Gendler Grants Recipients
2022-2023:
Melanie Gunn
Music Teacher, Whitman Middle School
Seattle School District
Grant: $15,000One-year grant to fund Wenger Instrument storage lockers.
Erynne Johns Smith
Music Teacher, Christa McAuliffe Elementary
Lake Washington School District
Grant: $5,000One-year grant to purchase a drumming set and handheld percussion instruments.
Kathleen Raschko
Music Teacher, Kimball Elementary
Seattle School District
Grant: $20,000One-year grant to purchase a set of Yamaha keyboards with accessories, and 24 concert ukuleles.
Kylene Ries
Music Teacher, Oak Heights Elementary
Edmonds School District
Grant: $8,583One-year grant to purchase a set of six Wenger FlipFORMS risers.
2021-2022:
Hilary Eldridge
Music Teacher, Olympic Hills Elementary
Seattle School District
Grant: $19,732One-year grant to purchase 8 sets of Jumbi Jam steel drums,1 set of Sonor Global Beat GBWEST-15 Classroom Bundle, and 10 Sonor Global Beat soprano xylophones.
Catherine Feller
Music Teacher, Lynndale Elementary
Edmonds School District
Grant: $15,000One-year grant to purchase of four tenor pans, a double second pan, and the purchase of stands and cases for these new instruments, and three existing pans.
Brian Woolford
Music Teacher, Westgate Elementary
Edmonds School District
Grant: $19,475One-year grant for the purchase of twelve marimbas.
2020-2021:
Mark Edgbert
Music Teacher, Rising Star Elementary, @African American Academy
Seattle School District
Grant: $15,620One-year grant for an instrument upgrade project based on the purchase of drums and barred instruments.
Katherine Lenoue
Music Teacher, Rainier Beach High School
Seattle School District
Grant: $20,000One-year grant for the purchase of a suite of marimbas
Robert Morgan
Music Advisor, Secondary Academy for Success [SAS]
Northshore School District
Grant: $20,000Three-year grant for coaching services, repairing and replacement of instruments, and purchase and maintenance of a Pro Tools software package.
2019-2020:
Amy Stevenson
Chair, Music Department, Lynnwood HS
Edmonds School District
Grant: $20,000Two-year grant to upgrade the music library repertoire and to fund coaching.