Barry Manilow Announces 2024 Winners Of The Manilow Music Project Award In New York City

Barry Manilow has announced the winners of his Manilow Music Project Teacher Award in New York City. Each teacher will receive a $10,000 grant from the Manilow Fund. The Manilow Music Project Award contest was created to support high school music teachers and bands throughout the US.

The Manilow Music project accepted nominations for outstanding music teachers across all five city boroughs and opened voting to the public. The five winning high schools will each receive $5000 in new band instruments for their school band and the winning teacher will receive another $5000 grant.

Manilow launched the Manilow Music Project in response to a friend’s request for a saxophone for his high school daughter. Manilow was surprised to discover that most public schools had suffered considerable budget cuts in their school music programs and that high school music teachers were taking part time jobs just to raise the money to buy new drum sticks or a used trumpet so kids could play in the band. With no staff and all volunteers from the community and Manilow’s management company, the Manilow Music Project has gifted more than $10 million in instruments and scholarships to high school and college music students throughout the United States.

List of winners being honored each show night:

Brooklyn

Manilow Music Teacher Award

JASMINE BRITT

I.S. 318 EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS

October 9, 2024

Staten Island

Manilow Music Teacher Award

LAURIE DAMICO

TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

October 10, 2024

Bronx

Manilow Music Teacher Award

MARIA TAYLOR

BRONX HEALTH SCIENCES HIGH SCHOOL

October 11, 2024

Queens 

Manilow Music Teacher Award

JUSTIN WOLF

IRWIN ALTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL 172

October 12, 2024

Manhattan 

Manilow Music Teacher Award

ROCCO CARBONE

LaGuardia HIGH SCHOOL

October 13, 2024

Details on the Manilow Music Project can be found at manilowmusicproject.org