Our mission is to support aspiring young artists in pursuit of their dreams. By supporting us, you can quite literally change someone’s world. Here are some specific examples of how your donation can impact young lives in our community:
“Anytime” Fundraiser Initiatives
Practical, applicable, and relevant all year round
$50
One Hour Basic Recording Session
Includes setup, sound check, tracking, basic editing, and a demo audio recording.
This is typically appropriate for a student who wants to “workshop” a song , or put out a working demo recording for later development.
$100
One Month of Weekly 1/2-hour Lessons
Any Instrument, Proficiency, or Style
Recommended for ages 4-11.
One Audio Interface
For student’s personal home recording use
The audio interface is the link between a student’s instrument and the computer software that records it. This equipment is essential for aspiring young musicians to record their work.
$200
One Month of Weekly 60-Minute Lessons
Any Instrument, Proficiency, or Style
Recommended for ages 11+
One Multi-Angle Solo Video
Students have the opportunity to perform in a multi-instrument, multi-angle video. Includes audio engineering and video editing. Check out 13-year-old Naomi crushing Tash’s “Softly”
$300
Tap the image to listen to some of our student’s original music on Spotify.
Record and Release a Song
All major streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, and more.
Includes tracking, producing, arranging, editing, complete mixing, mastering, and worldwide digital distribution on 100+ major streaming platforms.
Tap any album below to listen to some of our student’s music on Spotify:
13-year old JudyAnne Jackson's "Old Soul"
17-year old scotti's album "death at the grove"
8-year old Scarlett Curtin's single "In The Moonlight"
17-year old Alyssa Somoano's acoustic album "Sanity"
17-year old Cody Somoano's album "Answers"
Josh Brett's instrumental lofi jazz EP
$400
Basic Home Recording Kit
A complete home recording setup
We put together custom home recording kits for students to borrow whenever inspiration strikes. These are strictly to borrow free of charge. Includes studio monitors, condenser microphone and shock mount, studio headphones, audio interface, DAW / recording software, microphone stand, xlr microphone cable, ¼-inch instrument cable, USB A/B cable
$600
1/2 Year Scholarship
Weekly 30-minute lessons on any instrument for 6 months.
We specifically award these scholarships to students we understand to have a very strong desire to pursue music, but who may lack the requisite financial means to do so. These bright young minds are highly motivated and have a relentless passion for music. Our goal is to help them achieve theirs. You can be an integral part of this. 6 months is enough to change a life.
Solo Studio Feature
A very high-quality professional multi-angle studio recording video
We partner with our friends at Burnt Orange Sound Studios in Sarasota to deliver an absolutely unparalleled recording experience for our students. Check out Kayla Blackman’s unique cover of Bill Wither’s “Ain’t No Sunshine”.
Chris Sgammato x Kayla Blackman - “Ain’t No Sunshine” (Bill Withers)
13-year old duo Tulips & Tombstones cover Darius Rucker’s “Wagon Wheel”
14-year old Alleycat performs her original song “Girl In The Corner”
scotti x Sgammato performing Billie Eilish’s “eight”
Talo Mickey x Sgammato perform 30 Seconds To Mars - “The Kill”
$1,200
1 Year Scholarship
Sponsor an aspiring young musician with one full year of music lessons
Weekly 30-minute lessons. Can also be used for 6 months of weekly 60-minute lessons if preferred.
Full Band Video
Very high quality audio and multi-angle video live band performance with our partners at Burnt Orange Sound Studios.
Sgammato Music School students perform a rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” featuring a whopping SIX key changes!
Scheduled Fundraising Initiatives
These happen periodically throughout the year. In full transparency, their limited frequency is mostly due to financial limitations. With your support, we can continue to offer these services and events more often than we currently do.
$500
Sponsor a Small Student Showcase
Covers all operating expenses for any of our events in <150 capacity music venues. Depending on the venue, this may include space rental, audio engineer, instructor payroll, additional music personnel, equipment rental, promotional materials, etc.
Members of student band “Crossing the Tangent” perform Something Corporate’s “As You Sleep”
Small venues. Big sounds.
Large stages, full-production lights and lasers, and speakers taller than your Dad might be a bit intimidating for younger artists. Even for the more experienced veterans, there is an intimacy afforded by cozy venues that can’t be replicated on huge stages. That’s why we partner with tighter joints to offer these super-chill student music events.
Students perform Coheed & Cambria’s “Welcome Home” live @ Dunedin Brewery
Our juniors jam 21 Pilots’ “Ride” live at Dunedin Brewery.
$3,000
Sponsor our Full-Production Semi-Annual Student Showcase event
In April and October.
Covers venue rental, live audio engineer, recorded audio mixing and mastering, multi-angle HD video capture/editing/rendering, instructor payroll, additional music personnel, artist passes, equipment rental, security, graphic design, promotional materials, and petty expenses.
Professional Performance Experience
Students as young as 6 years old perform on one of the area’s finest stages under full-production lights and top-notch live sound equipment. All performances are multi-track recorded, mixed and mastered in 96k audio, then sync’d to multi-angle edited 4k video for a very professional production. We say this with absolutely zero hyperbole - we are the only school in the area that offers something so ridiculously epic.
9-year old JudyAnne Jackson fronts an epic 13-piece horn band to cover James Brown’s “I Got You (I Feel Good)”