Donations to the Music Department

Monetary Donations

Your tax-deductible donation to the SRJC Music Department helps support our students by providing funding for trips and tours, sponsoring guest artists and clinicians, repairing and replacing musical instruments, and other needs as they arise.

Donations can be made through the SRJC Foundation’s Music Performance and Education Fund. You can directly specify how you wish your donation to be used, or leave it at the discretion of the Department. DONATE [Choose "SRJC Music Department, Performance & Education" from the drop-down menu]

Other Donations

We DO accept:

  • Instruments for band/orchestra in good to excellent condition. We particularly need wind instruments such as: trumpets, trombones, tubas, French horns, saxophones, flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons.

We MAY be able to accept:

  • Pianos in good to excellent condition. Please contact our piano coordinator Dr. Rudolf Budginas to discuss if a piano you wish to donate could be used by the Music Department.

  • Other musical equipment (in good, working order) such as guitar amplifiers, music stands, microphones, digital audio gear, etc. Contact Dr. Mark Anderman to inquire if an item you wish to donate may be useful to the Music Department.

At this time we CANNOT accept:

  • Instruments that are broken, damaged, or otherwise in need of serious repair.

  • Printed matter including sheet music, music books, magazines, or journals.

  • Recorded music including tapes, LPs, or CDs.

  • Audiovisual media including VHS, LaserDisc, and DVDs.

The Music Department can provide a letter for tax purposes for any item donations that we do accept.

If you have any further questions about what may or may not be a useful donation, contact Music Department Chair Dr. Mark Anderman