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South Shore Conservatory Holds Drive

Seeking Gently-Used Band Instruments

April 25, 2013
South Shore Conservatory’s youth service organization, SSC Crew, will be holding a drive for gently-used band instruments on Saturday, April 27 from 2 to 4 pm at the Conservatory’s Hingham campus at One Conservatory Drive, and Sunday, April 28 from 2 to 4 pm at the Conservatory’s Duxbury campus at 64 St. George Street.

SSC Crew is accepting gently used brass, woodwind and percussion instruments.  Monetary donations to bring the instruments back to playing condition will also be gratefully accepted.  Collected instruments will be donated this spring to the Randolph Public Schools music department to serve young musicians in need.

For more information about the Used Instrument Drive, please contact Anne Smith at 781-934-2731 x 21 or a.smith@sscmusic.org.  To learn more about South Shore Conservatory’s efforts to improve access to the arts, visit at www.sscmusic.org/community_partnerships, or follow us on Facebook.

About South Shore Conservatory

South Shore Conservatory, recently recognized as a national model for arts education by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, is celebrating more than 40 years of enriching the lives of South Shore residents through music and the arts. SSC was founded as a not-for-profit community music school in 1970 and now has two beautiful campuses in Hingham and Duxbury.  Currently serving more than 2,700 students of all ages and abilities, SSC is the largest community school for the arts in Massachusetts. Students participate in more than 50 diverse programs in music, dance and drama. SSC’s Hingham campus is located at One Conservatory Drive, Hingham, 781-749-7565.  SSC’s Duxbury campus is located at the Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street, Duxbury, 781-934-2731. South Shore Conservatory is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education.  SSC programs are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information call us, follow us on Facebook or visit www.sscmusic.org.

South Shore Conservatory admits students and families of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.