Horns For Kids, Inc. is a tax-exempt (501c3) non-profit organization that supports needy school music programs throughout
Connecticut. Our main purpose is to encourage children to experience the thrill of performing music in school, and as a life-long
activity. H4K raises funds through private and corporate contributions — and awards clean, playable instruments to deserving
school music programs throughout Connecticut. We accept donations of new and gently-used instruments, have them refurbished,
and distribute them to Connecticut schools. Since 2003, H4K has awarded instruments to well over 500 Connecticut schools.
CLICK HERE to see every instrument Horns For Kids has awarded.
Donate An Instrument
Donate a musical instrument to Horns For Kids, and we'll make sure that it gets to a student who can use it! All
kinds of gently-used and/or new instruments are needed: brass, woodwind, string, percussion and keyboards. Go to the
DONATE AN INSTRUMENT page by clicking on the "hot" musicians below -- or the button in the navigation bar. [Your donation is tax-deductible.]
Click on blue banner to make contribution.
Your tax-deductible contribution to Horns For Kids is urgently needed for repair of donated instruments. Even a contribution
of $5-10 dollars can make a big difference. Simply click on the Blue Button above
to go to the Contributions page. All funds received are used to support students in deserving school
music programs throughout Connecticut.
Arturo Sandoval, celebrated trumpeter, pianist and composer, received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2013 at the White House. Born outside Havana, Cuba, he became a protégé of jazz legend
Dizzy Gillespie and gained international acclaim as a dynamic performer. He defected to the United States in 1990 and later
became an American citizen. He has been awarded nine Grammy Awards and is widely considered one of the greatest living jazz
artists. Click on the link under the photo above to view an excerpt from his speech (:47 seconds).
— SOMETHING SPECIAL —
"One
Voice" by the
U.S.
Air Force Band (6:09)
Words & Music by Don Cook and David Malloy.
(Play
the video below. Select "Full Screen".)
H4K on WFSB, May 21
CLICK HERE to watch an extraordinary Q & A Session wth Wynton Marsalis,
members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and high school musicians participating in the 2019 Essentially Ellington
festival in NYC.
CLICK ON PHOTO ABOVE TO SEE LARGER VERSION.
Christian Heritage School in Trumbull was awarded
a Bass Clarinet on May 12, 2015
CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE VIDEO.
NYBERG Interviews
Horns For Kids
Fred Rossomando, co-director of Horn For Kids, was interviewed by Ann Nyberg at WTNH-8 on Tuesday, May 12. Ann
was very gracious to invite Fred on the program to discuss how Horns For Kids continues to support music education in Connecticut
by supplying instruments to needy schools throughout the State. CLICK HERE or on the photo above to see the entire program (23:09).
CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE LARGER VERSION.
EDISON MS MERIDEN RECEIVED A VIOLA 11/11/14.
CLICK ON PHOTO ABOVE TO SEE LARGER VERSION.
CLICK ON PHOTO ABOVE TO SEE LARGER VERSION.
Kenneth Joseph (right) of Highville Charter School, New Haven, picks up a drum kit on Sept. 23, 2014
Horns For Kids has 24 instruments available
now, free to CT public and private schools. To see the list and download the simple application, CLICK HERE, or go to the Instruments Available page. You must return your completed
application to Horns For Kids no later than midnight, Tuesday, January 31st. If you are on the
mailing list, you'll receive advance notice when the next group of instruments is available. If you would like to be
on the mailing list, send a request to
Thank you to all those who have been donating instruments recently. We're very grateful for the
many quality intruments that will go out to schools. If you know of others who have instruments that are "gently
used", please let them know that Horns For Kids will get them to a deserving Connecticut school music program. Instruments
are always needed. If you have an instrument to donate, see the DONATE AN INSTRUMENT page.
Instruments
Awarded
to
Schools Oct 26,2022
Horns For Kids awarded 36 instruments to Connecticut schools on Wednesday,
October 26, 2022. CLICK HERE to see the list of schools receiving instruments. Or go to
the Instruments Awarded page. If you know someone who is not on our mailing list, ask
them to send a request to be added to: Lee@hornsforkids.org. Those on the mailing list will get advance notice when the next
group of instruments becomes available.
Instruments
Awarded
to
Schools May 19,2022
Horns For Kids awarded 30 instruments to Connecticut schools on Thursday,
May 19. CLICK HERE to see the list of schools receiving instruments. Or go to
the Instruments Awarded page. If you know someone who is not on our mailing list, ask
them to send a request to be added to: Lee@hornsforkids.org. Those on the mailing list will get advance notice when the next
group of instruments becomes available.
Instruments Awarded
to Schools Mar. 30,2022
Horns For Kids awarded 33 instruments to Connecticut schools on March
30, 2022. CLICK HERE to see the list of schools receiving instruments — or go to
the Instruments Awarded page. If your school is to receive an instrument, call us ASAP
at 203-288-9771 to arrange a day and time to pick-up at our office in Hamden. The last
day to pick-up is Tuesday, April 12th. We'll have brass and woodwind instruments available later in
April. To receive advance notice when they become available, send a request to be on the mailing list to: Lee@hornsforkids.org.
Instruments Awarded
to Schools Nov. 5, 2021
Horns For Kids awarded 40 instruments to CT schools on Friday, November
5th. CLICK HERE to see the list of schools that received instruments. All the instruments have now been picked-up by the teachers. We plan
to have more available in April or May of 2022. If you're
not on the mailing list, send a request to be added to Lee@hornsforkids.org. You'll receive advance notice when the next group of instruments
is available.
Instruments Awarded
to Schools Sept. 28, 2021
Horns For Kids awarded 33 instruments to Connecticut schools on Sept.
28, 2021. This group contained Bowed Strings, Guitars, and Keyboards. To see the list of schools receiving instruments, CLICK HERE, or go to the Instruments Awarded page.
All instruments have now been picked up. If you are not on
the Horns For Kids E-Mail News List, (or are not sure), send a request
to me at Lee@hornsforkids.org. I'll add you if you're not. You'll receive advance notice when the next group of instruments
is available.
H4K E-Mail News
To receive adance notice when the next group of instruments is available, subscribe to the free H4K E-Mail News by sending us an e-mail request. Send your request to us at: Lee(AT)hornsforkids(DOT)org
