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YMF is proud to announce the “Be Instrumental” 2009-2010 Instrument Donation Drive. The Kickoff donation drive event takes place at the first YMF Debut Orchestra concert Sunday, November 1st, 1 p.m., at the Broad Stage, 1310 11th St. in Santa Monica. Those interested in donating a musical instrument are invited to bring it to the theatre that day and attend the afternoon’s free concert. Donors will receive seats in the VIP seating section of the theatre.

The Instrument Loan Program loans instruments to schools that currently do not have an instrumental music program. YMF’s Mentor Artist Program provides classroom and after-school instruction to the children receiving the instruments. To date, the program has loaned more than 400 instruments to eleven elementary schools. An annual Instrument Drive collects used and new instrumentalists that YMF can refurbish.

Donate an Instrument!

Calling all music lovers! Do you have an instrument that is no longer being used? A violin? A clarinet? A flute? If so, you can keep music education alive in our schools by donating it to Young Musicians Foundation. Young Musicians Foundation provides instruments and music instruction to underfunded music programs in elementary schools across Los Angeles County.

In many schools, music classes do not exist without this type of charitable funding. Each instrument means a world of music for a child. Please donate your instrument today!

To donate an instrument and help keep music in our schools, please print out the Instrument Donor Form » and fill in the required information. Then, simply mail or drop off this form and your instrument to the address listed below. YMF will have the instrument repaired if needed, have the instrument appraised, and provide the donor with a tax-deduction letter.

YMF accepts the following instruments: piano/keyboard, violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, and trombone. To donate any instruments not listed above, we recommend contacting Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation.

Download: Instrument Donor Form » (Acrobat Reader Required)

Mail to or drop off at:

Young Musicians Foundation
195 South Beverly Drive, Suite 414
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

M-F, 9am-5pm. Please call before coming to make sure someone will be at the office.

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