Above (L-R): Chelsea Payne (Donelson Middle School), Ryan Murphey (Nashville School of the Arts), Sarah Robinson (Performing Arts Coordinator), Jeffrey Smith (Director, Visual and Performing Arts, Metro Nashville Public Schools), James “JC” Curleigh (President and CEO, Gibson Brands), Cesar Gueikian (Brand President, Gibson Brands), Heather Freeland (Entertainment Relations-Nashville, Gibson Brands) and Dendy Jarrett (Executive Director, Gibson Gives) photographed at the Gibson Garage in downtown Nashville (Photo: Gibson)
Gibson Gives, the philanthropic arm of Gibson has announced a $300,000 donation to benefit students attending Metro Nashville Public Schools. The public private partnership Music Makes Us will distribute the donation of guitars and other music equipment across Metro Nashville Public Schools music education programs, as well as sistering school districts.
The Gibson Gives donation will directly benefit students in schools with guitar learning programs including the following schools: Antioch High School, Bellevue Middle School, Donelson Middle School, H.G. Hill Middle School, Hillwood High School,John Overton High School, Maplewood High School, McGavock High School, and Nashville School of the Arts. The donation includes Gibson guitars (electric, acoustic, and bass guitars), 36 amplifiers, 1700 pairs of guitar strings, and 116 guitar stands. Additionally, Gibson Gives has provided 1000 PPE face masks to all Nashville Metro Public Schools music students valued at $4,000.
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