Trip to Carnegie Hall

My name is Justin Nickerson.  When I was five years old, I picked up the violin, and thus began my life as a musician.  When you grow up playing violin, you tend to develop a very specific dream.  You dream of performing in Carnegie Hall, of being on that stage.
It's been thirteen years since I picked up that first violin, and I am now a freshman in college, studying to become like the people who always had the greatest impacts on my life; my music teachers.  This year, I am getting a chance to fulfill that dream from all those years ago.  My choir is being offered an opportunity to travel to New York City and perform Mozart's Requiem in Carnegie Hall, but we have to pay our own way.  And that is where you come in.
We have to pay our money in installments, and I can manage the first installment.  But from there, I need YOUR help.  My second installment is due in November, so I need to get the funds together by November.  It seems like a lot, but I believe that, should you be willing to assist me, I can gather these needed funds in this short amount of time.  Your assistance in this matter would be most appreciated, much more than words can even say.  This has been my dream since I was a little child, playing a little 1/10 violin, and now I have the chance.  So I ask of you, please help me to achieve my dream and send me to Carnegie Hall.  Thank you.