Keeping dreams alive one instrument at a time
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Our Mission
The Manilow Music Project empowers underfunded school music programs to provide quality music education. By donating instruments and equipment and providing scholarships nationwide, we give disadvantaged young people the opportunity to experience community, passion, and creativity through the gift of music.
Do you know how much instruments cost?
$7,309
Cost of a tuba
$1,999
Cost of a trombone
$1,518
Cost of a trumpet
$3,629
Cost of a french horn
$1,337
Cost of a flute
$2,488
Cost of an alto sax
$1,371
Cost of a clarinet
$1,065
Cost of a violin
Some of Our Good Work
Driven by the question, “How can we help?” We are always looking for ways to do the most good, whether that means donating a beautiful grand piano to Eric Torres, a high school student who’s home and piano were destroyed by the devastating hurricane in Houston, or by sending in a parade of our famous Manilow Music Project trucks full of instruments to Joplin, Missouri, who’s entire band program was wiped out by tornadoes. To date we have donated upwards of ten million dollars in instruments and scholarships.
Over 300 scholarships awarded
$10 million donated to schools
34 years of helping schools get the instruments they need
We’ve all heard stories of grade school teachers spending out of pocket to purchase crayons and pencils for the classroom. Music programs are equally underfunded with many teachers spending their own money on equipment like guitar strings and drumsticks or instrument repairs. Many students play old, damaged instruments and sadly, most students whose parents cannot afford instruments decide not to participate in band programs at all.
News & Updates
Manilow Music Scholarship Winner Malia Civetz Signed To Warner Records And Warner-Tamerlane Publishing
You may not know her name yet, but Malia Civetz is quickly becoming a big deal in the music business. Her talents for singing and songwriting have got the attention of Warner Records and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, with songs like "Champagne Clouds," "Heart Broke,"...
Manilow Music Scholarship Winner Amanda Ketterer Has Got What It Takes
This year's winner of The Manilow Music Scholarship at The University of Las Vegas is vocalist Amanda Ketterer! We caught up with Amanda to get her incredible story. Amanda is starting her fourth year at UNLV and describes her style as modern contemporary or...
Presenting: Manilow Music Project Scholarship Winner, Claire Heinrichs!
We'd like you to meet the University of Toronto's 2020 recipient of the Manilow Music Project, violinist Claire Heinrichs! Claire grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where at the age of seven her mother took her to her first orchestral performance and immediately asked...
Manilow Music Project
9696 Culver Blvd. #105
Culver City, CA 90232
424-298-4256
The Manilow Music Project and The Manilow Fund For Health and Hope are dbas of Charity Works, a national 501(c)(3) organization. EIN 91-1830363.
