hunters Lane - $46,290
· I.T. Creswell - $24,574
· Isaac Litton - $26,440
Instrument donations:
· 20 flutes
· 18 trumpets
· 15 violins
· 13 trombones
· 13 clarinets and 3 mouthpieces
· 6 mellophones
· 6 baritones
· 5 alto saxophones and 1 mouthpiece
· 3 concert snare drums
· 2 bass clarinets
· 1 tenor sax mouthpiece
About StubHub’s Next Stage Concert Series
StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, is taking music to the next stage in its biggest music initiative yet to support emerging artists while giving access to the true music fan and supporting grassroots music education. Launching with its first self-produced and self-ticketed live concert event, the NEXT STAGE Concert Series features five cross-country dates that will raise money for the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation and local schools in each market. The first date was in Los Angeles featuring Lykke Li and the second features Grouplove in Nashivlle. The series will continue to San Francisco (August), Chicago (September), New York (October). StubHub recognizes that providing rewarding experiences and taking its music efforts to the next stage extends beyond the concert and, as such, is continuing the mission of its corporate social responsibility program promoting music education and the arts by naming Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation a national recipient of its Rising Star Award. The award comes with an initial $250,000 grant from the StubHub Foundation and access to StubHub’s platform, partners and employee talent to help further its mission to keep music alive in schools. The StubHub Foundation grant will be distributed by MHOF to schools in need, in the form of $50,000 in new musical instruments that will help ensure the continuation and expansion of school music education programs throughout five of the concert series markets. In addition, 100% of ticket proceeds from the Next Stage benefit concerts will be donated to MHOF.
About Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation was inspired by the acclaimed motion picture Mr. Holland’s Opus, the story of the profound effect a dedicated music teacher had on generations of students. The film's composer, Michael Kamen, started the foundation in 1996 as his commitment to the future of music education.
The foundation donates both new and refurbished instruments to school music programs that lack the resources to keep up with aging equipment and to accommodate students on waiting lists or who have to share instruments. An infusion of instruments enables more students to participate and to experience a quality music education. It is vital that efforts are made to give youngsters every tool available within the small window of time when they can make the most of their education, and experience the benefits inherent in learning to play music.
The foundation has donated instruments to 1,215 schools nationwide serving hundreds of thousands of students.
Metro Nashville Public Schools
The first day of school is August 6, 2014. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools is the nation’s 42nd largest district, preparing more than 83,000 students to excel in higher education, work and life. With the goal of being the first choice for Nashville’s families, Metro Schools is committed to providing a high quality education to every student. The district is earning a national reputation for urban school reform, its commitment to social and emotional learning and rising academic achievement, and currently ranks in the top 27 percent of districts in the state for academic performance. Its new strategic plan, Education 2018: Excellence for Every Student, sets the goal of becoming the nation’s top performing urban school system by 2018. The governing body for Metro Schools is the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Public Education, a nine-member elected body. For more information, visit www.mnps.org.
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