Play&Pray4u

Your instrument may have finished its journey with you, but it could become the beginning of someone else’s musical life.

I am a clarinet student at Manhattan School of Music. 

The finest wood used to make clarinets comes from Tanzania. It is called mpingo, also known as African blackwood.

In 2025, my life changed when I visited a village in Moshi, Tanzania. 

While this region produces the world’s most precious wood for musical instruments, many students there have little opportunity to experience music themselves.

That experience deeply moved me. Since then, I have been playing and praying for these students.

Any instrument can make a difference. If you have an instrument that has shared many years of music with you, I hope it can begin a beautiful second life in the hands of someone who truly needs it.

Please reach out if you would like to donate an instrument. 

I continue to play and pray so that these instruments may find their way to the people who need them most.