Play It Again

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Instruments for Students in need

Play It Again is an instrument-recycling program that was created to give the gift of music to students in Acadiana.

With generous support from Lafayette Music, AcA is able to collect and repair old instruments no longer being used to donate them to band programs in Acadiana public schools.

The revival of donated instruments gives the gift of music to students who may not have the financial means to buy an instrument of their own.

Here’s how it works:

 

  • Acadiana Center for the Arts helps children who may not have the financial means to buy or rent an instrument of their own by collecting instruments that are not longer being used.

 

  • Lafayette Music repairs them and then AcA places them in school band programs.

 

  • All donated instruments stay in the band program so that sudents can benefit from year-to-year.

 

  • AcA works directly with band directors to identify needs and organize donations to build band program inventory.

If you’re a Band Director in need of instruments, please make your request here:

INSTRUMENT REQUEST FORM

Have instruments that aren’t getting used?

Donate them to aspiring musicians in Acadiana!

Email Education Coordinator Jessica Duncan at jessica@acadianacenterforthearts.org if you have instruments to donate.

Donations are tax deductible and can be dropped off at:

Acadiana Center for the Arts
101 W. Vermilion St.
Lafayette, LA 70501

or

Lafayette Music Company
3700 Johnston St.
Lafayette, LA 70503

Commonly Requested Instruments in Acadiana Schools: 

 

  • Saxophones
  • Trumpets
  • Clarinets
  • Flutes
  • Trombones
  • Tubas
  • Any percussion equipment
  • Keyboards (including stands, amps, pedals)