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
Congratulations to Manilow Music Teacher Award Winner: Walter Suggs and Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology High School From Charlotte, North Carolina!
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Local band teacher, Walter Suggs was presented with an award from music icon Barry Manilow when he performed in Charlotte this month. The award, which is given to one teacher in each city that Manilow performs, consists of a $5,000 cash reward...
Congratulations to Manilow Music Teacher Award Winner: Benjamin Easley from Nolensville High School in Nashville, TN!
Ahead of Barry Manilow's Bridgestone Arena performance this weekend, he is taking time to recognize a local music teacher. Nolensville High School Director of Bands Benjamin Easley won the Manilow Music Project Music Teacher Award. With it, he will recieve $5,000...
Congratulations to Manilow Music Teacher Award Winner: Adam Brooks and North Atlanta High School from Atlanta, Georgia!
North Atlanta High School music programs director Adam Brooks was honored with the Manilow Music Project Award by the Grammy-award-winning legend Barry Manilow at the Jan. 19 concert as his wife, kids, friends and colleagues looked on. The prize is $5,000 in cash and...
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.
