The Texas Music Educators Association recently gifted nine Garland ISD campuses with the opportunity to expand their composition collections. The campuses were awarded a portion of a $10,588 TMEA grant that will go toward 11 band, choir and orchestra middle school programs.
Earlier this fall, the TMEA Executive Board approved $500,000 in funding for sixth, seventh and eighth-grade music programs. Any teacher who was a current TMEA member could apply for a grant, which had a limit of $1,000 per program and $3,000 per campus.
The selection process was primarily based on a program’s financial need, but requests for complex or significant sheet music were also weighed. Campuses that received an endowment must now use the funds to purchase sheet music for full ensemble concert performances.
The following GISD campuses and corresponding programs were awarded, and will soon display the benefits of this generous donation through harmonious melodies.
• Austin Academy for Excellence—band and orchestra
• Bussey Middle School—band and choir
• Classical Center at Brandenburg Middle School—band
• Coyle Middle School—band
• Hudson Middle School—band
• Jackson Technology Center for Math & Science—orchestra
• O’Banion Middle School—band
• Schrade Middle School—band
• Webb Middle School—choir