StubHub donates $88K to Pelham Prep’s music program
BY ROBERT WIRSING
StubHub’s generous donation
was music to many students’
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ears.
To celebrate music’s importance
in schools, the event
ticket seller and the Mr. Holland’s
Opus Foundation surprised
over 500 Pelham Preparatory
Academy students
on Thursday, December 6 with
$88,000 in instruments and a
private performance by lovelytheband.
Pelham Prep, which serves
511 students grades nine to 12,
was selected by Mr. Holland’s
Opus Foundation based on the
foundation’s established selection
criteria of schools with
greater majority of economically
disadvantaged students
and have demonstrated a viable
music program.
The school received approximately
49 instruments, directly
benefi ting 57 music students.
Pelham Prep music director
Steven Oquendo noted that
some of the instruments that
his students were playing prior
to the donation were more than
60-years-old.
The unveiling occurred at
a school prep rally which featured
a performance by the
Pelham Preparatory Academy students were thrilled to receive their brand new instruments.
Photo courtesy of StubHub
school’s band students led by
Oquendo.
The program reached its
crescendo with a surprise performance
by emerging alt-pop
trio lovelytheband who are
best known for their debut hit
single ‘broken.’
The song was the band’s
breakout single and spent
nine weeks at number one on
Billboard’s Alternative Songs
chart starting in April 2018.
Jeff Poirier, StubHub general
manager of music and theater
for North America, stated
that lovelytheband were the
perfect group to discuss music’s
impact at an early age and
the importance of cultivating
music curiosity in school due
to their passion for music.
“It was super enlightening
to see where all of these students
want to want to work in
the music industry and you
could really see their excitement
while listening and engaging
with the panelists,” expressed
Poirier.
Following the energetic
performance, students had the
opportunity to meet and take
photos with lovelytheband.
The music students engaged
with a career panel compromised
of music industry representatives
who shared their
experiences, career advice and
more to inspire students to pursue
their dreams in music.
Such notable industry professionals
included Variety’s
senior music editor Jem Aswad
and lovelytheband lead
singer Mitchy Collins.
As part of its Next Stage Social
Good Program with benefi
ting partner Mr. Holland’s
Opus Foundation, StubHub
has committed more than $3
million in instruments into atrisk
public school music programs
Over the past three years,
StubHub has donated 328
instruments totaling over
$377,632 to school programs in
the New York area, impacting
more than 2,500 students.
“StubHub is instrumental
in terms of supporting our
school and our campus,” stated
principal Benvenuto Ferron.
“Without our students this
doesn’t happen and today they
begin the beginning of a new
legacy at Columbus campus in
terms of support for the arts.”
Ferron thanked Oquendo
and the Mr. Holland’s Opus
Foundation for organizing the
event.
According to Mr. Holland’s
Opus Foundation, schools with
music programs have an estimated
90% graduation rate
and 93% attendance rate compared
to schools without music
education which average 72%
for graduation and 85% in attendance.
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