Help Natalie get a Trumpet and Teach Music

Hi, I am Ben Busche. We are helping our friend Natalie raise money to purchase a new Trumpet to further her dream of attending Ohio State University to study music and perform in the Famous Ohio State Marching Band.

 

Natalie's goal is to become a high school music teacher and give others the gift of music that has been so influential and positive in her life.

 

I had the privilege of performing and competing in the Ocean View High School marching band while Natalie was a drum major. She was an inspirational and positive leader.

 

Natalie will be the first person in her family to go to college. She wants to be a role model to others in her family and community.

 

Natalie is an accomplished Trumpet player, even though she does not own a trumpet of her own. Instead, she borrowed a school trumpet for her time in high school.

 

She was a leading drum major in the marching band, played in the concert and Jazz band and also performed in the district honor band. She was awarded the Louis Armstrong award, the "top senior jazz award" or highest level interscholastic award given to students at high schools in the United States. It is given in recognition of "outstanding musical achievement and an incredible dedication to the program."

 

She was accepted at Ohio State University.

 

Helping Natalie get her own quality Trumpet will help her advance her career and allow her to help so many others learn and appreciate music and to be inspired to improve themselves.

 

She hopes to get a Yamaha YTR-8345II Bb Trumpet which will advance her skills in college and be a trumpet that she can use for the rest of her professional career teaching others.

 

Funding a college education is always a challenge. However, this will be an essential piece of the process.

 

Natalie has told me her time in high school music was so inspirational and positive for her life that she wants to give that same opportunity to others.

 

Thank you so much for helping; I am confident Natalie will forward your kindness to others for many years.