Student stages concert to help save music education

As part of her senior exit project in English, Monroe High School student Corie Minor will host and emcee a Save the Music benefit concert from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Christ United Methodist Church in Middletown. The concert will feature two local bands. Her goal is to raise $1,000 for the VH1 Save the Music Foundation. Staff photo by Gary Stelzer

Gary Stelzer/Staff photographer As part of her senior exit project in English, Monroe High School student Corie Minor will host and emcee a Save the Music benefit concert from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Christ United Methodist Church in Middletown. The concert will feature two local bands. Her goal is to raise $1,000 for the VH1 Save the Music Foundation. Staff photo by Gary Stelzer

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By Denise Wilson, Staff Writer 1:21 PM Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Monroe High School senior Corie Minor has a passion for music, which has been a part of her life since she was 5 years old.

That is why the 17-year-old member of her school’s a cappella and show choirs has decided to host a Save the Music benefit concert to support the VH1 Save the Music Foundation from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, in the New Life Center at Christ United Methodist Church, 700 S. Marshall Road in Middletown.

The event will feature two local bands: Toy District and Slick Affection. A $2 donation will be accepted at the door, Minor said.

The event, which is only open to high school students, also will include the sale of snacks, drinks, glow sticks and CDs to benefit the foundation, she said.

The VH1 Save the Music Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in American public schools and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child’s complete education, according to its Web site.

Minor said she is hoping about 250 kids attend the concert to help reach her goal of $1,000.

She said music should play a major role in students’ education.

“It just teaches you a lot of self confidence and it can help with a whole bunch of behavioral issues. I know that music has kept me out of so many different things like drugs and alcohol. It’s also made me be a more confident person,” Minor said.

She said she also decided to host the event to coincide with her senior exit project for English that requires her to pass the course in order to graduate. The topic of her project is: saving music education in schools and the importance of music education in schools.

Minor said she picked save the music as her topic because music is important to her.

“I’ve always loved music and music education has always been important to me, and it’s made me who I am,” she said.

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