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Peyton’s Place: The Joy of Music School

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One of the most famous names in sports, legendary University of Tennessee Knoxville quarterback Peyton Manning, threw a tight spiral of funding our way earlier this year. The now Denver Broncos QB’s PeyBack Foundation gave the Joy of Music School a grant for $7,500 to help underwrite Midsummer Music Mentoring, a program of instruction that introduced kids to basic music-reading skills and practical experience. It was the largest grant we’d ever secured from Manning’s foundation and the first since 2007. We were so grateful we nearly got flagged for excessive celebrating!


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What the Kids Need Now

Gig Bag

The School has a dire need for sturdy, padded “gig bags” for acoustic guitars, says Music Director Julie Carter. We could use half a dozen of them—those simple bags used for carrying a guitar between lessons at the School and home. They’re really a better solution than boxy guitar cases, which tend to get dinged up. They cost about $40 each. We could also really use a couple of good-quality baritone ukulele cases. Generally they go for about $20. Care to help us out? Please call Julie at 865-525-6806. You can also send a check or donate online, indicating where you want your gift applied. Thank you!


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The Burger Benefit

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The Joy of Music School got four nights “on stage” at one of Knoxville’s premier restaurants in August – and made the most of it. We were part of the Kobe Burger Mondays at the Orangery series, in which the restaurant generously donates $5 to charity for each American Kobe beef burger it sells. Over the course of the month, scores of volunteers, board members and friends of the School (new and old) enjoyed a fun night out and delightful live music. “We were impressed with the turnout, and the musical guests thrilled everyone,” says Rebecca Bonano, the Orangery’s catering sales manager. So, too, DID the burgers. Many thanks to the Orangery for supporting our School!


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Urban Legends

Urban Outfitters

One of Knoxville’s newest retailers, Urban Outfitters, made a nice contribution to the Joy of Music School recently. The Philadelphia-based company donated 10 percent of the sales from the first three days of its new store overlooking downtown Knoxville’s Market Square. Urban Outfitters District Manager Hillary Day toured the School when deciding to make us the beneficiary, and she came away impressed by our volunteer teachers and students. “It was a really good feeling contributing to a group that’s this important to the community,” she says. Thank you Urban Outfitters!