CWU Trombone Music Students
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Donors Send Music Students to International Trombone Festival
The trip to ITF was such an amazing experience, but ensuring we could go was extremely difficult. Our studio had to come together and cover funding for less financially well-off students, ending up with us initially paying $1,000 out of pocket and Dr. Neurohr paying $2,000 himself. The donation we received was such an amazing relief to us all and really allowed us to enjoy our trip and afford school this fall.
During the last academic year, CWU music students were invited to showcase their talents at the International Trombone Festival in Arkansas, but they needed funding to make this trip a reality. Faculty member Dr. John Neurohr and several music students began fundraising for the trip, and when Bill and Nancy Smith were made aware of the students’ financial need, they made a contribution that made the trip possible. “When we heard about the need for assisting CWU music students to attend an international music conference, we were more than glad to invest,” said the Smiths. “The more we learned about
the opportunity for the students to attend the International Trombone Festival in Arkansas the more it sounded like a chance for us to help deserving students. It was our pleasure to be involved with a donation which helped the students and faculty be involved in a program that provided a life experience that they otherwise would not have been able to experience.” The Smiths’ generosity covered various expenses of the trip, including all meals, for the trombone students. They chose to donate the leftover funds to the music department to support students in the area of greatest need.
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- Fin Garcia CWU Music Student and Former Trombone Studio President
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