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Student-run Blue Moon Music Club tells board it has donated more than $16,000 to school music programs
Summary
A student from Montgomery High School described Blue Moon as a student-led nonprofit that offers low-cost music lessons, operates 18 tutors and about 25 tutees, has donated over $16,000 to music programs in need, and plans a website to expand access.
Harsh Grover, a senior at Montgomery High School, told the board that Blue Moon Music is a student-led nonprofit club that offers low-cost music lessons and donates proceeds to school music programs that lack funding.
Harsh said the program currently has 18 tutors and serves about 25 students; since the club’s founding it has donated more than $16,000, including over $7,000 in the past year despite COVID-19 disruptions. He cited donations to the Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth and assistance repairing instruments at Bound Brook High School as recent examples.
Adam Warshawski, the district’s supervisor of visual and performing arts (introduced by the district), and board members praised the club as ‘‘completely student driven’’ and emphasized the mentorship benefits for younger district students.
Board members asked practical questions about instrument access and referrals for students who do not own instruments. Harsh said most tutees already own instruments but noted the district’s instrument-borrowing system for orchestra and band students could be extended to Blue Moon participants if needed.
Harsh said Blue Moon plans to launch a website and an automated matching service to connect students with tutors to expand access beyond Montgomery.
The board thanked Warshawski and Harsh for the presentation and commended the student leadership and volunteerism that created the program.
